Meng Hao smacked his lips.
He asked with a calm and collected demeanor.
“So, in the eyes of this Uncle from the Bear Country who loves running naked in the snow, what kind of compensation would be most appropriate?”
Who knew that this Lieutenant General Gude Yefu always liked to play games?
“Uncle who loves running naked in the snow?”
In your Bear Country, where even summer can be frozen over with ice and snow.
Why don’t you freeze to death if you run around naked?
Seeing Gude Yefu playing games, Meng Hao naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity to tease him on the live stream. He deliberately joked with Gude Yefu.
However.
This Lieutenant General from the Bear Country was already an old friend of Meng Hao.
Coupled with their usual banter on the live stream, he didn't mind Meng Hao’s “thorny” jokes.
He pondered for a moment.
“Hmm, since this submarine was acquired by your Great Xia ‘civilian’ department…”
“It’s not too much for me to ask for some technology, right…”
“For example, the technology of this submarine is quite good…”
This Gude Yefu.
Seemed afraid that others wouldn’t know that the so-called civilian department was actually the Great Xia military officially operating under a different name.
He emphasized the words “civilian department” with particular weight.
After several years of hard work.
Meng Hao’s thick skin was now unusually tough.
Since the Lieutenant General from the Bear Country said it was a civilian department, then it was definitely a civilian department!
He, the esteemed Huirong Technology, was a private enterprise, how could it possibly interact with the military or the government?
As for asking for technology?
Sure.
“Hmm.”
“I’ve thought about it.”
“Technology transfer is absolutely not possible.”
“However, we can build a factory in the Bear Country and help build some miniaturized submarines… let’s call them Shenhang-class, mainly for targeting the civilian submarine tourism sector.”
Indeed.
These days.
There were sightseeing cable cars, sightseeing tour buses, and even sightseeing small aircraft.
But there were no sightseeing submarines.
Most tourists who wanted to experience the charm of the ocean would choose aquariums.
But.
How could the sharks and giant squids and other deep-sea predators kept in aquariums compare to seeing them in the real deep sea?
This was akin to the difference between seeing lions in a zoo and seeing them from a sightseeing tour bus on the African savannah.
The tigers and lions in the zoo were all listless, confined in tempered glass rooms and wire cages, and even poorly fed, looking like giant sick cats.
Whereas the lions and tigers in wild zoos and nature reserves possessed true wildness.
In fact.
Meng Hao had also planned.
Even if the Bear Country hadn’t brought this up, he had intended to miniaturize the Dangui-class submarine and launch an underwater tourism business in Great Xia.
However.
Now that Gude Yefu had brought it up, Meng Hao naturally had to give him some face.
After all, establishing a production line in the Bear Country was not much different from establishing one and operating it in Great Xia.
The only difference was.
Giving a portion of the profits to the Bear Country was also a form of compensation for Gude Yefu and the Bear Country behind him showing goodwill to Meng Hao.
“However, let’s be clear. Huirong Technology is a private technology company. We cannot modify military-grade submarines for you…”
“And the technology we transfer to you will be for small submarines…”
“Their size will be roughly equivalent to a bus…”
The domestically launched Dangui-class submarines in Meng Hao’s plan were about the size of four to five buses, roughly equivalent to military submarines in size.
One must know.
Military submarines would definitely reserve space for combat personnel.
However, the Dangui-class was equipped with the “Wenqu” artificial intelligence, which replaced the need for human crew.
But even so.
Meng Hao still reserved space in the Dangui-class submarine for humans to move around.
Gude Yefu pondered for a moment and quickly typed in the live stream.
“Then, what about the endurance?”
Meng Hao immediately responded.
“For the sightseeing submarine, it can only carry up to 10 people… As for endurance, we can consider keeping it the same as the Dangui-class.”
Compared to regular military submarines that could carry hundreds of people, the limitation of 10 people was certainly much smaller.
Especially since Meng Hao mentioned that the Shenhang-class submarine was a miniaturized version.
For 10 people, supplies for half a month would essentially fill up the internal space of the submarine.
Even if Gude Yefu wanted to pack military weapons into the submarine, it would be impossible.
“What about radar, sonar, and stealth capabilities?”
Hmm?
Why would they need that?
Meng Hao was a bit puzzled.
Why would a civilian submarine need stealth capabilities?
Before he could voice his confusion, Gude Yefu immediately provided the answer.
“After all, we sometimes go to deeper seas further away. I don’t want our passengers to be disturbed by other countries.”
It was obvious.
“Other countries” naturally referred to the Western allies and their subordinates like the United States, South Korea, and Japan.
It seemed.
Gude Yefu’s explanation was also plausible.
Meng Hao pondered for a moment.
He nodded firmly.
“Yes, we can provide that.”
“However, the technology cannot be transferred.”
“This technology must be manufactured in the factory established by our Huirong Technology in your Bear Country, and it absolutely cannot be leaked.”
Gude Yefu was very satisfied.
“Agreed.”
“Then let’s proceed with this plan.”
“Of course, our technology transfer fee will not be stingy… How about 1 billion, the same price as quoted by your Great Xia civilian department?”
Nonsense.
Who in the world would complain about having too much money?
Especially if it didn’t violate fundamental principles or harm Great Xia’s national security interests, as the CEO of Huirong Technology, Meng Hao naturally hoped to make as much money as possible.
Furthermore.
The two mechs from his Huirong Technology previously had earned the Bear Country an entire mineral cluster worth tens of trillions.
“Agreed.”
“No problem.”
As Meng Hao’s words fell, Gude Yefu was not one to procrastinate.
He immediately transferred 1 billion to Huirong Technology’s corporate account.
“When you established your mineral extraction factories in the Bear Country before, we also built several production factories nearby…”
“Once your technology is transferred, we can start production immediately…”
Good heavens.
This was the style of the Bear Country again.
If something could be done tonight, they would never postpone it until the next morning.
Moreover.
The Bear Country had already built the production lines and factories in advance.
It was likely they had planned all along to milk Meng Hao’s technology.
However.
Meng Hao didn't dwell on such minor matters.
“Agreed.”
“I will notify the energy resources at our lithium mine sites within your Bear Country to prepare for the production of the Shenhang-class submarine.”
“The technology is mature, the production line is ready, and with minor adjustments, the first Shenhang-class submarine should be ready for trial navigation in a few days!”