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Chapter 216 Do you know their offer? (Third update!)

Cao Bin didn't take the A4 paper immediately; it was Ye Hua, who was next to him, who reached out and took it from him.

As soon as he took a step back, more than a dozen classmates immediately surrounded him, all staring longingly at the A4 sheet of paper.

On the A4 paper, a string of account and password, along with corresponding verification information, was written lightly.

These things are the promises Lin Yi fulfilled for them.

Ye Hua carefully folded the paper, then stuffed it into the left breast pocket of Cao Bin's work clothes, and pressed it down.

"Cao Bin, you have the strongest learning ability among our group. Now, we're counting on you."

After saying that, whether it was encouragement or a sign of resignation, Ye Hua patted Cao Bin on the shoulder again: "I believe in you!"

With Ye Hua setting an example, the others also reached out and patted Cao Bin on the shoulder.

"Old Cao, Old Ye is right, we're all counting on you!"

"From now on, you can charge into battle on the front lines, and we'll be there to support you. We'll make sure you get all the support you need!"

"From now on, you'll be the boss's number one warrior, and we'll all follow you around!"

Amidst the cacophony of voices, and because there were so many people, some hands ended up patting Cao Bin on the head.

With a throbbing headache, Cao Bin snapped out of his daze and, upon hearing his classmates' words, immediately exploded:
"What do you mean I was the one charging into battle? Have you no shame?"

“When you were in school, you were all incredibly diligent when it came to work.”

"Now that they've published their papers, why are they all backing down?"

"You're crazy, aren't you?"

Faced with Cao Bin's outburst, the group immediately began making excuses to escape:

"Boss, I still have chicken stewing on my work surface, I have to go now."

"Boss, I suddenly remembered I need to let my mom know I'm safe today, I have to go now!"

Hearing these increasingly absurd excuses, Lin Yi rolled his eyes and waved his hand away like shooing away flies:

"Go squat down and install the equipment."

Hearing Lin Yi's cursing, the group of people were not angry at all, but instead seemed extremely excited. Even when they left the office, they were laughing like madmen.

Cao Bin and Ye Hua walked last, or rather, Ye Hua saw Cao Bin out the door.

At the door, Ye Hua gave Cao Bin a thumbs up, said "Go for it!" and then turned back to Lin Yi's office.

In the office, Lin Yi looked at the excitement on Ye Hua's face and waved his hand again, as if shooing away flies:
"Manage your facial expressions well, don't act like a big bad wolf."

"If I really can't manage it, I'll go back and get some sleep."

After hearing these two sentences, Ye Hua did not rush to leave. Instead, he stood there hesitating for a long time before speaking to Lin Yi:
"Boss, I still want to go back to doing research. During my time as a secretary, I've realized that... I can't really do anything."

After pondering for a moment with his head down, Lin Yi nodded: "Go and tell a few departments."

The next second, Ye Hua, who was standing at the door, stood at attention and raised his hand in salute:

"Good boss!"

After saluting, Ye Hua quickly turned around to notify the departments below and, while doing so, organized the data collected during this period.

The door is closed.

Lin Yi rubbed his head in frustration, putting the matter of finding a suitable secretary back on the agenda.

He noted this down in his memo, planning to go see Wang Bo later and have the HR department find a suitable person.

After noting this down in his memo, Lin Yi picked up the phone and, referring to the list in the paper, called each of the people on it one by one.

"Professor Meng? The paper has just been submitted. Prepare for the storm to come."

"Wang Chuang, where are you bunch of bastards?"

"Professor Liu, that paper has already been published. Could you please use your connections to see if they've received it?"

"Professor Sha, I've submitted the paper. I'm asking Professor Liu Ming to use his connections to check if it's been received. You might get a lot of people contacting you soon."

"Dean Cai? Yes, it's me, Lin Yi. I published a paper here, the one with the materials I told you about before. You said your name wasn't suitable to be included, so I had someone put your name in the acknowledgments. Yes, yes, you're about to be ruined. A letter of introduction? You definitely have to give it to me! One thing at a time, we can't use students' employment as an excuse, that's not good for the kids."

After finishing the call, Ye Hua appeared in the office carrying a stack of documents:
"Boss, these are the sales data for various home appliances last week."

The first part of the data is the total sales statistics of home appliances last week.

