Material Empire

Tranquility herself couldn't explain why she felt an inexplicable sense of rejection towards this senior named Wang Zheyi. The two of them met for the first time today, and Wang Zheyi went to the station to pick her and Qin Shan up. And personally sent her to Capital University to report, she should not have any dissatisfaction with Wang Zheyi anyway.

She and Qin Shan are on the train on Hongze. Qin Hai drove them to the train station in a jeep, and then told them that he had contacted a friend in the capital, named Wang Zheyi, who would pick them up at the train station in the capital, and that in the next few years, they would all You can regard Wang Zheyi as a big sister, and you can ask her for help if you need anything.

When she heard Qin Hai's instructions, what Tranquility imagined in her mind was the image of an amiable rural girl in a big flowered gown. This was the appearance of her own cousins ​​in the countryside. Without exception, everyone is married and has children, kind-hearted, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.

However, when Wang Zheyi really appeared in front of Tranquility, Tranquility was suddenly dumbfounded. The girl in front of her was pretty, dressed in elegant clothes, and she had the calm demeanor of a lady in her gestures. When she was in Pingyuan Middle School, Tranquility felt that she was the most elegant girl in the school. With a fashionable summer dress bought in St. Paul, she was almost fascinated by her own demeanor. But when she saw Wang Zheyi, she suddenly thought of the word ugly duckling. Yes, the other party was a noble swan, and she was just an ugly duckling.

"You are Wang Zheyi?" Tranquility asked foolishly.

"Yes, you are Tranquility, right? Then you must be Qin Shan, let alone, you really look a bit like Qin Hai." As soon as Wang Zheyi opened his mouth, he put himself in the seat of the eldest sister, letting Tranquil's sense of self-ashamedness increased a bit.

"Hello, Sister Zheyi." Qin Shan called out obediently, "My brother said you are his friend."

"Your brother is saying that sister Zheyi is his good friend, okay?" Tranquility decisively corrected Qin Shan's measures. The word "friend" is ambiguous, and Tranquility cannot accept this ambiguity at all.

"That's right, I'm Qin Hai's good friend." Wang Zheyi didn't think so much about Ning Jing, she called the driver generously, helped Ning Jing and Qin Shan move their luggage to the jeep, and then headed to the capital together University.

Along the way, Wang Zheyi kept pointing the two girls to the buildings on the side of the road and told them where it was. When there were no well-known buildings to introduce, she would ask about Tranquility and Qin Shan's situation at home, and two of the three sentences would involve Qin Hai, which made Tranquility feel faintly unhappy.

When I saw the old students welcoming the new students just now, Tranquility took the initiative to greet them because she saw Wang Zheyi talking and laughing happily in front of them. Tranquility felt that she couldn't appear inferior to Wang Zheyi, she had to let Wang Zheyi see that Tranquility had seen the world, she was not a country girl!

After registering the registration information, under Qi Yue's guidance, Wang Zheyi and Qin Shan accompanied Tranquility to the dormitory, occupied a bed, put down their luggage, and then went to Huaqing to report to Qin Shan.

The ratio of male to female students in Huaqing University is more brutal than that of Beijing University. The appearance of Qin Shan made the boys from the chemical engineering department cheer again, which made Qin Shan feel a little embarrassed. These things need not be elaborated.

After setting up the two girls, Wang Zheyi insisted on taking them outside the campus to have a meal before leaving by car. Qin Shan accompanied Tranquility to take the No. 355 bus back to Beijing University, chatting about today's feelings while walking.

"Shan'er, do you think there is something wrong with this Wang Zheyi?" Tranquility couldn't wait to tell her good friend what she had been holding back all day.

Qin Shan is not as careful as Ning Jing, so naturally she can't think of those twists and turns. She looked at Tranquility in surprise, and said, "I don't think so, what do you think is wrong with her?"

"Don't you think she has something to do with your brother?" Tranquility said.

Qin Shan scratched her head and thought for a while, then shook her head hesitantly, and said, "You mean, she is my brother's friend? No way, I've never heard my brother say that."

"If it doesn't matter, why is she treating us so well?" Tranquility said angrily.

"Stop thinking about it." Qin Shan suddenly understood that they were all eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls, and they were already at the age of first love. Can you still not see the little thoughts between each other? Qin Shan put her hands on Tranquility's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Xiao Jing, don't worry, sister Zheyi and my brother are impossible."

"Why? I think she...has a lot of temperament." Tranquility said sourly.

Qin Shan said: "The simplest reason is that she is older than my brother, and she is much older. You heard her tell your brothers that when she graduated, your brothers hadn't entered school, so she must be at least 25 years old. , my brother is only 20 years old, how could they do that?"

