231: We're going to order the Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat! Even Jesus can't stop it!

After returning from a "bathroom break," Director Feng Yu happened to see Director Yang Santai and Director Lu Shenwei chatting and laughing.

"Take your dirty hands off Director Lu's shoulder!"

Director Feng Yu roared, startling both Director Lu Shenwei and Director Yang Santai.

Director Yang Santai was stunned. "What did you say?"

"Director Lu, we are determined to have your factory's Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat. The price is 5 million, flat!"

Having just secured 7 million in bargaining power, he threw 5 million on the table just to see what would happen!

When these words were spoken, Director Lu Shenwei and Director Yang Santai were both dumbfounded.

I haven't even spoken yet, why are you raising the price yourself again?

"Old Feng, are you here to wreck the place today?" Director Yang Santai said indignantly.

Originally, after hearing Director Feng Yu's previous quote of 4 million, he had quietly asked his superiors for permission to raise the Coast Guard's bid to 4.2 million.

He didn't expect Director Feng Yu to raise the bid again, directly increasing it to 5 million!

"I'm wrecking it today, what are you going to do about it?" Director Feng Yu looked like he had him cornered.

Director Yang Santai was so angry his nose was almost crooked. "How can you be so unreasonable?"

"I'm being unreasonable today. Director Lu, let's sign the contract!"

Director Feng Yu took out the purchase agreement again, and Director Lu Shenwei shrugged helplessly.

The Fisheries Administration had pushed the price straight to 5 million. With a profit of nearly 3 million on every Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat sold, this business was worth doing!

Seeing Director Lu Shenwei take the contract from Director Feng Yu, Director Yang Santai panicked.

"Director Lu, can you wait two minutes for me? Our Coast Guard isn't short on money."

The Coast Guard wasn't short on money, but raising the price was something that required permission from above.

Director Lu Shenwei nodded. "Don't worry, let's go to the reception room to talk."

Director Feng Yu walked on by himself; he had no time to deal with Director Yang Santai.

In the reception room, the Julong Steel legal department reviewed the purchase agreement clause by clause.

But as soon as she turned to the second page, she was stunned.

"Chairman, take a look at this clause."

Director Lu Shenwei took the contract. "The Fisheries Administration is responsible for the unmanned boat technology declaration, while Julong Steel Factory retains absolute patent rights. This... Director Feng, how do you explain this?"

"Our boss wants to win an award using your factory's technology. Do you think that's okay? If it's difficult, then never mind." Director Feng Yu explained with a chuckle.

Bang!

Before Director Lu Shenwei could speak, the door suddenly opened.

"I don't agree! What right does the Fisheries Administration have to use Julong Steel's technology for a declaration? Don't think I don't know what you're planning." Director Yang Santai said with a straight face.

"Director Lu has already agreed, why are you cutting in?" Director Feng Yu said with a dark face.

Director Yang Santai ignored Director Feng Yu. "Director Lu, we'll raise the price to 5.2 million!"

"What do you mean? Old Yang, don't push your luck!"

"What do I mean? It's because you forced me to!" Director Yang Santai retorted tit-for-tat.

Zhou Cun hurriedly pulled the two apart. Director Lu Shenwei instructed, "You and Director Yang go to the next room to talk; I will talk to Director Feng here."

Half an hour later, both parties had obtained satisfactory results.

The Fisheries Administration and the Coast Guard obtained the initial orders for the Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat with purchase prices of 5.3 million and 5.2 million, respectively.

Of course, since the Fisheries Administration paid more, the first batch produced would go to them, and the second batch would go to the Coast Guard.

"They argued for half a day just to get the unmanned boat two days earlier," Zhou Cun muttered.

Director Lu Shenwei said casually, "The relationship between them is inextricably linked and messy; we just need to supply them."

"The performance testing and equipment verification for the Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat are fine. Production starts tomorrow, but our shipyard is too small; it only supports a maximum of 4 boats being built simultaneously," Zhou Cun said.

The initial plan was for a 200-mu artificial lake with a depth of 100 meters. However, during construction, only over 100 mu were dug, and the depth was only 30 meters. It was sufficient for building small naval vessels, but difficult for large ship manufacturing.

