Seeing Chen Feng agree, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, their faces breaking into smiles.
Liu Mu patted Chen Feng on the shoulder:
"Don't worry, Xiao Chen. The government won't interfere with you and will provide you with a lot of assistance. Just go ahead and produce without hesitation."
Chen Feng then asked,
"I'd like to know which military forces will use the Yanyang Iron?"
Chen Feng was quite curious about this.
His company was about to become a military enterprise, so he had to know what it would be used for.
"For now, we're planning to use it for the military enterprises that produce tanks. We'll use the Yanyang Iron to build a new batch of tanks,"
Liu Mu explained.
Chen Feng nodded without further questioning.
At this point, Chen Feng didn't know what else to say.
Yanyang Stone was the most common ore in the Scroll World, used only by low-level warriors to craft weapons.
But in modern society, it's now used directly in tanks.
Its value is probably greater than Chen Feng imagined.
However, the arrival of the government representatives this time also reassured Chen Feng.
At least he wouldn't have to worry about being noticed by the higher-ups every day.
Becoming a military-industrial enterprise would eliminate a lot of unnecessary hassles.
The three of them soon began discussing the specifics of their cooperation in the car.
Inside the factory, the workers were still gathered, but now the situation had completely reversed.
National Security agents were having everyone sign confidentiality agreements.
The agreement was simple: they wouldn't disclose their work at Xingfeng Mining to anyone.
Although the workers were confused, they understood that their work was fine and their boss hadn't broken any laws.
On the contrary, he was valued by the state.
A female secretary, also signing the confidentiality agreement, asked the staff member in front of her,
"Is our boss okay?"
The secretary wasn't sure what was going on; her boss hadn't gotten out of the car.
While the situation didn't seem as dire as she'd imagined, she was still a little worried.
The staff member smiled faintly.
"It's okay. It's just the state negotiating a cooperation agreement with your factory. Don't worry."
The staff had received instructions from their superiors to treat the factory staff with friendliness.
The secretary breathed a sigh of relief at this, but then a look of shock returned.
"Cooperation with the state?"
Zhang Dong was on the other side of the crowd, having just finished a call with his chairman.
Now that Xingfeng Mining had encountered this situation, they were incredibly anxious.
If they halted production, how would they produce their new car?
If the body metal was changed, customers who had placed orders would definitely return the products.
The only option now was to contact their chairman and use his connections to find out what was going on.
The call came back within a moment.
Zhang Dong immediately answered.
"How's the chairman doing?"
An elderly voice came from the other end.
"Production of the new car has been temporarily suspended. Xingfeng Mining has become a military enterprise."
"Huh? A military enterprise?" Zhang Dong's eyes widened as he held the phone. There were only a few military enterprises in China, and those that did possess significant technology.
"Indeed, Yanyang Iron has become a strategic military material, making it difficult to acquire. I'll try to negotiate with the higher-ups. Please come back."
The chairman sighed on the other end of the line.
The meeting in the car lasted over an hour before it concluded.
The specific implementation plan would take some time.The factory still needed to wait for someone from above to arrive before setting up a research lab.
After concluding the discussion, Liu Mu and his men departed, leaving Chen Feng his phone number.
Before leaving, Liu Mu had specifically left a group of men to set up a sentry post at the factory gate.
This was to protect the factory and prevent espionage.
Chen Feng had no choice but to accept this offer.
In fact, even the gods wouldn't be able to stop him, let alone spies.
He had brought the ore from the scroll world, so he had no technical expertise.
After seeing Liu Mu and his men off, Chen Feng went to find his secretary, Li Xiaorou.
"Xiaorou, you should have heard about this. Our factory has become a military enterprise. From now on, Yanyang Iron will only be sold to the military,"
Li Xiaorou said excitedly.
"Boss, this is fantastic news. Every domestic military enterprise is a leader."
Li Xiaorou had already learned the details and was incredibly excited.
With the backing of a military enterprise, Xingfeng Mining's future development was bound to reach new heights.
Chen Feng nodded slightly. "Okay, I'll give everyone two days off. I'm going abroad tonight and won't be back for two days. Some technical staff will be here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Please arrange for them, and the factory will start working when I return."
It was impossible for the factory to start work right now. They could only wait for him to return to the Picture Scroll World and transport the Flame Sun Stone there for processing and production.
Li Xiaorou nodded immediately. "Okay, Boss."
Li Xiaorou was accustomed to Chen Feng's hands-off behavior.
"But what are you doing abroad, Boss?" Li Xiaorou asked curiously.
"To go shopping and meet some friends."
Chen Feng's trip abroad was actually to buy equipment.
With the national affairs resolved, the next step was the matters of the Picture Scroll World.
He had to be extremely cautious when facing the leader of the Black Wind Village, a master with the ability to unleash his inner energy.
He had to prepare for the worst.
His pistol no longer had a safety, so he had to go abroad to buy something more powerful.
As for why he didn't apply to the government for weapons, it was because it was basically impossible.
Dragon Country had the strictest gun control in the world.
Unless he revealed the existence of the scroll to the state.
"By the way, where's Mr. Zhang?"
Chen Feng didn't see Zhang Dong.
Li Xiaorou replied, "Mr. Zhang has already left. He said he'll come back to discuss cooperation later."
Chen Feng nodded. Zhang Dong's departure seemed to indicate he had received the news.
No matter how big Chinese cars are, they can't be bigger than the state.
Even if he wanted to sell his Yanyang Iron, he couldn't.
After explaining things to Li Xiaorou, Chen Feng returned to the warehouse's secret room.
Upon entering, he discovered that the items had been tampered with.
He had been in the car for over an hour, and his factory had probably been thoroughly searched by the National Security Bureau and the military.
However, he had anticipated this situation; even if they were searched, nothing would be found.
He put away the scroll hidden among the dozen or so paintings.
Chen Feng took the scroll with him because he couldn't bring weapons back to China.
He could only purchase weapons abroad and have them delivered directly to the scroll world.
The scroll could be anywhere, but the transport channel to the scroll world was immovable and could only be located within that mine.
On the military vehicle.
Liu Mu was looking at Chen Feng's file. He had someone investigate this file half an hour ago.
In just half an hour, all of Chen Feng's ancestors had been found.
(End of this chapter)