Chapter 398: Chapter 398

Looking at Hu Cheng’s eyes filled with desire, Lin Yi really didn’t know what this guy was thinking.

Giving you a week to study it? Isn’t that just a pipe dream?

Does he really think the other side is stupid? Give you a week to study it? They might as well just give you a machine for free.

The reason they allow you to observe is they know you can’t deduce much useful information from just the appearance, since you can’t use tools to measure.

Otherwise, it’s unlikely these guys would let Lin Yi and his team near the equipment.

Of course, all of this has a premise — they want to cooperate with the Zaohe Group.

Even if it’s Zaohe Group outsourcing to them for processing, that’s fine.

Once they take over the processing, they are confident that they can replicate it after some time.

However, the idea of staying for a week here seems to be something only research-minded people like Hu Cheng could suggest.

Anyone with a normal mindset wouldn’t say such a thing.

Didn’t you see the guy responsible for Lin Yi’s safety couldn’t help but twitch his mouth?

Lin Yi couldn’t directly refute him, so he took him aside and whispered so only the two of them could hear:

"Don’t rush, let me tell you something. Don’t spread it around. I just talked with Yamaguchi Junichiro, and they’ll secretly sell us two machine tools, shipped tonight. We’ll study them at home when we get back tomorrow."

Seeing Hu Cheng about to speak excitedly, Lin Yi quickly made a shushing gesture:

"Keep it quiet. This is a private deal, and Yamaguchi Junichiro won’t mention it to anyone. Just pretend you know nothing."

Upon hearing this, Hu Cheng quickly nodded, indicating he understood.

At this moment, Hu Cheng was filled with eagerness, and he didn’t care how Lin Yi got the instruments.

As long as he had the tools to use, he didn’t care how they were acquired.

After a round of visits, Lin Yi indeed felt the demanding atmosphere and environment of the factory here.

Putting aside prejudices, he had to admit that he learned a lot.

They had lunch accompanied by Yamaguchi Junichiro and a group of local managers.

The setting was upscale, but Lin Yi didn’t enjoy the meal.

Faced with an array of sashimi, Lin Yi really couldn’t bring himself to eat.

Especially eating live-sliced fish, his appetite was immediately ruined.

Well, it’s not actually called ’live-sliced’, but the method involved was exactly that — slicing up a live fish and eating it.

Not only that, the sliced, skin-on fish meat would be put in the fish’s mouth before eating, and the fish would reflexively bite off the skin...

In short, Lin Yi really couldn’t handle this method of eating.

Just like he couldn’t appreciate an opening ceremony that seemed to connect to hell.

Actually, it wasn’t just Lin Yi; Hu Cheng also couldn’t eat.

However, the guy responsible for his safety didn’t care if the food was raw or cooked, and after a few bites, sat upright beside Lin Yi.

Seeing this, Lin Yi secretly gave him a thumbs up, silently admiring how impressive he was.

But when Lin Yi asked back at the hotel, the guy’s response left him speechless:

"This stuff is way better than the live frogs and geckos we ate during training. At least it comes with rice."

Of course, if he wasn’t worried about Lin Yi’s tolerance, this guy would definitely have shared even more disgusting things for Lin Yi to see.

After resting at the hotel for a while, Yamaguchi called with the afternoon schedule and informed that the machine tools had already been shipped out early, expected to arrive at Beijing Airport in four hours.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi immediately perked up and called Ouyang Lei directly:

"We got the items; they’re expected to arrive in four hours at the airport. Arrange for someone to pick them up. But remember, don’t open them. Send them directly to the Zaohe warehouse; we’ll return overnight.

Remember, do not open them. I’ll explain everything once I’m back."

Ouyang Lei on the other end of the call was dumbfounded by Lin Yi’s words.

Damn! Didn’t you guys just arrive? How did you manage this already??

This isn’t logical! We struggled to no avail before!

Yet, after just a few hours, you’re telling me you got them??

Of course, shock aside, he could barely conceal his excitement.

Suppressing his enthusiasm, he grabbed his nearby phone and made a call:

"Get me a squad and a truck to the airport; a ZH9016 flight lands in three hours. Pick up two crates directly from under the plane."

After hanging up, Ouyang Lei couldn’t sit still.

The machine tools are crucial; with them, many things previously impossible to manufacture might soon be achievable.

And more importantly, once we have these two, it won’t be long before there’s a third, a fifth, even hundreds and thousands.