Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 404 Want a refund? Dream on! (Second update!)

Tensile strength and yield strength are the two tests that yield the easiest results because they are tests of the same material at different stress stages.

Half an hour after the relevant testing team received the materials, a test result appeared in front of Tan Chuan.

Upon receiving the test results, Tan Chuan immediately pulled out the test report that Gao Hai had brought back, as well as the initial design requirements for the aircraft carrier.

The data obtained from several rounds of testing all far exceeded the design requirements.

"Good! Good! Good!" Tan Chuan said "good" three times in a row, grabbed the three documents, picked up the phone on the table, and called Zhu Jingyao:
"Boss, I have some good news to report to you, but you should have already heard it."

I'll repeat it again!

"The material developed by the 80515 Research Institute, which is the same institute that Xiaomi Heavy Industry developed, meets our requirements in terms of preliminary mechanical properties."

"The relevant chemical performance test results should be available later, and I'll have someone bring them to you then."

"I heard from Comrade Gao Hai that, in addition to studying materials, the comrades at the 80515 Research Institute are also researching and improving equipment."

"I think at this time, we should use our respective influence to help them coordinate."

"With better coordination, the progress can be faster. What do you think, boss?"

After Tan Chuan made his suggestion, there was a long silence on the phone. Just as Tan Chuan thought Zhu Jingyao hadn't understood his intention and was about to break down his suggestion in detail, Zhu Jingyao's voice, calm yet excited, came through:

"Mr. Tan, hurry up and give me the test results. I'll handle the rest!"

"it is good!"

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Yanjing, General Armaments Department.

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Jingyao took out an application form from the drawer, took out a pen from the pen holder, and began to write on the application form in a flamboyant style.

In just a few minutes, a funding application form was filled out. He then took out the seal from the drawer, thought for a moment, and put it back.

Although the results were encouraging, we still had to wait for Tan Chuan's test results to make the final decision.

Otherwise, they'll just pop the champagne halfway through.

With a sigh, he stuffed the funding application form into the drawer, took out some stationery, and began writing a letter.

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"Boss, Gao Hai, the representative, just called and asked you to call their leader back, saying that he couldn't get through to you on the phone."

At the entrance to the special alloy archives, the archivist poked his head out and called out to Lin Yi inside.

After hearing the message clearly, Lin Yi closed the file, put it back in its original place, and then slowly walked out of the archives.

Step into the sunlight and turn on your phone.

The moment the screen lit up, several missed calls and unread messages popped up, all from Zhu Jingyao and Gao Hai.

Ignoring Gao Hai's message, Lin Yi directly called Zhu Jingyao. As soon as the call connected, Zhu Jingyao's serious voice came through:
"Long story short!"

"The samples you sent to the shipbuilding industry have passed Tan Chuan's testing."

"The higher-ups already know about the breakthrough in the steel deck, and they even specifically instructed us to coordinate things and have allocated a sum of money to you."

"Give me an estimate of how much it will cost to manufacture all the deck steel. I'll check if the budget approved by the leadership and our budget are sufficient."

"If it's not enough, I'll ask the manager for some more!"

Lin Yi was somewhat silent under the sunlight. He had been squatting in the archives room for the past few days and hadn't really paid attention to the costs.

If you ask him to give a price now, he doesn't know how to do it.

After a moment's hesitation, he told Zhu Jingyao the truth.

After understanding the situation, Zhu Jingyao knew he couldn't rush things, so he gave her a rough estimate of the time and hung up the phone.

After standing in the sunlight for a while, Lin Yi decisively turned around and walked towards the telecommunications company, making phone calls to Cao Bin and Liu Daneng as he went.

Cao Bin knew what equipment was needed, how much manpower, funding, and materials were required for the renovation, while Liu Daneng knew how much all of these things would cost.

Knowing that funds would be deposited, the two acted quickly. By the time Lin Yi returned to his office, the documents they were responsible for had been sent to Lin Yi's email address.

According to the drawings, the total steel used for the deck is 7523.45 tons, and the steel used for the hangar is 8974.85 tons.

Large-scale rolling mill required...

The total cost of raw steel for deck construction is 8944.5 yuan per ton. Adding metallic materials is relatively scarce, and prices are gradually rising. Based on the current price increase, prices need to be adjusted upwards by 7.5% to 9.2% during the production cycle.

