80: District Chief: I refused at first, but they offered too much!

"Uncle Wang, keep an eye on the production quality of the longmao agricultural vehicle; Zhou Cun and I will be responsible for marketing and promotion," Lu Shenwei arranged.

Zhou Cun thought for a moment: "Director, I have already contacted several friends in the car industry to promote our new vehicle."

"Don't make it too exaggerated, just normal promotion is fine. It would be best to find a few well-known streamers to do a new car review," Lu Shenwei reminded.

Zhou Cun nodded heavily; he had already contacted the District Chief, Brother Hu, and the newcomer Lord Lian.

Added to Brother Qi and Bai Xiaoying, the promotional atmosphere would be absolutely maxed out.

After the arrangements, the meeting adjourned, and Lu Shenwei kept Ma Quanlin behind.

The Western Theater Command had an urgent need for cold weapons. During the meeting break, Lu Shenwei had already selected the blueprints from the system mall.

Dual-purpose for peace and war, and they also needed to be powerful.

Lu Shenwei immediately selected the multifunctional shovel, mace, and guan dao.

The multifunctional shovel, with a single-sided blade, was dual-purpose and most suitable for cracking open the heads of the White Elephant Third Brother.

If the conflict escalated, the mace and guan dao were also cold weapons with maxed-out lethality; one strike from either could send the Third Brother to meet Shiva.

"Director, I feel that when crafting equipment for the Western Theater Command, that..."

Before Ma Quanlin could finish speaking, Lu Shenwei suddenly handed over three blueprints.

This... did Director Lu draw these in the time it took to go to the bathroom?

"I was just messing around when we were transforming the steel mill. Do you think they're suitable?"

"This... it's too suitable. The guan dao and mace are traditional Dragon Xia weapons, and the multifunctional shovel's design is very unique, perfectly meeting the needs of the Western Theater Command."

Ma Quanlin was amazed, and Lu Shenwei said sternly: "Since Uncle Ma also thinks they are suitable, then let's not discuss it further and start production immediately."

"Stop the steel pipe and gas cylinder production lines first to make way for these three pieces of equipment. Produce at least 10,000 units within three days."

Ma Quanlin thought for a moment: "Time is a bit tight, but I will arrange it immediately."

Adjusting the production molds and refitting the production lines would take at least a day.

With forty-eight hours left to run at full capacity, they could barely produce 10,000 pieces of equipment.

"Everyone work hard, the subsidies will follow. The soldiers at the border are waiting for this equipment," Lu Shenwei urged.

Ma Quanlin nodded slightly and turned to make arrangements.

Lu Shenwei reminded him: "Don't forget to apply the anti-rust paint."

"I won't forget."

That evening, Ma Quanlin immediately held a meeting with the workshop directors.

"We need a batch of special equipment now. The design plans have been distributed to you. Three days! You must produce 10,000 units within three days!"

As soon as Ma Quanlin finished speaking, the workshop directors were in an uproar.

"Director Ma, you are pushing us to death!"

"Adjusting the production line takes at least a day. To produce 10,000 units in two days, even if we don't rest, the machines need to stop for maintenance, right?"

"What kind of job is so urgent? Who is the client?"

Ma Quanlin raised his hand to appease everyone: "Who the client is doesn't matter. For three days of surprise production, every worker participating will get 1,000 yuan in overtime pay per day. If anyone is unwilling, they can withdraw on behalf of their workshop now. I, Ma Quanlin, won't stop you."

This... 1,000 yuan in overtime pay per day?

The workshop directors' breathing instantly quickened, and their eyes turned red.

"Workshop No. 3 will state its position. If any brother workshop can't handle it, we can fully take over their production, but the overtime pay must go to us."

"Old Liu, quit dreaming. 2,000 yuan in overtime pay a day? Aren't you afraid of working yourself to death?"

"Hahaha, we are all brothers; I just want to help everyone share the burden."

"I can see your scheme from a mile away. Sharing the burden? Why don't your team share some with me?"

With heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Seeing this, Ma Quanlin laughed: "I don't care how the tasks are distributed, but the production mission must not be delayed."

"Don't worry, Director Ma, we know what we're doing."

"Exactly, exactly. Can the overtime pay be a bit higher?"

"Don't push your luck. Time is tight, get to work!"

At Ma Quanlin's command, the twenty-four production workshops of Julong Steel spared no cost to produce the special equipment at full capacity.

On the other side, Lu Shenwei was preparing for the new car launch while having Zhou Cun contact car review media.

But when Zhou Cun approached several major car review media outlets, the other party was dumbfounded upon hearing they wanted to review an agricultural vehicle.

The District Chief was the first to politely decline: "Mr. Zhou, I know Julong Steel is rich, but asking me, a passenger car review streamer, to evaluate an agricultural vehicle isn't appropriate, right?"

"Name your price, any amount is fine."

Zhou Cun had received authorization from Lu Shenwei; he could make decisions on promotional expenses under 2 million.

"It's not about the money, I'm speaking from a professional perspective..."

"1 million, how about that? You just need to do three reviews after we hold our new car launch."

"1 million? Is there something wrong with your car?"

The District Chief was shocked. For every review he did, he made at most 200 yuan. Julong Steel started at 1 million. Were they trying to break his bottom line?

"There is nothing wrong with our car. We have already obtained the national new car sales license and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology filing, it's just not very famous."

Listening to Zhou Cun's explanation, the District Chief hesitated.

Julong Steel was a newcomer to the industry, and making agricultural vehicles wasn't their main business.

Most importantly, it was to review an agricultural vehicle. If he really did it, wouldn't his status plummet?

"1.5 million, that is my greatest sincerity."

1.5 million!

Upon hearing this, the District Chief's breathing quickened, and his heart hammered. If he took this order, it would be the highest single income of his career.

Seeing that the District Chief still hadn't agreed, Zhou Cun increased the price one last time.

"1.8 million. District Chief, if you don't agree to this number, there's nothing more I can do."

1.8 million?

Am I worth that much now? The District Chief's breathing stopped. It wasn't a question of agreeing or not anymore.

It was about how to agree and how to do the agricultural vehicle review well!

But his hesitation made Zhou Cun think he had refused.

Zhou Cun had originally become a fan of the District Chief because of the Passat A-pillar issue, thinking this person was honest and spoke the truth.

That's why he thought of finding him for the first car review, but now it seemed they were destined not to work together.

Zhou Cun sighed and prepared to leave.

The District Chief suddenly spoke up: "An agricultural vehicle review is quite novel. How about this, you pay the deposit first, and I'll study how to make the review more effective."

"You agreed?" Zhou Cun said happily.

"It was your sincerity that moved me. Agriculture was once the foundation of Dragon Xia. Although it is an industrial society now, agricultural vehicles are very important to farmers," the District Chief explained.

You have so much damn money, throwing it at me like that, only a fool wouldn't agree.

After settling the District Chief, Zhou Cun went to find Brother Hu, but unfortunately, Brother Hu's commercial endorsements were full, and he couldn't "eat from" Julong Steel for the time being.

Helplessly, Zhou Cun found the newly emerged car review streamer, Lord Lian, a local self-media personality from Qinchuan.

"Julong Steel wants me to review their agricultural vehicle?" Lord Lian was quite surprised.

Zhou Cun nodded: "200,000 for the review fee, what do you think?"

"If it's really Julong Steel, I won't charge a cent," Lord Lian said.