October 5, 3031, Galactic Calendar.
In the preceding days, the Military Procurement Committee had successively finalized several individual military procurement projects.
However, these were all small projects, ranging in value from hundreds of millions to billions of star coins.
Compared to today's military procurement project, those were completely insignificant.
A magnificent spherical building, this was the official venue for the military procurement meeting.
Outside, unmanned vehicles were continuously landing at various access points, and specialized personnel were checking the invitation letters of those arriving.
Only those with invitation letters could participate in today's military procurement meeting.
In addition to those participating, there were also many people who had not secured entry and were waiting outside, anticipating the moment the news would be announced.
They would contact the successful Starship manufacturers at the earliest opportunity; as long as they could get a piece of the pie from the Starship manufacturers, even if it was just a small Starship module manufacturing project, it would be enough for them to make a substantial profit.
Zhao Chen, Chu Xuan, Zhao Wan'er, Su Lan, and Xue Xiaoxiao arrived here in an unmanned vehicle.
Because everyone knew each other, they had arranged in advance to meet directly in a private room to participate in this military procurement meeting.
"What do you think would happen if the Hurricane Conglomerate's plan fell through this time, and another Starship manufacturer secured this military procurement order?
I really dislike Feng Xiaowei; he acts so arrogant, relying on the fact that he's the young master of the Hurricane Conglomerate," Xue Xiaoxiao said her thoughts as she walked into a private room with Zhao Chen and the others.
Su Lan shook her head and said, "The probability is very low. The Hurricane Conglomerate's T2 Hyena is undoubtedly the optimal choice among current T2 Interstellar Destroyers.
Furthermore, having been mass-produced for many years, there's a significant advantage in cost control.
The current market price is around 4 million star coins, and by signing an agreement with the Imperial Army, they could even lower this price to 3.5 million star coins.
The Imperial Army will most likely still choose the T2 Hyena."
Xue Xiaoxiao pouted, very unhappy about this possibility.
"However, many things in this world are uncertain. What if, by chance, the Hurricane Conglomerate suffers an unexpected setback?" Zhao Chen said, sitting on the sofa with an expression of anticipating a good show.
"Let them suffer a setback! Let them suffer a setback!" Xue Xiaoxiao waved her small fists, continuously praying.
Chu Xuan, who was beside her, found the little loli adorable.
One side of the private room where Zhao Chen and the others were located had a huge floor-to-ceiling glass window, offering a view of the circular stadium inside.
The entire stadium was designed with a higher exterior and lower interior, with a circular platform in the center.
All Starship manufacturers would present their products and speak on it, each having a fixed time, such as thirty minutes, twenty minutes, and so on.
For some simple military procurement projects, the successful bidder would be decided in one round.
However, for larger military procurement projects, several rounds of discussion might be needed to continuously select the best Interstellar Warship, and then select even better ones from among the best.
In the air on one side of the stadium, there was a suspended seating area, which was for the Military Procurement Committee.
Originally, the Military Procurement Committee had a total of 100 members, representing one hundred votes.
The highest vote wins the bid.
However, this year was somewhat special, with a total of 111 votes.
Of these additional 11 votes, one vote belonged to the special guest, North Wind Governor; the remaining ten votes came from the little princess.
Regardless of whether the little princess had deep expertise in this area, no one dared to question her ten votes based solely on her identity as a little princess.
Moreover, she came from royalty; even if she hadn't eaten pork, she had seen pigs run, right? She naturally had her own insights into Interstellar Warship.
At this moment, all the seats in the stadium were filled with people.
Members of the Military Procurement Committee also began to take their seats, and finally, the little princess and North Wind Governor also took their places.
As the host took the stage and announced, this single military procurement meeting, valued at 40 billion star coins, officially began.
"This 09th individual military procurement meeting is for the T2 Interstellar Destroyer procurement project.
Seven T2 Interstellar Destroyers will be participating in this selection, and each party will present and speak for 30 minutes on stage with their product.
Now, please welcome number one." The host quickly moved into the process, starting directly.
The representative of the number one Starship manufacturer was a middle-aged man; he quickly walked to the center of the stage and used a holographic projection to display the image of his T2 Interstellar Destroyer.
"The T2 Gnu-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer produced by our company adopts the most advanced Starship core technology, utilizing..."
Zhao Chen took a look and had a general idea.
This one was just here to make up the numbers.
In fact, most of the seven so-called T2 Interstellar Destroyers were just there to make up the numbers; they knew that the possibility of them being selected this time was almost zero.
But that didn't prevent them from coming here to advertise, did it?
After thirty minutes, the number one Starship manufacturer stepped down.
Then came number two, number three...
Zhao Chen glanced at the schedule and was somewhat surprised.
He wondered if it was intentionally arranged, but as the favored contender for this military procurement, the Hurricane Conglomerate's T2 Hyena was the last to appear.
Perhaps they believed the T2 Hyena would most likely win the bid, and placing it last would also give the preceding T2 Interstellar Destroyers a chance to showcase themselves.
And, quite coincidentally, appearing in sixth place.
It was the T2 Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer produced by Li Yaqi's Northern Goose Starship Technology Group!
This was too interesting.
It's estimated that after Li Yaqi finishes explaining the various performances of the T2 Mastiff, everyone present will be greatly surprised.
The expressions of the Hurricane Conglomerate's father and two sons must be truly spectacular.
Zhao Chen's gaze fell precisely on the spectator seats closest to the central circular platform in the stadium, where the Hurricane Conglomerate's father and two sons were sitting upright, wearing confident expressions as they enjoyed the performances of their so-called competitors.
In their eyes, this military procurement was undoubtedly already a sure victory.
Zhao Chen's lips curved slightly upwards.
Several hours later.
The host once again took the stage: "Next up is the T2 Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer from Northern Goose Starship Technology Group."
Northern Goose Starship Technology Group.
Hearing this name, many people present showed expressions of interest.
This was because their t1 wolf louse-class medium interstellar destroyer had now become the best-selling t1 interstellar battleship.
Furthermore, in the past six months, they had successively launched several excellent Interstellar Warship.
This instantly made Northern Goose a rising new conglomerate in the Starlight Empire, showing a momentum similar to that of the Hurricane Conglomerate back then.
Li Yaqi, dressed in a long gown, gracefully walked onto the circular platform.
Under everyone's gaze, she raised her hand and projected a holographic image of the T2 Mastiff.
Next, her presentation would become the most spectacular scene of this military procurement meeting!
Li Yaqi began to speak, but what she said was unexpected.
"Ladies and gentlemen, to more thoroughly showcase the T2 Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer launched by our group, we have specifically used data from a friendly company's interstellar warship. Please observe."
Afterward, Li Yaqi displayed a completely black Starship model, along with relevant data information.
Despite this, everyone could immediately recognize that this so-called friendly company was the Hurricane Conglomerate's T2 Hyena-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer!
