[{"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-178":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},2079070,3287,"Chapter 178","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>\"What do you think of this Mr. Lin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He seems very good; he doesn't appear to have any airs, though that Assistant Li is a bit...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Tang Chuyu said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe, is it that she seems a bit hostile?\" Bai Bai Jie asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, exactly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's quite normal; after all, the former president's secretary was precisely that Assistant Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that recently the company expanded, so she was promoted, while you and I have taken over the work of attending to Mr. Lin that she used to handle....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But even so, she shouldn't be hostile toward me; isn't a promotion a good thing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Tang Chuyu didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A promotion is certainly good, but some people surely have other ideas!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Other ideas?\" Tang Tang Chuyu still didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at that moment someone shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secretary Bai, Vice President Wang from the Production Department is asking if the documents you just received have been copied yet?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll get back to work first; we can continue this conversation when I return!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie stood up and left the secretarial office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, Li Li Xueying happened to walk over at that very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at Bai Bai Jie, the wariness in her eyes far exceeding what she had shown toward Tang Tang Chuyu just earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the woman she considered to be no simple character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Radiating an aura of maturity, although in terms of figure and looks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying was confident she could surpass the other, yet that seductive charm possessed by her counterpart was something she truly could not match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps in a few years, Li Li Xueying could become like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, she was still somewhat inexperienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Assistant Li!\" Bai Bai Jie called out to Li Li Xueying, whose rank was higher than her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secretary Bai, busy at work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I've copied a set of documents that need to be delivered to the Finance Department!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, then you'd better go, otherwise Old Zhao from the Finance Department will lose his temper!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Li Xueying said in the tone of someone experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, Manager Zhao is indeed a bit strict, but he treats people well enough; I don't think he'll lose his temper with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie replied calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both women were smiling,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet anyone could sense that the atmosphere between them was slightly off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, then I won't disturb Secretary Bai's work any longer!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said this, Li Li Xueying departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Bai Jie watched her retreating figure and smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the fact that the entire Secretarial Department had recruited two beautiful female secretaries was known throughout the whole company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boss, Lin Yi naturally would not be unaware of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although initially he had very much wanted to question the HR manager,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the manager had replied that it was Mr. Yang's decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reviewing the resumes of the two new secretaries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi found himself with nothing more to say;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surely he couldn't dismiss them simply because they were beautiful, could he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't that make him insane?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Lin Yi, as long as it didn't affect the company's operations, anything was acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, it could instill a sense of crisis in Li Li Xueying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was also quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, as Fengyi Technology moved into its new factory premises,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hiring a large number of new employees and installing over a dozen production lines, the company's production capacity exhibited explosive growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the original monthly output of 500,000 mobile phone batteries,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it had now reached a monthly output of 6 million units, while for 18650 batteries, monthly production hit 8 million cells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of profit, March was expected to surpass one billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was still under conditions where new employees were unfamiliar with procedures and training was inadequate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to CEO Yang Chen's calculations, this figure could increase by another 50% in April.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creating a single-month net profit of 1.5 billion and an annual net profit of 18 billion, nearly 3 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in 2015, Alibaba's entire annual profit was only 3.9 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of concept was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Alibaba's 2015 valuation of $180 billion is used as a benchmark,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology, should it go public, would be worth at least $150 billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this is merely a rough estimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going public requires considering factors such as the company's prospects and profit stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Lin Yi had never intended to take the company public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(PS: For this new book, I beg for flowers, tips, and review votes; your support is the author's motivation!)\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, to be honest, Fengyi Technology's profits still exceeded Lin Yi's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, part of these excess profits came from the military hardware he sold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which was then converted into company profits by purchasing raw materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology's profit level surpassed that of the vast majority of battery manufacturing companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in 2015, the total scale of Long Country's battery industry was 234 billion Hua coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology held approximately a 9% market share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a rare and valuable achievement for a company established only a few months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since Fengyi Technology controlled a share of the highly profitable high-end lithium battery market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inevitably made other battery manufacturers across the country extremely envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Fengyi Technology's ability to achieve such results was inseparable from mobile phone manufacturers like Huawei, Lei Lei Xiaomi, and OPPO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also relied on the support of various small appliance factories and battery assembly plants nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Fengyi Technology could not have attained such accomplishments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, regarding the Super Power battery series,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the company was applying for Well-Known Trademark status and qualification as a National Exempt-Inspection Product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, since attending the Pengcheng Outstanding Figures Exchange Meeting last time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lei, the elusive number one young master of Pengcheng whom one sees the head but not the tail, actually came directly to Fengyi Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the other party had never contacted him, Lin Yi had almost forgotten about this person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not until Secretary Wang visited a few days ago that he remembered Young Master Wang from that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet unexpectedly, this individual arrived at Fengyi Technology's new headquarters bringing some people with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lei glanced at Lin Yi's president's office and said with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad; it's no worse than my old man's office!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1089,"2026-06-16T04:15:30.615Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","f78d8d6884059c319b7cc568992657c81685619a1c269c522ff0f9c5fa29b755","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-179","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-177",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]