Zhang Xijin was right.
The Great Xia military had indeed given Meng Hao a significant gift.
The second pinned post on the official website of the military headquarters.
It was nothing short of shocking.
[Notice on Investigating and Clearing Up Companies with Mech Concepts in the Market!]
The post was extremely brief.
In essence.
It pointed out, without mincing words, that numerous companies backed by foreign powers were disrupting the Great Xia market, attempting to piggyback on the traffic of military enterprises, and harvesting leeks!
Good heavens.
The fewer the words.
The bigger the problem.
This post, indicating that the cleanup action was led by the military with market regulatory bodies as assistants.
It practically screamed, "Foreign capital invasion, threatening Great Xia's economic market security, don't be foolish and get harvested like leeks!"
Meng Hao stared, dumbfounded.
Oh my god.
This gift was only re-gifted by Zhang Xijin.
The true mastermind behind the scenes was undoubtedly the elder Ouyang.
Recalling the non-committal attitudes of Brigadier General Zhang Weimin and the Lieutenant General commander earlier.
Meng Hao finally understood!
It wasn't that they couldn't deal with internet companies.
But that they were brewing a bigger storm.
To force greedy internet company owners like Chen Juntai to apologize to Meng Hao and sever ties with those mech concept companies backed by foreign powers...
Then, it would be a heavy blow against these foreign powers, and the unscrupulous companies that colluded with foreign entities, stole traffic, and harvested leeks, a thorough cleanup.
Mulling it over repeatedly, Meng Hao, who finally regained his senses, was utterly astonished.
Elder Ouyang, amazing!
The military, amazing!
These unscrupulous companies that invested heavily, built factories, and prepared to produce inferior mechs to harvest leeks, were truly going to take a massive hit this time!
Wait a minute.
Since they were being hit hard and targeted for cleanup!
Wouldn't the factories of these unscrupulous companies be forced to sell at a low price?
Although these unscrupulous mech concept manufacturers, who originally intended to harvest leeks, never planned to seriously develop their products.
However.
Production lines, factories, and workers still needed to be prepared.
What Meng Hao needed to do now was to acquire these complete factories and production lines at low prices.
Then, after optimizing and eliminating unnecessary personnel, and providing simple training to technical workers who passed the assessment and met the requirements, they could be directly integrated into Huarong Industries for mech production.
My goodness.
Zhang Xijin... no, the military, had indeed given him a great gift!
As long as they could quickly optimize and acquire.
Huarong Industries' production capacity would double.
"Elder Ouyang, you truly are a god of the military, the backbone of the Great Xia military... the way you played this game has truly shocked me."
...
Kyoto.
In a courtyard filled with birdsong and the scent of flowers.
Elder Ouyang was basking in the sun and sipping tea.
Suddenly.
He sneezed.
"Huh?"
"Which little fellow is talking about this old man behind his back?"
"Hmm, judging by the timing, it should be Meng Hao!"
"Heh heh, does this kid like the grand gift I gave him?"
"I really thank those foreign powers and the unscrupulous manufacturers who colluded with them... If they hadn't frantically invested in production lines and hired employees to harvest leeks, Meng Hao wouldn't have had the fortune to gain such a great benefit for free!"
...
Huarong Industries' live streaming sales and online channel operations were gradually stabilizing.
Well.
Mainly because the production capacity for thousands of mechs had already been reserved, and further pre-sales were impossible.
Meng Hao simply handed over all the live streaming work to Qin Muyan.
After all.
For a considerable period, the main task in the live stream room would be to chat with viewers, build Huarong Industries' brand image.
Yes.
To try and reshape the image.
Currently.
The impression of Huarong Industries as a "military industrial brand" would likely not disappear anytime soon.
...
A few days later.
Meng Hao, as usual, walked around the factory holding his phone.
Amidst the rumbling noise of machinery.
Large quantities of ore were being purified... metal was being rolled into semi-finished products... semi-finished products were being finely processed into components... eventually becoming powered mechs, and painted according to customer requirements!
Unfortunately.
The efficiency was still too low, and production capacity was still insufficient.
Every day, Meng Hao waited for the heads of the mech concept factories being cleared out by the military to contact him to discuss low-price acquisitions.
Strangely.
Several days had passed.
There was no news at all.
Until he saw Cheng Hua rushing towards him excitedly.
"Young Master."
"Good news."
"The heads of several mech concept factories that previously suppressed, squeezed, and slandered us have called, asking if we have any intention of acquiring their factories."
Oh!
Right.
The specific administrative work of the factory had long been delegated by him, the hands-off boss, to Cheng Hua.
Even if those companies wanted to sell their factories, they would contact Cheng Hua, not him.
"Oh?"
"There's such a good thing!"
"It seems Uncle Cheng Hua, you've been working diligently lately!"
Meng Hao smiled, not revealing the truth that this was a generous gift from the military, but directly attributing the credit to Cheng Hua.
Cheng Hua rolled his eyes.
"Young Master, although I like to take credit, I'm not someone who claims credit for everything."
"Although I don't understand much about the internet and such, I've been a factory manager for so many years, and I have some understanding of market operating principles."
"This time, most of the mech concept factories in the market are suddenly selling off assets, which must mean they violated administrative regulations and were ordered to transform or even close down."
"And our Huarong Industries was not affected, which is clearly the Young Master's merit!"
This Cheng Hua.
His business acumen was indeed outstanding.
Through these subtle commercial clues, he had actually guessed most of the facts.
Seeing Cheng Hua so excited.
Meng Hao could understand his feelings.
As an old employee who had dedicated all his youth to this factory.
Cheng Hua had witnessed the factory decline from prosperity to being sold to Meng Hao.
He had seen his youth about to be buried with this factory.
Meng Hao, the young master, not only revitalized the factory and supported all the old technical workers, but was now starting to acquire other factories.
How could he not be excited?
The factory was becoming more prosperous day by day.
His youth seemed to be revived.
Exceedingly joyful, Cheng Hua, for the first time, "overstepped the rules" and tugged at Meng Hao's sleeve.
"Let's go."
"Today is truly a great day."
"Young Master, let's go acquire factories together!"
Uh.
Acquiring factories.
This job was too tiring.
Meng Hao smiled and shook his head.
"Uncle Cheng Hua, please handle these matters!"
"I believe in your character and ability!"
"You will definitely handle these acquisitions perfectly!"
Yes.
Meng Hao's words were half sincere and half an excuse.
He naturally thought highly of Cheng Hua's ability and had immense trust in him.
However.
These factories were located all over Great Xia.
Traveling back and forth by plane every day was too exhausting.
So.
It was better to continue being a hands-off boss!