Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 157 Good News and Bad News

Early in the morning, at the Special Operations Command Center, Lao Luo and Bai Ling sat opposite each other.

Even though he was exhausted, Lao Luo couldn't hide the joy on his face. He rarely put away his old-fashioned ways.

Instead, he suddenly kept Bai Ling in suspense.

"No, it's good news. To be more precise, it should be a lot of good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

It's rare that Lao Luo has such a refined taste.

As Lao Luo's attitude towards himself gradually changed, he treated himself like a giant panda.

In front of Lao Luo, Bai Ling, who had unknowingly become more and more casual, certainly would not spoil his mood.

Even though he was really itching to know the news and was eager to know, he still tried to please join in the conversation.

"Since there is so much good news, let's start with the bad."

Seeing that Bai Ling actually wanted to hear the bad news first, Lao Luo said helplessly.

"It's the same old problem of talent shortage. Our talent pool was already severely insufficient, and now we're even more short of talent."

"You don't know, several universities in Beijing have already started a boycott of me. They say if I continue digging like this, I'll poach all the students, not to mention the teachers."

"Now all that's missing is a sign at the school gate saying that I, Luo, am not allowed to enter."

"so serious?"

"What do you think? Those top students I recruited are their dearest ones. I'm just waiting to persuade them to stay so that they can continue to contribute to the school."

"As a result, I poached all the people with just a few projects. I even poached many of the school's most valuable professors. Do you think they hate me?"

"It's just that they really can't beat me. Otherwise, they would have dropped their polite airs and ganged up on me long ago. Why would they wait until now?"

Seeing that Lao Luo was almost becoming the public enemy of the university, Bai Ling was really shocked.

Invisibly influenced by Ximen Lang, Bai Ling immediately felt the urge to grab a handful of melon seeds and ask Lao Luo to explain in detail.

But when I felt my pocket, I found nothing.

I was even more afraid of being implicated by Lao Luo and becoming the public enemy of the university.

Bai Ling quickly stopped talking about this topic and asked about the good news.

"What about the good news?"

"Good news? There's a lot of good news. Let's start with the fertilizer project, which has taken the longest time. After nearly a month of preparation, the fertilizer plant can finally officially begin production."

"Even though a single production line can only produce tens of thousands of tons a year, and some even produce less than 10,000 tons, it's still more than enough for us to produce so much!"

"If quality isn't enough, we make up for it with quantity! Putting dozens of production lines into operation and saying we can supply the whole country this year is sheer nonsense."

"But supplying several surrounding provinces and cities will definitely not be a problem, increasing their grain production by 20% to 30% next year!"

"By then, we'll have food in hand, be at ease, and have the confidence to do anything. Everything we do will be twice as effective with half the effort! By then, our lives will be much better."

In fact, a series of plans have already been formulated and are waiting to be implemented when the harvest comes next year.

Bai Ling became excited after hearing the vision of a better life in the future.

"The second good news is that we've made significant progress in thermal power generation! Because the relevant information Ximen Lang provided is so comprehensive, we don't even need to think about why. We just need to follow the information Ximen Lang gave us."

"It only took one experiment, just one, and the power generation experiment was successful. Not only was it successful on the first try, but the power generation was also a significant improvement compared to the previous ones!"

"Once we've learned the ropes, we'll roll it out across the board. We expect that by the end of this year at the earliest, the electricity shortage problem for factories will be significantly alleviated."

After the fertilizer and power generation projects achieved major breakthroughs, Lao Luo briefly told Bai Ling about the cement and steel industries, which were also making encouraging progress.

He had just learned about the concept of the "Five Small Industries" from Ximen Lang. With Ximen Lang's help, four of the "Five Small Industries" had already been rapidly developed in just a month. This rocket-like growth rate was truly unimaginable to Lao Luo.

As for the last five small coal mines that have not been mentioned,
You should know just by hearing the name.

Even without the relevant information brought by Ximen Lang, this industry would definitely not be that bad!
So, Lao Luo didn’t mention it much.

Just a brief mention, the progress on the coal mine side is also going very smoothly.

The encouraging progress in several pillar industries was fully disclosed to Bai Ling.

She was using her mouth to tell Ximen Lang that his efforts were not in vain and that they had been working hard.

It is also to strengthen the beliefs of Bai Ling and Ximen Lang, so that they will not have negative emotions such as disappointment in the world of Sijiu City.

Then, he drank another cup of tea to moisten his throat, which was a little dry from talking too much.

Lao Luo finally talked about what Bai Ling cared about the most, which was also what Ximen Lang cared about the most. He regarded the complete eradication of polio as the most important task at the moment, and it had to be completed as a priority no matter what.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Bai Ling became visibly nervous.

Lao Luo, who had deliberately kept the matter hidden for so long and was unwilling to tell anyone, finally let out a confession.

"Okay, stop looking so miserable and go do what you need to do."

"What do you mean?"

"What else could it mean? The higher-ups agreed."

When talking about this, Lao Luo feels like laughing.

It's obviously a very simple matter, but the higher-ups are eager to provide people and materials and ask all departments to cooperate to make it happen.

But what about Bai Ling?

I don't know what went wrong, but I actually started to worry about this.

"This is our proper job, not to mention Ximen Lang's backing. Even if he didn't, would we remain indifferent?"

Just say it directly
"Xiao Bailing, your awareness is a bit low."

Bai Ling was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to look directly into Lao Luo's eyes.

I know that Bai Ling was also influenced by Ximen Lang and wanted to get this done so badly that she was worried to this extent.

I didn't dwell on this point.

He didn't even mention that the reason why this matter was accomplished so quickly was largely due to the firm attitude of Ximen Lang and Bai Ling.

Just let Bai Ling do what she needs to do.

If you need someone or which department to cooperate with, just give them a direct call.

No matter what, we will cooperate fully and ensure that this matter is resolved as quickly as possible.

I looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dawn.

In a little while, Ximen Lang would be prying open his door.

Not daring to delay, Bai Ling took the various documents that had been checked by Lao Luo, said goodbye to Lao Luo, and hurried back.

I just opened the door and returned to my room.

A firm hug hugged Bai Ling from behind.

"One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

(End of this chapter)