Tech startup: I really do make mobile phones!

Chapter 60 The Dark Clouds Dissipate
Under the slightly white fluorescent lights of Orange Technology's small workshop, Zhao Tiezhu placed a metal box full of chips on the table, startling Chen Mo, who was focused on the Orange 1.0 OS SDK simulation test running on the computer screen.

"Brother Chen! Remember to order the lamb kidneys from the grassland food stall!" He grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, and there were still mottled oil stains in the pockets of his work pants.

Chen Mo pulled at his collar and fanned himself, his gaze sweeping over the neatly arranged Lianfa MT6573 chips in the box.

"Well done! Your skills have improved!"

It took 3 days to work on the screen and 2 days to work on the chip.

Zhao Tiezhu's ability to integrate the supply chain is almost on par with Lei Jun's.

"Tell me, how much blood did you bleed this time?"

"It didn't cost me a penny!" Zhao Tiezhu spread his little hand proudly: "Remember that shootout at Shekou Wharf a year ago? The Zhao Boss I saved is now a foreign electronics parts wholesaler. He insisted on repaying my kindness!"

"Stop talking about those people!" Chen Mo saved the completed Orange 1.0OS SDK test data first: "How much does it actually cost?"

“I’m telling the truth!” Zhao Tiezhu pulled open his lower back, revealing a faint white scar: “This scar is from when I took a knife for him back then!”

He recounted the past with gestures and gestures, and at the end, he even helped Chen Mo "recall" some gossip about the gang fight at Shekou Wharf.

Hmm! Did Zhao Tiezhu and that Boss Zhao know each other so long ago?

This was the first time Chen Mo had ever heard of it.

Chen Mo's fingers suddenly clenched, and the image of Zhao Tiezhu being imprisoned in his previous life flashed through his mind.

He suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and for the first time, his tone towards Zhao Tiezhu became somewhat cold: "You return the chip to him first thing tomorrow morning, and don't associate with this kind of person again!"

"Brother Chen!" Zhao Tiezhu jumped up and down anxiously, "If we don't use these chips, the release date of Orange 1 will be affected!"

"No means no!" Chen Mo whirled around, slamming his fist on the table, causing the chip box and laptop to bounce up. "I'd rather postpone the release than watch you jump into a fire pit!"

He stared into Zhao Tiezhu's stubborn eyes, then suddenly softened his tone: "Back then, you..."

Chen Mo suddenly choked up. The wrong path Zhao Tiezhu took in his previous life was something that hadn't happened yet!
But isn't this a good thing?
At least now I can salvage the situation and prevent my good friend from going down the wrong path again.

In the end, Chen Mo's unspoken words turned into a sigh: "If you still consider me your brother Chen, then listen to me, I won't hurt you!"

Zhao Tiezhu's shoulders slowly slumped, like a deflated balloon.

"Got it," he said, kicking at the leather straps at his feet. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "By the way, Brother Chen! How did your meeting with Professor Lin go today?"

As Zhao Tiezhu changed the subject, the heavy atmosphere between the two eased considerably.

“That’s a big deal!” Chen Mo pulled a bank receipt from the drawer. The figure of five million in the corporate account gleamed coldly under the incandescent light: “Someone bought one of our gaseous battery patents.”

"500 million?!" Zhao Tiezhu's exclamation of surprise and joy carried far and wide, reaching the ears of the two people at Xin'an Recycling, who were still at their stall next door.

"Brother Chen! You should have said so earlier! With this much money, once our first-generation oranges sell out, our production capacity would take off!"

He rubbed his hands together, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"When the time comes, let's set up a factory in Longgang and completely outclass those old fogies in North China who make knock-off phones!"

Chen Mo smiled and unfolded his notebook, circling the words "mobile phone gaseous lithium battery production line" heavily with his pen.

"First, pay off one million in foreign debt, then spend three million to build a factory, and use the rest as working capital."

