Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 387 The Darkest Hour Before Dawn! (Third Update!)

At that moment, Stanley seemed to have completely forgotten what Han Shunfa had done to him not long ago, and he also raised his hand, his face also full of smiles: "Please!"

The two of them smiled at each other and walked out of the room one after the other.

The door had just closed when it was immediately pushed open again. Stanley stood awkwardly in the doorway, smiled at Lin Yi, and said uneasily:
"Mr. Lin, please provide an account number so I can arrange for someone to transfer the money!"

"..." Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and slowly walked towards the door, asking in a low voice as he approached Stanley:
"Can't you find it?"

Upon hearing this, Stanley's embarrassment deepened. After chuckling twice, he stepped aside from the doorway.
"Um... we're not as strong as they are in the movies!"

"So I'll have to trouble you to provide an account!"

"Wait a moment!" Lin Yi walked out of the meeting room, went to the finance office, took six ordinary purchase contracts and an account card, and personally handed them to Stanley:
"This is the contract, and this is the account card!"

"You sign the contract, so we can use it to process the accounts later!"

“OK!” Stan acted quickly, took the contract, glanced at it, and found that it was just an ordinary international procurement contract with very ordinary terms. He quickly took out his pen and signed his name at the signature area.

After carefully putting away his own contracts and account cards, he nodded to Lin Yi before following Han Shunfa away.

Seeing that the elevator floor display showed the first floor, Lin Yi walked towards the elevator and took it to the technical department office.

Finding Mao Xiaofei in the office, he put the handwritten contract aside and beckoned to Mao Xiaofei with his finger:

"Come here, I have some work to tell you!"

Mao Xiaofei was brewing tea. After brewing the tea, he held the teacup in front of Lin Yi, put it down, and asked with a curious look:

"Senior brother, what's going on?"

"I just received a small order for 50 drones, totaling $375 million. The drones need to have a range of over 30 kilometers, a payload of 50 kilograms, and a maximum flight altitude of over 2500 meters!"

As Lin Yi spoke, the inquiry in Mao Xiaofei's eyes slowly faded, turning into confusion.

After the last word was uttered, he simply tilted his head and looked at Lin Yi like an owl.

These requirements aren't difficult; the problem is why such a seemingly ordinary order would require his senior to come in person.

I was about to ask if it was a domestic military procurement, but then I suddenly remembered that Lin Yi had just mentioned using US dollars.

Those must be orders from overseas!
A deal worth over 300 million is just a small deal. Given how busy my senior brother is, there's absolutely no need to bring it up separately!

Seeing his curious expression, Lin Yi held up one finger and whispered to him, "It's a CIA order!"

Speaking very softly, almost the instant Lin Yi finished speaking, Mao Xiaofei immediately asked, "What the hell?"

"wait wait wait……"

"Who are you talking about?"

"The CIA?"

"No...are they crazy?"

After asking a series of questions, Mao Xiaofei's surprise turned into excitement; after all, it was the CIA.

That's the legendary CIA, the legendary CIA that can go to the sky and the earth and can do anything!

The CIA is buying drones from its own factory!
What are they going to do? What do they want to do?
Human beings are essentially just parrots and bystanders.

Right now, I'm right at the forefront of this drama, and I absolutely have to get my hands on this piece of gossip.

Mao Xiaofei got up from the sofa, slowly moved closer to Lin Yi, and lowered his voice: "Senior brother, what are they trying to do? Are they going to overthrow another country?"

"Do you think we could stab him in the back?"

Meeting Mao Xiaofei's expectant and excited gaze, Lin Yi gently shook his head: "I know what they're going to do."

"This time, you not only can't stab them in the back, but you also have to help them and improve the performance of our drones a bit more based on their requirements."

"We'll take a slight loss!"

"We need to deliver a good batch of goods to them, and the last thing is the electronic fence."

"The electronic fence for this shipment extends 100 kilometers outward from our border."

Praise to kill, feigning indifference to lure the enemy – these are all strategies written in Chinese history books. A Chinese person who receives a normal education will be exposed to these things from junior high school.

