Galactic Industrial Overlord
Chapter 8

Zhu Gang's Shock

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Soon, Zhu Gang dialed the manufacturer's number, but the manufacturer told him that given the condition of his machine tool, it would definitely need to be sent back to the factory for repair, as it couldn't be fixed at his current location.

This left Zhu Gang completely helpless. After all, the situation in other workshops was even more urgent than here, and there were no machines available.

Furthermore, since there weren't many machinery factories in the entire Xian County, his factory was already the largest in the county.

The other machinery factories were basically just workshop-style operations with poor technology and old equipment. Therefore, parts requiring such precision could generally not be produced by these workshops.

Of course, Zhang Yi's place was an exception. Although his machine tools were similar to those in other small workshops, being old products from the 1970s and 1980s,

His father's technology before was incomparable to that of other small workshops in Xian County, and now Xiao Hua's technology was even much stronger than his father's, which was why they could process these parts with high precision requirements.

Just as Zhu Gang was at a loss, a small truck drove up from a distance towards their factory gate. This made Zhu Gang and the others quite puzzled. After all, at this time, their factory had already started work, and they hadn't bought anything. However, this small truck clearly had a local license plate, and more importantly, since the truck could enter the factory area, it definitely wasn't here for no reason.

At this moment, Zhu Gang saw Zhang Yi sitting in the small truck, which made Zhu Gang even more nervous. Now one of his CNC machines was broken. If Zhang Yi returned the raw parts that were taken a few days ago, then even if the machine was repaired tomorrow, it would be very difficult to complete the order.

Because Zhang Yi's batch of parts was the same batch as his current one. It was precisely because they were running out of time that they gave a portion to Zhang Yi to help process. In the entire Xian County, besides Zhu Gang's own factory, only Zhang Yi's workshop could meet the required standards, while the other workshops were simply not up to par.

"Boss Zhu! What's wrong with you! Why do you look like this? Did something happen?" After getting out of the car, Zhang Yi saw Zhu Gang, the owner of the parts factory, whose face didn't look good at the moment, so he asked.

"Sigh! Don't mention it, you can't help even if I tell you. Little Boss Zhang, are you returning the goods? Can't even you process these parts?" Zhu Gang looked at Zhang Yi's small truck, his face becoming even more grim.

"No! Boss Zhu! I've already finished all 1000 of your parts, but I need you to send someone over to check if these parts are qualified!" Zhang Yi said to Zhu Gang as he got out of the car.

"Little Boss Zhang, you're not joking, are you! Didn't I just send them a few days ago? You finished them all in just two days!" Hearing Zhang Yi's words, Zhu Gang's face clearly showed an expression of disbelief.

You know, even if their factory used a CNC machine for processing, it would take nearly two days to process over a thousand parts. He knew Zhang Yi's workshop very well. There was only one old-fashioned machine tool in the entire factory, not to mention that this machine tool was from the 1970s or 1980s. The precision was not bad, otherwise it would be impossible to process parts with such precision requirements, but the processing speed could not possibly be faster than a CNC machine.

Although he was a little skeptical that Zhang Yi's workshop could complete the processing of these parts in such a short time, he still asked the workshop director standing by to call the Quality Inspection Department personnel to prepare for the inspection of this batch of parts.

The quality inspection personnel quickly arrived next to the small truck and immediately began inspecting the parts on Zhang Yi's small truck.

Since this batch of parts required precision, and he attached great importance to this batch of parts, he asked the quality inspection personnel to inspect the parts Zhang Yi brought one by one.

In fact, Zhu Gang still held a glimmer of hope in his heart. He really hoped that all these parts were qualified. If that were the case, then even if the CNC machine in his factory was broken, with Zhang Yi's speed, the probability of completing this order was still very high.

The quality inspection personnel inspected this batch of parts one by one according to Zhu Gang's requirements, and they were very meticulous. However, 1000 parts were actually not many, and these parts were not large, so the inspection was completed quickly.

When all the parts were inspected, the quality inspection personnel did not find any defective products, which made Zhu Gang very excited.

Being able to complete the processing of over a thousand parts with precision requirements in just over a day meant that the efficiency of Zhang Yi's factory was very high.

Although he didn't understand how an old-fashioned machine tool could do it, this did not hinder his high hopes for Zhang Yi's factory. Now, whether the batch of parts from their broken CNC machine could be completed within the specified time could only rely on Zhang Yi and his team.

"Let's go! Little Boss Zhang! Let's talk in the office." After saying that, Zhu Gang pulled Zhang Yi towards his office.

"Little Boss Zhang! Do you want cash or a transfer!" After sitting down in the office, Zhu Gang asked directly.

"Transfer, please!" After all, carrying cash was very inconvenient, and nowadays, transfers were basically the norm, so Zhang Yi also chose a transfer. He didn't want to walk on the street with tens of thousands of yuan pretending to be cool.

"Little Boss Zhang, I wonder if your factory is busy right now. If not, I hope you can help me process another batch of parts. The parts are the same kind you processed before, but this time the quantity is larger, five times the amount you processed before, and the time is even tighter than before. It must be completed within four days. Of course, I can also add five yuan to the price." After saying that, Zhu Gang looked at Zhang Yi with anticipation, afraid that he would say no.

"This! Boss Zhu, aren't you making things difficult for me? The quantity is five times more than before, which is five thousand pieces, and the time is only four days. Even with a CNC machine, it would be very difficult to complete in such a short time, not to mention that my factory only has one ordinary machine tool." Zhang Yi said with a troubled expression.

"Little Boss Zhang, I have no other choice. Look, how about this, I'll directly add another fifteen yuan, and you don't haggle anymore." Zhu Gang said again, and fearing that Zhang Yi would refuse, he directly added fifteen yuan per piece on top of the original price.

In other words, Zhang Yi could get 50 yuan for processing each piece. Of course, the premise was that he could complete the processing of five thousand parts within four days.

"Well! Wait a moment, I'll make a call." After saying that, Zhang Yi didn't wait for Zhu Gang to say anything, took out his mobile phone, and dialed the number of the shop. After all, he really couldn't make the decision on this matter.

If he could make the decision, he would really want to take the order, but because it was not him operating the machine tool now, but Xiao Hua, without Xiao Hua, he wouldn't be able to process even one part in four days by himself, let alone five thousand parts. Zhang Yi was very self-aware of this.

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