Chapter 536: License (Part Two)

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Nianyuan heard this and exchanged a slight glance with Sun Long.

Then, his smile undiminished, he nodded and said, "Chairman Sun, please go ahead!"

Sun Cheng picked up a cup of Melon Seed tea and took a small sip; he had only recently grown fond of this slightly bitter green tea.

Previously, under Ye Qi's influence, he liked to keep a piece of candy in his mouth while working, studying, or needing to think, because the sweetness of the candy made one feel happy, and it was said that it also increased the efficiency of learning or thinking to a certain extent.

Recently, he had been influenced by another person's habits and had gradually grown accustomed to this slightly bitter green tea.

Sun Cheng did not have any expertise in tea, and when drinking it himself or hosting guests, he used to prepare it casually.

Since his new Assistant, Lin Bing, took office, this conscientious person had made him start thinking about whether he should change his original ideas.

His new assistant was not only very capable in her work, perfectly completing the tasks Sun Cheng assigned, but often even took the initiative to help him refine loopholes or overlooked details.

Recently, she had also begun to influence Sun Cheng in his daily life.

This could be considered an unwritten rule for presidential assistants in the country; many enterprises and companies equated a presidential assistant with a personal assistant.

For example, starting from the beginning of the month, the procurement of tea and beverages in Sun Cheng's office and the arrangement of the tables and chairs in the office were all arranged for him by Lin Bing.

Even a while ago, when he used a business trip to Shencheng as an excuse, Lin Bing had applied for funds from the finance department to help him purchase two formal suits, the reason being that Sun Cheng's original attire was too casual, and the clothes Ye Qi bought for him, including suits, were relatively casual styles suitable for home, which could very likely lead to gossip behind his back in formal settings.

Putting down the teacup, he then looked at Liu Nianyuan and said somewhat seriously, "Our Cybertron Technology would like to apply for a 【Defense Military Contractor License】; Level Two is sufficient!"

Since the Xinhai Revolution reformed and abolished the old systems, defense and military industry in Xia Country had been the responsibility of state-owned enterprises for a very long time.

It was not until the 1970s and 1980s, with the arrival of the honeymoon period between Xia and the United States, that they began to learn from the United States to carry out targeted reforms, introducing private capital and even a small amount of foreign enterprises.

After decades of exploration and development, all defense and military products in Xia Country currently require a 【Defense Military Contractor】 license issued by the state to be produced.

And this type of license is divided into five levels according to technology and confidentiality, with Level One being the lowest and Level Five the highest.

To date, Level Four and Level Five licenses are only issued to state-owned enterprises.

The highest license that private enterprises in Xia can apply for is Level Three, with business categories covering special steel, electronic products, some light weapons, and so on.

Foreign enterprises in Xia can only apply for a Level Two license at most, and besides some issued at the end of the last century, since entering the 21st century, Xia Country has not issued licenses to foreign military enterprises for many years.

According to the information Sun Cheng had looked up, what Xia Country originally purchased from several military enterprises in Europe and the United States that were approved to enter were all products such as new types of bulletproof vests, pistols, police sniper rifles, and even special anti-riot vehicles.

Overall, the state is still very cautious in the area of defense and military industry.

The newly acquired Xinhai Technology under 【Cybertron Technology Group】 holds a Level One 【Defense Military Contractor License】 that is about to expire, responsible for providing storage equipment to some defense research institutions, defense units, and even the military.

The license authorization period is only two years, belonging to the type of 【Defense Military Contractor License】 with the shortest authorization time.

Clearly, the state also knows that the storage equipment technology produced by Xinhai Technology is not advanced, and the previous procurement was only because domestic equipment has higher security than similar foreign products.

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Nianyuan had clearly done sufficient preparation work before coming; hearing him suddenly mention wanting a Level One 【Defense Military Contractor License】, he immediately thought of Xinhai Technology, which had just been acquired by Cybertron a few days ago.

There are many eyes on Sun Cheng now, and every move he makes will be placed under a microscope for observation.

Therefore, although Cybertron Technology has not yet disclosed the acquisition of Xinhai Technology to the public, at the government level, many people already know about this matter.

Smiling at the moment, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Nianyuan nodded: "Chairman Sun is doing this for Xinhai Technology, right? Our department has also studied the storage equipment produced by your Cybertron Technology; both in terms of cost and quality, it meets defense procurement standards. I remember that Xinhai Technology's license should expire in November this year, and it might be renewable by then!"

Sun Cheng knew that he had misunderstood his meaning, so he shook his head and said, "Sir, you have misunderstood my meaning; what I want to apply for is a Level Two license!"

For a Level One 【Defense Military Contractor License】, there are at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, enterprises in the country that have obtained authorization.

This level does not have such high requirements for technology and confidentiality; the daily food and living of Xia Country's millions of troops, various rations, medicines, reserve canned goods, military uniforms, military boots, etc., are all produced by enterprises with Level One licenses.

The Level Two license Sun Cheng wants is already qualified to be involved in the production of military industrial products, such as several domestic vehicle companies responsible for producing various special vehicles for the military.

"Level Two license?"

Sun Long also heard clearly this time. Seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Liu Nianyuan seemed to be thinking, he interjected and asked: "Chairman Sun, as far as I know, the main business operated by your Cybertron Technology is storage-related products; a Level One license is sufficient for this type of product."

He emphasized the words "your Cybertron Technology," and the purpose was self-evident.

Whether it was the two lithography machines previously purchased by the National Control Bureau or the equipment list brought by the Equipment Department this time.

Because the products involved are all cutting-edge equipment strictly restricted from export to Xia by foreign countries, in order to avoid losing this special procurement channel, it is impossible for Xia Country not to intend to bring it into the open.

Sun Long asking this was clearly to confirm with him the true intention of the force behind Sun Cheng.

"Please wait a moment for me..."

Sun Cheng got up, went to his office, and brought the specially customized laptop to the conference room.

Then, after turning it on and fiddling with it for a while, a foreign video website appeared on the computer.

He pointed the laptop screen at the two of them and then clicked on one of the videos.

The video came from a company in the United States called 【Boston Dynamics】. The playback time was only two minutes and forty-three seconds, demonstrating an engineering team from the company measuring a piece of mechanical exoskeleton equipment.

"I think neither of you is a stranger to this enterprise..."

【Boston Dynamics】 is a technology company under the search giant Google that focuses on mechanical exoskeleton and robot research.

Because the exoskeleton-related technologies of various countries are still in the exploration stage, even 【Boston Dynamics】, which claims to possess the most advanced mechanical exoskeleton technology, currently has many problems with the mechanical exoskeletons it produces that have not been solved, so it has been unable to commercialize them for a long time.

Therefore, compared to mechanical exoskeletons, the various robots of 【Boston Dynamics】 are undoubtedly much more well-known.

The three robots they launched a few years ago—Big Dog, Cheetah, and Flea—are very well-known internationally because of some procurement by the U. S. military.

Although, in Sun Cheng's view, they were no different from toys.