"Wait... I didn't see anything!" Li Yaqi immediately covered her eyes, assuming a pose that said, 'I didn't see anything.'

Even Zhao Chen was taken aback by Li Yaqi's action.

"What are you doing? Didn't you already guess my identity before?"

Li Yaqi kept her eyes covered and said with some worry, "Um... are you taking off your mask because you don't want to cooperate with me anymore..."

"Don't want to cooperate with you? Why would you think that?" Zhao Chen chuckled.

Li Yaqi peeked through a gap in her fingers and said, "Because... your public identity now is the grandson-in-law of the Chu family. With such good resources from the Chu family, why would you still need to cooperate with me?"

Li Yaqi had thought she had finally found a cash cow, but now...

This was also the reason Li Yaqi had been so uneasy these past few days.

So this woman was worried about this.

"The Chu family is the Chu family, and you are you. You are different," Zhao Chen said.

"I don't understand what you mean?" Li Yaqi asked, puzzled.

Zhao Chen continued, "You just said that the Chu family has its own foundation and resources, so my cooperation with the Chu family might be a matter of course. However, there are some things that should never be put in one basket."

"You and the Chu family..." Li Yaqi was even more surprised now.

Zhao Chen said directly, "Don't worry about other things, and don't ask. I'll just ask you directly: do you still want to cooperate with me!"

"Of course I do!" Li Yaqi nodded repeatedly.

How could she not?

Relying on the t1 wolf louse-class medium interstellar destroyer had directly allowed her Northern Goose Starship Technology Group to rise, and the subsequent four Starship technologies were even more incredible. Although they weren't as big hits as the T1 Wolf Flea, they were still hot-selling products.

All of this was entirely thanks to Zhao Chen, her cash cow.

"Alright then, from now on, our cooperation must be kept absolutely confidential. Apart from you and me, do not let anyone else know, including Li Wei. He might guess some things, but you must make sure he doesn't say anything about it! If you can do this, not only can our cooperation continue, but it can also go a step further!" Zhao Chen stared at Li Yaqi.

Hearing that the cooperation could continue, the stone in Li Yaqi's heart finally fell to the ground.

"I understand all of this, and I will absolutely keep this secret! Even when my father asked me where these Starship technologies came from, I didn't say anything!" Li Yaqi said firmly.

"Although things between us must be kept secret, there will inevitably be some contact, so I need you to find a way to establish a method that won't expose us while still allowing us to communicate! For example, if I need any resources or raw materials, you can pass them to me through this route!" Zhao Chen said seriously.

Li Yaqi thought for a moment and suddenly said, "There is such a way! Actually, I have private dealings with an Interstellar Pirates fleet. After all, those of us in the interstellar trade business inevitably need to brush against these gray industries. The captain of this Interstellar Pirates fleet is absolutely trustworthy. If you have any needs in the future, such as raw materials or supplies, I can arrange for her Interstellar Pirates fleet to travel through the galactic marginal space between Star Systems and arrive at the location you specify. They will deliver the supplies to you! It's absolutely secret! It's just that this method takes dozens of times longer than normal transport, unless one has a very advanced Interstellar Transport Ship. However, your Owl Dragon Star System is very close to the border, so a single trip won't take too much time."

Hearing Li Yaqi say this, Zhao Chen was very satisfied with this method.

"It just so happens that I need a batch of Interstellar Transport Ships right now. You make the arrangements, and I will give you a coordinate location. You quietly send this batch of Interstellar Transport Ships to the specified location," Zhao Chen instructed.

He needed Interstellar Transport Ships to pick up the Dwarf race.

But Zhao Chen couldn't openly purchase a batch of Interstellar Transport Ships; that would surely arouse suspicion.

Zhao Chen couldn't let Governor Chu know that he had just made an agreement with him and then snuck out of the North Wind Star Sector.

"It just so happens that I have just rolled a batch of the T2 Moose you provided earlier off the production line. How many do you need!" Li Yaqi asked.

The T2 Moose-class Heavy Interstellar Transport Ship was one of the four Starship technologies Zhao Chen had previously handed over to Li Yaqi to operate. Zhao Chen began to recall the data for this Interstellar Transport Ship.

If a single ship were used entirely to transport people, one ship could hold about 100,000 people.

