38: Chapter 38 This money is too easy to earn!

"Three days from now, I will wire half the payment to you, and when the handover happens, the remaining half will also be wired to you."

"Good. At that time, there will be specialized personnel to teach your engineering team how to operate it."

"By the way, we will perform functional upgrades on this machine later on, all free of charge, but you will have to cover the cost of materials yourselves."

In the realm of heavy industry machinery, being able to achieve this...

...even if you searched the entire Xia Kingdom, you wouldn't find it.

At best, you'd only get a guarantee on mechanical quality and post-sales maintenance.

Because functional upgrades for this type of machinery represent a new generation of technology; how could they possibly be free?

"You guys, you really are something else."

As she said this, Song Baimeng gave Wang Xiuming a thumbs-up.

The two of them parted ways immediately after the meal, each going to attend to their own business.

Just as Wang Xiuming returned to the company, Old Jia hurried over to his office.

"President Wang, that... that machine driven out of the factory today, could it be the crane you insisted on building earlier?"

Just a moment ago, Wang Xiuming was hosting Song Baimeng, so Old Jia naturally wouldn't be so tactless as to disturb him.

But now, he could no longer hold it in.

This concerned his reputation, after all.

That guy Old Li would absolutely not let him off the hook!

Of course, a larger part of the reason was because this thing was simply too precious!

As a technical staff member, Old Jia could naturally tell at a glance that something like this was simply not something a heavy industry enterprise could manufacture.

Even though the Xia Kingdom was a leading global economy, they didn't have it, let alone other countries.

Thinking back on what he had said before, Old Jia wanted to slap himself twice.

Why did he have to go and make a vow the moment he opened his mouth?

Wang Xiuming nodded.

"Regarding before, that was my fault."

Old Jia spoke up, looking like he was admitting his mistake.

He understood the principle of standing tall when taking a beating; as for Qian Weiyi, he would go over to apologize to him later as well.

Before the heavy industry god king was built, Old Jia had been arrogant; although he didn't slack off on tasks, he just couldn't stand the sight of Qian Weiyi.

"Let's leave this matter at that."

Wang Xiuming didn't say much more, his expression calm.

He understood Old Jia's previous attitude very well.

At the end of the day, it was for the good of Hongqi.

After all, how could a normal person ever have the idea of building a crane?

Even if they did, they would know they shouldn't do it.

Old Jia mostly just wanted to steer Wang Xiuming's main focus back towards automobiles.

Instead of hitting here and there without focus.

Ending up with nothing accomplished in either direction.

Before he had time to make further arrangements, Wang Xiuming received another call.

It was his father.

"The matter this time has been settled. The Power System released externally can only reduce fuel consumption by thirty percent."

"As for Yi, you can purchase it at the market price."

"As for taxis, you cannot build those; they involve too many complications."

Wang Ping's voice carried a hint of lightness, clearly quite satisfied with the result this time.

"Taxis? Why can't I touch those?"

The other conditions were fine, but he didn't understand the part about taxis.

According to the history of taxi development in the Xia Kingdom, the initial taxi companies were just private enterprises.

Even later, when the Xia Kingdom couldn't manufacture presentable vehicles, the government stepped in and reached an agreement with foreign enterprises.

That was how it became a Sino-foreign joint venture.

If he could build suitable taxis to replace foreign capital, wouldn't that be better?

On the other end of the line, Wang Ping sighed softly, carrying a deep sense of helplessness.

"The technical threshold for taxis is so low; if the Xia Kingdom really wanted to build them, do you think they wouldn't be able to?"

"Why it's still a joint venture to this day, you should think about that carefully yourself."

Wang Xiuming's body jolted; he opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But he found that the call had already been disconnected.

The Xia Kingdom was very strong.

This was recognized by the whole world; it was even at a world-leading position in all aspects, except, of course, for automobile manufacturing.

But being a leader didn't mean being invincible.

There were always some areas that were subject to certain restrictions.

It seemed that the waters regarding taxis were indeed very deep.

Wang Xiuming rubbed his temples and shrugged.

Deep waters, is that so?

What could even deeper waters do?

Sooner or later, he would overturn this ocean!

Wang Xiuming's eyes were bright. He picked up his phone and called Qian Weiyi, "The channel for Yi has been found; let's start working on manufacturing the new Power System right now!"

"Understood!"

Qian Weiyi replied, and subsequently, files were transmitted to Wang Xiuming's computer.

These things had long been prepared.

The only thing missing was Yi!

Once he had Yi, they could begin mass production.

The Power System belonging to Hongqi!

Wang Xiuming calculated based on the market price of Yi, and the production cost of the Power System wasn't high.

All in all, it was twenty percent higher than the cost of a general Power System.

According to Wang Xiuming's original plan, he intended to purchase it at thirty percent lower than Yi's market price; he hadn't expected it to end up like this.

This just went to show the preciousness of Yi.

The cost couldn't come down, but instead rose.

This also meant that the cars produced by Hongqi would have to sell for at least around one hundred thousand.

This was completely inconsistent with Wang Xiuming's expected price.

It was supposed to be a low-end car, and selling it for one hundred thousand was somewhat beyond the purchasing power of the low-end market.

After all, the market at the one hundred thousand price point was a meat grinder.

Even foreign car companies spent money like water every year in this area, and the price wars were shocking.

After all, most of the purchasing power of the people of the Xia Kingdom was right here.

It could also be said that the one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand range was the biggest market for car companies.

"It seems this Power System will have to be put on the back burner."

Wang Xiuming's thoughts turned.

The heavy industry god king didn't need it, and the Power System could only serve as an added bonus.

As for high-end cars?

Rich people didn't care about fuel consumption.

For low-end cars, the cost was too high.

He still needed a new vehicle model.

Wang Xiuming couldn't help but start looking forward to the next lottery.

Three days later, Wang Xiuming received the deposit wired by Song Baimeng.

Twenty-five million.

The heavy industry god king didn't mess around when it came to making money.

The profit was too high!

Even this was without participating in the Jinling Heavy Industry Competition.

If he had actually gone, he probably would have had people fighting tooth and nail for it.

"I wonder how things are going with Li Yuan's arrangements."

Wang Xiuming muttered to himself; this guy had been keeping an eye on this class reunion for a long time, yet there was still no news.

Could it be that it wasn't happening?

Or did this guy forget?

After thinking about it, Wang Xiuming decided to give this guy a call; if he really forgot, then that would be a complete mess.

He was still waiting to go and sweet-talk some people.

No matter what, he had to bring back some talent this time.

"Old Wang, you thought of your brother so soon?"

"Are you trying to ask about the class reunion?"

Li Yuan's cheeky voice came through.

"It's been so long since this matter came up, and I still haven't heard any news from you; I thought you went on vacation to the high seas."

Wang Xiuming teased.