Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 421 They're not human! (First update!)

The topic was too sudden, and Lin Yi was stunned for a moment before he managed to organize his thoughts, a slight smile playing on his lips as he calmly asked:

"I heard that the research institute responsible for the elevator system has not been discontinued, but is continuing to manufacture it according to their research, is that right?"

"Yes!" Gao Hai didn't evade the question, nodded vigorously, shifted his position on the sofa, and continued:

"Although the project was not officially cancelled, everyone knew that it was practically cancelled."

"If you were doing a task and someone suddenly popped up and told you that you could continue, but another person was doing the task simultaneously, and that person might complete the task in a shorter time and with a higher completion rate than you, I think you would also be angry."

"The people at that research institute got angry, so they submitted a report to Director Tan, saying they wanted to compete with you."

"Their research is basically complete; all that's left is the manufacturing work."

"In fact, your progress was a bit slower at the beginning."

"But now it seems they're doomed to lose..."

After he drew his ambiguous conclusion, Lin Yi smiled and looked at him:
"You seem to have some doubts about the abilities of my men!"

"No, no, no, it's not that I don't believe it, it's just that these things have too many parts and are difficult to process. What if, I mean what if..." Gao Hai shook his head repeatedly, quickly denying it.

The next second, Lin Yi raised his right index finger and waved it: "Let's make a bet!"

"Let's bet on whether our first installation will be successful!"

"Of course, it's no fun betting on just us. Bring along the first installation from Jiangcheng Shipbuilding Machinery Research Institute, a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. I bet they... will install successfully, but the experiment will fail."

Upon hearing about the bet, Gao Hai immediately became interested. "What kind of bet?"

"I'll bet a meal!"

"It's just a bet on a meal," Gao Hai sighed softly and nodded, "Okay!"

Lin Yi knows how to handle people. Even if he loses a bet of a meal, it's only a few thousand yuan, which is more than enough for his monthly salary.

Moreover, this is also an excuse to have a nice meal.

This is a way of nourishing myself.

Just as he finished praising him in his heart, he saw Lin Yi abandon his lazy demeanor and start writing a note while hunched over his desk.

Driven by curiosity, Gao Hairen leaned closer, tilted his head, and immediately saw the words written on the note.

With Heaven as my witness and Earth as my witness, I, Lin Yi, have made a bet with Gao Hai: I bet that our aircraft carrier elevator system can be successfully installed and tested on the first try, and that the Ship Machinery Research Institute can successfully install it. If the test fails, whoever loses will eat the other's food.

My order: West Lake Vinegar Fish, Fermented Mung Bean Milk, Beef Offal Soup...

Lin Yi wrote down more than a dozen dishes in a long and elegant manner, then turned around and pushed the slip of paper in front of Gao Hai, "Let's order!"

Looking at the dishes whose names he had only heard of but never seen, Gao Haixin made a firm decision and wrote a sentence below those words.

【Me too! 】

"Sign and put your fingerprint on it!" After seeing him write this line, Lin Yi took out an inkpad from the drawer and casually threw it in front of Gao Hai.

Seeing that he wasn't joking, Gao Hai braced himself, first signing his name, then using his right thumb to roll around twice over the area where his name was written, evenly transferring his fingerprint onto the paper.

After signing and affixing his fingerprint, he stared intently at Lin Yi. Lin Yi grabbed the paper, signed his name, and left his thumbprint.

"Old Gao, I suggest you call and confirm right now."

"Everything's confirmed, now we can order!"

"These are all famous dishes from all over the country. If you want to eat them fresh, you have to use an airplane."

"Your wallet!"

Lin Yi grinned mischievously and raised his right hand, patting Gao Hai's belly with the back of his hand:
"I'm afraid we'll have to sing 'Empty'!"

Taking a deep breath, Gao Hai took out his phone as he walked out.

After he left, Lin Yi grabbed the signed slip with his right hand, picked up the phone with his left, and dialed Cao Bin's number. As soon as the call connected, he eagerly said:

"Gao Hai and I made a bet. If you succeed on your first try, he'll eat West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce wrapped in stinky tofu and dipped in beef offal sauce, and then rinse his mouth with fermented soybean juice..."

Before he could finish speaking, Cao Bin hung up the phone, leaving only the dial tone.

