292: Chapter 292 Big News from the New Factory Area

After the matters regarding the Tax Bureau and the Communications Administration Bureau came to an end, Xinghai Technology's affairs no longer required Chu Qianlan's attention.

Near the end of the month, Chu Qianlan drove to the new factory area of Tianxiong Technology. According to the timeline his dad gave, today was the day the four production lines in the temporary factory building were to complete their debugging.

The Phaeton drove into the new Tianxiong Technology factory, and the color-coated steel of the temporary factory building shimmered coldly in the sunlight. On the other side of the factory area, three buildings were still having their foundations laid, and the roar of various equipment echoed through the open factory grounds.

Chu Qianlan just took a casual glance before heading straight to the temporary factory building. He put on a cleanroom suit, walked through the disinfection area, and finally entered the production zone.

Four automated production lines were neatly arranged along both sides of the factory floor. Silver robotic arms precisely grasped mobile phone motherboards, and components moved sporadically along the conveyor belt, eventually converging into complete qiming phone Youth Edition bodies.

Chu Tianxiong was standing at the end of the third production line, staring at the jumping production data on the screen. His brows were slightly furrowed, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Dad, how is the debugging going?" Chu Qianlan stepped forward quickly, his gaze sweeping over the boxes of finished mobile phones piled up beside the production line. The "qiming Youth Edition" logo on the boxes was particularly eye-catching.

Chu Tianxiong turned around and handed over a test report, his fingertip tapping lightly on the "96.8% yield rate" figure: "All four lines are running! We just trial-produced 2,000 units, and only 64 were judged as defective due to screen lamination deviations. That's 3 percentage points higher than the production lines at the old factory."

"The engineers from Hengchuan Machinery are still optimizing the jigs, saying they can further improve assembly precision."

Chu Qianlan leaned over to check the robotic arm's soldering station, where tiny solder dots were evenly distributed on the motherboard without a trace of cold soldering. "What can the new production lines' daily average output stabilize at? Can they handle the additional orders from Starry Sky Technology for next month?"

"Each production line can produce 6,500 units at full load, so the four lines can produce up to 26,000 units per day. Deducting shift changes and maintenance time, we can assemble about 700,000 to 750,000 mobile phones per month." Speaking of this, there was more excitement on Chu Tianxiong's face.

Hearing that the output met expectations, Chu Qianlan nodded. The total sales of all Starry Sky Technology products last month were 1.7 million. Among them, the old Tianxiong Technology factory contributed 1.45 million, the foundry Ma Yuanlong found in Jin City provided 150,000 orders, and there were still 100,000 orders that hadn't been produced.

So far, the backlogged orders have exceeded 300,000. Now that Tianxiong Technology has added four production lines, it can just happen to resolve the backlogged orders quickly.

Moreover, for a period of time in the future, Starry Sky Technology would not need to worry about production issues anymore.

Chu Qianlan chuckled: "With an additional output of over 700,000, plus the production lines at the old factory, our Tianxiong Technology's shipment volume can be considered second to none in all of Huaqiangbei."

Chu Tianxiong sighed softly, "I didn't expect Tianxiong Technology to develop so quickly before. Assembling 50 to 60 million mobile phones annually—if it weren't for the support of Starry Sky Technology's orders, I definitely wouldn't have expanded the scale like this."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, "Several real estate companies have already approached me regarding the old factory area. By the end of the year, I'm afraid production won't be possible there anymore."

Chu Qianlan was a bit surprised to hear this. He hadn't expected the progress at the old factory area to be so fast, and that it would be demolished by the end of the year.

"The government planning is there; the demolition of the old factory area is only a matter of time. How is the construction progress of the new factory area? Can the production building be put into use before the end of the year?"

Chu Tianxiong looked towards the construction area on the east side of the factory, which was where the production building was located, following Chu Qianlan's gaze.

He rubbed his temples, his tone carrying a bit of certainty: "The foundation of the production building has been completed. According to the current construction progress, it can be capped in two months. Interior decoration and the installation of auxiliary equipment will take two to three months. We can only start moving the production lines in December at the earliest."

Chu Qianlan tapped his fingertips on the metal guardrail next to the production line, his tone carrying a bit of consideration: "Starting to move the production lines in December means the new production building can only be put into operation in January next year at the earliest. With the old factory area being demolished at the end of the year, there won't be a gap in production capacity in between, right?"

The end of the year is definitely a period of explosive orders; if the production lines suddenly stop working, the losses for Starry Sky Technology would be huge.

Chu Tianxiong shook his head, "We agreed on this point when selling the land; there shouldn't be much of a problem transferring the production lines a bit later."

Hearing this, Chu Qianlan felt relieved. After walking around the temporary factory building, he left the Tianxiong Technology factory area.

When returning to the company, he took a look at the construction situation of the new Starry Sky Technology factory area by the way.

Looking through the car window, blue fences had already been erected at the edge of the plot, and several excavators were leveling the land in an orderly manner. In the center of the plot, one building had already been built to the second floor.

Chu Qianlan parked the car steadily and pushed the door open to walk towards the project announcement board beside the fence.

Sunlight spilled through the clouds onto the announcement board, and the hot-stamped large characters for "Starry Sky Technology R&D Center" were particularly eye-catching. The planning map below detailed the functional zoning of each building: two 12-story main R&D buildings, a 6-story administrative office building, 4 employee dormitory buildings, as well as supporting gyms, basketball courts, and green parks.

According to the progress reported by Ma Yuanlong, the construction of the entire complex could be topped out by the end of the year, and the decoration could be completed by April next year. As for the relocation, it was planned for June.

Seeing that the factory area was still under construction, Chu Qianlan did not go in. He walked around the perimeter and returned to Starry Sky Technology, where Du Guangbai was already waiting in the office.

"CEO Chu, the compensation of 2.37 million yuan from Yanjing Bank has arrived. The withdrawal delay rules for Xingliao Wallet regarding Yanjing Bank have also been launched. Currently, user feedback is stable, and there have been no large-scale complaints."

Chu Qianlan sat down behind his desk and tapped his fingertips on the table, "It's good that user feedback is stable. Have the Customer Service Department continue to monitor inquiries related to Yanjing Bank. Once concentrated complaints appear, activate the emergency plan immediately."

Du Guangbai nodded: "CEO Chu, the Communications Administration Bureau sent a letter saying that Section Chief Wang cutting off the power in the server room was a premeditated act, with clear personal subjective intent, and it belongs to civil behavior, unrelated to the unit. They have no obligation to compensate."

Hearing this, Chu Qianlan's expression darkened a bit. This "buck-passing" statement from the Communications Administration Bureau was clearly trying to push the responsibility entirely onto Section Chief Wang personally to avoid the unit bearing the compensation liability.

Of course, Section Chief Wang clearly had the purpose of destruction during law enforcement, and the damage caused should indeed be borne by him personally. If following legal provisions, the Communications Administration Bureau's handling of it is not a problem.

But Section Chief Wang has already been arrested, and his illegally obtained property will definitely be confiscated. If the Communications Administration Bureau doesn't care, Xinghai Technology's losses probably won't be recovered by even a penny.

Chu Qianlan snorted coldly, "Have the Legal Department sue the Communications Administration Bureau, add Section Chief Wang as a defendant, and let the court decide who should compensate for our losses. If the losses cannot be recovered, then spend a few more million and have the Public Relations Department make some big news for the Communications Administration Bureau!"