26: I want money, but it's useless! I want you to build a thousand schools!

Chapter 26: I don't need money! I want you to build a thousand schools!

Listening to this number.

"One billion usd?? Not expensive, not expensive at all, it's even a bit too cheap!"

Zhang Yuli's lips curved upwards, his powerful smile impossible to hide.

Converted to RMB, it was nearly seven billion in remuneration. In an era where even Beijing's housing prices were only a little over ten thousand per square meter, this was quite terrifying.

"It's just that, isn't one billion usd in remuneration a bit low?"

Zheng Lixing stroked his greying beard, his eyes narrowed: "I'm worried, why don't we let him quote a bit higher?"

"There's no need. Since this is his condition, we will unconditionally fulfill it. There's no need to create further complications."

Zhang Yuli waved his hand, not agreeing with the suggestion.

He fully understood Zheng Lixing's concerns. Why would they want the Mysterious Person to raise the remuneration?

It was precisely because the value of the F22 technology and Boeing 777 technology was simply too high. One billion usd was negligible in comparison to these two. It would be better to raise the remuneration price to appear more generous.

However, he felt that since the Mysterious Person requested one billion usd, they should give exactly that amount.

This was not a transaction, nor was there any buying or selling of technology.

If the Mysterious Person truly wanted to sell it for a high price, how many countries worldwide would be willing to pay hundreds of billions of usd for even one of these items? Even those wealthy oil magnates in the Middle East would be willing to pay more and could provide cash immediately.

Da Xia had always adhered to one principle: give what is requested. Anything that can be done will be done with full effort.

"Let's do it this way. This is the safest method for now."

Zheng Lixing seemed to think of something and nodded with a smile: "Fortunately, our development momentum is strong now. If this were decades ago, we probably wouldn't even be able to come up with one billion usd."

This seemingly vast sum of money, fortunately, was at this point in time. Decades ago, Da Xia would indeed have found it difficult to come up with so much money, as the country's entire foreign exchange reserves back then were only a few hundred million, at most one or two billion usd.

"Forget decades ago, even twenty-plus years ago, our foreign exchange reserves were only two to three billion usd."

"Fortunately, we're much richer now, and life is much better. One billion usd is nothing." Zhang Yuli's eyes seemed to reflect the backdrop of that era.

At that time, they were truly poor. Many military factories either closed down or converted to civilian production to sustain themselves. Even the 611 Institute, under financial pressure, temporarily stopped making fighter jets and moonlighted by manufacturing 611 brand washing machines.

But now it's different. Although Da Xia cannot be called truly wealthy yet, it is not so poor that it cannot produce one billion usd.

Zhang Yuli stared intently at the screen, murmuring: "I just don't know what payment method this Mysterious Person will choose?"

"Physical currency? Gold or precious metals? Or does he want us to transfer it directly? None of those seem quite right."

Zheng Lixing also reminded at this moment: "We must be cautious, extremely cautious, and stay on high alert, preparing all possible contingency plans in advance."

"I know." Zhang Yuli nodded.

No matter the method, safely delivering this remuneration to the Eagle Nation would not be an easy task.

It wasn't that they feared it would be lost along the way or anything, but once this money was discovered, there would be a risk of leakage, which would be very disadvantageous to the Mysterious Person's situation. Preparations had to be made repeatedly.

However.

As the two continuously pondered how to deliver this large sum of remuneration to the Mysterious Person in the Eagle Nation without any leaks, suddenly, an email notification sound echoed through the room. The Mysterious Person had replied.

Zhang Yuli quickly clicked on the backend mailbox to check.

"No need for transfers or payments. I hope you can use another method to substitute this one billion usd."

'What method? We will arrange it with maximum speed.' Zhang Yuli rapidly typed a line of text and clicked send.

Even if the Mysterious Person asked Da Xia to launch it into space with a rocket and then drop the one billion usd by freefall to a designated location, they would do it directly.

However.

When they saw the content of the email the Mysterious Person sent next, both of them went blank.

"I hope you use these remunerations to build schools, spending all one billion usd on this aspect."

Zheng Lixing's face was full of large question marks: "Build schools? Remuneration replaced by building schools?"

"What is he trying to do? Can there even be such a peculiar method?"

He had lived for sixty or seventy years, and this was the first time he had heard of someone requesting remuneration in this manner.

Zhang Yuli was also choked, coughing a few times: "Cough, cough... Where does he want to build schools? And to spend all one billion usd on it, what scale would that be?"

One billion usd, that's enough to build several universities.

With this question, he immediately replied.

'How do you need the schools to be built? What scale? Where? Do you really want to use this method for remuneration payment?'

The Mysterious Person's reply email was equally fast.

"We have decided to use all one billion usd of this remuneration to build these thousand schools. The locations will be in the rural townships throughout Da Xia's Northwest Province. We hope you will proceed with construction as soon as possible."

Eagle Nation, LLNL Laboratory staff dormitory.

Lu Ze sent this message and then directly closed the holographic projection on his eyeball.

"One billion usd in remuneration, if I were to get my hands on it, something would happen in minutes." He shook his head.

If Da Xia were to rashly transfer one billion usd overseas, he feared it would be targeted by Wall Street capital in the Eagle Nation in minutes, and by then, he would probably be eaten without even a crumb left.

And whether it was precious metals or other equivalent items, none could guarantee that the information wouldn't leak. Even so-called 'bearer checks' were a leaky window for the Eagle Nation; they could investigate whenever they wanted. Lu Ze was unwilling to take such a risk.

Anyway, there would be plenty of ways to make money in the future, so why care about short-term gains?

"A thousand schools, that should make learning much easier for the children back home, right?"

"Even if a few more university students emerge from the village, it would be worth it." Lu Ze murmured to himself.

That's right, Northwest Province was where his hometown was located.

He still remembered when he got into university, because his family was poor and couldn't afford his tuition, he even thought about giving up on going to university.

After all, even a few thousand yuan in tuition per year was a huge sum that was difficult for their rural farming family to bear. Even his travel expenses to Yanjing were a big problem.

Lu Ze's father was even prepared to sell the old yellow ox that had grown up with him, gritting his teeth to raise money for his schooling.

At this critical moment, the entire village chipped in a few yuan here and a few yuan there to gather his tuition and travel expenses. He even ate eggs given to him by his neighbors on the way.

Lu Ze had to repay this kindness no matter what.

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