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Chapter 107 Amal's Return! (Second Update!)

Yu Zhou's words made Zhang Renhe lose his composure.

It was known from the beginning that Shanghai wanted to poach talent.

After all, Shanghai is the largest financial center in East Asia. Having some high-tech assets can greatly enhance the city's image and attract more businesses to settle in.

As for Yanjing, the capital of a country, it certainly has to maintain the prestige of a capital city.

These two places are vying for people, it's going to be tough —

Seeing him deep in thought and looking conflicted, Yu Zhou leaned closer and whispered, "You are Lin Man's teacher. At this time, you must step forward and stand up for Guangdong Province."

Even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, you must go through fire and water without hesitation.

I----

Hearing Yu Zhou's words, Zhang Renhe almost couldn't catch his breath. Even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, he would go through fire and water without hesitation.

Shouldn't we all work together on this?

What's the point of rushing in alone?

Is it just bad luck?

He wanted to curse, but Yu Zhou was his superior, so he couldn't.

Licking his lips, Zhang Renhe nodded slightly: "That's to be expected, but if we want to keep people here, we should at least offer something substantial."

"In Shanghai, they'll probably go through Deli's channels. Lin Man's initial orders came from Deli, and Deli's people handled the procedures for the special permits his company needed, and they even provided guarantees."

"Deli is a timely help, and if Shanghai seeks cooperation with Lin Man, Lin Man will most likely not refuse."

"If we're going to try to take people away, it has to be something that's truly a lifeline."

"Secretary Yu, what do you think?"

Zhang Renhe's analysis made a lot of sense. After listening, Yu Zhou nodded and said, "You're right, we really need to do something to help those in need!"

"Then you analyze what Lin Man needs right now, what things would be considered a timely help."

Zhang Renhe despised Yu Zhou's thoughtless behavior of exploiting anyone who offered advice, but he couldn't bring himself to curse him. So he could only suppress his anger and analyze what Lin Man needed.

"Last time I suggested bringing him back from Hongxing Village, he refused. That means Lin Man won't be returning to the provincial capital from Hongxing Village in the short term. A promotion is definitely not what he wants right now."

"Of course, this could also be his way of politely declining, wanting to wait for Liu Bei to visit him three times, just like Zhuge Liang did."

"However, the possibility is slim."

"Then there was the new company he set up, which he used to help solve a whole host of problems in Hongxing Village."

"So we should focus our attention on this company."

"I think we can help Lin Man solve the production-side problems and enable him to form a complete industrial chain with enterprises in the province."

"At that time, it will not only help Lin Man, but also get our industry running and provide more jobs."

After finishing his analysis, Zhang Renhe looked at Yu Zhou, about to say something more, when he saw Yu Zhou nod his head: "Old Zhang, then I'll leave everything to you!"

"Find some time, find an excuse to go to Hongxing Village, and have a chat with Lin Man."

"You are his teacher, he won't refuse."

"I—" Zhang Renhe opened his mouth and uttered the first word, then swallowed the rest of the words back.

Yu Zhou's behavior is a very typical example of exploiting loopholes, and he's specifically targeting one person to exploit them.

This deserves to be struck by lightning!

But what can we do?

He could only endure it.

After closing his eyes and reassuring himself for a while, Zhang Renhe opened them and said, "Secretary Yu, don't worry, this matter is actually easy to resolve. According to the information I have, Hongxing Village has just completed its village committee election."

"Once the public announcement period ends, they will begin their normal work."

"I can use the excuse of inspecting the Party's work style to go down and have a good chat with Lin Man."

After hearing Zhang Renhe's explanation, Yu Zhou gently patted Zhang Renhe's shoulder with his right hand: "Old Zhang, you really didn't disappoint me. I'm waiting for your good news!"

After leaving those words, Yu Zhou picked up his phone from the table, turned around, and walked out of Zhang Renhe's office.

After Yu Zhou left, Zhang Renhe in the office let out a long sigh of relief and started chattering away at the closed office door.

They started using Cantonese opera style to express their opinions.

