Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 433 Military Logistics Fund Management and Payment System! (First Update!)

The busy tone of the phone showed Lin Yi Amir's anxiety. Before he even hung up, another message popped up on his email page.

You have a new unread email...

The email opened, and sure enough, it contained ammunition specifications information sent by Amir.

[7.62×39mm ammunition...]

[80mm mortar...]

[107mm rocket...]

[HJ-8 anti-tank missile...]

Lin Yi read the email very quickly, finishing it in just two or three minutes. Finding nothing he could produce, he immediately lost interest in the order.

This list should be given to the General Assembly Department so they can assign someone to handle it.

He took out his notebook from the drawer and searched through it for a long time before finally finding the email address that Guo Song had left a long time ago.

In less than two minutes, the email was forwarded to Guo Song's mailbox. After the notification of successful delivery popped up, Lin Yi casually closed the email interface.

He stretched back in his chair, took out his dedicated phone for contacting Smith and Eisent, logged into the software, and sent messages to Smith and Eisent, who were thousands of miles away from him.

Mr. Smith, I heard that America is going to do something in Libya. Do you have any business there?

[Mr. Eisent, I heard your Central Theater Command is planning to take down Gaddafi. Do you have any connections? I'd like to make some money.]

After sending the message, he suddenly remembered that one of them was in the Middle East and the other in America, while he was in China.

The time difference is different.

"How stupid of me." With a sigh, Lin Yi put his phone aside, pressed his hands to his temples, and gently rubbed them.

Wait a few more minutes for the technical department office to send back the cost data, and then they will forward it to Saler. Then I can leave work early.

Just as she finished massaging him a few times, a knock sounded at the door. Ji Shuangshuang peeked out from under the door, her bright eyes scanning the room to make sure Lin Yi was there before pushing the door open and entering with a stack of documents in her arms.
"Our payment company registration has been approved. These are the documents, excluding executive information and payment business facility technical certifications."

"We need to accomplish two things right now. The first is to recruit suitable senior executives and put them in charge of the relevant financial business."

"The second task is to get the technology department to develop a software system for payment services as soon as possible."

"I've asked around, and it takes about 10 working days for the local central bank to verify the authenticity of the relevant materials."

"The main issue is the head office; it takes a long time there, and we absolutely cannot waste time on the head office's approval process."

"Take a look!"

The relevant materials were over a foot thick and felt heavy in his hands. Lin Yi stepped over the prepared materials and picked up the list of missing materials.

My gaze swept over the list of documents and finally landed on the company's management personnel.

Behind this list, Dai Zhifeng highlighted a sentence in red:

The central bank will hold talks with relevant senior executives.

This sentence gave Lin Yi a real headache.

He can easily solve technical problems, but personnel management is a real challenge.

2010 was a very unique year. Using this year as a dividing line, the world before 2010 and the world after 2010 were completely different.

The prominent financial figures who emerged during this period either ended up in jail or were punished for their reckless behavior.

Hiring these people is tantamount to inviting trouble upon yourself; even with the system around, these guys are still a menace.

After thinking it over, Lin Yi picked up the pen on the table and wrote Ji Shuangshuang's name in the section for key executives. He then turned around and handed the documents over.
"You're in charge. Go and find some suitable people, especially young people."

"This... I won't... I'll try my best!" Ji Shuangshuang waved her hands, trying to refuse the job.

But when her eyes met Lin Yi's, she unconsciously lowered her head and agreed to the matter.

"Believe in yourself. Go find Wang Bo later and give him the relevant recruitment requirements. Let him find people. Be bold during the interviews. We have funds, a platform, and more importantly, technology. Others are begging us, not the other way around." After offering a few words of encouragement, Lin Yi picked up the document on the table regarding the requirements for the payment system and began to carefully review it.

Ji Shuangshuang watched for a few minutes, then organized the documents and left the office.

She didn't rush to the personnel department. Instead, she leaned against the door and secretly peeked at the people in the room out of the corner of her eye. After watching for a while, she laughed at herself.

Is this a fortune teller dying for his confidant, or a fortune teller adorning herself for her lover?

