Chapter 21 The Armor Problem
A black Mercedes-Benz was driving on a very bumpy and disrepaired country road, while Yueyang followed it in a small heavy-duty train. The car drove to the end of the road before stopping. After the car stopped, Yueyang and Zhao Santong got off the car.
At the end of the road, there is a bungalow with a factory-like appearance of about 800 square meters surrounded by red bricks. Standing at Yueyang at the entrance of the factory, you can still vaguely hear the roar of machines from inside.
Zhao Santong smiled and said to Yueyang: "Brother Yueyang, it's here. Don't look at this factory, but the equipment inside is still not short of. How about it? Go in and take a look?"
"Okay!" Yue Yang naturally became kind.
When they were about to call the door, the door opened. A middle-aged man in his forties dressed in oil covered in oil walked out in big strides, and laughed at Zhao Santong, "Brother Zhao, why are you busy, here you are a busy man, here today? No wonder I heard the magpies screaming at the door when I woke up this morning!"
"Old Ma, please stop being trolled with me!" Zhao Santong also laughed and cursed: "When did you go to my place, you didn't go to eat and drink freely. Today, I, Lao Zhao, want to come back with you. If I don't eat my capital today, I won't leave!"
"Okay, if you don't give me a drink today, I won't let you go!" The other party laughed heartily, and then turned his gaze to Yueyang after laughing, and there was a look of inquisitiveness in his eyes.
Zhao Santong saw it and quickly took the lead and said, "Old Ma, I'm here today. Didn't you tell me last time that you plan to take action on this factory? I have a little brother who happened to be interested in this factory, so I brought him here to see if you are willing to take action."
Hearing this, Lao Ma pondered for a while and looked at Yue Yang deeply before laughing: "So that's the case. May I ask this little brother, the name of Gao? Are you really interested in my factory?"
Yue Yang smiled and said, "Brother Ma, don't be polite. My name is Yueyang. You can call me my name. To be honest, I am usually very interested in various ancient armor and weapons. I also like to make some strange things, but it's too troublesome to ask others to do it, so I want to buy a factory and do it myself. I am the only one who has this hobby left, so don't laugh at me."
After Yue Yang said that, a smile appeared in Lao Ma's eyes. He nodded and said, "Okay, please come with me." After that, he took the lead in walking into the factory.
Zhao Santong, who was very familiar with Lao Ma, saw this situation and knew that the matter was half done today. He also smiled and pulled Yueyang and followed Lao Ma towards the factory.
After the three of them entered the factory, Yueyang looked around and found that although the factory was not big, the environment and equipment of the site were good, and it was very tidy. Even some discarded materials were placed in the corner in a regular manner. It can be seen that Lao Ma was careful when managing the factory.
Lao Ma said as he walked, "I bought the land and built it brick by brick by brick. Although it was not large in scale, it also infringed my efforts for five or six years. But these days my wife always urged me to go to the United States to reunite with her, so I had the idea of taking it off. Since Brother Yue is interested in taking over, I will not talk nonsense. If you are really interested in my factory, I will not talk nonsense. The price is 8 million. What do you think?" After saying that, Lao Ma looked at Yueyang without turning his eyes, looking forward to his answer.
Yue Yang smiled slightly: "Brother Ma is so polite. Since you have spoken, can I still bargain? Eight million is eight million. I have bought this factory and I will transfer the money to you later!"
"Okay, Brother Yue is indeed a happy person!"
This time it was not only Lao Ma, but also Zhao Santong's face showed an appreciation. Zhao Santong was different from Lao Ma. When Yue Yang first met him, he looked pure and silly. He was not a rich man at all, but he was so free and easy when dealing with money. It was really zero that Zhao Santong looked at him with some admiration.
While the few people were talking, they had already arrived at the largest workshop. As soon as they entered the workshop, they saw dozens of workers in the workshop surrounded by several machine tools. Lao Ma reached out and called an old man in his fifties wearing blue work clothes, and said to Yueyang: "Brother Yueyang, this is Jia Wenmao, the workshop director of our factory. Just call him Lao Jia. Don't underestimate Lao Jia. He is the only senior fitter in our factory. If his educational level was not up to standard, he would have become a senior technician long ago. It would be absolutely right to find him if you want to create something."
