Chapter 1

Vast China, tens of millions of square kilometers of territory.

9 AM, 104 State Highway.

Inside the Wuling Light van, which had the words [Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory] printed on the body of the van, and the pictures and advertisements of the company's products.

Ye Qing shakily hung up the 7th call, face pale.

Up until now, he had contacted 7 good friends and classmates, but the amount of money he borrowed was very little. Including his own savings and the amount they promised, it was only 13,000.

Ye Qing definitely wouldn't complain: Finally seeing what these friends were like, on the contrary, his heart was filled with gratitude.

His friends and classmates were just like him, rookies who had just entered their internship, and there weren't any rich second generation kids among them.

To be able to receive a call and lend out what little savings he had in his pocket, was already very touching for Ye Qing.

But this amount was far from enough.

Today, a very serious accident had occurred in the machinery processing factory that his father had founded.

Ye Qing's family lived in Jiangnan Province's Zhongyun City. His father, Ye Jiangning, used to be a workshop supervisor at Zhongyun's Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In 1998, during the wave of layoffs and reemployment, Ye Jiangning pulled a few workers from the workshop and opened a machining workshop, specializing in taking on outsourced jobs from the private Hongguang Machinery Factory.

In 2009, the machining workshop was upgraded to Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory, specializing in large scale cutting machines.

For example, large pipe cutting machines, stone cutting machines, stainless steel cutting machines.

The sales of the cutting machinery factory, until two years ago, were still pretty good.

But for some reason, the orders for the past two years have been decreasing.

Plus with the retirement of the older generation of Hongguang Machinery Factory, there was no way for them to take on outsourced jobs. During the most difficult times, Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory didn't receive any orders for an entire month.

Orders are the factory's life, without any orders, Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory suffered unspeakably. Just the wages of their workers were in arrears for three months.

Last week, Ye Jiangning, with the help of an old classmate who worked for the government, received an order for seven stone cutting machines from Jiangshan masonry.

In order to deal with the inspection team, Zhongyun City decided to stay in Zhongyun City to evaluate the city's health. They planned to replace all the green belts and curbstones on the main roads with new ones.

In the face of an order worth tens of millions, the boss of Jiangshan masonry had no choice but to sign a contract with Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory.

The order for seven stone cutting machines won't make Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory rich, but the profit will at least cover the wages of the eight workers.

When Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory was at its peak, they had around 30 workers. When the order was at its peak, the workers couldn't even keep up with the overtime.

But now …

The older generation with skills had all run away, leaving only eight apprentices.

These eight apprentices not only have modern skills, but their tempers are also worse than the last. If it wasn't for their low wages, Ye Jiangning would've fired them a long time ago.

As a matter of fact, one of the stone cutting machines that was just delivered to Jiangshan masonry didn't even run for long before the cutting wheels started to deviate. None of the stones that were cut out were straight.

This kind of low level technical flaw made Jiangshan masonry furious. The factory director called Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory to send a technician to deal with it, otherwise they won't get a single cent of the remaining payment for the machine.

Ye Qing is a technician. He was influenced by the factory since he was young, and he also majored in mechanical engineering in university.

So during his internship period, Ye Qing has been driving his Wuling Guang around the southern province, providing after sales services for the machines that his factory sells.

The guide rail used to move the cutting wheels is the most precise part of a stone cutting machine. This is something that Clear Sky Cutting Machinery Factory can't make.

Don't mention Ye Qing, in the entire Jiangnan province, the number of factories that can make proper guide rails can be counted on one hand.

If they can't make it, then they can buy it. The guide rails for the cutting machines are all ordered from Wanyang Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.

This is a very powerful factory that has been famous for more than 10 years, so they definitely won't give out defective products to customers.

So for the guide rails to deviate, it can only be those few workers that made a mistake during the installation, causing the guide rails to become deformed.

After a sleepless night, Ye Qing changed the guide rails, and adjusted the machines.

After finishing, the Jiangshan masonry boss's expression was still as serious as a judge's. He directly told Ye Qing to get lost, and didn't even bother to prepare breakfast.

The starving Ye Qing bought 5 steamed buns from the breakfast stand outside, ate them while rushing home, ready to have a good night's sleep.

Who knew … …

On the way, Ye Qing received a call from Ye Jiangning. Ye Jiangning's anxious voice said that there was an accident at the factory.

This morning at 8 o 'clock, 8 employees came to work on electric scooters. After using the fingerprint machine, Ye Jiangning announced today's mission, then went upstairs to catch up on sleep.

Last night's call from Jiangshan masonry, made him so angry that he couldn't sleep at all. After being in the cutting machine business for so many years, they still had this kind of low level problem. If this gets out, then wouldn't Clear Sky Mechanical Saw Factory's reputation be ruined?

It was because Ye Jiangning went to catch up on sleep that a very serious man-made accident occurred.

When making machine tools, large parts are all made from steel plates. Using flame cutters to cut them to the appropriate size, then milling them.

Steel plates have different sizes, so of course their thickness and weight are also different.

