After spending three days with Liu Yanran, Gu Shijing hurried back to work. This time, he had come to the United States with the delegation, shouldering a crucial mission: to uncover a traitor lurking within the delegation. According to reliable intelligence, this traitor was attempting to leak the team's bottom line, causing significant losses to the country.
China is still facing many challenges and difficulties at this moment, with funding shortages being a particularly prominent issue. Therefore, every penny must be spent where it matters most.
It's undeniable that, despite being expensive and secondhand, these foreign production lines are remarkably effective. Furthermore, Chinese researchers have learned valuable lessons from them. In particular, while some of the previously purchased "foreign junk" equipment was unusable, disassembling it allowed them to gain a deeper understanding of its principles. This knowledge will help drive the development and innovation of related technologies domestically.
This time, they also hoped to find some usable old equipment. They had originally planned to ask Liu Yanran to act as a go-between, since she had been the one who introduced the seller the last time. However, they later learned that there was a traitor within the inspection team, so they decided to hold off for now to avoid alerting the enemy.
This inspection team consisted of over twenty people, including researchers from the Ministry of Commerce, scientific research experts and students from several domestic universities, and several military personnel selected by the Ministry of State Security. In such a large group, it was difficult to determine who had betrayed the organization.
The delegation will visit several factories and purchase second-hand equipment that has been eliminated by these factories. Normally, these factories sell equipment to China at a higher price than other countries, but due to limited budgets, they can only look for more cost-effective options.
I also heard that at the Manufacturing Summit, countries D and F will be selling several sets of brand-new equipment, with the highest bidder taking the prize. Their primary target is brand-new equipment. China has been using used equipment for years and has long wanted to replace it with brand-new equipment. But they've been struggling with a lack of channels. Now that we have this opportunity, we must seize it no matter what.
When Liu Yanran learned about this, she wanted to help for both moral and logical reasons. China was in a difficult situation right now. She would certainly not stand idly by when her motherland was in trouble. She found the owner of the pharmaceutical cosmetics business she had previously cooperated with, old lady Ali Louise, and asked her to hold a masquerade in the name of selling equipment. Then she would find someone to test the members of the inspection team. Anyway, it was either money or beauty, and she didn't believe that this person would not reveal his true intentions.
The fact that old lady Ali Louise can control the entire family shows that she is a woman of courage. She admires the self-reliance of Liu Yanran, so she decides to help her. After all, it is not impossible to replace the equipment in the factory, and the income from cooperating with Liu Yanran is far greater than making money from these equipment.
As expected of a family with a strong foundation, even the leaders were wary of them. Three days later, the masquerade ball was held. The guests invited were delegations from various countries, as well as some factories from large families that needed to sell equipment. It was a large number of people, but the Louise family had a castle, so accommodating these hundreds of people was no problem.
The clothing for the Chinese delegation was led by the embassy and managed by the Mu family's "Hua Cai". It also allowed the Mu family to gain reputation in front of China and lay the foundation for future investment in the country.
The Chinese delegation had several suspects. The first was Li Zeyan, a junior at Beijing Polytechnic University. He was originally from a wealthy family, but his family fell into poverty during his freshman year. Logically, his quality of life would have declined, but it didn't. He seemed to have never lacked money and lived a comfortable life, which made him a suspect.
The second one is Gao Shanshan, a girl from the mountainous area. She was admitted to Huaqing University through her own efforts. She has been living on subsidies from the school and her life has been very tight. However, she suddenly started to dress herself up in the past few months, and her living conditions improved all of a sudden, so she also had doubts.
The third one is Ma Xiaoyu, an engineer working in the research institute. His wife is sick and needs a lot of money for treatment. He has been asking people from all over to raise money for his wife's treatment some time ago. However, just two months ago, all the medical expenses for his wife were paid off at once. This is also thought-provoking.
Therefore, the focus of investigation is on these three people. Of course, we cannot say that the others are not suspects. It’s just that these three people are more suspicious.
Liu Yanran sent people from "Times Venture Capital" to test them. They were Dai Lin, the assistant of Gu Shimiao who is famous for her beauty, Meng Xiaoxiao who has a hot body, and the handsome young man Li Jie. These three people are now the face of the company. Many people offer high prices to poach them, but they are very loyal to the company.
As for the others, Liu Yanran just randomly found someone to inquire about them. After today's banquet, many people might never see each other again in their lives.
As a result, after an hour, all three of them returned empty-handed. Although they were highly suspicious, they sternly refused the temptation of beauty and money, and even reported it to their superiors, saying that someone was trying to bribe them. This is indeed impressive, but it also means that the difficulty of investigation has increased.
Just when they thought they were going to return empty-handed, a waiter brought news that someone in the Chinese delegation had agreed to his conditions. He thought the waiter was his contact and said he would reveal China's reserve price before the equipment was auctioned.
After identification by the team leader, this person is called Sun Zhi, an old employee of the institute. He was a college student before the turmoil. He has real talents and skills, but he has always lacked luck. He has always been an ordinary engineer. His family conditions are ordinary. There has been no change in his family, and there has been no obvious change in his life recently. This person looks very honest, and you would never notice him in a crowd. It is really surprising!
While continuing to observe, he found that two members of the inspection team approached him and gave him a small note. He was panicked for a moment when he found out that the waiter was not the contact person, but then he felt that this was an opportunity to sell one piece of information for two prices.
Instead of alerting the enemy, they decided to take advantage of the situation and raised the offer by 10 points. After discussion, they had given up on this equipment. Mrs. Ali Louise agreed to give them two production lines in exchange for "foreign garbage".
Although they are not brand new, these production lines have only been used for three years and are much better than the ones that have been used for more than ten or twenty years. What’s more, the price has not been raised and is 20 percentage points lower than the market price. The two parties quickly reached an agreement.
On the surface, China also spent 15% more than the market price to buy a production line from the Louis family, and also took the face of the United States into consideration and could not find any fault with the Louis family.
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