Chapter 26: New Ideas For Building The Factory
Ma family.
“You bastard, I told you to handle the matter, and this is how you do it?”
Ma Gaosheng looked at his son’s ghostly appearance and was so angry he nearly fainted. If it weren’t for the thick gauze on Ma Wei’s head with spots of fresh red seeping through.
He would definitely not hold back from beating his son tonight.
Ma Wei had a mournful face. When had he ever been cracked open on the head like this? Tonight, Liu Jun had suddenly smashed him with that, and he was still terrified even now.
Such a big beer bottle, smashed down without any hesitation—its ruthless force really scared him out of his wits.
“What could I do? I had arranged everything, but something went wrong on General Manager Zhang’s side. Not only did the person escape, but he also ran right into Fan Ren’s private room door.”
“Shut up.”
Ma Gaosheng glared irritably at his son. After all, he was his own flesh and blood. Seeing Ma Wei barely able to stand steadily now, he kicked a chair over to his son’s butt.
He also sat down nearby, looking at his son in this state, and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
“What did General Manager Zhang say over there?”
As soon as he asked, he shook his head and stood up. “Forget it, you rest for a bit. I’ll make a telephone call to General Manager Zhang.”
After dialing the telephone and having a conversation before hanging up, Ma Gaosheng sat in the chair and fell into deep thought.
Ma Wei didn’t have that patience and curiously asked, “Dad, what about General Manager Zhang’s side?”
He saw Ma Gaosheng’s mouth curve into a slight smile, and his mood visibly improved greatly.
“It was a blessing in disguise by accident. Those two boys also offended General Manager Zhang this time, and he’s fuming over there.”
As he spoke, he lit a cigarette for himself, stood up, and paced back and forth in the room while quietly explaining to Ma Wei.
Xinghai, General Manager’s Office.
Yun Yin spent quite some time before finally reporting the general outline of Xingyun Manufacturing.
After listening, Fan Ren had densely recorded the key points Yun Yin had just mentioned on the A4 paper in his hand.
He looked over the key points on the A4 paper again and pondered for a moment.
“Stop the work at hand for now. I have a new idea. Want to hear it?”
Yun Yin looked puzzled but didn’t refute. She nodded to signal Fan Ren to continue.
“I plan to extensively apply our high-voltage wireless charging technology in our new factory. This will not only resolve the current awkward situation of having large quantities of products with nowhere to sell, but also significantly reduce the budget for the new factory.
High-voltage wireless charging technology can completely replace traditional wired transmission. In my opinion, this can greatly improve production efficiency.
For example, by using wireless technology, the factory can eliminate large quantities of wired equipment, thereby freeing up plenty of space…”
Fan Ren spoke endlessly, while Yun Yin in front of him listened with furrowed brows.
The main reason was that the idea Fan Ren proposed was a completely new factory construction approach that no intelligent factories worldwide had ever used before.
It sounded impressive, no doubt about that.
But doing so would require scrapping and redesigning all previous plans. Just the design fee alone would be a considerable expense. Yun Yin wasn’t sure how feasible this was.
After all, this was a path no one in the world had tried before.
Fan Ren looked at the woman in front of him. Her originally fair cheeks had become tanned from being constantly at the construction site lately, and some parts of her arms were even peeling.
He truly admired how a girl like Yun Yin could achieve this level.
He said softly, “Any doubts?”
Yun Yin gave an awkward laugh, nodded, and said, “I’m worried that if it fails…”
Fan Ren didn’t mind; he understood Yun Yin’s concerns.
But he had the complete technical data and an absolute understanding of high-voltage wireless charging technology.
He himself was a graduate of a related major, so he had full confidence in completing this challenge.
Words alone sounded empty, so Fan Ren thought for a moment, opened the computer, flipped through it, and turned the screen directly toward Yun Yin.
Invention patent certificate
Invention name: Bone extract that can replace liquid lithium
Patent right holder: Fan Ren
…
Yun Yin’s mind was full of question marks.
She couldn’t understand it!
