Two months later.
After a fierce battle, Blacklight Biotechnology and the two major nuclear industry groups in Mainland China had finally signed an agreement.
Blacklight Biotechnology would contract the "Blacklight Biotechnology Namibia Nuclear Power Plant" project to China General Nuclear Power Corporation and China National Nuclear Corporation in the form of a general engineering contractor. The two companies would undertake all the construction engineering and technology while China National Nuclear Corporation would supply the required construction materials.
The "Blacklight Nuclear Power Plant" was a third-generation nuclear reactor with two CAP1400 pressurized water reactors with a power of one million kilowatts, with a total power of two million kilowatts. The construction area of the project was about fifteen square kilometers.
Blacklight Biotechnology's total investment was 4.3 billion US dollars. It would pay China General Nuclear Power 1.4 billion US dollars for construction and 2.9 billion US dollars for technology, construction, and materials.
Of this sum, Blacklight Biotechnology had to pay 2.3 billion US dollars in the first phase. Half of the remaining two billion came from the "overseas investment loan" of the Bank of China.
The remaining funds worth more than one billion were paid for by a company called China Electronics Group on Chen Chen's behalf.
The reason for this was that this company had first contacted the Blacklight headquarters and expressed its willingness to purchase Blacklight Biotechnology's simultaneous translator technology at the price of seven billion Chinese dollars, plus loan interest reduction and preferential policies for Blacklight Biotechnology.
In fact, this was the official intention.
Obviously, the original AI in Little X Translation Assistant had not been cracked by the officials, so they bought out the technology before the second product was released.
Xia Yin asked Chen Chen and Chen Chen naturally had no objections.
These conditions seemed to be a loss for Chen Chen. After all, the technology that could subvert the translation industry was worth more than this, but in fact, some hidden benefits could not be measured by money.
For ordinary people, these conditions were certainly not as good as a buyout of tens of billions, but for those who dared to climb up the ladder with the slightest opportunity, it was naturally completely different.
In Chen Chen's view, these conditions were the foundation for whether a company could take root in Mainland China, rise, and develop in the long run.
Simply put, Chen Chen used the simultaneous translation technology in exchange for an opportunity to become a company like Tencent and Ali.
Moreover, the official acquisition was only the technology, which did not affect Chen Chen's further earnings. As long as other countries gave the go-ahead, Chen Chen could still sell it around the world and also deter thieves.
At this point, the four billion US dollars that Chen Chen had earned back then was basically spent. Not only that, but he also owed the bank more than a billion.
However, Chen Chen was not affected at all. He even felt like laughing.
After half a year of development, Little X Translation Assistant had gradually been promoted around the world. However, due to Facebook's distribution and the suppression of various countries, there were only about 10 million monthly paying users.
After deducting the sky-high toll fees from various platforms, the monthly net income of the software was maintained at around 20 million USD for the time being. This was barely enough to cover Chen Chen's expenses.
Although it was not as profitable as he had imagined, it was still a steady stream. After all, this was the only technology in the world. Sooner or later, it would become a gold mine.
Before the simultaneous translation technology was sold to the government, Xia Yin really did encounter a kidnapping. A total of five kidnappers were involved.
However, this group of people had only sneaked into the company building, and before they had time to carry out their plan, they all fell from the building for some reason. The police had only determined that the five of them were kidnappers based on their foreign identities.
From then on, nothing like this ever happened again.
It was not as if Chen Chen had nothing to do during these two months. He bought a 1000-hectare piece of land near Walvis Bay and set up a large biological experiment center.
This project was outsourced to China National Nuclear Corporation together with the nuclear power plant. Instead, the materials were shipped in earlier than the nuclear power plant.
This was because Chen Chen had chosen the fastest pure steel modular design, just like building blocks. In just a few days, a biological experiment center covering an area of 100,000 square meters was erected in the area south of Walvis Bay.
Also erected at the same time as the laboratory were thousands of solar photovoltaic panels, each with a power of 6kW.
There were a total of a thousand solar panels, almost as far as the eye could see, tightly covering the 1000-hectare land.
In mid-April, when the "Blacklight Biotechnology Namibia Nuclear Power Plant" project was about to start, the "Blacklight Biotechnology Experimental Center" had been successfully completed.
In these two months, the biological equipment purchased from Switzerland had finally passed the export inspection and was shipped to Namibia piece by piece.
"Please take a look, this will be your experimental center in the future."
On the day of the completion, a group of construction leaders clustered around Chen Chen. One of them who was more eloquent pointed at the columnar building in front of them and smiled. "We've completely followed the ideas you've provided. We've designed the first and second floors into a duplex structure, forming an experimental hall. The area of this hall reaches an astonishing 5000 square meters.
"At the same time, the main entrance of the experimental building is on the second floor. To enter the building from the main entrance, you'll need to first go up the outdoor stairs. After entering, you'll immediately see the vast hall and office area."
As he spoke, the guide led Chen Chen and the others into the experimental building.
"Of course, there's also a side door on the first floor. If you don't want to go to the second floor, you can also choose to enter through the side door. The rooms around the second floor can be used as offices, rest rooms, and storage rooms.
"As for the basement level, it's the parking lot."
As he spoke, the guide led Chen Chen and the others to the third floor in the elevator. "The third floor is still the office area. In addition, there's a large conference hall that can accommodate a thousand people, which can be used by the entire research institute for meetings. You'll only officially enter the experimental area on the fourth floor.
"The laboratories on the fourth floor are basically basic laboratories. At the same time, four reference rooms and two computer rooms are also built here."
When they reached the fourth floor, the guide did not lead them up again. Instead, he directly explained, "The fifth and sixth floors have more than a dozen biological laboratories with different functions, ranging from BSL-4 to BSL-3.
"As for the top floor, it's composed of four complete sets of biological laboratories, which are currently under construction. They're divided into two sets of cell laboratories and two sets of animal laboratories. Each laboratory has a complete changing area, filtration area, buffer zone, disinfection area, and so on. There are also specially installed positive pressure protective suits, airtight doors, chemical showers, air filtration systems, and other facilities.
"Moreover, the entire seventh floor is completely enclosed. The four laboratories inside are all of the highest international grades of BSL-4 and ABSL-4."
Chen Chen nodded. "There's no need to look at them for now. We'll see when the construction is completed. Let's visit the other two dormitory buildings and the activity building first."
"Alright, please come with me..."
The group left the experimental building and walked toward the newly built dormitory building next to the experimental building.
When they walked out of the experimental building, Chen Chen turned back to look at the experimental building. A trace of emotion flashed in his eyes.
Many people did not understand why Chen Chen would spend so much money to build a BSL-4 experimental center in this impoverished country.
After all, BSL-4 laboratories were rare in the entire Federation. Most of them were owned by the state.
Moreover, the cost of importing materials alone was two to three times that of a research center located in Switzerland. Not to mention the lack of personnel, medical supplies, and other resources.
If Switzerland was described as a paradise in the field of biology, then this was an undeveloped desert.
Only Chen Chen understood that if he continued to develop in Switzerland, it might be much easier than it was now. However, it was like a farmland that had already been occupied by someone else. He was merely renting the other party's land. After he painstakingly planted the crops, he would have to hand over more than half of it.
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