[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-146":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2077925,3287,"Chapter 146","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-146",146,"\u003Cp>He had been in the factory for two months, earning a monthly salary plus piecework bonuses totaling over 13,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Back at Foxconn, even when Zhang Kun worked himself to the bone every month, he only made around 7,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology's wages were nearly double those of Foxconn.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not to mention that at year-end, the company unexpectedly gave each employee an extra bonus equal to five months' base salary, amounting to 25,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In his best year at Foxconn, Zhang Kun's year-end bonus had been merely 2,000 yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To be honest, upon receiving this year-end bonus, he simply could not believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, a wave of emotion surged deep within his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He swore that as long as Fengyi Technology stood, he was willing to work there for the rest of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There were quite a few people at Fengyi Technology just like Zhang Kun.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The workers at Fengyi Technology felt an overwhelming sense of identification with the company; over the past several months,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>not a single case of resignation had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Many people had come to regard Fengyi Technology's blue work uniforms as a source of pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the very least, within the Songjiang Entrepreneurial Park, no enterprise had ever offered wages as high as those given by Fengyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After distributing the year-end bonuses,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology temporarily announced a production halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This immediately caused\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>a surge in demand for Fengyi Technology's Super Power 18650 batteries on Taobao and Jingdong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, by this time, Lin Yi was already aboard a flight from Modu to Guiyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His bodyguards, Xing Ming and Wang Wang Wang Guozhang, accompanied him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although it was his first time flying on such a commercial airliner,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>to be honest, Lin Yi's total flight hours might even exceed those of commercial airline pilots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Moreover, compared to the speed of a J-20 fighter jet,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>this commercial passenger plane felt exceedingly leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The journey from Pudong Airport to Guiyang took a little over three hours in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was not until noon that Lin Yi finally exited Guiyang Airport.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately afterward, Wang Wang Wang Guozhang and Xing Ming went to a car rental company,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>secured two Mercedes-Benz S600s, and drove toward the mountain roads leading to Lin Yi's hometown.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fortunately, during the two years Lin Yi had been away from home,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the government had funded the construction of roads in the mountainous region, making it far less difficult for vehicles to enter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even so, covering those dozens of kilometers of mountain road\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>still took Xing Ming more than two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The vehicles continued driving until they reached a mountain village, where they slowly came to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at the mountain village before him, which remained unchanged from two years ago, Lin Yi sighed inwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I'm back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Big cars, big cars... the big cars are here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even though it was already 2016, children in the mountains still found cars quite novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, very few vehicles entered or left the mountain village each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For most people who went outside to work, if they could drive a car back home at year's end,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it was considered something worth boasting about.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not to mention that the cars Lin Yi arrived in this time bore the three-pointed star emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The appearance of these two vehicles immediately drew sideways glances from many villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Whose family is that? A big Mercedes, and even two of them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Those are license plates from Guiyang...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Did they strike it rich out there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Quite a few people stood at their doorways, cracking melon seeds and watching the scene with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for Lin Yi, he spotted many familiar faces among these villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Under Lin Yi's direction, the vehicles drove from the village entrance all the way up to the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They finally came to a halt before a small wooden gate set within a wall constructed of stacked stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Once the car stopped, Lin Yi quickly stepped out, pushed open the wooden gate,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and immediately before his eyes lay a large courtyard; in one corner of the yard stood a chicken coop,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>with several chickens confined inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also a pigsty,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>where a large fat pig lay on the ground while several piglets rested nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps alerted by the noise, a somewhat aged middle-aged woman emerged from the house and called out:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Who is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When she saw Lin Yi dressed in a black trench coat, she first froze in surprise, then erupted into wild joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My child!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The woman was naturally Lin Yi's mother, Xie Xie Hongxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Having not seen each other for over two years, his mother naturally missed him terribly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And how could Lin Yi feel any differently? His eyes grew slightly moist.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xie Xie Hongxia held him for a while, her eyes brimming with tears,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>before finally taking a careful look at Lin Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Mm, you've gotten fairer, and sturdier... even more handsome too. It seems my child hasn't been suffering out there....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Of course not, I've been living very well out there, and even went into business with a partner!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi said, reporting only the good news and hiding the bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>To tell the truth, he had endured quite a bit of hardship during his first year in Modu,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and things only improved slightly in the second year.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But Lin Yi would never tell his parents about these things;\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>generally, he just bit the bullet and swallowed his pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, his mother also noticed the two burly men standing beside Lin Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Who are these two....!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"These two are my colleagues; they accompanied me back this time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lin Yi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Oh my, then please come in quickly! I'll go make some tea for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xie Xie Hongxia said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, Xing Ming and the other man would never let their boss's mother make tea for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instead, they made an excuse about needing to move some items and stepped outside for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xie Xie Hongxia was about to say something about this, but Lin Yi asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Dad, where is Xiao Wan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Didn't you call and say you'd be back this afternoon? He went to the village entrance to welcome you. What, didn't you meet him!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>his mother said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Xiao Wan went along with him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing this, Lin Yi shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>(PS: New book seeking flowers, tips, and review tickets; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>",1064,"2026-06-16T04:14:27.492Z","2026-06-17T08:50:51.634Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","a677e57907e0e30b182e9b7bc5e0186e101b5fbe9a5c82e90f2104b92faa07ea","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-147","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-145",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]