Since He Qiuhua did a good job, Ji Xia no longer cared about school affairs. She asked Ji Changgeng to build the factory as soon as possible, and then left Jijia Village with Qin Xiao.
As the machine tools rolled off the production line one by one, were packaged and shipped to the port in containers, foreign buyers began to arrive one after another.
To this end, relevant departments in the provincial capital also sent some officials to Bing County to support the reception of foreign guests, and people from the Ministry of Commerce also came. For a time, the entire Bing County was overcrowded.
Wei Zhenguo and Zhang Liangjun were extremely alert. Fortunately, Ji Xia had reminded them beforehand to make preparations for the reception. The guesthouse was expanded, the state-owned hotel was renovated, and several more chefs and service staff were hired.
The provincial capital also specially approved the opening of a Friendship Store here. At that time, the Friendship Store specialized in selling foreign goods in order to meet the needs of foreign guests.
Foreign ships docked one after another, and consumption began from the moment they landed.
Ji Xia didn't care about these things anymore.
Qin Xiao helped Ji Xia harvest the crops in the space for several nights in a row. As all the crops were harvested, more and more foreign guests came, and Qin Xiao began to leave early and come back late, and sometimes even did not come back at night.
Although Qin Xiao didn't say it, Ji Xia could guess that there would definitely be a lot of spies mixed in with the foreign purchasing team this time.
The first batch of machine tools totaled 120 units. Since the United States placed the order first, they were delivered to the United States first. After loading, the ship quickly sailed into the high seas.
On the boat, Johnson was followed by two agents. Although the machine tools were bought by Johnson and he was the owner of a machinery factory in the United States, two of the machine tools were wanted by the U.S. National Security Agency.
The three of them went to the cargo hold together. A ship worker had already opened the container in advance. Seeing the blue and white machine tools inside and a nameplate opposite that read "Made in China", Johnson and the two agents couldn't help but twitch their eyes.
After driving the boatman away, Johnson and two agents stepped forward and eagerly took the control box, which was a black box.
Prior to this, Johnson and two agents had seen the production of machine tools in the trial workshop of Factory 21, and they were shocked by the fully automatic production.
Through bribery, Johnson and his team already knew that all instructions were exchanged through this black box to achieve human-computer interaction, so that the equipment could work automatically.
They were given instructions from above, ordering them to find out as soon as possible what was in the black box?
Naturally, before delivering the product, Factory 21 repeatedly reminded that the black box cannot be moved. Once opened, the self-destruct program will be activated. Once the black box is destroyed, the equipment will be scrapped.
In fact, it can be returned to the factory for reconfiguration, but Ji Xia does not allow Factory 21 to do so. Wouldn’t it be better to buy a new device and earn more foreign exchange?
Generally, those who open the black box for no reason are definitely foreigners.
At this time, Johnson had handed the tool to an agent, who checked the black box, found a fulcrum, and then used the tool to pry open the black box.
As the gap grew wider, the structure inside became visible. Suddenly, there was a loud bang. The explosion was not loud and no one was injured. Then a burst of black smoke came out.
The black box is scrapped.
"Open it and take a look!" Johnson said anxiously. Although the machine tool was very expensive, after seeing its functions, Johnson did not think it was expensive anymore. It was totally worth the money.
He is now eager to know what the structure inside is?
The agent simply pried open the panel, and found that the black box, which was about 27 cubic decimeters in size, was completely charred and melted into a ball, still emitting hot steam, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
The three people looked at each other.
What kind of black technology is this!
A control box actually has a suicide function.
"Is it because we opened it the wrong way?" asked another agent, Tom.
The agent who had just pried the panel was Smith. He handed the tool to Tom and said, "You can try it!"
You know, he didn't use much strength at all and was very careful. I just don't know what happened to this black box. It just opened a little bit and then melted by itself.
Tom didn't believe it, so he opened another container and opened the black box of another machine tool. This time he changed the angle, but just as the tool pried open a corner of the panel, there was another low and dull explosion, as if it was afraid of scaring people, and then another string of green smoke came out.
There is no doubt that this black box must be scrapped.
The three of them were immediately very depressed. After one pry, they lost six million US dollars. After two pryings, they lost twelve million US dollars in total.
Obviously, even the United States cannot afford the loss.
"What now?" asked Tom.
A sinister light flashed in Smith's eyes, "We can't go back like this."
Their mission was to find out the secret of the black box. They had already lost two machine tools. If they brought back these two black boxes that had committed suicide and said they knew nothing, it would be a clear mission failure.
At night, the two men lowered a small boat and sailed silently towards the shore, landing from a steep cliff. Just as they were about to go ashore under the cover of darkness, a gun was put to their heads.
The incident of prying black boxes did not only happen on US cargo ships, but also on American cargo ships. The American cargo ships were not spared. The American cargo ships also pried two black boxes and then stopped because the machine tools were too expensive and they could not afford the loss.
Xiao Rizi bought fifty units this time, but they only pried open one. Seeing this situation, they stopped the loss in time.
Russia was not spared either, and the people of Russia were obviously even more skeptical. They only stopped after prying open four black boxes.
Such high technology has driven these countries a little crazy. If China's previous military strength was only presented in actual facts without them seeing it with their own eyes, then these machine tools can illustrate the problem.
The United States quickly sent people to visit other countries. The first stop was Country Eagle, followed by Country F. Then they went about their daily business. No one knew what they discussed, but international public opinion began to target China, demanding the release of the black box data.
Otherwise, they will return all the machine tools.
When signing the contract, Ji Xia also took into consideration his own outrageous actions before the restart. Therefore, the agreement stipulated that the payment for the goods would be made according to a 3:7 ratio. A 30% deposit would be paid first, and the goods would be delivered upon payment. The remaining 70% of the payment would be received before the machine tool was delivered.
China had never dealt with such a high-value foreign exchange transaction return before. After receiving the request for return, the Ministry of Commerce became a little anxious and directly arranged for people to come and negotiate with Factory 21 and ask them to give their opinions on how to deal with the matter.
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