Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 150 An Opportunity for Takeoff! (Third Update!)
Nobody wants to work overtime during the Lunar New Year, especially at night.

But there was nothing they could do; Qin Chao was the elder brother, and when the elder brother spoke, the others had no choice but to obey.

So when the group arrived at the meeting room at the appointed time, they saw Qin Chao sitting in the main seat, his hands casually resting on the armrests of the chair, his eyes calmly looking ahead.

Beside him was Meng Hai, who was fiddling with a light bulb.

Although everyone was eager to know what these two were up to, those who entered the meeting room all shut their mouths, bent down, and found their seats.

When Qin Chao saw the last person from the Transportation Bureau enter the meeting room, he tapped the table and gestured to Xiao He, who was standing at the door, to turn off the lights.

Upon receiving the instruction, Secretary Xiao He reached out and turned off the lights, plunging the entire conference room into darkness.

As soon as the lights were turned off, the previously quiet conference room immediately filled with noise:
"Secretary Qin, what's going on?"

"Although the country has been advocating for new energy sources and energy conservation, we can't save energy during meetings, can we?"

"Secretary, please stop beating around the bush and just tell me!"

Amidst the chatter, Meng Hai, sitting to the right of the front operator, suddenly pressed the switch.

With a snap, 10 light bulbs suddenly lit up, blinding everyone present.

When they came to their senses, they found that Qin Chao was also rubbing his eyes, and they breathed a sigh of relief. But soon, their hearts were in their throats again.

What is Secretary Qin trying to do?
The brain starts to wander and start acting up.

He was demonstrating the lights in the dark conference room!
I understand, he wants to do a lighting project.

Suzhou people like to go to bed early and don't like to work, so let's light up the whole of Suzhou, get everyone out of bed, and make them go to work and spend money.

This will boost GDP!
Before these random thoughts could be uttered, the group saw Qin Chao reach into his pocket, pull out a stopwatch, press the switch, and casually toss it onto the table.

The stopwatch ticked away, and Qin Chao, amidst the sound, pointed at the light bulb, then ran his finger across it, down to the battery in front of him.

"The main reason I called you all here today is this."

"This product is currently under pre-development by a company in our city called Xiaomi Heavy Industry."

"This is just a very preliminary product, but I can tell you a statistic: the energy density of this battery is very high, about 10 times that of the most advanced batteries on the market."

"Everyone here is a smart person; you should understand what I mean!"

Gulu!

Someone swallowed, and that sound seemed to be the trigger. After that first gulp, more and more swallowing sounds filled the conference room.

After a long silence, He Jingxuan, the director of the Science and Technology Bureau, slowly raised his hand and asked in a questioning tone:

"Secretary Qin, are you sure?"

Qin Chao didn't reply, but instead turned his gaze to Meng Hai, who was scribbling on a draft paper.

As he made his move, everyone else turned their attention to Meng Hai.

Meng Hai naturally felt these gazes as well.

He put down the draft paper in his hand, raised his head, and met their gazes without fear. After looking at everyone, he calmly said:
"Distinguished leaders, this is an opportunity, a very good opportunity."

"Seize this opportunity, and Suzhou will take off, and everyone here will take off."

"If we don't seize the opportunity, we can only watch others take off."

"I guarantee in my personal capacity that this battery was just made this afternoon, and it was just taken out of my lab. It's still fresh and hot."

"Energy storage capacity far exceeds that of its peers, far surpassing them, and leading the pack."

"As for the safety of this battery, as well as its charge-discharge durability, we will need to conduct further tests later."

The people present were all high-ranking officials in Suzhou, all intelligent people, and all very young.

After Meng Hai's assurance, they almost immediately believed Qin Chao's words.

This is indeed an opportunity!
A tremendous opportunity.

"What should we do?" A question suddenly rang out in the quiet room.

Chen Chao looked over and saw that it was the Suzhou Yangtze River Bridge.

Jiang Daqiao sat in the chair, speaking to Chen Chao, but his eyes were fixed on the battery.

After the other party had looked at it for a while, Qin Chao tapped the table with his hand and said softly:
"I just summarized it, and it's roughly five points."

