247: Chapter 246 A Special Bidding Meeting

At eight o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang right on time.

Wang Shuo, who had been so engrossed in his computer screen that he had forgotten to eat or sleep, raised his head blankly, looked at the sky outside the window that was gradually brightening, and slowly came back to his senses.

"Damn, another sleepless night."

Wang Shuo muttered to himself, got up, and walked towards the bathroom. He needed to brush his teeth and wash his face, then sit and wait for someone to deliver breakfast.

As for sleeping? Heh, what on earth is that?

How could young man charging towards his dreams waste time on meaningless sleep?

Besides, he wasn't tired right now.

The brain enhancement of the Humanoid Race not only strengthened his brain capacity and information processing speed but also further increased his brain activity.

Wang Shuo speculated that under extreme circumstances, he could maintain high-intensity mental activity for over thirty-six hours. If placed in a normal work environment, hmm...

He could basically go a week without resting.

This basically already exceeded the current human limits of ordinary people.

What? You say someone can go ten days without sleeping?

Just try making them maintain a certain intensity of mental activity and see what happens?

Besides this, Wang Shuo also summarized the other benefits he had gained from it.

First, after his brain underwent secondary enhancement, he could achieve photographic memory to a certain extent. Even if he just glanced at something, he would have an impression of it. If he focused on it, no matter how much time passed, he could recall it immediately.

Second, his observation skills had experienced explosive growth. Even with just a glance, he could discover many details that were easily overlooked before, such as someone's subtle expressions, muscle twitches on their face, attire, clothing, the placement of tables and chairs, and so on.

Third, his comprehension ability further increased. It was impossible to describe what kind of feeling this was, as if he had suddenly had an epiphany. Difficult problems that were previously incomprehensible could now be solved at a glance, allowing him to see the path to the solution and derive the result.

However, that was all there was to it.

Apart from the above, Wang Shuo was still Wang Shuo; he hadn't turned into another person. His fixed mindset remained unchanged. Things he didn't understand before, he still didn't understand now; experiences he didn't have before, he still didn't have now. There were no cliché movie tropes where he suddenly understood everything and knew how to do everything instantly.

For example, if Wang Shuo was an emotional idiot before, then after the brain enhancement, he was just an emotionally idiotic... brain-enhanced version of himself.

If he needed to improve his experience in this area, he still needed guidance from others and practical, hands-on experience.

Overall, the brain enhancement of the Humanoid Race was indeed very strong, but it also had its limits. Changing a person's personality and cognition out of thin air was completely out of the question.

Of course, it was also possible that the Humanoid Race simply hadn't bothered to do so.

After finishing his brushing and washing, which took Wang Shuo less than ten minutes, his butt had barely touched the chair when Zero's voice appeared in his ear.

"Sir, Lin Junfeng is calling."

"Connect."

"President Wang. Please forgive me for disturbing you so early."

Lin Junfeng's voice was very polite.

"It's no disturbance at all. What's up?"

Wang Shuo replied while staring at the data stream flowing across his screen.

"It's like this, President Wang," Lin Junfeng said. "Today is the day of the military supplies bidding conference in Donghai City. As one of the enterprises that produced the polymer materials, we also received an invitation. I wanted to ask President Wang if you have any other instructions?"

Instructions?

Wang Shuo asked, "Did you give the new technical data I entrusted to you to Zhao Cheng?"

"I did, I did." Lin Junfeng nodded quickly. "And the finished product has already been made."

It was precisely because of this reason that he had endured for the whole night, waiting until morning when he estimated Wang Shuo had woken up to make the call.

"That's fine then. You need to trust him, and trust our product."

After saying that, Wang Shuo signaled for Zero to hang up the call.

Clapping his hands and stretching his limbs, Wang Shuo placed his hands on the keyboard.

After the conversation with Instructor Duan Chengwu yesterday, Wang Shuo finally realized what kind of situation he was facing.

50 million.

That was the number Instructor Duan Chengwu had given, and that was just the initial investment. If he really wanted to achieve the goal in Instructor Duan Chengwu's mind, this number would have to at least triple.

If he added subsequent personnel, training, equipment, logistics, and so on, this number would have to increase even further.

The exact words Instructor Duan Chengwu finally gave were:

"President Wang, a preliminary estimate: if we want to establish a fifty-person team, then personnel salaries and logistics expenses will need to reach at least 30 million or so. If we add training grounds, personnel equipment, logistical supplies, and so on, this number will need to reach at least 150 million."

This didn't even count the salaries and other expenses of the other employees in the Security Company.

Conservatively estimated, to fully build this company, he would have to invest at least 500 million.

And what Instructor Duan Chengwu didn't know was that if they followed the equipment Wang Shuo himself had planned to provide for each person, 500 million would be far from enough.

And Wang Shuo had just learned about the company's financial situation, and the reply he received was:

"President Wang, the balance in our account is only about 150 million. This is still because that trending search yesterday made some people change their minds, allowing us to absorb some pre-order payments; otherwise, it would be even less."

150 million was indeed a lot, but that depended on who you compared it with. Compared to what Wang Shuo and Instructor Duan Chengwu were about to do, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this amount of money was a drop in the bucket.

Besides, did the company still need to do its other business?

Wang Shuo suddenly felt immense pressure.

Since when had he reached the point where even 150 million felt insufficient?

In the office, a long-lost cry rang out.

"Money, oh money..."

...

Lin Junfeng hung up the phone and looked at Zhao Cheng, who was looking at him with an expectant face, and smiled slightly.

"President Wang is very satisfied with our results and is also very confident."

Zhao Cheng let out a long sigh of relief.

Although President Wang was younger than him, some things could not be judged by age.

His technical drawings were given by President Wang, his train of thought was guided by President Wang, and his product was made under Wang Shuo's guidance. If he couldn't get President Wang's approval, then Zhao Cheng felt his success didn't seem so successful after all.

Fortunately, President Wang thought highly of him.

Lin Junfeng patted Zhao Cheng's shoulder.

"Let's go in."

The venue for this bidding conference was located in a small industrial park on the outskirts of Donghai City.

Because the preliminary qualification review had already been completed and the list of initially shortlisted enterprises had been determined, there weren't many people present this time. There were even very few reporters; only the local media from Donghai City had rushed over, and almost no other media logos could be seen.

Just as Lin Junfeng and Zhao Cheng were carrying their things through the door, a figure came up to greet them.

"Xiao Cheng, you're here."

"Sister Liang." Zhao Cheng greeted the person with a smile.

Zhang Liang nodded and looked at Lin Junfeng next to Zhao Cheng.

"President Lin, I didn't expect you to come in person this time."

"For such a big event, of course I have to come in person." Lin Junfeng chuckled. "How come? Is it your institute conducting the evaluation again this time?"

Because he had been working with new materials for a long time, Lin Junfeng basically had connections and acquaintances at every testing center in Donghai City, and Zhang Liang was one of them.

Zhang Liang shook her head slightly.

"This time, it's not just our institute. Several of the larger testing centers in Donghai City have all come."

"They've all come?"

Lin Junfeng revealed a look of surprise.

Although the client for this bidding conference was quite special, for something as simple as just testing if a product was qualified, it didn't seem necessary to have so many testing institutions present, right?

Could there be some tricks in this that he didn't know about?

"Sister Zhang." Zhao Cheng, who was next to him, spoke up. "Why are there so many testing institutions?"

Lin Junfeng immediately gave Zhao Cheng an appreciative look. Due to his status, there were some things he was not convenient to ask about.

"How should I put it..." Zhang Liang organized her thoughts and said, "This bidding conference is a bit special."