23: Chapter 23 Stud

"Hurry up and deliver them to my shop! Fast! If you don't come soon, the people here are really going to tear my shop apart!"

Huang Dashan's voice was filled with irrepressible ecstasy.

"I'll be there in an hour."

The call ended.

"Chen Yi, Chen Er, Chen San."

"Load the vehicle."

"Thirty-nine units, don't leave a single one behind."

"Yes, Boss."

...

An hour later, the box truck arrived on time at the North Second Ring Road Electric Vehicle Trading Center.

Before the vehicle even got close to "dizi Electric Vehicles", Chen Xu saw the sea of heads at the entrance.

Huang Dashan was standing in the center of the crowd.

His floral shirt was completely soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to his fat belly.

A look of anxious yet excited smiles hung on his face as he strained his voice to appease the crowd.

"Everyone, brothers! Don't rush! Don't rush! The truck is almost here; it's been nearly an hour, one hour already!"

When he caught a glimpse of that familiar truck out of the corner of his eye.

"It's here! The truck is here!"

He struggled to squeeze out through the gaps in the crowd, trotted all the way, rushed to the front of Chen Xu's truck, and yanked the door open.

"Boss Chen! My dear father! You've finally arrived!"

Chen Xu jumped down from the passenger seat and cast a glance at the crowd at the entrance.

"The goods are all in the truck."

He paused and looked at Huang Dashan.

"Where is the money?"

"Here! It's all here!"

Huang Dashan didn't hesitate at all; he immediately pulled out his phone and opened the banking app.

"The nine units sold yesterday, plus your sample unit, that's ten in total; I'm transferring it all to you!"

"For these thirty-nine units today, according to the contract price, it's exactly what it should be!"

He muttered under his breath, then suddenly looked up.

"A total of 122,200! Not a cent less, I'm transferring it to you right now!"

Buzz—

The phone vibrated slightly.

A bank SMS notification popped up at the top of the screen.

[Your account ending in xxxx received a deposit of 122,200.00 Yuan at xx:xx, current balance 125,200.00 Yuan.]

Looking at that six-digit number.

This was his first pot of gold, earned with his own hands.

"Boss Chen..."

After transferring the money, Huang Dashan rubbed his hands together.

"I estimate... this batch of goods won't even last through this afternoon."

He leaned in closer, lowering his voice to a whisper.

"I want to order another hundred units! Same price!"

"I'll pay you a deposit of 100,000 first! What do you think?"

One hundred units!

100,000 deposit!

"That's fine."

Huang Dashan operated his phone again.

Another crisp and pleasant SMS notification chime sounded.

[Your account ending in xxxx received a deposit of 100,000.00 Yuan at xx:xx, current balance 225,200.00 Yuan.]

The account balance had surpassed 200,000.

"Boss Chen, what about this batch of vehicles..." Huang Dashan looked longingly at the tightly closed cargo hold.

"Unload."

Thirty-nine "Storm" units were moved off the truck by the crowd working together.

Almost the instant the tires touched the ground, they were snapped up by the delivery riders who had been waiting for a long time.

Chen Xu did not watch the frantic scene of the snatching.

He took Chen Yi and drove the truck back to the factory.

Inside the workshop.

Chen Xu stood in front of the three of them.

"The deposit for the new order of one hundred units has arrived."

"From today on, except for eating and sleeping, all time will be spent here."

"We must push our speed to the limit!"

"Yes!"

The screech of the lathe continued from early morning until late at night, and the arc light of the electric welding illuminated every corner.

The air was filled with the unique smell of metal cutting fluid, choking yet addictive.

Chen Yi was responsible for the high-precision processing of the motor core.

His hands had been cut by several fine bloody gashes from flying iron filings.

Chen Er was responsible for the final assembly of the frame, his bloodshot eyes staring at the alignment of every screw hole.

Chen San was responsible for all auxiliary work and pre-assembly of semi-finished products.

And Chen Xu became the scheduler and quality inspector for this rudimentary assembly line.

Wherever there was a need, he appeared there.

Ten units!

Fifteen units!

Twenty units!

But twenty units a day was the limit.

The purely manual production mode had drained the three Bionic Humans and Chen Xu dry.

Huang Dashan's calls grew more urgent by the day, and his voice louder each time.

"Boss Chen! Twenty units aren't even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth! I can sell at least fifty units a day here!"

"The delivery riders around here are going crazy, blocking my door every day asking when there will be stock!"

"If you don't increase the volume, I'm going to be eaten alive by them!"

Production capacity!

Production capacity!

He knew he couldn't go on like this.

Hanging up the phone, he first dialed the number of the license processing agent.

"Brother Wang, it's me, little Chen."

"Yo, Boss Chen, you've struck it rich! Well, the qualifications are almost processed, just waiting for your final payment."

"I'll send you the final payment now," Chen Xu didn't waste words with him, "I only have one requirement: get all the formalities done for me as fast as possible."

"Once the money is there, everything is easy to discuss!"

He also settled the payments for various materials that had been on credit during this period.

[Account balance: 131,691.00 Yuan]

Chen Xu looked at this number.

Then he walked to the corner of the workshop and let his consciousness sink into his mind.

[Universal Technology System]

He opened the recharge interface that hadn't been touched for a long time.

[technology points: 0]

He looked at the recharge button, then looked at the balance of over 130,000 in his bank account.

This was all his wealth.

It was the lifeblood of Xingchen Machinery.

Should he continue to toil away at twenty units a day, accumulating slowly, or...

Go all-in?

[Please enter the recharge amount (RMB)]

He entered a number.

130,000.

[Confirm recharging 130,000 RMB, exchange for 130 technology points?]

"Confirm."

The mobile banking notification popped up almost simultaneously, and the account balance plummeted from six digits back to three digits in an instant.

And in the system interface in his mind, the balance of technology points also became 130.

Chen Xu immediately opened the technology library and used his consciousness to type a few words into the search box.

Small Modular Production Line.

A blueprint icon glowing with blue light appeared at the very top of the list.

[Small Modular Production Line Manufacturing Blueprint]

[Effect: Can be freely combined into various modular units such as stamping, welding, machining, painting, and final assembly according to needs. Single-module production efficiency increased by 300%, precision increased by 100%, and can be perfectly controlled by three Lv1 apprentice-level Bionic Humans.]

Chen Xu's breathing paused for a moment.

He stared at the price below the blueprint.

Price: 200 technology points.

Still short 70 points.

Short 70,000 Yuan.

He opened his eyes, picked up his phone, and dialed Huang Dashan's number directly.

The call was answered in a second.

"Boss Chen! Is there good news?!"

"The deposit for this new order of two hundred units is not enough."

Chen Xu's voice sounded.

"Add another 70,000, or no deal."

"Ah?!"

Huang Dashan was stunned.

"I'll only give you three minutes to consider."

After saying that, Chen Xu hung up directly.

Time passed second by second.

Two minutes and fifty seconds later.

Buzz.

[Your account ending in xxxx received a deposit of 70,000.00 Yuan at xx:xx, current balance 71,691.00 Yuan.]

A smile appeared on Chen Xu's face.

"Recharge 70,000."

[technology points: 200]

He looked at his account that had just returned to zero, then looked at the blueprint that could exhaust all his technology points, his eyes burning with a crazy flame.

Addressing the system.

"Exchange."