What did this prove?
Seeing her reaction, Fan Ren felt awkward for a second. He comforted himself inwardly not to argue with people who didn’t understand technology.
After all, on this planet, he was currently the only one this awesome.
It took quite some effort, and he refilled the teacup in his hand twice with water, before explaining to the girl in front of him the significance of this patent.
“You mean this could replace all the batteries on the market in the future?”
“Correction: it’s for non-disposable platforms, batteries that can be repeatedly charged and discharged. Though not all, it’s pretty much the same.”
Yun Yin rolled her eyes at Fan Ren irritably, then her eyes gradually lit up.
“Keep it secret. You’re the only one who knows right now!”
Yun Yin nodded repeatedly, her gaze lingering on Fan Ren’s forehead, unwilling to shift away.
She really wanted to crack it open and see what was growing inside.
Seeing her like this, Fan Ren felt helpless and waved his hand, irritably pushing Yun Yin out. He regretted not keeping it secret longer.
How did she suddenly change from an iron lady to a little fangirl?
Closing the door, Fan Ren sat alone carefully calculating on a scratch paper.
Xinghai currently had about 2.9 billion funds on the books.
Of which 2 billion was set aside for investment in building the factory, leaving 700 million.
Once market expansion stopped, Xinghai would have to rely on these 700 million to maintain normal operations.
Half a year!
Give him half a year’s time, and he believed the company could maintain normal operations with this amount without much issue.
After roughly calculating this account, Fan Ren painfully tossed the pen onto the desk.
Thirty-seven or thirty-eight billion in funds, and in just a few months, he had squandered it down to scraps.
It hurt, but the matters still had to be done.
And so, Xinghai’s engineers, just three days after their holiday ended, dove into a new round of technology exploration under Fan Ren’s lead.
In a restaurant in the city center.
Ma Gaosheng had arranged to meet General Manager Zhang here.
“General Manager Zhang, I’ll punish myself with three cups. Yesterday’s matter was all due to my son’s mishandling, causing you grievance.”
As Ma Gaosheng spoke, his hands didn’t stop, downing three cups of baijiu in a row before stopping.
“Hey? Manager Ma, what are you saying? Little Ma was standing up for me yesterday no matter what. Who knew those young kids would strike without holding back. By the way, is Little Ma okay?”
Thinking of this, General Manager Zhang felt scared too. Having been around for so many years, he had seen plenty of scenes like Liu Jun’s last night, so he knew young people could easily cause death when they got serious.
Ma Gaosheng shook his head and deliberately snorted, “Hmph, even beating him to death would be too light. He delayed the cooperation between General Manager Zhang and Xinghai. I won’t let him off later!”
He said this, but his eyes kept watching General Manager Zhang’s reaction.
As expected.
General Manager Zhang’s face darkened for a moment, then he shook his head and sighed.
“I’m not afraid to tell you, brother, in Linhai, apart from Xinghai, I can’t find any other cooperation company right now.”
As he spoke, he became puzzled.
“I’m also puzzled. Though a single Linhai market might not be that appealing to you big companies, it’s not to the point of completely abandoning it, right? It leaves me no choice but to buy Xinghai’s products even if I’m upset. Sigh, brother, this frustration in my heart.”
Hearing this, Ma Gaosheng’s eyes lit up slightly.
Looks like this meal today wasn’t in vain.
“This isn’t strange. Isn’t the patent right for this technology in Xinghai’s hands? Sea Cow, San Xin, and several enterprises including our company are just giving them face.”
General Manager Zhang nodded helplessly upon hearing this. He knew all that; he was just venting. After all, Xinghai’s quotation was basically no different from those big companies and not too high.
Ma Gaosheng lit a cigarette for him. After a bout of puffing smoke, he casually said, “If you ask me, with those two boys’ reckless temper, Xinghai won’t last long.”
“Oh? How so?”
General Manager Zhang perked up upon hearing this.
Ma Gaosheng took in his reaction, smiled inwardly, and then began whispering with him.
