Pre-Chinese New Year Overhaul and Visitors from DuPont Group

As the Lunar New Year approached, the company entered a rare period of quiet. Led by Dr. Xu Qingzhou, the researchers from the laboratory went on vacation to sunny Hainan, enjoying the benefits provided by the company.

Shortly after Dr. Xu Qingzhou and his team left for Xiaoshan Airport, Cao Feiyu led a group to break down the wall of the neighboring Meiyun Knitting Factory, seizing the factory buildings and land that originally belonged to the Meiyun Company.

A large number of construction machines arrived overnight. The steel frame workshop was demolished, and modular buildings were inserted into the foundation.

Once completed, the site would feature a new gymnasium with a synthetic turf field, a spacious cafeteria meeting modern standards, and twelve-story apartment-style dormitories for single employees.

The most crucial building would be the materials science research center, occupying one-third of the current land area, making it quite substantial in scale.

Unfortunately, Kunlun Company currently only had 350 researchers, plus 280 administrative, financial, logistics, and other support staff.

Therefore, even after the materials science research center was built, a significant portion would have to remain temporarily vacant. The company would need to continuously recruit new personnel to expand its research and development team.

Gao Yuan remarked that it was fortunate Dr. Xu Qingzhou and the others went on vacation at this time. Otherwise, even if they had stayed, they probably wouldn't have been able to accomplish much. With excavators and cranes constantly coming and going, and the roads covered in mud, it was quite chaotic.

Fortunately, this chaos wouldn't last long. Looking globally, Huaxia's strength in the modular construction sector was still very formidable. The Huoshenshan Hospital, built in just ten days during the pandemic, was a prime example of modular construction.

This time, two companies were providing construction services for Kunlun Company: Yangzhou IMBox and the state-owned enterprise CIMC Group. If Shanghai Ubi Group were included, they would be the "three musketeers" of Huaxia's modular construction field.

However, Ubi was backed by a Hong Kong company, and for well-known reasons, Gao Yuan disliked them, so he did not place an order with them.

Gao Yuan was a person who clearly distinguished between love and hate; he disliked disloyalty.

Ms. Yang, the owner of Esquel Group, the world's largest shirt manufacturer, had personally visited Gao Yuan, but ultimately, she did not make it onto Kunlun Company's list of partners.

Although Ms. Yang had made solemn promises to Gao Yuan, he quietly told Cao Feiyu that he didn't believe a single punctuation mark she said.

After all, when an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent. Since their paths differed, let them sink into the mud and sand together.

As February began, Kunlun Company, which had transformed into a major construction site, suddenly welcomed a special foreigner: Levi, a representative from the DuPont Group, who spoke fluent Chinese.

Gao Yuan, with a look of suspicion, invited Levi into his office.

He was a man in his thirties with black curly hair, appearing to have Middle Eastern ancestry. Later, after careful questioning, Gao Yuan learned that Levi was Jewish.

"As a foreigner, Mr. Levi, your Chinese is truly fluent," Gao Yuan said with a smile. "Where did you learn it?"

Gao Yuan mused that compared to those foreign scoundrels who came to China to chase women and scam money but wouldn't even learn a word of Chinese, Levi, even if he were a scammer, was at least a diligent one.

Levi smiled and replied, "It's passable. I graduated from the Chinese department at Peking University."

Gao Yuan was slightly taken aback. He thought of his alma mater, Ningbo University, and couldn't help but show a look of envy. "Tsinghua and Peking University are the hardest schools to get into in Huaxia. If someone in a family gets accepted into Tsinghua or Peking, they usually throw a big banquet to celebrate."

Levi shrugged indifferently. "Is that so? For foreigners like me, it's quite easy, and they even offer full scholarships."

Damn it...

Hearing this, Gao Yuan suddenly felt an urge to curse.

He frowned and said seriously, "Since Mr. Levi is here representing the DuPont Group, let's be direct and straightforward."

Levi nodded gently. "No problem. Mr. Gao seems to be a straightforward person as well. To be frank, I'm not just representing the DuPont Group this time, but also some powerful forces on the other side of the Pacific that you definitely wouldn't want to provoke."

"Oh?" Gao Yuan smiled. "That is quite interesting. I'm eager to hear more."

