Chapter 138 Cross-regional Arms Sales License
After hearing what Chen She said, Liu Zhilin couldn't help but be stunned.
The so-called "go back and carefully verify the loss" means, to put it bluntly, to think carefully about how much money you want to extort. Everyone understands the subtext.
This was normal for Liu Zhilin. After all, this incident was so big that Lishan Technology would not be able to bear just the regular compensation. It would have to bite off a piece of meat from the Icefield Defense Group and have a good meal before it would be satisfied.
Whether it's a lot of money or a little money, that's all business matters and can be discussed slowly.
But the last two requirements surprised Liu Zhilin.
Because the compensation plan Liu Zhilin originally thought of was to have the Icefield Defense Group provide security services to Lishan Technology for a period of time, or provide a batch of weapons and equipment.
In Liu Zhilin's opinion, this is obviously a good deal for a super dream research and development company like Lishan Technology.
Because it is impossible for ordinary companies to develop armaments. The military industry is a very high-end industry that requires technological accumulation and a lot of battlefield testing.
Even a top consortium like Fujido Group, which has developed for so many years and invested so many resources in military industry, still has such a huge gap with Icefield Defense Group, let alone a small consortium like Lishan Technology?
Not to mention training a combat-ready army, the resources required would be unimaginable.
Therefore, for these small consortiums, it is best to directly spend money to buy security services.
Even a top consortium like Changye Entertainment Group purchases security services from the Icefield Defense Group in order to cope with corporate wars, doesn't it?
It is actually a wise move to specialize in something you are not good at and not to dwell on it or waste resources.
Liu Zhilin guessed that Chen She did not accept the free security service because he was afraid that the Icefield Defense Group might do something else.
They are already enemies, so if you buy someone else's security service, isn't that just inviting a wolf into your house?
But in fact, as a middleman, Liu Zhilin still trusts the Icefield Defense Group. After all, there was one rule before the Mellen Bank Group intervened, and there was another rule after the Mellen Bank Group intervened.
Before, no one knew that the Icefield Defense Group was secretly doing things, but now after the mediation of the Mellen Bank Group, taking action again is a different matter.
Of course, it is natural for Chen She to think so, so Liu Zhilin has another plan, which is to let the Icefield Defense Group provide a batch of top-notch weapons and equipment.
This batch of weapons and equipment are not available on the market. Lishan Technology can organize its own corporate army to use and train with them after getting them.
Of course, good weapons and equipment also require good logistics. We can't just send any broken parts to the Icefield Defense Group for repair, right?
So in Liu Zhilin's opinion, it is more cost-effective to provide security services directly.
Unexpectedly, Chen She did not want security services or a complete batch of weapons and equipment, but wanted the most advanced weapons and equipment, one piece of each!
After conversion, the value is definitely less than that batch of weapons and equipment, so Chen She proposed an additional condition, which is to become the chief councilor of Liming City and obtain a license for cross-regional arms sales!
What is this for?
Could it be that Lishan Technology wanted to research and copy the latest weapons and equipment of the Icefield Defense Group, and then sell these copied equipment? For example, to the Western Continent?
Currently, according to the laws of the old land, although most consortiums can obtain production and sales licenses for the military industry, most consortiums can only sell their military products to the same federal district.
For example, Lishan Technology is registered in the Northern Federal District, so it can only sell within the Northern Federal District.
Only large consortiums like the Icefield Defense Group, which have obtained a cross-regional arms sales license, can sell weapons and equipment to the entire Old Land.
The reason for this regulation is, on the one hand, because the parliaments of different federal districts have different policies to protect local industries, and on the other hand, it is also to artificially create some barriers to prevent some crudely made weapons from circulating everywhere and disrupting the market.
The weapons on the old land are sold at a very high price. This is the result of negotiation and compromise between various arms dealers. Everyone is happy to make the maximum profit together.
Many of the latest high-end firearms are powerful but easily damaged and expensive for this very reason.
In short, Chen She's two requests almost clearly wrote his purpose on his face: I want to reverse disassemble and study the latest weapons and equipment of the Icefield Defense Group, and I want to sell arms to other continents!
Although the Northern Federal District is the largest federal district, the situation here is relatively stable. Moreover, the headquarters of the Icefield Defense Group is in the Northern Federal District, and with the addition of consortiums such as the Fujido Group, the market has almost been taken over.
The situation is different in the Western Federal District, which is more chaotic and the arms sales are better.
Liu Zhilin looked at Chen She and did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.
Chen She 's motive for saying this seemed a little too explicit and a little stupid, but it was also the result of Chen She's careful consideration.
The reason is very simple. It is very difficult to fool Liu Zhilin!
He wanted the position of Chief Councillor of Dawn City and a cross-regional arms sales license. These were very clear requests. It would be useless to just hint at them, and it would easily backfire.
