54: Someone is going to be punished.

Li Mubai naturally wouldn't agree to Xu Youwei's unreasonable demands.

Are you kidding? What kind of concept is fifty thousand?

The combined monthly salaries of all his employees didn't even amount to fifty thousand.

Now Xu Youwei and his companion...

They actually demanded fifty thousand right off the bat; it was simply wishful thinking.

However,

what Li Mubai hadn't expected was that Zhao Zhenghua would arrive at this moment.

"Mu Bai, are the steel materials ready?"

As the lounge door was pushed open, Zhao Zhenghua's figure appeared in the doorway.

He had short, black and white hair.

He was wearing a loose, military-green short-sleeved shirt.

His pants were camouflage, and he had a pair of black leather military boots on his feet.

With such a typical appearance,

anyone could immediately tell that the Zhao Zhenghua before them was a soldier.

Xu Youwei and his companion were no different.

They both understood at a glance what the identity of Zhao Zhenghua, who appeared at the door, was.

A soldier?

Why would a soldier appear here?

A series of questions continuously arose in Xu Youwei's mind at this moment.

Liu Xun was equally puzzled.

He also couldn't understand why a soldier would appear in this place.

However, after a moment,

the two of them dismissed the thought in their minds.

Because Zhao Zhenghua had white hair and looked quite old, at least fifty years old.

So, the two immediately ruled out Zhao Zhenghua's identity as a soldier.

After all, which soldier could serve until fifty years old?

Unless he held a position, which would be somewhat plausible.

But a soldier with a position, why would he run to this Steel Factory?

Then there was only one truth.

This Middle-aged man at the door must be a military enthusiast, otherwise he wouldn't be wearing this outfit.

A normal person, who would wear military leather boots in hot weather?

This kind of thing

could only be done by those crazy military enthusiasts.

"Oh, there are distinguished guests. I was rude, my apologies."

Looking at the three people in the room,

Zhao Zhenghua smiled apologetically.

Then he took a step back, simultaneously grabbing the doorknob, intending to close the door.

"Uncle Zhao, wait..."

Li Mubai quickly called out to Zhao Zhenghua.

"What's wrong? Aren't you still discussing something?"

Zhao Zhenghua stopped, looking a bit confused.

"It's nothing, no need to leave. I'll have someone hoist the steel onto the truck later."

"Will my presence make you uncomfortable?"

"No."

Hearing this,

Zhao Zhenghua then walked over and sat on the sofa next to Li Mubai.

Regarding this sudden arrival,

Xu Youwei didn't find anything strange.

With such a large factory, it was quite normal for a few customers to visit.

"Mr. Li, you must consider this matter carefully."

"If you don't agree, your Steel Factory's days ahead will likely not be easy."

"What if it closes down because of this?"

"Wouldn't that be penny wise and pound foolish, not worth the loss? What do you say?"

Xu Youwei smiled, stood up, then called Liu Xun, and walked out of the lounge.

After the two of them left,

Zhao Zhenghua then asked, puzzled:

"Mu Bai, who are these two? They speak with such arrogance!"

"They even dared to boast that they would shut down the Steel Factory. Who in Pingshan County would dare to act like this?"

Zhao Zhenghua was clearly annoyed by the arrogant demeanor of Xu Youwei and his companion.

One must know,

the Steel Factory was the lifeline of their Research Institute!

Anyone who wanted to touch the Steel Factory

would first have to ask if he, Zhao Zhenghua, would agree.

Thanks to the steel materials from the Steel Factory, their Research Institute had made breakthroughs in many weapons.

The most typical of these was tank armor technology.

However,

they encountered some problems again when smelting the steel.

That's why he rushed to find Li Mubai,

to see if there was any solution.

Of course,

there were also breakthroughs in military equipment that hadn't had problems.

The most effective of these was the modification of military daggers.

The modified military daggers

had more than ten times the strength of the previous daggers!

Speaking of modification,

Zhao Zhenghua actually understood.

The breakthrough in the strength of the military daggers was entirely due to the steel materials from Li Mubai's factory.

"Uncle Zhao, they're from the City, and they have extensive connections."

Li Mubai showed a helpless expression.

"The City, just because they're from the City, they can act so recklessly?"

"Tell me, what did they just say? If it's unreasonable, I'll help you reason with them!"

Zhao Zhenghua said confidently.

Then,

Li Mubai recounted what had just happened.

And after hearing the story, Zhao Zhenghua

immediately slammed his palm on the solid wood coffee table, making a dull thud.

The entire solid wood coffee table trembled.

If it hadn't been of really good quality, it probably would have reported to the underworld on the spot.

"Damn it, how outrageous!"

"These people actually dare to act so wantonly!"

"Wielding a feather as a command arrow, if such people are not punished, who knows how many will suffer. This is simply tarnishing the image of the motherland!"

Zhao Zhenghua finished his angry reprimand, no longer able to suppress the rage in his heart.

He immediately ordered the accompanying soldiers

to drive and intercept Xu Youwei and his companion, then bring them back.

Seeing Zhao Zhenghua so furious,

the soldiers who received the order quickly took action.

Seeing this,

Li Mubai couldn't help but laugh heartily to himself.

Now,

someone was going to suffer greatly!

...

On the wide road back to the City,

Liu Xun sat in the driver's seat, driving while asking with some concern:

"Brother Xu, will this work?"

"The factory owner seemed very firm. Will he give in so easily?"

"What if he goes to the City to complain about us?"

Hearing this,

Xu Youwei immediately burst out laughing:

"What's the use of being firm?"

"However firm he is now, he'll be just as pathetic when he comes begging us later!"

"By then, it won't be as simple as just fifty thousand yuan."

"As for complaining about us?"

At this, Xu Youwei's eyes gleamed with confidence:

"He can't complain about us."

"Moreover, even if he does complain, what then?"

"When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. This kind of thing isn't for us to worry about. The people above will solve this problem."

Hearing this,

Liu Xun immediately cheered, flattering him:

"Brother Xu is awesome!"

"From now on, I will definitely follow your every command. I hope Brother Xu will promote me more."

Listening to these heavily flattering words,

Xu Youwei showed a look of enjoyment:

"Easy to say, easy to say."

"As long as you're obedient, I guarantee you won't suffer a loss."

"Don't look at your current salary of only seven hundred yuan; rest assured, within two years, you'll have cars, houses, and women."

Liu Xun's smile widened upon hearing this.

His eyes were also filled with longing for a beautiful future.

He had been waiting for these words from Xu Youwei for a long time.

In his happiness,

Liu Xun couldn't help but speed up.

Just then,

a camouflage jeep, at an even faster speed, directly overtook the black car Liu Xun was driving, and cut in front of it.

Seeing this,

Liu Xun was startled, and immediately slammed on the brakes.

The black car skidded for a distance on the road.

It stopped precisely one meter away from the jeep.

This sudden brake

caused Xu Youwei, who was feigning sleep, to hit his head hard on the back of the driver's seat, making his face ache and his nose bleed continuously.

Xu Youwei tilted his head back, holding his nose, and cursed loudly.

"Liu Xun, what the hell are you doing?"

"If you drive like this, do you still want to follow me?"