They said, would you sign a contract that if you had this loss the contract would pay you a certain amount of money?

他们是这样说的，你会签署一个合约,上面约定了，当你发生损失,你会得到合约中约定的赔偿金？

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It's illegal to sign an agreement, to sign a contract saying you're going to restrict quantities.

签订这样限制产量的协议,属于违法行为

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And so if you sign a contract with the government for millions of dollars, you have guarantee to get your dollars back, plus whatever profits they allowed in the contract.

所有如果你和政府签订了合约,做了一个百万的大单子，你能保证拿到钱，和其他的利润,在合同里规定的利润。

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It's illegal, so they can't sign that as a contract, but they they can just agree to do it.

因为是违法的,合同也就无效了,不过他们可以私下达成默契

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