After muttering something under her breath, Ji Shuangshuang heard someone chirping softly in the finance office. She immediately resumed her cold demeanor, straightened her posture, and walked towards the finance office.

As soon as he entered, he tilted his head and said to the two people chirping crickets by the door:

"You two aren't working diligently during work hours, so your performance bonuses for this month will be deducted."

"Zhou Yao, go to the HR office and ask Manager Wang Bo to come over. There's some work to assign."

Then, amidst the low groans of the two clerks at the door, he entered his private office.

On the other hand, after reviewing the document requirements, Lin Yi directly opened the system panel, imported the document requirements into the system, and created a new project.

He frowned again when it came time to name the project.

Because this is a payment system, it's not good to associate it with military use, but if we don't associate it with military use, a mere 50% performance enhancement would be very unsatisfying.

Moreover, he also wanted to know what a payment system would look like after its performance was enhanced by 500%.

Is it faster?

It runs more stably and is less prone to bugs.

Or perhaps it has stronger protective capabilities and won't be attacked?

After staring at the system screen for a few minutes, Lin Yi slowly closed his eyes, pondering how to link the payment system with military applications.

Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and quickly typed in the project name field.

[Military Logistics Fund Management and Payment System, abbreviated as Xiaomi Heavy Industry Payment.]

Fearing that the item might not be classified as military equipment, Lin Yi added a few more conditions to the previous list.

[1. Used for the payment of salaries, allowances, and benefits to military personnel.]

[2. Used for internal and external procurement of military supplies, subsidies, and tax deductions.]

3. Used for the distribution of allowances and benefits to retired military personnel.

After setting these conditions, Lin Yi pressed the confirmation button with a nervous heart.

Almost at the same moment he pressed confirm, a system notification popped up:

[Based on a comprehensive assessment, this project requires an investment of 200 million yuan in research and development funds. The question is whether to allocate these funds for project research and development.]

200 million yuan is much less than I expected.

Because the government has adjusted the relevant regulations on third-party payments, several large companies need to adjust the underlying logic code of online payments they used previously.

Adjustments require manpower, and in this era when online payments are just emerging, the salaries of relevant personnel are ridiculously high.

Even with high salaries, it's not guaranteed that you can poach talent.

Two million yuan isn't even enough to cover a team's monthly salary.

To complete the project with such a small amount of capital is an absolute steal. Without a second's hesitation, he chose to invest 200 million yuan in research and development.

His hand began to tremble as he pressed the research button.

I just added those modifiers, and now I've invested another 200 million. Whether it will trigger or not depends on this one tremor.

On the system panel, a light blue circle is gently rotating, like a nut that can never be tightened.

Perhaps because money was involved, the research and development progress was a bit slow this time. The circle spun for a full minute and a half before it finally disappeared and gave way to the system prompt.

[Development is complete. Because this project is applied to military logistics management, it has triggered system features that have resulted in a 500% performance improvement!]

After the prompt pops up, a folder with an icon appears on the system panel. The icon has a red background, and inside the red background is a golden square-holed copper coin.

Xiaomi is on the top and bottom, and heavy industry is on the left and right.

When combined, it becomes Xiaomi Heavy Industry Payment.

Clicking the folder, the system naturally popped up a trial run prompt. After thinking for a moment, Lin Yi did not choose to run the trial run, but instead closed the page and chose to export the software source code.

The system panel was closed, and two 5TB mechanical hard drives appeared on Lin Yi's desk.

The hard drive is quite large and feels heavy in your hand.

He weighed the hard drive in his hand and casually stuffed it into the drawer. He planned to hand it over to the technical department when he went to dinner after work so they could familiarize themselves with it. Once Ji Shuangshuang had set up the technical department for the payment company, he would have them hand over the data.

Having temporarily finished his work, and before Mao Xiaofei could submit the price list, Lin Yi grabbed a teacup from the table, made himself a cup of black tea, held the hot tea in both hands, leaned against the French windows, and looked out the window.

In just a few months, several plots of land next door have been sold, and now construction is underway.

Only the village across the road seems to have been sealed by time, remaining unchanged.

"Ding dong!"

A message notification sounded, and Lin Yi returned to his computer with a cup of tea. It was a message from Mao Xiaofei.

