Chapter 155: Island Nation’s Purchase Request

The three of them briefly discussed some matters and left Legion Ant Company once they got satisfactory answers.

The casualty reports from the major earthquake in Island Nation caught the world’s attention.

One reason was the earthquake was so huge it had to draw global notice. The Fukushima nuclear leak accident became more serious, making people nervous. Another reason was Legion Ant Company had predicted the super earthquake before it came, yet the casualties were strangely high, which seemed unreasonable.

Ordinary people focused on the earthquake disaster, while governments of various countries paid attention to Legion Ant Company. Predicting an earthquake once might be a coincidence, but a second time was not.

Natural disasters could not be controlled. What they could do was try to reduce casualties during disasters. Now that the Seismograph was out, it was undoubtedly great news for countries with frequent earthquakes.

“The ambassador from Island Nation contacted us,” Xiaoyu walked into Chen Mo’s Laboratory and said gently. “They want to learn about the Seismograph. Sister Zhao couldn’t decide, so she asked me to come up and check with you.”

Chen Mo put the synthesized Silicon-Carbon into a bottle and stopped what he was doing.

“They haven’t even returned the Seismograph they fished up, and they already want to buy a Seismograph? Let them wait. Don’t give them an answer. Wait until they understand, send the Seismograph back properly, and compensate us for our losses. Then we can talk about the Seismograph. Otherwise, no discussion.” Chen Mo said without thinking.

When they fished up the Seismograph before, they also tried to trick Legion Ant Company. He held a grudge. Island Nation annoyed him before, now it was his turn to annoy them back.

He would definitely not let go of such a good chance.

“Okay,” Xiaoyu said.

Over the past two days, ambassadors from many countries had contacted Legion Ant Company.

The Seismograph business, as Zhao Min said, was not for individuals or companies. Their partners were countries.

In countries with frequent earthquakes, losses from quakes amounted to billions each year. One-tenth of these losses was enough to install Seismographs in every corner of the country.

So once the Seismograph was really mass-produced, he was not worried about no one buying it.

Besides the need to set up an Earthquake early warning network domestically, another country showed strong interest in purchasing—New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean.

New Zealand was one of the countries most eager to get the Seismograph.

In recent years, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes had increased noticeably worldwide. Experts predicted that the Earth would have major movements in the coming years, making it a period of frequent earthquakes.

Scientific research found that the Hikurangi Subduction Zone, the largest fault in New Zealand, had been awakened from its sleep by an earthquake the year before last. Experts predicted that if the three faults in New Zealand became active, New Zealand would face a devastating earthquake. The most frightening part was the tsunami that might follow.

So after Legion Ant Company confirmed it could predict earthquakes, New Zealand couldn’t wait to send people to discuss the Seismograph with Legion Ant Company.

Besides New Zealand, several other countries had also contacted them, but they were still hesitating due to the high price. Chen Mo was not in a hurry. The current production was limited, so they would first supply the domestic network setup. If Island Nation wanted to buy, it depended on his mood.

After Xiaoyu left, Chen Mo focused again on the experimental equipment.

During this time, after continuous testing, he finally synthesized some Room Temperature Superconducting Material. However, the purity was not up to standard yet. These materials were fine for making ordinary conductors, but to make a Superconducting Chip, the Room Temperature Superconducting Material needed to be purified.

To save costs and achieve mass production, the material’s purity had to meet requirements right from the first synthesis step.

At the Island Nation embassy.

Inada Tsunami’s face was very dark. He didn’t expect that when he contacted Legion Ant Company, they directly refused him. After all, he was an ambassador to Huaxia. Being rejected like this made him very unhappy.

Legion Ant Company didn’t even give a reason for refusing him, which made him even more upset.

The earthquake and tsunami had just passed, and the country was busy with disaster relief. But now, aftershocks kept coming, making people worry about when the next big earthquake would arrive.

After this disaster, the country urgently wanted the Seismograph technology. If they had this technology to predict the next earthquake, voters would surely support their current party’s candidate for the next prime minister.

Now his orders from above were to get the Seismograph technology if possible, or at least buy Seismographs to bring back.

Legion Ant Company could already predict earthquakes. If the next big disaster came and they couldn’t predict it, it would be seen as government inaction. Then they would face endless troubles. They might even be attacked by the opposition party and forced to resign.

As he knew, countries with frequent earthquakes like New Zealand, Chile, and Indonesia had already contacted Legion Ant Company and gotten some information.

But when he contacted them, he was shut out, leaving him frustrated and unable to vent.

Now that Legion Ant Company had the Seismograph technology, trying to get it through unconventional means was unlikely.

Legion Ant Company had already caught the attention of Huaxia’s top levels. If their people got caught like last time and angered Legion Ant Company, they wouldn’t get even a single part, let alone a Seismograph.

“Inada-san, could it be because of the last Seismograph incident that Legion Ant Company is ignoring us? We never returned the Seismograph we fished up,” said Heng Jingyu beside him.

He was a counselor at the embassy, responsible for assisting the embassy’s work. This time, since their superiors wanted them to get the Seismograph, he had to help. If they succeeded, he would also get credit.

Inada Tsunami slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing.

Last time, when Legion Ant Company’s Seismograph was fished up, they acted indifferent toward Legion Ant Company and even denied visas for Legion Ant Company staff wanting to go to Island Nation.

They thought Legion Ant Company would make a big fuss about it, but the company only gave a mild response. Legion Ant Company must have been very displeased with them over this matter.

“What do you think we should do?” Inada Tsunami looked at Heng Jingyu. “We’ve already offended Legion Ant Company with the last incident.”

“The best way is to return the Seismograph to Legion Ant Company,” Heng Jingyu said.

“Won’t that make us lose face?” Inada Tsunami thought for a moment.

A government compromising with a company would be embarrassing.

“If we don’t make too much noise, and since the media’s focus is on the earthquake, we won’t be noticed if we keep it quiet.”

Inada Tsunami nodded thoughtfully and picked up the phone. “I’ll contact the homeland.”

The Island Nation government was under great pressure. Upon hearing Inada Tsunami’s request, they agreed immediately. The core circuit board and chip of the Seismograph they fished up were burnt out, so they didn’t get any useful technology.

Now the Island Nation government had many problems. They had to try every way to import Seismographs to calm the public. The damaged Seismograph was no longer very valuable to them since they had already studied all they could.