Domestic and Japanese data are calculated separately.

The data from Japan comes from Shinji Oda, who, with just two stores in Tokyo, sold over 1 units of each type of home appliance last week.

The sales volume of the three most commonly used items by housewives—electric ovens, microwave ovens, and rice cookers—exceeded 2.

Compared to Japan, domestic sales performance is even more impressive.

Thanks to the channels that Yu Jixuan and others have built up in the surrounding area, last week, the sales volume of large appliances exceeded 3, and the sales volume of small appliances has exceeded 4, and is rushing toward 5.

Behind these sales figures are cash flow statistics.

By last week, after settling payments with suppliers and deducting the company's initial and operating costs, cash flow had returned to positive.

In other words.

We've started making money.

After reviewing all the reports, Lin Yi picked up his pen, crossed out the word "profit," and then, as he had mentioned before, filled in the tens of millions of yuan needed to subsidize old customers after "profit."

How can this generate a profit?

Isn't there still a deficit of tens of millions?
This hole is so big, it wouldn't be big enough to fit all those companies inside. Are you pretending you can't see it?

After the report was adjusted, Lin Yi took her to the finance office across the street. Looking at the huge 9000 million figure, Ji Shuangshuang rolled her eyes and continued working.

Time flies, and another two days have passed.

The time came on September 3th.

This was the day that the American authorities had announced was the day when Navy four-star Admiral Curtis Cotton would report to the American Congress.

Lin Yi was very concerned about this event, which had never happened in his previous life. So he finished his work early, bought beer and chicken feet, and waited in the office to see what they were up to.

As night fell, everyone who was supposed to leave work went home, leaving only Lin Yi and Ji Shuangshuang.

The two of them snuggled up on the sofa, staring at the computer screen, drinking and gnawing on chicken feet.

At 11 p.m., the BBC broadcast started on time. When the American Parliament Building appeared on camera, Ji Shuangshuang turned around, a chicken claw dangling from her mouth:

"Aren't you watching a ball game?"

Why would I watch a football game?

Don't you boys all like watching basketball and soccer games?

"I'm not watching! The national football team is so pathetic, just looking at them is an eyesore."

"What about basketball?"

"dont see!"

"Then what is this?"

"It'll make money!"

"Heh!" She chuckled softly and moved closer to Lin Yi. Finding that Lin Yi's attention was still on the computer screen, she rolled her eyes, grabbed the soda can, and lay down in Lin Yi's arms. She tilted her head back, ready to say something, but then realized that from this angle, she could only see Lin Yi's big chin.

She sat up straight and leaned on Lin Yi's shoulder, asking:

"What's the point of looking at this? Look at me! I'm handsome!" Lin Yi reached out and pressed down Ji Shuangshuang's fidgeting head, pointing at the computer screen: "Look at this, I can get a Maybach in the second half of the year! The most expensive one!"

"We could also build a lakeside villa by Taihu Lake."

Upon hearing that she could exchange her car for the most expensive Maybach and even get a lakeside villa by Taihu Lake, Ji Shuangshuang stopped thinking and focused her eyes on the computer screen, watching the broadcast content, trying to figure out how this thing could make money.

America's official announcement stated it would begin at 10:00 AM, but it wasn't until 10:30 AM that BBC reporters waiting outside the Capitol were allowed to enter.

The signal was interrupted for about 10 minutes. When the signal was restored, the screen showed an indoor auditorium.

This is a large, circular auditorium.

At the very front of the auditorium, on the wide and tall wall, hangs the American flag and a huge American coat of arms.

The bald eagle spread its wings and legs, and from the angle the reporter was taking the picture, you could see an eerie light reflected in its eyes.

Below the bald eagle were more than thirty members of Congress wearing white wigs, sitting high on a platform.

Judging from their positions, they are clearly divided into two factions: one on the left and one on the right.

Between these two factions, there are three empty seats.

And in front of them, at a low point, was a solitary table.

The table faced the members of Congress who had just taken their seats on the stage, and behind the table sat an old man dressed in an American Navy uniform.

The old man had his back to the camera, so his face was obscured; only his straight back was visible.

Further on, there was a group of reporters with long lenses and microphones.

They lingered until 11 o'clock, when three people dressed in elaborate attire, looking like they had stepped out of a medieval European oil painting, appeared at the small door on the right side of the auditorium, and then slowly went up on stage.