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Jiangcheng, the Marine Machinery Research Institute under China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.

In the director's office, Yuan Minghui was verifying key information with the technical department when his cell phone suddenly rang. He glanced back and saw it was a number from Suzhou. He didn't want to answer, but frowned and picked up the phone anyway.
"Hello, what can I do?"

The SIM card inserted in this phone is his work number.

Aside from people at the research institute, only those who work with the institute know this number; others don't know it and naturally won't call.

Of course, it could also be a misdialing.

Upon hearing his question, a soft chuckle sounded from the other end, followed by a familiar voice:

"I am Gao Hai, Director Yuan. I would like to ask about the progress of your equipment."

"I just made a bet with the chairman of Xiaomi Heavy Industry. It was a rather malicious bet, and I need you to save my life!"

bet?

Help?

Xiaomi Heavy Industry?

Yuan Minghui immediately looked at the list in his hand, and at the same time remembered the research institute's mission, which had been abandoned but not completely abandoned.

According to their original schedule, they would complete all the preliminary work for equipment manufacturing around October this year, and then start investing manpower and resources to tackle the major challenges starting in October.

By November at the latest, the first batch of equipment will be manufactured, then assembled and subjected to intense testing.

After a month of testing, the second round of manufacturing will begin.

Once manufacturing is complete, the second round of testing will begin.

The second round of testing lasted one month, which led to the third round of manufacturing.

After three rounds of manufacturing, the mechanical research institute was able to fully master the entire process of lifting equipment and figure out where there were weak links in the manufacturing process. By improving these, they were able to manufacture complete equipment.

It was delivered directly to the shipbuilding company, where the equipment was installed.

Their mission is then complete.

But to everyone's surprise, someone interfered.

The opponent's formidable strength led the chief engineer of the aircraft carrier manufacturing project to choose them. Of course, the research and development funds allocated to the research institute were not reduced; in fact, the speed of payment was much faster.

It was precisely because of this that everyone at the Ship Machinery Research Institute felt deeply ashamed and angry.

In the end, it was he who went to the chief engineer and begged for this competition.

Let's see whose equipment is built first, and whose equipment can be put into use first.

But to everyone's surprise, this representative Gao actually made another bet with the other party's boss. Shifting his body and changing his posture, Yuan Minghui brought the report in his right hand to his eyes, carefully read it from beginning to end, and then quietly confirmed with the person in front of him.

Upon receiving a nod from the other party, Yuan Minghui immediately sat up straight, coughed lightly, and said seriously into the phone:
"Don't worry, Representative Gao. No matter what bets you have with them, no matter what their current situation is, I can beat them!"

"Representative Gao, you just need to sit back and wait for my victory!"

Upon hearing this declaration of victory, Gao Hai on the other side did not immediately respond, but instead took a deep breath.

After a long while, the other party cautiously said:
"that……"

"Um... the specifics of the bet between Lin Yi and me are that Lin Yi bets that they can install and test it successfully on the first try, while you can install it successfully but fail to test it."

"I bet they won't be able to install and test it successfully on their first try, but I bet you guys can install and test it successfully!"

"Finally... their last part should be off the machine this afternoon, and if all goes well, installation can begin tomorrow."

"I'm making this call to confirm approximately how much longer it will take before you can take the equipment offline!"

Snapped!
Yuan Minghui hung up the phone immediately, giving Gao Hai no chance to ask any questions.

He tossed his phone aside, grabbed the form in his right hand, raised his eyes, and stared intently at the person in front of him:

"You just said... that once this order is approved, we should be able to get all the materials in about a week, right?"

The person standing in front of Yuan Minghui was Zheng Nan, the head of the logistics department of the Ship Machinery Research Institute. She was originally waiting for Yuan Minghui to sign the order so that she could take the list to the finance department to go through the emergency procedures.

Have the finance department prepare an emergency fund. With that fund, we can find those upstream manufacturers, buy materials, and then go to the custom processing plant to customize those parts.

The names on the list have been signed; all Yuan Minghui needs to do is give her the list so that the next step of the process can begin.

But now, it seems like this director is about to change his mind?

After hesitating for a moment, Zheng Nan asked cautiously, "Chief, what happened?"

