Chapter 53

Ye Qing was busy with production, with six ingenious masters and 14 strong laborers, none of them were idle.

Even Ye Qing was controlling the lord's war chariot, using the fully automatic welding arm to perform precision welding on the engraving machine.

Another batch of stone curb stones was delivered, and Ye Qing now had 3.7 million yuan in available cash.

To speed up the process, Ye Qing bought two small machining centers and a set of aluminum electric melting furnace equipment.

Using machine tools to process wheel hubs was too wasteful of materials and time. With the aluminum electric melting furnace, aluminum alloy materials could be directly melted and cast using the casting method.

A set of precision molds cost 100,000 yuan, and after buying these devices, Ye Qing still had 2.8 million yuan in available funds.

Spending money was fast, but making money was even faster.

Two engraving machines were sent to the Gangshan stone processing plant, and Ye Qing kept one to demonstrate to Xia Muqing.

Tian Sheng Mining Group was a giant in the stone industry, and their single purchase of equipment could fill a small factory's orders for three years. The performance of the engraving machine was so outstanding that there was no reason not to secure a large order.

In the morning, after the yacht's propeller was replaced, Ye Qing saw the yacht parked a few miles away, probably because Xia Muqing was experiencing sea fishing.

Now the yacht had gone somewhere again, and Ye Qing's call went unanswered.

Not long after, Ye Qing's phone rang, but it wasn't Xia Muqing; it was his father.

On the phone, Ye Jiangning was very excited. He told Ye Qing that the second batch of 20 assembled electric vehicles had been snapped up again. Most of the buyers were merchants doing group buying for food delivery, and many people didn't even manage to get one.

"It's too hot. You need to stock up quickly. I think even 500 vehicles might not be enough for these people to grab," Ye Jiangning said with enthusiasm. "I've already contacted the 3C certification and production license. It can be certified by tomorrow afternoon, and if everything goes well, it will be approved the next day."

"Is the money for these certificates enough? I have a lot of cash, I can transfer some more to you."

"It's enough, enough. I collected nearly 100,000 yuan in payment today."

"Alright, I'll contact the suppliers to ship the goods now."

After hanging up, Ye Qing quickly logged into Taobao, found the suppliers in the purchased items section, and asked them to send 400 more sets of components.

Four hundred sets were already a significant order. Since they were within the large package delivery area, these suppliers waived the shipping fees and said they would deliver the components by truck.

After making the payment, Ye Qing sent everyone a message saying, "Pleasant cooperation!"

【Dear, I love you.】、【Bro, I'll give you a 10% discount next time.】、【Boss, rest assured, if there's one defective item, I'll give you ten.】

After reading the comments, Ye Qing laughed heartily.

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The next morning, Ye Qing got up at six to start working when Xia Muqing called.

Her voice sounded a bit weary, and Ye Qing guessed she had been too excited and tired from sea fishing.

"Sorry, Mr. Ye, I wasn't in a good mood last night and didn't answer your call," Xia Muqing said in a very gentle voice, making Ye Qing feel a bit ticklish.

"It's fine, it wasn't anything important," Ye Qing remembered that Xia Muqing had said she would be leaving today, so he asked if she had arrived home.

"Not yet. Yesterday afternoon, while fishing on the yacht deck, I lost the jade ruyi that my grandmother left me, and it fell directly into the sea."

Xia Muqing sighed, sounding a bit sad. "It was the jade ruyi I showed you in the office. It means a lot to me. I hired two divers to search for it, but they haven't found it yet."

The jade ruyi was probably made of white jade, with excellent quality. Regardless of its value, such a family heirloom usually passed through several generations, witnessing the growth and aging of many elders, making it very significant.

"Did you do GPS positioning? If the depth isn't too great, it should be possible to find it with time."

"We did, but the yacht was moving at the time. The vast sea has no reference points, and GPS has errors, making it very difficult to find the jade ruyi."

"I won't give up. I'll spend a year if I have to, to find it."

"You can buy an underwater photography robot. They're available on Taobao, and industrial-grade ones cost about 200,000 yuan." Ye Qing had specifically looked up information on underwater robots and was quite familiar with them. "They can search much faster and can stay underwater all day."