"The first point is that we must keep Xiaomi Heavy Industry in Suzhou and resolutely prevent the neighboring cities, especially Nanjing, from taking people away."

This resonated with the group of people in the meeting room.

They nodded in strong agreement and then wrote those words down in their notebooks.

After the writing sound stopped, Qin Chao continued with the second point:
"The second point is support, support related industries."

"With Xiaomi Heavy Industry at its core, and relying on their upstream and downstream industrial chains, we support all of this."

This point remains important.

No one objected.

"Thirdly, I plan to lead the Suzhou Municipal Government and Xiaomi Heavy Industry to form a new company, with both parties holding shares, and then make money together."

"Only by doing this can we provide the greatest assistance while minimizing procedures. I'll take the general manager position; please recommend candidates for the other positions."

The people present reacted in various ways upon hearing that a new company was being set up and new positions were being created.

However, everyone was very polite and did not express their thoughts, but simply wrote notes in silence.

Not getting a response again, Qin Chao got a little annoyed. After a moment of frustration, he continued to the next point:
"Fourthly, Hanshan Temple District has approved 1000 mu of industrial land for Xiaomi Heavy Industry, but I think it's not enough. 1000 mu is far from enough."

"At least 2000 mu of land would be needed."

"Everyone, I need to get this process done."

Upon hearing this, Qin Chao's gaze immediately fell upon the heads of planning and environmental protection.

Upon receiving Qin Chao's gaze, the director of the planning bureau immediately raised his hand: "There's no problem with the planning!"

"The planning department won't be too strict about applications for the construction of such new energy industries, so Secretary Qin can rest assured about that."

Having received a firm guarantee from the planning team, Qin Chao took a deep breath and said the last point:
"The last point is talent recruitment."

"Before you arrived, I chatted with Professor Meng, who mentioned that all the employees Xiaomi Heavy Industry brought to the lab today to do odd jobs are master's degree holders."

"This is very terrible news."

"But for us, it's also good news."

“We now have a super-powerful battery, and next, we will definitely produce products that can use this super-powerful battery, as well as related processing equipment.”

"No matter what kind of equipment it is, it needs people."

"If Suzhou doesn't have that many talented people, then we'll go to other places and poach their talent."

"This is something that the civil affairs department needs to follow up on and formulate a relevant policy as soon as possible."

"When formulating policies, we also need to keep pace with the times and abolish those messy and outdated policies." "In the end, I will only say one thing: anyone who wants to cause trouble and does not want to cooperate will definitely die a horrible death."

After Qin Chao finished speaking, the light bulb that Meng Hai had been fiddling with next to him was finally turned off, plunging the room back into darkness.

In the darkness, a group of people could not see each other's faces clearly, but they could hear heavy breathing.

Their heavy breathing carried their longing for the future.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi and the others, having eaten and drunk their fill, returned to Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

Since it was still early, he first gathered a group of people in his office to arrange the work ahead.

Lin Yi looked at Ye Hua first.

The relentless work during this period, with every minute stretched into two, made Lin Yi realize that he needed to find several work assistants as soon as possible.

But good work assistants, like good nannies, are not readily available on the market.

Unable to find a good work assistant on the market, he could only choose the best among those he knew.

First, solve the problem of whether it exists, and then solve the problem of whether it works well.

Ye Hua was the tall guy he pulled out.

Among the 20 people recruited by the Dongda Men's Vocational Technical College, Ye Hua has the strongest ability to handle affairs and is also the most bold and meticulous.

There are shortcomings, but we can learn from them.

"Ye Hua, from now on, you will temporarily act as my assistant. There are more things to do now, and I need someone to relay orders in my place."

Faced with his new appointment, Ye Hua seemed hesitant. He first looked at his classmates and found that they didn't have many expressions on their faces and couldn't offer him any advice. He lowered his head and began to think seriously.

After a full two or three minutes, he nodded almost imperceptibly.

"it is good!"

"Don't worry, we won't forget about you just because you're a single assistant." After reassuring Ye Hua, Lin Yi grabbed a few sheets of paper, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote a lot of things on them.