However, he also had to consider the food needed for these 100,000 people per trip, as well as the luggage they might bring. After all, traveling with families means there will definitely be a lot of stuff.

A preliminary estimate is a transport capacity of 50,000 people per ship.

The first time he goes, not many Dwarf tribes will likely trust him. Currently, the shortage of interstellar craftsmen on Zhao Chen's side isn't very large either, so if he can bring back a few tens of thousands on this first trip, that would be pretty good.

Then let's tentatively set it to five ships.

There will also be extra space to deal with special situations.

"Then arrange five T2 Moose for me. I will arrange the crew on my end, and when they are delivered, the crew on the Starships will withdraw. Tell me, how much for these five T2 Moose? I'll transfer it to you or deduct it from my technology licensing fees," Zhao Chen instructed.

"What are you talking about? These T2 Moose are manufactured using your Starship technology. A mere five ships... the production cost is only 50,000 star coins; these five are simply not worth mentioning," Li Yaqi waved her hands repeatedly, refusing Zhao Chen's request to pay.

In fact, Li Yaqi had deliberately understated it. The production cost was 50,000 star coins, but the selling price was one million star coins, so these five ships would be five million star coins.

Moreover, ever since it was released to the Starship market, this T2 Moose had been very popular, with orders booked up to half a year in advance.

Seeing Li Yaqi say this, Zhao Chen didn't say anything more.

"How are the sales for the four Starship technologies I gave you earlier?" Zhao Chen asked casually.

Li Yaqi immediately put on her professional demeanor and began to introduce it to Zhao Chen in detail, but Zhao Chen ignored much of the content; he only remembered a few strings of numbers.

It had been three months since Li Yaqi started arranging the production lines for these four Starships.

After she invested all the profits from the T1 Wolf Flea into building the production lines for these four Starships, by the third month, she had achieved mass production and held a launch conference.

In just one short month, over a hundred Starships were sold directly, and orders reached over a thousand! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Without even counting those pre-paid orders, it reached 90 million star coins!

"According to our previous agreement, you take 70%, which is 63 million star coins. Deducting the 20 million star coins you advanced earlier, that leaves 43 million star coins. I was originally planning to contact you in a few days to transfer this technology licensing fee to you," Li Yaqi said.

Although she only made 20% of the profit, Li Yaqi was already very satisfied. In the future, as production capacity gradually expands, this income will only increase.

"There is ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) no rush for these funds; keep them on your end for now," Zhao Chen said. He currently had 1.5 billion star coins in his hands, so he naturally didn't care much about this small amount of money.

Leaving it with Li Yaqi for now would actually be convenient for him to handle some things in the future.

"You mentioned the Hurricane Conglomerate earlier? You had a conflict with the Hurricane Conglomerate?" Zhao Chen asked with interest.

Mentioning this matter, Li Yaqi said helplessly, "This is also because of the T2 Moose. Originally, in the T2 Interstellar Transport Ship market, the Hurricane Conglomerate has been seizing territory for the past few years, especially in the North Wind Star Sector! Currently, 30% of the T2 Interstellar Transport Ship market in the North Wind Star Sector has been seized by the Hurricane Conglomerate! But because of the appearance of our T2 Moose, its high cost-performance positioning directly snatched away many of their customers. So they started targeting us openly and secretly, such as blocking our raw material procurement, and so on."

Li Yaqi was very annoyed, but unfortunately, they were the Hurricane Conglomerate. Although she had established prestige by relying on the T1 Wolf Flea, compared to the Hurricane Conglomerate, she was still far behind.

Zhao Chen, at this moment, revealed a meaningful smile: "Since that's the case, have you ever thought about taking revenge on the Hurricane Conglomerate?"

"Revenge?" Li Yaqi was stunned. "How can we take revenge? They have a large family and a big business. If we start a price war, although we have a cost advantage, they have sufficient funds, and we might be the ones dragged down instead."

"To kill a snake, you strike at its seven inches. We will target their most important market!" Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes, like an eagle eyeing its prey. "Isn't their T2 Hyena-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer their best-selling Starship? I will give you the technical blueprints for a T2-class Interstellar Destroyer in a moment. We will defeat them in the area where they are strongest!"

Hurricane Conglomerate. Hmph, Zhao Chen's 'grudge-holding' nature could no longer be contained. If he couldn't deal with that Blue Fatty and Yellow Rat yet, then he would first stab their money bag!