Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 224: The prologue begins! (Second update!)

Clutching the list, Rashid's Arab blood seemed to awaken. He looked through the companies on the list from beginning to end, then tilted his head back and asked earnestly:

"Mr. Lin, could you tell me what methods you plan to use to drive down the price?"

Lin Yi turned around, put his right index finger to his lips: "I have my own plan. You can consider following it or not!"

"You only get one chance!"

The voice was gentle, but from Rashid's perspective, he knew it was an ultimatum.

Saudi Arabia's repeated betrayals, and their repeated betrayals, have caused Mr. Lin to lose trust in them.

Now we need to rebuild trust.

Taking a deep breath, Rashid set the A4 sheet of paper with the company name on it aside and, in front of Lin Yi, dialed his father's number.

He recounted the whole story in the simplest language possible over the phone, his breathing quickened, and he quietly awaited his father's decision.

Time marched on, and fine beads of sweat silently seeped from Rashid's forehead, trickling down his cheeks.

A few minutes later, Salman's voice came through the phone:
“On speakerphone!”

Rashid turned on the speakerphone, and Salman's even more penetrating voice reached Lin Yi's ears:
“Mr. Lin, this should be considered our first meeting and our first collaboration.”

"As a friend, I believe in you!"

"Someone will contact you later, and that person will be in charge of all matters."

“Rashid has not had many opportunities to appear on the international stage, has never dealt with international affairs, and has never seen the dark side of the world.”

"I hope Mr. Lin can help me out and give me a little guidance!"

These words were so sincere that Lin Yi began to wonder if he had saved them in his past life.

On the other end of the line, Rashid spoke a few more words to his father before hanging up the phone.

Turning his head, he bowed again to Lin Yishen: "Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Lin!"

"No trouble at all!" Lin Yi stepped forward and straightened Rashid's back again.

How can you say it's troublesome when you've already paid?
It's no trouble at all!
Reaching out and brushing imaginary dust off Rashid's shoulder, Lin Yi began to instruct him on the details of the stock purchase:

"Today is April 1st. At this time, the London Stock Exchange has just opened, while the New York Stock Exchange has not yet opened."

"You must purchase enough shares today and tomorrow."

"I will begin my preparations on Saturday, which will greatly boost stock market confidence."

"But neither the London Stock Exchange nor the New York Stock Exchange trades on Saturdays and Sundays."

"These people can only watch helplessly."

"When the stock market opens next Monday, they will be scrambling to buy stocks."

"The remaining Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be spent in a frenzy by both investors and listed companies. Listed companies will also frantically drive up their stock prices during this period in preparation for cashing out later."

"I'll push it out again on Friday."

“Leave Saturday and Sunday to give these people the time to build up their expectations, and then suppress their emotions.”

"The capital market should continue to chase the rally next Monday."

"So start selling stocks from Monday. It would be best to sell them all at once. If you can't sell them all at once, sell them in batches. But you must sell them all before Friday!"

"Remember?"

With a gentle yet stern voice, Rashid raised his hand and waved the notebook in his hand.

The palm-sized notebook was filled with time points.

After waiting a while and not receiving any further words from Lin Yi, Rashid stuffed the notebook into his pocket and bowed again.

"Thank you Mr. Lin!"

"It's almost noon now. I wonder if Mr. Lin has any good food recommendations?"

delicacy?

Lin Yi stroked his chin and thought for a moment. He then thought of a famous dish: West Lake Vinegar Fish.

He nodded, a cunning glint in his eyes: "I know a famous dish!"

…………

Taihu Tower.

Rashid ate a few bites of fish, then turned and reached for the Suzhou cuisine next to him.

They ate while praising the food.

Opposite Lin Yi, Ji Shuangshuang leaned over and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth:

"If the people of Lin'an knew that you were taking the Crown Prince of the UAE to eat West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce."

They'll skin you alive!

Lin Yi also forced out a few words through gritted teeth: "They need to know too!"

“But if you don’t tell me and I don’t tell me, Rashid can’t possibly tell me.”

After speaking with Ji Shuangshuang, Lin Yi turned the table around and said, "Come on, this Huaiyang dish is tastier!"