It would be better to just say it openly from the beginning.
Whenever the issue of cross-regional arms sales licenses was mentioned, Liu Zhilin would naturally have some doubts. Instead of hiding it, it would be better to speak clearly.
Being so blatant can actually have a better concealing effect.
Liu Zhilin stood up and paced a few steps, many thoughts flashing through his mind.
"The chief councillor of Liming City can try to make it work. It's not a big problem. After all, Lishan Technology is becoming more and more powerful in Liming City. As long as the Icefield Defense Group, Mellen Bank Group and Microwood Technology Group agree, it will be easy to do."
"But... the latest weaponry and cross-regional arms sales license?"
“This is quite an ambition.”
"In other words, Lishan Technology wants to reverse-engineer and disassemble the latest weapons of the Icefield Defense Group, then copy them and sell them to the Western Continent?"
“Isn’t this a bit too fantastical?”
"But... this is a good thing. If agreeing to this condition can calm the situation, it will be an acceptable result for the Icefield Defense Group. After all... it is impossible for Lishan Technology to reverse-engineer anything from these weapons."
"As long as these equipment do not fall into the hands of Icefield Defense Group's direct competitors, there will be no problem."
The more Liu Zhilin thought about it, the more he felt that this was not something difficult to accept.
Although Lishan Technology's ambition is obvious, having ambition and having strength are two completely different things!
Even if they wanted to reverse engineer the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Icefield Defense Group, what could they come up with?
Just like the arms sales between some countries, if advanced weapons are sold to powerful countries, it is indeed very dangerous and easy to cause technology leakage, but if they are sold to weak countries... the weak countries are lucky enough to be able to barely maintain the use of weapons, and reverse research? They simply don't have the ability to do so.
The same is true for arms sales between consortiums.
If Icefield Defense Group sells these weapons to a large conglomerate like Fujido Group, it will definitely not work, but if it sells them to Lishan Technology, there shouldn't be any big problems.
Anyway, Lishan Technology can’t research anything.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhilin said, "I can help you with the Chief Councillor's matter. Although I can't guarantee it now, as long as the representative of the Icefield Defense Group nods, this matter will be very promising. After all, the representative of the Microwood Group and I will also nod."
"Cross-regional arms sales licenses are not a big problem."
"As for the new equipment of the Icefield Defense Group... I can only say that I will try my best to help you get it, but it's hard to say how much I can get. And even if I get it, you have to sign an agreement and can only use it for yourselves. You must not resell these new equipment to others."
"The conditions may be very strict, and... I think it's better to just ask for security services or a batch of equipment for sale. From a practical point of view, it will be more cost-effective."
Liu Zhilin didn't explain it very clearly, but his meaning was obviously "If you want to do reverse research, the chances of success are very low."
Chen She smiled slightly: "It's okay, Mr. Liu, this is of course a matter of willingness to accept defeat. This is my condition. If the Icefield Defense Group is willing to reconcile, it would be the best. If not, there is nothing I can do."
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Liu Zhilin didn't say anything definite, but Chen She felt that there seemed to be a chance.
In fact, Chen She himself was asking for a sky-high price. Even if the Icefield Defense Group did not provide all the latest weapons and equipment, but only provided a part of them, it would be enough profit for Chen She.
Liu Zhilin and Icefield Defense Group must have felt that it was impossible for Lishan Technology to reverse engineer these equipment. After all, the military industry itself requires a lot of technical accumulation. Without a complete system and excellent scientific researchers, even if they got the new equipment, they would not be able to research it.
But their intelligence was obviously missing a very important piece: Chen She was the creator!
With the special ability of a creator, Chen She can completely transform these new equipment, produce a batch of high-quality and low-cost weapons, and sell them to the Western Continent.
"Let's go to the experience store and have a look."
Chen She said to Zhang Sirui.
The hovercraft flew out of the inner city and arrived at the area where the Lishan Technology Experience Store was located.
Compared with the inner city, this place seems quite peaceful and tranquil, and even has a lively and prosperous feeling!
The inner city was in a state of panic at this time. Many wealthy people were thinking about fleeing Dawn City, while the middle class were hesitant as to whether to run or not.
Don't run? Worried that if the Knights of Time and Space attack again someday, it will be the end of you.
Run away? I am reluctant to give up my property in Liming City. If there is no such dangerous activity in Liming City after I run away, wouldn’t it be a big loss?
But for ordinary people at the bottom of society, there is no such worry because they cannot run away anyway.
Some even gloated over what happened in the inner city. After all, the poor areas around the city were the ones that suffered in the past, but this time it was the turn of the nobles who were high up in the world.
Chen She hadn't been to the experience store for a while, and he wanted to go and see what the situation was like there.
