Chapter 330: Although business wars are simple and unpretentious, this is too simple and unpretentious...
"raccoon?"
The client looked Lin Xi up and down with suspicion.
"It's me." Lin Xi imitated the voice of an elderly man. The tone was calm, and the kindness contained in it made the client shiver.
Bad taste! Using the body of a teenage girl to make the voice of a 70 or 80-year-old man!
However, because of the lifelike onomatopoeia, he put away his contempt.
After all, voice can be disguised, and so can age.
Maybe there really is a guy in his seventies or eighties under the mask...
"Tell me about your commission." Lin Xi sat on the revolving stool and looked at him.
The client stood up, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I want you to help me steal something."
"What is it? How much is it worth? And where is it hidden?" Lin Xi asked.
"A blueprint, of... great value, hidden in Gutian's house." The client gave a string of addresses.
Lin Xi frowned at him and said, "Design drawings? Please tell me more about them. You are being too general."
"A battery design," the client said. "Anything more would be private to me. He should keep this design in his safe at home. He's going to use it to apply for a patent next month."
Lin Xi narrowed his eyes.
"It should be the design for a simplified nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery," Noah said. "According to history, in October of this year, a Japanese company launched a commercially available NiMH battery. This battery has a greater power reserve than nickel-cadmium batteries, is lighter, has a longer lifespan, and is environmentally friendly."
"Who made this design?" Lin Xi asked.
The client sneered, "It's me. They stole our company's design drawings. I'm going to steal them back and apply for a patent before they do, so they get nothing."
Lin Xi: Wow.
What you think of business war: The mall is like a battlefield, with swords flashing and undercurrents surging.
The actual business war: hiring someone to steal their blueprints.
Although business wars are plain and simple, this is too plain and simple.
"For $4,000," Lin Xi said, "I can give you the complete nickel-metal hydride battery design."
4,000 US dollars is about 600,000 yen.
"?!" The client jumped up from his chair in shock.
Partly because of the price, and partly because of what Lin Xi said about the battery.
"How do you know what I want? You wouldn't..."
"Don't be nervous." Lin Xi waved his hand, signaling the client to relax. "I just offered you a different option."
"The price for stealing the Furuta family's blueprints is only $1,000, but you seem like a smart businessman. I think we can consider a long-term partnership."
"Come back here in two days, I'll let you take a look at the complete design drawings, and you can make a decision then." After saying that, Lin Xi waved goodbye.
She complained in her heart: The first commission is of this style. Is she being asked to transform from a killer into a reclusive scientist?
It’s not easy to make some black money, all the black money has turned into white.
She doesn't earn money through hard work, she earns money from selling intellectual property.
After sending away the client with mixed feelings, Lin Xi started writing and drawing in the room.
Noah created an image in her mind that she could see with her eyes closed and just copy.
She painted until nine o'clock in the evening. When the boss came to remind her that it was closing time, she rubbed her eyes and put down her pen.
If she could get the money, she could open her own studio.
It won't be so inconvenient then...
"Your brother is here to pick you up at the bookstore," said the boss.
Lin Xi lowered his head and looked at his hands which were covered in lead dust.
Zhu Fugaoming knew that she worked part-time at a bookstore and would sometimes come to pick her up and take her home.
Although we are not in the same grade, I will wait for her after school and go home together.
What a considerate brother.
Lin Xi sighed, wiped his hands with a tissue and went downstairs.
"Bye, Li." The boss waved at her.
He thanked the little girl from the bottom of his heart for preventing him from becoming a demon blinded by hatred.
When Lin Xi came down the stairs, she saw the black-haired boy standing under the light, quietly looking at rows of books.
"No need to go through so much trouble every time." She couldn't help but say, "I can go home by myself. It's not far."
"It's not a problem." Zhu Fu Gao Ming said calmly, "It's too late. It's not safe."
In fact, she was not safe alone, and she was not much safer with a high school student who was only one year older than her.
Lin Xi felt his gaze linger on her dirty hands, so she took the initiative to explain, "The boss asked me to sort out old books. I saw an interesting picture, so I borrowed a pencil to copy it."
"Just go back and wash up."
Zhu Fu Gaoming hummed lightly.
My sister always has a lot to do. She has a lot on her mind, far more than her small body should be able to bear.
Zhu Fu Gaoming intuitively felt that she must have had a terrible past, so he felt a sense of urgency and wanted to become stronger to protect his younger sister.
However, my younger sister doesn't rely on him much and would rather go by herself than let him pick her up.
This inevitably made Zhu Fu Gaoming feel a little frustrated.
He took the initiative to show his concern for her: "If you are interested in painting, you can consider going to an art university in the future."
Unexpectedly, Lin Xi shook his head: "I'm not going to college, Brother Gao Ming."
Zhu Fu Gaoming was surprised.
"I want to start a company and make money." Lin Xi said, "You can invest, Brother Gao Ming. I can make a lot of money and buy you a luxury car."