…………

After eating and drinking his fill, Rashid returned to his hotel.

Lying in bed, I picked up my phone and found Saller's contact information.

I edited the contents of my notebook into a text message and sent it over.

…………

Yanjing.

Sall was chatting with someone when his phone rang.

He picked it up casually, glancing at it indifferently, but that one glance was enough to completely freeze him in place.
He quickly covered his phone, stood up, and bowed to the person opposite him in apology.

"Excuse me, I have something urgent to take care of right now. Could you please wait a few minutes?"

The person chatting with Salle on the opposite chair smiled gently and gestured for Salle to make himself at home.

With permission, Salle grabbed his phone and went into the next room. After closing the door, he immediately dialed his brother Sayed's number.

As soon as the call connected, he couldn't wait to say:
"Rashid just sent a message that Lin Yi is planning something big."

"It seems he's aiming at a mine."

"Rashid and his men are prepared to follow suit, and they've asked us if we should too."

Do you think we should go with them?

After that question, there was complete silence on the phone.

The two brothers could hear each other's heavy breathing through the phone receiver.

After a long silence, Saeed's voice came again:

"with!"

"A fool wouldn't take the money if he could!"

Having received consent, Saller hung up the phone and turned to call several other investors.

He was very careful, only telling his subordinates that he had just received some inside information that the stock prices of several major mining companies were about to skyrocket, and that they should buy some shares first.

Eat first, then we'll talk about other things.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE acted swiftly, and they have very deep pockets.

As these two funds flowed into the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, the previously sluggish stock market began to turn green.

The stocks of those mining companies also began to rise slightly.

Although stock market investors worldwide are often exploited, these investors are remarkably astute.

Their specialty is chasing highs and selling lows.

Attracted by these two flows of funds, a large number of retail investors followed suit.

Unable to buy shares in Vale's four companies, they turned to buying shares in other mining companies.

We're all in the mining business.

If your stocks can rise, others can too!

…………

Saturday morning at 8:00 AM.

A large convoy of over 30 vehicles stormed into Xiaomi Heavy Industry, completely filling the parking lot. After everyone got out, Lin Yi pointed to the nearby telecommunications company:

"Go next door!"

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing and saw the towering wall.

There is no way.

We have to take a detour.

A group of people walked out of the factory gate and walked along the sidewalk for a long time before finally entering the telecommunications company.

After bypassing the office building ahead, Lin Yi led a group of people to stop in front of Workshop 1. While waiting for the door to open, Meng Hai leaned over:
"Is your telecommunications company ready to produce them?"

"Not yet." Lin Yi shook his head and turned to look at the large group of people behind him:

"Everyone, please put your phones in the lockers when you change clothes later."

"Don't bring cell phones, cameras, or recording devices inside."

After giving his instructions, he turned back and continued chatting with Meng Hai:

"Only this battery workshop is usable; the other production lines still need to be adjusted."

As soon as he finished speaking, the metal door in front of them slowly opened, revealing the turnstile inside.

And there's Cao Bin standing next to the turnstile.

Cao Bin waved to the crowd, used his authority to close the turnstile, and then pointed to the passage beside him:

"Everyone, go through this passage."

"Walk to the end, the men's locker room is on the left, and the women's locker room is on the right."

"Please change your clothes in the locker room. They are all uniforms, so don't worry."

"Please put your phones, cameras, and voice recorders in the locker when you change clothes, and don't bring them in."

Lin Yi walked ahead, leading the group toward the changing room.

Half an hour later, more than 100 people had changed their clothes and were already in the corridor.

They all wore matching white coats, white gloves, white masks, white head coverings, white trousers, and white shoes.

All white from head to toe.

After changing their clothes, the group continued forward.

At the end of the passage, the gate opened, revealing another turnstile.

This time, Cao Bin did not close the turnstile.

After everyone had passed through the gate, another half hour had passed.

Behind the turnstile is another passage, not very long, only about 20 meters long.

After passing through the passage and exiting through the door at the end of the passage, everyone felt a sense of enlightenment and clarity.

