Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 353 Hello, I'm Dmitry Brown! (Second Update!)
After he finished speaking, the room fell silent again. After finishing his cigarette, Zhu Jingyao decisively reached out to Guo Song and asked for another cigarette.

Before long, the three of them finished a pack of cigarettes, leaving a pile of cigarette butts on the ground.

"Are there any more cigarettes?"

"Gone!"

"Send someone to buy it!"

"I...I have no money..."

“Don’t look at me, I don’t have any money in my pocket either… My wife nags me for at least two hours whenever she sees me smoking… You guys are different, Lao Zhu and Lao Guo, you have no one to take care of you, you should have money to buy cigarettes.”

"Heh... How can you be considered human if you're just taking other people's cigarettes for free?"

"I went for a physical exam a couple of days ago, and they found out I have a problem with my lungs, so they deducted the money I used to buy cigarettes. What about you, Lao Zhu? You should have money, right?"

"Just like you, during my last physical exam, they found out I had a problem with my lungs. The doctor told me to smoke less, and now I don't have any pocket money either. I have to ask my son for cigarettes."

"So we're just going to sit here like this?"

“Let’s sit down! It’s a good time to think about how to deal with America once we have enough equipment.”

"Sail our ship down that Potomac River of theirs, into Washington!"

"I think we need to go to London first!"

"London is fine too!"

"Actually, we can sail the ship to the Black Sea, take a tour of the Black Sea Shipyard, and show it to those former Soviets."

"The former Soviet Union... it's been almost 20 years since it died..."

Time slipped away amidst the words of these three people, whose combined age was nearly 200. In the blink of an eye, the sun rose from the east, and bright sunlight filled the room.

Guo Song, who was on the sofa, suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at the cigarette butt on the floor, pointed at it casually, and said to Zhu Jingyao:

"Old Zhu, come and tidy up, I'm going to make a phone call."

As he spoke, he shook his phone, turned around and ran out of the room as if his life depended on it. Zhu Jingyao, who belatedly came to his senses, looked at the cigarette butts and the ash that had been trampled on the ground and felt a headache coming on.

With a sigh, he resignedly walked out of the room and went to the bathroom to get a broom and mop.

Meanwhile, Guo Song arrived at the rooftop, basking in the bright morning sunlight at 9 a.m., found Lin Yi's number, and dialed it casually.

Suzhou, Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

A new day begins with staying in bed.

After a busy day yesterday, and with it being the weekend, Lin Yi decided to stay in bed all day after his third unsuccessful attempt to get up. He would neither eat nor drink anything.

But fate had other plans; he wanted to lie down and die, but the phone kept ringing.

When the phone rang for the third time, he finally reached out impatiently, grabbed it, and wanted to yell at someone. But after seeing the name in the contact's name, he swallowed the words he was about to say.

Breaking one's promise and becoming rich is a fine quality.

He sat up in bed, adjusted his posture, and then whispered into the phone:

"Good morning, Mr. Guo. Is it urgent that you're calling me so early in the morning?"

"If it's about the naval steam turbines, you don't need to worry, I'm urging them."

"That thing will be ready soon, and we'll be able to meet you soon. Don't rush, we need to take our time and do things carefully."

After he finished speaking, only heavy breathing could be heard from the other end of the phone.

Hearing the heavy breathing, a bad thought popped into Lin Yi's mind, but because he didn't have much information, the thought was chaotic and incoherent.

He swallowed hard and cautiously asked Guo Song:

"Grandpa, has something serious happened?"

After that question, the heavy breathing coming through the receiver was replaced by Guo Song's words:

“Last night, around 1 a.m., America Space Agency deployed four satellites and detonated them, using the debris to impact your satellite navigation system.”

"Before the impact, the staff at the aerospace control center changed the orbit. At the critical moment, luck was on our side, and the satellite narrowly avoided the debris."

"After inspection by our colleagues at the aerospace control center, the satellite was found to be undamaged."