Based solely on Lin Yi's few words, Mao Xiaofei guessed that his senior brother was preparing to sacrifice a small gain to secretly accomplish something big behind the scenes.

He gave Lin Yi a thumbs up: "Understood!"

"Understood. Continue preparations. Once the payment is received, the delivery period is 15 days."

"Okay, I promise I'll make sure he understands everything perfectly!"

While the two were discussing sacrificing a small profit, Stanley, after leaving Xiaomi Heavy Industry, did not rush to leave. Instead, he returned to his roadside parking space, got into his car, and continued to observe the factory in front of him with binoculars.

He hadn't been looking for long when he caught a glimpse of three security guards carrying shields coming out of the gate of Xiaomi Heavy Industry factory and running quickly in his direction.

Knowing he had been discovered, Stanley didn't rush off. Instead, he put down his binoculars and pretended to admire the scenery.

Before long, the three security guards appeared in front of Stanley. When they realized it was someone they knew, the guards just smiled and then left with their shields.

Knowing he wouldn't get any more information, Stanley put away the binoculars, stepped on the gas, and drove towards the hotel.

Back at the hotel, he set out to report to Dmitry, but as he logged into the software and put his hands on the keyboard, he suddenly remembered the time difference; at this time, it was the early morning for America.

Reporting to Dmitry at this point would be like lighting a lantern in the toilet – a death wish.

He rubbed his face and began to organize the information from his meeting with Lin Yi.

At 10 p.m., Stanley tentatively sent a message to Dmitry:
[Sir, the cooperation has been agreed upon. Now, payment needs to be made to the target account for 50 drones. The price offered is $9 per drone, and no bargaining is accepted. Prepayment and full payment are required. The drones will be delivered 15 days after the prepayment is received.]

Shortly after the message was sent, the other party replied with only a simple question mark.

【? 】

This question mark arrived first, followed by a series of messages from Dmitry.

[Is he crazy? The drones he manufactures for that Japanese company are so cheap, how come the price is dozens of times higher when he gets them from me?]

He thinks I can't do anything about him, right?

Tell him, "No way! $9 for a drone? Don't even think about it! Do you think my money grows on trees? I worked my way up from the bottom. If he wants to rob me, let him come with a gun. Let's see whose gun is bigger, and whoever has the bigger gun gets the money!"

【No, tell him to cut the price in half, or else he should just wait and see. If it weren't for those incompetent domestic companies that have been dragging their feet, would I even bother with him?】

Tell him that if he misses out on me, he'll never find such generous customers again!

Messages kept coming in, and Stanley's expression changed from cautious to pleased. He put his hands on the keyboard and typed away rapidly, sending several more messages.

[Mr. Dmitry, $9 is already their negotiated price. Their initial quote was $15, arguing that the quantity was too low, requiring a higher price to cover costs, and that the drones' large payload necessitated an additional flight control system. However, these explanations don't align with their 15-day production cycle.]

Finally, after my persistent and reasoned argument, they agreed to sell it for $9.

[I have already signed the relevant contracts. Now all I need to do is make the payment. After that, we can just wait to receive the goods.]

With these drones, the Mexican and American border policies can no longer restrict us. If all of them are deployed, we can transport two tons at a time. Besides drugs, we can transport other things as well.

Sir, this is a golden opportunity, one that won't come again. It's not that they need us, but that we need them!

After sending out these messages, Stanley kept staring at the screen, waiting for Dmitry's response.

But Dmitry never replied.

Just when Stanley thought Dmitry was about to give up, his phone rang. The number flashing on the screen was from the finance department of his holding company.

The phone connected, and the finance person's sweet voice came through the receiver:
"Boss, we just received a transfer of $450 million. Who should we send this money to?"

I'll send you an account number later!

"Ok!"

After hanging up the phone with the finance department, Stanley's smile gradually became more unrestrained, until finally he grinned wildly.

Amidst his wild laughter, he placed his hands on the keyboard and sent a message to Dmitry.

[Sir, the funds have been received! Please wait for further news!]

