Procurement Department

Cao Deming was a manager of a Procurement Department under Goose Factory. Their divisions of responsibility were quite detailed. He managed a Procurement Department, though not one of the main ones, but a subordinate department, so he did not hold that much authority.

However, he received an email from his secretary telling him that there was a video he needed to review.

When he opened the email and saw the video, he was instantly astounded. He had never seen such an exquisitely detailed model before. He had also been at his wits' end over a certain matter, so the sight of this model made him extremely happy.

"Mr. Chen Feng, did you make this model yourself, or was it made by a Processing Plant?"

"I made it at a processing facility. What do you think? Detailed enough?"

"More than detailed enough. I've never seen such an intricate model before. If it truly is like what your video shows, that would be downright unbelievable."

"Don't worry. It's definitely even more detailed than in the video, because the video resolution can't meet the requirements for displaying the model."

"That would be wonderful. As for the idea you mentioned in the letter you sent me, as a Procurement Department manager, I'm willing to work with you and discuss this matter."

"No problem. Can we set it in Ning City, the city where I live?"

"Of course. Let's set it for next Monday. Once I arrive in Ning City, I'll call you. See you then."

After chatting with the Procurement Department manager for a while longer, Chen Feng directly bought a train ticket back to Ning City.

Elsewhere, Cao Deming, the manager of Goose Factory's subordinate Procurement Department, was extremely pleased, much to his secretary's confusion.

"Xiao Li, you don't know the full story. Aren't we organizing some kind of offline event lately? They said they wanted to heavily promote Bao'er Jie, but we don't have any Bao'er Jie figurines. This has kept our entire branch company busy, and even I, the Procurement Department manager, am under enormous pressure. They told me to procure some exquisite figurines, even if we had to ask other factories to make them. But the figurines made by other factories or independent creators simply couldn't catch their eye. Once we secure this figurine, we'll show them what we can do. I'm sure it'll leave them utterly stunned."

With that, Cao Deming immediately went downstairs to get busy. He absolutely could not be careless with this matter. He had to keep this person firmly in his grasp.

Besides Bao'er Jie, their company had many other animated works. The characters under those works all needed to be handled by him, the Procurement Department manager, whether they were figurines or other merchandise. If that person truly had the ability to create such exquisite figurines, Cao Deming might be able to work with him long-term.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng was already on the train home. Before long, he arrived in Ning City and returned straight to his dormitory, carrying a huge box with him.

The box contained nothing else but that robot—the competition robot belonging to Li Zhengyang and the others.

After plugging the USB drive Li Zhengyang had given him into the 3D Printer, he printed the parts for the competition robot one by one, then effortlessly assembled them together. There was no program code inside; it was merely an empty shell.

Yet even just looking at the shell, Chen Feng was deeply shocked. It looked no different from the intelligent robots of the future, aside from being somewhat smaller.

Li Zhengyang hurried back to his dormitory, pushed open the door, and saw the hollow robot.

"My god, isn't this the robot we've been making?"

Li Zhengyang walked over to Chen Feng and carefully examined the robot. The more he studied it, the more shock filled his eyes.

"What is going on? The robot we made isn't nearly this exquisite, and this level of detail is honestly astonishing. The parts inside have all been assembled too. My god, the parts I asked you to have precision-machined are here as well."

Li Zhengyang stared at Chen Feng in utter shock, not knowing how to express his feelings.

"Was this really made by your grandfather's factory? Something this exquisite... I feel like even the world's top Processing Plants wouldn't be able to make something so precise. The electronic patterns and these complex designs are all from our blueprints. Even with several more years of technological development, they might not be able to make it."

Hearing that, Chen Feng felt that he might have overplayed his hand. But he quickly calmed down and explained to Li Zhengyang.

"It's like this. My grandfather runs a factory. You know he's a retired veteran technical expert, so the technology his factory possesses is beyond anything you can imagine. After he saw your robot blueprints, he directly processed it."

Li Zhengyang became even more suspicious of Chen Feng's words, but it did not matter. The robot was right in front of him. As for how it had been made, that had nothing to do with him.

"No matter what, I owe you a huge favor. Once we upload the code into this robot, it'll definitely fully realize the concepts we designed. Then you'll be our technical advisor. We'll put your name on it, and when the time comes, you'll compete with us."

Chen Feng wanted to refuse, but seeing Li Zhengyang's serious expression, he knew there was no room for refusal. What ultimately made him nod, however, was Li Zhengyang saying that the winner of the Robot Competition could receive around 500,000 yuan.

Once 500,000 yuan was divided among them, each person might only get a few tens of thousands, since there were also supporting staff such as instructors. Still, having a few tens of thousands was better than having nothing.

After settling everything, Li Zhengyang carried the robot straight to their activity room.

After arriving at the robot activity room, Li Zhengyang clapped his hands and said to everyone.

"Everyone, stop what you're doing for now and come take a look at this robot."

Everyone stopped working and looked at Li Zhengyang suspiciously. But when they saw the robot in his hands, their eyes instantly widened in shock.

"My god, what is this? Is this really our robot?"

"Where did you get this mechanical shell? These patterns... aren't these our conceptual patterns?"