Turning around, these few sheets of paper were placed in front of Ye Hua, followed by the task instructions:
"After the start of the year, these are the things you need to do as written above."

"You can ask me if you don't understand something."

This time, Ye Hua nodded quickly, without the slightest psychological burden.

Because the paper contained his assistant's next tasks.

Including but not limited to trademark applications, patent applications, contract review, business arrangements, etc.

Just seeing these words made Ye Hua feel as if a tsunami was crashing down on him, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

After arranging Ye Hua's work, Lin Yi turned around and focused his attention on the remaining nine people.

"Your task is to produce all the battery-related patent technologies and papers, then publish the papers and apply for technology patents."

"Once the relevant papers are published and the technology patents are approved, you will be qualified to participate in the selection of national-level awards."

"You are all still young, you can take your time."

"I can definitely get you into the youth talent development program."

"do not worry!"

"It's getting late today, go to bed early."

After seeing Cao Bin and his group off, Lin Yi turned his attention to Ji Shuangshuang, who had been huddled on the sofa, silent and motionless.
"Are you not sleeping?"

Suddenly called out, Ji Shuang looked around helplessly and found that there was no one else around, only herself and Lin Yi.

She quickly covered her face with her hands, but after a few seconds, realizing it was futile, she simply lowered her hands and said, with a confident yet timid tone:
"I...I...I'll stay with you while you work overtime!"

A young girl's blush is more beautiful than anything else, but if all of this comes with working overtime, it's not so pleasant.

Lin Yi rolled his eyes and beckoned to Ji Shuangshuang:
"Come here, I'll teach you a foreign language."

"Huh?" Ji Shuangshuang, who was on the sofa, was taken aback at first, and then she remembered the scene of Lin Yi talking with that Arab from the Middle East.

The two of them spoke in a language they couldn't understand, and every now and then they would burst into laughter, their expressions radiant with joy.

I wish I could understand those languages ​​too!
If you understand, you can help Lin Yi solve his problems, and the gap between the two of you will become smaller.

Thinking of this, she unconsciously moved her legs and slowly sat down next to Lin Yi.

With eyes wide open and unblinking, I stared at the computer screen, ready to learn this unfamiliar foreign language.

Under her gaze, Lin Yi opened QQ, found Ahmed's chat window, and casually typed a message in Arabic:

Is he still alive?

"This means asking if they are still alive."

"Although Iraq is in the Middle East, the situation is only a bit chaotic in the north. These people's activities are in the south, which is also somewhat chaotic, but not as chaotic."

"We asked them because they are anti-government forces."

The words "anti-government armed forces" were casually uttered by Lin Yi and reached Ji Shuangshuang's ears.

This left the girl, who had only been out of school for a few months, completely stunned.

When the Iraq War broke out, she was already in high school. Back then, the TV news and newspapers were full of stories about the two sides shooting down things, where conflicts broke out, and how many people died.

The term "anti-government armed forces" is frequently mentioned in it.

And every time this word appears, it is accompanied by death.

She simply couldn't imagine that those few people who had come to the factory several times, always smiling and seemingly very harmonious and friendly, could be associated with the term "anti-government armed forces."

Gulu!

She swallowed hard, then quickly looked up at Lin Yi and timidly asked a question:

"You wouldn't be thinking of... killing me to silence me, would you?"

"Read less novels!" Lin Yi gave his advice without turning around.

Ahmed also replied in the chat box:

[I didn't die, but I was chased like a dog.]

[Our compatriots in other countries have been very helpful; ABCD's warehouses in the Middle East are basically all empty.]

In other words, in the coming period, they will push grain prices to a new high, needing to make a profit while also covering the losses incurred by this batch of grain.

After reading the message, Lin Yi typed another sentence:

The new gadget is finished. Come over sometime, and I'll share some with you guys so you can play around with it.

After sending the message, he turned to look at the girl beside him, a mischievous thought creeping into his mind. He said with a cold face:
"Because of you, woman! You've piqued my interest!"

"Ugh—read less novels!" This time, it was Ji Shuangshuang who made the suggestion.

(End of this chapter)