Chapter 490: 490
Katou Takasuke had disappeared and no one could contact him .
But Katou Takasuke’s disappearance did not affect Hanwu Weapons’ production . From Ye Kun’s perspective, Hanwu Weapons would make no loss even if Katou Takasuke was killed by terrorists in the Middle East, but get the deposit of USD 5,000,000 with no strings attached . The Shenwu assault rifles Hanwu Weapons would produce would draw orders from not just the military, so there was no worry of no demand . Additionally, if something did happen to Katou Takasuke, then Ye Xiaoqi would become his exclusively . What was there for Ye Kun to worry about then?
China Industrial Group was manufacturing some of the parts for Hanwu Weapons, and Hanwu Weapons manufactured the rest of the parts and assemble them . The Shenwu assault rifles came off the production line one by one at an astonishing speed .
A similar situation was happening in Thunder Horse Military Factory; their production line had started for the Gust assault rifle . Thunder Horse Military Factory’s production capacity could not be compared to Hanwu Weapons’, especially since China Industrial was helping to produce some parts . The Thunder Horse Group had two other manufacturing plants supplying it with parts too but its production capacity definitely could not be compared to China Industrial Group .
However, though they had the same drawings for the same gun, the gun Hanwu Weapons was producing was missing a key feature – shock-absorption . Only Xia Lei and Shentu Tianyin knew about this .
One week later, night time .
Xia Lei finished his dinner and stood . “Let’s go out for a bit, Tianyin . ”
“It’s late . Where do you want to go? Back to the factory? If you’re going back then I’ll go with you,” said Shentu Tianyin .
Shentu Tianyin wanted to stay with Xia Lei the longer they were together .
“Go on, go on, you don’t have to bother about home,” said Shentu Ren as he ate at the table .
Xia Lei thought for a bit . “All right, let’s go . Give us a call if anything happens, Father . ”
“Go, go . What can happen to me? Nothing,” said Shentu Ren with a laugh .
Xia Lei went out with Shentu Tianyin and she moved to get the car but he stopped her . “No need to drive . Let’s get a taxi . ”
“You drive, and I drive too . Why call for a taxi?” asked Shentu Tianyin in puzzlement .
Xia Lei put his arm around her shoulders and walked towards the gates of the neighbourhood . “I’m not actually going back to the military factory . I’m going to do some things . ”
“Some things? Is it okay if I go too?”
“It’s been a week since Thunder Horse Military Factory started manufacturing the Gust assault rifle . Hanwu Weapons has also started production for a week now . There’s something I have to do now, or the trap I’d dug earlier will get filled up . ”
“Didn’t you sign an agreement with Ye Kun?”
“We signed, but he has only one foot in the trap . I need him to plunge into it . ”
Shentu Tianyin gave him a light hit . “Geeze, can’t you tell me your plan all in one go and save me the trouble of guessing . I’m so anxious and here you are chuckling . ”
Xia Lei laughed . “All right, see, a gun needs to pass various tests before it can come off the production line, like ballistics, rate of fire, range and so on . These tests usually take a week . Hanwu Weapons took my company’s drawings and is producing the Shenwu assault rifle now, which lacks the key shock-absorption function so it’s fairly unstable . The first and second tests will be no problem but the third will definitely have problems . I’m guessing that their technical department just did the third test today and they had problems . ”
Shentu Tianyin was a smart woman and she guessed what Xia Lei was thinking right away . “You’re afraid that Ye Kun would stop the production of Shenwu rifles once he knows about it?”
Xia Lei nodded . “This is the problem I’m going to solve . ”
“How are you going to solve something like that? They will surely know that they’ve been had when they find problems in testing,” said Shentu Tianyin . “Ye Kun is a sly person, and Mu Jianfeng even more so as his teacher . You’ve laid this trap and it’s impressive enough that you’ve made them step in it . How are you going to shake Hanwu Weapons and China Industrial Group? They’re both large government-backed corporations . ”
“Wait and see . I’ll get them to fall completely into my trap,” said Xia Lei .
Shentu Tianyin was not satisfied with that and she pinched Xia Lei’s waist . “You’re doing that again . Bully . ”
Xia Lei just laughed and walked through the neighbourhood gates with his arm around Shentu Tianyin .
The taxi zoomed on the road . Shentu Tianyin put her chin on Xia Lei’s shoulder and looked quietly at his face with a sweet little smile on her lips . She was happy – this was Xia Lei’s first time taking her along to do “bad things” . She was excited and curious, yet not worried at all . She felt like the safest woman in the world by Xia Lei’s side .
About half an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of a hotel . Xia Lei paid the fare and they alighted .
A motorcycle immediately zoomed over from the middle of the street to come to a sudden stop before Xia Lei and Shentu Tianyin . The motorcycle’s front wheel stopped just millimetres from Xia Lei’s trousers .
The motorcycle rider hopped off the motorcycle and the helmet was taken off . The face revealed was one that was more beautiful than most women . Right below this face, however, was an obvious Adam’s apple – he was a man .
The motorcycle rider was Qin Xiang .
Qin Xiang removed the backpack from his back and threw it to Xia Lei as he greeted Shentu Tianyin . “Good evening, Sister-in-law . ”
“Hello, Qin Xiang . ” Shentu Tianyin knew the important people close to Xia Lei .
Qin Xiang rolled his eyes at Xia Lei . “Really? Why would you bring your wife along for things like this?”
“I’m bringing her as a distraction from myself . Besides, it’s just a regular person and no danger . ” After a pause, he asked, “Right, has the target appeared yet?”
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