Chen Yiran did not accept Hakon's military cooperation proposal on the spot.

Although he does have the idea of ​​becoming a war profiteer and selling arms, it's still a bit early to talk about that now.

First of all, he currently has no robots to demonstrate. The quadrupedal dog is still in the parts stage, Yaskawa's 12mm servo has not made a breakthrough, and Universal Robots' robotic arm adaptation has just begun.

While you can discuss collaboration with a PowerPoint presentation and data sheets, that would mean joint research and development. He doesn't want to share technology with others; he wants to be a technology provider.

Then there's the fact that military contracts lock in product development paths in advance. Once a product enters the NATO defense procurement system, it has to be changed from a security patrol vehicle to a weapon-mounted vehicle, and its communication modules have to be switched from civilian frequency bands to military encryption. All the iterations have to follow the military's schedule.

Normally, the first step would be to produce ordinary civilian or police-use machinery, and then military units in various countries could purchase and modify it if needed.

The most serious problem then is the International Arms Trade Regulations (ITTRA). This is an export control system established by the U.S. State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls. Once these export control regulations are triggered, Aurora Group's technology exports will require approval from the U.S. State Department.

This was completely unacceptable to Chen Yiran, so Chen Yiran only made a few promises to Haakon, such as that after the robot made a technological breakthrough, he would prioritize contacting Norway.

Hakan didn't expect to reach a cooperation agreement with Chen Yiran immediately. He just wanted to make an impression on Chen Yiran so that when he really sought cooperation in the future, he wouldn't always focus on countries like China and the United States.

Over the next two days, TED began working remotely, carefully reviewing the contract with Aurora Group's legal team.

Since it was expected that the two sides could reach an agreement in just two or three days, Chen Yiran did not leave immediately, but instead traveled around Norway.

The government arranged two private guides for him, who took him to visit several important attractions in the Norwegian capital.

The Vigeland Sculpture Park, named after the sculptor Gustave Vigeland, displays 192 sculptures created between 1906 and 1943, including 650 human figures in bronze, cast iron, and granite.

The core attractions include a stone bridge, a fountain, and the Pillar of Life and Death. Fifty-eight bronze statues line both sides of the bridge, while the fountain features tree sculptures symbolizing life stages at its four corners. The central Pillar of Life, 17.3 meters high, is carved from granite with 121 nude figures, representing the cycle of life. The sculptures depict the human life journey through images of infants, youth, and the elderly.

These materials were introduced to Chen Yiran by the guide. Chen Yiran herself didn't see anything wrong with them and thought they were just a hundred or so nude sculptures, not even the seductive kind.

You can see it from infancy to old age, but Chen Yiran really can't feel the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

Next, we went to the Viking Ship Museum on the Biggdy Peninsula, which contains three 9th-century wooden ships unearthed from tombs. They have dragon-headed prows and the seams of the planks are still visible on the hulls.

The next day, we went to Holmenkollen Ski Resort, where you can see the entire city of Oslo and the fjords from the top. In early June in Norway, the snow on the mountaintop hadn't completely melted, and there were large pine forests along the slopes.

In the afternoon, I visited the Munch Museum, which houses nearly 28000 works by Munch.

Chen Yiran had no idea who this person was, but he had seen the two pieces in the museum's collection.

A person, against the backdrop of blood red, wore an expression of extreme pain. In Munch's eyes at that time, the Oslofjord was filled with a trembling, blood-red illusion, inspiring fear and even nausea.

This painting is called "The Scream," and it's so famous that even if you don't know its name or who painted it, you've likely seen elements of it in various places by chance.

He painted four versions of "The Scream" in his lifetime, two of which are now in this museum.

Compared to the art sculptures he had seen before, Chen Yiran felt that these two paintings were more evocative.

Two days later, the two teams finalized the agreement. Chen Yiran and Norwegian Minister of Industry Monica Melan officially signed the data center investment agreement in the Innovation Agency's conference room.

Many media outlets from Norway came and touted Norway's future economic transformation.

Compared to the traditionally wealthy countries in the Middle East, Norway, which is also a resource-rich nation, is much more enthusiastic about transformation and has consistently done a good job in it.

After signing the agreement, the Norwegian side did not try to retain Chen Yiran, probably because they knew that Norway was not very attractive to Chen Yiran as a tourist destination.

Chen Yiran did find Norway a bit boring, so he took a plane and left immediately after signing the agreement.

The Gulfstream took off from Oslo that afternoon and landed at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport an hour and a half later.

He's not here on official business; he's here to receive the legacy Steve Jobs left him.

The people who came to pick me up were not from the Dutch government, but a customer manager from Feadship shipyard.

The Venus yacht, commissioned by Steve Jobs and built by Feadship, completed its final sea trials last week and is currently docked at the shipyard in Alsmel, awaiting its new owner to board.

The Venus yacht is 78.2 meters long and 11.8 meters wide, with a maximum speed of 15 knots and a cruising speed of 12 knots.

The exterior of the ship was designed by French designer Philippe Starck, and the hull structure uses a lot of glass curtain walls and minimalist aluminum alloy metal lines, which are basically elements proposed by Steve Jobs. The glass structure inside was designed by the head of engineering at Apple Stores.

The interior has been fully furnished according to the design requirements, from the master bedroom to the guest cabins to the deck lounge area, but there are no decorative decorations on the entire ship yet.

When Chen Yiran arrived at the dock, it was just getting dark. The Venus was moored in a separate berth reserved for her. There was no name or badge on the side of the ship, only a line of very small letters on the stern: Venus.

Chen Yiran fell in love with the yacht the moment she saw it.

Indeed, you can always trust Steve Jobs's aesthetic sense.

Of course, there were already two beautiful women standing on the yacht, which added to its charm.

Chen Yiran laughed and said, "You're quick! Who is this?"

Olsen, pulling a beautiful woman along, skipped over and said, "Cannes isn't far, and the film festival ended several days ago. Here, this is Frida Gustafsson, the famous model."

She was already a top 50 model in the world when she was fifteen. She wore clothes from my shop to the Cannes Film Festival this year, and then I dragged her over to hang out. Don't you think she looks beautiful?

Chen Yiran looked at the blonde beauty next to him, who was wearing a white suspender dress, with long blonde hair and a somewhat youthful face.

She's really beautiful, and her height and those long legs are so alluring.

The blonde woman said somewhat shyly, "Hello Mr. Chen, my name is Frida Gustafsson, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Chen Yiran shook hands with her, forced himself to compose himself, and first made the handover with the shipyard.

Olson chimed in, "I've seen it all. It's really beautiful, but there are also a lot of weird things. For example, the bedroom windows here have absolutely no curtains! They said that Jobs emphasized this, saying that curtains would ruin the overall sense of line."

Chen Yiran went straight to the master bedroom upstairs and nodded: "We really shouldn't add curtains. It's so much more open and airy, it feels much better this way."

Olsen knew what he was thinking, and whispered in his ear, "I'm awesome, aren't I? Just tell me, isn't this pretty? I specifically asked my sisters, and they said it's very much in line with Asian aesthetics."

Chen Yiran nodded: "I'll give you credit for that, but she's so tall, much taller than me."

"Of course, she's a supermodel. You're only 1.8 meters tall, while she's 1.85 meters."

"Yes, it can improve the height of future generations."

Chen Yiran turned to Frida behind him and said, "Since you're Olson's friend, why don't you stay on the ship with us for a few days? Then, in a few days, shall we go to China together?"

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