Chapter 78: Xinghai Has Money
Although Fan Ren tried his best to stop it, this private conversation between the two still inevitably escalated.
Li Jiandong made a telephone call, then took Fan Ren to the Imperial Palace.
Deep in the Imperial Palace, in front of the door of a quiet study, Ye Rongshan stood amiably, gazing at the end of the corridor.
“Elder Ye, hello.”
Fan Ren hurriedly took Zeng Yingying a few steps forward.
“All good, come in and sit.”
Ye Rongshan smiled and nodded, leading everyone in to sit down one by one.
Zeng Yingying curiously looked around in this building that she had only seen on television, and no one stopped her.
“General Manager Fan, don’t mind this old man talking too much, what ore were you talking about?”
“Fan Crystal Ore, a kind of ore that can only be generated under vacuum conditions.”
Li Jiandong hurriedly gave a brief introduction.
Ye Rongshan nodded and continued, “With the ore, high-strength materials can be refined?”
At this point, Fan Ren felt there was no need to keep playing riddles; excluding security personnel, there were only four people in the room.
“Yes, traditional metallurgy methods have little effect on this special ore generated only under vacuum conditions.
Given its special generation environment, I think high-temperature plasma must be used, and in an oxygen-free environment throughout, to perfectly refine the special metal in this ore completely.”
Ye Rongshan could only understand Fan Ren’s words in general; at this moment, he couldn’t help but turn to Li Jiandong from the Ministry of Industry with doubt.
After hearing Fan Ren’s words, Li Jiandong suddenly realized and stood stunned in place.
That’s right!
It wasn’t some advanced refinement method, just a change in thinking; unexpectedly, it was such a simple problem that the scientists in their metallurgy laboratory had never discovered.
“Can it work?”
Seeing his absent-mindedness, Ye Rongshan raised his voice slightly.
“Ah, yes! It should work; this refinement method has never been mentioned before. Indeed, it should be like this. The generation environment of Ordinary Crystal Stone is under vacuum and oxygen-free conditions, so encountering oxygen during refinement is equivalent to oxygen being an impurity, an ‘enemy’ to it! The refined metal naturally won’t be satisfactory. That’s the reasoning, right, General Manager Fan?”
Hearing this explanation, Fan Ren couldn’t help but smile at the corner of his mouth and nodded to Ye Rongshan.
“That’s the reasoning; nothing remarkable about it. It’s just that metallurgy has developed for so many years, and those involved are baffled, which gave us outsiders other ideas.”
At this point, Ye Rongshan finally understood what this statement meant and then asked, “Then how can you be sure that this material can be applied to the container wall of the fusion reaction?”
Hearing this, Li Jiandong also looked at him, waiting for his answer.
Fan Ren scratched his head; he really couldn’t explain further.
“Don’t know, but let’s try it; anyway, Xinghai has money.”
After he said this, Li Jiandong felt as if punched in the chest, not knowing how to follow up.
“Haha, the way you put it reminds me that’s how it is; 100 billion is enough for you to spend for a while, right?”
Recalling the recent events, Ye Rongshan laughed along.
After Great Xia issued a huge fine to San Xin Group, Jin Ze immediately protested and sternly rejected Great Xia’s ‘baseless’ huge fine, refusing to acknowledge the investigation by Great Xia.
Then there was nothing more to say; Great Xia always responds to requests.
Worth 8500 billion! All assets of San Xin in Great Xia were directly frozen and organized for auction.
1000 billion funds were drawn from it and transferred to Xinghai’s account as compensation.
The remaining 7500 billion in assets were transferred to the national treasury, reserved for other uses.
Fan Ren scratched his head; he really couldn’t figure out what was in Jin Ze’s mind. Good grief, this temper could compare to Third Brother.
8500 billion, that’s something!
After San Xin Group suffered this heavy blow, Jin Ze urgently headed to Cupertino to seek help, but he hadn’t even landed.
The Baiyue Alliance side lifted the relevant sanctions on Xinghai.
At the same time, chairmen of technology companies like Intel, AMD, Apple, etc., decided to jointly visit Xinghai Technology.
As soon as Jin Ze landed in San Francisco’s Cupertino, upon hearing the news, he fainted.
Immediately after, Jin Zhiyong, nearly 80 years old, took over as chairman of San Xin again, and upon taking office, he immediately headed to Great Xia.
Unfortunately, he was rejected at the entry port.
Fan Ren put away this dramatic memory; he wasn’t embarrassed at all; with so much money, it was fully enough for the fees needed to build Xinghai’s factory.
The rest could be tossed around as he liked.
“Elder Ye, don’t joke with me; anyway, rest assured, I’m not shooting in the dark.”
Seeing that he didn’t want to explain more, Ye Rongshan nodded and didn’t ask further, turning to Li Jiandong.
“How much inventory of Ordinary Crystal Stone is there in various places now?”
Li Jiandong knew these data by heart and immediately said, “I asked before coming; scraping from various metallurgy laboratories should yield a dozen kilograms.”
Hearing this, Fan Ren’s eyes lit up.
“South Australia has quite a bit, though the price isn’t low.”
“Have money! Xinghai has money!”
Ye Rongshan hurriedly waved his hand with a smile, stopping Fan Ren’s impatient look, and said, “This isn’t a money issue; you need long-term vision. If you spend this money today, what then? Leave this aspect to the Ministry of Economy and Trade and the Ministry of Industry; you don’t need to worry.”
Fan Ren then realized.
Indeed, that’s the reasoning; ore export from South Australia is their main economic source, and they’ve always strictly controlled prices in this aspect.
If a high price opening was made recklessly, once the other side learns the role of this ore, acquiring it later would only be more expensive on this basis.
Ye Rongshan continued, “Then let’s do it this way for now; Chief Li, arrange to give these ores to Xinghai for research first, and at the same time discuss a procurement solution and implement it as soon as possible.”
Li Jiandong nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
Ye Rongshan then turned to Fan Ren and said, “I won’t ask if you have a grasp on this matter first; I still understand that everything must be scientific. But since it concerns a major issue, I’ve thought about it, and Xinghai should still place the laboratory in the central and western regions?”
Hearing this, Fan Ren didn’t answer immediately; after thinking for a moment, he guessed this was arranged for safety and secrecy, but this way, the just-started laboratory would be scrapped.
Li Jiandong saw his thought and shook his head, saying helplessly, “Just relax; all research equipment and site will be provided by the Ministry of Industry, including subsequent consumables and relevant professional talents needed.”
Hearing this, a smile finally appeared on Fan Ren’s face.
“Then no problem; arrange as you see fit. I understand the rules; 40-60 split, right.”
Hearing this, Ye Rongshan immediately laughed again: “You sly one. Then that’s how it will be.”