"That's not necessarily..." Tranquility said, with a smile on his face. According to social habits, it is possible for a man to be friends with a man who is five or six years older than the woman, but it is unlikely for a woman who is more than three years older than the man. If Wang Zheyi is really five years older than Qin Hai, Qin Hai shouldn't have any thoughts about her, right?

"Definitely not, don't worry." Qin Shan thumped her best friend's shoulder and said with a smile.

"I don't care, it's your brother's business, okay?" Tranquility blushed, turned her head and punched Qin Shan.

The two beautiful girls were laughing and playing in front of the stop sign of the No. 355 bus, making the eyes of a large group of Huaqing men waiting for the bus next to them almost drop out.

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Quwu City, Linxi Province.

After Liu Shuo and Huang Yanling returned from Brazil, they immediately called all the shareholders of Brother Ceramics Factory, that is, 13 brothers and sisters, to hold a meeting and informed them of the situation at the meeting place. When they heard the news that the thermal spraying machine invented by Qin Hai with a price of 2.2 million US dollars sold hundreds of units at one go, everyone was stunned and counted the total amount of money with their fingers. .

"Brother, Sister Yanling, according to your opinion, Director Qin has made hundreds of millions of dollars of business in one fell swoop?" Ming Yongbo, the deputy production director, asked hesitantly.

"Isn't it? I heard from Minister Cui that the deposit received in the temporary account of our exhibition group alone is 20 million US dollars." Huang Yanling said. Qin Hai's money must be collected in the temporary account of the China Pavilion, and the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture will not keep Qin Hai's secrets, so everyone in the group knows about the 20 million deposit.

"Oh my god, the deposit alone is 20 million U.S. dollars, or more than 70 million yuan. Our ceramics factory has worked hard for more than a year, and the money we earn is not as much as that of Director Qin. It's so annoying. It's gone." Another middle-level cadre named Cheng Huaping muttered.

"This is something to be happy about, there's nothing to be angry about." Liu Shuo corrected, "Hua Ping, think about it, Factory Director Qin is also a shareholder of our Brother Ceramics Factory, and he is capable, so it's not a big deal for us. Is it a good thing?"

Cheng Huaping laughed grinningly, and said: "Brother, I was just talking casually. Tell me, why didn't Director Qin give us a trick? We don't think too much, and we can earn 20 million yuan. ah."

Everyone laughed together, feeling sympathy for Cheng Huaping's suggestion. Liu Shuo waved his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, and then said with a smile, "Who said Director Qin didn't give us a trick? Wasn't the ceramic knife we ​​made last time the trick he gave us?"

"That's right, big brother, you and Sister Yanling took ceramic knives to go abroad, did you get an order? We invested two to three million in order to make this ceramic knife, and we still owe money to the bank. Can't fetch water from a bamboo basket in vain?" Ming Yongbo asked.

The ceramic knife was made by Ming Yongbo with a group of engineers and workers, but from his personal point of view, this kind of ceramic knife is a bit flashy. It is beautiful enough, but what is the use of being beautiful? Who would spend so much money? To buy a set of these knives?

In order to make ceramic knives, Brother Ceramics Factory purchased equipment such as ball mills and grinders, which cost a lot of money. Especially for sharpening ceramic knives, diamond grinding wheels must be used, and the cost is astonishingly expensive. But there is no way to use this kind of grinding wheel. The Mohs hardness of zirconia is 9, which is second only to diamond among all materials. If other materials are used as grinding wheels, it is not known who is grinding whom.

Hearing Ming Yongbo's question, Liu Shuo shook his head and said, "We are participating in an agricultural machinery exhibition this time, and it is not appropriate to take out ceramic knives for public display, so we did not get an order."

"Ah? Then...then why did you go?" Cheng Huaping, who was outspoken, asked directly.

Huang Yanling smiled and said, "Brother is teasing you. Although we did not publicly display ceramic knives, Director Qin held a special press conference to announce our ceramic knives. Look, this is the newspaper we brought back from abroad. .”

Having said that, she took out a large roll of newspapers in various languages ​​and distributed them to everyone. Everyone was dumbfounded when they got the newspaper, because they didn't know any of the words on it, but everyone could see the photo of the ceramic knife in the newspaper at a glance.

"Is this our ceramic knife?" Ming Yongbo asked uncertainly.

"Of course." Liu Shuo said, "I heard from Director Qin that so far, only our factory in the world can produce this kind of knife. By the way, we also met two little devils in Brazil. I heard that It’s a salesman and engineer from a world-renowned ceramics company, they look at our knives with jealousy, and they want to trick us into cooperating with them.”

"Really? Did you agree?" Cheng Huaping asked.

Huang Yanling said: "Of course I can't agree. Director Qin sent them away after talking to them in Japanese, so despondent."

"Our ceramic knives have appeared in foreign newspapers, so this must be our advertisement? Brother, sister Yanling, guess when will foreign customers come to us?" Ming Yongbo asked expectantly. .