You promised to build cars, so why did you go into the military industry?

After seeing off the three academicians, Li Ran and the others returned to the conference room and started an internal meeting.

After confirming with multiple parties, everyone assured Li Ran that the factory's current manufacturing capacity was sufficient, and if needed, United No. 1 could be erected within three months.

Before the meeting ended, Li Ran reminded everyone to pay attention to the registration time for the Sichuan Province's associate degree to bachelor's degree program, so they wouldn't forget.

"A bachelor's degree after a junior college degree?" The crowd was puzzled.

Faced with the questioning looks from the crowd, Li Ran recounted his conversation with Academician Lu.

"A combined bachelor's, master's, and doctoral program? A special training program?" Gao Jingming was overjoyed. "I never thought I, Old Gao, could become a doctor. Hahahaha. And the first doctor in our family at that."

Having said everything, Li Ran ruthlessly chased everyone away, leaving only Wang Bing and Zhou Rui behind.

"Zhou Rui, how's your first day at work? Are you adjusting well?"

"It's great, very safe and reassuring." Zhou Rui nodded. "Yesterday I toured our factory area and equipment, and I have some ideas for improvements..."

"No rush, wait a few more days and Zhou Jie and Zhao Jing will be able to complete the process."

By then, our base will likely be able to expand from 800 mu to 2200 mu.

In addition, an extra 1000 acres of land outside the base will be used to build schools, hospitals, residential communities and other buildings.

At that time, you can refer to your observations and experiences in the Europa Federation to plan and upgrade it in a unified manner.

"Okay, I'll go back and prepare."

Li Ran nodded and looked at Wang Bing:

"How's Xu Qinghe's studies going lately?"

"I feel my comprehension has improved, and my learning progress has been accelerating recently. I'm probably not far from reaching Level C."

"That's good, just keep it up. After all, his foundation was too weak before, so we need to solidify it first."

"Alright, I'm all done here. Go back and rest."

Four days later, Lin Yu finally decided to hand over the rocket debris.

Zhao Shuhang and his employees excitedly pulled him from the research lab to the factory.

The entire process was recorded on video, and Lin Yu, who was standing to the side, turned ashen-faced.

Inside the factory, looking at the wreckage that had been dismantled into pieces, Zhao Shuhang said to Xue Mingyu, who had come to watch the spectacle:

"With wreckage weighing thirty-four or thirty-five tons, how many rings do you think we can recast?"

"Too many models would be pointless. We could make more at a 150:1 scale and give them to Director Qi and a few other old acquaintances."

Furthermore, the keys for the first batch of owners of the new Lingyun SU7 can also be forged using this thing.

Zhao Shuhang's excitement subsided slightly, and he wholeheartedly agreed with Xue Mingyu's statement:

"Let's discuss this together."

A week later, United Industries' official website launched another lucky draw.

The lottery was divided into two groups: one for car owners and one for tourists.

The car owner lottery is open only to all car owners who have already purchased a car or are waiting in line for a car, and they can get a chance to win by forwarding the official promotional page.

The lucky draw for tourists is open to everyone, and participation is the same: share the official promotional page to get a chance to win.

This event wasn't anything special; United Industries had done similar events several times before.

They were quite generous with the gifts they gave away, such as a 5-day tour of Sichuan, a complete set of car electrical appliances, a camping gift pack, maintenance packages, and so on.

But this time the prizes seem a little different.

Since the Lingyun SU7 saved his father's life, Zhou Wentao has become a die-hard fan of Lingyun Motors.

Even when there are no prize draws, he and his dad are happy to recommend the Lingyun SU7 to others.

However, unlike Zhou Wentao, who has almost zero success rate in recommending his products to his colleagues, his father is much more successful.

Since Mr. Zhou recommended the Lingyun SU7 to his fishing buddies, at least a hundred people have changed their cars.

Now, almost all the anglers in that area drive Lingyun SU7s. Every time they go fishing, the scene is no different from a car club.

Not to mention Hongyi Hong, the boss.

Since he became the external power supply supplier for Lingyun SU7, the small factory that was originally on the verge of collapse has been revived and is now ranked among the top in the entire Jiangyang City, making it a major taxpayer.

To express his gratitude to Mr. Zhou, he recently ordered two new Lingyun SU7 cars as a gift for Mr. and Mrs. Zhou.

During his lunch break, Zhou Wentao, as usual, planned to watch the news before taking a nap to pass the time.

As soon as I opened my social media account, I received some messages from fans.

"Huh?" Zhou Wentao, who was checking the comments, was a little puzzled. "Is United Industries starting a lottery again? What does 'surprise' mean?"

Zhou Wentao casually shared a link to the United Industries promotional page on social media.

He replied to a few more comments, and then opened the prize draw page for the event.

"A front hood of the Lingyun SU7, recast from the wreckage of the United Nations One, complete with the engineer's autograph?"

Has United Industries gone mad? Zhou Wentao rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things.

After reading it word by word, he was certain that he hadn't misread it; it was real.

Unconvinced, Zhou Wentao looked at the other awards.

Items include a life-size model of the United Rocket System, rings, bookmarks, dice, pens, commemorative albums, and tickets to watch the rocket launch live...

All sorts of odds and ends are available, but they all have one thing in common: they are almost all recast from the debris of the Joint Launch Vehicle Y1.

What the hell is this "TMD surprise"?

So this is what the hell, a surprise!

Zhou Wentao tried clicking the spinning wheel.

After the lottery animation ended, he discovered that he had won a fountain pen.

The document also features the handwritten signature and blessings of an engineer surnamed Sun who participated in the production of the Joint One carrier rocket, engraved using laser engraving technology.

"Wow, this is so memorable."

Unfortunately, each person can only participate once with a valid ID.

He didn't even have time to rest before he hurriedly called his parents to participate in the lucky draw.

A moment later, my dad's cheerful voice came through the phone:

"Son! Your mom won the lottery! A ticket to watch a rocket launch live! And she can bring two family members!"

Zhou Wentao was a little curious. His father, who usually loved to show off, was only talking about his mother's lottery winnings this time.

"Dad, what did you get?"

Zhou's father stammered and couldn't get the answer out.

Presumably, the call was on speakerphone, and Zhou's mother was listening in:

Thank you for your patronage!

"???"

"Fishing, fishing, empty-handed; lottery, lottery, empty-handed; your dad's luck... beep, beep, beep..."

The call was disconnected.

Zhou Wentao was somewhat confused after hanging up the phone, and then carefully looked at the lottery details page.

Goodness, the probability of getting a "thank you for your patronage" is only one in ten, and Dad still managed to get one.

All I can say is that my dad is a seasoned air force veteran; his luck is undeniable.

Without thinking too much, I filled in the address on the courier interface, turned off the computer, and went downstairs to the open-air parking lot.

After a quick series of operations, the Lingyun SU7, with its rear seats folded down, transforms into a "motorhome" with a bed.

Zhou Wentao turned on the air conditioner and went to sleep fully clothed.