The message contained two price lists.

After carefully reviewing the recipients of the two price lists, Lin Yi turned around and dragged them into his private email account, sending them to Turkey and Sall.

Shortly after the message was sent, Saleh called:

Can you confirm that the actual performance of the products you manufacture matches the performance listed on the manifest?

"Confirmed. Based on the conditions you provided before, this is roughly the price. If you think it's acceptable, we can cooperate without a contract, and then we can finalize the contract later."

“Okay! I want $6000 million worth of goods. You can arrange production now. I'll arrange the funds now, and the money should arrive by tomorrow afternoon.”

Saller spoke quickly and decisively, and Lin Yi completed the transaction with the other party in just a few words.

The call had barely ended when another call came in; it was from an unknown number.

Its place of origin is Yanjing (Beijing).

Looking at the unfamiliar number, Lin Yi didn't answer immediately. Instead, he waited about 30 seconds before connecting the call.
"Hello, Xiaomi Heavy Industry Group, how can I help you?"

"Hello Mr. Lin, I am a staff member of the Turkish Embassy in China. We have just received information from China and are now formally informing you of Mr. Costa's itinerary. He will depart from Ankara tonight, transit in Istanbul, and is expected to arrive in Shanghai tomorrow afternoon. Finally, he will visit Xiaomi Heavy Industry Group to discuss relevant material procurement matters with you. Your personnel are needed to receive him. His contact information has not changed, so you can contact him directly to learn about the specific itinerary. Thank you for answering the call, goodbye."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have stolen his words; after rattling off a string of chatter, he hung up before Lin Yi could even speak.

Listening to the busy tone, Lin Yi replayed the words he had just heard in his mind in slow motion, and sorted them out before he finally figured out who this guy was and what his purpose was in calling.

The thought of hosting that guy Costa, and the thought of that guy going to eat up his money again, made Lin Yi wish he could retract the email he just sent and raise the price a little higher.

Unfortunately, the die is cast.

Find Costa's number on your phone, select it, and choose to send a text message.

Give me your itinerary!

It took a good 10 minutes for the other party to reply after the text message was sent.

The message contained only one time: the time the plane arrived in Shanghai.

After glancing at it, Lin Yi casually forwarded the message to Liu Yongqiang.

After sending the message, he raised his hands and stretched vigorously.

"Work done, now..."

hum...

hum...

hum...

hum...

A dull message notification sounded, and Lin Yi realized it was coming from another phone. His raised hand slowly stiffened; he didn't know whether to continue stretching or put it down.

Keep lifting it up, then it's time to go home for the day.

If I put it down, I'll definitely have to work overtime.

After struggling for a moment, he resolutely chose to work overtime because there were only two contacts on that phone: Smith and Eisent.

Either of these two guys could be considered a major customer.

Big customers have the right to be capricious.

I took my phone out of the drawer, only to find that it only contained messages from Eisen. He had sent more than a dozen messages in quick succession, and it was clear that he was in a hurry.

[Adolf, I need to purchase a batch of high-performance batteries from Xiaomi Heavy Industry through you.]

[The process needs to be fast; ideally, all goods should be delivered to the Middle East within a month.]

[Urgent!]

Please reply to this message as soon as possible!

In addition to high-performance batteries, we also need a new batch of diesel-powered drones with a flight range of over 50 kilometers and a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 200 kilograms.

This is a reference drawing. Please produce the relevant drawings based on the reference drawing as soon as possible!

[Reply to messages! Aren't you Japanese the ones who love working overtime the most? Why aren't you replying to messages?]

[What about people? 】

After reading these dozen or so messages, Lin Yi slid his finger to the first one and stared at it, lost in thought.

High-performance batteries...

What do the Americans do with these high-performance batteries?
For everyday use?

Or did these guys discover the secret of the battery, ostensibly buying batteries but actually buying the materials inside them?

However, I have already adjusted the detonation conditions of this high-performance material. Apart from the few high-performance explosives in the laboratory that are not yet stable, other materials simply cannot be detonated.

Even those high-performance explosives that cannot be stabilized require specific arrangements to detonate the materials.

What are these guys up to?
(End of this chapter)