169: Chapter 169 Mission in Progress (Part 1)

Donghai City, Chengdong Machinery Factory.

As one of the supporting enterprises under the Chen Group, the scale of Chengdong Machinery Factory is not large compared to large-scale machinery manufacturing plants like Zhenxing.

However, due to Chen Zhongxuan's emphasis on technology and his heavy investment, the hardware equipment and personnel setup at Chengdong Machinery Factory can definitely not be called weak.

At this moment, the factory director of Chengdong Machinery Factory had already issued a notice, ordering all workers to stop production.

He himself went to the factory entrance, waiting for the arrival of the people mentioned by the headquarters.

The visitors did not keep him waiting long; less than ten minutes after he arrived at the gate, a black commercial van pulled up.

A group of seven people filed out.

Leading them was a man in his thirties.

"Factory Director Yu, sorry to keep you waiting," the man said.

"I just arrived at the gate myself." Factory Director Yu looked the man in front of him up and down. He was dressed elegantly and appropriately, with a hint of dignity on his face, which surprised the factory director. Could this be the General Manager Wang mentioned by the headquarters?

"Are you General Manager Wang?"

The man shook his head: "My name is Lin Junfeng, an employee of Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. General Manager Wang sent me to coordinate the assistance with the machining work."

An employee?

Since when could an employee have the aura of a general manager?

Factory Director Yu was very confident in his judgment. The person in front of him had definitely held a high position before; perhaps he was also a core figure in Frontier Company.

Thinking of this, Factory Director Yu smiled slightly: "You are too polite, Manager Lin. I wonder what you need our assistance with this time?"

Lin Junfeng became slightly more serious: "Time is tight, Factory Director Yu. Let's talk as we walk."

...

A few minutes later.

"That's the general situation, Factory Director Yu. We need to borrow all of your factory's precision machining equipment with an accuracy of 0.005 mm, especially the fully automatic Machining Center and high-precision drilling machines."

"These are no problem," Factory Director Yu frowned slightly: "But are you sure you don't need our technical workers to operate the CNC Machining Center?"

"Yes," Lin Junfeng nodded: "Aside from setting up the temporary production line, the people I brought will all be used to operate the CNC Machining Center to improve efficiency."

Improve efficiency...

Factory Director Yu's frown deepened.

If you want to improve efficiency, what could be more efficient than using skilled engineering technicians? Besides, you only have six people in total; how many Machining Centers can you operate?

But since he was just cooperating this time, and since the other party insisted, he couldn't say much. Besides, if things got messed up, it wouldn't be his responsibility. Even if Chen Zhongxuan wanted to blame someone, he couldn't blame him.

"In that case, let's go to Machining Factory 2."

Factory Director Yu made his decision: "Please follow me."

...

Machining Factory 2.

young man was carefully watching the screen of the CNC Machining Center in front of him. The constantly changing data fascinated him. Watching the cutting head fly up and down through the glass, shaving off slivers and strands of metal shavings from the blank, made him feel even more delighted.

If no one was around, he could watch like this all day.

But not today.

The sudden work stoppage caught him off guard, and the workpiece in the Machining Center in front of him was something he had begged his master to let him finish.

"Xiao Sheng, once this item is finished, you cannot start it again," a Middle-aged man nearby said: "Save all the data and wait for the higher-ups to notify us to redo it."

"Okay."

young man called Xiao Sheng replied, his voice somewhat reluctant.

The Middle-aged man heard it and smiled.

He was very satisfied with this apprentice of his. Not only was he smart and diligent, but the key was that he was very obsessed with these things. He would often watch the Machining Center process workpieces for an entire day, sometimes even skipping meals.

When asked what he saw, he wouldn't say.

It was a pity that this kid couldn't work with him forever. After all, he was a top student and would leave after his internship.

But thinking about it, it was reasonable; a kid like this couldn't be stuck in front of a Machining Center making small things every day.

Speaking of which, this work stoppage was a bit strange. He had been here for so long and had never seen anything like this before.

Stopping work was one thing, but even throwing away half-finished workpieces was just reckless; this was all money. A piece of blank material could cost dozens or hundreds, and expensive ones could cost thousands or tens of thousands.

