Chapter 3: Xiaomi Heavy Industry, First Entrepreneurship

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Protagonist:

Lin Yi

If activating the line below is a grain of rice, then this line is millet, and the malnourished kind at that.

Lin Yi widened his eyes, opening them as wide as possible, his eyeballs nearly popping out of their sockets, before he finally made out the content of that line of text.

【Note: Since high-precision technology mostly exists in the military field, when producing military equipment, attribute bonuses are increased to 500%!】

Rubbing his eyes, which hurt from staring too hard, Lin Yi sat on the ground and turned around, facing his body toward the company gate outside, gazing blankly at the lights of the gate.

In his previous life he lived to 48, weathering a lifetime of ups and downs in the business world, and was used to dealing with shrewd people.

Facing this suddenly appearing system, Lin Yi was not afraid.

After all, when bored, he would sometimes flip through novels, and occasionally tip.

When tipping, he also thought, if only he had a noble person to help when taking over the factory.

Unfortunately there wasn't.

Since things have come to this, accept them; now that he has this, he needs to consider how to proceed next.

At his alma mater, Dongda Men's Vocational and Technical College, those who entered his master's school all went to state secret units; if not for contacting each other a few times during New Year, they might think their fellow disciples' graves were overgrown with grass.

Returning to his master's school to do research was impossible; he had lived two lifetimes already, and that knowledge...

Thinking back, Lin Yi suddenly discovered his memory wasn't bad; things he remembered from studying in his previous life could actually be easily recalled.

He even still knew how to solve problems.

He even remembered the area of the irregular blotch on the dog's head at his teacher's home.

Truly rare.

Moreover, returning to his master's school to do research couldn't offset the debt; his old man said the Lin family should be clean and upright.

So he couldn't let those two bring shame, letting them be stabbed in the spine even after death.

He couldn't let his old man and old lady be stabbed in the spine, so he needed to shoulder the factory's debt and pay off these debts.

Thinking of the legacy his old man and old lady left behind, Lin Yi didn't know whether his head should be happy or angry.

In '06, back then Hanshan Temple District had not yet been designated as a High-tech Zone.

The old couple didn't know whose advice they listened to, and took out a 42 million loan at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, acquiring the 280 mu of land around the current Electrical Appliance Factory.

The transfer price for every mu of land was 150,000 yuan.

A five-year term, only three years had passed, but that dog loan manager was already pressing for payment.

Damn thing.

Now the land transfer price had risen to 600,000 yuan per mu.

It still couldn't be transferred; they had signed a contract back then, and if not developed and transferred, the district had the right to reclaim it.

In his previous life, even after begging every grandfather and grandmother, he still lost a bundle before selling off part of it, just to fill the hole.

He couldn't do that in this life.

187 workers' three months' wages, totaling 3.48 million, but it had already been agreed to owe six months first, then pay eight months' wages at that time.

Upstream material suppliers' material payments 3.79 million.

Equipment equipment payments 2.48 million.

Downstream product merchants owed a total of 17.4 million, of which 10 million was a one-year commercial bank acceptance bill, already overdue by a month, but to get the money they had to pay a 5% interest discount.

They still couldn't cut off supply.

So annoying!

Lin Yi raised his head and began searching the surrounding high-rise buildings; falling from three stories wouldn't kill him, maybe it was just because the floors weren't high enough, as long as he climbed high enough, he would definitely fall to his death.

But this was the High-tech Zone just beginning to be planned in Gusu City; the tallest building around was only five stories, with no high-rise buildings.

He wouldn't fall to his death.

So annoying.

Finally, he could only turn his attention back to the system.

This broken system needed 500 million yuan in funds to activate; the Industrial and Commercial Bank still had 42 million in unpaid loans, although not yet due, information circulated among major banks.

Other banks definitely wouldn't lend him money.

As for relatives.

One by one holding IOUs they didn't even know who wrote, saying his parents owed money right there.

Not worth considering.

The only thing worth considering was external funds.

The requirement was cash flow.

For a company, the most important thing was cash flow; many companies claimed high profits, but asking them to produce ten million yuan in cash was like asking for their lives.

So...

Thinking it over, Lin Yi found there wasn't a single person who could produce this sum of money at this time, at this juncture, without him exposing himself.

Even the state was unlikely.

Just like Shan Kou Shan checking in at Kara Zhan, you need equipment to enter, but you must enter the instance first to get the equipment.

This was a dead cycle.

If he couldn't prove his usefulness right away, naturally he couldn't get funds right away either.

Lin Yi worried himself bald; he fiercely grabbed his own hair, yanking out two handfuls of hair at the same time, and he thought of another person.

A fun person.

Someone who now has 4 billion yuan sitting in their account, still feels like a complete failure, and is preparing to start a business.

Lei Jun.

The other party has cash and likes investing; relying on his silver tongue, there's a good chance he can borrow money.

After flashing through his mind several times, the idea became unshakable and could no longer disperse.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yi pressed the idea into his heart and began planning his next move.

After the system activated, he still had to rely on himself in the end.

He needed to plan the factory's upcoming products; only if sales were high enough could he raise investors' expectations and get more money.

The factory's main OEM products were electric rice cookers, electric fans, and hair dryers.

In just over half a month, there would be a home appliance expo at the Gusu Convention and Exhibition Center; as long as he activated the system within a week, then used another week to remodel the production line and produce two samples, taking them to the expo, he wouldn't have to worry about sales...

Lin Yi suddenly stopped his train of thought, reopened the system page, and fixed his gaze on the two lines of small text below Activation.

Especially the bottom line.

【Note: Since high-end technology mostly exists in the military field, when producing military equipment, attribute amplification is increased to 500%!】

Looking at this line of text, he slapped his head hard.

If he remembered correctly, a few Arabs had appeared at the expo in his previous life, and according to some ambiguous reports, those guys seemed to be buying some small pressure vessels.

Those who attended the expo at the time didn't pay much attention, until later, when Lin Yi saw something familiar and a familiar logo in a short video about the Middle East Syria war situation.

That familiar thing was a pressure cooker!

Only it had been modified into a landmine.

And that familiar logo was the factory emblem of a pressure cooker factory next door!

In this moment, a crazy idea flashed wildly in Lin Yi's mind.

His own electrical appliance factory had the ability to produce electric rice cookers.

With just a little modification, it could become an electric pressure cooker.

With a little more modification, plus a battery, plus a timing system and signal reception system, that pressure cooker could become a remote-controlled landmine without explosives.

This thing should count as military equipment.

Then he could trigger the backup attribute!

That power...

No no no, can't say power, should say market.

The market must be very broad!

As soon as this bold idea popped up, Lin Yi's little heart couldn't help but thump thump; the more he thought about it, the more he felt this market had great potential.

Do it!

Must do it!

Do it now!

Go to Yanjing right now to find someone to borrow money!

Having made up his mind, Lin Yi immediately stood up and walked toward the office building door; just as he reached the doorway corner, he bumped full into a girl holding a folder.

With an "ow," the girl fell straight to the ground; the girl sat on the ground rubbing her foot, just about to curse someone, when she looked up and saw it was her own boss; the eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses immediately became watery, she raised her head and timidly called out:

"Boss!"

While calling out, the girl's right hand slowly reached behind her back.

Seeing this movement from the person on the ground, Lin Yi rolled his eyes directly:

"Ji Shuangshuang, you don't need to pull out your little wrench."