Chapter 421: Chapter 421: The Bald Manager Sun

Xu Xiangbei brought Ah Rong a roast duck, her slender white hands tearing the duck into pieces, the fragrant and crispy duck meat spilling oil with every bite.

While enjoying the delicious roast duck, Ah Rong showed a grateful smile: "Thank you for bringing the duck. Would you like to join me?"

Xu Xiangbei waved his hand with a smile: "I’ve already eaten, you go ahead and enjoy."

Licking the oil from her fingers, Ah Rong asked: "Have you finished everything in Yanjing?"

"Everything’s done, just waiting for the bidding in a week. How are you feeling now, does the wound still hurt?"

Ah Rong laughed dismissively: "It still hurts a bit, but such a small injury is nothing to me."

Xu Xiangbei said with concern: "Can you be discharged now? If not, stay a few more days to heal here."

Ah Rong’s lovely face showed a disdainful expression: "I’m not that fragile, go and do the discharge procedures for me, I’ve had enough of being here."

Seeing Ah Rong regain her former radiant look, knowing she was fine, Xu Xiangbei completed the discharge procedures for her.

"Ah Rong, besides the Chevrolet’s license plate, can you remember any other details?"

Ah Rong said helplessly: "I just remember the license plate, didn’t see anything else. If I’m not mistaken, that car must have been stolen; no one would drive their own car to blatantly kill at a service area."

Ah Rong’s judgment was correct, Xu Xiangbei had already called Jenny and found that Chevrolet car in the service area’s surveillance, but it had been stolen several days ago.

Xu Xiangbei’s eyes were firm: "One day, I’ll find that killer and avenge you."

After returning to Earth Sea City, Xu Xiangbei specifically visited Manager Zhou, bringing some specialties bought in Yanjing, various snacks.

Seeing Xu Xiangbei come to visit him, Manager Zhou was very happy, after a day of rest, his complexion had recovered significantly.

Manager Zhou excitedly said: "President Xu, I feel a lot better, I can work today."

Xu Xiangbei did not respond but gently checked his pulse, feeling that his pulse had regained vitality.

However, Xu Xiangbei did not agree to Manager Zhou’s request to work immediately: "You can’t work today, you need to rest at home for another day."

Manager Zhou was a little anxious: "I have a lot to do."

"You should rest at home for another day, that’s an order."

At the Thunderbird Group, Xu Xiangbei’s office,

Production Manager Sun and Finance Manager Sister Qian sat in front of Xu Xiangbei.

Xu Xiangbei smiled and asked Manager Sun: "Manager Sun, I have a friend willing to give us some toy chip orders, can we produce them?"

Manager Sun, a bald middle-aged man, had sweat beads on his shiny forehead: "President Xu, we produce high-tech chips, of course, we can make toy chips. But there is a very serious problem now."

Seeing Manager Sun’s serious expression, Xu Xiangbei frowned: "What’s the problem?"

"We only have one ton of raw materials left in the warehouse, enough for half a month’s production."

"With a lack of raw materials, we spend money to buy, doesn’t our company have money in the account?"

"It’s not about money, the country is strictly controlling silicon sand mine resources, focusing on energy-saving and emission reduction, many mines have limited production. Without silicon sand raw materials, not to mention high-end chips, we can’t even produce low-tech toy chips."

Xu Xiangbei felt a headache: "How could this happen, why are silicon sand mines suddenly limiting production? Isn’t there a single mine that can supply us?"

Xu Xiangbei realized the problem was very serious, without raw materials, there’s no way to cook, even if receiving orders for smart home chips, even if Gu Xiangyi shares some toy chip orders with him, he can’t produce.

Manager Sun thought for a moment and said: "There’s only one place in Earth Sea City with abundant silicon sand resources, called East Sand Quartz Sand, but..."

"But what? Since they have silicon sand mines, we can buy it, even if they increase the price, we’ll buy it."

Manager Sun continued wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief: "President Xu, listen to me first, this silicon sand mine called East Sand Quartz Sand used to be our partner, their silicon sand purity is very high, most suitable for chip production. The boss of East Sand Quartz Sand is surnamed Lv, because we always delayed payments to Boss Lv, since last year, Boss Lv announced he would no longer cooperate with us."

Xu Xiangbei’s gaze fell on Sister Qian: "Sister Qian, how much do we owe Boss Lv?"

"Three hundred thousand."

"That’s not much, why not pay?"

Sister Qian explained: "President Xu, our account only got money these days, and the debt to Boss Lv started last year."

"Can’t we just pay what we owe him now, wouldn’t he sell raw materials to us then?"

Sister Qian and Manager Sun exchanged looks, Sister Qian looked troubled and replied: "It’s not about money, Lei Ziming once publicly humiliated Boss Lv, Boss Lv was very angry, swore that he didn’t want the payment and would no longer supply Thunderbird Group."

"Humiliation? What do you mean?"

"Boss Lv is disabled, at a company annual meeting, Lei Ziming mocked him as looking uglier than a crab when walking, Boss Lv felt humiliated and has stopped cooperating with us."

"Oh, is that what happened? Where is this East Sand Quartz Sand located? I want to meet Boss Lv to discuss if we can collaborate again."

Manager Sun shook his head: "I’ve known Boss Lv for a long time, and I know his stubbornness, he’s a very obstinate old man, I’m afraid even if President Xu goes personally, it’ll be hard to convince him."

"You’ve known him for a long time? Then take me to meet this stubborn Boss Lv tomorrow."

Xu Xiangbei drove a silver Porsche, taking Manager Sun, following the GPS, arrived at East Sand Quartz Sand Plant.

From afar, the four bright red characters "East Mineral Quartz Sand" stood prominently at the factory entrance, elegant and impressive.

A heavy truck parked inside the silicon sand plant, loading goods, covered tightly with a tarp, full of raw materials for chip production, silicon sand.

Manager Sun led Xu Xiangbei to Boss Lv’s office.

Since entering the plant zone, the gardens, the office building lobby, even Boss Lv’s office were covered in a layer of white dust, which was quartz sand powder.

Workers in the mine used top-grade dust masks, or it was easy to inhale the white dust; within months, they could develop pneumoconiosis.

Boss Lv wasn’t in the office, his secretary informed them that he was in the workshop directing production, would return in a while, suggesting Manager Sun sit and wait.