Chapter 75 2/2

“Hey? Gu Zhaotong, you came just in time. I brought the guide mechanical dog about to be released. Do you want to test it? It’s very intelligent. Gu Shuyue and her team are really amazing,” Yuxiang Wan said, nodding to Gu Zhaotong. “General Gu.”

Gu Zhaotong also politely nodded in return, “Deputy General Yuxiang.”

After exchanging greetings, Yuxiang Wan pulled the plate of bread in front of himself and gently asked Shengquan, “These breads suit my taste. Can I take them home?”

“Sure, take them if you like.”

Shengquan was quite pleased not to waste food.

Glancing at the bread collected by Yuxiang Wan, Gu Zhaotong, sitting on Shengquan’s left, asked Yuxiang Wan, “Can you give me a piece too?”

After some thought, he added, “I haven’t had lunch today.”

Yuxiang Wan, who was in the middle of happily collecting the bread, paused and said, “Sure.”

His actions were slower than before, taking out a slice and handing it to Gu Zhaotong.

“Thank you.”

Gu Zhaotong took the bread, saying, “It’s a bit hard. I forgot to mention it.”

“I like it hard,” Gu Zhaotong replied as he took a bite. He showed no change in expression.

“Is it too hard?” Shengquan asked.

With lowered eyelashes, Gu Zhaotong chewed for a moment, swallowed after the twentieth bite, and calmly replied, “It’s hard.”

Then he continued to eat the bread, bite after bite, unfazed.

Shengquan thought, Why does eating a piece of bread make him look like he’s seriously working?

The place they were in was a tea room exclusively provided for the management of the company, and it was naturally luxurious inside. There was also a large French window with a few lazy sofas by the window.

The blue one was almost Shengquan’s exclusive daydreaming spot because she liked to lie on it and enjoy the view.

After eating and drinking, Shengquan went up there again and began to discuss business with the two.

“The fame of the guide mechanical dog has spread, but there’s a big problem now. Production takes too much time, and the demand is overwhelming the supply.”

“Also, next week, ‘Interstellar War’ is about to be released. It is expected that after the release, other research products will also become popular. Seize the opportunity, and we’ll definitely make money from this.”

It was not just about making money; Shengquan needed it.

Moreover, if they could secure their position, the Huaxia guide mechanical dog could stand tall in the market.

Gu Zhaotong also agreed, “The production time is manageable. Early reservations for such products are normal. The main issue is on the production line side.”

Everyone could see that Kio Corporation had inflated the popularity of the guide mechanical dog, and now was the best time to make money.

However, the problem was that Shengquan lacked production lines, lacked factories, and lacked technical personnel—she was in dire need.

Even though she had started recruiting people early, in other industries, it was easier to establish a complete production line for a technology company in the short term.

The current situation was quite awkward: plenty of customers but inadequate supply to meet their demands.

“I’ve collected some information on mature production lines, both domestic and international. You can take a look.” Yuxiang Wan opened his phone and said to Shengquan, “Since I haven’t collected all of it yet, only a part is available. I’ve sent it to your email.”

Shengquan nodded, showing no signs of excessive worry.

Currently, Gushuyue has gained significant fame, and her career degree has skyrocketed to 32 percent. It might seem low, but remember, her career was in scientific research.

Based on Shengquan’s observations over the past year, the career degree of researchers increased the slowest and the least among all the professions she was currently bound to. Professor Chen Aihong already had a high intrinsic career degree, and Gushuyue was the fastest among all the researchers.

As for Ningzhou… He was still silent.

Immersed in research, he would rather live in the lab. If it weren’t for the two senior brothers looking after him, this top expert who forgot everything once immersed in the world of research could have starved himself to death.

As long as Shengquan stops him from doing anything reckless, there shouldn’t be a problem.

In any case, Gushuyue’s contribution to her career degree was already worthy of a lottery draw.

Shengquan planned to draw it tonight. If she was lucky, she might draw a complete production line.

“I’ll go home and take a look at this information tonight. Try to finalize it as soon as possible.”

See if she could draw one from these.

If she could draw a somewhat famous one, then everything would be great.

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“Interstellar War” was released.

Due to the investment in college students doing research, disaster relief, and guide mechanical dogs, it didn’t even need much promotion. It became explosively popular on its first day of release.

Just how popular was “Interstellar War”? The newly appointed general manager of Kio Corporation felt a chill in his heart.

Yes, newly appointed.

Due to the misjudgment in the decision-making of the guide mechanical dog, the company suffered significant losses. Rumor had it that the chairman’s financial chain was also in trouble, and the previous general manager resigned under immense pressure.

The interim promotion wasn’t given to the original deputy general manager or the chairman’s wife’s younger brother, but to this new general manager with no significant background.

If it were a regular promotion, he would definitely be overjoyed. But at this time, wasn’t this just to bear the blame?

Although the new general manager felt cold in his heart, in a highly competitive industry like K-country, he dared not resign.

Fortunately, he was an optimistic person. Even though he felt like he had taken over a mess, after taking office, he started brainstorming ideas, trying to recover the company’s losses.

After careful investigation, the optimistic general manager finally discovered a significant flaw in “Huaxia Kanxing.”

“Their production line is too small, and they have too few technical personnel for production.”

The new general manager felt that he had found the path to reviving Kio.

“Kanxing is indeed currently popular, but it’s too popular. You can tell just by looking at it. Their current scale can’t supply the huge customer base.”

“But we, Kio, are different. We are a well-known old technology company with a solid foundation. We have old customers willing to support us, and most importantly, all five of our production lines are mature, ready for rapid production at any time.”

He told his subordinates with increasing excitement, “Kanxing is just a new company. They don’t have these resources. This is our opportunity.”

He concluded:

“Unless Kanxing can find mature production lines in a short time, Kio will definitely overtake them.”

Can Kanxing find mature production lines?

Definitely not. Production lines aren’t something you can just sell. For example, of the five production lines in their company, unless the company is in dire straits, they would never sell any of them.

If Shengquan wants a production line, there’s only one possibility: she acquires a company that already has a production line.

But the cost of acquiring a company is enough to build how many production lines, and who would do that?

Anyway, he thought the possibility was almost zero, and acquiring a company with production lines was not something anyone could afford.

After such an analysis, the optimistic general manager felt that the future was promising.

“They are still a step behind. They can’t seize this golden opportunity.”

Then he was notified of changes in Kio’s equity. After a series of fluctuations and the financial problems of its major shareholders, this famous company eventually couldn’t hold on.

Kio announced a change of ownership.

They welcomed their new owner.

—Shengquan.

The new general manager: “…”

Fortunately, he was an optimistic person.

When Shengquan arrived at Kio, she found that the general manager here was okay, just looking a bit enthusiastic. He introduced her to the company while enthusiastically envisioning the future.

“Chairman Sheng, rest assured, we, Kanxing, have five mature and professional production lines. There won’t be any problem with production.”

“This is a great opportunity, and we will definitely seize it!”