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"So, I want a fully automated filling and pelleting machine, one that doesn't require any manual labor. I want to be able to control the feed production myself with a computer," Xiong Xu stated his needs.

Listening to Xiong Xu's requirements, Wang Rui's face was filled with confidence.

Because manufacturing such intelligent production equipment is not difficult. It's simply adding digital control, automatic filling equipment, and a filling control system to a feed pellet machine. It is not a high-end, precision intelligent production device. Manufacturing it is easy.

"What's Boss Xiong's budget?" Wang Rui asked.

"What difference does the budget make?" Xiong Xu asked curiously.

"If the budget is large, we'll make the equipment as big as possible and increase production efficiency. If the budget is small, we'll make the equipment smaller and reduce production efficiency," Wang Rui explained.

"From what you're saying, there's no problem manufacturing this kind of production equipment, right?"

"Of course, it's a piece of cake."

Hearing this, Xiong Xu was satisfied.

He hadn't come to the wrong company.

He had come to the right place, the company he was looking for.

"As for the budget, let's say 10 million," Xiong Xu offered a number.

10 million!

Wang Rui was overjoyed upon hearing this. A big deal.

"Boss Xiong, our company operates with integrity, so I don't want to rip you off. Actually, feed pellet machines, automatic filling equipment, and their associated systems are not very high-end or complex technologies."

"If your feed production needs aren't high, I suggest a budget of 3 million would be enough to meet general feed production needs," Wang Rui said.

Although Wang Rui really wanted to secure this 10 million order for the company, he still didn't want to rip off Xiong Xu out of conscience, stating directly that 3 million would be enough for general production needs.

"I admire your integrity, but a production capacity of 3 million is probably not enough for me, so 10 million it is," Xiong Xu said.

Once the feed factory is built, it will not only produce bullfrog feed, but also cattle and goat feed, so it's better to have a larger production scale for the feed factory.

"Alright."

"How about this, Boss Xiong? I'll have someone design the blueprints right away. Once the blueprints are designed, we'll give you a final price, and then we'll sign a contract, okay?"

Wang Rui said happily.

"No problem," Xiong Xu said.

Next, Xiong Xu and Wang Rui added each other on WeChat to stay in contact. Then, Xiong Xu left Guangxin Building and took a DiDi to the location sent to him by Xiao Zhou, a salesman from Huatai Construction Machinery Company.

Huatai Construction Machinery Company was not in the city center, but on the side of the road in the suburbs. Xiong Xu took a half-hour car ride to reach the entrance of Huatai Construction Machinery Company.

"Hello, are you Secretary Xiong?"

As Xiong Xu got out of the car, a young man in a suit came up to him and respectfully asked for his identity.

"Yes, are you Xiao Zhou?" Xiong Xu shook hands with the young man.

"Yes, yes, I'm Xiao Zhou. Our boss is waiting for you. I'll take you over there right away."

"Okay."

Under Xiao Zhou's guidance, Xiong Xu entered the company gate. As soon as he entered the company, Xiong Xu saw a large number of excavators and dump trucks parked in the parking lot not far away, about a hundred vehicles.

This showed that the company's strength was still considerable.

Xiong Xu walked for seven or eight minutes before finally arriving at the Huatai Company's office building. The office building was not large, and the floors were not high, about the size of an ordinary 4S store.

Xiong Xu quickly met Jin Taishan, the boss of Huatai Company, in the general manager's office.

Jin Taishan was a man in his fifties, with a large belly, wearing thick gold necklaces and rings on his neck and hands, a nouveau riche image.

"Secretary Xiong, I'm sorry, I had some business just now and didn't come out to pick you up."

Jin Taishan got up from his office chair to greet him, shaking hands with Xiong Xu with a smile and apologizing.

"It's okay, it's all small things," Xiong Xu said, indicating it was nothing.

"Please sit down, please sit down."

Jin Taishan smiled and invited Xiong Xu to sit on the tea table guest seat, and sat down in the host position to make tea, pouring a cup of tea for Xiong Xu.

"Thank you," Xiong Xu picked up the teacup and took a small sip, and then got straight to the point: "President Jin, you know my situation, right?"

"Yes, yes, I know. There's no problem. Don't even mention opening a terraced mountain, even if you want us to flatten the mountain, we can do it. We have blasting qualifications," Jin Taishan said confidently.

Xiong Xu was surprised. He didn't expect Huatai Company to have blasting qualifications.

This qualification is not something that ordinary companies can have. It was okay before, but now, as regulations become stricter, basically only state-owned enterprises have it.

Moreover, private companies that generally have blasting qualifications must have a background, and their bosses are mostly local snakes, people with power.

Looking at Jin Taishan's image, he was most likely a local snake in Raozhou, with immense power.

"I wonder how much your company needs to open a terraced mountain?" Xiong Xu didn't care what Jin Taishan's background was, whether he was black or white, as long as he could do the project well for him.

"Well, Secretary Xiong, making a terraced mountain depends on the rock layer of the mountain. There are many kinds of rock layers, such as mudstone, conglomerate, marble, granite, limestone, slate, etc."

"Different rock layers have different difficulty in opening the mountain. The harder the rock layer, the more difficult it is to open the mountain, so the price will be higher," Xiao Zhou, who was standing next to him, said.

"The specific price requires our company to send personnel to conduct on-site exploration before we can give a budget," Jin Taishan also said.

"Actually, Secretary Xiong, flattening the mountain is better than opening the mountain," Jin Taishan added immediately.

"Flatten the mountain?"

Xiong Xu frowned slightly, and his heart suddenly moved.

In fact, Xiong Xu had also thought about flattening the mountain, leveling the mountain bag and opening up flat ground, which would be more conducive to the future development of Shanxiong Village, but he heard that the procedures for flattening the mountain were very troublesome and the cost was very high, so he didn't consider it. Now, hearing Jin Taishan say that flattening the mountain is better than opening the mountain, the idea of flattening the mountain emerged again.

"How so?" Xiong Xu asked further.

"Flattening the mountain, the bomb explodes, with a bang! Then the excavator digs, ga ga ga, a simple and crude solution all at once. Opening the mountain, you can't blow it up, you have to draw lines, which wastes drill bits," Jin Taishan said, mimicking the sounds while being quite cute.

Hearing this, Xiong Xu became even more interested, "So, according to what you said, the cost of flattening the mountain is lower than that of opening the mountain?"

Jin Taishan waved his hand and said somewhat helplessly: "People nowadays, know a little bit and think they know the whole industry. The cost of flattening the mountain and opening the mountain depends on the terrain."

"If it's a very high and large mountain, then it's definitely more cost-effective to open the mountain, so when building highways, they all open mountains to build tunnels, and they won't blow up the mountain."