322: Chapter 322 Germany Possessed by France

When he walked back, his expression was very complicated.

I didn't expect such critical news to leak; those people really have some nerve.

"Mr. Shen, due to some unexpected developments, the opinion from above is: this engine must immediately enter full-state operations, and ground facilities will simultaneously start the installation and adaptation work."

"The Shen Fei Manufacturing Plant and the shipyard have already received notification to have a batch of 15 prototypes roll off the line early, just waiting for your engine."

"No problem." Shen Fei nodded. He understood what unexpected development Major General Liu was talking about.

It was likely the news leak, but that didn't matter. After all, in the public market, everyone already thought Transsion was a military manufacturer!

"There is one prototype and three spare engines available; all can be delivered."

Deputy Director Zhao nodded. A 2+2 layout was exactly enough for two vehicles. He seriously suspected that Shen Fei had prepared this in advance.

Major General Liu interjected at this moment: "Mr. Shen, I have a question. This engine of yours... how much does it cost?"

Shen Fei glanced at him: "The question of cost is a trade secret."

"However, I can tell you that our selling price is one-third cheaper than the imported ones."

Major General Liu was instantly overjoyed.

Being one-third cheaper than the imported ones, but with performance a generation ahead, this was simply unreasonable.

However, this also made the three leaders present silently sigh in their hearts: We owe him even more now!

Originally, one of their missions was to bring down the price of the engines to allow the Type 15, the improved Type 15, and other aircraft to be quickly deployed.

In their vision, this would be very difficult, as it was a world-leading engine, and they had prepared several plans for it.

But they didn't expect...

After the test run concluded, Shen Fei saw off the "inspection team" and returned to his office alone.

Not long after resting, Zhang Shiqing sent a message.

"How did the test run go?"

"Very smooth!"

There was silence on the other end. After a while, Shen Fei typed another sentence:

"By the way, Dad, there's also a small boat engine that's almost ready."

This time, Zhang Shiqing didn't reply for a full minute; he was pondering what exactly this "small boat engine" Shen Fei mentioned was.

Then the phone rang directly.

"Xiao Fei, I just finished taking my heart medication. You need to tell me clearly how much more stuff you are hiding."

Shen Fei placed the phone on the table and, while brewing tea, said:

"There really isn't much left, just a large engine, an integrated ship electric propulsion system, and the small boat engine I just mentioned."

"Alright, alright!"

Zhang Shiqing interrupted him, his voice carrying a sense of self-abandoning compromise.

"You go ahead and brew your tea. I'm going to find Old Wang and go to the Military Commission to give them a heads-up; otherwise, their hearts won't be able to take it."

The call ended.

Shen Fei looked out the window; the setting sun had dyed the entire test field in warm tones.

He picked up his teacup, blew on the steam, and muttered to himself: "They can't take it yet? And I haven't even brought up the railgun."

Meanwhile, at the Shen Fei Manufacturing Plant, two Type 15 aircraft that had just finished assembly were urgently having their engines removed.

Some people were very confused; the engines that had taken so much effort to install were being taken out again.

Chief Engineer Luo, who was personally directing from behind, suddenly said: "He wants to switch to a domestic engine to achieve stronger performance."

A domestic engine?

The sense of disdain in everyone's hearts instantly grew, but seeing Chief Engineer Luo's expression, that little spark was instantly extinguished!

After all, this was Chief Engineer Luo!

At this moment, Luo Yang was also looking at these two engines. He was looking forward to the day the Type 15 carrier-based aircraft would take off from the small flight deck, and there was also a sister ship waiting for him!

Engines are very important!

Meanwhile, in Washington, the intelligence department looked at the latest incoming news and silently put the report back into the classified bag.

"We need to re-evaluate the technology blockade against China."

The intelligence agencies of the United States didn't get a good night's sleep.

But Shen Fei silently wrote a line on the report:

WS-15 H full-condition test run complete, ready for operation.

Next step: install the large engine on the ship, and fully launch the all-electric propulsion experiment.

Germany did not follow its tradition this time, but was instead possessed by France.

The trial opened on May 3rd, and after going through the necessary procedures, the judge spent nearly 20 minutes reading the verdict reasons.

There was a lot of fluff, but the core was only one sentence: Transsion's counterclaim that Nokia infringed on its patent rights was partially upheld; Nokia's temporary injunction had major disputes and was revoked.

Transsion mobile phones could resume sales in Germany starting today.

At the same time, the court ruled that Nokia must pay Transsion 73 million Euros for malicious litigation, plus partial patent compensation, totaling 283 million Euros.

Nokia's lawyers were filled with regret in the courtroom; they didn't expect that, even with guarantees from the United States, these people would dare to defect so quickly!

Were they not afraid of the United States coming to settle scores with them?

The British court made a similar ruling two days later.

Only the Netherlands was still holding out!

Meanwhile, Nokia also filed counterclaims in these two countries, while other countries also rejected their appeal requests.

As for a solution, the court suggested they settle out of court?

They wouldn't touch this mess with a ten-foot pole!

When the news reached China, the people who had been laughing wildly instantly lost their spirit.

"Setting facts aside, the so-called verdict can't be considered absolutely fair; it's just a biased result.

This matter definitely had interference from above; what's there to brag about when there's no judicial justice in the outcome?

I only saw bullying by a major power!"

"It's just a company that profits by skirting the rules; there's nothing worth liking. Neither winning nor losing changes my perception.

I can only say Transsion, you won, but don't even think about earning a penny from me. I will never use your phone until the day I die!"

Transsion users, seeing these comments, were instantly dumbfounded. These people actually grew brains...

Incredible, truly incredible!

But this result was indeed gratifying. Nokia thought it had backing and claimed it would proactively initiate malicious litigation, hoping to suppress Transsion through patent hegemony.

In the end, they shot themselves in the foot; not only did they fail to hinder development, but they exposed their own problems...

"Hey, brothers, is there a possibility that Transsion knew they were infringing on these patents long ago and just left them alone on purpose?"

"It's possible. Just look at Shen Fei; with that scheming nature, maybe there was already a conspiracy against Nokia?"

"To the person above, is this just a possibility? Isn't it a certainty? [Dog head emoji]"

"Then could the sale of Motorola also be a possibility? After all, even though Motorola's market share rose by 5 points this year, it's all low-end phones, and the high-end market was cut in half!"

"Don't jump to conclusions above; Motorola was purely LX's own choice [Dog head emoji]"