Under the watchful eyes of numerous cameras and microphones, I took my seat in the three empty spots in the middle.

Ji Shuangshuang's attention lingered on these people's hair for a moment, then she tilted her head and asked Lin Yi, "Why are they all wearing these wigs? Aren't they hot?"

“They have air conditioning!” Lin Yi rolled his eyes and added:
"They wore these wigs because medieval Europeans engaged in all sorts of promiscuous behavior, contracted various diseases, went bald, developed sores, and lost their original hair, so they had to wear wigs."

"I don't know how they passed it down, but this tradition has been preserved."

After the last three people took their seats, the man in the middle, who looked to be in his sixties, picked up a gavel from the table and tapped it lightly, then called out in English:
"Curtis Cotton".

"As the Commander-in-Chief of Naval Operations, as agreed, please describe to us the results of your Navy's supply-side reforms during this period in the most concise language possible."

With just one sentence from this old man, the cameras of all those long lenses turned to Curtis in an instant.

Under the watchful eyes of the cameras, Curtis did not respond to the old man immediately, but instead turned around and bowed to the long lenses behind him.

After doing all this, he turned to look at the old man:

“Speaker Steve, I feel that words are somewhat inadequate to express my feelings.”

"This year marks the end of the first decade of the 21st century, and I think we should interpret it in the way we are in the present."

While talking.

He raised his hand and pointed to the left side of the auditorium.

To Curtis's left, on the left wall of the auditorium, hangs a huge screen.

As he spoke, the huge screen lit up, and then an image appeared.

Or rather, two images appeared on one screen.

Above both images are text labels.

left.

[San Francisco Special Alloys]

right.

[Universal Atomic Electromagnetic System]

The main subject of both images is the same device.

The video is playing in a skipping manner.

At first, some people were setting up the equipment, then it jumped to the start of testing, and finally, I had two frames frozen in time.

The number on the left stopped at 279.

The number on the right stopped at 94.

The reporters' cameras lingered on the image for more than ten seconds, capturing the entire scene, before turning back to Curtis.

And Curtis's voice rang out at that very moment:
"I think this video can explain the cause and effect very well."

"The San Francisco Special Alloys on the left is a company that has emerged in recent years."

“They didn’t have this name before, and their main business was just manufacturing and selling some metal parts.”

"It's just one of America's many businesses, nothing special."

"The kind that's very inconspicuous."

"However, in order to survive, they began to venture into more industries, and unintentionally, with their unique metal ratio and unique weaving structure, they created this thing."

"That is, the new generation of aircraft carrier arresting gear that we purchased, numbered B01."

"As for the number of uses, after our detailed testing, under a 35-ton simulator, this new type of arresting cable needs to be used continuously at high intensity for 224 times before visible deformation appears, thus meeting the replacement requirements."

"Even though deformation occurred, it persisted for 279 cycles before very obvious deformation appeared, at which point it had to be replaced."

"On the right is our Navy's long-standing supplier, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics."

"They participated in the in-depth research and development of the aircraft carrier. Many things on the aircraft carrier were developed and customized by them."

"They even made the entire barrier system."

"So they have always been our supplier of consumable parts."

"Their aircraft carrier arresting cables are specified in the procurement documents as requiring 120 cycles before deformation occurs."

“But we have actual test videos here. This thing malfunctioned on the 94th test.”

"In the time it takes San Francisco Special Alloys to test one arresting cable, they can test three."

Curtis raised three fingers of his right hand and shook them. He slowly turned around, opened his arms, and made a hugging gesture as if to the reporters holding long lenses and cannons.

He then asked a question: "Do you know their quote?"

After asking the reporter, Curtis turned to the people on stage and asked:
"Gentlemen of Congress, I think you might know the offer?"

On the stage, the old man in the center picked up a hammer and tapped it twice:
“Mr. Curtis, please continue.”

In the audience, Curtis sighed, shook his head, and then pointed to the large screen.

The large screen switched to displaying several price lists.

On the left is San Francisco Special Alloy.

The price was clearly written on the quotation.

$200 million, excluding tax.

On the right is the Universal Atomic Electromagnetic System.

The price list also clearly displayed a number.

$150 million, excluding tax.

(End of this chapter)