Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

bathroom.

"Brother Chuan, what's going on?"

"Let's set up a scheme to kill two birds with one stone."

"Okay, should I contact my dad?"

"No need, just call Xiao Erhei over, just page him..."

At this moment, Pan Yuncai had already followed Li Runping to the warehouse, where gas cylinders were piled up like a mountain, all the way to the roof.

"Section Chief Li, you have so many gas cylinders, how about you get me a truckload?"

"I'm sorry, these are all for export. We'll get you ten samples; that's the most I can do."

"Section Chief Li!" Just then, Li Jianshe ran over: "Our factory has guests again, you'd better go over there quickly!"

"But here..."

"Don't worry, it's just giving the customer a few gas cylinder samples, I'll handle it!" Li Jianshe said, "I promise I won't neglect the customer!"

"Okay, Mr. Pan, excuse me."

"It's alright, Section Chief Li, you can go ahead and get back to work... It's all right..."

To avoid being discovered here, the people sent by Dongfeng Machinery Factory were people Qin Chuan had never met before. This also meant that the people who came did not know Qin Chuan, nor did they know Li Jianshe.

Pan Yuncai looked at Li Jianshe and guessed that he was just a kid from a nearby village who came here to work.

"Boss Pan, do you want more gas cylinders?" Li Jianshe asked in a low voice.

Yes, that's right.

"That's easy. I'll secretly get you a whole truckload, but you have to give me the money! One hundred each, that's ten thousand. Do you have the money?"

"Of course I have some," Pan Yuncai said, but he was a little worried. He actually only planned to buy a few samples. Claiming to be a big boss in the south was all a lie. Now, did he really have to spend the money?

"However, is what you say reliable?"

"Of course, I'm in charge of the warehouse here. How many are produced is just a matter of my word. I'll give you a hundred for ten thousand, how about that?"

"Twenty thousand yuan is nothing, but..."

"But what? If you give me ten thousand yuan, I'll give you a treasure."

Pan Yuncai's eyes lit up immediately: "What treasure?"

"The good stuff the factory brought back from the Russians last time was packed in a wooden crate. I reckon it was a machine, probably for producing gas cylinders."

Pan Yuncai suddenly had an idea: Great! If we take this back, the factory can start producing gas cylinders!

"Okay, give me this!"

"Fifty thousand yuan," Li Jianshe said. "After this job, I'll have to run away with the gas cylinders. You, the big boss, can take the machinery and equipment back and produce gas cylinders yourself. You won't need to come here to buy them anymore. Fifty thousand yuan is definitely worth it!"

“Fifty thousand yuan is a bit too much…” Pan Yuncai’s eyes darted around. The bodyguard he brought was actually the son of an old worker in the factory. The briefcase he was carrying only had twenty thousand yuan in it. Where was he going to get the rest of the money?

"Hmph, you call yourself a big boss in the South! You can't even afford this little bit of money? Forget it, forget it!"

"Here's the deal: I'll give you a 20,000 yuan deposit, and I'll write you an IOU for 30,000 yuan. Leave your address, and you can take the IOU to the south to find me. I have a big factory in the south. If you go there, I'll hire you as the workshop director—no, as my secretary!"

"A 40,000 yuan IOU? You call yourself a big boss? You can't even count!"

"Okay, fine." Since he hadn't planned to give her an IOU anyway, any amount was fine with him. Pan Yuncai took the blank ledger that Li Jianshe handed him and quickly wrote down the IOU.

Then he gave the bodyguard a wink and handed the 20,000 yuan to Li Jianshe.

"Okay, do you need me to find you a car?"

"No need, we'll find it ourselves." Pan Yuncai looked at the bodyguard: "Go out onto the highway and flag down a taxi!"

Beep beep! Soon, the sky-blue Liupingchai car drove in, driven by Xiao Erhei.

"Hey sir, come on, back the truck right into the warehouse so we can load our customer's goods!"

While directing the loading, Li Jianshe assured Pan Yuncai, "Don't worry, I'll talk to the gatekeeper later, and no one will interfere when we drive out!"

In the office, Qin Chuan warmly made tea and poured water.

"Here, Uncle Yu, have some water. You're my second uncle's friend, so we're family. Tell me, what brings you here?"

If you ask for a boiler, we'll readily agree and take you there, and then... the boiler gets stolen by those southern barbarians!

"I heard you have two advanced shipboard boilers here. I've been building boilers for half my life, but I've never seen what an aircraft carrier boiler looks like," Yu Hongxin said. "So, I shamelessly came over to take a look."

"have a look?"

"Yes, this kind of boiler can produce hundreds of tons of steam per hour at a temperature of over 300 degrees Celsius. It's better than all the boilers we produce now, so... I really want to see how it's designed."

Just looking? Qin Chuan was a little curious. He thought they were here to ask for the boiler. If they were just looking... that was fine, they could look openly!

Yu Hongxin looks like an experienced technician. Could it be because he likes this kind of boiler? Why not keep him around to measure and replicate it?

"Xiao Chuan, another guest?" At this moment, Li Runping walked in.

"Yes, from the Bingcheng Boiler Factory."

"Bingcheng Boiler Factory?" Li Runping's eyes lit up: "A big company! One of the 156 aid projects back then. What are you doing here? If you need our cooperation, we'll be there without hesitation!"

The older generation is very conscious of their position. Even if Yu Hongxin asked for a boiler, they would probably agree. For the country, for the army, we are willing...

"Old Yu, you've come all this way, you must be tired and hungry. Come and eat something in our cafeteria first!"

"No need, I'm not hungry. I just want to see how the Russians designed their boilers."

"Man is made of iron, food is made of steel. You'll get hungry if you skip a meal. Come on, let's go get something to eat!"

Li Runping was very enthusiastic and dragged Yu Hongxin to the canteen. As soon as Qin Chuan left the office, he saw the six-sided diesel truck drive out the door.

After dinner, it was getting dark.

"Uncle Yu, come on, I'll take you to the warehouse. The good stuff we got from the Russians is stored there." Qin Chuan warmly led Yu Hongxin to the warehouse.

then……

"What happened?" Qin Chuan's expression changed drastically. "Where are the two large wooden crates we kept at the very back of the warehouse?"

"The customer has taken it away!"

"Huh? Which client?"

"It's that country bumpkin from the south. He said he had already made arrangements with Uncle Li, paid him the money, and asked for a hundred gas cylinders and those two big boxes."

Li Jianshe looked at Li Runping with an innocent expression: "Uncle Li, is there a problem?"

Li Runping gritted his teeth: "I only agreed to provide ten gas cylinder samples, and he only paid for ten!"

"What?! Damn it, I've been scammed!" Li Jianshe exclaimed in shock. "Don't worry, I'll call my dad right away and we'll definitely get what we were cheated out of back!"

"No, we need to notify the army; this is no small matter!"