Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 549 I've thought of something happy! (First update!)

There were three pieces of jewelry in total, evenly placed on three red velvet trays.

In the center tray are six gold rings, arranged in pairs. When the interfaces of two rings are combined, they depict mandarin ducks playing in the water, a dragon and a phoenix bringing good fortune, and a magpie bridge.

Lin Yi knew that the six rings were not cheap, given that they could be engraved with three images on such a small facet.

In addition to the design on the face of the ring, there are also designs on the band, all of which are common auspicious clouds, and this one is priced lower.

To the left of the ring is a hairpin, the overall shape of which is a blooming flower.

The glittering gold was forged into the shape of tree branches, and at the top of the branches were three flower buds—peony buds. The foremost one had already bloomed, showing the world its most magnificent moment.

The flower in the middle is half-open, with a hint of shyness.

Closest to the middle of the branch is a flower bud, not yet in full bloom, but you can still see the petals inside.

Peonies, with their lush foliage, are already renowned for their beauty and fragrance. But a peony carved from gold adds an extra touch of ultimate luxury to this already magnificent beauty.

To the right of the ring are two bracelets.

These two bracelets, which are placed alongside the elaborately designed peony hairpins, are certainly not cheap.

It's not the common practice of melting gold, hammering it into sticks, then hammering it into bracelets, and finally engraving patterns onto the sticks to make bracelets.

These are two bracelets made by constructing cages with gold wire and then attaching gold rose petals to the wire. They look very beautiful.

Especially the golden rose petals and the small golden rose blossoms, under the light, reflect different light from various angles, making them exceptionally beautiful.

It's just that once you put this bracelet on, you might not be able to take it off!
After admiring the items, Lin Yi turned to Ji Shuangshuang and asked, "Have you made your choice?"

"I've chosen!"

Having received a reply, he turned to the shop assistant beside him, smiled, and asked:
"Are you sure it's gold? I'm paying for the gold, and then I'm paying for the gold craftsmanship. If this thing turns into brass, that would be really interesting!"

As soon as he spoke, the shop owner knew that the gentleman in front of him was already interested in buying the item, and quickly bowed with a smile:

"Boss, what are you saying! Our shop has been able to stay in Huludao City for so many years not only because of our skills, but mainly because of our reputation!"

"You can test these gold jewelry pieces as you like. If even the slightest bit of it is not gold, I'll give you 10 times the price on your invoice!"

"no sooner said than done!"

After finishing speaking, the shop owner smiled and looked at Lin Ying, and Lin Yi also smiled and looked at him:
"Give me an invoice!"

Upon hearing the words "issue an invoice," the boss's smile widened. He quickly turned around to instruct the staff to issue the invoice, while he himself returned to the counter, took the card reader, and approached Lin Yi: "Boss, each pair of these rings weighs 15 grams, and the price is 4 yuan per pair!"

"This hairpin is worth 15!"

"These two bracelets are worth 21!"

"A total of 48. Would you prefer cash or card payment?"

"Swipe the card!" Lin Yi reached into his pocket and then froze on the spot. This time, he only had some cash on him, and his bank card was with Ji Shuangshuang.

He gave an awkward laugh and quickly turned to Ji Shuangshuang, "Have you seen my bank card?"

On the sofa, Ji Shuangshuang, who was drinking tea, rolled her eyes, opened her wallet, took out a bank card, and tossed it over:
"You're only remembering now?"

With his hands clattering, Lin Yi took the bank card and quickly handed it to the shop owner next to him: "Swipe the card!"

The shop owner took it, swiped it on the POS machine, and then entered a password.

After the 48 yuan was spent, the shop owner treated Lin Yi better than he would his own father, respectfully holding the tray with both hands and presenting it to Lin Yi.

"Boss, please!"

Lin Yi didn't look, but instead pointed at Ji Shuangshuang: "Give it to her!"

The boss then carried the tray to Ji Shuangshuang and asked her to inspect the goods again. After confirming the goods repeatedly, he carefully wrapped them in a special jewelry box.

Seeing this, Lin Yi came up behind Ji Shuangshuang and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to wear it?"

The pretty woman on the sofa rolled her eyes: "This is gold, not one of those big gold chains that floats in a bathhouse!"

"Even if I'm going to wear it, I'll have to go back and wear it then!"

