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Chapter 403 Tan Chuan: I survived! (First update!)

After the materials were loaded onto the truck, it was already 1 a.m. After exchanging a few words with Lin Yi, Gao Hai set off for the Jiangnan Shipyard.

At the factory's main gate, after seeing Gao Hai off and telling Cao Bin and the others to get some rest, Lin Yi hummed a song and slowly walked towards the telecommunications company's office building.

Back at the office building, I looked up and found that my room light was on.

Just as he was about to shout "Stop thief!", he suddenly remembered that Ji Shuangshuang had the key to his room, chuckled softly, and stepped into the office building.

During the elevator's ascent, he began to seriously consider whether he should buy a house nearby.

He mentally reviewed the locations of the surrounding neighborhoods, then dismissed the idea.

Because there aren't many upscale residential areas nearby.

Or rather, at this point in time, there aren't any upscale residential areas.

The only thing that's high-end about these surrounding communities is their housing prices; as for property management services and surrounding amenities, they're just rubbish.

The elevator arrived at its floor and the bell rang. Lin Yi snapped out of his jumbled thoughts, stepped out of the elevator, returned to his room, and gently knocked on the door. Only after receiving a response from inside did he push the door open and enter.

In the suite's living room, Ji Shuangshuang sat at the table in her pajamas, her soft, smooth hair casually draped over her shoulders.

On the solid wood table was a pot of soup that was bubbling.

Under the white light, you can clearly see the steam billowing from the soup pot, accompanied by a faint aroma.

The sight brought tears to Lin Yi's eyes.

In his past life, after their relationship became ambiguous, every time he worked overtime until late at night and returned home, he would see a similar scene.

Sometimes it's a bowl of noodles, sometimes it's two simple stir-fries, and sometimes it's a takeout order that just arrived.

In short, the food was all hot.

Hearing the noise at the door, Ji Shuangshuang tilted her head and looked over:

"came back?"

“I heard from the employees in the special alloys department that you’ve been busy in the lab all afternoon without eating anything.”

"I was thinking of making a Korean specialty dish that I often see in Korean dramas. I just finished cooking it, washed my hands, and was about to eat."

What are some Korean specialty dishes that are frequently featured in Korean dramas?

The sentence, which could be understood individually but not when put together, was repeated twice. Lin Yi's gaze fell on the bubbling soup pot.

Korean specialty dish: hot pot.

There is only one possibility when these three things are put together.

Army stew.

Ji Shuangshuang had never done this in her past life.

But considering that this is the time when the Korean wave is at its peak, it makes sense to watch Korean dramas and do this.

After washing his hands, Lin Yi turned around and sat down in front of Ji Shuangshuang. His eyes swept over the soup pot, and he knew that this army stew was not authentic.

It's full of all sorts of vegetables, shrimp dumplings, crab sticks, beef meatballs, pork belly...

There were also lots of shiitake mushrooms and beef on the side...

It's a semi-clear broth hot pot.

After placing a piece of vegetable in her bowl, Ji Shuangshuang started talking:

“A guy named Zhang Yiming contacted me. He said he would be coming with his team the day after tomorrow, a total of 27 people.”

"Liao Xiangjun had a phone conversation with him in the afternoon and finalized the job titles and ranks of the other 26 people. The person on the other end was very satisfied."

"In addition, Liao Xiangjun also contacted Lin'an. She probably can't go to Lin'an with Zhang Yiming; she has to go there first."

"Before you came back, Liu Daneng called me and said that the manufacturer he went to buy new equipment from was willing to give a low price, but on the condition that they would observe us on-site when we were adjusting the equipment."

"He called you, but couldn't get through to you, so he called me instead."

"He asked me to ask you if this condition can be agreed to."

"Finally, I've put the July financial statements on your desk."

"Our main profit drivers in July were navigation systems, communication base stations, drones, and other conventional materials, which were barely breaking even."

"The home appliance business is operating at a loss overall because you had Gao Jin expand our retail outlets."

“Our profits from home appliances last month were not enough to cover this investment, so we drew some funds from the company’s cash flow.”

"Then there was that lousy company in Japan, where Hidehiro Yoshitsugu poached a few people from somewhere and focused his main efforts on software services."

"It took some time to develop a supermarket POS software."

