"Yes, Master Zhou. I've successfully cracked the high-tech welding with magnesium element." Chen Feng said excitedly.
Whether Hongfeng Electronics Factory would make a lot of money in the future was secondary. The key was to prove to the Japanese that the Han Chinese were no inferior to any developed nation's people in the world. The Oriental Dragon race was not just a name!
"Then tell me, what color is the light when welding with magnesium element?"
"Silver light." Chen Feng replied unhurriedly.
"Chen Feng, I can't believe you actually cracked the high-tech welding with magnesium element. This is absolutely sky-high awesome." Master Zhou said emotionally.
"Master Zhou, to be honest, the main reason I was able to achieve such a major technological breakthrough is your thick stack of experimental notes, which were very helpful." Chen Feng replied humbly.
"I finally understand why Miss Nie likes you so much – handsome, talented, and humble. What woman wouldn't like that?" Master Zhou said with a smile.
"Master Zhou, you're too kind. By the way, Master Zhou, could I trouble you with something?" Chen Feng seized the opportunity.
"You're too polite. You've made Hongfeng Electronics Factory a lot of money, making you a great benefactor to Hongfeng Electronics Factory. If a great benefactor needs something, we will certainly not shirk our responsibility." Master Zhou said, sincerely convinced.
"Master Zhou, I'd like you to take the initiative to organize a training class in the electronics factory industry in Sandong City to publicize this high-tech welding with trace elements and teach it to them." Chen Feng said calmly.
"Chen Feng, did I hear you correctly? You actually want to publicize this money-making secret technology? Isn't that cutting off Hongfeng Electronics Factory's livelihood? I definitely disagree." Master Zhou replied emotionally.
"In the short term, keeping the technology within Hongfeng Electronics Factory can lead to significant profits. However, in the long run, it won't yield the greatest returns." Chen Feng explained patiently.
"That's interesting, continue."
"I've thought about this recently. Why do Chinese enterprises sometimes fail to compete with Japanese and Korean enterprises? It's because Chinese enterprises are sometimes too selfish, hoarding all their technology. It's understandable to keep some cutting-edge technology secret, but if every technology is kept secret, it's going too far and is extremely detrimental to the development of the entire industry. For example, Japan was the first to research high-tech welding with magnesium element, and Japan only blocked it from other countries, not from its own major enterprises. This way, Japan's electronics industry has a competitive edge internationally. Chinese enterprises are all secretive, independent, and scattered like a plate of sand. How can they have an advantage in the international market?"
Chen Feng's precise analysis convinced Master Zhou.
"Chen Feng, I understand your far-sighted vision. The question is, does Miss Nie understand? If she doesn't approve, do I dare to go out and teach training classes?" Master Zhou asked with concern.
"Don't worry about that. If Miss Nie disagrees, I'll sleep with her to convince her." Chen Feng joked with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhou's heart was put at ease.
After discussing the technical training class with Master Zhou, Chen Feng prepared to rest well. He had personally been on the front lines of research and development to conquer the high-tech welding with magnesium element. This kind of research and development was too physically and mentally exhausting, so he needed to rest.
Thus, Chen Feng planned to take leave and return to his suite to get a good night's sleep.
However, before he could find Nie Xiaosu, the packer Li Hongling ran into the office with tears in her eyes.
"Brother Feng, help!"
"What's wrong, Li Hongling?" Chen Feng was taken aback. Weren't Team Leader Wang and Director Tan, who bullied the female workers, no longer at Hongfeng Electronics Factory? Why was Li Hongling still calling for help?
At this moment, Li Hongling was sobbing uncontrollably and didn't explain, directly dragging Chen Feng to the mold workshop. Many components in electronics factories required molding, so Hongfeng Electronics Factory had a mold workshop. The machinery in the mold workshop had very strong pressing power, shaping plastic and metal into the required component shapes in seconds.
