Chapter 103: Ship repairs (1/2)
Chapter 103: Ship repairs
Translated by me, edited by drpetro.
Having gotten back home and taken a nice shower, DouDou immediately dug into her warm and cozy bed.
Right now her heart was beating too rapidly. Just then, when she was on Ye Qing’s back, that wide and sturdy back had her deeply drunk. It was just like right after Gaokao, when she and a couple of her friends went to celebrate, and actually had the courage to drink.
Girls feelings are always elegant, but for men, like Ye Qing, it was all down right dirty.
Right now he was driving with only a pair of underwear, yet was actually cheerfully humming away.
His back still retained some residual heat, and the unwashed smell. Carrying her all the way up 4 floors didn’t make Ye Qing tired at all, as carrying her was just like carrying a giant teddy bear.
Feeling great naturally meant enjoying the majestic rainfall outside.
Haha ~
Getting back on to Huanhai Avenue, Ye Qing turned on the Lagonda’s far light to pierce through the rain.
When Ye Qing got back to the Dragon Creek Beach factory, it was already 10 pm.
Unable to fall asleep, Ye Qing straight up dropped down to the underground base, and went to examine the state of construction for the metal smelting center’s central control system.
Under the lighting of the giant search lights, a giant piece of industrial equipment made out of pure steel, and complex mechanical structures, just like a piece of engineering that was guided by aliens, silently stood there underground.
Elbow thick, pure copper electric cables neatly connected to the top of this amazing piece of equipment.
The neatly placed transformers were linked to the sides of the steel hulk that was the smelter. Underneath the smelter was a set of shockingly powerful centrifugal facilities.
It could spin the melted metal when it just left the smelter to create astonishing amounts of centrifugal force, thus forcing out all kinds of garbage from the melted metal.
Even the ordinary looking quenching tank wasn’t normal at all.
Quenching was a type of forging technique. It was also one of the most important steps in modern day forging, do by heating the metal to a certain point, then rapidly dropping its temperature with liquid. That way, the austenite inside would change into martensite (or bainite), which would increase the strength and toughness of the metal.
Inside the quenching tank of the metal smelting center were liquids provided by the Monster Factory. Ye Qing could also purchase different kinds of quenching liquids in accordance to the different metals that he was going to smelt.
Moreover, the whole process was completely automated. This was definitely the most perfect quenching in the entire world.
Ye Qing walked to one of the master artisans that was responsible for installing the electric wiring, and asked: “How long until it’s operational?”
“At the latest, tomorrow night, boss. It’s just that we don’t have the electricity to support it, so even if it’s completed it still won’t be able to work.”
“The power supply bureau will be over to upgrade the electrical wiring tomorrow. They should be completed by nightfall.” Ye Qing nodded. It seemed like he would need to buy another load of raw steel, nickel, and some other metals, to try smelting the nickel-titanium memory alloy.
When the smelting center was completed, it only needed one person watching it, so it wouldn’t affect the production of the mechanical engineered chairs at all.
Furthermore, with no products needing it right now, Ye Qing could also first make some and leave them in storage for later.
The next day, the sky was clear as far as the eye could see, and the air had a hint of freshness.
Ye Qing got up really early, went to the local industrial metals market, and swiped clean all of its 4000 tons of raw steel, 200 tons of nickel, and a “small” amount of cadmium.
The price of the nickel was kind of expensive; ~60k a ton.
All the profits from the mechanical engineered chairs, without collecting any interest, were immediately spent.
The good thing was that the main component of the memory metal, titanium, existed under the secret base in both high purity and quantity, saving Ye Qing literally tons of money.
While on the way back, Ye Qing got a call with the caller ID [Huaxing head].
Ye Qing slowed down the car, and answered with his shoulder holding the phone: “Chairman Li, what can I help you with today?”
“Haha ~ Xiao Ye.” Li Huaxing full heartedly commented: “The mechanical engineered chair you brought over is leaving me completely speechless.”
“Just the massage functionality alone has out striped my old Yert LMS massage chair by decades.”
“If even someone like you, Chairman Li, is satisfied with the mechanical engineered chair, then others will definitely enjoy it more.” Ye Qing laughingly answered, then waited for what was to come.