A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

"Comrade Hu! This project is very important to us! It will not only increase domestic fertilizer production, but also be a great opportunity to show our strength."

"As you know, given the current international situation, we need friends!"

"You've already driven the West Germans away! Let's have a proper talk about things here."

"Of course, these are just my personal suggestions. If you need an organizational decision, I will convene the appropriate meeting as soon as possible!"

An elderly voice came through the receiver, and as soon as he finished speaking, Minister Hu hung up the phone impatiently.

"How many calls is this?"

The secretary swallowed hard: "The eighth one, but this is the biggest one. Minister, you're just going to kill it like this..."

"Tch~~ An old codger who thinks he's something special just because he had a few cups of coffee with the big brother."

"Seeing how delicate our relationship with Big Brother is, they've now sided with the Westerners."

The overwhelming amount of information made the secretary hesitant to respond, her eyes constantly glancing at the open door.

"What are you afraid of? I dare to say that to your face, do you believe me or not!"

"What we need are friends, not opportunistic robbers!"

The secretary was speechless; how was I supposed to answer that?

"What's the deal with this little notebook? Even Old Li can't figure it out. Is it really okay with the equipment? Where exactly are those bastards trying to dig a hole?"

"Sigh, if it weren't for the fact that all the elite troops and generals are in Bingzhou, we wouldn't have to suffer this humiliation."

Where is Jiang Xia?

The secretary quickly replied, "A comrade brought him here ten minutes ago. He should be here soon!"

Minister Hu nodded: "Never mind, he's just a young man. Let him go and look at the blueprints as soon as he arrives."

"Let's go, let's meet with Ichiro first and see what he's really up to!"

So, when our Jiangxia kids arrived at the Ministry of Chemical Industry, they were led alone into a small room. As for Wang Kui, he was stopped at the very entrance.

"Minister, please look at the blueprints!"

After saying that, the man closed the door and left.

Jiang Xia was dumbfounded by the entire room full of blueprints.

So you're just going to look at the blueprints? You're not even saying what the requirements are?

Although Jiangxia has a scanner, there are so many blueprints in this room that even if he were dried out, it might not be enough to use them all.

Picking up a blueprint, Jiang Xia saw a tangled mess of pipes and wires. He admitted he didn't have the same analytical skills as his master.

I tentatively pushed open the door to the small meeting room and took a few steps outside.

No one cares?

Alright, let's go find the master and ask him for clarification first. Being dragged here without any reason is really baffling. I'm completely confused.

The building housing the Ministry of Chemical Industry was actually a slab-style dormitory building with five floors. Jiang Xia looked up and counted; he seemed to be on the fourth floor.

I walked around the long corridor, and every door was closed.

However, a sound of voices came from the rooftop.

Jiang Xia paused and thought for a moment. Hey, at least they only told me to look at the blueprints, they didn't tell me I couldn't run around, right?

Let's go up and take a look first.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia went back to the small room, picked up a kettle, and closed the door.

If you get caught, just say you're going to get some water.

I'm such a clever little devil!

……

"What! Say that again!"

"300 million! Why don't you just rob it! Oh wait, you're even faster than robbing it!"

"It was only 180 million a week ago, and now you're asking for 300 million with just a few words! After negotiating for so long, you're going back on your word?"

As soon as Jiang Xia reached the fifth floor, he heard a rough voice coming from the closed door.

"Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"

A deep voice immediately interrupted him.

"Director Liu, control the situation! Don't forget your current duties!"

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"You can rest at the entrance for a while before coming back."

Bang! The tightly closed door was pushed open from the inside by a thin man.

Hearing the order to take control from behind, the man stood at the doorway, took a deep breath, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"Control, control~~" the man muttered to himself.

The man waved to Jiang Xia, who was carrying a kettle at the top of the stairs.

"Little guy, did you make it popular yet?"

Jiang Xia nodded and walked towards the man. She took out a box of matches from her bag.

The man took out a bag of Taihang Mountain cigarettes and gave one to Jiangxia.

The sounds continued to come from the conference room.

"Our Director Liu was a bit agitated, but I believe your Japanese side will give us a reasonable explanation. Right, Mr. Ichiro?"

"Of course, but I'd prefer you to call me Junichiro, Minister!"

Silence fell over the meeting room.

Jiang Xia scratched his head. "Comrade, is that a small place inside? You speak such fluent Beijing dialect?"

"Bullshit! A traitor! Ten years ago, I would have shot them both dead!"

The thin man pointed to the water bottle Jiang Xia was carrying, "Go pour some water, the bottle is empty."

Jiang Xia paused for a moment, then nodded, picked up the kettle, and went inside.

While pouring water, Jiang Xia sized up the traitor that Director Liu had mentioned.

His hair was combed back, greasy and covered in hair wax, and he had a square mustache under his flat nose.

The three-piece suit looked rather large on him, giving the impression of a monkey wearing a crown.

After Jiang Xia poured him water, he nodded politely.

After pouring out a full circle of water, Jiangxia shook the kettle; it was empty.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw the old man in the middle stare at him for a moment, then smiled inexplicably and pointed to a corner of the conference room.

Jiang Xia understood, lowered his head, and obediently stood in place.

Everyone looked at him curiously.

At this moment, that little life, oh no.

Mr. Junichiro stood up and bowed slowly.

"First of all, on behalf of my company, I apologize for taking up your time. But this price increase is by no means a spur-of-the-moment decision."

"Moreover, increasing the amount is not the whole plan of my company."

"Please take a look, everyone. This is the latest comprehensive solution offered by our company."

Then, Junichiro took out several bound booklets and began distributing them one by one.

Even Jiang Xia received a share.

"Gentlemen, please take a look. In this comprehensive plan, we have added new synthetic ammonia and ammonium nitrate pre-production technologies, and for this purpose, we have added ten sets of the latest chemical pumps, and the reaction tanks have also been upgraded with new materials..."

Director Liu, who was smoking outside, walked up to Jiang Xia at some point and craned his neck to look at the booklet in Jiang Xia's hand.

"Tsk, this booklet is quite nice, it's in color. Hey, what's this 'corporated company' he's talking about?"

Jiang Xia lowered his voice: "It's our joint-stock company. It was the public-private partnership we had a while ago."

"凸(艹皿艹), is that what you mean? I was wondering why a pig farm would come to sell us chemical equipment."

Seeing Jiang Xia's speechless expression, Director Liu chuckled: "A demobilized military officer, a roughneck like me, I'm sorry you had to see me like this."

"Hey, who dares to laugh at you? I'll slap him so hard he'll die! There's no way someone like you can do that. Who knows, that little Japanese devil might be sitting right in the middle of it!"

As he spoke, Jiang Xia pointed with his chin to the spot right in the middle.