Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 281 The People from Zhongxing Arrive! (Second Update!)

The voice coming from the phone was heavy with nasal contemplation, and Lu Jingchen could hear a strong sense of resentment in it.

At that moment, he hesitated.

He hesitated whether to tell his senior brother what he knew.

His intuition told him that if he told this senior brother now, the senior brother would definitely kill him.

However, every cell in his body was telling him that if he didn't show off to the other person at this moment, he would feel uncomfortable all over!

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Jingchen stammered as he spoke to Liu Juncai on the other end of the phone:

"Um... Senior brother, I have something to tell you, but you have to promise me first, and don't be in a hurry!"

"Go ahead and speak, I'm not in a hurry!" Liu Juncai agreed quickly, and as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sparse sound of papers being turned over.

Hearing this voice, Lu Jingchen said cautiously:

"I had just returned from Suzhou before I called you."

"I went over there and interviewed with a company."

"I held a position at that company, and they offered me a very high annual salary. My job was to manufacture and launch satellites and rockets."

"We might need to deal with you!"

When Lu Jingchen first started speaking, there were sounds of documents being turned over and people breathing on the other end of the line.

But gradually, the sound of turning the pages stopped, and even the breathing stopped.

At this moment, Lu Jingchen felt a sense of impending doom.

Just then, his senior brother Liu Juncai's voice came through the phone, his voice tinged with caution and a hint of inquiry:
"You just said that the company you interviewed with was in Suzhou? Is that right?"

"Correct!"

"The business you're responsible for is still related to satellites and rockets, right?"

"Correct!"

"Let me guess, that company is called Xiaomi Heavy Industry, right?"

"Senior brother, you're so smart, you guessed everything correctly!" Lu Jingchen praised him against his will, and then Liu Juncai's roar came from the phone:

"You surnamed Lu, I'm severing all ties with you. From this day forward, if you dare to show your face in front of me, I'll fucking kill you!"

"27 satellites, including 24 low-Earth orbit satellites and three geostationary orbit satellites."

"It must be launched within two months."

"So far, we haven't seen any blueprints or parts."

"I didn't see anything, and it was a task assigned from above that I couldn't refuse. I was thinking of calling you to complain, but you called me to tell me that you went to this company."

"They'll be here to coordinate with me soon!"

"Let me tell you, if you dare come any closer, you surnamed Lu, I guarantee I'll show you what cruelty is!"

The cursing on the phone grew louder and louder, leaving Lu Jingchen no choice but to take the phone away from his ear and move it further away.

Once the voice on the other end had faded, he brought the phone back to his lips and asked softly:
"I called you today to ask about the progress of your own satellite navigation system."

After that question, the other party fell silent.

After a silence of two or three minutes, Liu Juncai's voice came again:
"Junior Brother Lu, there are some things you shouldn't ask."

"All you need to do is take care of your assigned tasks, and don't worry about anything else."

"I know!" Lu Jingchen adjusted his posture, leaned against the balcony, and watched the students walking by in the distance, saying softly:
"I saw the blueprints at that company this afternoon."

"If I'm not mistaken, the performance is even better than what you're currently researching."

“I know this is incredible, but I can tell you definitively that I am not lying, and I am not blind.”

"Impossible!" A scream rang out on the phone, followed by the sound of a chair being dragged, and then more screams.

Space Technology Research Institute.

It is the most prestigious research institute in the aerospace group and a major research institute for satellite and rocket development.

Liu Juncai hurriedly righted the chair, grabbed the phone from the table, and roared into the phone:

"impossible!"

"We are fully aware of the research and development progress of all research institutes in China. It is impossible for any research institute outside of our control to have made faster progress than us."

"If anyone is faster than us, I'll fucking eat whatever they produce on the spot."

"Eat in front of everyone!"

His roaring voice attracted the attention of his colleagues, who turned around and looked at him with puzzled expressions, not quite understanding why he had just been given a task.

Why was this team leader so furious?

