Chapter 149 We'll have a favorable wind, and we guarantee we won't be requisitioned!

"Fine, no problem! Since you, President Wang, have spoken, I will definitely be there whenever you call!"

Li Jiajun agreed over the phone with such crisp decisiveness.

After hanging up the phone, he let out a long sigh of relief, his whole body slumping into the boss's chair. The originally tense expression on his face instantly collapsed, replaced by a hint of undisguised smugness.

In the live broadcast room, the bullet comments were already flooding the screen.

"It's... already settled?"

"Damn, this move by the Main Streamer is impressive. The analysis he just gave had me completely stunned."

"President Wang is a ruthless man too, actually daring to cooperate with the Main Streamer. Isn't he afraid the factory will be implicated?"

Li Jiajun watched these bullet comments, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. The pleasure of a successful flex made him feel comfortable all over. He activated his signature voiceover commentary mode, facing the camera—or rather, looking at a point in the void—and muttered to himself:

"Tsk, these Netizens just haven't seen the world. They don't even think about who I am. I am a man with money-power... although this power is a bit hard on Uncle Liu's medicine. But this time is different; this is a serious business cooperation, a powerful alliance. A big shot of President Wang's level has a sharp eye for people; he saw my irrepressible talent at a glance."

After finishing, he stood up abruptly and waved his hand:

"Big Hammer! Book the tickets! We're going to Shenzhen! We're going to do something big!"

Shenzhen, this city full of miracles, had air permeated with the scent of money and efficiency.

The Shunfeng Group headquarters building towered into the clouds, looking magnificent.

When Li Jiajun stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window with Wang Dachui, looking at the busy streets below, he couldn't help but sigh: This is the foundation of a hundred-billion-level enterprise.

President Wang was even more approachable than he sounded on the phone, completely lacking any high-and-mighty airs.

In the conference room, the two sat opposite each other.

Without too much small talk, they went straight to the point.

"Little Li," President Wang took a sip of tea, looking at Li Jiajun with bright eyes, "I am very interested in the plan you mentioned on the phone. We, Express Delivery Company, really need a breakthrough now. Current logistics is either too slow by land or too expensive and restricted in passenger aircraft belly cargo holds. We need a kind of... air transport capacity that belongs to us, one that can fly far, carry a lot, and is cheap enough."

Li Jiajun nodded, his brain working at high speed. Combining his heaven-defying comprehension ability with his analysis of Express Delivery Company's pain points, he said in a deep voice:

"President Wang, since we are going to do this, let's do something big. Making those small drones with a few kilograms of payload is pointless; that's for delivering takeout. If we are going to do it, we should do it at the ton level!"

He stood up, drew a huge sketch on the whiteboard, and said with a firm tone:

"We are going to build a purely civilian, large-payload, long-endurance large cargo drone!"

President Wang looked at the sketch, his eyes getting brighter.

This was exactly what he wanted!

"Good! This is it!" President Wang slammed the table, showing the unique boldness of a first-generation entrepreneur, "Purely civilian, large payload, long endurance! This positioning is spot on! Little Li, as long as you can build it, money is not a problem!"

Both parties hit it off immediately.

After confirming the intention to cooperate, President Wang made a decision that surprised even Li Jiajun.

"Little Li, since we have decided to cooperate, we cannot do it sneakily."

President Wang stood up, adjusted his suit, and a confident smile appeared on his face, "In a few days, we will hold a press conference. I want the whole industry, no, the whole country to know about this partnership between our Express Delivery Company and your Li Family Toy Factory!"

Li Jiajun was stunned: "President Wang, are you... are you not afraid of my reputation?"

"What is there to fear?" President Wang waved his hand, "You are a talent, and I have the platform. This is a win-win! Moreover, I want to use this opportunity to set the tone for our cooperation, to save those people outside from gossiping and making irresponsible remarks."

Three days later.

The multi-function hall of the Shunfeng Group headquarters.

The lights were bright, and the crowd was bustling. Hundreds of media outlets' cameras and microphones surrounded the podium tightly.

Because of the addition of Li Jiajun, the internet-famous factory director, this press conference had unprecedented attention.

When President Wang and Li Jiajun walked onto the stage side by side, the sound of shutters rang out in unison, and the flashlights were so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

During the Q&A session, a reporter wearing glasses asked sharply:

"President Wang, as everyone knows, the previous products of Li Family Toy Factory, although named civilian, have repeatedly involved... um, sensitive military uses, and even triggered international disputes. As a leader in the domestic logistics industry, choosing to cooperate with such an enterprise with a dark history, have you considered the potential risks? Are you not worried that this project will also... go astray?"

