12: Top Talent

This time, they didn't even need the workers' "help," because no one noticed their departure at all.

Meanwhile, inside the office, several Factory Directors were still explaining their previous arrears to Factory Director Xu, "Factory Director Xu, please don't misunderstand, we were indeed tight on funds before, but we absolutely had no intention of defaulting!"

Xu Ning smiled slightly and said calmly, "That's all in the past, no need to bring it up again.

Business is like a battlefield, and some minor hiccups are unavoidable."

He knew that for those fair-weather friends, the real obstacles had now been cleared, and there was no need to be overly forceful.

Of course, future cooperation still required caution.

Although the factory's plans might mean the two sides would have no further interaction...

After a few casual remarks, Xu Ning found a gap and excused himself.

He had always disliked such pretentious social engagements.

Fortunately, with Tang Ziwei present to navigate, he was able to leave easily.

Everything seemed to be improving.

Orders from various military regions poured in, and everything was gradually getting back on track.

With Old Wei and Company Commander Tang as capable assistants, Xu Ning felt completely at ease.

Thus, he left the office with Wang Shuo and went deep into the workshops for inspection.

After a detailed inspection, a preliminary plan quietly formed in his mind.

"We came to the workshop to prepare for future expansion," he explained to Wang Shuo, "In the future, the workshops here will double in size, and those two employee dormitory buildings will make way for new clean workshops, while the dormitories will be moved to a more suitable location."

He continued to outline the future blueprint: "The cafeteria will be completely renovated, and we will add a laboratory specifically for R&D work."

Wang Shuo's eyes sparkled with anticipation upon hearing this, but a hint of worry immediately surfaced: "Factory Director, this will require a lot of funding, right?"

Xu Ning smiled and reassured him, "Don't worry, we have ample funds now, we can afford to build it.

Old Wei will help us calculate the accounts properly."

Their purpose for this trip was not just inspection, but also to determine the direction of future development.

"Wang Shuo, I'm giving you a task: assemble an elite R&D team," he instructed solemnly, "The number of people isn't important, but they must all be top talents.

If needed, we can poach from other factories, but character and ability are equally important.

You will be responsible for the selection of personnel for the future laboratory."

He pointed to the sky and declared with great ambition, "We want to build an enterprise with the strongest research atmosphere!

Triple salary as a starting point, standardized working hours, overtime pay, and nutritionally balanced free meals - these will all be our standard!"

Although Wang Shuo didn't fully understand, the excitement in his heart was indescribable, because he knew that earth-shattering changes were about to happen here.

After the inspection, they returned to the office.

The representatives from the military regions had left, and those Factory Directors who had wanted to seize the opportunity to mend relations were politely declined due to Tang Ziwei's understanding of Xu Ning's personality.

Seeing Xu Ning return, Old Wei excitedly threw away his crutch and hopped towards him.

"Factory Director Xu, we made a huge profit this time!" he announced excitedly, "A total order of 6,000 weapons, plus custom grenades, we earned over 200 million!"

This number left everyone present dumbfounded; when had they ever seen such a huge income?

In the past, weapon sales had low unit prices and limited volume.

Now, the power of technology allowed them to truly experience an economic leap.

However, Xu Ning appeared exceptionally calm, as if everything was under control.

He sat back down on the sofa and reiterated his future development plans.

Facing the large number of incoming orders, Tang Ziwei expressed her concern: "If we start rebuilding the factory now, what about these orders?"

Xu Ning responded confidently, "Precisely because of this, we need to rapidly expand our scale, introduce equipment, and increase manpower to boost production.

If the factory cannot meet the demand, then we will buy the land outside!"

"We must first expand the periphery.

Once that side is initially established, we will renovate the old factory area," Xu Ning pointed at the map and explained in detail, "We need to tear down this wall, clear the space to build a temporary laboratory."

"What, are you going to develop new weapons?" Tang Ziwei asked in surprise, not expecting Xu Ning's thinking to be so jumpy, with new R&D progress so quickly.

Xu Ning couldn't reveal that he had obtained data for new weapons from the exhibition, so he could only respond vaguely, "Hmm, there's a preliminary idea, it still needs further verification."

"Company Commander Tang, Old Wei, we need to start procuring new equipment and recruiting new people.

The factory is about to take off!" A passionate light flickered in his eyes.

"What about the employees who resigned before?" Old Wei couldn't help but ask.

"Since they made their choice back then, they must bear the corresponding consequences.

Adults should understand this principle.

Let's recruit new people," Xu Ning said decisively, "We will no longer consider those who left before."

Everyone nodded, full of anticipation for this revitalized factory.

...

In the blink of an eye, a month quietly passed.

The preliminary renovation of the factory was successfully completed.

During this time, Tang Ziwei also got acquainted with a friend from a design institute.

At a dinner, Xu Ning elaborated on his needs and plans.

This new friend had a straightforward personality.

He patted his chest and took on the design task.

Of course, Xu Ning also promised to pay the corresponding design fees.

Although the original plan was quite good, professional matters should still be handled by professionals.

The temporary laboratory was the first project to be completed, because Xu Ning urgently wanted to convert the data obtained from the exhibition into design drawings.

At the exhibition, he not only obtained the data for the [Black Hawk S-70 C-2 Helicopter], but also valuable information for the improved version of the [Type 90-II Tank].

This information was a treasure, after all, this was China's top tank, and could even be hailed as China's first quasi-third-generation tank.

As an upgraded version of the Type 88 series, although its overall performance was still slightly inferior compared to Western tanks, in Xu Ning's simulator, it showed new vitality.

After improvements, the tank's firepower was stronger, its speed was faster, and its flexibility was greatly improved!

Therefore, during this month, Xu Ning stayed indoors, fully immersing himself in design work.

When he finally walked out of the laboratory, his hair was messy, and he was covered in dust, but he held two thick stacks of blueprints tightly in his hands.

However, it was a pity that the experimental team had not yet been established; finding excellent new talents was more difficult than expected.

Therefore, these two new projects still had a long way to go before they could be launched.

These two behemoths were difficult to complete by himself.

The reason he was eager to complete the blueprint design was that he remembered the history of his previous life—the Gulf War was about to break out.

Sure enough, as soon as he left the laboratory, he received a major news report: Iraq suddenly launched an attack on Kuwait.

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