91: Super order from the Eastern Theater Command!

“Mu Bai, this is Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General, the leader of the Eastern Theater Command.”

“Hello, General Chu.”

Introduced by Zhao Zhenghua, Li Mubai smiled and shook hands with Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General.

He knew the other party was a general because last night, Zhao Zhenghua had already told him some simple identity information about the two of them.

“Good kid, neither humble nor arrogant, he’s a talent!”

Li Mubai’s reaction made Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General burst into laughter and praise him.

Hearing this praise, Li Mubai felt no pride or complacency; the words were inconsequential to him.

Even if Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General didn’t praise him, he would still be full of confidence.

After all… he was a man with a system!

“Mu Bai, this is Hu Guoyong, Academician, an academician from the National Academy of Sciences, Hu Lao. He is the pioneer of our country’s Numerical Control Machine Tool development!”

After Zhao Zhenghua finished speaking, Li Mubai looked at Hu Guoyong, Academician, also smiling as he extended his hand: “Hello, Hu Lao.”

“In front of this young brother, I can’t claim to be the pioneer of Numerical Control Machine Tool development! I’m still researching how to break through 0.006 millimeters, and he has already raised the precision of Numerical Control Machine Tools to 0.001 millimeters. He’s truly talented at a young age!”

Hu Guoyong, Academician exclaimed.

After shaking hands with Li Mubai, he asked:

“By the way, Mu Bai, can you take me to see your Numerical Control Machine Tool?”

“Yes.”

Li Mubai nodded and led the group towards the nearest Numerical Control Machine Tool.

“By the way, they are…”

Coming closer, Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General saw a man and a woman beside the machine tool, and the man was holding a camera, so he looked at Li Mubai and asked.

“They are reporters from the National Daily.”

Li Mubai replied.

“National Daily? You hired them to…”

Mid-sentence, Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General stopped speaking.

He had already guessed Li Mubai’s purpose and had no intention of continuing.

Since there was a machine tool, it naturally needed to be publicized.

Otherwise, who would know there was a High-Precision Machine Tool here?

Only by publicizing the product could they profit from it.

Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General had absolutely no objection to Li Mubai making money from the machine tool.

Developing a machine tool certainly involved investment.

If he couldn’t make money, who would be so idle as to develop this thing?

One should know that the difficulty of this thing was only half that of building an atomic bomb; otherwise, the country wouldn’t have spent several years on it and still remained stagnant.

“This… this is truly too ingenious!”

At this moment, Hu Guoyong, Academician, who was observing the Numerical Control Machine Tool, let out an exclamation.

“So this difficulty can be solved so simply; it’s laughable that I was troubled by this problem for a whole year!”

“Wonderful, truly wonderful! Such a simple solution to a difficult problem, the developer is truly a genius!”

Hu Guoyong, Academician carefully examined the structure of the Numerical Control Machine Tool, laughing heartily and gesticulating wildly, as if he had received some precious gift from heaven, appearing almost frenzied.

The photographer keenly noticed the valuable nature of this scene and immediately took two quick shots with his camera, preserving the moment.

Seeing this, Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General looked at the female reporter and warned:

“When you publish the news, do not specify the location here; just leave the contact number, understood?”

“Understood!”

The female reporter straightened up and nodded heavily.

Li Mubai smiled slightly.

He naturally knew the purpose of Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General’s words.

This was to protect him and the Steel Factory.

Because once the news broke, it would inevitably cause a nationwide stir, and these messages would eventually spread abroad.

By then, those Western countries would be greatly surprised.

And the result of that surprise would lead to their dissatisfaction, possibly resulting in danger.

After all, those countries could least tolerate the Rabbit surpassing them in their areas of expertise.

Once surpassed, it would provoke their thunderous wrath.

“Mu Bai, are you selling this Numerical Control Machine Tool of yours?”

Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General suddenly asked.

“General Chu, currently, I don’t plan to sell the Numerical Control Machine Tool. However… if you have needs regarding processing parts, I can certainly help.”

Li Mubai said with an apologetic smile.

Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General heard this and was not disappointed: “In that case… that’s fine too. But I might actually have something now that requires your help. Let Zhao Zhenghua discuss this with you tonight.”

“Alright.”

Li Mubai nodded in agreement, his expression calm.

In fact, he could already guess what Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General wanted to say.

After all, last night, Zhao Zhenghua had already vaguely hinted at some news to him.

Although Zhao Zhenghua didn’t explicitly state it, he had a pretty good idea.

If nothing unexpected happened, what Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General wanted to talk about was definitely cooperation.

When he heard Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General speak, he was undoubtedly excited, but he just didn’t show it on his face.

How large was the entire Eastern Theater Command, and how many troops did it have?

This was undoubtedly an astronomical figure!

Cooperating with such an entity would bring him enormous benefits!

As for whether the other party would deliberately lower the price? One could only say he was overthinking; Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General represented the country, and even if Chu Yunze, Lieutenant General was shameless, the country still needed its reputation.

Moreover, the country wasn’t short on a bit of money for parts.

If he were forced away because of this, wouldn’t the country suffer a net loss?

The country wasn’t foolish; it wouldn’t do something thankless.

Not long after, the female customer service representative, who had taken the opportunity to use the restroom, returned to the factory building.

She walked directly up to Li Mubai: “Mr. Li, today’s interview is almost over. We will expedite the printing of the weekly publication tomorrow.”

“How is the price calculated?”

Li Mubai asked.

This was the question he most wanted to understand.

“Regarding the price, Mr. Li, don’t worry. Our National Daily is prepared to offer 500,000…”

“500,000? Wasn’t it a maximum of 200,000?”

Li Mubai interrupted her directly.

It was clearly agreed on the phone that the publication fee would not exceed…

The female customer service quickly explained: “Mr. Li, please don’t misunderstand. It’s not that you give money to our National Daily, but that our National Daily gives you 500,000.”

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Hearing this, Li Mubai froze on the spot.

“The National Daily is giving me money, what does that mean?”

“It means exactly what it says.”

The female customer service smiled slightly: “Mr. Li, our National Daily is prepared to purchase the news of your factory’s development of a High-Precision CNC Machine Tool for 500,000, exclusively for one month.”

“You want to buy this news?”

Li Mubai finally understood what the other party meant.

They wanted to use the exclusive news of the High-Precision CNC Machine Tool to elevate their newspaper’s status!

After all, the value of the High-Precision CNC Machine Tool was evident.

He naturally readily agreed to this request.

He had originally thought he would have to pay to publish in the weekly paper, but now, not only did he not have to pay, but he also got 500,000 for free!

How wonderful!