As soon as this question was asked, the whole room went quiet. Everyone stared at President Wang, waiting for his answer.

Li Jiajun sat beside him, his palms sweating slightly. This was exactly the question he was most worried about.

However, President Wang smiled.

He took the microphone, his expression calm, even carrying a hint of disdain for such questioning.

He looked around the audience, his voice steady and powerful:

"Past events precisely prove Factory Director Li's amazing technical strength. As a national enterprise with a sense of social responsibility, we at Express Delivery Company want to support such talented young people!"

These words were resounding, directly turning Li Jiajun's dark history into a technical certification.

A low gasp of amazement sounded from the audience.

Immediately after, President Wang changed the subject, his expression becoming extremely serious and solemn. Facing all the live broadcast cameras, he held up a finger and said in an extremely confident, clangorous, and powerful tone:

"Moreover, I can guarantee to the people of the whole country here! This cooperation with Factory Director Li is a purely, completely civilian project!"

"What we are developing will be a courier drone serving the national economy and people's livelihood! We, Express Delivery Company, will use the strictest processes and the most transparent management to ensure it will absolutely not be used elsewhere! I, Wang, and our Shunfeng Group, guarantee! This time there will absolutely not be any accidents of it being requisitioned again!"

Boom!

These bold words instantly spread across the entire internet.

These words were actually very skillful. President Wang was worthy of being a big shot who rose from the grassroots to a hundred-billion-level enterprise; he had a firm grasp on marketing. He was actually able to see that cooperating with someone like Li Jiajun, who was technically awesome but had a "criminal" reputation, would not lower the class of Express Delivery Company, but could instead utilize the contrast to establish a solid, confident, and trustworthy brand image.

After all, others didn't dare to cooperate with Li Jiajun, perhaps because they were not on solid ground themselves and were afraid of being implicated. But Express Delivery Company dared to cooperate and even dared to give a public guarantee, which showed that Express Delivery Company itself was stable enough and formal enough!

This wave of reverse operation directly made Express Delivery Company's reputation for being trustworthy even louder.

In the live broadcast room, the bullet comments were refreshing crazily.

"Holy crap! President Wang is imposing!"

"This perspective, I'm convinced! Is this the responsibility of an entrepreneur?"

"It's stable, it's stable! Even President Wang has staked his reputation on it; this time it definitely won't flip!"

"Express Delivery Company is awesome! Have to support it! Support civilian technology!"

"Hahahaha, President Wang is saving medicine for Uncle Liu!"

President Wang's words not only greatly enhanced the brand image of Express Delivery Company as supporting innovation and having the courage to take responsibility, but also gave everyone who was worried about the project going wrong a reassurance.

After all, with such a large scale and such formal management, how could Express Delivery Company let a courier drone go wrong?

That was unscientific and unreasonable.

At a certain military industrial unit, in the office.

Liu Jianguo was sitting at his desk, holding a tablet computer, watching the replay of the press conference.

When he heard President Wang's categorical "Guarantee! This time there will absolutely not be any accidents of it being requisitioned again!" he finally showed a trace of a long-lost, relaxed smile on his face, which was usually tense and full of toil.

He glanced at the small porcelain bottle of quick-acting heart-saving pills beside his hand, which had just been opened and was ready to be taken at any time.

"Phew..." Liu Jianguo let out a long sigh of relief, reached out to screw the cap back on, and then casually put the medicine bottle into the deepest part of the drawer.

'It's stable.' Such a thought emerged in his heart.

'Express Delivery Company is a serious enterprise, and Old Wang is also a reliable person. With them watching, that kid shouldn't be able to make any waves. It seems I can finally get a good night's sleep for a while.'

Baishui City, Li Family Toy Factory.

After the press conference ended, Li Jiajun brought a large amount of R&D funds prepaid by President Wang and rushed back to the factory without stopping.

At this moment, his heart was full of the emotion of being trusted and the ambition to do something big.

'President Wang trusts me so much and supports me in front of the people of the whole country; I absolutely cannot lose face for him!'

Li Jiajun pushed open the office door, threw his coat aside, and walked with big strides to the huge map of Eastern Country hanging on the wall.

He turned on the live broadcast, preparing to let the Netizens witness the birth of this legendary civilian aircraft.

"family, I'm back to work!"

Li Jiajun looked at the vast territory on the map, his eyes gradually becoming focused and fanatical.

"It needs to cover the whole country, from south to north, from east to west..."

His fingers drew long arcs on the map.

"This flight range, it won't do if it's too short..."