The Sci-Fi Ring
Chapter 4

Procurement Department

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Cao Deming was a manager in a procurement department under Goose Factory. For them, the division of labor was quite detailed. He was a procurement manager, but not in the main procurement department, but a subordinate one, so he didn't have much power.

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

When he received this email and saw the video, he was immediately amazed. He had never seen such a detailed model. Just as he was already overwhelmed by something, seeing this model made him extremely happy.

"Mr. Chen Feng, may I ask if this model was made by you personally, or by a processing factory?"

"I made it at a processing facility. How is it? Detailed enough?"

"More than detailed enough! I've never seen such a detailed model. If it's truly as shown in your video, then it's simply too incredible."

"Don't worry, it's definitely more detailed than in the video, because the video resolution can't meet the requirements for showcasing my model."

"That's truly excellent! Regarding the ideas you mentioned in the letter you sent me, as the manager of the procurement department, I am willing to cooperate with you and discuss this matter."

"No problem. Let's set it in Ning City, which is my city, is that okay?"

"Of course, no problem. Let's set it for next Monday. I'll call you after I arrive in Ning City. See you then!"

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

In another place, Cao Deming, the manager of that subordinate procurement department at Goose Factory, was very happy, which made his secretary quite curious.

"Xiao Li, you wouldn't know this, but aren't we holding an offline event recently? It's said to be a big push for Bao'er Jie, but there are no various figurines of Bao'er Jie. This matter has kept our entire branch company extremely busy, and I, as the procurement manager, am also under immense pressure. They told me to procure some exquisite figurines, even if it means having other factories produce them. But the figurines I had other factories or other民间制作人 (folk creators) make simply didn't meet their standards. After securing this figurine this time, I'll show it to them, and I'm sure it will absolutely amaze them."

Speaking of this, Cao Deming immediately went to get busy. For him, this matter absolutely could not be taken lightly. He had to firmly grasp this person in his hands.

Because besides Bao'er, their company also had many other anime works. The characters under these anime works all needed him, the procurement manager, to procure things for them, whether it was figurines or other items. If that person truly had the ability to produce such exquisite figurines, then Cao Deming might have to cooperate with him long-term.

On another front, Chen Feng had already boarded the train back and soon arrived in Ning City, then directly returned to his dormitory. However, he was carrying a huge box with him.

This box contained nothing else but that robot, which was Li Zhengyang and their competition robot.

He inserted the USB drive Li Zhengyang gave him into the 3D printer and printed the parts of these competition robots one by one, then easily assembled them. There was no program code inside, just an empty shell.

However, just looking at this empty shell, even Chen Feng was very shocked. This shell looked no different from those future intelligent robots, except for its smaller size.

Li Zhengyang rushed back to his dormitory in a hurry, then pushed open the door and saw this empty shell robot.

"Oh my god, isn't this the robot we're making?"

Li Zhengyang came to Chen Feng's side and carefully examined the robot. The more he studied it, the more his eyes filled with shock.

"What's going on? The robot we're making isn't this exquisite, and this level of exquisiteness is truly shocking to me. The parts inside are already assembled. My god, the parts I asked you to precision machine are also here."

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

"Did your grandpa's factory really produce this? Something so exquisite, I feel like even those world-class processing factories wouldn't be able to produce something so detailed. The electronic circuits inside, and these complex designs are all from our design blueprints. Even if the technology advanced several more years, it might not be possible to make this."

Hearing these words, Chen Feng felt at this moment that he might have been a bit overconfident, but in a blink of an eye, he calmed down and explained to Li Zhengyang.

"It's like this, my grandpa opened a factory, and you know my grandpa is a retired old technical expert, so the technology his factory possesses is beyond what you can imagine. Therefore, after he saw your robot blueprint, he directly processed it."

Li Zhengyang became more and more suspicious of Chen Feng's words, but it didn't matter. The robot was in front of him, and as for how it was made, that had nothing to do with him.

"No matter what, I owe you a big favor. After we inject code into this robot, it will definitely fully embody the concepts we designed. At that time, you will be our technical advisor, and we will put your name on it. Then you can participate in the competition with us."

Chen Feng wanted to refuse, but seeing Li Zhengyang's serious expression, he knew there was no room for refusal. However, what ultimately made Chen Feng nod was Li Zhengyang saying that the winner of the robot competition could get about 500,000 RMB.

500,000 RMB distributed among them might only be a few tens of thousands per person, because there were also auxiliary personnel like mentors, but having a few tens of thousands was better than nothing.

After settling all of this, Li Zhengyang directly took the robot and headed towards his activity room.

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

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

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Li Zhengyang suspiciously, but when they saw the robot in his hand, their eyes immediately widened in shock.

"Oh my god, what is this? Is this really our robot?"

"Where did you get this mechanical shell? These patterns? Aren't these our concept patterns?"

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