Discussions with Huaxia Electric Grid continued into the afternoon. Rich visions and cooperative strategies allowed all the executives from Huaxia Electric Grid to seemingly catch a glimpse of a brighter future for Huaxia. Although many details still required significant refinement, just this single distribution-system collaboration won everyone over.
After seeing off the group from Huaxia Electric Grid, the few of them casually ate boxed lunches in the conference room.
"Brother Chuan, Yuehua's construction crew has already moved in. Following the design plans for the southern part of Toni Electronics Factory provided by Achen, infrastructure work has already begun. According to the plan, all factory buildings will use steel skeletons and metal sheds, and it's estimated that everything can be completed in about two weeks. My dad mobilized all the construction crews cooperating with Yuehua to work twenty-four hours a day," Zhao Wanyu said, then took a mouthful of rice drizzled with sauce.
Chen Mengchuan nodded and looked at Toni.
Toni pushed up his glasses while holding bamboo chopsticks and said, "The fees paid for all 300-plus production lines include transportation, on-site installation, and handover. When construction nears completion, they will be shipped over at the very first moment and installation will begin. Handover can be completed in five days, and they will go into production."
"Brother Xu, what about the current raw material reserves in the factory?" Chen Mengchuan asked.
"Raw materials have already been stockpiled in sufficient quantities, but if we're going to add 300 production lines, that's obviously far from enough. However, Brother Sun has already made all the arrangements," Xu Shuwei said slowly.
Sun Zhongyong nodded. "Mengchuan, I've taken care of all the raw material arrangements. Starting next week, they'll be shipped in one after another from all over Huaxia, ensuring that as soon as these production lines go live, there will be ample raw materials for production right away. We've signed long-term supply contracts with all suppliers; because of the large volume, they'll provide us with prices lower than the market rate while giving us priority delivery."
"Xiaoxiao, how are the cable and supercomputer expansions coming along?" Chen Mengchuan turned to ask Gu Xiaoxiao, who was drinking soup.
"The cabling plan for the new factory area is already complete and will be tied in alongside the decoration progress. Achen will be able to begin hooking up all the installation work right away. The new procurement order for the Toni supercomputer has already been placed, totaling 190 million US dollars in hardware, to be delivered and paid for in six phases. Delivery will take about three weeks," Gu Xiaoxiao replied.
"Wanyu, how are the sales figures for Dawn 1.0 looking right now?" Chen Mengchuan asked Zhao Wanyu.
"Sold out. The number of registered members on the official Toni website has already reached over 42 million. Every day, right before pre-orders open, traffic reaches an online count of over 20 million. Inventory is currently released in four batches each day, with 50,000 sets of Dawn 1.0 put up each time. We can take 200,000 pre-orders a day, but demand still outstrips supply. Feedback from the users who got their hands on the first batch of Dawn 1.0 chargers has also come in, causing a sensation across major video websites. There are all sorts of test videos imitating us, and even quite a few people have put out teardown videos trying to uncover the secrets of Dawn 1.0," Zhao Wanyu said slowly.
Chen Mengchuan nodded. At 200,000 pre-orders a day, that equaled nearly 90 million Huaxia Yuan in revenue daily.
"What's the logistics situation like? Can it support this kind of shipping volume?" Chen Mengchuan asked again.
Sun Zhongyong spoke up to answer, "The current logistics shipping volume can support shipments of 200,000, but if the new production lines start operating, there's no way we'll manage."
Pondering for a moment, Chen Mengchuan said, "Achen, help us do regional allocations based on the daily order summaries, re-optimize the order-printing sequence, coordinate with logistics transportation, and calculate how much time we can save this way."
"Understood, Father. The calculation is complete. After optimizing the logistics shipping structure, we can increase current efficiency by 72%, and it can be implemented right now," Achen replied.
Under the factory's current logistics distribution process, after the production lines turned out finished goods and packaged them, workers manually applied different logistics delivery orders. The items were then sent according to their respective assembly lines to the shipping areas of the twelve partner courier and logistics companies, after which the courier personnel picked up the items and entered their respective logistics shipping systems.
"Thank you, Achen. Go ahead and implement it; boost efficiency by as much as we possibly can," Chen Mengchuan nodded.
After discussing many more plans and progress updates, the group stayed up late into the night.
Zhao Wanyu drove, carrying Chen Mengchuan toward Peninsula Mansion.
"Brother Chuan."
"Hmm?" Chen Mengchuan, who had been gazing at the night scenery outside the window, turned back.
"Your mom called me today."
"What did she ask you?" Chen Mengchuan asked.
Zhao Wanyu's face flushed slightly. "She said she went to your place in Su City and couldn't find you. She opened the door and went inside, only to see it hadn't been cleaned in a long time, and asked if you were living at my place."
Chen Mengchuan straightened up a bit. He had completely forgotten that Mother Chen had a key to his apartment in Su City.
"Did you tell her?" Chen Mengchuan's old face blushed.
Zhao Wanyu nodded. "I told her I have several empty rooms here... and you are indeed living with me right now, since it's a bit closer to the company anyway."
"Since you told her, you told her." Chen Mengchuan smiled, feeling a bit relieved in his heart.
In his hazy memories, the complex relationship and sources of conflict with his family were numerous, but they primarily stemmed from the friction with Father Chen. Sun Weijie had also told him that ever since he went to Japan, Mother Chen went to clean his Su City apartment every single week, and she had always been unwilling to rent that place out.
Chen Mengchuan did not know how many times his mother might have wept in despair while cleaning his empty house all by herself. Because of his marriage to Ayase Sonoko, he had lost many things, and all sorts of lingering regrets in his heart were things Chen Mengchuan was unwilling to face even now.
"She said she called you, but you didn't pick up. Worried you were busy, she asked me to tell you to make time to come home for dinner. Your god-uncle's family sent over quite a few old hens," Zhao Wanyu said slowly.
Chen Mengchuan's eyes grew somewhat misty as he gazed out the car window, and he nodded.
"Then I'll head back tomorrow after work. Wanyu, come back with me tomorrow," Chen Mengchuan turned to look at Zhao Wanyu.
Zhao Wanyu felt a sweetness in her heart and replied, "There are quite a few things at the company tomorrow, so I might not have time. We'll see."
Chen Mengchuan rolled his eyes. "Such a tease!"
"Alright then, I'll go back with you. It's been a long time since I had the chicken soup stewed at your family home," Zhao Wanyu smiled.
Chapter 2
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