Of course, if other manufacturers wanted to make these electronic products, they would need various types of plastic. The existing materials factories simply couldn't meet the demand.
Future Technology, however, had prepared in advance and had ample production capacity, so many manufacturers bought materials through them.
That meant Future Technology made a huge amount of money just by selling materials—actually more than it had made selling products before.
Just as Future Technology was making money, an outbreak of hepatitis A suddenly erupted, throwing Shanghai into a state of panic.
As a result, the merchants who had originally rushed to Shanghai to order products went straight to manufacturers elsewhere to place their orders, based on the news they'd received.
During the two months after the outbreak, other manufacturers seized the opportunity, and Future Technology lost eighty percent of its electronic product orders.
Zhuang Xiaoting was very frustrated about it. She even called Wang Yue to complain. After comforting her, Wang Yue immediately launched a new product.
Wang Yue's product was still in demand, and there was nothing else on the market that could replace it. Before long, some manufacturers who weren't afraid of dying came to buy it, and Future Technology's business quickly recovered.
Wang Yue's previous move had been to protect the domestic electronics factories. His next move, of course, was for the country's military capabilities.
Wang Yue had come up with the idea entirely because realizing his dream meant opening up the market.
The domestic market was already close to saturation, so they had to find a way to break into foreign markets.
Most foreign trade still relied on shipping, since it was relatively cheap.
But the seas weren't safe, and foreign blockades had severely restricted the country's maritime trade.
If the country could rapidly strengthen its military,