Another Order

"Boss Zhang! Thank you for your help this time. If it weren't for your help, my factory would have been in big trouble. Not only would I have to pay liquidated damages for not completing the order this time, but I would also likely be blacklisted by Geely Group and never receive another order from them again.

So, Boss Zhang, to thank you for your help, I'll treat you tonight," Zhu Gang said happily.

"No, Boss Zhu, I have something to do tonight, so I won't bother you," Zhang Yi thought for a moment and replied.

After all, he had already promised Xiao Hua to treat her to a big meal tonight, so he declined Boss Zhu's invitation.

"Boss Zhang! Don't be so quick to refuse. I'm not just inviting you tonight. Besides you, there are also some county leaders, such as the Office Director of our Development Zone, the County Bureau Chief, and most importantly, the Deputy County Magistrate of our county.

I can see that you definitely won't be satisfied with just a small mechanical processing workshop like your dad was. After all, a senior technician like Master Xiao Hua is not someone just anyone can hire, not even my current factory.

If you really want to make your family's factory bigger and stronger, you should get to know the county leaders. This will be of great benefit to the future development of your factory," Zhu Gang said.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Yi still accepted Zhu Gang's invitation. After all, as Zhu Gang said, if his factory wanted to develop, then dealing with people from the county government in the future was inevitable. So he said, "Alright!"

"That's right! Bring Master Xiao Hua with you later! She's the hero this time, so you must bring her," Zhu Gang said.

Zhu Gang had been going to Zhang Yi's factory every day for the past few days to check on the processing progress of that batch of parts. After all, this was related to the future of their factory. However, in the past few days, he had become very impressed with Xiao Hua's skills.

As the owner of a mechanical factory, Zhu Gang knew very well how rare a master like Xiao Hua was. Although he didn't know Xiao Hua's technician level, he believed that Xiao Hua's technician level would definitely not be lower than level seven, and it was even possible that she had reached level eight.

So every time he went, he was very impressed with Xiao Hua, and even tried to poach Xiao Hua from Zhang Yi multiple times, as such a master was simply too rare.

However, every time he saw Xiao Hua and Zhang Yi talking and laughing, and even Xiao Hua pulling Zhang Yi's arm multiple times as if no one else was around, Zhu Gang knew that the relationship between Xiao Hua and Zhang Yi was definitely not simple, and he gave up the idea of poaching Xiao Hua.

Because he knew that looking at the way they were, he wouldn't be successful, and he might even offend both Xiao Hua and Zhang Yi.

At the same time, he had a growing fondness for Zhang Yi these past few days. Perhaps in his opinion, Zhang Yi's own processing skills were not very good, even terrible, and he couldn't even compare to an apprentice in their factory.

But being able to hire a master like Xiao Hua and have her stay in his small workshop with peace of mind was definitely a great skill. So he was very optimistic about Zhang Yi, and also very optimistic about Zhang Yi's current Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory.

"This! This..." Zhang Yi originally wanted to refuse. After all, it was very impolite to bring someone when eating with leaders. However, before he could refuse, he was interrupted by Zhu Gang.

"Alright, stop with the 'this, this'. It's settled."

"Okay! Alright! Since that's the case, I won't decline! Then I'll go back and get ready!" After saying that, Zhang Yi prepared to go back first.

After getting into his small truck, Zhang Yi first checked the money on his phone. Adding up the processing fees from the previous two times, he had already earned 280,000 in this short week. If he added the money he had saved from working before, he had about 350,000 in funds.

So Zhang Yi began to consider whether he should buy a CNC Machine. Although 350,000 was a lot of money for a mechanical workshop like his family's.

However, if he really wanted to buy a CNC Machine, this amount of money was still a bit insufficient. After all, good imported CNC Machines start at over a million, and even for domestic CNC Machines, those with slightly better performance cost hundreds of thousands.

So this amount of money could only buy ordinary domestic CNC Machines. However, even relatively ordinary domestic CNC Machines cost two to three hundred thousand, which was still a bit of a financial strain for him. After all, he currently only had about 350,000, and in addition to buying a CNC Machine, the factory also needed some working capital.

Just as Zhang Yi was thinking about whether he should add machine tools and equipment to the factory, his car door was knocked. Zhang Yi turned his head and saw that it was Zhu Gang knocking on his car door.

So he rolled down the window of the small truck and asked, "Boss Zhu! What's wrong?"

"Boss Zhang! You're still driving this car! It's time for you to change your car," Zhu Gang said.

"Boss Zhu! I want to change it too! But you know, my dad had an accident a while ago, and the family spent a lot of money. Plus, I also want to add some equipment to my workshop now, so I can only make do with this for the time being," Zhang Yi said.

In fact, Zhang Yi also knew that it was time to change this car. This small truck was already seven or eight years old, and it was usually used to haul various mechanical parts, and even often had to go to various construction sites and mines. The appearance of this car was already quite dilapidated. However, compared to this car, the factory needed production equipment more. After all, without production equipment, the factory could not develop and grow.

"What! You're finally willing to replace that old machine tool in your house? I advised your dad several years ago to replace this old lathe. Even if he didn't want to replace it with a CNC Machine, he should have replaced it with a new machine tool. But your dad is quite stubborn and said he was used to that machine tool. I really don't know what he was thinking. If he had replaced that old machine tool earlier, with your dad's skills, your family's factory would have developed long ago, unlike now," Zhu Gang said with some emotion.

Just at this moment, there was a honking sound from behind Zhang Yi. He turned his head and saw that there was a large truck parked behind him. So he turned back to Zhu Gang and said, "Boss Zhu! Then I'll be going now. See you tonight!"

After saying that, Zhang Yi drove out of the gate of Zhu Gang's factory and headed towards his own mechanical processing workshop.

After returning to his workshop, Zhang Yi found that Xiao Hua had already changed her clothes and was sitting in his boss chair reading the book he had bought last time. So Zhang Yi didn't disturb her and walked upstairs, preparing to change his clothes first.