Chapter 87

Seeing this scene, Ye Qing felt a great relief and was inwardly delighted.

There was nothing much to worry about now. The firefighters were packing up their equipment and preparing to leave. Seeing that Ye Qing was also about to leave, a few of them took the initiative to help him push the machinery.

The operating room had a dedicated passage for medical staff, and their fire truck was parked at the back of the building.

The firefighters had to rush back to the station to be on standby. The captain held Ye Qing's right hand and thanked him repeatedly, saying that if the factory needed a fire safety inspection in the future, they could contact him directly.

The firefighters left, and Ye Qing chose to leave quietly as well.

Lifting the small water jet cutter onto the back seat, Ye Qing directly stored it in the Monster Factory.

At this moment, Xu Xiaohu called, asking, "Uncle, where are you? The customer service just received a big order from a tech company called Illusion. They want to know if they can collaborate with our company."

"Illusion Tech Company?"

Ye Qing was surprised. It seemed to be a tech company that made VR glasses, but it wasn't very well-known, as most of the patents for these technologies were held by American companies.

Recently, many tech companies had been working on virtual reality, but while the glasses were easy to make, the accompanying software and resources were difficult to develop.

A true VR headset would be all-encompassing, with the image moving wherever the user looked.

Ye Qing wasn't a software developer and couldn't help much with VR technology. However, the mechanical ergonomic chair could be paired with VR glasses to simulate many actions.

Simulating movement with VR glasses was also one of the selling points of the mechanical ergonomic chair.

They wanted to collaborate with him?

Twenty minutes later, Ye Qing arrived at the company. Xu Xiaohu, who wasn't used to such big scenes, quickly handed over the customer service computer.

The user, who claimed to be the executive president of Illusion Tech Co., Ltd., ordered twenty mechanical ergonomic chairs at once, saying they were for product display at a tech conference.

Ye Qing typed, "I'm the boss. What kind of collaboration project does your company want to discuss?"

The other party quickly replied, "Hello, I am the executive president of Illusion Tech Company."

"Here's the thing, our company specializes in wearable devices, virtual reality, and 3D vision."

"We have advanced VR products and accompanying motion-sensing guns, control sticks, traditional controllers, and steering wheels. However, we have always lacked a comprehensive, dynamic simulation device that can provide a dynamic experience for players."

"I watched the video of your product, and it perfectly matches our vision for a dynamic simulation device. We would like to collaborate with your company to launch a VR-specific chair. How about it?"

"You don't need to change the design. The current chair functions are already perfect. We just need to program the movement sequences to synchronize with the VR images."

Ye Qing replied, "I've already open-sourced the programming. You can program it yourselves. I'll just sell the chairs."

"Not exactly. Can we meet in person to discuss this?"

In person?

Ye Qing thought a face-to-face meeting was fine, but if they proposed buying shares or patents, it was definitely out of the question. Ye Qing didn't plan to share the patent for the chair with anyone.

The chair was already patented, so he wasn't worried about others copying it, though they would need the capability to do so.

Ye Qing preemptively told them that the mechanical ergonomic chair would be produced exclusively.

The president said it wasn't about the patent and insisted on meeting Ye Qing in person.

Ye Qing said, "Our company is in Zhongyun City. Call me when you arrive, and I'll pick you up."

After the chat, Ye Qing felt a sense of unreality. A well-known tech company in the country was actually coming to discuss a collaboration with him.

"Uncle, the chair you made is selling really well," Xu Xiaohu said admiringly. "We sold over sixty chairs this morning, and even more people are inquiring."

"That's a lot..." Ye Qing scratched his chin. The product had only been on the market for a couple of days, and it was already so popular. A VR company wanted to collaborate to launch a dedicated VR chair.

So...

With the production capacity being tight, Ye Qing had no choice but to raise the price based on market conditions...

When a product is in short supply, the price naturally goes up. However, this would definitely make those who were hesitating about buying it very angry.

Let them complain. Who cares when the product is selling so well...

Ye Qing went to the CEO's office, sat comfortably in the mechanical ergonomic chair, and started to modify the shop's description.

Dear customers, due to the high cost of this product, the initial promotional price was zero cost. Now that sales are stabilizing, to support the company's growth, we regretfully have to raise the price to a normal level.

88,888...

When Ye Qing changed the price, sure enough, many people who were hesitating immediately bombarded the customer service.

Some called him a wicked capitalist, others said he should go rob a bank.

Some said they would sell their kidneys to him.

Others said, "An 88,888 chair, my wife will be happy with a knife."

Seeing nothing was wrong, Ye Qing quickly left, otherwise, the customer service girls would have glared at him with resentment.

Now, with over 27 million yuan in cash, the booming sales of the mechanical ergonomic chair made Ye Qing worry-free about running out of money.

So, Ye Qing decided to spend a lot of money to build a metal smelting center first.

This was a core building of the Level 3 Monster Factory and an essential facility for heavy industry manufacturing.

To build the metal smelting center, several ten thousand tons of steel would be needed. Ye Qing wanted to contribute to the sluggish domestic steel industry.

Industrial steel is mostly in the form of steel plates, round steel, and flat steel, while construction steel includes I-beams, angle steel, and rebar.

Each type of steel has various models based on size, material, and heat treatment processes.

Ye Qing needed many types because the current production workshop in Longxi Beach was too small. He planned to expand it and build an underground secret base, which would require a massive amount of steel.

Ye Qing called his father and asked if he had any friends in the steel business, as he needed to buy a large amount of steel.

Buying steel from anyone was the same, but the favor would naturally go to his father.

Half an hour later, Ye Qing arrived at a large warehouse in the city's outskirts. A man with a haggard and anxious look was waiting at the warehouse entrance.

Beside him was an old electric scooter. When he saw a shiny luxury car approaching, Boss Li immediately bowed and ran over, trembling as he took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, only to realize they were still sealed and hurriedly started tearing the plastic wrap.

His name was Li Suohua. He used to have a large steel trading business, but the steel industry had been in a downturn for the past few years, and he, along with other traders who had stockpiled large amounts of steel, was hit hard.

When an old friend called to introduce him to a business opportunity, Li Suohua, who was heavily in debt and owed a lot of loans, was almost moved to tears.

The warehouse doors had already been pushed open by Li Suohua, and inside, one thousand tons of various types of steel were neatly stacked.

Ye Qing got out of the car, exchanged a few polite words with him, asked about the prices of a few types of steel, and said he wanted to inspect the goods.

Li Suohua eagerly agreed, saying the more he bought, the better the discount.

Ye Qing mainly needed steel plates. The warehouse had a wide variety of steel plates, and there were also many galvanized and rust-proof I-beams, which were exactly what Ye Qing needed.

Of course, the quality had to be strictly controlled. Ye Qing brought a small grinding machine and asked Boss Li if he could test the quality of the steel.

This young man is an expert!

Industry insiders who often process steel can judge the quality by the wear rate and the sparks produced during grinding.

These steels were produced by large factories and had official quality certificates, so Li Suohua naturally agreed to the inspection.

At the same time, he silently prayed that this young man would buy more, preferably a few hundred or even a thousand tons, so he could recover some of his funds and have an easier life.