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The post-rain sunlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating the office of the chairman of DeepBlue Technology.

Bai Jingyou stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his back to Ye Lingqing, his voice so calm it betrayed no emotion: "The Shen family thought I just wanted to make money, and you thought I was just a nouveau riche with some skills. Miss Ye, you've both misjudged me."

He turned around, but instead of taking the USB drive that symbolized protection, he took out a document that he had prepared beforehand from the drawer and pushed it in front of Ye Lingqing.

"What is this?" Ye Lingqing raised an eyebrow, but did not reach out to flip it over.

"An admission ticket." Bai Jingyou sat back in his chair, his hands crossed under his chin. "That old man from the Shen family will definitely try to cut off my raw materials, I know that better than you do. But I don't need you to take the fall for me, I just need you to open a door for me."

Ye Lingqing's interest was finally piqued, and her slender fingers opened the document.

After reading only three lines, her pupils suddenly contracted on her perpetually icy face.

"Proposal on Establishing a National Prefabricated Building Standards Formulation Committee"

And in the initiator column, it is clearly written: DeepBlue Technology.

"You want to set industry standards?" Ye Lingqing took a deep breath, her gaze towards Bai Jingyou completely changing. "Are you crazy? You haven't even built a single building, and you want to teach the entire construction industry how to do things?"

"Third-rate companies make products, second-rate companies build brands, and first-rate companies set standards." Bai Jingyou pointed to the piece of land outside the window that was under construction and fenced off. "I own the complete set of patents for that titanium alloy material. The Shen family thinks it's my moat, but it's actually my bait. Once this building is completed, all the real estate developers in Beijing will be begging me for authorization. At that time, it won't be me begging to survive because of the Shen family's blockade; it will be them begging me to give them a chance to make a living."

Bai Jingyou leaned forward, his deep eyes staring directly at Ye Lingqing like a devil preaching: "Miss Ye, what I need you to do is very simple. Use the Ye family's connections in the Ministry of Construction and the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision to endorse this new standard. In return, you will have the exclusive agency rights for this new material in North China for the next five years."

A deathly silence fell over the office.

Only the clock on the wall made a ticking sound.

Ye Lingqing felt the USB drive in her hand become scalding hot.

She originally intended to recruit Bai Jingyou.

But now, the other party has turned around and offered a huge pie in the sky, so big that even the Ye family behind her can't refuse it.

Once this standard is established, it means you can sit back and count your money, and it will be enough to last for generations.

"What makes you think I would agree to your request?" Ye Lingqing closed the file, her voice a little dry.

"Because you're a smart man." Bai Jingyou smiled, the smile of a hunter seeing his prey fall into his net.

Ye Lingqing remained silent for a full minute.

Finally, she put away the black USB drive and placed Bai Jingyou's files into her Hermes bag.

"make a deal."

She stood up, regaining her capable and aloof aura, but a hint of apprehension flickered in her eyes as she looked at Bai Jingyou. "However, Mr. Bai, I need to take the agency agreement for a closer look. Also, Shen Zhenyang has already spoken to customs, and your first batch of titanium alloy components should be in the detention warehouse at Tianjin Port right now. Consider this a test of my sincerity. If you can't even pass this hurdle, then the so-called standards are a joke."

"That's none of Miss Ye's concern." Bai Jingyou picked up his coffee cup. "No need to see me out."

Watching Ye Lingqing's departing figure, Jiang Mengyao, who hadn't dared to speak, finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling her back completely soaked with sweat.

"Jingyou, are you really going to give her the agency rights?" Jiang Mengyao asked with a pained expression. "That's a market worth tens of billions."

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub." A glint of shrewdness flashed in Bai Jingyou's eyes. "Besides, who said it's billions in profit? I have the core technology for producing that material; I'm just giving her the sales rights. She's working for me, and she even has to help me fend off that mad dog, the Shen family. Why not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Mo pushed open the door and entered, his expression grave.

"Boss, I just got a call from the logistics company. Tianjin Port said our goods are suspected of being improperly declared and have been detained by customs for a full-scale inspection. According to that procedure, it will take at least a month."

Jiang Mengyao's face paled: "A month? Then our construction period..."

"Shen Zhenyang is still using the same old tricks." Bai Jingyou not only didn't panic, but instead laughed contemptuously, "In this day and age, he's still playing these kinds of strangulation tricks."