Levi's gaze became somewhat mysterious. "Some people in North America wish for me to discuss with you the possibility of mutually open technologies. You should also know that DuPont has merged with Dow to form the most powerful chemical group on Earth, holding numerous patents."

"For example, our subsidiary, Corning Group, is the strongest entity in the world in the field of organic silicon. Although Huaxia manufactures almost all the mobile phones in the world, the vast majority of these phones must use Corning's strengthened glass."

"This is just one example, and I can provide many more. In short, as long as Mr. Gao is willing to license the X Fiber technology, any conditions can be discussed!"

"The market is vast, and there are many ways to make money. We can cooperate fully. Why must we be in a fight to the death? Moreover, we also possess semiconductor material technology, which Huaxia urgently needs."

Gao Yuan frowned slightly. This offer was certainly not insignificant.

As a small company, Gao Yuan only had the X Fiber as his trump card. DowDuPont, as the king of chemical materials on Earth, possessed many technologies that made the world envious.

Any technology Gao Yuan was interested in could be discussed, even semiconductor chip technology, which was currently facing severe blockades. The only price required was to share the X Fiber technology with the other party.

It was tempting. Gao Yuan had to admit that this was a huge temptation.

He couldn't help but fantasize in his mind: if he exchanged X Fiber for DowDuPont's semiconductor technology, and then acquired HiSilicon under Huawei, would he transform into a new generation semiconductor giant?

The reason for acquiring HiSilicon instead of helping it was simple: Gao Yuan, deep down, didn't trust any capitalist, no matter who they were.

Unfortunately, fantasies were just fantasies.

He sighed softly and said, "Since Mr. Levi studied Chinese, he must have heard this saying: 'Today, cede five cities, tomorrow, ten cities, and then you will have a night of peace. When you look around, the Qin soldiers will be there again.'"

"I am no longer an innocent child. I have long experienced your methods. You present enormous benefits to make your opponent voluntarily give up their weapons. At that point, Kunlun Company, without its weapons, will be a toothless tiger, at your mercy."

"I never believe what people say; I only believe what I see with my own eyes."

"The Kurds, wandering in the Middle East, believed your lies and risked their lives, fighting from Syria to Iraq, from Al-Qaeda to the insane ISIS, fighting battles for you, suffering countless casualties, with even women and children on the battlefield."

"And what was the result?"

"On October 7, 2019, you abandoned the Kurds and withdrew, leaving your loyal allies to the butcher's knife of Turkey."

Perhaps feeling that the betrayal of the Kurds was not a glorious act, Levi's face turned slightly red, and he tried to argue, "Mr. Gao, what you mentioned is an isolated case. Sometimes, for the interests of the United States, we have to make difficult choices."

"An isolated case?" Gao Yuan let out a cold laugh and said in a calm, rapid tone, "In 1920 AD, the Ottoman Empire disintegrated. The Kurds served you diligently. However, when the Treaty of Lausanne was signed in 1923 AD, the Iraqis and Syrians gained the opportunity to establish independent nations, but the Kurds' demands were not mentioned at all. This was your first betrayal."

"Time moved to after World War II. In 1958 AD, you conspired to overthrow Iraq. The Kurds secretly assisted you again. In 1963 AD, after a man named Saddam successfully seized power, you abandoned the Kurds once more. By the way, the napalm bombs Saddam dropped on the Kurds were funded by you."

"That was your second betrayal of the Kurds."

"In 1970 AD, Iraq leaned towards the former Soviet Union, and you became displeased. So, you brought out the Kurds again, led by Kissinger, and initiated an armed Kurdish plan to threaten Iraq against getting too close to the former Soviet Union. Subsequently, the Kurds suffered a bloody massacre. Even though they held weapons provided by you, you pretended nothing had happened."

"The third time, the unlucky Kurds were sold out by you again."

"In 1991 AD, the Gulf War began. I can't be bothered to mention the back-and-forth in between. Every time you encountered difficulties, you remembered the Kurds. Every time the Kurds were massacred, you pretended not to see them. Being friends with you, the Kurds have truly had the worst luck, being betrayed time and time again, yet surviving through their own resilience."

With a hint of coldness in his eyes, Gao Yuan let out a cold laugh and said, "Mr. Levi, you don't honestly think I'm young and never read history, do you?"

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