Under the bright white light, the various production equipment that had been installed sat quietly there, and the power lights on the equipment were already on. With just one finger pressing the switch, the equipment could start running.

After everyone had looked at the equipment for a while, Cao Bin stood in front of the crowd. Behind him were more than a dozen of his classmates.

There were 20 people standing in a row, each holding a number card from 1 to 20, and no one was left out.

After lining up, he raised his hands high and clapped his hands.

The applause drew everyone's attention, and he then said:

"Since this is everyone's first time here, I'll just repeat what we discussed before."

“In previous communications, we divided today’s activities into 20 groups.”

“The lists for all 20 groups have been assigned, so everyone must remember which group they are in before joining the group.”

"After the groups were assigned, we went to our respective workstations and started working according to the operating procedures on the workstations."

"Don't worry about what others are doing, just focus on doing your own thing."

"Later, our General Manager Lin will be taking photos. Everyone can strike a nice pose to make themselves look more handsome or beautiful."

"Now, according to your assigned groups, join your respective teams."

While the others were still somewhat confused, Meng Hai was the first to step forward, leading Wang Chuang to walk behind Cao Bin.

They set an example here, and others followed suit, walking to the corresponding number cards one after another.

After the 20 groups were divided, each group leader led their team to the production line.

Once everyone was in place on the production line, Cao Bin walked towards the side door.

Open the side door and crawl inside. Soon after, a yellow forklift slowly appeared by the door.

Two green metal buckets were also on the forklift.

He delivered the two green metal buckets to Group 1.

After setting down the metal drum and backing away with the forklift, just as Team 1 was about to pry it open, Lin Yi appeared carrying a camera.

"Take a picture!"

I snapped a few photos.

After everyone pried open the iron barrel, he took a few more photos of it before heading to the emergency fire room in the adjacent workshop.

The emergency fire room is not large.

It's only seven or eight square meters.

Because it is not yet fully completed, there are no fire extinguishers in the emergency fire room.

Only one new computer was placed there.

Connect the computer and camera with a data cable. After the driver is installed, Lin Yi finds the camera's storage folder and drags out the photos from the folder.

Then I connected to a VPN on my computer, accessed Facebook, and started editing a tweet.

After editing the document, I quickly came up with a sensational title and casually posted the tweet.

[A Science Q1 paper: Live photo and text coverage of the Vulcan battery manufacturing site!]

After sending out a few photos, he turned around, picked up his camera again, and went back into the workshop.

Raw materials move forward along the assembly line, passing through each workstation before reaching the very end of the line.

Lin Yi stood to the side, taking pictures of the equipment, then the battery, then the person, and then back to taking pictures of the equipment.

After taking a few photos, he would take them back to the emergency fire room, upload them, and then continue taking new photos.

There are only 10 positions on the assembly line.

The next 10 positions are all testing positions.

[Security Test!]

[Physical Environment Test!]

[Electrical performance test!]

[Protection circuit and functional testing!]

[Certification Test!]

Each test has several sub-projects, but fortunately there are enough people and the production line is not fast, so we can manage to keep up.

By the time the first finished product passed the on-site testing, it was already around 9 p.m.

Lin Yi took more than a dozen photos of the finished product, found a few that looked very pleasing to the eye, deleted the others, and then imported them into his computer and uploaded them to Facebook and Twitter.

It's 9 PM in China, but in the Middle East, Europe, and America, it's a lively time right now.

America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

At the Thomson Reuters Science headquarters, Odysseus had barely stepped into the office building when his secretary, Evelyn, greeted him with a stack of documents.

"Mr. Odysseus, something big is happening today!"

As she spoke, Evelyn handed the document in her hand to Odysseus:

"These images downloaded from the internet are from Xiaomi Heavy Industry, the same company that submitted the article a couple of days ago."

"It should have been around 10 a.m. local time in China when the company started sharing the news with pictures and text on Facebook, Twitter, and several other social media platforms."

"Broadcast how they make batteries."

"Several experts have already reviewed it. The operating procedure shown in the picture is the same as the procedure in their paper."

"This could all be true!"

(End of this chapter)