Buying Raw Materials

The ringing of his phone woke Li Zhi from his sleep.

"Hello, okay, I'll be right there!" After Li Zhi hung up the phone, he put on his coat and headed out without even washing his face.

"Xiaozhi, Mrs. Wang has made breakfast." Let's eat together! Mrs. Wang, the landlady, met him as he was leaving.

Li Zhi smiled and shook his head, "Thank you, Mrs. Wang, but the equipment for the factory has arrived, and I need to go pick it up."

"This is important." Go ahead!"

When Li Zhi arrived at the factory, Dong Xiaorou was already there, holding the keys to the factory. She didn't know where to place the equipment, so Li Zhi had to come in person to handle it.

"Put this one here."

"Slow down!"

"Okay!"

There were six machines in total, not particularly large, and the delivery driver left after unloading them.

Dong Xiaorou looked at the machines and asked, "What are you planning to produce with these?"

"Fish balls!" Li Zhi said with a smile. When he bought the machines, he had already planned to use them to produce fish balls directly.

Dong Xiaorou didn't say anything, but she didn't have high hopes for the product.

Li Zhi had spent nearly a hundred thousand yuan on the machines and renting the factory. He needed to sell a lot of fish balls to make a profit.

Without Dong Xiaorou's help, Li Zhi worked in the factory all day, only pausing for lunch, which Dong Xiaorou had prepared for him.

He was too busy to notice his hunger.

Li Zhi was determined to prove himself, even if no one else saw it. Many thoughts occupied his mind, and he was aware that others were unable to assist him.

"Done!"

Everything was ready, and Li Zhi sat on the ground, too tired to get up.

"Is it ready?" Dong Xiaorou looked at the six machines but didn't notice anything unusual. She had connected many wires and components, and finally linked them to an old laptop using a USB cable.

Can these machines be controlled by a laptop?

"Yes!" Li Zhi smiled and threw his tools aside before lying back on the ground. This was the most basic configuration of the "Star Cloud I9 Intelligent Factory System."

Dong Xiaorou helped Li Zhi up, frowning, "Get up, it's cold lying on the ground!"

Li Zhi was pulled up by Dong Xiaorou, and he noticed that she was quite strong.

"It's already late." Why haven't you gone back? Li Zhi looked at his phone and saw that it was almost ten o'clock.

Dong Xiaorou walked away without a word, leaving Li Zhi puzzled. He didn't mean to rush her, but he wondered why she hadn't gone home yet.

Li Zhi didn't return to Mrs. Wang's farmhouse that night. He had a bed in the next room, but there was no blanket. Fortunately, the weather was warm, and he had just finished setting up the machines himself, so he didn't feel comfortable leaving the factory unattended.

The next morning, Li Zhi woke up to find a blanket draped over him, emitting a faint fragrance. It was definitely from Dong Xiaorou. He got up and went outside, where he found Dong Xiaorou cleaning. Although the place was already clean, she couldn't sit still.

Seeing Dong Xiaorou's figure from the side, Li Zhi couldn't help but swallow. She was perfect, at least for now.

"Up already!" Dong Xiaorou straightened up and asked, "Have the machines been bought?" "When do we start working?"

The factory had access to water and electricity. Along with the expenses for rent and labor, they were incurring costs daily. The longer they delayed, the more they would lose.

"We'll start today!" Li Zhi smiled and said, "Let's have breakfast first, and then we'll go to the village to get some raw materials."

"What raw materials?" Dong Xiaorou asked.

"Fish balls." The main raw material for making fish balls is fish," Li Zhi said confidently.

"Are fish balls made from fish?" Dong Xiaorou asked, looking at Li Zhi in disbelief.

"Isn't it?" Li Zhi was surprised.

"Maybe you should look it up on your phone!" Dong Xiaorou was starting to admire her boss. He didn't even know how to make fish balls, but he wanted to produce them. Wasn't that just nonsense?

Li Zhi didn't know how others made fish balls, but he knew that he needed fish meat for his equipment. Nothing else needed to be added.

Ignoring Dong Xiaorou's skeptical gaze, Li Zhi said, "Regardless of the size, the cheaper the fish, the better!"

"How much should we get?" Dong Xiaorou didn't argue. She didn't know what Li Zhi had in mind when making fish balls.

Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Let's start with two hundred pounds!"

At the very least, it was a trial production. They needed to test the equipment.

Without Li Zhi's help, Dong Xiaorou wandered around the dock and bought two hundred pounds of fresh fish.

"Five hundred, please!"

Li Zhi quickly took out the money and handed it to the seller.