I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 307 - 305: What Kind of Ulterior Motives Could I, Zhang Menglong, Possibly Have?

"Menglong, good news!" The next day, Zhang Menglong received an exhilarating phone call.

"Professor Chen, you sound so excited, it must mean that our photolithography machine technology has conquered the major hurdles, right?"

"Hahaha, that’s right!" Professor Chen Hui said, "After three months of technical analysis and R&D, we have fully digested and absorbed your drawings, and the first prototype has also been manufactured. We can now move on to mass production of the photolithography machines!"

"Great!" Zhang Menglong was overjoyed. He had thought that, at the earliest, Silicon Moonlight wouldn’t be able to start production until May or June of this year, but it was only March now, and everything was almost ready!

"However, we still need a precision equipment manufacturing assembly line. With our current technology, we can’t reach the necessary level yet, and might need to seek assistance from foreign companies."

"Professor Chen, do you know of any companies that have this capability?" Zhang Menglong asked. Although he had the technology for precision instruments as well, creating so much from scratch in such a short time was beyond his limited energy and time.

"Currently, Europe’s Omos and Bao both have the capability to meet our precision requirements," Professor Chen Hui said.

"Hong Yi, could you come over for a moment?" Zhang Menglong called out.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you need me to do?"

"Acquire the precision machinery factories of Omos and Bao for me!" Zhang Menglong’s tone was as casual as if he were asking someone to buy two buns for him, "How long will it take?"

Hong Yi immediately brought up the information of both companies, "Mr. Zhang, Omos is a state-owned enterprise, which might make the acquisition a bit difficult, but Bao is a private tech company, with a total market value of less than 10 billion US dollars. I can complete the acquisition of most of the shares before the stock market closes tomorrow."

Professor Chen Hui, listening on the phone, sighed. He had initially meant to just rent a production line, or buying one would have been enough to meet the production needs.

But Zhang Menglong didn’t even ask and jumped straight to acquiring the companies. How are they supposed to respond to that? Otherwise, might as well conquer all the chip companies in the world, make them yours, and there would be no need for any independent research and development anymore.

"Menglong, after our discussion, all that’s left is the raw material issue," Professor Chen Hui said, "By the end of April, we can start formal production, but if the new mineral mine can’t deliver, we might have to delay the start of operations." Explore more adventures at novelbuddy

"Don’t worry about that," Zhang Menglong laughed, "In at most a week, they will be coming to us, unless their nuclear plants and new energy power stations can manage to double their power output!"

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"The coal acquisition was to pressure them?"

"What goes around comes around!" Zhang Menglong said, "If we don’t hurt them, how will they know we are not to be trifled with? To be honest, I also cut off their natural gas supply. Those gas wells in the Middle East are actually under my control!"

"Hahaha!" Professor Chen Hui laughed over the phone, "Alright then, we will wait for your news!"

...

"Why so many calls recently, it’s not that dead gay guy Wang Ling again, is it?" Zhang Menglong had just hung up when his cell phone rang again. After all, there weren’t many people who knew his number; it was just his closest friends.

"Mr. Zhang, hello," a scholarly voice came from the other end, but the voice was unfamiliar.

"I’m Zhang Menglong, may I ask who this is?"

"Sorry to bother you, let me introduce myself first, I’m Zhou Zhengkang, the President of the International Chamber of Commerce."

"Hello, President Zhou," Zhang Menglong replied politely, "Is there something you need from me, President Zhou?"

"Mr. Zhang, there’s a bit of trouble," President Zhou said, "Today, representatives of Shang Hongwan Corporation complained to us, claiming that you’ve monopolized the coal imports, and I wonder..."

"Great, those who can’t kill me with public opinion start playing this game with me," Zhang Menglong wasn’t surprised, as he had anticipated that the other party would resort to such tactics to pressure him.

"Trying to pressure me with this?" Zhang Menglong sneered, but his private purchasing behavior hadn’t violated any national or international law.

"Ah? When did I ever monopolize their coal imports?" Zhang Menglong feigned innocence, "I have no idea!"

"Mr. Zhang, representatives of Shang Hongwan Corporation claimed that you purchased all the coal that the world’s major coalfields originally intended to export to them, which severely impacted their company’s development."

"So, that’s happening?" said Zhang Menglong, "I did buy that coal, but I didn’t know it was theirs! You’ve seen the news online, haven’t you? I’ve stated before that the reason I acquired those coals was mainly to slow down global warming, I never targeted anyone specifically!"

"And I didn’t even buy that much, just 200 million tons, only 200 million tons of coal, can that be considered a monopoly?" Zhang Menglong said in a naïve tone, "If that’s really the case, then they are too poor. When I first learned about this a few days ago, I thought it was only a small part of their share!"

"Ah?" President Zhou was stunned, "Too poor?"

If wealth in a society were judged by per capita GDP, then Kaibong would be several times wealthier than Huaxia!

"Just 200 million tons? Our Huaxia needs about 30 billion tons per year, right?"

"Mr. Zhang, the coal produced by our own Huaxia coal mines and coalfields is enough for our consumption and we even export the surplus, but they virtually lack coal assets, nearly 99% of their coal relies on imports, and last year their total imports were only around 180 million tons, you buying 200 million tons all at once, isn’t that the same as buying up their entire share? "

"That’s rough," Zhang Menglong said with a tone of pity, "Really a pitiful country. I thought those 200 million tons wouldn’t make much of a difference. Accidentally, I almost bankrupted them, my mistake, my mistake!"

"But you can’t entirely blame me, I was purchasing coal from those coalfields, but they said that next year’s quota was already sold out. I offered to pay them more, including the penalty fee. I didn’t know they were cutting off their coal!"

Zhang Menglong sounded surprised, "Could it be that they’ve been so unscrupulous in doing business that all the coal owners are dissatisfied with them, causing such a united front? My only wish is world peace, how could I harbor any ill intentions? This is all a misunderstanding!"

President Zhou’s expression was a mix of laughter and tears. Having lived for most of his life, he could naturally tell that Zhang Menglong was making excuses, and his sarcastic explanation had even mocked Kaibong’s lack of land resources, almost as if he could accidentally cause their downfall.

After all, they were a developed country, yet in the mouth of Zhang Menglong, they turned into a fragile and poor country?

Truth be told, even President Zhou secretly cheered for what Zhang Menglong did, but as the matter had escalated to his attention, he couldn’t just ignore it, could he?

"Mr. Zhang, the representative of Shang Hongwan Corporation is currently in my office. Since this is all a misunderstanding, I wonder if it would be convenient for you to come over?"