He didn't notice that Zhao Tiezhu's original plan to borrow money was swallowed back down.

"Brother Chen, you've got the foresight!" Zhao Tiezhu rubbed his nose. "Once the factory's up and running, I'll keep an eye on the production line for you every day and make sure our Orange phone batteries are even better than the big brands!"

On the other side, the two people from Xin'an Recycling were also talking quietly.

"Captain! Team C reports that Zhao Jie, whom Zhao Tiezhu contacted, seems a bit off." "Is that so?" Team Leader Li, pretending to be the owner of the stall next door, pondered for a moment: "The technical replication is not yet complete, so we cannot relax our protection of the target. Send a team to investigate."

Old Wang, who was sentenced to six months in prison, was unaware that he had luckily and passively escaped the fate of being sent to India to eat bananas.

The next day.

Zhao Tiezhu returned the 1000 Lianfaco MT6573 chips to Zhao Laoda's villa.

It was early morning, unlike yesterday's heat. On the cobblestone sidewalk of Jinhu Villa, Zhao Tiezhu walked along, clutching a tin box full of chips.

As the carved bronze door of the villa slowly opened, he took a deep breath. For some reason, the fragrance of gardenias in the yard made him feel inexplicably uneasy.

"Mr. Zhao isn't here!" The eldest sister-in-law, wrapped in a semi-transparent silk nightgown, leaned against the door frame, her scarlet fingernails suddenly hooking onto Zhao Tiezhu's collar: "However... I can wait with you."

She leaned closer, her warm breath brushing against his earlobe: "You must be over forty, can you still stand up? I know a good place for you."

Zhao Tiezhu's body stiffened, his Adam's apple bobbing as he tried to explain that he wasn't that old.

"I"

He suddenly broke free, and the metal box crashed onto the marble floor of the entryway with a loud clang, the chip inside making a crisp, jarring sound as it collided.

"I don't want the chip anymore!" He retreated, looking as if he were avoiding a scorpion.

The eldest sister-in-law leaned against the door frame and chuckled softly, a slight smile playing on her lips, which were concealed by bright red lipstick.

"Haha~"

She slowly picked up the box, reached forward, and ran her fingertips across Zhao Tiezhu's chest.

"Why are you running? Are you afraid of Zhao Jie?"

She deliberately raised her voice, her eyes sparkling with provocation: "Little sister hasn't properly thanked you yet."

Damn! I wonder if that Boss Zhao has any underlings around.

Zhao Tiezhu thought that his sister-in-law had probably gone mad. When he fled to the courtyard, his back was soaked with cold sweat.

He heard the sound of high heels clicking on the ground behind him. He didn't dare turn around, but then he heard his sister-in-law's coquettish laughter mingling with the fragrance of gardenias in the yard: "Little brother! Remember to come again next time!"

He rushed out of Jinhu Villa in one breath, hailed a motorcycle taxi, and found that his hands were shaking violently.

Then, Zhao Tiezhu shook his hand. Sure enough, Brother Chen was right. He couldn't get involved with this kind of person. Wasn't he a lunatic?

The eldest sister-in-law leaned against the balcony railing, her silk nightgown billowing in the wind, outlining her graceful curves.

She watched Zhao Tiezhu's disappearing figure, her smile like a poisoned rose.

Zhao Tiezhu really angered Zhao Jie yesterday, and she was very happy.

Who told her, a weak woman, to have no chance to fight back!

Sister-in-law! She's the boss's woman.

She was just a pitiful person who couldn't control her own destiny.

Little did her sister-in-law know, she was about to be freed.

Chen Mo had no idea that the mastermind behind the disaster that had ruined him and Zhao Tiezhu in his past life was simply because a certain captain said to "investigate," and then... nothing happened.

The shadows of the past life have silently dissipated. In this life, Chen Mo has limitless possibilities, and so does Zhao Tiezhu…

(End of this chapter)