There used to be many such jobs, but now that various research institutes have defined functions and become more specialized, there are fewer similar jobs, but one still happens occasionally.

It shouldn't be like him, saying he wanted to eat something right in front of everyone.

Isn't this just freeloading?

Liu Juncai was completely oblivious to the stares of those around him; all his mental energy was focused on pondering what his junior brother had said.

If someone's research progress has indeed surpassed theirs!
Then they...

Forget it, I'll refrain from saying anything harsh.

Holding the phone, Liu Juncai let out a long breath and said into the phone:
"Let's talk about it then!"

"I have something else to do, so I'll hang up now!"

After hanging up the phone, Liu Jun stood there, taking several deep breaths to calm himself down.

He turned around and looked at his team members behind him, saying:
"I just got the news from my junior colleague. He said that the satellite development progress of Xiaomi Heavy Industry is faster than ours."

"I don't know if this is true or not!"

"However, since we have been assigned tasks, we must complete them; that is our mission."

"So for the next period of time, everyone is strictly prohibited from bringing their emotions into my work."

"Understand?"

"If their research progress surpasses ours, then we must strive to catch up and overtake them again."

"If their research progress is not as fast as ours, we cannot be complacent!"

"Now, quickly organize the information, distribute it, and prepare to connect with that company."

After assigning tasks to his subordinates, Liu Juncai picked up the documents and headed towards the institute director's office.

He knocked on the door before taking the documents into the room.

I met with Director Feng Zhenhua.

After placing the documents in front of the other party, Liu Juncai added:

"The basic cost of building a satellite is all here."

"If the other party provides the parts, then we basically only earn a labor fee and experience."

“They’ve built a lot of satellites this time. I suggest we give young people intensive training and bring them along.”

"They'll have to start working sooner or later anyway, so it's better to start sooner than later."

Feng Zhenhua took the documents, read them through from beginning to end, and finding nothing missing or anything to say, nodded simply. He signed his name where required, simultaneously responding to Liu Juncai's words:

"Your suggestion is good. I'll draft a notice and have it distributed later."

After returning the documents to Liu Juncai, he noticed that the other man hadn't left. He looked up again, his face full of doubt, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

After standing there for a moment and considering his words, Liu Juncai stammered:
"I think I know why the higher-ups brought in this company to compete with us."

"What the heck?" Feng Zhenhua paused for a moment, then his gaze quickly locked onto the document in Liu Juncai's hand, and he pointed at it with his finger:
"You say you roughly know why the higher-ups brought in this company?" Feng Zhenhua asked once, and after receiving a nod from Liu Juncai, he eagerly asked again:

"what reason?"

In the aerospace field, due to the high level of specialization required and the large financial investment, there is almost no profit beyond the subjective services provided.

Therefore, the government has always been the main investor.

Under these circumstances, the lives of these researchers were neither particularly good nor bad.

It's not as good as the best, but it's better than the worst.

However, just two days ago, they were suddenly given a document from above, requiring the Aerospace Group to cooperate with a private company to provide the other party with three rockets and help them manufacture and launch a satellite.

The text in the document is very clear.

In this project, they cooperated with each other!
The aerospace group is an affiliate, while the company called Xiaomi Heavy Industry is the leader!

When they received this document, everyone thought it was outrageous.

For major state-owned enterprises to cooperate with private enterprises is simply going against the natural order.

But after they had thoroughly studied the document, the group fell silent again.

Because the other party gave money.

And the amount of money they provided was quite substantial.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, everyone reluctantly put aside their pride for the sake of the 5 tons of rice.

While preparing for the collaboration, everyone was wondering why the higher-ups would suddenly allow such a private enterprise to get involved.

After much speculation, the conclusion is simply that the company's CEO has extremely powerful connections.

But now, this old subordinate in front of him actually said that he knew the reason.

This……

Across from him, Liu Juncai pondered for a moment before organizing his junior brother Lu Jingchen's words and repeating them to Feng Zhenhua:

"Just now, my junior colleague called me and said he got a position at that company."

