Chapter 53: Examination room (1/2)

Chapter 53: Examination room

Translated by me, edited by drpetro.

On Ye Qing’s side of things, he and the 6 master artisans and 14 peons were all busy manufacturing.

Even the M.P.C.V. was called out and operated by Ye Qing to help with the welding on the rapid metal engravers.

Having delivered another batch of curbstones, Ye Qing now had 3.7 million available in cash on hand.

Wanting to increase productivity and quality, Ye Qing bought another two small mills and an electric aluminum forge.

Using the mills to mill out the wheel hubs just created too much waste, and took too much time. With an aluminum forge, all that needed to be done was to melt the aluminum alloy and pour it into the pre-made molds.

A set of detailed molds cost 100,000. After purchasing all these pieces of equipment, Ye Qing still had 2.8 million left.

Although money was flowing out like a river, it was also running in even quicker.

Having sent out two rapid metal engravers to Gangshan masonry, Ye Qing kept one behind for giving Xia Muqing a demonstration.

Tiancheng mining corporation meant a lot in the domestic mining industry. A single order from them was more than enough to keep a small factory operating for three years. With an engraver that was this astonishing, there was no way that there wouldn’t be a large order.

After the yacht had swapped out its propellers in the morning, Ye Qing saw it stay only a couple of nautical miles from shore. Xia Muqing was probably there trying out sea fishing.

Now the yacht seemed to have just disappeared, and when Ye Qing called her, all he got was a long tone and no one answering.

Not long after, Ye Qing’s phone rang again, except it wasn’t Xia Muqing calling back, rather it was his father.

During the call, Ye Jiangning was excited beyond belief. He told Ye Qing that the 20 scooters assembled today were all immediately snatched away. They were all basically bought out by delivery chains, and there was just not enough to go around.

“It’s just too popular. You need to prepare more parts cause, by my reckoning, there’s still going to be a snatch war even with 500 in stock.” Ye Jiangning exclaimed in high spirits: “I’ve contacted the people for 3C approval inspection and manufacturing licensing. The license, at the lastest, will be ready tomorrow, and the inspection is scheduled for the day after.”

“Do you have enough cash for all these licenses? I’ve got a bunch to spare here, need me to send some over?”

“It’s enough, more than enough. The sales alone today was 100,000.”

“Alright then, I’ll go contact the distributors for more right now.”

Hanging up the call, Ye Qing hurriedly got on TaoBao, and from the suppliers that he bought from before, he immediately had them send over 400 more sets.

400 sets was already a major order. Plus it was all within the local region, so there was actually no fee for delivering all of these, so they said that they would sent over a truck to deliver all the goods.

After paying for everything, Ye Qing sent them all a ‘Happy collaboration!’

[Ahhh, love you to death!], [Bro, I’ll give you 10% off if you order again.], [Don’t worry sir, if you find a subpar product, I’ll send 10 over as compensation.]

Seeing all the responses, Ye Qing couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

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The next morning, Ye Qing was already up and working at 6, and that’s when Xia Muqing called.

Her voice sounded somewhat broken, and Ye Qing thought that this was due to how high she got fooling around yesterday.

“Sorry Mr. Ye for not getting back to you last night, I was in a terrible state of mind.” Xia Muqing’s special tone of voice was able to affect any and everyone who heard it.

“No problem, it’s not like it was anything important.” Ye Qing recalled that Xia Muqing said she was heading back today, so he asked if she was home yet.

“Um not yet, I lost my Grandmother’s treasured ruyi scepter while out at sea yesterday.”

Xia Muqing sighed, and with a hurt tone continued: “It’s that piece of jade that you saw in your office yesterday. That piece of jade means a lot to me. I’ve already contacted a salvaging team to help, but they haven’t found it yet.”

It was probably that piece of extremely expensive suet jade. Let’s not mention its price for now, these kind of accessories were all passed down from generation to generation, so it had a very symbolic meaning.

“Do you have a GPS coordinate? If it’s not too deep, then you can definitely find it if you send the time.”

“I do have the coordinate, it’s just that the yacht was on course at the time, and there was no identifying landmarks near by. Plus with a mistaken GPS coordinate, it’ll be even more difficult to find the ruyi.”

“But I won’t give up, even if it takes a year, I’ll still find it.”