"We made a little money, and I'm wondering if we should give them a bonus."

At this point, Ji Shuangshuang calmly picked up her chopsticks, placed a beef ball in Lin Yi's bowl, and looked at Lin Yi across from her through the rising steam, secretly observing his expression.

"You decide what to do!" Lin Yi picked up a beef ball, wanting to take a bite, but then suddenly remembered that the beef ball had broth inside.

Afraid of getting burned, I simply took a small bite.

Then he still got burned.

"Here's some water!" A can of herbal tea was handed over, and once Lin Yi's tongue pain subsided, Ji Shuangshuang continued:
"This month's investment will focus on the battery factory and Xishan Island."

"The main construction of the battery factory will be completed by the end of the month, and then the interior decoration will begin."

"The whole process will take about two months."

"Once the renovation is finished, the equipment will need to be brought in, which means we need to start thinking about the equipment now."

"Actually, it's a bit late for us to start thinking about equipment now."

"According to Secretary He from the municipal government, the preliminary preparations for Xishan Island have been completed."

"He asked us when we were going to prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony and whether we needed their help in inviting people."

Hearing this news, Lin Yi calmly reached out with his chopsticks and scooped away the snowflake beef that Ji Shuangshuang had put in the pot: "You make the decision!"

“I’ll be busy in the archives for the next 10 days or so. These aren’t big issues, you can just make the decisions.”

After speaking, Lin Yi looked up at Ji Shuangshuang, but instead of the expected tears of gratitude, he saw Ji Shuangshuang holding a slotted spoon in her left hand, scooping things out of the pot with a bewildered look in her eyes.

After scooping for a while, he suddenly looked up as if he had just realized something, his bright black eyes staring straight at Lin Yi's chopsticks.

Look at the snowflake beef on the chopsticks!

Noticing this, he didn't pause for a moment, rolled the beef in a dipping sauce made of sesame and peanut sauce, and put it directly into his mouth.

The next second, Ji Shuangshuang's cold laugh rang out: "Heh! Men!"

…………

Gao Hai arrived at Jiangnan Shipyard at 3:15 a.m.

Lin Ze and Liao Ping were both asleep. Suddenly woken up by him, they both had dark circles under their eyes and glared at Gao Hai with hostility. If he couldn't give a reason for waking them up in the middle of the night, today would be a day to decide their fate, both life and death.

Stared at by the two men with murderous glares, Gao Hai gave an awkward laugh, then patted the truck next to him: "The samples of the deck steel are ready!"

"This is the material for the second batch. Cao Bin has already tested all the materials from the first batch."

"Based on their schedule, they should be busy preparing samples for the third batch now."

After hearing his explanation, Liao Ping and Lin Ze did not abandon their murderous intent. Instead, they walked around to the back of the truck with some skepticism and, with the help of others, unloaded a sample from the truck.

The sample weighs over 300 kilograms, which is very heavy.

Under the bright lights of the workshop, streaks of black light reflected off the surface.

After staring at the sample for a while, Liao Ping reached out his hand to Gao Hai: "What are the test results?"

Gao Hai quickly opened his briefcase, took out the test report, and handed it to Liao Ping.

The A4 paper felt light and almost weightless in his hand, but looking at the words on it, Liao Ping felt as if the paper weighed a ton.

"They use electrical pulses to relieve stress?"

"The salt spray test uses a cyclic corrosion method? A 10% acetate solution at 70 degrees Celsius? And it's continuously pressurized with oxygen, that's pretty harsh..."

"They used electrochemical evaluation and spectroscopic analysis? The results from those two methods are quite accurate..."

After reading the report, he immediately handed the A4 sheet of paper back to Gao Hai.
"Representative Gao, what are you planning to do?"

Gao Hai held up two fingers: "Two samples!" He then pointed to the truck next to him, or more precisely, to a man in a white coat standing next to the truck: "This is a researcher I brought from the shipbuilding industry."

"He went through the entire testing process of the project!"

"You take a sample, and he'll cooperate with you to test it here."

“I took another sample to the shipbuilding industry and gave it to General Manager Tan Chuan, who then led a team to conduct the test.”

"Doing this allows us to get the results of the retest the fastest, and also ensures the accuracy of the test."