After saying that, Lao Ma said to Jia Wenmao again: "Old Jia, from today on, Mr. Yueyang is the new boss of our factory. If you follow him and do it well, I believe he will not treat you and your brothers badly."
Lao Jia probably knew about Lao Ma's selling the factory for a long time, and now he was not surprised when he heard the news. He turned to Yueyang and just smiled honestly and said, "Hello, Boss Yue!" and stopped talking.
Seeing Lao Jia's appearance, Lao Ma sighed. If this Lao Jia hadn't been born with such a honest and honest person, his future would have been much better than it is now. I hope Yueyang can treat him and these brothers in the factory well in the future.
The factory's transfer procedures were completed very quickly. A few hours later, Yueyang had a few more transfer documents and certificates in his hand, proving that the factory was already owned by Yueyang.
Lao Ma and Zhao Santong, who received the money, left. As the new boss, Yueyang certainly could not leave so quickly. He convened the employees in the factory and held an intermittent meeting and told the employees that he would be the boss here from now on. The salary and benefits of the factory will not change for the time being, so that everyone can work with peace of mind. Then he sent the employees to work, but in the end he kept Jia Wenmao alone.
Yue Yang took out a cigarette and gave it to Lao Jia and smiled and said, "Old Jia, I heard that you are a master in the factory. You are right to make something to make for you. I want to ask you, can you create ancient armor?"
"Armor?"
Jia Wenmao took a deep breath of cigarette, vomited a circle of eyes and asked strangely: "Boss, do you like to collect armor?"
"No!" Yue Yang smiled and said the words he had thought long ago, "Old Jia, I don't like it. I just like to play with some ancient equipment, such as weapons, armor, and firearms. And I also have some ways to sell these made things so that I can make some money and not starve to death. Do you understand if I say that?"
"Oh, I understand." Jia Wenmao nodded with a smile. After working in this industry for a long time, Jia Wenmao also understood that there are many people who are quirky these days, but society is realistic and cannot be used as a food. In order to survive, many people try to use their hobbies to make some money and spend money. It is estimated that this new boss is also like this. After all, although this steel factory is not big, it has to support dozens of people and maintain the expenses in the factory. It will cost at least 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a month. If you don't make some money, even if the boss has a gold medal, he can't hold on.
Thinking of this, Jia Wenmao smiled at Yueyang and said, "Boss, what you said, as long as you tell me, I can create it for you immediately."
"Well..." Yue Yang thought for a while and asked, "Old Jia, are you familiar with the armor of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Ming Dynasty armor? Is anyone collecting this?" Jia Wenmao thought about it and said slowly: "Boss, the armor from the Ming Dynasty is more complicated to build, and the protection performance is not very good. To say that the armor with the best protection performance is Western plate armor. Now that the times have changed, some rich people like to collect some Western armor, such as Gothic plate armor, which is recognized as one of the most excellent plate armors."
"What about our ancient Chinese armor? Do they have poor protection performance?" Yue Yang, who was a little angry, retorted with dissatisfaction, "The Mingguang armor of our ancient Chinese, the Buren armor of the Song Dynasty, and the Mandarin Duck War Jacket of the Ming Dynasty are all very protective!"
Seeing Yue Yang's application that was a little dissatisfied, Lao Jia smiled: "Boss, as far as matters are concerned, the protective performance of these armors in China is actually good, but one thing is undeniable is that Chinese armor is generally made of mail and small metal sheets made of a large number of small metal rings. This not only has a high production cost, but also has a strong protective power as compared to those of the plate armors that are cast in one-piece molding.
Let’s talk about the Infantry Armor of the Song Dynasty. It consists of 1,825 armor leaves, weighing 60 kilograms, and the heaviest infantry armor weighs 100 kilograms. The protection power is up, but can this still move? So let’s talk about the matter, in terms of comprehensive performance, the plate armor is the best! It only has 25 to 30 kilograms, but it can already protect the whole body well."
"Okay, just plate armor!" Although Yue Yang felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this, he knew that he could not act irritably. He had to listen to experts in this kind of thing. He deserved to say angrily: "Old Jia, since the Gothic Plate Armor you said is so good, can you create a thousand sets of Gothic armor first? And the corresponding big sword and long sword come out?"
"Ahem..."
As soon as Yue Yang finished speaking, Jia Wenmao, who was standing beside him, coughed violently as if he was suffering from pneumonia...
Chapter completed!