The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 246: Two Million Dollars
"Mr. Ma, I have something else to do." Liu Hua changed the subject: "I'll take my leave first."

Mr. Ma sat up straight. "Other things? That's right. You are now an authority in semiconductors. It's normal for you to be busy."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "It was a coincidence. I was originally engaged in machinery, heavy machinery, but because of a mistake, I became an authority in semiconductors. It was a mistake."

"A flower blooms within a wall and is fragrant outside the wall. I heard that you are also good at heavy industry. Sooner or later, you will shine."

When Liu Hua arrived at the Seagull Factory, the factory director was receiving other important guests.

When the office director led Liu Hua to the factory director's office, the two parties happened to bump into each other.

"Mr. Liu, welcome." The factory manager said enthusiastically, "This is your first visit to Seagull, so you must give me this opportunity to treat you well."

"I'm here to give you good news." Liu Hua said with a smile, "There has been progress on the camera."

Liu Hua took out a small box from his briefcase and said, "This is a lens that was hand-ground in our Huaqing University laboratory. Take a look. Isn't it a great improvement?"

The factory manager picked up the phone on the table and said, "Mr. Li, please come to my office. Mr. Liu from Huaqing has brought the latest ground lenses."

The two guests of the factory director picked up the lens, put it in front of their eyes and observed it carefully: "Director Xu, this seems to be much better than the existing lenses in your factory."

"Really? It has to be Huaqing University. After all, it is one of the best universities in our country."

After a while, a middle-aged man, probably the Engineer Li whom the factory director spoke to on the phone, came with some convenient testing instruments.

"Director, new lenses?"

The factory director's guest handed the lens to Engineer Li, who checked it with an instrument and immediately smiled from ear to ear: "It's much better than our existing handmade lenses. Have you improved the process?"

Director Xu looked at Liu Hua, who smiled and said, "It's not just the craftsmanship. We also developed a new type of grinding paste. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a big improvement."

The guest asked with interest: "Is there a specific test report?"

Liu Hua did not answer, but looked at Director Xu. He did not understand the identities of these two people. Lenses are not just any ordinary things. They are very useful in some sensitive industries, such as sniper rifle scopes and so on.

Director Xu nodded and said, "These two comrades are from the Science and Technology Commission. They are now looking for a new lens to be used on satellites."

Liu Hua then took out the test results from the laboratory and handed them to the two comrades from the Science and Technology Commission. They immediately started to read through them, and the more they read, the more their smiles grew.

"That's great." One of the comrades said happily, "Now we have a solution for the optical lens of our remote sensing satellite."

Another comrade looked at Director Xu and asked, "Director Xu, if we give you the new technology, how long will it take for you to produce the lenses we need?"

Engineer Li looked at the information and said after thinking for a while, "It will take more than two months, maybe three months to fully understand the process and polish it."

"This is Engineer Liu." The comrade from the Science and Technology Commission asked, "Who are you?"

"Liu Hua from the Science Department, my main job now is computer design and teaching at Huaqing University." "Hello, I'm Zhang Hansheng from the Science and Technology Commission. Our remote sensing satellite project is in desperate need of a new lens. I wonder when you can transfer the process to the Seagull Factory."

"I'm here to solve this problem." Liu Hua smiled and said, "We are also in a hurry. We need to solve some funding issues. Many scientific research projects in our school are waiting for funding."

"I hope you can solve the problem as soon as possible." Zhang Hansheng said with a smile: "We are waiting for your good news. In addition, we need to take one of the two lenses back. Director Xu, please help us make a copy of this test report. We also want to take it back."

The two men took what they wanted and left, leaving Liu Hua and Director Xu to ask for a high price and pay a low price.

"Engineer Liu, as you can see, the Science and Technology Commission urgently needs this lens and hopes to transfer the process and grinding paste to us as soon as possible."

Liu Hua nodded: "I know that satellite matters cannot be delayed, but what about our funding problem?"

"No problem. Everything is fine. We at Seagull Factory don't lack money."

Liu Hua nodded: "I know, then I'll ask for a high price."

Director Xu's smile froze immediately, and he said helplessly: "You said the wrong thing, you got carried away, and you forgot what our ancestors said: Don't show off your wealth."

"No matter how much I want, it is just a drop in the bucket for your Seagull Factory." Liu Hua said flatteringly: "Pulling a hair to benefit the world is a great merit."

"Don't try to fool me. I want to hear how thick your hair is."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "I'm not asking you for more, just two million."

"You can bite me to death."

Two million. This was two million in the early 1980s. It was simply an astronomical figure.

In fact, Liu Hua didn't want so much, but he asked for a sky-high price and had to pay it back on the spot. Even if the asking price was higher and he had to pay more, the lower limit would not be much lower.

"Engineer Liu, the development process of a grinding paste and a lens doesn't cost that much money."

Liu Hua nodded: "That's right, the two million is not only for the purchase of lens technology and grinding paste, but also includes your investment in digital cameras. If you don't invest, we will cooperate with other factories, and digital cameras will have nothing to do with you."

"If that's the case, then it makes sense." Director Xu nodded but frowned: "No, Mr. Liu, you almost fooled me. If we invested in digital cameras, then this lens is also included in the digital camera project. Why do we have to spend money to buy it?"

"We just negotiated it last year, and you didn't pay. The research on this lens technology was entirely developed by us with funds from Huaqing University. Strictly speaking, it is independent of the entire digital camera project. So why don't you have to spend money?"

Director Xu nodded: "If you put it that way, it makes sense, but I always feel like something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it."

"Just two million." Liu Hua said emphatically, "Be willing to give, be willing to give. Only by giving can you gain. Do you know how big the market for digital cameras will be in the future? The global purchase volume is at least several million to tens of millions of units every year. Even if you occupy 10%, it will be an astronomical figure."

"That makes sense, but do you know how much trouble it is for us to write an application report for two million yuan?" Director Xu said in embarrassment: "Even if we don't mind the trouble, we may not approve the report after submitting it."

(End of this chapter)