The news was so shocking that it took Lin Yi several minutes to process it. A thousand curses flashed through his mind, but when the words finally reached his lips, they condensed into one sentence:

"CTMD!"

After that simple and crude insult, Guo Song's words came again:
"Let's keep criticizing them; the leaders have given their opinions."

"Bear with it. Once we have enough strength, we can have a proper talk with them and have a proper discussion."

"For now, just bear with it."

"By the way, what's the situation with the navy's steam turbines?"

After conveying the leader's intentions, Guo Song's attention was completely drawn to what Lin Yi had just said.

He had also heard about the work arrangements on the Navy's side. Zhu Jingyao had entrusted the steam turbine blades to Xiaomi Heavy Industry. Judging by the time, Xiaomi Heavy Industry should have been able to produce the steam turbine blades by now.

This is the phone.

Listening to Guo Song's question, Lin Yi organized his thoughts and explained the progress of the steam turbine blades:
"The steam turbine blades are already made; they just need to pass the tests before they can be delivered."

"But we don't have the equipment to test it. Our engineers specializing in special alloy manufacturing have been cramming on steam turbines these past few days, preparing to build one ourselves."

"If the Navy has testing equipment, they can come and take the blades back for testing."

"By the way, we tested the drone yesterday."

After discussing the navy, Lin Yi shifted the topic to drones.

When drones were mentioned, Guo Song immediately became interested: "Tell me, what were the test results?"

"Did it pass the most basic signal interference test?"

Seeing that Guo Song was interested, Lin Yi couldn't stay in bed any longer. He got out of bed, threw on some clothes, and continued answering as he walked out: "We tested it with our own signal jamming equipment."

"The drone passed the test."

"Under the premise of signal interference and the g... satellite navigation system being turned off, the drone will return to its home location autonomously."

"We also tested no-fly zones and long-range payload flights."

"As for the remaining extreme tests, we don't have the venue, so we can't conduct them for the time being."

“However, when we were testing yesterday, I brought a friend from abroad with me. He said he could act as a middleman and help us sell the products.”

"As long as we sell it, we can get enough test data."

These few words left Guo Song on the other end of the phone completely bewildered.

He hesitated for a long time on the other end of the phone before finally organizing his thoughts and asking Lin Yi:
"You're planning to sell this thing to the Middle East, see how they use it on the battlefield, and then collect data?"

"You...you...you're a bit..."

"Never mind, anyway, the leader said before that your satellite system can authorize civilian and military interfaces, so what about drones..."

"That thing isn't strictly a military product, just be careful not to get yourself into trouble." "Hmm... the steam turbine blades you mentioned, and the drones, prepare two sets of each. I'll send someone over to pick them up in the next day or two."

"I'll hang up now, I have something to do."

Guo Song hung up the phone, and Lin Yi arrived at his office door. Looking at the closed door, he wondered whether he should go back to sleep or push the door open and go to work.

Just as he was hesitating, his phone rang again. He hurriedly held the phone up to his eyes, only to find that the contact name that popped up was a somewhat unfamiliar one.

Dmitri Brown

Looking at the flashing name, Lin Yi remembered what Smith had said before.

This is a beast, a beast that cannot be called human.

He has transcended the realm of humanity and can no longer be called a person.

Why would someone like this call me at this time?

Are they showing off by crashing their own satellite into another satellite?

They didn't suffer any loss of their own satellites, but instead wasted four satellites, even though those were four satellites that were about to be decommissioned. That still meant a large sum of money was lost.

What's there to brag about?
After a slight hesitation, Lin Yi answered the phone: "Hello, this is Lin Yi from Xiaomi Heavy Industry. What's up?"

He didn't use English; he used Mandarin.

After speaking in a less-than-perfect announcer's voice, a few awkward words of Mandarin came from the other end after a while:

"Hello, Mr. Lin Yi from Xiaomi Heavy Industry, I am Dmitri Brown."

"This is our first formal call. We couldn't have a formal call before because of the time difference between us and because we were both very busy."

