341: The reporter from Longguo Daily is here

"Alright, after we finish visiting the Electronic Component Processing Workshop, I'd like to have a meeting with some of your key personnel," Minister Yang said, not forgetting the purpose of his trip.

Liu Xiaolin didn't know why a meeting was needed, but he didn't dare ask, so he could only nod repeatedly in agreement.

Hong Tongtong had already finished eating, but wanting to spend more time with Liu Xiaolin, she got a cup of milk tea and sat beside him, slowly sipping it and listening to the conversation.

"The food in your canteen is really good," Director Zhao praised as he ate. "I think it's much better than what we ate at the Kunhe Hotel yesterday." He had taken local Kunhe dishes; the sweet flavors made him feel like he could eat them endlessly.

"How about you go back to the hotel after dinner tonight?" Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

"That's not a bad idea, haha." Director Zhao glanced at Minister Yang, and seeing him nod, he agreed on his behalf.

"Are we scheduled to visit Langfang Fine Carving tomorrow?" Minister Yang asked again.

"Yes, tomorrow I'll drive to the Kunhe Hotel to pick you up, and then we'll go to Langfang Fine Carving together. How does that sound?" Liu Xiaolin said.

"Alright, we'll meet at the entrance of the Kunhe Hotel at 8:30, and then we'll head to Langfang Fine Carving together," Minister Yang nodded and said.

Today they were almost late because the driver wasn't familiar with the route, so it would be better to let Liu Xiaolin lead the way tomorrow.

The few people ate and chatted, quickly finishing the food on their plates.

"Alright, we're full. Let's continue with the next part of the itinerary," Minister Yang said, standing up.

"Then you all be busy, I'm going back to my dorm to read." Hong Tongtong wisely left first, casting a lingering glance at Liu Xiaolin before she went.

"Go ahead. Have dinner with us again tonight, everyone knows you anyway," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

"Okay! Just give me a call when it's time, and I'll come down," Hong Tongtong said happily, skipping away.

"General Manager Liu, let's go. Stop looking, or your eyeballs will follow her," Lai Junying's shout woke Liu Xiaolin up.

"Heh heh, I was just worried she'd fall while skipping," Liu Xiaolin explained, blushing.

"Let's go, let's hurry to the Electronic Component Processing Workshop. Didn't Minister Yang say he wanted to have a short meeting?" Lai Junying was eager to know the meeting's content, so he was particularly enthusiastic about showing everyone the next workshop.

"Mhm, let's go," Liu Xiaolin agreed, leading everyone out of the canteen and towards the Electronic Component Processing Workshop.

The Electronic Component Processing Workshop was an old workshop, and the environment inside was naturally not as good as the other two new workshops, but Liu Xiaolin had also made human-centered improvements to this old workshop, adding a tea room and large screens.

The large screens here were not for monitoring the production process, but mainly for quality inspection of finished products.

Electronic components are relatively small, and under the large screens, defective products could be clearly identified, which greatly accelerated the quality inspection speed.

When employees were tired, they could also go to the tea room for a drink. The employees here didn't drink much coffee, and after learning this, the Comprehensive Department canceled the coffee supply and replaced it with sour plum soup. This was thus more popular with the employees.

"There are quite a few employees in this workshop too," Minister Yang said as he toured.

"Yes, the employees in our Electronic Component Processing Workshop are all former employees. When Mr. Cui Zhaocheng transferred Jiantuan Electronics to me, one requirement was to keep all the employees," Liu Xiaolin introduced. "So, in this workshop, from the Director Yao to the R&D personnel, operators, and general workers, they are all former employees."

"It's quite rare for you to do this, taking over all the old employees and also developing lithography machines. It's not easy to achieve both simultaneously and complement each other," Director Zhao praised.

"I haven't managed this workshop much; they are all working wholeheartedly on their own, so I really don't dare claim the credit here," Liu Xiaolin said frankly. "My contribution to this workshop was approving the installation of the large screens and the tea room."

"That's also getting better and better under your leadership; you shouldn't always push the credit away," Lai Junying winked at Liu Xiaolin.

Liu Xiaolin looked helplessly at Lai Junying and simply stopped talking.

"Alright, this workshop is relatively simple, so we'll stop here," Director Zhao said, seeing that Minister Yang didn't seem very interested in this workshop. "Let's go to the conference room now, Minister Yang has some important news to announce."

Liu Xiaolin quickly had his assistant notify the heads of each department to go to the conference room, waiting for Minister Yang to arrive before starting the meeting.

"Ask if the media has arrived," Minister Yang said to Director Zhao.

"Just now, the media from Dragon Country Daily sent me a message; they've arrived and are at the company entrance," Director Zhao said.

"Okay, let them in, and have them come to the conference room too," Minister Yang said.

"Dragon Country Daily?" Liu Xiaolin was greatly surprised.

"Yes, we invited reporters from Dragon Country Daily to cover this meeting. Originally, they wanted to do a follow-up report, but I was worried that some secrets in our workshops couldn't be reported, so I refused. They only need to report on our meeting," Minister Yang said with a smile.

"Thank you, Minister Yang, for being so considerate of us. Our Chip Production Workshop and lithography machine production workshop are indeed not suitable for external publicity, as there are too many patents that cannot be disclosed," Liu Xiaolin said gratefully.

"I understand. I also come from a research background, so of course I know how to protect intellectual property," Minister Yang said seriously. "As the Ministry of Science and Technology, protecting intellectual property is even more of a top priority."

"Then you all go to the conference room first. I'll go to the company entrance to meet the two reporters from Dragon Country Daily," Director Zhao said.

"I'll go with you. I'm worried you won't be able to find our conference room when you get there. Just let General Manager Lai take Minister Yang and the others to the conference room first," Liu Xiaolin volunteered.

"Alright, that will save a lot of time," Director Zhao readily agreed.

So the group split into two paths. Lai Junying took Minister Yang and a few others directly to the conference room, while Liu Xiaolin took Director Zhao to the company entrance to meet the reporters from Dragon Country Daily.

At this moment, in a small white car parked at the entrance of Jiantuan Electronics, sat a man and a woman. The man was the photographer Niu Xiaolei, and the woman was the interview reporter Feng Xiangling.

They had been there for a while, but Director Zhao had asked them to wait at the entrance, and Feng Xiangling was starting to get a little impatient.

"Why hasn't Director Zhao come yet? We've been waiting for a while now," Feng Xiangling said anxiously.

"What's the rush? He said to wait, so we'll wait. This might be big news, you know Jiantuan Electronics is the company that produced Dragon Country's first lithography machine." It seemed Niu Xiaolei had done some homework.

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