When worker Cao Yun was using the crane to move the steel plates, the youngest worker Pang Ruifeng, insisted on using the crane remote control to practice, saying that it was an extra skill to learn.

You have to admit, the crane was really fun. This huge thing that spanned across the steel factory, was 20 meters long, and weighed several tons. All it needed was a remote control similar to a remote control for a race car to easily control it.

When it started, it rumbled like a train, and it was extremely powerful. Anyone who saw it would want to play with it to their heart's content.

Pang Ruifeng had long wanted to start the crane to his heart's content, but the heavens never gave him the chance. Now that Ye Jiangning went upstairs to catch up on sleep, Pang Ruifeng felt that his chance had come. After a lot of persuasion in front of Cao Yun, he finally got the remote control.

After Pang Ruifeng took the remote control, under Cao Yun's command, he smoothly moved a steel plate to the flame cutting area.

After the steel plate was cut, the workers were about to weld it into the machine base, and when they were about to move it to the CNC milling machine, Pang Ruifeng volunteered to grab the remote control and start the crane. Cao Yun saw that his operation was pretty good, so he didn't say anything.

Who would've thought that when Pang Ruifeng moved the cut parts to the CNC milling machine, he forgot to stop when he was trying to adjust the position of the crane hook. This caused the 1.5 ton stone cutting machine base to fiercely smash into the CNC milling machine.

The CNC milling machine was the largest machine in the factory. This kind of giant machine specialized in processing large metal parts. It was tens of meters long, three meters tall, and weighed 17 tons.

The unfinished machine base smashed the beam lifting system of the milling machine into pieces, and the four meter long workbench was also heavily damaged.

This one smash would cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair, but this wasn't the reason for Ye Jiangning's despair.

Above the CNC milling machine, there was a computer operated arm that looked like a street lamp.

The computer operated arm could move left and right, making it easy for the workers to stand at different angles to control the milling machine. The arm was only supported by ordinary stainless steel. At the time, the other two workers, Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong, were standing on the two sides of the milling machine, waiting for the machine base to come down, so that they could adjust the position of the machine base for easier processing.

In the end, the broken operating arm, and the damaged outer shell of the lifting system, smashed the two who couldn't dodge in time to the ground.

The machine base was blocked by the milling machine, so luckily it didn't directly hit the two, or else they wouldn't be lying on the operating table in the hospital.

This was a serious accident caused by a worker's mistake.

When Ye Jiangning hurriedly ran down from upstairs, followed by a few other workers, carried the bloodied Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong onto the truck, ran eight red lights, and the truck was sent to the people's hospital.

Sitting in the truck, Pang Ruifeng, whose face was paler than paper, insisted that he let go of the down button at the time, and that the remote control malfunctioned, causing this accident.

The worker, Cao Yun, used a vicious kick and a few slaps to express his opinion.

Right now, investigating whether or not Pang Ruifeng made a mistake was already meaningless. Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong had this accident during their working hours, so naturally all expenses and compensation would be taken care of by the boss, Ye Jiangning.

Lu Xiaozhen's left chest third and fourth ribs were broken, and her right shoulder blade was comminuted. Qian Dongdong's skull was fractured, and there was a possibility of intracranial hemorrhage, and a large area of laceration on her back.

Because of the poor results, Clear Sky Cutting Machine Factory already owed the workers three months of wages.

The last payment for the stone cutting machine that was given to Jiangshan masonry still hasn't been collected. Just a few minutes ago, Ye Qing even gave them a call, but in the end, the factory director stubbornly said that they would need to try it out for another week, and only when there were no problems would they send over the rest of the payment.

Ye Qing, who knew the factory's situation like the back of his hand, was in despair.

The deposit that Jiangshan masonry paid was all used to buy production materials. Because of the order in hand, the workers didn't mind waiting for another month. Anyways, Ye Jiangning promised that after the order is completed, he would give each worker an extra 1000 yuan as compensation.

The factory only had a few thousand yuan of liquid funds on their books. Apart from real estate, there was basically no money left in the bank. Because of the poor results these past few years, all of the money they made in the past years was used to subsidize the factory.

Ye Qing could only pray that nothing bad happened to Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong.

Jiangshan masonry is located in Meihua town. When they were about to enter Zhongyun city, there should have been a car accident in front of them, causing a long line of cars to jam in front of Ye Qing.

Ye Qing reversed the van a bit and parked it on the side of the road.

Relaxing in his seat, Ye Qing turned on the MP3 player and quietly listened to the songs of the superstar Xue Ninggong.

The superstar Xue Ninggong, who is famous all over the country, is from Zhongyun. She was in the same class as Ye Qing from first grade to sixth grade. At that time, Xue Ninggong had already begun to display unparalleled artistic talent.

When Ye Qing was in the fourth grade, he even wrote her a love letter … …

Of course, the result was very depressing. During middle school, Xue Ninggong transferred to Shangjing, so Ye Qing completely cut off contact with her. Now there's even less of a chance. She's a superstar who is famous all over the country, and has a certain level of fame in South Asia.

Just as Ye Qing was pondering whether or not to borrow money from his friends, his mother, Xu Lan, called.