After sharing his thoughts with Liao Ping, Gao Hai turned to look at Lin Ze:

"Lin Ze, you stay here. The people at Xiaomi Heavy Industry are a bit reckless and their testing is quite ruthless. They get results quickly, but there might be some errors. So, just follow the normal testing procedures here."

"You should watch the whole process, and it would be best to record audio and video. If there are discrepancies in the results from both sides, you can use them for detailed comparison."

"I took the others and another sample to the shipbuilding industry to find General Manager Tan."

After discussing his ideas with Liao Ping, Gao Hai took out his phone and walked towards the truck while making a call.

A few minutes later, the truck started up again and drove out of the Jiangnan Shipyard.

…………

At the dock of the Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group in Huludao City, Tan Chuan stood in front of the flag platform. Further ahead of him were thousands of workers and hundreds of researchers responsible for building the aircraft carrier.

And between him and these people was a lump of iron.

A dark, black lump of iron.

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, Tan Chuan stepped forward, intending to kick the iron lump with force, but as soon as the tip of his shoe touched it, he quickly pulled it back and stepped on it instead.

He stomped his leather shoe on the metal block and shouted at the large group of people in front of him:
"I think everyone is curious as to why I gathered you all together so early in the morning."

"After all, today is not Monday, nor is it the 1st of each month, which are the two days when meetings are held."

"Now I will answer your questions!"

"As everyone should know, a few days ago, in order to reassure our comrades in the Shipbuilding Industry Group who are in charge of metal materials research, we were seconded to the 80515 Research Institute."

“I swore to them that I would give my life to guarantee that they would get better results at the 80515 Institute than here.”

"Everyone should have heard of this guarantee!"

"Now, I need to tell everyone!"

"I, Tan Chuan, survived!"

"I don't need to risk my life to guarantee it anymore!"

"After our comrades arrived at the 80515 Institute, they had in-depth exchanges with the comrades there. After that, they worked together to integrate the data, and based on that integration, they produced results in just a few days!"

"And this achievement is the final step in securing the aircraft carrier deck steel."

"Not long ago, we were wondering when the lab would be able to produce samples."

"Now, the samples are ready!"

"Let me tell you something else: this sample, after being tested by Comrade Xu Wenjun, has performance that far exceeds our requirements."

"In addition to our sample, Jiangnan Shipyard also received a sample. They are closer to the 80515 Research Institute, and they have already started testing."

"What we need to do now is to do everything in our power to test the performance of this sample as quickly as possible."

As Tan Chuan spoke, all the few thousand people present turned their attention to the large iron block in front of him.

Even though Tan Chuan had explained the cause and effect clearly, the thousands of people present still found it hard to believe.

After all, the progress is too fast, faster than anyone could imagine.

A few days ago, the people working on metal materials were still putting pressure on us, saying that the final step wouldn't be easy to succeed.

Even as they left, they were still saying that it was a complete waste of time.

But how come they managed to get it done in just a few days?
The brain can't believe it, but the heart chooses to believe it.

The reason for choosing to believe is Xu Wenjun.

Xu Wenjun is not well-known outside the industry, but he is extremely famous within the shipbuilding industry.

Even this person signed the test report and dared to guarantee it, which means there's a real possibility of success!

What exactly is the background of the 80515 Research Institute?
Do those people have three heads and six arms?

Otherwise, there's no way to explain it!
On the flag platform, Tan Chuan waited a few minutes, then raised his right foot again and stomped hard on the large iron block:

"Logistics, take this sample down, slice it, and proceed with the testing process."

"Once the testing process is complete, we'll gather our process department and welding team together to discuss how this material should be processed, and how it should be installed during construction. Finally, we'll compile our feedback and send it to the 80515 Research Institute!"

"Move quickly!"

As soon as Tan Chuan gave the order, staff from all departments except those whose names he had mentioned quickly went to their posts to continue their unfinished work.

Unlike in the past, they are full of energy today.

With this long-standing problem resolved, a broad and promising road has appeared before everyone.

If you keep walking along this main road, you'll be able to solve the mission that's been getting them stuck!
Under the flagpole, the logistics staff found a forklift, lifted the samples, and sent them to the adjacent testing laboratory.

(End of this chapter)