Netizens reveled online, lavishing praise on Su Yan.
Meanwhile, various countries were eager to obtain the leasing rights to Su Yan's technologies, hoping to benefit their future national technologies.
The day after the international press conference, Celestial Technology's official website and the Chinese government's official website simultaneously announced the list of countries with leasing rights.
On the list, there were only 21 countries.
Among these 21 countries, the United States, Japan, and South Korea were absent!
Sure enough, as soon as the announcement came out, Japan's cabinet immediately exploded!
"Prime Minister, we don't know what happened… Yesterday, we made tens of thousands of calls within ten minutes. If Su Yan's side checked, there would definitely be records!"
"At the same time, to ensure everything was foolproof, after the international press conference yesterday, we immediately called China to express our desire to obtain leasing authorization!"
"But…"
A senior cabinet official said with a grim expression.
Obviously, even if they had done their utmost, Japan was still not on the announced list!
"Continue to work, contact those leaders in China!"
"No matter what, we must secure Su Yan's leasing rights!"
Japan's Prime Minister Yamamoto Rokujushi said in a hoarse voice.
Now the multinational alliance had completely disintegrated and collapsed, and almost all its power had shifted to China's side!
Even if they gathered again, the strength they formed would be incomparable to the 21 publicly allied countries!
Therefore, the hard approach was not working, so they could only try the soft approach.
And it had to work!
Now that 21 countries had obtained leasing rights, it meant that these 21 countries could all lease advanced technology from Su Yan for analysis... Japan was already falling behind in this aspect!
If they couldn't secure the rights, it would mean that Japan would be completely abandoned technologically by more than twenty countries, including China!
If it came to that, it would be too late!
"Ring ring ring...♪♫"
At this moment, the phone on Yamamoto Rokujushi's desk rang.
"You go first!"
Yamamoto Rokujushi waved his hand, dismissing the official.
The door closed, and Yamamoto Rokujushi answered, "President Hill!"
On the other end of the phone, President Hill's voice came through, "China's latest announcement, you must have seen it, right? The United States is not on it, which I can understand, but I'm curious why Japan's name isn't there either?"
"As far as I know, yesterday Japan mobilized quite a few people to make calls!"
Yamamoto Rokujushi's face darkened.
"Mr. Hill, Japan and China are in talks, and they also said that today's announcement is the first batch, and there will be additional authorizations later!"
Yamamoto Rokujushi said coldly.
"It's no use, Mr. Yamamoto!"
"I regret to inform you of a piece of news. According to information revealed by my informant within China, Su Yan has issued a death order, placing three countries on the blacklist!"
"One is the United States, another is South Korea, and the last one... is Japan!"
President Hill chuckled softly.
He had anticipated the United States being blacklisted.
After all, the multinational alliance incident was initiated by them. Even if the United States humbled itself and pleaded, China might, for the sake of the bigger picture, be willing to grant leasing permissions.
But the final decision maker was still Su Yan!
As the technology owner, Su Yan had the will to control leasing permissions... For China, the United States was a perfect economic partner, with countless trade ties between them, so the Chinese government would agree.
But Su Yan did not rely on the United States for survival, and economic exchanges with the United States were minimal. As for entering the United States' future invasion phone market,
he could do without it; to him, a mere United States phone market was nothing special... On the contrary, the American people would be crying and begging him to enter!
Therefore, Su Yan held the United States in contempt.
Being added to the blacklist was only natural.
And Japan and South Korea being added to the blacklist was also Su Yan's decision.
He had no good impression of these two countries. Although they were both Asian countries, in reality, they disliked each other!
Su Yan was not a saint or a great man. If he was displeased, he wouldn't give it, no matter who you were!
"Baka..."
Upon hearing this news, Yamamoto Rokujushi almost couldn't help but swear, but managed to hold back.
"Since both you and I are on the blacklist, what other options do you have?"
Yamamoto Rokujushi said coldly, "Because of you this time, I missed an excellent opportunity! You should understand that Su Yan's technological advancement is at least fifty years ahead of us. If we can't lease and analyze those technologies, our progress will fall far behind others!"
"...You wouldn't want the world's number one superpower to be surpassed one by one, would you?"
President Hill scoffed from the other end of the line.
"Mr. Yamamoto, actually, we have many ways to solve this problem!"
"If we don't have leasing rights, we can always sub-lease from countries that do!"
"As long as the money is sufficient, do you think they would be unwilling?"
President Hill directly offered a solution.
Sub-leasing from the countries that had obtained leasing rights!
After all, the purpose of leasing was for analysis and research... If that was the case, there would be no conflict of purpose. As long as enough money was paid and it was done discreetly, they could completely pull the wool over everyone's eyes!
"And I think letting a young man run rampant is not good for the overall global situation, for you and me, and for overall development!"
"You must understand that the leasing price will surely be exorbitant!"
"Even if you succeed in leasing, what Su Yan gives you might not be the most advanced version... In the meteorite incident, the Iron Man that appeared first was different from the one that appeared later, those are two different things!"
"The most crucial thing is, even if you successfully lease it, and Su Yan is willing to give you the most advanced version, are you sure your scientific research team can actually develop anything from it?"
"That kid is not an easy opponent. Like all Chinese people, he's very cunning!"
President Hill said meaningfully.
"So, you mean..."
Yamamoto Rokujushi's eyes flashed.
"China only has 21 allies, but don't forget, there are over two hundred countries in this world!"
"It's time for us to go to the United Nations!"
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