In Shenzhen, just across the border from Guangzhou, Rajad gripped his phone and rushed into Amar's room: "Mr. Amar, I have some good news, would you like to see it?"

"What good news?" Amal looked up, looking at Rajad with some curiosity.

After leaving Lin Man, they searched for suitable and stable photovoltaic panel suppliers around Guangzhou.

After going around in circles, Amar realized that his thinking was a bit too optimistic.

Two years ago, due to years of fierce competition in the development of China's photovoltaic production capacity, the price of photovoltaics began to collapse, falling from a high of 2 yuan per watt to as low as 1 yuan per watt.

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However, after more than two years of fierce competition, those outdated production capacities have been eliminated, and what remains are all tough contenders.

With both technology and capital available, coupled with China's renewed efforts to build photovoltaic power stations in the Northwest region, the price of new photovoltaic panels has begun to rebound.

As for the price of used photovoltaic panels, it has also increased compared to last year and the year before due to demand in Central Asia and Africa.

Iran, situated on the periphery of Central Asia, naturally has similar needs.

Especially those who live nomadic lives in mountainous areas.

After all, by putting four or five photovoltaic panels together, along with a battery, and placing them in a sunny spot, a nomadic family can go directly from a primitive society where they could only burn wood to the age of electricity.

The rise in solar panel prices is very bad news for Amar.

Moreover, this is bad news for the long term; if we don't do it now, the price will be even higher later.

Now that Rajad has suddenly said he has some good news, Amar is completely baffled.

Seeing Amar's confusion, Rajad held up his phone: "An article on the Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection's official WeChat account mentions Hongxing Village, which is the village where Lin Man lives."

"The article mentions that the village has now completed its village committee elections, and the village has returned to normal order from its previous chaotic state."

"Didn't you always need an excuse to go to Hongxing Village?"

"Now we have an excuse!"

After hearing the explanation, Amar pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly: "Anyway, these solar panels are not easy to get, so let's go to Hongxing Village and talk to Lin Man about the equipment."

He's a man of action; after speaking, he turned around and started packing his luggage.

Seeing this, Rajad also turned around and left the room to pack his luggage.

In less than 10 minutes, the two of them pulled their suitcases out the door, checked out at the front desk, hailed a ride-hailing car, and headed towards Hongxing Village under the scorching sun.

When they reappeared at the Hongxing Village Committee, Amar didn't have any particular feelings. He stood at the door for a while and then the two of them dragged their suitcases toward the service window.

Inside the service window, Lin Man subconsciously narrowed his eyes as he watched Rajad and the other two appear.

After looking the two men up and down, he quickly stood up and walked out of the service window: "Oh dear, the magpies were chirping outside the door early this morning, so I knew we had important guests. I didn't expect it to be two important guests."

"Come, come, sit here!"

He led the two to chairs next to the service window, poured them a glass of water, and then sat down opposite Amal: "I didn't know you two were here today—"

The matter was only half resolved; the other half needed to be addressed by Amar and his group themselves.

Amar cupped the water in both hands, drank half of it, put the cup back, and then stared straight at Linman, speaking in Persian.

After he finished speaking, Rajad began to translate: "Mr. Lin, we are here to talk to you about the laser defense system."

"After we took your laser defense system back to our country, we immediately began a systematic test of the laser defense system."

"The test results were excellent; in fact, those two laser defense systems even helped us thwart a small Israeli attack."

"In this attack, the power and portability of those two laser defense systems successfully impressed us."

"I came here today to discuss the follow-up laser defense system."

"As per our contract, we paid ten million US dollars in cash to purchase the initial two laser defense systems."

"Then the remaining two million barrels of oil will be converted into the equipment we need, according to our requirements."

"Now, I am formally informing you that we hope to convert those two million barrels of oil into thirty-five laser defense systems."

"In addition, your oil extraction certificate is now valid. You can now arrange for someone to send a ship to any port in Iran to extract the corresponding amount of oil."

"Finally, we also need some energy storage batteries, which will also be paid for with oil, you see."

