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Seeing that Director Sun had stepped forward to be the first to speak out, naturally some people followed suit.

"Director Sun is right! Director Li, we've all been in the metallurgical system for so many years, why bother with such petty tricks?"

"Exactly! Is it really worth going to such lengths for resources?"

"Vice Minister Zhao, you don't actually believe this report, do you? It's obviously a fake!"

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Li Huaide's smile never faded as he listened to everyone's doubts.

To be honest, when he first received the factory's production records for August, he also wondered if the factory's record clerk had made a mistake.

After all, the output of these four workshops that used the new machine tools looks really frightening!

When Li Huaide confirmed that the recorder had not made any mistakes and that the four workshops had indeed produced that much steel, one can imagine his excitement!

Looking at the leaders of other metallurgical plants, Li Huaide crossed his legs and said, "Whether there are any problems with production, you can come to our factory and see for yourselves! Our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill warmly welcomes the leaders of our brother factories to come and supervise!"

Looking at Li Huaide's calm and composed demeanor, everyone wondered: Could the production record in his hand, which seemed so obviously fake, actually be real?

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, Vice Minister Zhao spoke up: "Please rest assured, the production record of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is indeed true and valid!"

"After I obtained this production record, I sent someone to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill to verify it, and they did indeed produce this much steel in August!"

Although Vice Minister Zhao and Li Huaide had a good relationship, after seeing this somewhat alarming production record, he immediately sent someone to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill to verify it.

When he learned that the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill's output had increased so significantly because it had acquired a new batch of John Bull machine tools, Vice Minister Zhao was extremely excited!

If all the metallurgical plants in Beijing could import such a batch of machine tools, then there would be no problem at all for them to be promoted to a higher position!

After hearing Vice Minister Zhao's speech, the meeting room erupted in chaos.

Seeing that the crowd still didn't believe it was true, Li Huaide stood up from his seat with a smile and told everyone that the reason why the output of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was able to increase so much was because they purchased a batch of new machine tools from John Bull.

And Xiaoshan, which he brought with him this time, is the biggest contributor to the purchase of machine tools!

After hearing Li Huaide's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

It turns out that Li Huaide, that grandson of theirs, went to John Bull to get machine tools behind their backs. No wonder production skyrocketed in August!

"Director Li, what brand is your machine tool? Which machine tool factory in John Bull did you buy it from?" At this point, some people were already interested and began to ask Li Huaide about the machine tool.

Upon hearing someone ask, someone immediately chimed in, "Director Li, you can't keep these good machine tools to yourself!"

When someone asked, Li Huaide naturally took the opportunity to mention that Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill could help everyone place orders with John Bull's machine tool factory.

They also mentioned the need for a handling fee: "However, the number of these machine tools is limited, and our factory also incurs considerable costs in facilitating this process. Therefore, in addition to the £760 fee per machine tool, we will charge a handling fee of £12 per machine tool. Does everyone agree with this?"

After listening to Li Huaide's words, everyone thought about it for a moment and immediately expressed that they had no objections.

They all knew very well that buying machine tools from John Bull would be much more cost-effective than buying them from Li Huaide.

Even if Li Huaide charges a £12 handling fee.

Seeing that everyone had no objection to the handling fee, Li Huaide smiled and said, "If you need machine tools, you can come to our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill and talk to me in detail."

After saying that, Li Huaide sat back down in his seat.

Vice Minister Zhao looked at Li Huaide and nodded with satisfaction: "Old Li, your factory has made a great contribution to the metallurgical system in Beijing this time!"

"Putting everything else aside, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is the top priority in resource allocation for September. Does anyone have any objections?"

Everyone naturally had no objection to Vice Minister Zhao's words.

They still needed Li Huaide to purchase machine tools, so they dared not have any objections.

Before the meeting even ended, everyone was already eager to ask Xiaoshan how he managed to get machine tool prices so low.

