Chapter 400: Chapter 212: Cost and Legacy (10,000-word update!!!!)

One day later.

Outside the Han Hua factory’s guesthouse.

At this moment.

Tang Li rushed downstairs upon receiving the news, looking at Xu Yun with bewilderment, her tone carrying an inexplicable oddity:

"... So, Dr. Xu, you went to Zhenjiang for an ancestral visit, and on the way back, you just happened to pick up a female donkey?"

Opposite her.

Xu Yun and Old Su stood side by side, holding the rope of the female donkey, chuckling awkwardly and nodding:

"That’s right, our university project group just happened to need a local donkey for assistance. We’ve been looking for a long time."

"And since Chairman Su was so easygoing, we just brought this donkey back with us."

One day earlier.

Upon learning that Su Hua brought a local female donkey, Xu Yun couldn’t sit still.

He promptly stopped Su Hua and briefly introduced to him the situation with Brother Lv and Ke Da.

To make his explanation convincing.

Xu Yun specifically asked Qiu Sheng to make a trip to the East Garden Restaurant and arranged a remote matchmaking through WeChat video for the two donkeys.

Well, how should I put it...

Almost the instant Brother Lv saw the female donkey.

It was as if Brother Lv was triggered, constantly making excited noises.

The female donkey had a similar reaction.

Her expression wasn’t much different from the female lead in a comic, and she was full of vigor descending the mountain...

With the video as proof, coupled with Old Su’s kinship.

Su Hua symbolically asked Xu Yun for a two-thousand-yuan cost before selling the female donkey to him.

Then they exchanged WeChat contacts, and Xu Yun took a truck introduced by Su Hua to bring the female donkey to Han Hua factory.

This set the scene for the opening moment.

Seeing her boss’s decision was final.

Even though Tang Li had countless complaints in her heart, she could only accept the reality and said:

"So, Dr. Xu, how do you plan to transport this donkey back to the university?"

"The distance we need to cover is not like Zhenjiang to Han Hua factory; Yong City and Lu Prefecture are nearly six hundred kilometers apart."

"Such a distance is a challenge in many aspects, surely you can’t transport it using a regular truck like you did on your way back?"

Xu Yun smiled and waved at her, nodding in a certain direction, explaining:

"Don’t worry, I have already contacted Manager Zhao Haiyang, who is receiving us at Han Hua."

"Han Hua is a huge industrial plant. It’s more like a small town with industrial functions than an industrial park."

"Besides facilities like hospitals and schools, the factory also has specialized poultry and livestock accommodation spots—after all, so many people have to eat."

"So I’ve arranged with Manager Zhao, and Brother Lv... sorry, the female donkey will temporarily stay at the livestock accommodation point."

"In two days, there will be a convoy from Han Hua heading to Yong City, and we can send the female donkey along with it. Our schedule won’t be affected in the slightest."

Tang Li: "..."

As Han Hua Heavy Industries is currently a leading heavy industry group in the country, it’s not surprising they have business dealings with a provincial capital city like Lu Prefecture, with convoys departing almost every few days.

According to the information Xu Yun received,

In two days, Han Hua will be delivering a set of power generation equipment to Wanneng Group in Lu Prefecture. It will be a perfect opportunity to arrange for the female donkey to be sent along.

Seeing Xu Yun had even prepared for this, Tang Li could only shrug and fully embrace her boss’s operation.

As long as she wasn’t the one arranging travel for a donkey, that’s the part she really couldn’t handle...

Just as the two were talking.

Xu Yun’s phone suddenly rang.

"If it’s still daylight, I’ll dig out your eyes~"

Xu Yun took out his phone and couldn’t help but laugh.

He flashed the screen to Tang Li, saying:

"Assistant Tang, we were just talking about Manager Zhao and here he is calling."

With that, he pressed the call button:

"Hello, Manager Zhao?"

"Dr. Xu, it’s me."

As soon as the call connected, Zhao Haiyang’s loud voice came through the phone:

"Dr. Lin, good news, good news!"

Xu Yun’s phone was on speaker, and hearing this, he exchanged a glance with Tang Li, thoughtfully saying:

"Manager Zhao, has the transition metal adaptation been successful?"

Three days earlier.

With a moment of inspiration from Old Su.

After some discussion, Xu Yun and the team finally settled on a new intermediate preparation plan with potassium ferrocyanide as the balancing liquid.

The only remaining challenge was optimizing the initial reaction material to lanthanum metal.

The difficulty of this challenge wasn’t high, just time-consuming.

Thus Xu Yun left the site to Yu Yuanyong and went with Old Su to pay respects at Five Continents Mountain.

Now, three days later.

Theoretically speaking...

This issue should be nearing its resolution.

As expected.

Zhao Haiyang’s response soon came over the phone:

"That’s right, Director Lin, we’ve just received notification that the transition metal has successfully been adapted!"

"According to Director Yu’s calculations, in the production process, the efficiency of our equipment can reach 117% of FOERDA-T632, with material costs at only 92% of theirs!"

"Fantastic!"

Upon hearing this news.

Xu Yun’s right hand, not holding the phone, clenched into a fist and punched the air twice with enthusiasm.

The adaptation of the transition metal was indeed welcome news, but more than the costs and efficiency mentioned by Zhao Haiyang, Xu Yun was more concerned about another matter:

This equipment uses a liquid intermediate operation mode, and bears no resemblance or similarity to Nutrien’s FOERDA-T632 sequence.