The total cost of steel raw materials for hangars is 8753.75 yuan per ton. Adding metal materials is also relatively scarce. Based on the current price increase, the price needs to be adjusted upwards by 8.3% during the production cycle.

[Extra-large multi-axis electrical pulse stress relief machine, 4 units, each priced at 1784 million...]

[Large roller press quoted at 574 million...]

After reviewing the information, Lin Yi created a new spreadsheet on his desktop, entered all the relevant data into the spreadsheet, and calculated the unit price and profit.

After a series of summaries, the final total price was obtained.

[1.53 million RMB!]

He turned around and sent the form to Ji Shuangshuang.

In less than 10 minutes, Ji Shuangshuang delivered both the paper and electronic versions of the forms to Lin Yi, along with a letter from Yanjing.

To be more precise, it was a letter from the EU delegation to Yanjing.

The letter was opened, and a formally written letter appeared before Lin Yi's eyes.

Dear Mr. Lin Yilin, please forgive us for disturbing you at this time of year. The purpose of this letter is to apologize for the procurement agreement signed by Ms. Catherine Abbotton and to ask for your understanding.

Ms. Catherine Abbotton was attacked by a local terrorist organization during a visit to Japan and died despite rescue efforts.

The passing of Ms. Catherine Abbotton is a loss to our European Union.

Following the passing of Ms. Catherine Abbotton, the European Commission and the Council of the European Union adopted an emergency regulation, selecting Mr. Federico McDonald as her successor.

Federico McDonald, who was successfully appointed Director General of the European External Action Service yesterday, discovered the agreement signed by Ms. Catherine Abbotton during related business meetings. As a Pole, he believes it was a very negligent negotiation.

Therefore, Mr. Federico McDonald requested the cancellation of this agreement.

Therefore, we have no choice but to request a refund. We are fully aware of the inconvenience this will cause to the other party, and we sincerely apologize. This refund request is truly out of necessity. In the future, we will be more careful in confirming needs to avoid similar situations from occurring!

I apologize again for any inconvenience caused. I look forward to your understanding and response!

Lin Yi put down the letter, picked up the teacup beside him, but his hand trembled slightly, and he couldn't bring the teacup to his lips for a long time.

Finally, he simply put down his teacup and looked up at Ji Shuangshuang:

"The $1250 million from Catherine Abaddon has been transferred, right?" Ji Shuangshuang nodded, then counted on her fingers and said, "The $1250 million was divided into 27 transactions, and all of them have been received."

Upon hearing this news, Lin Yi took a deep breath, picked up the phone, and immediately called Mao Xiaofei: "Approximately how long will it take to ship the EU order?"

Mao Xiaofei, on the other end of the phone, didn't quite understand why Lin Yi would ask that, but he sensed something was off about Lin Yi's tone. After a quick mental calculation, he replied:

"If you need it expedited, we can ship it out tomorrow!"

We can ship it tomorrow!
Upon receiving this answer, Lin Yi felt relieved. His eyes darted around, and he handed the letter to Ji Shuangshuang, then looked at her and asked:
"After receiving this letter, you didn't contact anyone to verify it, did you?"

"No!" Ji Shuangshuang shook her head gently: "Old Han delivered this letter this morning, intending to give it to your office, but seeing that no one was in your office, he put it in my office instead."

According to him, the letter was delivered by SF Express yesterday afternoon, around lunchtime.

"The guards in the gatehouse were taking turns eating and didn't pay much attention to what was going on outside."

"Then the messenger came over, threw the letter into the mailbox on the wall by the guardhouse, and left!"

"They didn't even say hello!"

"When Lao Han went to work in the morning, he opened his mailbox according to the normal procedure and found this letter among a pile of mail."

"And then this is what you see!"

Lin Yi was very satisfied with this answer.

Mao Xiaofei can ship the goods tomorrow. Once the goods leave the factory, this letter will be useless.

Money back?
I demand a refund!

Lin Yi asked Ji Shuangshuang for the letter back, put the opened letter back into the envelope, and then casually handed the letter over:

"Apply sealing wax to this envelope, then drop it into our factory's mailbox. Once the telecommunications company has shipped the goods, you can retrieve the letter."

