Chapter 741

Next comes the matter of how to pluck the fruits of victory.

How to pluck this fruit, and in what manner, is indeed a great art!

It is by no means as simple as everyone imagines...

One must pluck as much as possible, while also creating a stable semiconductor trading environment, and ideally earn a fine reputation in the process.

To achieve these three points, the difficulty is no ordinary challenge.

The people present fell silent for a long while.

Finally, from a corner, the voice of the Southern Military Region Commander-in-Chief Liu Tiefeng quietly drifted over.

"Grand General! Perhaps we should learn a thing or two from the Free Nation's playbook!"

"We'll first throw up massive technical barriers, hold back technological breakthroughs in lagging nations, then we'll sell our lithography machines at sky-high prices—ten billion, eight billion Long Guo bills a unit!"

"The technology is in our hands anyway, so this money is ours to earn!"

"The Free Nation has been harvesting the Blue Star with this approach for so many years, which proves this method is indeed effective and stable..."

"It can't hurt to borrow from it just a little..."

As Liu Tiefeng's voice came through, the eyes of everyone present lit up.

Follow the Free Nation's high-end route and make big money?

This idea actually sounds pretty good...

And most importantly, the Free Nation has been doing this for so many years without any mishaps. If Long Guo inherits its mantle and gives it a casual try, it surely won't provoke too much pushback from the international community!

At this thought.

Several generals nodded lightly, clearly approving of this plan in their hearts.

After all, feeling out the Eagle Sauce to cross the river is the old tradition of the Bunny.

Over the years, the Bunny has nearly petted the Eagle Sauce bald, stumbling and bumbling its way to where it is today.

Without the Eagle Sauce, the Bunny truly doesn't know how many more years of detours it would have had to take...

"I second Commander Liu's suggestion!"

"I agree as well!"

"If the Free Nation can sell lithography machines at astronomical prices, why can't our Long Guo?"

"..."

Listening to the voices of the crowd, the Grand General silently nodded.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he turned his gaze toward Chen Guoan, who had been silent in the corner.

"Old Chen!"

"Has Xiao Song expressed any views on this matter?"

Chen Guoan had been slacking off, but upon the Grand General's sudden question, he hurriedly pulled himself together.

He paused, thought for a moment, then quickly answered.

"Grand General, I asked Song Qi this question too."

"His answer was... 'If someone wants to buy our lithography machines, we sell them, right? Earning a little more is a little more—money in your own hands is the way to go!'"

Right in front of everyone, Chen Guoan repeated Song Qi's words verbatim.

In an instant.

The conference room fell so silent one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone fell silent, pondering the unspoken meaning behind Song Qi's words.

Song Gong is such a clever man!

There must be an earth-shattering secret behind these words!

After a long while, the rambling voice of a general finally drifted over.

"Song Gong says, if someone wants to buy our lithography machines, we sell them... does that mean we should sell them as cheaply as possible... to satisfy as many people's needs as we can?"

"That should be the meaning, but what about the last part? What does it mean—earning a little more is a little more, money in your own hands is the way to go?"

"There must be a huge secret hidden in these words..."

"I think so too..."

Song Qi probably never imagined that a single line he casually made up off the top of his head.

Would actually cause nearly all of Long Guo's top-tier military officers to huddle together, heads bowed, discussing it like they were cracking a code.

And still fail to reach a conclusion.

If Song Qi were here, he would probably really roar out loud in front of everyone.

Laozi didn't mean all that!

Sell it however the hell you want!

Laozi can't be bothered!

This discussion dragged on for half an hour!

A group of generals were so anxious they scratched their ears and cheeks, debating for ages without reaching any conclusion.

"What on earth does Song Gong mean by this...?"

"Could it be that he wants our lithography machines to abandon the high-end route?"

"How much money would we lose then?"

"There's just no way to explain it..."

Liu Tiefeng's brain was nearly smoking from spinning, yet he still couldn't figure out what Song Qi actually meant.

For some unknown reason.

Everyone felt in their hearts that Song Qi's every suggestion ran counter to their own ideas.

But somehow, it always managed to produce results no one expected...

Just as everyone was full of doubts.

An aged voice drifted slowly over from behind them.

"Too small!"

The crowd hurriedly asked, "What's too small? Wang Lao?"

"Your vision is too small!"

Wang Lao's eyes gleamed with a sagacious light, like a sage who could see through everything.

In an instant, everyone present looked at him as though he were their savior.

Just as expected!

Only a mind on Wang Lao's level could see through Song Gong's true intention, right?

Just how terrifying must Song Qi's intellect be!

Just as the assembled generals were all secretly shaken.

Wang Lao's voice came once more.

"Every one of you here is a general, yet the vision in your eyes can't even match that lad Song Qi?"

"All you see is money?"

"Far too narrow!!!"