The old and young people of the Feng family mobilized and began to inquire about Captain Cook's project for Feng Xiaochen.Feng Xiaochen took his attendants and visited supporting service companies throughout Germany according to the original plan, and the details of which need not be mentioned.

The Chinese government's interest in participating in the Captain Cook project passed through several channels to the officers of the project committee, and the committee members of the project committee, Matsk, were discussing in the committee's office in the Netherlands.

“Gentlemen, have you heard any news recently that officials from the Chinese government have expressed a keen interest in our project and hope to have in-depth talks with us,” he said.

At the beginning of the meeting, Matsk did not turn around and informed his colleagues directly about the news.

“I heard that a partner at the German patent office in Rutenberg asked me about the specifics of the project, according to her, her nephew was an official in charge of the development of major equipment in China.”One member reported.

“Yes, I have also received a related inquiry, and the person who asked me about this question also mentions the official from the China Equipment Industries Company, who is said to be in Europe at present.”Another member also echoed.

"I heard some news, but it's not very accurate, who can tell me in detail, what's going on?"

“What, the Chinese are interested in Captain Cook’s project, aren’t they lost their heads?”

“When did the Chinese have the right to talk about such a project?”

Everyone's chickens are talking and talking about it, and they have added their own understanding and views on this matter.Feng Zhichen did not intend to conceal the matter, so most of the members have heard the news more or less, but the degree of understanding is different.

Matsk listened to everyone for a while, then waved his hand, signaled the people to be quiet, and then said: "Things have been clear, China is interested in developing their oil in the East and South China Seas, so it is eager to obtain the manufacturing technology of the sixth generation of offshore drilling platforms."But as we know, the Chinese have almost zero technology in this area, and they can't build such a platform on their own, so they want to join our project so that they can catch our ride."

“Indeed it is.”A member of the Hetherington said, “The Chinese desire for technology is public.They are used to getting the technology they need from Europe, and that's why they want to be part of Captain Cook's project."

“But why should we involve them?”Another member, Kelvey, said, “Over the past 20 years, the Chinese have acquired a lot of technology from us, and they have used them in turn to seize the traditional market of European companies.The sixth-generation rig technology is a key project in which we maintain our leading position in marine equipment, and if completed, we can maintain our advantage in this field for at least 15 years.The Chinese want to develop their offshore oil, they can buy rigs from us, we just have to sell eggs to them, what is the need to teach them how to raise chickens?”

“Yes, we must not let the Chinese learn our technology, because once they learn these technologies, they will use these technologies to seize our market.”Have we learned less in the last 10 years?”

The person who spoke was Heinzl, the business commissioner of the company of Purmé.Captain Cook is an equipment research and development project, led by the European Union, but the specific participants are large-scale equipment companies in Europe.Purmé is also one of the project participants, and Heinzl is a member of the project committee on behalf of Purmair.

“I mean exactly the same as Heinzl, and I don’t think we can accept China joining this project, they will learn technology from this project and then use these technologies to beat us, which is not the original intention of our project.”Kelvey echoed the road.

Others are also clamoring:

“Yes, we can’t let the Chinese participate in this project, I hate the Chinese!”

“I have a good taste for Chinese art, but when it comes to industrial technology, I don’t think they’re qualified to talk to us at all, and getting them on projects like this can only cause us trouble.”

“If the Chinese are willing to order such drilling platforms from our company, I am happy to see...”

“They’ll order it!”

Matsk saw that everyone was making another noise, then knocked on the table and raised his voice and said, “Gentlemen, please be quiet.”I understand what I mean, about the Chinese learning European technology and then in turn competing with European companies, the European Commission has received a lot of accusations from companies, the Commission's attitude is also very clear, that is, we must pay attention to the problem of technology loss."

If so, what else do we have to talk about today?It is to refuse the Chinese demand directly.”Hetherington said.

Matsk shrugged his shoulders and said, “Hetherington, if it’s all that simple, I’m going to ask you to come to Holland for what?”I would like to ask you to consider whether there is any favorable factors for us to involve the Chinese in the Captain Cook project, except for the factors that are not against us?"

“Favourable factors?Are you talking about political factors?”Kelvin asked.

Matsk shook his head and said, “Our project is an economic project, has nothing to do with politics, so we don’t have to pay attention to political considerations.”

“Then Mr. President, what do we need to involve the Chinese?”Kelvin asked again.

Matsk looked at the crowd, saw that everyone's faces were full of questions, and sighed, "What if the Chinese are willing to provide a considerable amount of money for this project?"

“The funds?”

Everyone was surprised, and then they were silent.Before Matsk mentioned this issue, everyone really did not think about this.Now listen to Matsk, it seems to be a matter of consideration.

The purpose of the Captain Cook project is to develop sixth-generation offshore drilling platform technology.The planning of the project is to focus the efforts of various enterprises to build a drilling platform to solve the technical problems involved in the construction process.The cost of a semi-submersible deep-sea drilling platform is initially estimated at about $2 billion, and the money will be collectively raised by the companies involved in the project, and the drilling rigs completed in the future and the related technologies obtained will be distributed according to the funding of each company.

Companies are aware of the value of sixth-generation rig technology and want to be able to take these technologies into their own hands.But when it comes to asking them to pay, everyone has a small calculation in their hearts.The development of a new technology is a big risk, and no one is willing to take their own money to take this risk.The idea of each company is to let others pay more, and they just play soy sauce in the project.

In the future, if the development is difficult and the project is abandoned halfway, then it will pay less and suffer less losses.And if the development is smooth, the relevant technology has been a breakthrough, each do not have to worry about their own access to technology patents is too low, because they can learn from the experience of development, their own stove and then a set of technology out.It is easy for others to spend money to find out for themselves, and it is easy to walk it again.

Everyone has this idea, and the fund-raising situation of the whole project can be imagined.The money is expected to be $2 billion, and in fact, Matsk has not received even $500 million.Some companies have promised to come up with a fund to participate, but have said that the funds must wait until the project is officially launched before it can be put in place.Matsk couldn't believe the promises of these companies, in the event that the project began, and these companies find something to do without money, then the whole project may be bad, and the money invested in the early stage will be lost, when the money companies will not let Matsk.

Because of this dilemma, Matsk had to apply to the European Commission to open the project to countries outside the EU, and Steyer told Feng that Australia, New Zealand and Brazil were involved in the project.These countries are all brought forward by the government, organized a number of companies to participate in the project and provided some funding.But even so, Matsk received a long gap from the required $2 billion, this time heard that the Chinese government is interested in the project, Matsk's first thought flashed in his mind: catch a big gold owner!

“The Chinese are desperate for access to the technology of the sixth generation of rigs, which is not only economically considered but also politically.That’s why I’m judgment that they should be more generous with their investment in projects.Our project is currently facing a huge funding gap, and if the Chinese can help us fill this gap, should we accept them?”Matsk asked the people.

This time, no one spoke.Matsk is an official in the European Union, not from a business, so he has little understanding of the Chinese competition, but more of seeing the Chinese as a rich partner.But Heinzl et al. are different, and their companies are already under competitive pressure from China, and they are very much unlikely that the Chinese will get more technology.

But if they stand up against it, Matsk will certainly push the task of filling the funding gap on them.You don’t want the Chinese to pay, so can you pay?You do not have money, I can hardly find a willing to pay a country, you do not agree, this is not a deliberate demolition?