105: Contact Xia Keyuan, please prepare one hundred

Chapter 105: Contact the Xia Academy of Sciences, please prepare one hundred tons of gold!

At this moment.

Xia Academy of Sciences, Dean's office.

The sound of chess pieces being placed echoed outside the door, interspersed with occasional small talk.

However, it was clear that neither of them was focused on the chess game on the table.

"The 611 Institute is already preparing for the next flight test."

Zheng Lixing took a sip of tea, his brow revealing a hint of joy: "Old Zhang, how should we proceed with our next plan?"

Even though two full days had passed since the 'explosive' news of the J-20's successful maiden flight, his heart still couldn't help but feel refreshed every time he thought about it.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuli pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Continue to test its other functions, and then produce a few prototype machines for experimental production."

"The aero-engine it's currently using is really inadequate."

The J-20 had just completed its maiden flight, which only meant that the research and development work had initially succeeded and entered a new phase. There were still many shortcomings that needed to be improved.

The highest priority for replacement was the AL-31F aero-engine it was currently using.

"The Old Maozi's AL-31F indeed performs poorly in all aspects, seriously dragging down the J-20."

Zheng Lixing frowned and said, "It has become the shortest board of the entire fighter jet."

This point had already begun to show during the previous maiden flight test.

The problem of developing stronger and better aero-engines was already urgent.

Although the WS-10A had completed its maiden flight on the J-10, its performance still could not meet the demands of a fifth-generation aircraft like the J-20.

And the WS-15 'Emei' engine had only just completed FRET (identification and verification phase); there was still a long way to go before design finalization, let alone official deployment on a fifth-generation aircraft like the J-20.

He estimated that this would take at least another ten years.

Thinking of this, Zheng Lixing felt even more disheartened.

With such slow progress in the 'heart' component like the engine, how could one not be worried?

Zhang Yuli seemed to notice his expression and smiled, "No need to rush."

"The technology for the F135 engine and F119 engine is already being rapidly advanced by the 606 Institute."

"The WS-15 engine shouldn't take too long to have a concrete result."

After all, the 606 Institute (Shenhang) currently possessed the complete technical drawings for the two top engines in the world, making it difficult for their research and development work not to be incredibly fast.

Just at this moment.

Suddenly, a 'beep-beep' sound echoed in the room.

The two immediately stood up and rushed into the 'Top Secret External Liaison Room'.

A moment later.

"Dean, it's an email sent a minute ago." A staff member moved aside the chair.

"Good, you can go out first."

Zhang Yuli sat down and quickly entered the layers of security verification commands that needed to be updated daily.

Soon, an email appeared at the top of the screen.

[Our organization's members have arrived in Da Xia.]

[.]

Watching this scene.

Zheng Lixing slapped his thigh hard and stood up: "The 'Mysterious Organization' members have finally arrived in our Da Xia?"

"Old Zhang, I told you they were coming soon, didn't I? I wasn't wrong!"

One must know that these past few days, they had been discussing when the 'Mysterious Organization' would finally arrive in Da Xia.

It could be described as 'thinking of it day and night' to convey the urgency in their hearts.

"Hurry up and reply, ask what we in Da Xia need to prepare?" Zheng Lixing urged.

"I know."

Zhang Yuli nodded, his fingers flying across the keyboard, typing a line of text.

'May I ask, what is the total 'remuneration' required by your organization?'

'And do you need anything else? We in Da Xia can prepare in advance.'

What if the 'Mysterious Organization' demanded a very tricky method of payment for the remuneration, which even Da Xia would find difficult to arrange in a short time.

If it was gold, antiques, jewelry, etc., that would be fine, but if they needed strange things like moon soil, meteoritic iron, etc., it would be difficult to find so many items of equivalent value in a short period.

Soon.

Under their tense gaze, a new email arrived from the other side.

[Including the previous technological items, the total remuneration for everything combined will be five billion usd.]

'May I ask how to pay?'

Faced with this price, Zhang Yuli agreed without any hesitation.

Let alone five billion usd, he would agree without hesitation even if it were fifty billion usd.

The most crucial point was, how should Da Xia pay the 'Mysterious Organization'?

[We require the following payment methods, totaling five billion usd.]

[Please have Da Xia prepare physical gold worth three billion usd, one billion usd in non-sequential hundred-dollar bills, five hundred million usd in non-sequential hundred-pound sterling bills, and five hundred million usd in non-sequential usd bills of varying denominations from 1-50.]

[Once all of the above are ready, we will notify Da Xia of the specific transaction location.]

Staring at these requests on the screen.

Zheng Lixing pondered for a moment, then stated directly: "These are quite normal. It seems we overthought it."

In fact, these requirements were surprisingly normal.

Whether it was gold or non-sequential hundred-dollar bills, pound sterling, etc., these were common transaction methods for many organizations.

The two of them had previously anticipated that the 'Mysterious Organization' might use some very strange methods for transactions, such as demanding specific 'antiques' or rare metals, or even raw uranium-235.

Zhang Yuli said with a hint of amusement, "This matter is much easier to handle. The five hundred million usd in varying denominations of usd bills is actually the most difficult to collect."

Three billion usd in gold, at the current international gold price of thirty usd per gram, is just one hundred tons of gold.

Da Xia currently has one thousand tons of gold reserves. Taking out 1/10 of the gold reserves seems like an astronomical figure, but Da Xia alone bought over two hundred tons of gold in the first half of this year.

And one billion usd in non-sequential usd bills and five hundred million usd in non-sequential 100-denomination pound sterling are even less of a concern for Da Xia's foreign exchange reserves; they can be produced in minutes.

The most difficult part, perhaps, is collecting five hundred million usd worth of non-sequential small-denomination usd bills, because the Da Xia Bank would not deliberately store these small-denomination usd bills, so it would take some time to collect them.

These thoughts passed through his mind.

Zhang Yuli still replied with incredibly fast typing speed.

'We await your organization's arrival at any time.'

'The required gold and banknotes will be collected as quickly as possible.'

After replying to this email.

Zhang Yuli glanced at Zheng Lixing next to him: "I'll go report to the highest authority first, and immediately have the Da Xia Bank dispatch one hundred tons of gold and other amounts of banknotes."

"You make a call to the 611 Institute, tell them to enter standby mode, ready to act at any command."

"Okay." Zheng Lixing nodded and stepped out the door.

This time.

It was not only a 'gift' prepared for the Mysterious Organization but also a congratulatory gift from them to all the viewers across the country.

At this moment, everything was ready, just waiting for the grand debut of this huge 'surprise'!

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