0151 Chapter Ask for auspiciousness, 88 million
Three days later.
Qin Xiang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in his office, holding a cup of rose cauliflower in his hand, drinking tea while enjoying the view outside the window. It was actually not a view, just the factory area of Lema Manufacturing Company. His eyes fell to the side of workshop 1, where there were several bungalows, and Xia Lei’s exclusive studio was in one of them.
Xia Lei's studio closed the door and the windows were also pulled with thick opaque curtains. The situation inside the studio was seen outside.
Thinking of Xia Lei, a smile appeared on Qin Xiang's lips, "That kid is too tired during this period. He has no time to pay attention to his long hair. I want to cut his hair, but I wonder if it's easy to speak?"
At this moment, a Red Flag sedan suddenly drove in through the gate. The car's photo was taken with a Kyoto license plate.
Qin Xiang's heart moved, and then took out her cell phone and dialed Xia Lei's phone, "Lei, someone is coming to Kyoto!"
"Who is here?"
"I forgot the name of the Shenzhou Industrial Group." Qin Xiang said to the person who had just walked out of the car.
"I understand." Xia Lei's voice came from his phone.
"Why don't you leave the studio there?" Qin Xiang said anxiously: "If the people from Shenzhou Industrial Group know what you are building, they will be jealous, and that won't be a good thing."
"I'll come out now." Xia Lei hung up the phone and left the studio.
After leaving the studio, Xia Lei saw the person walking towards the office building, Zhou Wei, sales director of Shenzhou Industrial Group.
Shenzhou Industrial Group finally couldn't help but send someone.
The sending of people from China Industrial Group at this time must be related to Joseph's intelligent machine tools.
Zhou Wei also saw Xia Lei and greeted him from afar, "Haha, Mr. Xia, long time no see, hello!"
"Brother Zhou, hello." Xia Lei walked up and shook hands with Zhou Wei, "I haven't seen you for so long, so I miss you very much."
It's the same thing to think about it or not, but it sounds very comfortable.
"Haha, don't be polite." Zhou Wei said with a smile: "I know you are very busy, so I won't waste your time. I will just talk straight to the point. I'm here this time to ask you for help."
"Go to my office to talk," Xia Lei said.
Zhou Wei looked at Xia Lei, "Go to your studio to talk."
Xia Lei was stunned for a moment. With this sentence, he knew that Zhou Wei was prepared. Shenzhou Industrial Group already knew that he was building intelligent machine tools.
Zhou Wei said again: "What? Don't you want me to see it?"
Xia Lei said: "How could that be? Please." He took Zhou Wei to his studio.
After entering the studio, Zhou Wei saw the intelligent machine tool made by Xia Lei at a glance. It had completed about fifteen percent of the progress, and looked like the chassis of a large truck, not a machine tool. However, Zhou Wei is an expert, and he could see what it was at a glance.
"Mr. Xia, I have to tell you that you are the person I, Zhou Wei, admire the most." Zhou Wei looked surprised and admired, "We are also building it, and we are the elite team of our Shenzhou Industrial Group, but I think you will complete it first."
Xia Lei tentatively said: "That...how did you know that I am building an intelligent machine tool?"
Zhou Wei smiled, "You brought the drawings back from Germany, and you have seen the entity of this large intelligent machine tool with your own eyes. You handed over these things to the country, but we guessed that you would definitely make it yourself, and you have the ability."
This is reasonable, but Xia Lei understands that Shenzhou Industrial Group is a national manufacturing giant with a military background. If it wants to recruit one or two agents to investigate, it would be easier to drink water. However, he didn't want to point it out, just pretending that he didn't know.
"Tell me, what is your purpose?" Xia Lei didn't want to go around the circle. Since Shenzhou Industrial Group already knew about it and sent someone, it must have a purpose.
"Can I take a few photos?" Zhou Wei said: "Boss Mu wants to see it."
Xia Lei shrugged his shoulders, "What's wrong with this? I can even give you drawings, are you still afraid of taking photos? Take photos, just take photos."
Zhou Wei took out a digital camera from his briefcase to take pictures of the machine tool from all angles, and even the materials and processed parts in the studio were not missed.
Kakka, Zhou Wei took dozens of photos.
Xia Lei waited for him to finish taking the photo and said, "You have taken the photo too. Tell me, what is your purpose?"
"Let's go to your office to talk." Zhou Wei said.
"Please." Xia Lei took Zhou Wei away from the studio and walked towards the office building.
On the way, Xia Lei kept thinking about what was happening in front of him. One of Zhou Wei's purpose was revealed without saying that it was to see the smart machine tools he made with his own eyes, and then take a photo to take it back to Shenzhou Industrial Group.
Such behavior is actually no different from commercial spies, but only national tycoons like China Industrial Group can ask for secrets with confidence.
Besides this purpose, what else is there?
Xia Lei couldn't guess in his heart.
When Liang Siyao came to the office, she realized that Zhou Wei was coming. She said politely: "Hello Mr. Zhou, when did you come? Why don't you notify me? Let's make some arrangements." After pausing, she smiled and said: "Please sit down, I'll make you a cup of tea."
Xia Lei has no secretary, so she sometimes makes guest appearances in this role.
Zhou Wei said politely: "Thank you, Miss Liang, please trouble you."
Liang Siyao made a cup of Tieguanyin for Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei stood up from the sofa to show his gratitude.