Yuan Minghui instinctively wanted to crumple the list in his hand into a ball, but just as he was about to do so, reason stopped him.

He took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose hard, and said in a low voice:

"That call was from Representative Gao Hai. He said that Xiaomi Heavy Industry will manufacture the last part of the lifting system this afternoon."

"We received the materials a week later, but the processing plant will need at least two weeks to produce the finished product. Our progress is three weeks slower than theirs!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Nan's eyes widened, and she vigorously rubbed her meticulously styled hair with both hands, starting to spin around in place: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"The steel mills and processing plants we contacted are the top in the country, and they are also the most technologically advanced companies we could find."

"Moreover, we have been cooperating with them for the past few years and have been working on tackling tough challenges."

"Even under these circumstances, we can only pay extra and rely on quantity to increase the yield rate."

"No matter how strong Xiaomi Heavy Industry is, it's only strong in satellite technology. Does it also have a leading edge in metal material processing and heavy metal parts manufacturing?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Amid her murmurs, Yuan Minghui suddenly interjected, "Representative Gao wouldn't lie, which means that Xiaomi Heavy Industry has indeed completed the parts processing."

"Next is the installation."

"They're faster than us!"

Once the words of confirmation were spoken again, Zheng Nan completely lost her composure. This person, who had always been calm and composed, dug her hands into her hair and pulled it forcefully.

Are they really that efficient?

"I remember this bet started only about ten days ago!"

"Ten days or so, according to the normal procedure, is just a matter for both parties..."

"them……"

After a long while, Zheng Nan walked dejectedly to the sofa next to her and sat down, staring at the ground:

"They are a private enterprise. When their boss says one word, everyone below has to get moving and rush in the same direction."

“Unlike us, even if we have tasks to complete, we still have to wait for the funds to arrive and for the procedures to be followed.”

"They don't need to worry about the procedures, we..."

"They are not human! As for us..."

Zheng Nan slowly raised her head, her gaze falling on Yuan Minghui: "Chief, it's still because you're too cowardly!"

Suddenly, a huge pot was thrown at his head. Yuan Minghui pointed at Zheng Nan, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

After a long while, he listlessly lowered his fingers, picked up the list from the table, and handed it to Zheng Nan.
"Contact Jiangcheng Steel Plant and those processing plants. Tell them I need to see the parts within two weeks!"

"Also, tell them that if they don't get the parts within two weeks, and the quality of the parts they get is low, then they will never be able to get involved in shipbuilding in their lifetime."

After giving Zheng Nan his instructions, Yuan Minghui turned back to his desk and began tidying up the documents on it.

Zheng Nan was about to leave when she saw her director's movements and cautiously asked:

"Director, are you going on a business trip?"

"Nonsense!" Yuan Minghui rolled his eyes, but his hands didn't stop moving.

"Xiaomi Heavy Industry is progressing so quickly, I have to go and see for myself. I want to watch them install the parts and watch them finish testing!"

"Otherwise, if my thoughts are not clear, I might easily develop a mental illness."

Hearing this, Zheng Nan breathed a sigh of relief and gently waved her right hand:
"It's alright, I have connections at the Erqi Hospital!"

"Get out!" Yuan Minghui shoved the man out of the hospital in a huff and turned back to pack his things.

After packing his things, he made a phone call home, then turned around and left with his suitcase.

He hailed a taxi in front of the research institute. When the driver asked him where he was going, he hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:
"Airport!"

Despite the driver's reckless traffic violations, he managed to get him to the airport and secure a ticket for the earliest flight from Jiangcheng to Suzhou. Before long, the plane took him to Suzhou.

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"Senior brother, the last part has arrived. Do you think we should strike while the iron is hot and start installing it now?"

Cao Binka appeared quietly in Lin Yi's office at a very opportune time, at 5:25 pm, and handed him a photo.

The color photograph shows a pile of seemingly ordinary bearings, which appear grayish under the bright lights of the workshop, while also reflecting grayish light outwards.

After staring at the photo for a few seconds, Lin Yi casually handed it to Gao Hai:

"Take a look, and then you can report to General Manager Tan."

"What part is this?"

"The bearing rod at the top of the hydraulic rod, which is fixedly connected to the hull, mainly receives and transmits pressure from above."

(End of this chapter)