"Couldn't you even access his detailed information?" Seeing him drenched in sweat only made him more afraid.
"Yes. There wasn't much information I could look up about him, but one thing was certain: you were very lucky this time, and very clever. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be you in trouble—even I would be implicated.
I can reveal one thing. For Combat Heroes like him, as long as they haven't killed anyone or dealt drugs, we simply have no authority to interfere in anything else.
By the way, tomorrow, take some people to investigate Jiangnan Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Factory in our city. If it weren't for that bastard Jiang Zhimin, would we need to be this scared? Isn't he pushing us straight into the fire?
Heh! What was so special about Combat Heroes like that? There might even be one in that factory! At that moment, he hated Jiang Zhimin of the Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Group to the core, so he said this to the captain of their police department.
"I'll head out first, then."
The next day, factories belonging to the Jiangnan Province Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Group throughout Zhou Tai City were subjected to surprise inspections by various local departments, and quite a few problems were indeed uncovered.
After Zhang Yi sent off the city bureau police officers, he saw the Office Director of the Development Zone hurrying over from outside the zone.
Director Zhang was furious as well. He had merely left the Development Zone to report matters to the county, yet in that short time, such a major incident had happened. He had even heard that several police cars from the city bureau had arrived. What displeased both him and the county even more was that the city bureau had not informed the county at all before coming. The County Chief was now preparing to demand an explanation from the city bureau.
After all, Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory was the most promising enterprise in the entire Development Zone. It was also the only high-tech manufacturer in Xian County with its own products and patents.
According to estimates from him and the county's other departments, this factory had enormous potential. Most of the other factories in Xian County had no products of their own. Even those that did only produced outdated, obsolete goods with barely any profit.
But this mechanical factory was different. The Aerodynamic Bicycles it produced were selling exceptionally well. During this period, the factory had been shipping goods out almost every day, something evident from the constant stream of transport vehicles entering and leaving the Development Zone.
For that very reason, the entire county attached great importance to this factory. Yet from beginning to end, the county had received no information whatsoever about this incident.
Moreover, when those people arrived, not a single person from the county had been at the scene. He was deeply worried that Zhang Yi might develop grievances against the county. What if Zhang Yi decided to relocate the mechanical factory somewhere else? What would he do then? This was all political achievement!
"Director Zhang! The county government knew nothing about what happened just now. We received no notice from above, so I rushed here as soon as I got the news. But rest assured, the county will definitely give you an explanation," he said hurriedly upon arriving.
"Office Director, this wasn't the county's fault. Our factory's Aerodynamic Bicycles have continued to sell like hotcakes lately, while electric vehicles have reached market saturation. They simply wanted to use this opportunity to pressure us." Zhang Yi knew this was not the county's doing. There was no benefit to them in doing so; on the contrary, it would bring them considerable harm. Thus, Zhang Yi did not blame the county.
"No matter what, the county definitely bears responsibility for this matter. We will absolutely demand an explanation from the city bureau. Director Zhang, I'll go back to the county and report this first," Director Zhang said.
Watching Director Zhang walk away, Zhang Yi took four bodyguards to the car, intending to bring them home and have two of them protect his parents.
Zhang Yi also knew that this matter would definitely not end so easily. Many people in Jiangnan Province knew that Jiang Zhimin of the Jiangnan Province Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Group had made his fortune from nothing and wielded considerable influence throughout the province. This had merely been a test. Now that he had defused the legal channels, the next methods would certainly not be legitimate ones. His parents' safety was therefore the highest priority.
Over the next few days, however, things did not unfold as Zhang Yi expected. The Jiangnan Province Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Group continued producing its electric vehicles as usual and did not retaliate against Zhang Yi's side. Just two days earlier, the group had also launched a new concept vehicle that might enter the market soon.
"Boss! I did it! I finally did it! Boss, I finally developed a new type of Optical Glass!" That morning, not long after Zhang Yi arrived at his office, the door was suddenly pushed open. Jia Qing strode in, shouting excitedly as Zhang Yi looked on helplessly.
Zhang Yi knew about Jia Qing's research. After all, Zhang Yi had been the one to spend money on the small glass-manufacturing equipment.
"Alright, alright. Even if you succeeded, there's no need to get so worked up, is there? Besides, this stuff probably doesn't have much use, does it?" Seeing Jia Qing's excitement, Zhang Yi could not help teasing him.
"Boss! You're terribly ignorant! Let me put it this way: nearly every high-tech industry in modern society is inseparably connected to glass. From the window glass of spacecraft and space shuttles, to pressure-resistant glass for deep-sea submarines, down to the screen glass used on our phones and the glass used in all kinds of cameras—all of them are inseparable from high-performance glass," Jia Qing said mockingly.
Ever since he had asked Zhang Yi to purchase a set of Glass Chemical Industry equipment and Zhang Yi had not taken it seriously, he had known that Zhang Yi did not understand much about it. Otherwise, Zhang Yi would not have bought him only a small set of equipment—obsolete secondhand equipment found at some ** glass shop—instead of the large-scale equipment he had hoped for.
Still, although Zhang Yi had bought him outdated, obsolete secondhand equipment, he had ultimately managed to manufacture the high-performance glass he had researched for so long.
"Then tell me about the properties of this glass you made. Let's see what makes it different from the ordinary glass on the market." Seeing him make such exaggerated claims, Zhang Yi became somewhat curious. Still, he did not believe the glass Jia Qing had made could be that impressive. The equipment he had been given was only an obsolete secondhand set. What kind of heaven-defying product could it possibly produce? Zhang Yi was the first person who did not believe it.
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