The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 694 Glory
When Liu Tao walked towards the podium, warm applause broke out in the Stockholm Concert Hall.

At the same time, countless viewers in front of the TV couldn't help but applaud and cheer.

Seeing this scene, countless people were so excited that their blood boiled, and some even shed tears.

This is especially true for students from universities, especially those who have just graduated from undergraduate studies and entered the academic world, as well as those researchers working hard in scientific research positions.
Amidst applause, Liu Tao accepted the award certificate and the shining golden medal.

Liu Tao delivered a speech that was very conventional and did not contain any out-of-character words. Given his status, he would naturally not pursue individuality at a time like this.

I am grateful to my family, the Party and the country for their cultivation, and the teachers and friends who have come along the way.
It can be said that I have thanked everyone I could thank.

Not long after he went down, when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was presented, Liu Tao went on stage again to receive the award.

After the award ceremony.

As per convention, all winners and guests invited to the ceremony will move to other places to attend the famous Nobel dinner.

However, Liu Tao was quite disappointed with the food at the Nobel Prize dinner. It turned out that not every country and every nationality is good at cooking.

Apart from the top-notch ingredients for this dinner, in his opinion the chef was not as good as any chef in the cafeteria at Panshan Group's headquarters. It was a complete waste of good ingredients.

The only thing worth praising is the wine.

The wine has no brand. It is said that the wine was specially produced in a wine estate and is not available to outsiders.

After returning to the hotel, the family members said one by one that they were not full.

Liu Tao had no choice but to contact the staff and ask the hotel to fry a few steaks. After each person ate a steak, they felt about 70% full.

Although they were all very excited, they didn't go to bed too late.

Liu Tao also went to bed early because according to convention, every Nobel Prize winner would give a Nobel Lecture the next day.

Naturally, he had already prepared the topic of the lecture.

The next day, he went to the lecture hall of the Institute of Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. When he arrived at the lecture hall, it was packed with people, even more crowded than the Nobel Banquet, but no one complained.

Those who came to listen to the lecture included not only scholars of superconducting materials from all over the world, but also students from Stockholm University, Royal Institute of Technology, and even some local citizens who were interested in science.

Liu Tao saw the Chinese students studying in Europe.

Although to Europeans and Americans, all Asians look similar, especially East Asians, who are hard to tell apart.

But for the Chinese, they can tell the difference at a glance.

Liu Tao gave an introduction on superconducting ceramics. Since their discovery, superconducting ceramics have become a superconducting material with great development prospects.

At present, it has broad application prospects in strong and weak current fields such as transmission lines with no resistance loss, superconducting motors, superconducting detectors, and superconducting antennas.

After the Nobel Prize lecture, Liu Tao returned home with his family.

Every minute you stay overseas is a minute more dangerous.

Even when he boarded the plane, he took a special look at the virtual panel to make sure the plane was safe. After the intercontinental flight, when the plane arrived in Beijing, Liu Tao felt at ease and safe when his feet touched the ground.

After returning to Beijing, he did not leave immediately because he had to accept interviews from several media outlets.

After staying in Beijing for a full week and accepting interviews from several heavyweight media outlets, Liu Tao finally left Beijing.

Just returned to Panshan Group.

Liu Tao received a call from the Middle East and he was shocked.

Saddam is actually going to take action against Kuwait!

He understood that at that time, Iraq still had more than 10 billion US dollars in foreign exchange reserves, and the war had not taken place in Iraq. Now that the Iran-Iraq War was over, Iraq should focus on economic development.

Although Iraq suffered heavy casualties in the Iran-Iraq War, domestic oil field production was not affected. At most, because of the war, more oil was supplied to the troops and less was exported.

At the current international crude oil price, it will only take one year for Iraq's life to return to its pre-war level. After earning money from oil for another three or four years, Iraq can further strengthen its armaments. At the very least, it can replace all its tanks and armored vehicles with Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Type 81 medium tanks, Type 81 light tanks and Type 81 infantry fighting vehicles, greatly enhancing the strength of its ground forces.

Moreover, in a few years, the advanced fighter jets and warships that Iraq purchased from him will basically be in place, and by then both the air force and navy will be greatly strengthened.

But now Saddam is going to attack Kuwait.

This is just a brain cramp!
Why would he want to live a comfortable life when he has to attack Kuwait, which has strongly supported him in the Iran-Iraq War?
Isn't this sick?!
You know, Iraq has rich resources, and this resource is the most important energy source in the world. There is no need to worry about selling it. Even through cooperative mining, a large amount of funds can be obtained without any investment.

It can be said that Iraq can easily live a comfortable and wealthy life.

"Is he being fooled by the Americans? Or is this Saddam's ambition?" Liu Tao couldn't help but wonder to himself.

Maybe it’s a combination of both!

Some Americans were trying to fool Saddam, but the bigger factor was probably Saddam's ambition. Saddam always wanted to turn Kuwait into Iraq's 19th province.

Liu Tao pondered for a moment, then picked up the landline and made a call to report the intelligence. Then, he began to make arrangements.

Saddam wanted to attack Kuwait, and Liu Tao felt very uncomfortable emotionally, because Kuwait was his old friend and important partner, and he had nearly 10,000 people in Kuwait.

But from the perspective of interests, since we cannot stop it, we must maximize the benefits.

Once the war breaks out, oil prices will inevitably rise sharply, and the degree of this rise will even exceed that of the previous one. In this case, he dares to increase the leverage by 50 times.

It’s a guaranteed profit!
On the other hand, they could make money on both ends. They could first deliver as many Iraqi purchase orders as possible and get the final payment, and then when the war breaks out, it would be difficult to export. Secondly, they could strengthen defenses in Kuwait and tell the Kuwaiti royal family the intelligence at the critical moment to ensure that the Kuwaiti royal family and their wealth were transferred to Saudi Arabia, thereby making another profit from it.

When the war is rebuilt, this will be another big piece of cake. We don’t expect to eat all of it, but even if we can only get one third of it, it will be very delicious.

"By the way, there is also the Gulf War!" Liu Tao discovered even greater business opportunities.

In comparison, this is probably the biggest cake. As long as you operate it well, you can definitely make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)