Telephone Call

The next morning, Chen Ming chose to wake up early.

As the morning sun rose, he washed up.

After last night's rest, he had already recovered his energy. Perhaps it was because he was in high spirits thanks to those happy events yesterday, his current state was a hundred times more energetic than usual.

He did not want to disturb Qin Qing though. He planned to go to the garbage processing plant alone to try out the system skill that had just been upgraded yesterday.

After getting dressed, Chen Ming drove to the processing plant.

There were not many vehicles on the road, so it took him far less time to reach the processing plant.

It was still early, and only the security guards at the entrance were at work.

"Little factory manager, you're here so early." 

This particular security guard was a young man. He was tall, broad, and energetic at work. He could be considered the face of the treatment plant. When he saw that Chen Ming had arrived early at the treatment plant, he greeted him honestly.

"Yes, I'm gonna try out the equipment," Chen Ming explained simply.

"I see." As the security guard spoke, he raised the boom gate. 

"Little factory manager, please enter. However, even if you have a tight schedule, you must remember to get enough rest."

The security guard gave him a few more pieces of advice. Chen Ming smiled and nodded. After accepting the guard's kindness, he drove into the garbage processing plant.

Chen Ming felt relieved as soon as he arrived at the processing plant.

Some time ago, the Wang Group had been given the distribution rights to the optimized batteries. In return, Boss Wang had promised him land for his expansion. This matter had been completed.

This caused the size and scale of the processing plant to become even larger. Everywhere he looked was part of his processing plant.

Compared to the small garbage processing plant he had at the beginning, it was truly a world of difference.

Moreover, all kinds of equipment had been upgraded by the system, which made the garbage processing much faster and more efficient.

In order to liven up the environment, Chen Ming had planted trees in the outer regions of the processing plant. The greenery was pleasing to the eye, and even made the air fresher.

He drove the car slowly closer to the processing plant and parked in his designated parking space. Then, he got out of the car and went straight to the advanced equipment room.

The machines in the advanced equipment room were the efficient ones. Chen Ming could not help but think that if he applied the system's skills to all of the machines here in the future, would the processing speed not be ridiculously fast?

Chen Ming swiped his card to enter the advanced equipment room while he was thinking this.

Because it was still early, there were no workers working here. All of the equipment was in a state of rest.

Chen Ming looked around and finally chose the machine that he had used the replacement skill on before.

This machine was the fastest processing machine in the plant.

Moreover, it looked complicated and advanced, and the technology that powered it was different, which meant that without the proper guidance and information, even if experts wanted to study it, they would not be able to find anything useful. If he upgraded this machine, the effect would be even better.

Therefore, Chen Ming decided to test out this machine after the system was upgraded again.

Chen Ming first looked around briefly.The surroundings were exceptionally quiet. There were no sounds of talking or footsteps. After making sure that no one would come to the equipment room, he let his guard down.

"System, use the skill on this machine."

The next moment, the system's mechanical voice rang out.

[Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully used the skill, Upgrade!]

Then, the machine started to undergo changes. 

However, the degree of change this time was obviously not as great as the last time. Still, Chen Ming was confident that anything created by the system would perform well. 

He then activated the machine's mechanism and let it run. Sure enough, he found that the machine operated faster and could even process the optimized batteries. It could be said to be the best among these machines.

Chen Ming nodded in satisfaction after a simple test run of the machine's capabilities.

Just as he was about to stop the machine, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Someone was calling him.

Chen Ming quickly took out his phone when he realized this.

Chen Ming hesitated for a moment when he saw that the caller was an unknown number.

After a moment of hesitation, he answered the call and put the phone to his ear. "Hello, this is Chen Ming. May I know who you are?"

After Chen Ming introduced himself, the other party paused for a moment before responding immediately.

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen Ming, I've heard so much about you. I've seen you on the news many times!" 

The other party first complimented him in a familiar manner. Based on this person's tone of voice, Chen Ming felt that this person was very likely always this enthusiastic.

"Oh my, I was so excited to talk to Mr. Chen Ming on the phone that I forgot about the important business. Mr. Chen Ming, let me introduce myself. I'm here to talk about cooperation on behalf of a heat supply plant."

A heat supply plant?

Chen Ming's interest was piqued when he heard those three words.

It had to be known that a heat supply plant required a lot of energy to provide heat to the citizens. This meant that this was a big order.

A smile appeared on Chen Ming's face. He slowly replied, ""Cooperation?"

"That's right!" 

The other party's reply was also very direct. 

"Our heating supply factory would like to buy Mr. Chen Ming's energy polymer blocks. May I enquire what price Mr. Chen Ming sells the energy polymer blocks for?"

"Oh, right. Let me make this clear first. We don't need just one or two energy polymer blocks, but a large sum. In light of this, I hope that Chen Ming can give us a good price."

It had to be said that the other party knew how to do business.

Before discussing the price, he even used some words to make Chen Ming subconsciously lower the price.

When Chen Ming realized this, the smile on his face did not fade. He was not affected by these words.

After some consideration, Chen Ming gave the person a reasonable price.

"How about this? Since the heat supply plant needs a lot of energy polymer blocks, if we work together, I can give you a 30% discount on the market price."

30% off! 

This was an unprecedented discount for the energy polymer blocks.

Of course, the number of energy polymer blocks required by a heating plant was also very high. Otherwise, Chen Ming would not have given such a good discount.

With a 30% discount, the price Chen Ming offered was completely reasonable. It was enough to make this cooperation a good deal for the heat supply plant.

However, the heat supply plant representative who called Chen Ming went silent for a moment. He seemed to be considering whether the price was feasible.

After about two to three minutes of silence, the other party spoke up.

"Mr. Chen Ming's price is indeed very reasonable. However, we've just discussed and decided to compare your goods with three suppliers. Once that is done, we'll compare the prices and then decide which store to place the order from."

"Mr. Chen Ming, if there's a need for a follow-up discussion, I'll call you up again."

The other party's words were polite, but it was hard to tell if he wanted to go through with the order.

However, Chen Ming was not in a hurry. He responded politely and waited for the other party to hang up.

As always, his expression throughout this entire exchange was one of calm and ease.