I chose one of four options at the start, and I chose the number one clan in Lingnan.

Old Wei held up the silvery-white titanium alloy, his voice completely hoarse.

"Load it! Take it back to Hongtu Factory immediately! The cutting tools are in place!" Old Wei shouted to the technicians.

Zhao Tiezhu, along with several experienced technicians, pushed the scalding hot molds directly into the water tank, causing white smoke to rise.

Lin Ting sat in the wicker chair and put the walnuts into his pocket.

"Uncle Fu, leave two generators for Lao Zhao, everyone else go back to the factory," Lin Ting ordered.

Lin Fu opened the car door and stood to the side.

"Grandpa, Sun Jianguo has called three times to urge us to speed things up. The official document from the province terminating the contract is already on his desk," Lin Fu said in a low voice.

Lin Ting got into the car and leaned back in his seat.

"Tell him to shut up and keep an eye on the door," Lin Ting said.

Workshop No. 4 of Hongtu Machinery Factory was brightly lit.

The newly manufactured titanium alloy cutter head was installed on the spindle of a five-axis machine tool. Old Wei personally pressed the start button.

The blade made a sharp cutting sound upon contact with the special steel. There was no breakage, no sparks, and smooth metal shavings fell off the blade.

Old Wei stared at the tolerance data on the display screen, his hands trembling.

"Micron level! The depth of cut is twice as large as before, and the blade doesn't even have a rolled edge!" Old Wei turned to look at the technician behind him.

Three hundred veteran workers worked around the clock for twenty-four hours straight. Some dozed off by the machine tools, while others had bloodshot eyes.

Lin Ting walked into the workshop with his crutches and looked at the tired workers.

Lin Fu followed behind, his brows furrowed.

"Grandpa, the workers are severely exhausted, and the meager food in the canteen is not enough. If they continue like this, there is a risk of a safety accident," Lin Fu reported.

Lin Ting stopped and turned to look at Lin Fu.

"Notify Jubinlou and Tazhai's kitchen to bring over the elaborate New Year's ancestral worship ceremony that the Lin family uses. Slaughter ten pigs and twenty sheep every day."

"Set up a feast in the workshop, with plenty of meat and soup," Lin Ting instructed.

Half an hour later, more than a dozen small trucks from Lin's Agricultural Trade drove into Hongtu Factory.

Dozens of Lin family wives and kitchen helpers carried large iron pots into the workshop, and the aroma of steaming stewed mutton and braised pork masked the smell of machine oil.

Lin Dayou took a large iron ladle and tapped it against the edge of the pot.

"Grandpa has spoken! Eat as much as you want! After you've eaten your fill, we'll take down those foreign devils!" Lin Dayou's rough voice echoed in the workshop.

The old workers, holding large bowls, squatted on the ground, eating meat heartily, their eyes red.

"Director Wei, I've never fought such a profitable battle in my life." An old fitter wiped the grease from his mouth.

Old Wei, carrying a bowl, walked up to Lin Ting.

"Grandpa, if there's even the slightest problem with these bearings, I'll take the whole factory and jump into the river," Old Wei said, chewing on his mutton.

Lin Ting looked at him.

"I just want the things," Lin Ting said calmly.

Early morning of the third day.

A deafening cheer erupted from Workshop No. 4.

The first high-end special bearing prototype rolled off the production line.

The silver-gray metal surface gleamed coldly, and all the components fit together perfectly.

Old Wei took the vernier calipers and coordinate measuring machine and measured the prototype five times.

"Tolerance less than 0.002 millimeters! Hardness exceeds Mitsui standard by 15 percent!" Old Wei slammed the measurement report onto the control panel.

Sun Jianguo ran in from outside with dark circles under his eyes. When he saw the prototype, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.

"You really made it? In just three days? You made a bearing that surpasses Mitsui's using scrap materials?" Sun Jianguo rushed to the prototype and stroked the metal surface with his hand.

Lin Ting walked over, leaning on his cane.

"Representative Sun, can this stuff shut those people in the province up?" Lin Ting asked.

Sun Jianguo nodded repeatedly.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing! If this data gets out, anyone in the province who dares to mention terminating the contract will be a sinner against Jiangnan Heavy Industry!" Sun Jianguo answered loudly.

As soon as Sun Jianguo finished speaking, Lin Fu walked over with his phone, his face grim.

"Grandpa, Representative Sun. News from the provincial heavy industry department is that although the contract termination documents have been suppressed, an independent inspection team has been dispatched from above and arrived at Hongtu Factory this morning."

The team was led by the deputy director of the Provincial Construction Commission, who specifically requested to inspect the bearings' physical compressive strength, ignoring the data on paper. Lin Fu looked at the two men.

Sun Jianguo's expression changed drastically.

"An independent inspection team? This is the Mitsui Group's influence in the province! They know that data on paper can be falsified, so they're going to destroy the prototype on the ground!" Sun Jianguo wrung his hands anxiously.

Old Wei chuckled, turned around and walked to the tool rack, picking up an eighty-pound heavy iron hammer.

"Check the pressure resistance? I'll test it for them today!" Old Wei strode back to the control panel.

Old Wei raised the large iron hammer, swung it around his arm, and smashed it down hard on the high-end bearing prototype on the control panel.

Sun Jianguo was so frightened that he closed his eyes.

"Wei Jianguo, are you crazy! This is the first prototype!" Sun Jianguo shouted.

"clang!"

A loud bang, sparks flying everywhere.

The eighty-pound hammer was thrown high into the air, and Old Wei's tiger's mouth was shattered, blood flowing out.

The thick steel plate of the control panel was smashed, leaving a large dent.

Everyone stared at the bearing.

The silver-gray surface is spotless, and the internal ball bearings rotate smoothly and silently.

The workshop was silent for a moment, then erupted in a series of roars.

"good!"

"It's unbreakable! It's fucking hard!" The technicians waved their fists.

Old Wei threw the hammer on the ground and turned to look at Sun Jianguo.

"Representative Sun, send that inspection team here! If they can smash a hole in it with a hammer, I, Wei Jianguo, will eat this bearing alive!" Old Wei pointed at the prototype with his blood-stained finger.

Sun Jianguo was so excited that he trembled all over and took out his phone.

"I'll call the provincial government right now! Tell them to bring the most advanced pressure testing machine!" Sun Jianguo turned and ran out.

Lin Ting looked at the workshop in a frenzy and then turned to leave.

Lin Fu followed beside him.

"Grandpa, should we arrange for someone from Zhongtang to keep an eye on the inspection team?" Lin Fu asked.

"No need. Let them give up on the technical aspects." Lin Ting walked out of the workshop.

Just as Lin Ting reached the bottom of the office building, his cell phone rang.

The caller ID showed an unfamiliar local number.

Lin Ting pressed the answer button.

"Is this Mr. Lin Ting? I am the director of the Hematology Department at the First Municipal Hospital, and Wei Xiaoxiao's attending physician." The voice on the other end of the phone was urgent.

Lin Ting stopped in his tracks.

"Speak," Lin Ting said.

"Although Wei Xiaoxiao's condition is stable, her subsequent consolidation treatment must rely on the imported targeted drug that is exclusively distributed by Kang Sheng Pharmaceuticals."

This morning, the warehouse of Kang Sheng Pharmaceuticals was sealed off by the Municipal Drug Administration. The entire province is now out of stock of targeted drugs. The doctor took a breath and continued.

"It's not just Wei Xiaoxiao; the medication for the elderly mother of the vice president of the First Municipal Hospital and the head of the Planning Department of the Municipal Construction Commission has also been cut off. The hospital is in chaos now, and patients' families are causing trouble."