"After retrieving it, hand the letter over to Liu Yongqiang and let him verify it."

"To verify the process, first contact SF Express, and then contact the EU Delegation to Beijing."

"By the time the verification was completed, the goods had almost arrived at the port."

"By then, it will be none of our business!"

Ji Shuangshuang fiddled with the letter in her left hand, but her mind was racing.

The signed agreement states that the shipper is Xiaomi Heavy Industry and the consignee is the European External Action Service, but the corresponding intermediate recipient in the EU is the EU Mission to Yan'an.

For delivery, Xiaomi Heavy Industry will deliver the goods to the port and handle customs declaration.

Once the customs inspection is completed, the customs declaration form will be handed over to Xiaomi Heavy Industry. Xiaomi Heavy Industry only needs to hand over the customs declaration form to the EU Delegation to Beijing to be considered as successful delivery.

Mao Xiaofei can ship the goods tomorrow.

As a tech giant based in Suzhou, Xiaomi Heavy Industry has a complete set of expedited procedures for customs declaration.

All that's needed is to obtain the customs declaration form and submit it; then the European External Action Service will have no reason to persuade Xiaomi Heavy Industry to refund the money.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry has already spent 1250 million yuan. If the 2500 million yuan refund is successful, the loss will be huge!
$1250 million, which is about 8500 million yuan. It would take hundreds of thousands of tons of steel to build an aircraft carrier to earn that much profit.

"I'll take care of it right now!" Ji Shuangshuang nodded to Lin Yi, took the letter, and left in her high heels.

Lin Yi, who remained in the office, decided to visit the EU website to see what this Federico was all about after a few dozen seconds of contemplation.

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Federico McDonald, a Jewish Polish man, was born in Poland in 1954. He studied in East Germany after adulthood and has remained there ever since.

"After East and West Germany merged, this guy stayed in Germany and was organizing some political activities."

"After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this guy went back to Poland and became a real, fickle Pole."

"This guy has completely inherited the genes of both Jews and Poles. He has the Jewish mentality of 'those who are not of our race must have different intentions,' while also being mixed with the cunning and ingratitude of the Poles."

"Overall, this guy is someone who has no principles and is unscrupulous in his methods."

"Extremely difficult to deal with!"

In Ankara, Turkey, Delmaz's staff are giving him information about Federico McDonald.

After hearing all the information, Delmas felt completely overwhelmed.

He really wanted to go to Japan and ask those Japanese people if they had nothing better to do.

If you're going to kill the prime minister, then kill him properly. There's no need to drag others into it and cause trouble for them.

With Catherine Abaddon dead, all their previous plans against that woman were rendered useless. Now that Federico has taken over, they need to readjust their strategy to deal with this troublesome woman.

These all require time, money, and manpower to set up.

Moreover, one must also consider the timing and location; if one lacks both, then one will have nothing.

Thinking about all this, Delmas wished he could use a knife to chop off all the heads of those Japanese bastards.

Unfortunately, he can only dream about it, since the two sides are too far apart. If Japan and Türkiye were adjacent, he would take a knife and go over there right now.

After taking a few deep breaths, Delmas finally composed himself. He turned to his advisors and said, "We need to figure out Federico's weaknesses as soon as possible and then make arrangements to target this guy."

"If he dares to lay a hand on us, we'll kill him."

"Finally, how's the ISI I asked you to contact doing?"

"Those guys who only get up early for profit, who spend their days waving the banner of establishing an Islamic state while frantically lining their own pockets, aren't they in a bad situation?"

After a moment of silence, the aide slowly approached Delmaz and said in a low voice:

"Our people have made contact with Badri in Idlib, Syria."

"According to information from the plenary session of intelligence members in Syria, that guy is not doing well right now."

"The main reason is that America's army changed their way of fighting."

"America's infantry squads have introduced drones, which allow these American soldiers to detect suspicious targets to the greatest extent possible."

"Once a suspicious target is spotted, those damn American soldiers will call in fire support."

"Under this tactic, Badri's forces that had been split off and sent into Iraq suffered heavy losses."

"Especially their veterans!"

"According to the information we obtained, Badri has very few veterans who participated in the war and survived for more than three months."

"If we want to kill him, now is the best opportunity!"

(End of this chapter)