Chapter Four: The First Money—and the Patent Is Not for Sale

Qiyao pays a twenty-million initial fee and settles thirteen million in mold invoices owed to Hengchuan today. In exchange, three original-process engineers will help bring your yield above the acceptance threshold.” “That's thirty-three million!” “No. It saves you six hundred million and protects another 9.6 billion.” “Qiyao will not acknowledge your title.” “Call it an interim license pending dispute, without prejudice to either party,” Jiming said. “You can tell Shen Weiyue you purchased technical services. Sign, or wait for Dongchen to send its inspection results to the exchange.” At 4:20 p.m., Yan signed. At 5:03, twenty million yuan reached Xuanheng's account.