…………

Huludao City, the headquarters of the Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group, Tan Chuan's office.

Gao Hai pushed open the door, placed the documents he had carried in person onto Tan Chuan's desk, divided the documents into two parts, and, holding them with both hands, said excitedly:

"The document on the left is a list of technologies that Xiaomi Heavy Industry has been able to develop, compiled according to a catalog."

"The one on the right is something they can't handle!"

"Mr. Tan, please take a look. If there's anything you want to say, just say it, I'll write it down, and then we'll take it all back with us!"

The two documents were about the same thickness. After glancing at them for a moment, Tan Chuan chose to look at the document that he couldn't break through first.

I reached out and took one, and immediately noticed the text on the cover.

I am not skilled with weapons.

The writing was as graceful as a dragon, yet it contained a few nonsensical words. Tan Chuan shook his head, barely managing to suppress a laugh.

After flipping through the documents he received, he casually put them aside and picked up another one.

With the same annotation, this time, Tan Chuan didn't hold back anymore and burst out laughing: "This guy really doesn't hide anything at all!"

Tan Chuan found that the technologies he couldn't overcome were all marked with these few annotations, so he didn't continue looking at the other documents.

He set aside the documents that he couldn't bypass, picked up the ones from Xiaomi Heavy Industry that he could, and after carefully reading the markings on the cover, he laughed even louder.

"It's a pity that this kid isn't my student. If he were, the research team would be more active and wouldn't be like this now, with everyone frowning as if someone owes them millions."

After reviewing the documents, Tan Chuan picked up the phone on the table and called several project leaders in the team, asking them to come to the office.

The responsible persons acted quickly, and within 20 minutes they had gathered in the office.

Upon seeing Gao Hai, the group greeted him warmly.

After exchanging greetings, their eyes all turned to Tan Chuan.

Two days ago, Tan Chuan went out for a trip. When he came back, he told them that the aircraft carrier manufacturing work would be accelerated and that a very strong team would be joining.

Several days have passed, but we haven't seen anyone from that team, or even heard a single word from them.

They all began to wonder if Tan Chuan had misheard.

Now they've suddenly been called over; maybe they just want to announce those messages.

Amidst the curious, inquisitive, and questioning gazes of these people, Tan Chuan pushed the documents in front of him forward with both hands:
"The news I told you about a few days ago has now been confirmed!"

"This information was compiled by the research team based on the information we provided, and it outlines the problems they are able to solve."

"You guys take a look at these materials, and then go down and organize the preliminary data for the relevant research."

"Then we will pack up the materials and personnel and hand them over to our representative Gao Hai. He will take the relevant materials and personnel to that brother unit and take a look at the materials."

A few words from him left the newly arrived managers looking at each other in bewilderment.

They considered all sorts of possibilities, but never this one.

They were eager to know what kind of team could join such a project halfway through and then take someone else's research data.

With this question in mind, the person in charge closest to Gao Hai turned to him and asked:

"Representative Gao, is this team really here to help?"

"Are you sure you're not making things worse?"

He asked the question, and the people around him echoed, "Representative Gao, we have been pushing forward the project ever since the hull of the aircraft carrier was transported to China."

"After so many years, we have finally seen a glimmer of light, and finally endured the darkness before dawn."

"With this team suddenly joining, are we going to have to go back to the wee hours again?"

The sudden question caught Gao Hai off guard. He looked at Tan Chuan, trying to read his thoughts from his face, but Tan Chuan's face remained expressionless, making it impossible for him to understand what Tan Chuan was thinking.

After pursing his lips and pondering for a moment, he let out a sigh:
Indeed, judging from the current situation, we are indeed in the last glimmer of darkness before dawn.

"Once we get through the darkness, we will see the light."

"The problem is that no one knows when dawn will arrive, nor does anyone know how many variables are lurking in the darkness."

"We must now try our best to avoid such variables!"

That's why we brought in this team!

"I, Gao Hai, in my own name..."

"I, Tan Chuan, guarantee with my life that this team's joining will bring dawn much sooner!"

(End of this chapter)