After Amar said these words, Lin Man finally understood the purpose of Amar and the others' visit.

He tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair and nodded: "Two million barrels of oil, you're offering $87 a barrel, the total value is $1.7 million, which translates to 34.8 laser defense systems. You want 35, I can give you that."

"However, I need to get those two million barrels of oil first."

"As for the batteries, you can choose to do what Lucius did: purchase the electrode materials at a low price and then bring them back to Iran for encapsulation."

"You can also commission us to produce standardized batteries, depending on your specific needs."

"However, the battery contract needs to be signed separately, I hope you can understand."

Rajad translated Linman's words to Amar, who, after hearing the choice, was also caught in a dilemma.

Both options have their own advantages.

Having Linman produce standardized batteries directly, and then purchasing them, is the most worry-free and safest solution.

However, Iran has been pursuing self-reliance in recent years. If he could take the electrode materials back to the country, a domestic team could then process and encapsulate them.

That would be very helpful to Iran's energy research association.

However, the cost is that the original high-performance electrode materials may be compromised due to Iran's substandard packaging.

It could be an explosion, or it could be that the energy density was not reached according to theory.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

If he were a pure businessman, he would choose the first option, but he isn't.

After some deliberation, Amar decided to do both things well.

He looked up at Lin Man and told him his thoughts, which were then translated by Rajad and reached Lin Man's ears: "Still two million barrels of oil, and the price remains at $87 a barrel."

"However, we will implement this in two steps. One million barrels of oil will be converted into electrode materials of the corresponding total price, and the remaining one million barrels will be converted into standard batteries of the corresponding total price."

"If Mr. Lin is satisfied, we can sign the contract now."

Listening to the translated preliminary plan, Lin Man was both pleasantly surprised and a little annoyed.

The surprise was that we got another 200 million barrels of cheap oil, but the pain was that we still had to haul those 200 million barrels out ourselves.

very annoying.

Moreover, the total price of these 200 million barrels of oil is as high as $1.74 million. Based on the price he gave Lucius, he would need to directly provide about 249 tons of electrode materials and produce $8700 million worth of standard batteries.

Insufficient production capacity!

Seriously insufficient!

Scratching his backside, Lin Man voiced his concerns: "My factories are currently operating at a severe capacity shortage. If you want to cooperate, you may have to wait a while."

"Hurry up, we can start delivery around the end of the year, and it should be completed by around March next year."

"It might take a while to deliver, perhaps until June."

"If you agree, then we can discuss the price; if not, we can talk again next time."

Rajad turned around and started talking to Amar in a string of words. Amar's expectant expression gradually turned serious as he spoke.

A few minutes later, the serious expression on his face disappeared, and he spoke.

After he finished speaking, Rajad began to translate: "We can wait, but the corresponding price needs to be discounted for us. If Mr. Lin agrees, then we will continue to negotiate."

"If you're not willing, then let's finish the orders we have now, and we can cooperate again later if there's an opportunity."

Discounted price —

Upon hearing these four words, Lin Man frowned. He subconsciously thought of Lucius, since Lucius had been hanging out with these guys a few days ago, and he wasn't sure if Lucius had revealed the price.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to ask for an exorbitant price and then negotiate the final price.

He raised his right hand, bent his thumb, leaving only four fingers standing upright: "Electrode materials cost $400,000 per ton. As for the battery, the internal electrode material weighs five kilograms. We'll price the electrode material at cost, and we'll also give you a cheap price for the packaging and standard electronic control program, $2300 per piece."

"If you think it's acceptable, then we can sign another contract."

Upon hearing the price, Rajad took out his phone, fiddled with it for a while, and then turned his head to start communicating with Amar in Persian.

The two were speaking very quickly, as if they had gotten into some kind of argument.

After a while, the voice gradually slowed down until it finally stopped.

Their conversation paused, and Rajad turned back to Lin Man: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Amal has agreed to your price, we can sign the contract now."

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Finally, he wanted to ask if the laser defense system could be upgraded!

"For example, without changing the weight and size significantly, could we extend the attack range even further!"

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