Upon arriving at the mold workshop, Chen Feng's scalp tingled: an old woman's hand was caught in the mold machine. This old woman was Li Hongling's mother. Li Hongling and her mother had both come to work at Hongfeng Electronics Factory. It was said that they were doing this to save up the betrothal gifts for her brother's marriage. Chen Feng originally looked down on this kind of behavior of exploiting one's daughter, but he heard from others that Li Hongling's mother could have given Li Hongling to her son for a bride-exchange marriage. In the end, Li Hongling's mother did not do that, but instead let Li Hongling work for five years, with the money going to the family. After five years, Li Hongling could choose a man she liked to marry. From this incident, it could be seen the helplessness of rural mothers nowadays. In the final analysis, rural people were quite pitiful.
Chen Feng didn't think further. He first carefully removed the outer casing according to the mold equipment's instruction manual. Thank goodness, only a little finger was stuck. Chen Feng decisively decided to sever the finger to save her life, and then quickly go to the hospital to reattach it. Li Hongling dared not make a decision, only crying. Li Hongling's mother strongly agreed with Chen Feng's decision and directly told Chen Feng to chop off her little finger with a knife. Just as everyone was wondering if Chen Feng would have the guts to do it, Chen Feng swiftly acted. In less than a second, Chen Feng chopped off Li Hongling's mother's little finger.
"Auntie, let's go to the hospital quickly to reattach your finger. I'll drive you." Chen Feng said crisply.
"I'm not going to the hospital. Bandaging it at a nearby clinic will be fine." Li Hongling's mother said, enduring the pain.
"Modern medicine is advanced, reattaching a little finger isn't difficult, why not do it?" Chen Feng was bewildered.
"To tell you the truth, Leader, my wages are low. If I go to the hospital to reattach my little finger, I'll have to pay out of my own salary. It's definitely not feasible. It's just a little finger anyway, if it's gone, it's gone. It's not a big problem." Li Hongling's mother replied with forced composure.
"Auntie, don't think about anything else, just come with me to the hospital. I'll take care of the money. How can a person be without a little finger?" Without waiting for Li Hongling's mother to reply, Chen Feng directly took her to the hospital. Li Hongling also went with them. Chen Feng's benevolence instantly captured Li Hongling's heart. After a tense afternoon of surgery at the hospital, Li Hongling's mother's little finger was finally reattached.
"Brother Feng, thank you so much. If it weren't for you this time, my mother would not only have lost her little finger but also her life." Li Hongling said gratefully. This was not an exaggeration. Previously, in other electronics factories, workers had been killed by mold equipment. Originally, getting stuck in mold equipment wouldn't be fatal, but in a panic, they had pressed the mold equipment buttons randomly and dismantled the mold equipment haphazardly, causing secondary injuries and immediate death. Fortunately, Chen Feng was smart enough to understand the full English emergency instructions for the mold equipment, which easily resolved the tragedy.
"No need to thank me, we're colleagues, it's what I should do." Chen Feng said humbly.
"By the way, here's two thousand yuan. Take a few days off to look after your mother. After Auntie's little finger heals, you can both return to Hongfeng Electronics Factory. Your mother is getting old, so she shouldn't work in the stamping mold workshop. I'll talk to Miss Nie then and ask her to arrange for your mother to work in the Hongfeng Electronics Factory warehouse. Although the work there is a bit heavier, the salary is decent, and most importantly, it's safe." Chen Feng advised Li Hongling.
"Brother Feng, we're not related by blood or by marriage. I can't accept such great kindness from you." Li Hongling's nose felt sore, and tears flowed out again. As a migrant worker from the countryside who had been in various electronics factories in Sandong City for several years, every man she met was disgusting. They just wanted to occupy her body without compensation and used all sorts of means. Chen Feng was completely different from them. How to say it, so far, only Chen Feng had treated her like a person and shown her care.
"Why aren't we related? You're my adopted sister, and it's normal for an adopted brother to help his adopted sister." Chen Feng told a white lie to prevent Li Hongling from feeling guilty.
"Brother Feng, can I really be your adopted sister?" Li Hongling looked at Chen Feng with excitement.