23: The copied technology was successful; Daxia’s cash cow was acquired!

Chapter 23: Successful Technology Replication; Da Xia's Cash Cow Acquired!

Following Lu Ze's gaze, Lucy's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

"I didn't expect you'd be interested in this high-tech item."

She had originally thought Lu Ze would prefer tanks, fighter jets, or at least other weapon equipment like cannons and bombers.

After all, men, how many don't like the feeling of direct combat?

But Lucy didn't expect him to choose an option she never would have guessed.

Lu Ze looked at the distance, full of pleasant surprise, and unconsciously walked towards it: "How does the LLNL Laboratory's maintenance center have this thing?"

"Isn't this a Boeing 777 passenger plane?"

How could a commercial aircraft appear here at the LLNL Laboratory?

This behemoth had been parked on the runway outside the factory building, which was why Lu Ze hadn't noticed it before.

Lucy followed beside him, tilting her head and thinking carefully for a moment: "It seems Boeing dragged it over, asking our laboratory to help with a round of validation tests."

Currently, Boeing's development of the 787 model was not going smoothly. Many critical designs were developed by India, leading not only to high costs and slow progress but also several major accidents.

Therefore, Boeing planned to upgrade this 777 model in preparation for future needs.

"Are you interested in this 777 plane?"

"Yes, I think these large planes are also very interesting."

Lu Ze nodded solemnly.

He thought about it carefully; the technological level of such a large civil aircraft should not be much lower than that of an F22.

After all, its research and manufacturing difficulty is actually no less than that of many strategic weapons, and in some aspects, it can even be said that large civil aircraft are more difficult.

There are three countries in the world that can build fifth-generation fighters, but there are only two commercial civil aircraft giants globally: Airbus and Boeing, and Airbus is even a consortium of major European airlines.

Even if Da Xia could build strategic transport aircraft a few years later, it took more than ten years for its domestic large aircraft to be initially developed and make its maiden flight. There is still a long way to go to compare with Airbus and Boeing.

The main reason is that military transport aircraft do not need to consider any economic effects, nor do they need to worry about the troublesome issues of whether a flight makes a profit or a loss.

However, every aspect of a civil airliner needs to be carefully calculated and requires a certain profit margin.

This point determines how high its technical content is.

'This technology is not only of a high technological level, but it can also play a huge role for Da Xia,' Lu Ze secretly thought.

After all, the Boeing 777 passenger plane is considered the most advanced and economically practical of all civil airliners.

Da Xia can not only gain a lot of experience from it, greatly accelerating the development speed of domestic strategic transport aircraft.

Most importantly, Da Xia can also gain a large amount of revenue from civil airliners, killing two birds with one stone and winning big.

The two slowly walked to the side of this Boeing 777.

In front of this industrial monster, with a length exceeding 73 meters, a wingspan of 65 meters, and a height of over 18 meters, Lu Ze, with his 1.8-meter height, looked like an ant.

Lucy pulled out a bottle of milk from somewhere and started drinking it: "Lu Ze, do you want to go inside and take a look?"

"But this is just a regular passenger plane, the difference is that this 777 is the 300ER version with an extended fuselage and fuel tanks."

Lu Ze refused: "There's no need for that. I'll just get a close look from the outside."

What was there to see inside such a civil airliner? It was all the same monotonous seats, and even the first class was just small private compartments. He had experienced that feeling before when flying.

Moreover, he wasn't here to admire this 777 this time.

'5.4.3'

Gently placing his hand on the wing, Lu Ze silently counted five numbers in his heart.

Instantly, a light screen, visible only to him, appeared on his eyeball.

[Current technological item: Boeing 777-300 ER.]

[Achievement Points Value: 8500.]

[Please choose whether to replicate.]

'Yes.' Lu Ze's lips curved into a slight smile as he looked at the Boeing 777 plane.

He didn't expect it to be worth 8500 Achievement Points; that alone made it worth replicating.

What's more, it could bring huge benefits to Da Xia, so why hesitate?

By mastering the manufacturing technology of large civil aircraft like the Boeing 777, Da Xia would effectively gain a cash cow.

You know, Airbus alone receives thousands of orders every year. How much profit can each plane bring?

Airbus and Boeing combined have annual revenues exceeding hundreds of billions of usd, a figure far more terrifying than Da Xia Tobacco.

The key is that their most profitable business is not selling planes, but providing after-sales maintenance services.

Each year, an airliner requires one to two million usd in maintenance fees, plus various other miscellaneous expenses, allowing them to continuously rake in money from major airlines.

Why don't many manufacturing industries in Da Xia make money? It's because they are engaged in low-end processing. The money you make from producing a hundred million screws is not as high as the cost of one repair for someone else's large aircraft.

[Current technological item Boeing 777-300 ER, replication successful!]

[Reward: 8500 Achievement Points, Boeing 777-300 ER physical entity (already stored in inventory), Boeing 777 series aircraft technology design and manufacturing blueprints.]

With the replication successful, there was no need to stay here any longer.

Lu Ze waved to Lucy: "It's too hot, let's go back. We'll come again next time."

"Okay, it's almost past four o'clock anyway."

Lucy looked at her watch: "I'm sorry to disappoint you this time. I'll call you when the B-2 Bomber comes next time."

She thought Lu Ze was uninterested because he hadn't seen the B-2 Bomber, which was why he only took a quick look.

"It's fine, I'm just a bit heat-struck and want to go back and rest." Lu Ze waved his hand, then added: "Let's come again next week, I still want to see other things."

This maintenance center was a treasure trove, filled with all kinds of high-tech weapon equipment.

If he still didn't find any particularly valuable replication targets next week, he would decisively come here to replicate something.

"Let's go, it's my treat for dinner this time."

Lucy muttered softly: "Lu Ze, I don't really feel like eating at the cafeteria today..."

Even though the food in the cafeteria was free, she couldn't always eat it, right? She was tired of it, which had caused her appetite to be a bit poor recently.

"Don't worry, we're having a big meal this time, at the Italian restaurant in town." Lu Ze finished speaking and walked straight out of the maintenance center.

He was in a good mood this time, so he'd splurge on a big meal.

Lucy's eyes instantly lit up, and she followed right behind him: "Wait for me!!"

If you're talking about eating that, then her appetite would be just fine.

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