"After all, this is our first cross-industry R&D; as long as we can earn a little money, that's fine," Director Lu Shenwei mused.

The Coast Guard eventually ordered 50 boats, and the Fisheries Administration ordered 80. With Julong Steel's production capacity, they definitely couldn't handle it.

"Chairman, this is not a small amount of money."

"How is it not a small amount? It's just a few hundred million in profit, and we can only produce 4 boats a month. It's too slow."

A well-fed man doesn't know the hunger of a starving one. In the gap while Director Lu Shenwei was being picky, General Manager Jiang Guoqing called Liu and Zheng again.

"It's been so many days, when are you two coming back?"

"General Manager Jiang, it's not that we don't want to come back, it's just that there's too much work here with Director Lu. You wouldn't want us to quit halfway through helping, right?"

The more General Manager Jiang Guoqing thought about it, the more something felt wrong. Could these two kids be planning to run off?

"I'll talk to Director Lu about it. The shipyard has heavy production tasks; you two need to come back quickly."

After ending the call, General Manager Jiang Guoqing immediately called Director Lu Shenwei.

"Director Lu, it's time to return those two Deputy Chief Engineers of ours, right?"

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about that. We would like to return them, but the leaders of the Coast Guard and Fisheries Administration came over a couple of days ago and specifically requested that Chief Engineer Liu and Chief Engineer Zheng supervise the construction quality. However, don't worry, I'll return them at the end of the month."

"At the end of the month?"

General Manager Jiang Guoqing calculated the time; there weren't many days left, so he had to bite the bullet and accept it.

"Alright then, I won't push it. Just let them come back at the end of the month."

As a result, when the end of the month arrived and Julong Steel Factory delivered the first batch of 4 Dragon Shark Unmanned Boats to the Fisheries Administration, they still hadn't returned the people.

General Manager Jiang Guoqing panicked. "Has Lu Shenwei gone crazy? How dare he detain our people?"

Assistant Lu asked cautiously, "Is it possible that they don't want to come back themselves?"

"How is that possible! Our shipyard's benefits in every aspect are top-tier. Little Liu and Little Zheng are the youngest Senior Engineers in the factory, and I've been grooming them to be Chief Engineers."

Assistant Lu thought to himself, "You said the same thing when you were grooming the other four Deputy Chief Engineers last time," but said aloud, "I heard that Julong Steel's recruitment benefits are quite high. Even regular workers start with an income of over 10,000, and the technical Chief Engineer level probably earns even more."

General Manager Jiang Guoqing's expression darkened. "I'm calling Lu Shenwei right now. Poaching people like this is too unscrupulous."

"You probably won't be able to get through to them right now. I saw on the news that Julong Steel's unmanned boats are being delivered today."

"Ah? Delivered directly? Is the construction speed that fast?"

"It's said that their shipyard is working in three shifts to rush production, and they can deliver 4 boats a month."

"Did it say how much they sold for? Unmanned boats shouldn't be cheap, but they can't be that expensive either."

The reason General Manager Jiang Guoqing gave up on the unmanned boat R&D project in the beginning was because the cost-effectiveness ratio was too low. After working himself to death, he couldn't earn much money at all.

"I asked around, and it's said that the price is confidential. But I saw that the Fisheries Administration's official website suddenly announced an unplanned expenditure last month, almost 430 million."

"That much? Lu Shenwei is ruthless. He made money and didn't even share any with us. The technical foundation of their unmanned boat was modified from our Sea Wolf Unmanned Boat."

Assistant Lu thought, "Uh, General Manager Jiang, I'm afraid you've forgotten that when Lu Shenwei took our factory's semi-finished product, he gave us 20 million that same day."

Julong Steel Factory, artificial lake shipyard.

Except for Ma Quanlin, a group of factory leaders including Lu Shenwei, Wang Zizhong, and Zhou Cun attended the delivery ceremony of the Dragon Shark Unmanned Boat. The Fisheries Administration even sent its number two leader to attend in person.