"Here, I personally need to apologize to you."

"sorry!"

Hearing the apology on the phone, Lin Yi slowly moved away from the office door and to the window at the end of the corridor.

Look up to the sky.

A blazing sun hangs high in the sky, its rays falling evenly on everyone, making them feel unbearably hot.

The sun did not rise in the west.

Lin Yi lightly stomped his foot on the ground and pressed the person on the phone for an answer:
"So, dear Mr. Dmitry, are you calling to boast about your great achievements?"

“No!” Dmitry answered quickly, perhaps fearing that people wouldn’t believe him, he dropped another bombshell.

“In the past few days, Mr. Lin should have seen some people petitioning online and frantically hinting that you should go to France.”

"Then you should also see that among these messy videos, there are some that depict America's behavior."

"You must also be wondering who did all this, and why these videos seem so confrontational."

"I'll explain it to you now."

"I arranged for people to make both of these videos."

"As for the purpose."

"Naturally, it's to fight on both sides, to protect Mr. Lin and stop him from attending that so-called aerospace exchange meeting."

"But things turned out a bit unexpectedly. Mr. Lin didn't go anywhere. He spent all his time at the company and in your laboratory."

"Hey……"

After a long sigh, there was no further sound from Dmitri's side.

His words were like a bombshell, exploding hard on Lin Yi's head, almost making him lose his footing.

It took him quite a while to process the news, and his hand holding the phone was trembling slightly.

He also muttered to himself from time to time, "No wonder, no wonder I felt that the two groups were not quite right."

"So they were all your actors."

"Then, dear Mr. Dmitry, could you explain why you did this?"

As soon as Lin Yi's voice was converted into a telephone signal and transmitted, Dmitry's voice came through the phone: "Of course, it's for making money!"

"In this world, only money is the most enduring partner. I'm helping you, naturally, for the sake of money."

Upon hearing that the other party wanted money, Lin Yi couldn't help but let out a cold laugh:
"I want more money! You don't think I have a lot of money, do you?"

His sneer did not offend Dmitry; instead, it elicited two contemptuous laughs.

“Mr. Lin, what I want is not your money. Besides, based on my understanding of you, you probably don’t have much money on you.”

"I saved you for the sake of your goods."

"Your products are very good, but unfortunately, they are not available on America yet."

"It did not land in North or South America."

"Since we've brought this up, I'll get straight to the point."

"I would like to request your company's exclusive distribution rights in North and South America. If you agree, I can inform you in advance of any future news targeting you."

"Of course, I'll import goods from you. Just calculate the price at the normal rate. I may not be a human being, but I keep my word."

"If Mr. Lin thinks it's acceptable, he can make a decision right now over the phone."

"If Mr. Lin thinks it's not acceptable, then we'll have to resort to some other means."

Holding his phone, Lin Yi listened to the threatening words and was momentarily at a loss for words.

After all that, all the other party wanted was exclusive distribution rights for the North and South American markets, not to ask me for a large piece of gold.

Why is it a little funny?

But soon, when Lin Yi sorted things out in his mind, he suddenly realized that the other person wasn't funny at all.

The markets in North and South America are actually quite large, and the demand for home appliances has always been strong. If we can capture this market, the annual profit alone would be enough to earn at least one or two small goals.

A small goal or two is indeed worth the risk, and a big one at that.

If it were me, I would be even crazier than them.

After carefully considering his words, Lin Yi calmly replied:
“Mr. Dmitri, your idea is excellent. If you can get through to America, it will allow me to make money.”

"Then you can have the exclusive distribution rights for Xiaomi Heavy Industry in North and South America."

Washington.

As he listened to the conversation on the phone, Dmitry's lips curled into a slight smile—a smug smile, the smile of a successful scheme.

After chatting for a couple more minutes, the two finally hung up the phone.

The instant the call ended, Lin Yi's smiling face turned pitch black, and he promptly slammed his fist against the wall.

(End of this chapter)