Zhu Fu Gaoming couldn't help but smile.
The little kid who was not even as tall as his shoulders actually boasted like that.
That's really interesting.
He was very supportive: "I will. But, do you really not want to go to college, Ali?"
Lin Xi twitched the corners of his mouth.
Although she looks fifteen years old, her soul has experienced too many vicissitudes... A sunny place like university is not suitable for her.
"Really," she said, "but not necessarily... I might go abroad to study, Brother Gao Ming."
"Don't worry, I'm already saving money and I can save enough to study abroad."
After graduating from high school, she became an adult and could start a company abroad.
Zhu Fu Gaoming opened his mouth.
That's not what he meant.
What he meant was that Lin Li could go to school if she wanted to, and there was no need to worry about causing a burden to them.
He believed that his aunt would be very happy to see Lin Li go to college, and he himself could also apply for a full scholarship, and after the tuition was waived, there would be a lot of living expenses left, so he could give all his living expenses for college to Lin Li.
Children of this age should be carefree and do what they want. At least Lin Li should be like that, Zhu Fu Gaoming thought, completely unaware that he was also a minor who overthought every day.
Lin Xi, who was next to him, had already started thinking about what kind of luxury car to buy for her brother.
She remembered that he drove a Citroën...tsk tsk, it was pink, so elegant, so elegant.
Two days later, she met the client on the second floor of the bookstore.
“Pah.”
She slammed a thick stack of invention drafts on the table and clasped her fingers together: "Take a look?"
The client picked up the letter doubtfully, and his eyes widened the more he looked at it.
This is more than just a simple blueprint.
It includes a very complex sealing structure and anti-overcharging design, and is followed by all the parameters for industrial production and the required process patents.
This is much more complete than the blueprint that was stolen from their company!
"Where did you get these?" the client asked excitedly.
Could it be the Furuta family? But that shouldn't be the case. They have such talented technicians.
This is not something that can be thought of by one person alone. It must be the power of a team and the collective wisdom.
"This is my privacy." Lin Xi chuckled and replied with the same words he had replied to her before, "You just need to tell me whether you want to cooperate."
The client agreed immediately.
But his inner caution quickly resurfaced: "Master Tanuki, is this blueprint... legitimate?"
After all, this is a criminal agency.
Although this was the first time the client had worked with such a gray-scale firm, he knew the rules: anything purchased from here was guaranteed to be authentic, and who knows where it came from, and it might even be stained with human blood.
Lin Xi smiled playfully. "What does it matter if it's legitimate or not? This is the work of one of my clients. If you really want to know, you can go ask her. Don't get me wrong, the 600,000 yen is just the handling fee I gave you two for connecting you. The client meant that he's willing to cooperate with your company, but the patent must be his."
The client licked his lips and said without hesitation, "Of course! That designer...can I meet her?"
Hesitating for even one more second would be disrespectful to the design draft in your hand.
"Of course not." Lin Xi tilted her head. "Why do you think she would cooperate with you through me?"
"What should we call her?" The client's eyes twinkled with stars.
"Ms. L." Lin Xi said.
After Punch, the Shibahara siblings, X, Eleven and Tanuki, Lin Xi finally has a new identity.
The client at this moment would not have thought that what he agreed to today would change his life and the fate of his company.
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After negotiating a big deal, Ms. L still had to go to school as usual the next day.
She kicked the fallen leaves on the ground out of boredom - after the autumnal equinox, the weather became colder, and Kudo Izumi bought the same thick coat for her and Morobushi Takaaki.
"Don't be stressed about the monthly exam," Zhufu Gaoming said, "You've only just started school."
That’s right, they are about to have their monthly exams.
Jiudong Dahai searched for a long time, but it seemed that Lin Li appeared out of nowhere. He had no guardian and there was no child with the same characteristics in the roster of nearby schools.
So the Jiuto family assumed that Lin Li was an abandoned child who had never been to school. They had no hope for her academic performance and only hoped that she would be happy.
Lin Xi glanced at him with a strange look.
She always felt that the Kudo family had a strange misunderstanding about her.
Ever since she started school, her uncles and aunts have been hinting that she doesn't need to worry about her grades.
...You don't think she's a poor student, do you?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
High school questions are so easy! Even if she can't do it, she still has Noah!
"Brother," she said, "don't worry, there's nothing your sister can't solve."
Her eyes were bright, she waved her fist, and there was a relaxed and lively smile on her face.
Zhu Fu Gaoming felt that she was more cheerful and closer to him.
"I believe you," he said.
"Um!"
However, Lin Xi soon encountered something... which could be considered difficult.
Her desk was a mess, the books in the drawer were all wet, there were stickers on the stool, and there were dark patterns and words drawn on the table with a black oil pen. Lin Xi recognized a "devil" from it.
Wow, it’s school bullying.
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