After all, if they were to buy machine tools from Russia now, the quality of the machine tools would not be as good as those from John Bull, and the price would far exceed £760.

Seeing the curious crowd, Xiao Shan briefly explained the process of buying machine tools from John Bull.

Of course, Xiao Shan didn't mention that Allen had given him a share of the profits.

Everyone sighed with sympathy upon hearing about Xiao Shan's tumultuous experiences in John Bull.

It seems that Li Huaide really didn't rip them off by charging a handling fee of £12 per machine tool.

After all, the trip to New York by Xiaoshan and his group cost a considerable sum of money.

Moreover, Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill will also be responsible for the docking of the machine tools.

In this way, everyone was even more convinced of the merits of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

It seems that from now on, there's no need for anyone to compete for the top spot in resources; it's undoubtedly going to be Red Star Steel Mill.

They can only focus on resource allocation as a secondary priority.

Many metallurgical plant leaders are already wondering if they should bring in some foreign language talent for their plants!

After all, the number of domestic metallurgical plants has been soaring, and they will inevitably increase their exports in the future.

After the meeting, Vice Minister Zhao was the first to leave the meeting hall.

Although Li Huaide and Xiao Shan wanted to leave, they couldn't.

Because they had been surrounded by the leaders of other metallurgical plants.

Looking at the leaders of other metallurgical plants who were eager to discuss purchasing John Bull machine tools with him, Li Huaide calmly said, "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry, but I have other matters to attend to at my factory today! Let's discuss this in detail at our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill in a couple of days!"

Just kidding, what benefits could he possibly gain from talking to these people in the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry right now?

Only by getting these people to come to him and talk to him can he legitimately accept gifts!

Everyone could see that Li Huaide really didn't want to have a detailed talk with them, and they roughly understood Li Huaide's intentions.

Immediately, a sensible metallurgical plant leader smiled and said to Li Huaide, "In that case, Director Li, I will personally visit you at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill in a few days!"

After saying that, he shook hands with Li Huaide and then turned and left the conference room.

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Watching the departing person, the others also realized what was going on and shook hands with Li Huaide to say goodbye with ambiguous smiles.

Looking at the ambiguous smiles on everyone's faces, Xiao Shan sighed, "They're all cunning foxes!"

Even though Li Huaide didn't say a word about wanting to accept gifts, everyone present seemed to understand immediately.

Factory Director Sun was the last to leave, and he seemed somewhat troubled before he left.

After all, seeing Li Huaide's attitude, he understood that the old man was waiting for them to come to his door with gifts!

But he and Li Huaide have always been at odds, so it would be strange if that old guy were willing to sell him machine tools so easily.

It seems we'll have to go all out this time to get a few machine tools out of this old bastard.

But no matter the cost, Director Sun had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed.

After all, if other metallurgical plants have this kind of new machine tool, Yanshan Iron and Steel Plant must have it too!

Otherwise, if the output is not as good as other metallurgical plants, the resources obtained from the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry will be less!

Xiao Shan followed Li Huaide out of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and got into the car in his own factory.

As soon as Li Huaide got into the car, his calm demeanor crumbled.

Li Huaide looked at Xiao Shan with a big smile and said, "Xiao Shan, you've really made our factory look good in the metallurgical system!"

"Now let's see what Director Sun can use to fight me!"

Xiao Shan humbly stated that he was simply lucky.

After returning to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Xiao Shan planned to go to the Communications Department and call Allen's office to ask Allen to prepare a batch of machine tools in advance.

After all, judging from the way those metallurgical plant leaders acted before, they would definitely approach Li Huaide to discuss the matter of purchasing machine tools on his behalf.

Although we don't know exactly how many machine tools they can buy, it will definitely be more than fifty.

Xiaoshan believed that once they tasted the benefits of the new machine tools, they would definitely replace all the old machine tools in the factory with John Bull's new machine tools.

After all, Li Huaide already had this idea.