As she spoke, she stuffed several jewelry boxes into her handbag, stood up, and naturally took Lin Yi's arm: "Let's go!"

"Give me a pair of ring boxes!" Lin Yi held out his hand and beckoned with his finger. Ji Shuangshuang didn't ask Lin Yi why he wanted rings; the moment she finished speaking, she pulled out the pair of rings depicting mandarin ducks playing in the water.
"for you!"

Lin Yi opened the ring box and carefully examined the image on it. It was exquisite; the craftsman's skill was indeed excellent.

After admiring the view for a while, he led Ji Shuangshuang to the streetlight, took her left hand, took out the women's ring from his rings, and put it on her finger, whispering as he did so:
"will you marry me?"

Before she could finish speaking, Ji Shuangshuang's choked sobs rang out. Her free right hand first covered her red lips, then slowly raised it to wipe away the tears streaming from the corner of her eyes.

"Why are you crying?"

"I didn't cry!" Ji Shuangshuang continued stubbornly, turning her face away and looking at the building not far away: "I'm happy!"

"Then tell us what makes you happy and share it with us!"

The person I like proposed to me!

"You shouldn't cry over something so happy; you should be happy!"

"But this big pig's trotter is too simply made. I'm happy, but not really happy!"

"Let's go eat some big pig's trotters! Let's get our revenge!"

"You look like a big pig's trotter!"

"You already called me a big pig's trotter, so why do you still say I look like one?"

"Forget it, let's go eat braised pig's trotters instead. How many pounds do you want?"

"What do you mean by 'eat a few pounds'? You're just a Jiang... never mind... a Jiangdong rat, you think you can eat a few pounds of pig's trotters!"

"Suzhou is further east than Guangling, aren't you just a lowly rat from Jiangdong?"

"I'm just a lowly Jiangdong rat, and I'm proud to be one! I'm not like you!"

"Hehe, our Ji family moved here from the Central Plains back then, so I'm not a Jiangdong rat, you are!"

"Then do you want to have a son, a rat from Jiangdong?"

"..." Ji Shuangshuang was speechless. She pinched the bridge of her nose, tilted her head, and said with a blush, "Let's discuss where to eat braised pig's trotters!"

After a round of discussion, the two stood under a streetlamp, holding the map that Lin Yi had prepared earlier, and began to look for restaurants that served large pig's trotters on the map.

Soon, the two found a distinctive restaurant.

They happened to have braised pig's trotters on the menu, so the two of them drove straight to the restaurant.

Order the signature braised pork trotters.

When the whole pig's trotter was served, looking at the trotter which was bigger than his head, Lin Yi began to politely decline:

Why don't you try it first?

Just as Ji Shuangshuang was about to agree, she suddenly remembered the West Lake Vinegar Fish that had died with its eyes wide open. After hesitating for a moment, she separated the bowl and chopsticks, put a piece of meat into the bowl, and very obediently presented the bowl and chopsticks to Lin Yi, saying in a soft Wu dialect:
"Lin Lang, it's time to eat meat!"

To be fair, at first glance, this braised pig's trotter looks more appetizing than West Lake Vinegar Fish, but it's too fatty.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yi opened another set of chopsticks and bowls, filled them with meat, and presented them to Ji Shuangshuang: "Baby, come on, it's time to eat meat!"

So the two began to do things that appeared to outsiders to be exceptionally intimate.

You feed me a bite, I'll feed you a bite.

The way they looked at each other was full of affection and sincerity.

Under the sincere chopsticks of the two, the braised pig's trotters slowly disappeared. When they had eaten half of the braised pig's trotters, Lin Yi's phone rang.

Suddenly, a bell rang, rescuing the two of them.

He took out his phone, saw that it was a call from Little Sader, and waved the phone at Ji Shuangshuang: "Baby, I'm going to make a call!"

Ji Shuangshuang responded in her gentle Wu dialect, "Go, Lin Lang!"

Holding his phone, Lin Yi found a secluded spot and answered Little Sader's call:
"What do you mean? Is there trouble again?"

Upon hearing this abrupt question, the person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment before quickly denying it: "No, why would you ask that?"

Sensing the confusion in the other person's voice, Lin Yi whispered a reminder: "That Japanese street in Baghdad!"

