671 Russias Interes (2/2)
The voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall it.
”Three years is too short.”
”We have to consider the evolution of technology.”
”You don't have to worry about that. Even if it is after eight years, RM-320 engine will remain the leader in the market,” Jiang Chen said with certainty.
The phone was silent for two seconds.
”Three years. Three years you'll sell RM-320 rocket engine's technology to us. We'll contract you the supply mission at 40 billion Rupees for eight years.”
”Deal!” Jiang Chen agreed without any hesitation.
Although his expression didn't change at all, he was laughing hard in his mind. It equated to a contract of 600 million USD a year. At most it will take him two years to create the space elevator. By then, the cost for a supply mission will be less than a million!
It would be Rupee, not dollar.
”Looks like we are in agreement.” The voice on the other side seemed more relaxed when he heard Jiang Chen's confirmation without realizing he just got scammed.
”I feel your voice is familiar. Before you hang up, could I ask who you are?” Jiang Chen asked joyously.
”Our Miss Agent didn't tell you?”
”She just said you were her superior.” Jiang Chen suddenly realized something.
Wait, Natasha used ”we” and not ”my”.
There was a short silence before a lighthearted response came from the other side.
”You can call me Putin. If there is an opportunity, I welcome you to Moscow…”
Jiang Chen blanked out while still holding the phone.
[Wait, I was doing business with Russia's President?!]
[And I just scammed him?!]
…
With the successful launch of the 12th quantum satellite, Celestial Trade announced paid Wi-Fi coverage to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Malaysia, and Moro. Based on the cooperation with the local telecommunication providers, any of the users who paid for the service could receive 12 hours of WI-FI trial time. After the expiry of the trial time, user could select different speed plans based on their geography.
Celestial Trade was currently engaged in discussion with UA, Canada, and France providers regarding a potential partnership with the plan to push Wi-Fi coverage globally.
On the other hand, the fight between Future Group and B City Consortium still persisted. But neither parties made a new move and they remained in a stalemate. The Department of Justice was still gathering evidence in anti-trust investigation while B City Consortium was busy putting out the fire at the bank.
Problematically, Websense's response for the cyber security breach of First B City Bank was fully upgrading its firewall and specifically focusing on defence against hacker infiltration.
Based on what Xie Lei said, the upgraded system was like an impenetrable barrel with all the previous holes filled in. Unless they could use an internal computer as a back door, even with the quantum computer's attack power, it would be nearly impossible to infiltrate remotely.
The programmers they hired were not there to sit around.
On the other hand, Jean collected news regarding both companies and presented them to Jiang Chen.
”The Federal Reserve injected 100 billion USD to First B City Bank. The Capital hosted a cyber security summit with top tech security firms. The area of financial security was the focus of the summit.”
”The Federal Reserve made a move. It looks like First B City Bank is now stabilized.” Jiang Chen furrowed his eyebrows.
Just as he was thinking about the next step, Xia Shiyu's called him.
”Hello?”
”Someone wants to see you in person.”
”Who is it?”
”Carson Loki, the majority shareholder of First B City Bank.”