Chapter 89

"Sorry, Big Brother Ye, after work in the evening I asked Dad, and he doesn't know any big clients in the steel business either." Doudou said somewhat embarrassedly, "I asked him to help me inquire, and he called the corporate account manager at the head office, who said that the corporate account manager deals with many companies."

"The corporate account manager said that the only steel production company in his portfolio declared bankruptcy shortly after taking out a loan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank, and the steel produced was taken by the workers to offset their wages. Now, the bank is left with a bunch of equipment that is causing them a headache."

"Hmm, it's fine. If there's none in Zhongyun City, I'll order from a steel plant elsewhere. It will just take a bit more time."

"That bankrupt steel plant should be a special steel factory," Ye Qing recalled, "I remember that there are no steel plants in Zhongyun, only a few special steel manufacturing plants."

"Um... I don't really understand these things," Doudou said, with the faint sound of her mother calling her to eat on the other end of the phone.

"Your aunt is calling you to eat. Go have dinner first," Ye Qing looked at the pile of instant food in the corner of the office and thought it was time for his dinner too.

"Please say hello to your uncle and aunt for me, and thank them for helping me inquire about the steel."

"Okay, Big Brother Ye, I'll go have dinner first."

After hanging up, Doudou felt a sweet warmth in her heart, thinking that Big Brother Ye was much better than the CEOs in TV dramas. Not only did he know a lot, but he was also very polite.

Doudou's family was just slightly well-off, and her understanding of the wealthy was limited to the male CEOs in idol dramas. Naturally, when Doudou evaluated Ye Qing, she could only compare him to the male CEOs in idol dramas. The more she compared, the more she found that those male CEOs were completely overshadowed by her Big Brother Ye in every aspect.

Those male CEOs were all arrogant to the sky, had extremely poor self-care abilities, and were as delicate as princesses, exaggerating to the point of being hospitalized just from eating a street snack.

Look at Big Brother Ye. The first time they met was at Ah Yun's snack shop, and he didn't forget to greet her parents before hanging up the phone.

At the dinner table, Doudou asked her father if the bankrupt steel plant produced special steel.

Her father, Bai Cheng'an, said yes, and according to the head office manager, the only valuable thing left in that factory was a multi-story press and a 50-ton electric arc furnace.

...

In the office, Ye Qing heated up a quick Kung Pao chicken rice with an induction cooker and paired it with a cup of hot tea.

After eating and drinking his fill, Ye Qing walked to the production workshop to check the day's output.

Currently, Ye Qing was mainly focusing on the production of mechanical engineering chairs. With 20 hours of continuous operation, they could produce over 300 chairs a day, barely meeting the orders from all over the country.

The sales of metal engraving machines were also good, with only five left in stock.

Ye Qing glanced at the Monster Factory's ranking, which had risen to 297 in the regional manufacturing industry, and the industrial index had increased from 839 to 2711, allowing him to buy over 20 sets of Disguiser work clothes.

Once the metal smelting center was built, the Monster Factory's ranking would definitely rise significantly.

As long as he could break into the top ten in Zhongyun City's manufacturing industry, the Monster Factory would be upgraded to level four, bringing him one step closer to his goal of becoming the world's top manufacturer.

Work hard!

After inspecting the production workshop, Ye Qing went to the secret base in the barren mountain alone.

At the bottom of the barren mountain, the angry miners had already excavated an area the size of half a football field. At the bottom of the 20-meter-deep base was a huge titanium mine with a metallic luster.

Four prehistoric beast-like angry miners were continuously digging around the base of the titanium mine.

Around the base, the angry miners had carved out a series of walkways that extended to the top.

At the top, eight halogen lamps had been installed, illuminating the base like daylight.

Ye Qing summoned the Lord's War Chariot and used its 4-meter-long mechanical arm to drill holes in the surrounding rocks for the installation of ventilation equipment and cable supports.

Once night fell, Ye Qing could direct the angry miners and the Herculean laborers to transport the steel from outside the factory to the underground base and start welding the base of the metal smelting center.

The welding of large components would naturally be handled by the Lord's War Chariot. With the Lord's War Chariot and the angry miners, which functioned like cranes, the Herculean laborers wouldn't need to help.

As for the 10,000-ton press and the 50-ton electric arc furnace, he would have to make a trip elsewhere to negotiate the purchase.

The underground base only had one ventilation pipe installed. After Ye Qing finished drilling the holes in the rock walls, he returned to the surface and took a few deep breaths of fresh air.

As soon as his phone connected to the network, it beeped with a few message notifications.

It was a WeChat message from Doudou. She said she had asked her father, and the company was indeed a special steel manufacturer.

Now that the company's boss had declared bankruptcy and fled, the only valuable things left in the factory were a multi-story press and a 50-ton electric arc furnace. The head office manager, who had conducted the risk assessment and provided the mortgage, was now worried about how to sell the equipment inside.

A multi-story press?

A 50-ton electric arc furnace?

Ye Qing suddenly felt a lump in his throat. Doudou was really...

His lucky charm!

Ye Qing was worried about having to travel elsewhere to buy a 10,000-ton press and a 50-ton electric arc furnace, which would be expensive to transport to Zhongyun.

Now, Doudou had told him that the bankrupt special steel factory had the two pieces of equipment he urgently needed.

Doudou's accidental live stream on her electric scooter had brought in millions of orders for the old factory.

Her enthusiastic help in inquiring about where to buy large quantities of steel, though she didn't find any, had inadvertently helped Ye Qing learn about the more important 10,000-ton press and 50-ton electric arc furnace.

Ye Qing really wanted to kiss her to show his gratitude.

"I'll take them!"

Ye Qing typed on the screen, "I happen to want to buy a 10,000-ton press and a 50-ton electric arc furnace."

A minute passed, and Doudou didn't reply.

Ye Qing checked the time; it was already 10 PM, and she was probably asleep.

With one worry resolved, Ye Qing went to bed happily.

The next morning, Ye Qing was woken up by a phone call.

In a daze, Ye Qing thought it was Doudou, but it turned out to be the number marked as the CEO of Phantom Vision Technology.

He answered the call, and the young CEO, who introduced himself as Yan Zhaoge, told Ye Qing that he and his secretary had arrived at Zhongyun City Airport.

It was only 5:30 AM, and Ye Qing, yawning, said he would be at the airport in 40 minutes and suggested they go have breakfast first.

He quickly got up, washed up, and called Xu Xiaohu to move five mechanical engineering chairs from the basement storage to the company's reception area for product display.

"By the way, buy some good tea and snacks, and I'll bring the client to the company to discuss business later."

Zhongyun City's airport is called Xianyuan International Airport, located in the eastern suburbs of Zhongyun City.

After changing into a formal suit, Ye Qing drove along the coastal ring road to the east and directly onto the highway at the end of the ring road.

More than 30 minutes later, Ye Qing drove the Lagonda into the airport's pick-up area.