248: Chapter 247 Assessment Begins!

Special?

Lin Junfeng was somewhat puzzled.

"The situation is a bit complicated; let's talk as we walk." Zhang Liang gestured, signaling for Lin Junfeng and the others to follow her.

"The technical parameters and announcement for this tender were actually released a month ago, and the screening and confirmation of relevant units were completed long ago. According to the standard procedure, today was supposed to be just a simple bid-opening ceremony."

Lin Junfeng was also someone who had been grinding in the business world for over a decade, so he naturally understood what a bid-opening ceremony meant. But precisely because he knew, his confusion deepened.

"But just a week ago, the tenderer suddenly informed us that they were temporarily adding a category of materials to the tender and had set strict technical parameter standards."

As she spoke, Zhang Liang glanced at Lin Junfeng.

Lin Junfeng understood; this newly added category was likely high-polymer materials, and Subspace Technology's products seemed to have already met the minimum requirements for entry.

He glanced calmly at Zhao Cheng beside him and gave him a look, but Zhao Cheng didn't seem to notice; he was still listening intently to Zhang Liang's explanation, unmoved.

This guy... why does he always drop the ball at critical moments?

With no other choice, Lin Junfeng had to rely on his own thick skin.

"Technician Zhang." Lin Junfeng chuckled, being very polite. "I wonder what the minimum condition for entry is this time?"

Zhang Liang did not hesitate and said directly, "The molecular weight per unit must be at least 5 million Da."

Lin Junfeng paused slightly, then let out a breath, thanking President Wang once again in his heart. If it weren't for him, Subspace Technology would likely not even have been able to touch the threshold of this tender.

5 million Daltons—this was not a small number; it was enough to make 99% of high-polymer material companies sigh in despair.

"There are five companies participating in the tender for the newly added category, and your Subspace Technology is one of them."

"We have to thank Technician Zhang for her favor towards our company."

Zhang Liang burst into laughter. "I say, President Lin, when did you become so polite? And don't misunderstand; if it weren't for the test samples that little Cheng brought meeting the requirements, I absolutely would not have handed the invitation to your company. That would just be a waste of our time."

Lin Junfeng chuckled, "If it weren't for Technician Zhang's favor, even if we had created it, it wouldn't be of any use, right?"

Zhang Liang shook her head slightly. "President Lin, you and I both know the value of this thing, so you don't need to be polite with me anymore. Even if Subspace Technology wasn't on the tender list this time, it would definitely be there next time. What I did was just fulfilling my duty."

"Duty..." Lin Junfeng clicked his tongue and sighed twice, just about to speak, when he was interrupted by the sound of a microphone.

"Everyone, please be quiet. We are now beginning the bid evaluation."

Lin Junfeng turned his head to look. At some point, the seats on the stage had filled up. Among them, a Middle-aged man with a kind face, wearing a military uniform, looked very conspicuous.

Zhang Liang, who was beside them, stuffed a manual into Zhao Cheng's hand and whispered, "This is the announcement for this tender. It contains the bidding process, as well as the specific technical parameter requirements, quantities, and so on for the tendered materials. Take a look."

"As for your material parameters, I have already reported them truthfully. You just need to provide the physical samples for testing."

"Thank you, Sister Liang."

Zhao Cheng said this sincerely, with genuine emotion.

"What are you thanking me for?" Zhang Liang touched Zhao Cheng's head and smiled softly. "If you really want to thank me, take me to meet that President Wang of yours. If he can take me on as an apprentice, I'll do whatever you want."

Watching the young man whose face quickly flushed red and who was so choked up he couldn't say a word, Zhang Liang felt a bit annoyed.

"President Lin, I have other things to do, so I'll be leaving first."

As soon as she finished speaking, before Lin Junfeng could respond, Zhang Liang quickly left the venue and entered a staff-only passage to the side.

Lin Junfeng looked at Zhao Cheng with amusement, clicked his tongue in admiration, then withdrew his gaze and cast it toward the rostrum at the front of the venue.

At this moment, the host's introduction had finished, and it was the first party's turn to speak. The Middle-aged man in uniform gently pressed the microphone, and his voice spread throughout the venue.