Liang Siyao smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, you need to be polite."
Zhou Wei said: "Miss Liang, that... I want to talk to Mr. Xia alone. You know, I am also an errand runner. I have to do whatever I want me to do. Please forgive me for offending."
"It's nothing, I can understand. You guys talk. I'm just about to go to the workshop to have a look." Liang Siyao smiled and left the office.
Xia Lei frowned slightly, "Brother Zhou, Siyao is my senior sister. I believe her as if I believe in myself. There is no need for you to let her leave."
Zhou Wei smiled bitterly, "Mr. Xia, I also do things according to the instructions above, and I can't do anything. You should also understand that the nature of this matter is already a state secret, and it is understandable that the superiors are cautious in their treatment. Some things, if they know them, will be bad for her."
Xia Lei nodded, "Please tell me then."
"Then I'll just say it." Zhou Wei paused, "We failed."
Xia Lei was slightly stunned, "How could it fail? I brought back everything from Germany, structural drawings, circuit drawings, and control programs. With the strength of your Shenzhou Industrial Group, how could it fail?"
Zhou Wei smiled bitterly, "This is why I just said you will complete it before us. We used the most elite team, we processed all the parts and assembled them, and we also implanted the control program you brought back from Germany, but its accuracy did not meet the requirements, and there were many errors."
“This is impossible.”
“We have summarized the reasons for the failure.”
“What is it?”
"Parts." Zhou Wei said: "We cannot process parts that meet the requirements on the drawings. If one part deviation is a little bit, and so many parts deviations accumulate, it will of course fail."
A slight difference is a thousand miles away. If the accuracy of parts that look exactly the same, even if the accuracy of one ten thousand is different, hundreds of ten thousand pieces of thread accumulates, then the failure of the intelligent machine tool will become an inevitable result.
Speaking of this, Zhou Wei’s second purpose has also been revealed.
China Industrial Group is making the idea of his smart machine tools.
"Mr. Xia." Zhou Wei smiled, "You are a smart person. You probably already know the purpose of my trip, right?"
Xia Lei's heart seemed to be in a mirror, but he shook his head, "I don't know."
"Mr. Xia, we are going around the circle." Zhou Wei said: "We need a successful intelligent machine tool so that we can process qualified parts and copy such intelligent machine tools in batches. This is a major event that benefits the country and the people. I think you will fulfill our wishes."
Xia Lei smiled, "Brother Zhou should not wear such a high hat on me. I took a lot of risks in Germany for this smart machine tool, and I was almost killed by the German gangsters. I stole the drawings and CNC programs, and I handed them over to the country. You got them too. What else do you want to get from me? Do you think my contribution is not great enough? Do you know what I got in the last operation? Take a plane and high-speed rail for free, haha!"
"Hahaha..." Zhou Wei also laughed.
Xia Lei looked at Zhou Wei and said in his heart: "Damn, I don't owe you anything. Come to me when I need me, and don't even give me a small order when I don't need it. I want to use any great feelings to fool me, will I give it to you for free? Do you really treat me like a fool?"
"Yeah." Zhou Wei suddenly stopped laughing again, and his expression suddenly became serious, "You can offer a price."
"You really want to buy it?"
"No kidding." Zhou Wei became more and more serious, "You know the nature of this matter."
Xia Lei thought about it for a while before saying lightly: "I want to nag before I offer the offer."
"Look at me with your ears."
"This time I came back from Germany, you got what you wanted, drawings and CNC programs. You thought you could make it, so you even called me, let alone express your gratitude to me. I don't care about this, but you really don't know what I've experienced in Germany. If I were discovered, I might be in jail for life. Also, in order to get closer to the goal, I provoked a gangster over there. They chased me more than once. If my luck was a little short, I would have died there. I paid so much, and I didn't ask for any bonus from the country, nor did I ask for any official from the country to be a member of the country, but do you who made the profit in the end want to say a word of thanks to me?"
Zhou Wei's face was ashamed.
"Actually, I don't care whether I'm grateful or not. That thing cannot be used as food or money. I also know my identity very well. A big company like you looks down on me, a small private enterprise, and you think it's a shame to cooperate with me. It doesn't matter. But do you know, during the time I came back from Germany, my small company was surrounded by Ningyuan Mountain and it was difficult to even operate it. But you didn't even give me an ordinary order, which made me go to produce shopping carts and selfie sticks. This made me feel so disappointed, right?"
"Mr. Xia..." Zhou Wei wanted to explain, but he felt blushing himself.
Xia Lei said: "You are going to buy my smart machine tool. I know that this is probably our last cooperation. With such a smart machine tool, you can produce the parts you need yourself and then mass-made them. You no longer need me. Am I right?"
"Ahem..." Zhou Wei said awkwardly: "Mr. Xia, you are actually thinking too much. We are just too busy. We didn't consider your feelings and couldn't help you. I promise that we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future."
"I don't want any guarantee. I know who I'm dealing with. Now I want to ask, what if I don't sell it?" Xia Lei looked straight at Zhou Wei.
Zhou Wei smiled bitterly, "You have to sell, I still said the same thing, do you know what the nature of this matter is." After pausing, he said again, "So, please offer the price."
Xia Lei laughed and said, "If you say this, I'll be relieved to offer it. Let's do it, and you'll get a lucky one, 88 million."
Chapter completed!