6: The chicken wants to buy a steel cable? Let them go!

While Ma Quanlin was busy helping the inventory of steel cables find a market, Lu Shenwei was not idle either; he held the first meeting for the newly relocated Xiong Ying Drone R&D team.

"Who is this guy? He looks so young."

"A university intern from Julong Steel?"

"Young man, didn't your chairman call us here for a meeting? Why don't we see him?"

Lu Shenwei chuckled upon hearing this: "Uh, hello everyone, I am Lu Shenwei from Julong Steel Factory."

"Lu Shenwei? Isn't that the name of the chairman of Julong Steel?"

"Holy crap! The chairman is this young? I'm afraid he's not even 25 years old."

"Everyone, please quiet down and listen to me."

Lu Shenwei looked around at the crowd; these engineers and technicians weren't much older than him.

He briefly introduced the transformation and upgrade of Julong Steel Factory and asked everyone about their demands.

"Chairman, since you have already acquired Xiong Ying Drone, we will definitely work for you in the future, but before that, I want to ask, what is the compensation at our factory? If the monthly salary is less than 8,000, I won't do it!"

The lead technician mustered the courage to state his demands. The former boss of Xiong Ying Drone had squeezed the technicians and engineers hard to cut costs.

He fed them toxic chicken soup every day, talking about 996 being a blessing and 007 being a stroke of good luck for their ancestors, while the salary was only half of the industry average.

Many technicians couldn't take it and quit, which led to the failure of the Xiong Ying Drone company, forcing it to be sold.

"8,000? Heh."

Lu Shenwei laughed; 8,000 yuan wouldn't even be enough to hire a manual laborer at Julong Steel.

"What are you laughing at? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"Exactly, if you can't afford a high salary, we won't work!"

Lu Shenwei waved his hand and said: "Everyone can ask Grandpa Liu at our gate; he doesn't earn less than 8,000 yuan a month just for watching the gate."

"What? Even watching the gate gets you 8,000?"

"Are you kidding?"

The technicians and engineers were dumbfounded; if the gatekeeper gets 8,000, how could they get less?

"There are not many days left this month, so starting next month, all technical positions will get a salary increase of 3,000 yuan. For those whose salary is below 10,000, it will be topped up to 10,000!" Lu Shenwei said heartily.

He had always respected those in technical fields, and the best way to respect them was to increase their salaries; nothing was more lovable than red longxia currency.

"Really? Chairman Lu is wise!"

"You guys, how were you just talking to Chairman Lu? Why aren't you apologizing yet?"

"Chairman Lu is a magnanimous person; we technicians are all straightforward people."

Lu Shenwei laughed out loud: "Since you are new to Julong Steel Factory, familiarize yourselves with the environment first. In two days, we will hold a drone technology seminar."

To gain a foothold in the drone market, they had to create a flagship product.

Lu Shenwei returned to his office and immediately pulled up the system mall, taking a fancy to the Dajing Drone at a glance.

However, redeeming it would cost 200 million, which was not a small sum.

"Uncle Ma, how much money do we have left in the account?"

"There is less than 50 million in funds left. Do you have an idea?"

"It's not quite mature yet; I'll think about it some more."

Although the Dajing Drone technology was good, the cost was too high.

If he invested 200 million and couldn't break into the market, it would be a loss.

"Uncle Ma, look for companies in the market that need drones. They provide the money, and we provide the technology for collaborative R&D to share the costs."

As long as he could find a big company to invest and reduce costs, he was confident in building the drone industry into the second pillar of Julong Steel Factory.

"Okay, that batch of steel cables in the warehouse has been piling up for too long. I have already contacted Director Zhou to ask him to help find a buyer."

Mentioning the dusty steel cables gave Lu Shenwei a headache. What happened to the promised spirit of contract?

Damn it! How come the Eagle company doesn't have any?

"If it can be processed, then process it. If it really doesn't work, sell it as scrap steel. We don't have much space left in the warehouse," Lu Shenwei muttered.

Selling super steel cables that were originally worth 100,000 USD each as scrap steel? I'm afraid they wouldn't even sell for 5,000 yuan per ton.

"I'll think of another way, Chairman, don't worry."

Ma Quanlin comforted him. Lu Shenwei was good in every way, except that he was too impatient.

In fact, he didn't know that in the future, the Eagle country would have trade frictions with Dragon Xia.

To prevent the revival of Dragon Xia and its return to the pinnacle of the world.

The Eagle country would comprehensively suppress the tertiary industry of Dragon Xia. If they didn't hurry to develop now, it would be difficult to conduct international trade once the Eagle country realized what was happening.

"Uncle Ma, I trust you to handle things," Lu Shenwei said.

"Our production tasks this year have been completed well, with profits and taxes approaching 3 million USD. Director Zhou wants to award us as an advanced tax-paying unit."

Ma Quanlin suddenly remembered the phone call from Zhou Wen yesterday. Lu Shenwei pondered: "That's a good thing. Uncle Ma, it'll be hard work for you to make a trip then."

"How can you, as the chairman, not show up for such a prestigious event? In the words of you young people, that's the best moment to show off."

Listening to Ma Quanlin's half-joking words, Lu Shenwei laughed: "You know me, I'm afraid of trouble. You can take the two vice factory directors to attend the public appearances."

"You child, I still..."

"I can agree to anything else, but not this. The drone R&D team is looking for me for something else. Let's talk later."

Lu Shenwei hung up the phone under a pretext. Going on stage to receive an award, and maybe even having to give a speech—just thinking about it made his head hurt.

Even after awakening the system, he had no great ambitions. Bringing a group of fellow workers to make the Julong Steel Factory, which his parents had worked hard for half their lives, successful was his greatest wish.

A week later, Zhou Wen brought good news.

He said that a Japan enterprise had taken a fancy to the steel cables produced by Julong Steel. Ma Quanlin frowned and reported this to Lu Shenwei.

"Japan wants to visit our factory? Tell them to get lost! We won't sell our steel cables to a Japan company even if they rot in the warehouse!" Lu Shenwei said angrily.

He was short of money for R&D, but he considered some money dirty.

Different lands, same sky; irreconcilable enemies.

Ten years ago during the Qinchuan earthquake, the first team Japan sent was not a rescue team, but a surveying team.

The imperialists' desire to destroy us never dies; doing business with animals is disgusting!

"Well said, Little Lu. We old folks think the same. No matter how high they bid, we can't sell. Who knows what they will do with our steel cables," Ma Quanlin said indignantly.

Lu Shenwei said: "But we still have to thank Director Zhou; he really wants to help us find a sales channel."

"That's natural. I've discussed it with other leaders; we'll send a few embroidered banners to Director Zhou and his team at the end of the year," Ma Quanlin said.

Lu Shenwei nodded: "This matter must be done well, with gongs and drums. It's best to contact a few media outlets."

"There's one more thing. For the year-end awards ceremony, Director Zhou specifically named you to go. They don't look up to an old guy like me."

Ma Quanlin smiled bitterly. Zhou Wen had told him privately that Qinchuan City wanted to establish a group of outstanding entrepreneurs.

He had his eyes on the young, wealthy, bold, and low-key Lu Shenwei.

"Director Zhou is trying to make things difficult for me. Please talk to him more; I really don't want to go," Lu Shenwei declined.