198: What the hell? T798 booster armor!!!

Twenty or thirty people?

Lu Shenwei thought about opening the long-unused system mall, wanting to redeem a complete set of equipment that would also be easy to replicate.

After browsing for a long time, he finally found a piece of courier-specific auxiliary equipment in the corner.

The T798 Power Armor, which can be used for carrying heavy loads, has a redemption price of 20 million.

The price isn't too expensive; it supports 6 hours of continuous work on a full charge and has a maximum load capacity of 200 jin. Whether in terms of appearance or load capacity, it completely crushes the auxiliary equipment from Gou Dong Express.

Lu Shenwei just took a glance and completed the redemption, completely failing to notice the small line of text after 'can be used for carrying heavy loads' — 'Mainly used for light infantry combat, works better when paired with individual rockets and sniper grenade launchers.'

"20 million to repay a favor, President Wang, don't say I'm stingy."

After completing the redemption, Lu Shenwei continued to search for suitable button batteries in the system mall.

Putting appropriate pressure on Zhou Cun is fine; after all, he is counting on him to be a hands-off manager later.

"This button battery is not bad, you are the one."

After searching for a long time, Lu Shenwei selected an inconspicuous but highly durable button battery — the BR203 micro-atomic battery, which can discharge continuously for 50 years, has a 3V output, and is environmentally friendly.

50 years of battery life?

I'm afraid the main structure of the children's watch would rot away while it still has power.

Even 5 years of battery life would be good enough, Lu Shenwei thought as he spent 8 million to complete the redemption.

After the redemption was completed, he called for Ma Quanlin.

"Uncle Ma, leave the matter of the courier auxiliary equipment to you. Here are the design drawings and manuals."

Ma Quanlin frowned as he looked at the design proposal: "The steel exoskeleton is easy to make, but the high-density battery pack is hard to manufacture."

"The battery pack part already has a supplier. Let's replicate it first, and we will manufacture it ourselves later," Lu Shenwei said.

A single set of battery packs for the T798 Power Armor costs over 20,000, so it would be difficult for the Julong Steel Factory to replicate it within a month.

Therefore, he directly purchased a batch from the system mall and let the technical workers learn slowly later, striving to complete the replication within half a year.

"I'll ponder it."

Ma Quanlin looked down at Lu Shenwei's brilliant ideas and muttered to himself, where does little Lu get so many good ideas?

Little did he know, Lu Shenwei's mind was filled with super-era technology far exceeding human wisdom.

Never mind power armor; as long as he had money, he could even produce a Dual-Vector Foil for you.

The next day, Lu Shenwei dialed Nie Erhu's number.

"President Nie, I've purchased a batch of button batteries for you. The performance is impeccable, but the quantity is small, only 20,000."

Nie Erhu was overjoyed. He had thought that because Lu Shenwei hadn't contacted him for the past few days, the matter had fallen through.

He didn't expect a turn of events; it actually worked out.

"Thank you for your trouble, Director Lu. 20,000 is enough to meet our immediate needs," Nie Erhu said with a smile.

Lu Shenwei said politely: "As long as it can be used, that's fine."

"There is one more thing. I've seen the draft of the cultural and creative products designed by your factory. It's quite good. When can it be mass-produced?" asked Nie Erhu.

Lu Shenwei thought and said: "I'll provide the raw materials for you. We really don't have any extra time."

"We'll do the OEM? That works too."

"A 50-50 split on profits."

"Director Lu, you're being too formal. A 70-30 split is fine; we'll only take 30 percent."

Nie Erhu had already tasted the sweetness of being tied to Julong Steel. Chen Qizheng was right; Director Lu would never let his partners lose money.

"30 percent? The channels are all yours; you must take at least 40 percent."

Others would fight tooth and nail with their partners for profit, treating them like prey, but Lu Shenwei was the opposite, fearing that his partners would lose money.

"Cooperating with Director Lu is refreshing. Since you've said so, it would be rude of me to decline. If Twilight Stationery needs help in the future, just speak up."

Nie Erhu promised, patting his chest, but Lu Shenwei didn't care.

It was only years later, when the national security department brought the button batteries to find him, that he realized what kind of black technology he had redeemed for 8 million.

At the headquarters of Twilight Stationery, Nie Erhu handed the micro-atomic battery to his assistant.

"It was sent by Julong Steel. Go check the manufacturer."

The assistant turned and left, reporting the results half an hour later.

"President Nie, there is no information about this button battery either domestically or internationally."

Couldn't find it? How is that possible?

"Could it be self-developed by Julong Steel?"

Looking at the black dragon head logo on the bottom of the button battery, Nie Erhu asked suspiciously.

"It's possible, but I haven't heard that Julong Steel has a battery pack production line?"

"You can't infer Julong Steel with normal corporate thinking. It was a private enterprise on the verge of bankruptcy, and in just a few years, it has directly become a leading military enterprise."

The assistant pondered: "Julong Steel doesn't have a military license, so how can it be considered a military enterprise?"

"Heh, does Julong Steel still need a military license? Even without military production qualifications, would the Administration for Industry and Commerce dare to interfere with what it manufactures?" Nie Erhu asked rhetorically.

The assistant nodded: "You make a good point. Julong Steel is the hegemon of Qinchuan, and the provincial and municipal leaders are all biased towards it."

"With over a billion in taxes and profits every year, and foreign exchange coming in from time to time, if I were a provincial or municipal leader, I would definitely be biased towards them too," said Nie Erhu.

"How is the power storage capacity and continuous discharge effect of this button battery?"

"It's better than most 1.5V button batteries on the market, and its performance is far superior to the 3V Beifu batteries."

"It's that powerful?" Nie Erhu was shocked.

The assistant added: "This is just a short-term test. If we could dismantle it for testing, it would take half a month to fully analyze its performance."

"No need to trouble yourself. Install them directly, and make special marks for the children's watches that use the ones from Julong Steel Factory."

"Mark Julong Steel? Or..."

"Engrave '0' on the inconspicuous back of the watch, and mark the batteries we purchase from other manufacturers as '1'."

The assistant nodded and went to arrange production. Nie Erhu reminded: "Don't forget to transfer the 8 million payment to Director Lu. No, add another 2 million to make it a round number."

That night, the Finance Officer reported to Lu Shenwei that they had received 10 million in payment from Twilight Stationery.

"President Nie is quite decent."

Lu Shenwei said with a smile, while Zhou Cun, sitting across the table, looked bitter.

"How is the matter of the button batteries coming along?"

"Domestically, only Beifu batteries meet Twilight Stationery's requirements, but they ask for too high a price. Other battery manufacturers don't meet the quality standards."

"What about overseas suppliers?"

"Overseas, only Jinwangba from the Americans is okay, but the price is not low either."

Lu Shenwei pondered: "You've done a lot of work, and that's enough. You don't need to worry about the button batteries anymore. Just keep an eye on the Julong cultural and creative products that Twilight Stationery is OEM-ing for us."

"Ah? This... You've solved it? Which company did you find?" Zhou Cun asked in surprise.