"How are you fishing? Damn it, what exactly are you trying to do?" Xu Shuai seemed to have thought of something and slightly opened his mouth to say to Xing Baohua.

"Why are you making such a fuss?" Xing Baohua said irritably.

"No, are you doing all this, setting up this strange arrangement, to attract those three foreigners?" Xu Shuai said.

"You guessed it."

"I know exactly what kind of shit you're taking. Selling that speaker, huh? Trying to rip off foreigners?" Xu Shuai said, standing up from his stool.

“I can sell it if the price is right, but I have other plans. I want to make friends with those people. The things I asked you to inquire about before were all for a purpose,” Xing Baohua said, resting his hands behind his head and stretching out his legs.

“I don’t understand what you’re trying to do. When you were still a temporary worker, you were already thinking about becoming a permanent employee, but you didn’t want to take over your dad’s job. Now you’re a permanent employee, and your dad hasn’t retired yet. So what are you trying to do?” Xu Shuai said, looking at Xing Baohua.

Xing Baohua turned her head away from Xu Shuai and looked up at the sky. She sighed.

What he wants is something no one understands yet. His hardware knowledge is something no one has been able to produce.

This path is difficult and will take many years to achieve, but is it really necessary to just live a life of freeloading and earn a few dozen yuan a month?

Writing about scientific knowledge gets published in a science fiction section; who can you complain to?

Seeing that Xing Baohua did not speak, Xu Shuai thought that he had spoken a bit too harshly, so he softened his tone considerably.

He added, "I don't know what you want to do by contacting foreigners, but whatever you do, I'll still support you, brother."

"Thank you. Actually, I just want to start my own factory," Xing Baohua said.

"Come on, what are you going to produce? Speakers, they're so expensive, who's going to buy them!" It was Xu's three consecutive questions again.

Xu Shuai curled his lip and said, "Do you really want to treat everyone like suckers, not making a single sale for a year, but then eating for three years on a single sale?"

“You don’t understand. Do you know Rolls-Royce? Do you know Ferrari and Lamborghini? You see, you’re clueless as soon as I mention those. Do you know Hongqi cars?” Xing Baohua said.

Xu Shuai nodded and said, "Who doesn't know about the Hongqi car!"

"But do you know how it was produced? In the earliest days, it was made by hammering it out little by little."

Seeing that Xu Shuai remained silent, Xing Baohua continued, "The names I just mentioned are all cars. They're all handmade. They all have four wheels and a steering wheel. Tell me, why are those cars so expensive?"

"How would I know! I've never even heard of it. Why is it so expensive? How much does it cost?" Xu Shuai asked.

Xing Baohua chuckled but didn't answer. Xu Shuai, anxious, could only scratch his head and hurriedly asked, "Why don't you say something?"

“The effect of a high-end brand. You wouldn’t understand even if I explained it to you, would you? I just want to build a high-end brand for audio systems. Even if we only produce one unit a year, its value will always be there,” Xing Baohua said.

"Give me a break. Producing only one a year? You know you'd starve to death. And who are you going to sell it to with such a high price?" Xu Shuai asked, puzzled.

Liu Quan carried out a teapot and teacups and placed them on the small round table, saying, "There's no use talking about this. Hua Zi has his own ideas, Commander Xu, don't worry him."

"Why am I in a hurry? I'm just annoyed by his recent strange behavior, always keeping things to himself. And even if he does tell me, I won't understand. Aren't you worried?" Xu Shuai said, taking out a cigarette and putting it in his mouth.

"By the way, Xu Shuai, did you find out? How much did those three foreigners drink at noon? They were so drunk." Xing Baohua asked Xu Shuai.

"I heard that the leaders lined up to give it to them. A dozen or so cadres, both big and small, took turns. The director of the first workshop and the others originally wanted to come over, but they were all drunk before they even got there," Xu Shuai said.

"Didn't you prepare any beer or anything?"

"Who knows, what if you lured them in and got them drunk too?" Xu Shuai asked curiously.

“We can’t force them to eat meat; it’ll only delay things. Besides, after this incident, it’s not easy to force them to eat meat again. Didn’t I ask you how much money you had left? Go buy some meat tomorrow. You and Quanzi can skewer them together. If they really come, we can get some barbecue,” Xing Baohua said.

"Having money but no meat ration coupons? Buying meat on the black market? That's expensive," Xu Shuai said.

"It's a bit pricey, but you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. I need to find a way to get closer to them tomorrow. As long as I can talk to the foreigners, I'll have a chance to invite them over," Xing Baohua said, frowning.

"What if the meat is cut but the person doesn't show up?" Xu Shuai asked, as if he had just thought of something.

"What can we do? Stew it, stir-fry it, eat it however we want," Xing Baohua replied, turning to Liu Quan as well.

"Brother Quanzi, bring a stove over tomorrow," Xing Baohua said to Liu Quan.

"Are you really going to do it?" Liu Quan asked worriedly.

Xing Baohua nodded and said to Liu Quan, "It's all set. I want to take advantage of this."

"Whose hair?" Xu Shuai interrupted.