How much was thrown away this time?

He didn't know what was in the heads of the leaders above; just acting on a whim?

While he was thinking, a sound came from the factory floor.

The Middle-aged man shouted at young man: "Xiao Sheng, it's time to assemble."

"Master, you go first, I'll come in a moment. It's almost done, the tool path marks will change soon."

young man said without turning his head.

The Middle-aged man was speechless.

He stopped worrying about young man, took off his gloves, and headed to the entrance to assemble. On the way, he could hear some colleagues talking.

"Have you found out the reason for this work stoppage?"

"Who knows? I heard from the director that this was an internal directive issued directly by the Chen Group headquarters."

"They aren't laying people off again, are they? I heard the group's situation wasn't very good before, and they laid off a lot of people."

"That was before, and it wasn't the technical department; it was all people from the real estate division."

"There weren't many people in real estate to begin with, and they laid off more than half last time..."

...

Everyone was worried.

"The people are mostly assembled."

Factory Director Yu looked at the employees in front of him and said: "Machining Factory 2 is the factory floor specifically responsible for machining in our plant. The CNC Machining Center and several drilling machines are basically placed here. You can use them as you wish."

"Thank you, Factory Director Yu," Lin Junfeng smiled: "I will report Factory Director Yu's full cooperation to our General Manager Wang."

Factory Director Yu also smiled slightly. Some things didn't need to be said explicitly; he liked dealing with smart people.

Whether he could make an impression in front of General Manager Chen depended on this General Manager Wang.

Unfortunately, this General Manager Wang didn't come this time. Otherwise, given that a single word from this General Manager Wang could make General Manager Chen stop production and cooperate fully, having him say a couple of words for him in front of General Manager Chen would be more effective than a thousand words from anyone else.

"Zhao Cheng, Tan Yan, start working."

Zhao Cheng, Tan Yan, and the others nodded slightly.

Factory Director Yu watched carefully; he also wanted to know how they would produce quickly without using his own people.

But he was soon confused.

He saw that Zhao Cheng and the others didn't go to familiarize themselves with the machines immediately, but instead took out a stack of USB-like things from the black backpacks they had been carrying on their backs.

Then they plugged these things one by one into the external data serial ports of the CNC Machining Center.

This scene was also seen by the many assembled engineers.

"Who are they?"

"What are they doing?"

Someone asked softly.

No one could answer.

Even Lin Junfeng, Zhao Cheng, and the others who knew the inside story couldn't.

Because the task they received was to plug these wireless mobile Wi-Fi devices into these CNC Machining Centers. There were twenty-five in total, all of which were 5G communication terminals obtained at great expense.

The rest was not something they could know.

At this moment, they had the same doubts as everyone present, perhaps even more.

Ten minutes later.

Zhao Cheng and the others returned to the starting point.

"Manager Lin, it's all done," Tan Yan reported: "There are thirty-five machines in total, and we are using twenty-five. After testing, the calibration accuracy is fine, and they can be used normally."

"Manager Lin."

Factory Director Yu, who had been watching for over ten minutes, couldn't help asking: "What is this?"

Lin Junfeng chuckled and didn't answer.

He took out his phone, dialed a number, and reported softly: "General Manager Wang, the preparation work is done."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Factory Director Yu heard a young voice say: "Leave the rest to me."

This General Manager Wang... sounded like he wasn't very old.

And that last sentence... what did it mean?

Leave it to you?

Factory Director Yu's thoughts turned, and just as he was pondering, he heard a slight buzzing sound. He looked up and found that all the CNC Machining Center screens had lit up simultaneously, and the motors emitted a low buzzing whine.

He looked at the nearest screen and found that it displayed an icon he had never seen before.

It was three spheres arranged in a triangle, connected by a line that looked like lightning or a trajectory, full of the feeling of a starry sky.

Before he could react, the icon disappeared, a progress bar appeared on the screen, and a line of small text emerged.

"Produced by Frontier Technology Co., Ltd.," Factory Director Yu narrowed his eyes and read word by word: "Mark I System 2.0 is installing..."

Mark I System...

Mark I System!!!

Factory Director Yu's eyes widened instantly.