"He also saw the information they provided!"

"The other party is also developing the same type of satellite, and their development progress is faster than ours. They want us to develop a satellite with stronger performance than ours!"

"I guess that's why they made us play support."

"Impossible!" Feng Zhenhua's scream of denial rang out as soon as Liu Juncai finished speaking.

If any random guy jumped out from the roadside, he'd pull out something better than them.

What about their so-called hard work and research?
Does this count as slacking off?

Or is it a lot of hard work and research?
But upon closer reflection, he realized that it wasn't entirely impossible.

As a nationally led project, regardless of its nature, stability is paramount.

No mistakes allowed, absolutely no mistakes allowed!
Because if these projects go wrong, their shortcomings will be magnified infinitely, and these shortcomings may even lead to the complete rejection of these projects.

But private enterprises are different.

As long as they don't break the law and don't conduct experiments in crowded places, even if an explosion occurs, as long as there are no casualties, the subsequent safety accident investigation process will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, a capable civilian team, with enough audacity, could indeed design a satellite that is superior to the satellites they currently possess in a particular aspect.

Of course, these people need to have sufficient ability.

Excluding those amateur scientists!

Thinking of this, Feng Zhenhua raised his head and looked at Liu Juncai:

“Since the situation has changed, and you know the person in charge, you will be in charge of all the communication with this company from now on.”

"Your task is to coordinate with them effectively and keep accurate records of the entire production process."

"Maybe we'll need it someday."

"Also, please tell everyone that no matter what the final result is, everyone should work hard and not let emotions get in the way."

"You go down first!"

After Liu Juncai left, Feng Zhenhua picked up the phone on the table and started calling people he knew.

He needs to find out the origins of this Xiaomi Heavy Industry today.

Let's see which kind of deity this is!
Unfortunately, after making all the phone calls he could, he discovered that no one knew anything about the company's background.

I don't even know this company!
I made a bunch of calls, racking up a lot of phone bills, but didn't get any information.

It's annoying!
…………

Meanwhile, after returning to Suzhou, Lin Yi turned on the air conditioning and slept soundly for a whole day.

When he woke up and went through the work he needed to do, he felt like the sky had fallen.

There are always people to meet and work to finish.

wanna die.

I really want to die.

Whose boss lives such a life?

Is it myself?

Then forget it!

Just as he was about to slack off, Hao Jin called and said only one sentence:

"The person you were assigned to go to Iran to install communications equipment has arrived at your company. Go and meet him yourself."

It wasn't until Lin Yi clearly heard the contents of the phone call that he remembered Hao Jin had said before he and Amir signed the agreement that a dedicated person would be in charge of the installation work.

Someone will contact you.

But no one contacted him, and Amir wasn't busy, so he had almost forgotten about it.

Now, these guys have finally arrived.

He wanted to see what kind of monsters and demons were dragging this out for so long.

Don't these people know that time is money?

With a touch of curiosity, Lin Yi rushed to the guardhouse as quickly as possible.

Then I saw a car parked in front of the guardhouse, and six people standing next to the car, registering information.

If it were just a person, he wouldn't care.

But on the car and on the clothes of those six people, there was a logo that he recognized very well.

A blue rectangular block with three white letters in the center.

ZTE.

ZTE.

Upon seeing them, Lin Yu gasped, then leaned forward and whispered behind them:
"You're the people who went to Iran to install equipment? Why are you only arriving today?"

Hearing the voice, the man among the six who looked like the leader turned around, recognized Lin Yi, and quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Um... I've been delayed at work these past two days because of what's happening in Iran, so I only had time to come over today to discuss work with President Lin."

Please don't mind!

"What is it?" Lin Yi asked again, curious. Hearing Lin Yi's determination to get to the bottom of things, the team leader opposite him twitched his face and revealed a disgruntled expression.

"Our company was sold out by those idiots in Iran, now we have to change our name and go back in!"

(End of this chapter)