"You mean that matter? That's a small matter, it's all in the past!" A voice suddenly realized, followed by Sader's explanation: "My call this time is actually related to that side as well."

"Just today, the Sadr Movement, founded by my father, officially joined parliament through a parliamentary vote and became a party in parliament."

"From now on, we will have an official, public identity!"

"Some things that used to be troublesome can now be done directly."

"The reason I'm calling you this time is to ask if there's a cheaper alternative to the surveillance equipment construction plan you sent me before."

Upon hearing the other party mention the surveillance plan and their idea of ​​building a surveillance system, Lin Yi nodded and decisively replied, "Yes!"

"any solution?"

"Reduce the number! However, reducing the number will shrink the monitoring range and significantly reduce the effectiveness!"

Upon hearing that reducing the number would affect the monitoring effectiveness, Sader paused, and after a long silence, whispered:
"Let's change the subject then!"

"I'd like to ask if you have anything suitable for smuggling!"

"Although there is a market for home appliances, the market in Iraq is still too small. I need a more convenient way to recover funds more quickly to supplement our organization's funds."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi responded decisively:

"Have!"

"Huh?" Little Sader was stunned to hear Lin Yi's decisive response again.

After a few seconds, he whispered to confirm, "Really? You're not lying to me?"

"no!"

"Sure?"

"Sure!"

After repeatedly confirming, Little Sadel believed Lin Yi's words and quickly asked, "What is it?"

"Cellphone!" After saying this word, Lin Yi looked up at the window.

Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa are considered Caucasian and are also very prolific.

In the eyes of Europeans, they are a barely acceptable ethnic group, and also a valuable workforce.

So even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West continued to spread propaganda, portraying Europe and America as a paradise on earth.

As a result of this propaganda, every year a large number of young Arabs, full of dreams, travel to Europe and America.

To become an excellent workforce in the local area.

Now is the time to move into the Middle East, help America and Europe, and be their advocates, spreading the word that Europe and America are paradise on earth!

On the other end of the phone, after hearing about the product, Sadr didn't respond immediately but hesitated. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind: "Send me the price! If the price is right, we'll continue our cooperation!"

Another market has been opened up!
Lin Yi silently said to himself, then put the microphone to his mouth: "Don't worry, although this phone isn't our product, it's manufactured in our factory!"

"Quality guaranteed, performance guaranteed!"

"If you take these to Iraq and sell them, you can sell them to other neighboring countries. Once you sell them, you'll have enough funds!"

"Okay, I'm eating now. I'll have someone send the stuff to your email!"

The person on the phone responded and then hung up.

Holding the phone that had just been hung up, Lin Yi thought for a moment and then called Mao Xiaofei to inform him of Little Sader's situation.

He had just finished arranging the work when Mao Xiaofei quickly added:
"Boss, Mr. Amir from Iran called me this afternoon. He said he wanted us to send two staff members to guide their on-site installation work."

“I was about to agree at first, but he said the job wouldn’t be in Iran, it would be in Yemen!”

“I didn’t agree. I just said I needed your consent.”

Did he call you?

This sudden news left Lin Yi completely dumbfounded. He now finally understood why the Iranians had gone to the trouble of buying an extra set of communication equipment.

So these bastards aren't after nuclear weapons, they're after Yemen!
Having figured this out, all he wanted to ask Amir was, "Are you all crazy?"

Unfortunately, Amir wasn't there, and he couldn't call to question him.

After all, that set of communication equipment, strictly speaking, was considered contraband in America's country.

He sighed on his end of the phone and said to Mao Xiaofei on the other end:
"I didn't receive his call!"

"As for his demands, ignore them. They have been meddling in Yemen, and the Houthi rebels they support have some conflicts with Saudi Arabia."

"At present, there is no need to start a conflict with Saudi Arabia for their sake!"

"I'll be back tomorrow. We can talk about it then."

After giving his instructions, Lin Yi hung up the phone and returned to the dining table.

Suzhou, Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

After receiving Lin Yi's response, Mao Xiaofei took out his phone and naturally replied to Amir's message:

I'm sorry, Mr. Amir, selling you this equipment is the limit we can go. If our people are in Yemen, we'll be in a very passive position. I'm sorry!

Similarly, workers currently working on projects within Iran cannot be moved!

(End of this chapter)