A man's voice came from the other end of the phone, but his voice was extremely hoarse, sounding like sandpaper being rubbed, which made Lu Yuan feel very uncomfortable.

"Hello! Didn't the job posting already say that you should call another number if you want to come for an interview?" Lu Yuan said, about to hang up.

However, the person on the other end of the phone quickly said, "Director Lu, it's like this, I came from the survivor base in Qingshui City. I'm a materials engineer. I don't know if you'd be interested?"

Lu Yuan immediately became interested upon hearing what the other party said. A materials engineer? That would definitely be a very useful person. He had only hired some technicians and operators, whose skill level was only enough to turn these materials into finished products, but the quality of the finished products was still uncertain. He had been looking for an engineer, which would save him a lot of materials.

"Of course! I don't know where you are now, or when you can come over?" Lu Yuan quickly replied.

The other person hesitated for a moment before saying, "I can't get there right now. It would be best if you could come and pick me up!"

Lu Yuan thought about it for a moment but didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, this kind of high-end talent was exactly what the survivor base needed, and they certainly wouldn't release him easily.

"Okay! Wait for me a moment, tell me your exact location, and I'll come over right now!"

The man then immediately gave Lu Yuan his address.

After obtaining the address, Lu Yuan looked around the factory. To get production going as soon as possible, several technicians and a group of people were working overtime to modify the machines. However, due to a lack of technical expertise, their progress was slow, and they could only keep trying. In the past, many things were readily available, and even if they weren't, they could be bought from outside. But that wasn't possible now. Many parts of the equipment were substandard, and the current power supply was completely insufficient. The electricity generated by the gasoline and diesel generators was very limited, and modifications were necessary to power the equipment.

After watching for a while, Lu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.

"Damn it! This won't do, it's delaying the construction schedule too much. I didn't expect it to be so hard to find an engineer! This damn survivor base, they won't even leave us an engineer!" Thinking of this, Lu Yuan began to pack his things and prepare to leave.

However, wanting to get the other party over as soon as possible, Lu Yuan didn't think too much about it. He put on his raincoat, rushed out of the factory area, got on Yuan Yuan's speedboat, and headed towards the designated location.

Upon arriving at the destination, Lu Yuan quickly took out his phone and dialed the other party's number, but the other party did not answer after the phone stopped ringing.

Frowning, Lu Yuan wondered to himself if this person was lying to him, but then he thought that there was no benefit in the other party saying this, so he dialed the other party's number again.

After about ten seconds, Lu Yuan was about to hang up when the call was suddenly answered on the other end.

It was that hoarse voice again.

Hello! Have you arrived yet?

"Okay! I've arrived. Where are you?"

"Wait a minute, I'll be right there!"

After saying that, the person hung up the phone. Lu Yuan couldn't help but guess that the other person must be a weirdo. Not only was his voice unpleasant, but he was also so rude. He hung up the phone before Lu Yuan had even finished speaking. It was simply too much. Lu Yuan was, after all, his boss. How could he not give him face like this? Wasn't he afraid that Lu Yuan would make things difficult for him?

However, Lu Yuan sighed after a moment's thought. These experts all have some bad habits, but he needed them now, so there was nothing he could do but indulge them for the time being. If the person was really capable, he could indulge them, but if they were just a fraud, Lu Yuan would definitely teach them a lesson. Daring to come here to freeload, he absolutely had to teach them a lesson!

However, Lu Yuan waited and waited for quite a while but still didn't see anyone. Even though he was in dire need of such experts, he was getting a little annoyed.

"Damn it! Is this guy messing with me?! Bastard!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan angrily dialed his number again, but the call was answered quickly on the other end.

Lu Yuan immediately retorted with dissatisfaction, "Are you coming or not? If you don't want to come, then forget it! What do you mean by playing me like this?!"

The other party then sneered and said, "Heh heh! That's right! I was just messing with you! What's wrong? Are you angry? Haha!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan immediately flew into a rage and began to curse: "Bastard! How dare you mess with me! You probably don't know what death means! Tell me who you are! I'm not finished with you today!"

The other party then sneered for a moment and said, "Heh, you're unlucky to have messed with Sister Xia! Let me tell you the truth, it's Sister Xia who's after you! Kid, you wait! Sister Xia won't let you off the hook!"

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone. Lu Yuan was stunned. He didn't know who this Sister Xia was. He didn't know any woman named Sister Xia, and he had never offended her. Could it be that the other party had mistaken him for someone else?

Lu Yuan felt wronged upon thinking about this, but could the other party have deliberately called him here to mess with him? But this didn't affect him at all! It just wasted some of his time and gas.

However, a bad thought immediately popped into Lu Yuan's mind.

"Damn it! Could this be a diversionary tactic?! Damn it! I was careless!"

Lu Yuan was about to run when he suddenly heard a whooshing sound in the distance, followed by a sharp pain in his shoulder.

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