"Really?" Xia Muqing immediately became excited and searched on her phone. When she clicked on the highest price, she saw a row of very professional-looking underwater robots.

Rescue type, exploration type, fishing type!

They seemed tailor-made for finding the jade ruyi in the sea.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Ye, really, thank you." Xia Muqing ordered two models, totaling 900,000 yuan, and thanked Ye Qing. "By the way, Mr. Ye, what did you call about yesterday?"

"Our factory has produced a new engraving machine that can engrave soft metals and stones. I wanted you to come and take a look."

"You go ahead and work. I'll come and visit after I find the jade ruyi."

"Alright, I'll come over once I find it." Xia Muqing's voice was a bit shaky.

Since Xia Muqing was temporarily focused on finding the jade ruyi, Ye Qing packed the engraving machine and had it shipped to the Gangshan stone processing plant.

The payment from the Gangshan stone processing plant was very prompt. As soon as Ye Qing notified them to ship the goods, the boss, Xu Shuangjie, transferred the remaining payment.

Around 3 PM, Ye Jiangning called to tell Ye Qing that the quality inspection bureau's certification review team had completed their inspection and left the factory. The intermediary company guaranteed that the certification would be approved the next day.

"Alright, I'll find an advertising company to make the electric vehicle warranty card and product manual." Ye Qing was very happy to hear this news. With the production license and 3C certification, the electric vehicles could be sold nationwide with peace of mind.

Finding an advertising company was easy. As Ye Qing drove to the advertising company, he coincidentally saw a Storm brand electric vehicle with a Meituan delivery package on the road.

The beautiful design made Ye Qing immediately recognize his product.

The delivery guy was driving the electric vehicle at high speed, weaving through the pedestrian walkways like an eel.

"Slow down, be careful!" Ye Qing rolled down the window and shouted at him.

"This is the delivery god vehicle," the delivery guy laughed heartily.

About ten minutes later, Ye Qing arrived at the agreed advertising company.

This advertising company was not very large. The copywriter who received Ye Qing looked at the photos of the electric vehicle he had taken and said that the manual was easy to make, but printing just one electric vehicle on the cover might be too单调 (monotonous).

Nowadays, no matter what brand, they all liked to hire endorsers. It would be best to hire an endorser, take some beautiful pictures, and print them on the product packaging and manual.

"Endorser?" Ye Qing rubbed his chin. "We should find a young and beautiful one, but wouldn't it be too expensive to hire celebrities?"

"It depends on their fame. Many third-tier actors are very beautiful but not very famous. Hiring them would cost about 300,000 to 400,000 yuan per year."

"Can we just find someone randomly?" Ye Qing also felt that printing just one electric vehicle was too monotonous, but hiring a minor celebrity seemed to lower the standard.

It would be better to find someone unknown, not print their name, and just make sure they were beautiful.

"Sure, as long as the endorsement contract is signed, we can find anyone."

Ye Qing asked him to make the manual and warranty card first, and not worry about the endorser. Once found, they could add them to the packaging and manual.

At 6 PM, the third batch of 20 electric vehicles at the old factory was assembled. The boss of the electric vehicle specialty store, Huang Ranjun, had been eagerly waiting.

As soon as the 20 electric vehicles were unloaded, they were snapped up by three Meituan delivery merchants.

Now, the merchants doing food delivery near the electric vehicle specialty store had already spread the word. They said a new long-range electric vehicle had been released, with all kinds of advantages and a reasonable price.

Those near the electric vehicle specialty store naturally got the first batch, and it would be difficult for ordinary users to buy one.

So far, a total of 50 electric vehicles had been sold, and only one ordinary user managed to grab one from the hands of the delivery merchants, waiting from noon until evening.

At 6:30 PM,

The lucky person who grabbed the electric vehicle rode the Storm brand electric vehicle carefully, like a secret agent, and quietly entered a large factory through a small door.

Under the setting sun, the golden art words "Owen Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd." on the factory's main gate wall were shining brightly.

The factory had already finished work, but in a professional electric vehicle testing room, the factory boss and several technicians were already waiting.