200: Steel balls are nothing! Graphics cards are the pearls of industry!!!

Chapter 200: What are steel balls? Graphics cards are the industrial pearl!!!

[Broken steel balls? You're a moron. Do you know how much cutting-edge human industrial technology is integrated into a ballpoint pen tip?]

[Ballpoint pen tips, lighter flints, and fountain pen nibs are known as the “industrial pearls in the crown of humanity.” Is Julong Steel that amazing? They managed all three at once?]

[I didn't believe it when I saw the news, but I didn't expect it to be true.]

[It's incredible; they've even turned them into cultural and creative products.]

[Is naming it ‘industrial pearl’ meant to slap those public intellectuals and running dogs in the face?]

[@Julong Steel, Director Lu, I kneel before you. Can you lower the price of graphics cards?]

[Kneeling too +1. The scalpers have already abandoned us gamers. Please, Director Lu, give us a way to live.]

[Same request +10086! What are ballpoint pen tips? Graphics cards are the true industrial pearl in the crown of humanity!]

[Exactly, exactly. If Julong Steel can conquer the graphics card problem, the entire Blue Star will be unrivaled.]

Brother Qi unintentionally saw the comments from netizens and couldn't help but lose his composure.

“Julong Steel is a steel enterprise. Manufacturing ballpoint pen tips and fountain pen nibs is within their business scope, but graphics cards have nothing to do with steel manufacturing.”

“Cross-industry research is quite difficult. Everyone, please let Director Lu off the hook.”

[Brother Qi, you can't say that. Julong Steel didn't make drones before either. People are pushed to their limits.]

[Ahem, some people are C-sections. Besides, what are you going to use to push Director Lu?]

[Crazy money-throwing, everyone crowdfunding!]

[Forget it. A single leg hair of Director Lu is worth more than you'll earn in your entire life.]

[This matter should be blamed on those public intellectuals and running dogs. They kept shouting that we couldn't make ballpoint pen tips. Look, Director Lu just waved his hand and got it done, didn't he?]

“Japan’s steel companies and Hans Cat’s steel material companies must hate those public intellectuals to death. They just talked, Julong Steel put in the effort, and as a result, the public intellectuals and running dogs are fine, but overseas steel companies went bankrupt,” Brother Qi quipped.

[I heard that the Japan steel company reacted quickly. The moment Julong Steel announced they had overcome the technical difficulty, they sold their steel company the very next day.]

[Ah? Is there still a big sucker to take over?]

[What do you think? I heard it was even a company affiliated with Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I really don't know what their President was thinking.]

On the island of Japan, separated by the sea, Kameda Jiro, bowing in apology, suddenly sneezed for no reason.

“Kameda-san, your decision has caused heavy losses to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! You must be punished for this crime!” the Military Leaders General said angrily.

Kameda Jiro was filled with regret. He had originally planned to use the acquisition of the steel company as a propaganda point for Japan's state-owned steel company, continuing to spread rumors about the incompetence of Longxia Country's state-owned Julong Steel Plant.

However, as soon as he completed the acquisition, Longxia Country's steel enterprise announced that they had overcome the technical difficulty.

Someone must have set him up. Damn Longxia Country, damn Julong Steel!!!

“Yes! My decision-making error caused losses to the Military Leaders’ interests. I am willing to bear all responsibility.”

Kameda Jiro’s head was bowed very low, but the Military Leaders said, “The fault is not yours. The Longxia Country people are very cunning.”

“The Military Leaders and the Special Higher Police have already investigated and found that it was Julong Steel again that ruined our good deeds.”

The Military Leaders handed over a photo of Lu Shenwei, but his next words made Kameda Jiro feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

“Go and eliminate him for me!”

Ah?

“General, I…”

You want me, a Kappa, to eliminate Amaterasu? If you want me to die, you can just say so.

The three batches of Special Higher Police agents sent previously have all sacrificed themselves. Now you want to send me, a cripple, to kill Lu Shenwei. You can't bully disabled people like this!!!

The Military Leaders didn't care about Kameda Jiro’s thoughts: “I know this is difficult. I will give you 100 million in operational funds.”

“But General, the President of Julong Steel is a key protected person of the Longxia Country military. The last cadres we sent were captured as soon as they landed.”

Even ants cling to life. Even though he was disabled, Kameda Jiro still didn't want to die.

“The Military Leaders have made a decision. You just need to execute it. If you cannot complete the mission within three months, you know what the consequences will be.”

The Military Leaders didn't wait for Kameda to reply, throwing out a decisive statement and turning away.

Kameda Jiro said helplessly, “If I had the ability to enter Dragon Xia and eliminate Lu Shenwei, why wouldn't I go to the Black Palace of Eagle-land and kill the President? Wouldn't it be better to directly untie the leash around our necks?”

Muttering to himself, since it was the Military Leaders’ decision, Kameda was determined to complete it even if it cost him his life.

Meanwhile, Lu Shenwei, who was currently reviewing reports in Qinchuan, had no idea that his life was already being coveted by Japan.

“8 million cultural and creative products sold in one week?” Lu Shenwei found it hard to believe.

He didn't have much confidence in the sales of cultural and creative products, so he set the unit price at 28 yuan.

But even so, after deducting Twilight Stationery’s share, he still had a net profit of 40 million.

Zhou Cun nodded and said, “President Nie said that the phones of dealers at all levels are almost ringing off the hook, asking if we can produce another 10 million units.”

“Of course, if there’s money to be made, but this will be the last batch.”

Lu Shenwei didn't want to spend his energy on making small money.

Zhou Cun took note and then said, “There’s one more thing you need to know.”

Lu Shenwei nodded, signaling Zhou Cun to speak. The latter said seriously, “Didn’t we open an overseas message website three years ago? We wanted to gauge the needs of potential overseas customers.”

“Yes, that’s right. What’s up? Do overseas customers have new demands?”

To facilitate things, the overseas website’s server was set up in Hong Kong, and daily website maintenance and operations were handled by Julong Steel’s Hong Kong branch.

“It's not that overseas customers have demands, but our Longxia Country netizens somehow discovered the overseas petition message website and crashed it three times in two days,” Zhou Cun said helplessly.

As the head of the Hong Kong branch, no subtle changes outside escaped his notice.

“And the netizens’ voices are getting louder and louder; many have also appeared on our official website. Do you think we should respond?”

Lu Shenwei frowned and asked, “What did everyone say?”

“Take a look.” Zhou Cun took out the petition statistics form and handed it to Lu Shenwei.

Lu Shenwei only took one glance and almost couldn't help but snort with laughter.

Topping the petition list was graphics cards, with computer processors closely following in second place.

And single-lens reflex cameras, almost monopolized by Japan’s Search Dog and Energy-reduced photography, ranked third.

“Are these really spontaneous from netizens?”

“The backend data shows real numbers, but there are also abnormal IPs constantly spamming votes, trying to push things like ‘100% simulated human dolls’ to the front, but we’ve already handled that technically.”

“There are also some other random things like ‘wash-free heated holy cups,’ which have also been blocked.”

Simulated human dolls? Wash-free heated holy cups? What the hell are these things?

(PS: I work odd jobs during the day and will update at night. Three updates are indeed too much; my body can't handle it. I'm sorry, I bow to everyone. Starting tomorrow, I will revert to two updates. I will save up drafts for the rest of this month and challenge three updates again in May. I am very sorry, I apologize to the readers who have been continuously following! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!!!)