"Everyone, thank you for sacrificing your valuable time to participate in this tender. Regarding the relevant requirements and the purpose of this tender, the announcement is already very detailed, so I won't repeat it. In short, the purpose of this tender is only one: to recruit good products, achieve good results, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation."

"Next, I will read out the basic parameters of the enterprises and products shortlisted for this tender."

"Xingyao New Materials Company, product test molecular weight is 5.4 million Daltons per standard unit."

"Xin Xinli Materials Company, product test molecular weight is 5.3 million Daltons per standard unit."

"Hongshu New Materials Company, product test molecular weight is 5.5 million Daltons per standard unit."

The originally quiet venue erupted into a slight commotion following the Middle-aged man's voice.

"Kaierfo New Materials Company, product test molecular weight is 5.5 million Daltons per standard unit."

Reading to this point, the Middle-aged man gave a soft exclamation of surprise, paused slightly, and then continued.

"Subspace New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., product test molecular weight is 5.5 million Daltons per standard unit."

The venue was immediately filled with buzzing sounds.

Lin Junfeng also frowned. Of the five companies, three provided products with test performance reaching 5.5 million; the competition seemed to have reached a white-hot stage right from the start.

"Everyone, please be quiet."

Looking at the noisy venue, the Middle-aged man spoke to stop it.

"Due to the relatively hasty notification this time, there was not enough preparation time for everyone. Some enterprises' samples stored in testing institutions are not enough to show the enterprise's latest technical strength. Therefore, the bid evaluation committee has decided that this tender will not be based on paper data as the basis for the award. We will conduct actual performance tests on the testing samples provided by everyone on-site. The test results will directly affect the candidate list for winning the bid!"

There was another round of noisy buzzing in the venue.

"We invited everyone here today specifically to test your products on-site."

The Middle-aged man raised his hand to press down, then continued, "Due to the numerous characteristics of high-polymer materials, testing all of them would be too time-consuming, so we will only test a few of the most important mechanical performance indicators—tensile strength, shear strength, and high-temperature resistance. Other properties will not be counted in the score for now."

"To ensure the fairness of the test, we require that all test samples provided by all enterprises participating in the tender must be in their original fiber form, must not have undergone any textile or weaving, and must not have undergone any special treatment."

"Everyone, is there anything else that is unclear?"

"I have some unclear points."

Off the stage, a corporate representative stood up and asked, "Just now, Mr. Chairman, you mentioned the several mechanical performance indicators for testing. What I want to know is, are the contents of these tests completely identical? What standards were adopted?"

"You can rest assured about this," the Middle-aged man said calmly. "After consultation with relevant experts, we decided to adopt national standards for standard testing. Among them, tensile strength adopts the relevant standards of ISO 527, ASTM D 638, and GB/T 1040-2006; shear strength adopts the ISO 6721-2 special standard; and high-temperature resistance uses heat deflection temperature as a reference point."

Lin Junfeng nodded slightly. These are all testing standards issued by the state, and their content stipulates the test environment, process, operating procedures, reference data, and so on. It can be said that they have achieved the ultimate level.

"I also have a question to ask." Another corporate representative stood up and asked, "I want to ask, will the testing be conducted in a closed or open manner? Can we observe? If we have objections to the test results, can we request a retest?"

"The testing will, of course, be conducted openly," the Middle-aged man replied. "For this test, we specifically invited five well-known testing units in Donghai City to ensure absolute professionalism and fairness. In addition, because every test is conducted synchronously by at least three of the five, if the test results of two are the same, the bidder's objection is invalid; conversely, it is valid, and the other two can conduct a retest."

Lin Junfeng nodded again. This had almost blocked all loopholes. As expected of professionals; to cheat in this test, you would have to bribe all five testing institutions.

But then again, this evaluation was a newly added program on short notice, and the preparation time for others was really too short—so short that there was almost no time to plan cheating methods. Even if you bribed the testing institutions, under the condition of being monitored throughout the entire process, how could you cheat without being seen by the vast audience?

Rely on telekinesis?

Thinking of the product data he had tested yesterday, Lin Junfeng was suddenly full of confidence.

"If no one has any other questions, then..." The Middle-aged man looked around the venue, and said in a deep voice, "I announce..."

"The evaluation begins!"