It is estimated that Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill accounted for a significant portion of the quota in this batch of orders.

Li Huaide wanted to sell the old machine tools in his factory to the metallurgical plants outside Beijing before they heard about the new machine tools.

This will help the factory recover some of its losses.

Once all the factories below received news of the new machine tools, the old ones would become unsellable.

However, given the speed at which news spreads in this era, it will probably take some time before the news of the new machine tool reaches the whole country.

Therefore, Li Huaide is now actively contacting some factories in other places to see if they are willing to accept the old machine tools from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

You can even pay a deposit first, and then come to Beijing to pick up the machine tool after you've collected the remaining balance.

The metallurgical plants from other regions were naturally interested when they heard this news.

The machine tools that come out of the factory in Beijing are definitely much more advanced than the machine tools that are currently in their factory.

When Xiao Shan arrived at the communications department, he was about to call Allen's office when he suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a time difference between Beijing and John Bull.

It's 2 PM in Beijing right now, but it's 6 AM in John Bull's city. Allen hasn't even started work yet!

So Xiao Shan decisively dialed Allen's private number.

Soon, the voice of Allen's wife, Olivia, came from the other end of the phone.

Olivia was very happy when she heard that the call was from Xiaoshan.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Olivia, Xiao Shan explained the purpose of his call.

Soon, Olivia called Allen over.

"Hey, Xiao, this is Allen. You finally have news!"

Upon hearing Allen's voice, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Mr. Allen, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting! I called you as soon as I had any news!"

"You can start preparing the machine tools now. I'm not sure of the exact number yet, but it will definitely be more than fifty!"

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Allen was overjoyed: "Xiao, I knew you could do it! Don't worry, I'll start preparing the machine tools after I go to the factory today!"

"Okay!" Xiao Shan nodded. "I'll call you as soon as I have the exact number! Since there's an eight-hour time difference here, calling you might disturb your rest, is that alright?"

"Of course, no problem, I'm ready anytime!" Allen's voice sounded very happy.

After all, he wouldn't turn down money.

After ending the call with Allen, on his way back to the welding workshop, Xiao Shan felt that making phone calls like this was too inconvenient.

Because now the factory can only make long-distance calls through the communications department, but if there is an emergency and the communications department happens to be closed, then you won't be able to make a call.

It seems I need to find some time to mention it to Li Huaide and see if I can get a telephone for my home so I can contact Allen more easily.

After all, machine tool orders can't be explained in a single phone call.

I couldn't keep running to the communications department day and night.

After this thought came to mind, Xiao Shan went to Li Huaide's office again.

Seeing Xiao Shan return to his office, Li Huaide asked curiously, "Xiao Shan, what's wrong? Is something the matter?"

So Xiao Shan told Li Huaide about contacting Allen and about installing the telephone.

After listening to Xiao Shan's words, Li Huaide pondered for a moment and said, "No problem, I'll have someone install a telephone at your house later!"

I still need to rely on Xiaoshan to handle the machine tool purchasing business!

Therefore, Li Huaide would agree to Xiao Shan's requests as long as they weren't too outrageous.

"Okay, thank you, factory manager!" Xiao Shan said to Li Huaide with a smile.

Li Huaide smiled and said, "Until the phone is installed, I'll have to make do with the communications department for a couple of days!"

The following afternoon, Li Huaide called Xiao Shan to his office and happily told him that the purchase of seventy machine tools had been confirmed.

Moreover, there are still a few metallurgical plants that haven't been visited yet. Once they are visited, this number will rise even further.

Xiao Shan smiled and said to Li Huaide, "I told Allen yesterday that it would be at least fifty machines. Now it seems I need to make a call and update him on the number of machine tools we need to buy!"

“Yes!” Li Huaide nodded. “Once they’ve tasted the benefits of the new machine tools, there will be even more orders. You’d better maintain your relationship with that Allen!”

Xiao Shan nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Factory Director, I know what I'm doing!"