Xia Lei left the hospital one day later.

Jacqueline Eva drove Xia Lei back to the Star of Paris Hotel. Xia Lei saw even more French special agents, and people of the French Intelligence Department. These security measures seemed to be on par with that of the security detail of the leader of a country.

Xia Lei understood how determined the French were to get his technology from the exaggerated security measures they had put in place. In that one day in the hospital, Xia Lei had thought carefully about partnering with the French government. If he could work with the Germans, why couldn’t he work with the French? He had already exchanged his technologies for the engine technology and Germany's submarine technology. These exchanges had purely been contributions to the country, and he had not gotten any benefits from them. So... why couldn’t he consider his own interests now?

The Thunder Horse Group still had a debt of more than two billion. This debt pressed down on the Thunder Horse Group like a mountain. It restrained the group’s development, and him from showing his abilities. And right at this time, the French were offering a chance for this debt to disappear. As long as he could...