He picked up his phone and dialed a number.

It wasn't a call to customs, but to Ye Lingqing.

The call was answered instantly.

"Feed?" Ye Lingqing's voice came through, tinged with a hint of mockery. "President Bai, calling for help so soon? The goods at the port can't get out, can they?"

"Ms. Ye, it seems you didn't read the appendix to that proposal carefully just now," Bai Jingyou said calmly. "According to the 'Guiding Opinions on Supporting Green Channels for High-tech Industries' issued by the National Development and Reform Commission last month, all materials involving 'key projects of national-level laboratories' enjoy the privilege of customs clearance without inspection."

"What do you mean?" Ye Lingqing was taken aback.

"I've already applied for key project registration in the name of Deep Blue Technology Labs," Bai Jingyou said, looking out the window. "And the department that approved this registration is the one in charge of science and technology, which is under your second uncle's jurisdiction. If I'm not mistaken, that stamp was applied yesterday, wasn't it?"

There was the sound of turning over papers on the other end of the phone, followed by a long silence.

Ye Lingqing had planned everything meticulously, but she never expected that Bai Jingyou would actually pave the way to this level.

He wasn't asking her for a favor, but rather reminding her: Your second uncle is already on my side, and your hesitation now is just causing trouble for him.

"Bai Jingyou..." Ye Lingqing gritted her teeth and spat out three words, "You're a real bastard."

"Thank you for the compliment. I need to see the clearance notice within ten minutes."

beep.

The phone hangs up.

Bai Jingyou looked at the dumbfounded Chen Mo: "Notify Zhao Gang to bring all construction machinery to the site. I want to see the first pillar erected by midnight tonight."

……

Meanwhile, at the Shen family's old residence.

Shen Zhenyang was listening to Peking Opera, tapping his fingers to the beat, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Grandpa, news came from Tianjin Port. They've seized it." Shen Wanshan stood to the side, a vengeful gleam on his face. "A hundred containers in total, all of that special alloy. If we can stall them at customs for a month, Deep Blue Technology's cash flow will break, and the breach of contract penalties will bankrupt them!"

"Hmm, not bad." Shen Zhenyang closed his eyes and hummed a little tune. "Young people don't know their own limitations. Do they think they can turn the world upside down just because they have some skills? In this area, without my approval, he can't even get a single screw into the capital."

Shen Wanshan sneered, "I've already arranged for reporters to go to the construction site to take pictures first thing tomorrow morning. I've even thought of the headline—'Deep Blue Technology is mired in a work stoppage, and its 1.8 billion yuan gamble may be in vain.'"

Just then, Shen Wanshan's phone vibrated.

It was a video message from someone keeping watch on the front lines.

"Why are you posting videos so late?" Shen Wanshan frowned and clicked on the video.

The next second, his hand trembled, and the phone fell onto the carpet with a thud.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zhenyang opened his eyes with displeasure.

"Grandpa...you...you see..." Shen Wanshan picked up the phone with trembling hands, his face as pale as paper.

In the video, the once empty construction site of Deep Blue Cloud is now brightly lit, as bright as day.

Countless heavy trucks lined up in a long queue, frantically unloading cargo.

But that's not the most terrifying thing.

Instead, in the center of the construction site, several huge black robotic arms were lifting, engaging, and locking large silver-white metal modules like building blocks.

There was no scaffolding, no dust billowing in the air, and no noisy crowds.

The only sounds were the low rumble of machinery and the crisp, pleasant clicks of metal colliding.

That speed was outrageously fast.

"What...what the hell is this?!" Shen Wanshan screamed in disbelief. "Didn't customs seize it? Where did they get this stuff?!"

Shen Zhenyang suddenly stood up, and because he stood up so quickly, his vision went black and he almost fell over.

He stared intently at the construction site on the screen, and with a snap, the walnut he had been playing with all his life was crushed in his hand.

Shen Zhenyang's voice sounded like it was being pulled from a bellows, carrying a deep sense of powerlessness, "The Ye family... that girl from the Ye family, she actually helped him to this extent?!"

At this very moment, at the Deep Blue Clouds construction site.

The rainstorm had just stopped, and the air was filled with the smell of earth and metal.

Bai Jingyou, wearing a white safety helmet, stood on a makeshift platform.

Behind him, Jiang Mengyao, wearing a trench coat, stared intently at the scene before her.