387: Chapter 386 General Zheng's Wrath

"Live-fire testing? It seems you have a lot of confidence in yourselves."

General Zheng's expression remained unchanged as he said indifferently.

The Middle-aged man chuckled and said, "Of course. General Zheng, forgive my bluntness, but the items previously procured by the military were all shoddy goods. While the price wasn't high, the quality was also very limited."

The Middle-aged man picked up a helmet from the table, tapped it, and said, "You can compare this helmet with our product. Setting aside the design details, just the weight alone puts them in different leagues."

"To meet military bulletproof standards, this helmet was crafted using composite materials. Its exterior is wrapped in Kevlar fiber, while the interior is filled with high-strength ceramic. Although this reduces costs, it also increases the weight, which is not conducive to long-term wear by combat personnel."

General Zheng took both helmets in his hands, weighed them lightly, and looked thoughtful.

The Middle-aged man looked spirited and spoke eloquently, "The reason for this is that the manufacturer of the helmets hasn't mastered the latest material technology, and the quality of the Kevlar material is also subpar. Constrained by cost and practical results, they had no choice but to do this. However, our helmets are different..."

The Middle-aged man pointed to the helmet in General Zheng's hand and said, "Our helmets are manufactured entirely using Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene material. The 5.5 million Dalton Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber has performance stronger than steel and is more corrosion-resistant, surpassing most Kevlar fiber materials. Most importantly: it is lighter."

"Our helmets, while guaranteeing bulletproof effectiveness, weigh only about half as much as other helmets, and they use an integrated molding design, which is extremely exquisite."

"Indeed, not bad."

General Zheng put down the helmet in his hand and asked, "What about the price?"

"It's not expensive either."

The Middle-aged man chuckled, "This helmet only costs 5000 huaxia currency."

General Zheng glanced slightly at the Middle-aged man, nodded, and said, "Not bad."

As for whether he meant the quality or something else, that was unknown.

"General."

Another young man who had been standing silently beside the Middle-aged man spoke up at this moment, "If the military ultimately decides to procure our products, this price can be reduced by another 30%."

General Zheng was slightly surprised and asked, "And this is..."

"This is our company's Manager Ji."

The Middle-aged man hurriedly introduced, "Manager Ji also heard that General Zheng would personally attend this signing ceremony, so he came in person."

The young man stepped forward, extended his hand, and said, "Hongshu New Materials Co., Ltd., Ji Hang. Hello, General Zheng."

General Zheng looked the young man over and said with a smile, "Manager Ji has good tactics. Thirty percent is 1,500 yuan; you just gave it up like that."

Ji Hang smiled slightly and said without stage fright, "I'm making a friend of the General."

"Well said, well said."

General Zheng nodded slightly, "Since Manager Ji is here, why don't you accompany me for a look? It just so happens that I don't understand the technology, so I'll trouble Manager Ji to explain it to me properly."

"It would be my honor."

Ji Hang gestured very gentlemanly with his hand, "General Zheng, please."

General Zheng did not stand on ceremony and strode toward another platform.

Behind him, the Middle-aged man glanced slightly at Ji Hang and said timidly, "Manager Ji, this..."

Ji Hang looked at him and said indifferently, "It's fine. I've already notified the company; there won't be any accidents regarding today's affairs."

After speaking, he caught up with General Zheng's pace in two or three steps.

On the other platform, just as the Middle-aged man had said, everything displayed was equipment that looked like it had some traces of use, all of which were models General Zheng had seen before.

Helmets, tactical backpacks, tactical vests, tactical boots, and other products were all available.

General Zheng swept his gaze over each piece of equipment without stopping his pace. When he reached the end of the long table, several brand-new pieces of equipment appeared before his eyes, causing him to pause slightly.

He picked up the helmet on the table and, looking at the clear printed text on the helmet's lining, General Zheng frowned slightly.

"Where did this come from?"

No one answered.

General Zheng cast his gaze toward Ji Hang beside him.

"General Zheng, I'm not sure either."

Ji Hang shook his head slightly, "We were only notified that we needed to participate in the live-fire testing session; we are unaware of where exactly the equipment for evaluation came from or which factory it belongs to."

General Zheng withdrew his gaze and said indifferently, "Go, ask the people in the procurement department which unit this batch of equipment belongs to. Brand-new equipment isn't on the training ground, but instead was brought here. Who made that decision?"

"Yes."

A guard in military uniform beside General Zheng stood at attention, saluted, and ran off.

The scene immediately fell into silence.

Ji Hang watched the silent, middle-aged general who was like a volcano, his eyes flashing with a glimmer of light from time to time, not knowing what he was thinking.

A minute later, the guard returned, followed closely by another person.

"Chief."

The guard reported, "This is Director Fang from Northern Industries Group."

"General Zheng, hello."

The newcomer wiped away non-existent sweat, looked at the gloomy-faced General Zheng, and immediately felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly said, "I am the person in charge of the procurement department of Northern Industries Group. My name is Fang Xiaoyun."

"Hmm."

General Zheng replied indifferently with one word.

Fang Xiaoyun secretly groaned inwardly. Rumor had it that this general had a terrible temper, and indeed, seeing him was better than hearing about him. This wasn't just a bad temper; this was basically a volcano ready to erupt.

Who on earth offended this person?

Although he was complaining in his heart, he dared not show it and could only listen quietly to General Zheng's next words.

"I'm asking you."

General Zheng pointed to the equipment in front of him, "Who allowed these things to appear here? Equipment in service, in such condition—has it been sitting in the warehouse without ever being touched?"

Fang Xiaoyun secretly shrank his neck and said, "It was the people from the military procurement department."

"Who? I'll strip his skin off!"

General Zheng shouted, furious, "I thought it was some bastard hiding the equipment in the warehouse without using it, but it turns out to be these bastards from the procurement department. I'm asking you, what is the meaning of keeping the equipment in the warehouse instead of issuing it? Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Fang Xiaoyun was speechless. Before formulating the plan, he never expected to encounter this situation. Who would have thought that what caused General Zheng to erupt wasn't poor equipment quality, but that the equipment was too new? If he had known, he would have used sandpaper to polish it when he brought it back; at least it would have looked old.

With a bitter smile, Fang Xiaoyun explained, "General Zheng, no one would dare withhold military equipment. The truth is that this batch of equipment was only brought back yesterday. You see, since there's an evaluation today, and it's not easy to transfer equipment from other places, I just brought it over directly."

"Brought back only yesterday?"

General Zheng cooled down, but his expression remained unkind, "I remember that all orders handed over by the military to the various factories of your Northern Industries Group have a final delivery deadline. The last delivery time passed more than two months ago. Why is there still equipment that hasn't been delivered?"

Fang Xiaoyun felt a surge of joy in his heart.

That's it, now you're asking the right questions.

Zhou Ping, just you wait. If I don't deal with you this time, you'll think I have no temper!