Chapter 230 - 186: Even a TV Show Wouldn’t Dare Script This

"That’s the general situation," Chu Bamboo explained into the phone, outlining the Moisture Teaching’s current troubles while looking at Mo Wen, who was staring at him with expectant eyes.

"I understand." Lu Jin paused thoughtfully, then brought up an unrelated topic. "This afternoon, I met with Governor Su and the others, and we reached a consensus. The Shoe Sect has indeed gotten too rampant."

"However, the First District’s Police Chief Bureau alone probably can’t accomplish such a major mission! Therefore, the Special Operations Brigades from the Police Chief Bureaus in the Second and Third Districts might be temporarily transferred to the First District... I recall you’re the new honorary captain of the Special Operations Brigade for the Second and Third Districts, aren’t you?"

"Vice-captain, wasn’t it?" Chu Bamboo pondered.

"Isn’t it all the same?" Lu Jin shot back, then added with seeming casualness, "In that case, I’ll leave it to you to coordinate with those two groups."

"Got it." Chu Bamboo hung up the phone and looked at the two of them. "Alright, problem solved. You can go now!"

Chu Bamboo was in a guest room belonging to the Moisture Teaching. It was already very late, so he decided not to return to Nuwa Base for the night.

"Huh? It’s solved? How was it so—" Mo Wen started to ask, but Wall Announcements’s eye twitched. He quickly tugged on his master’s sleeve and gave Chu Bamboo a grateful smile. "Ah Zhu, thank you! We’ll wait to hear from you."

...

"What’s the hurry? I haven’t even asked him anything yet!" Mo Wen complained, staring at his disciple with dissatisfaction as he looked back at the closed door.

"Master!" Wall Announcements pressed a hand to his forehead, a feeling of speechlessness washing over him. ’How did I never realize my master was so dense about this stuff?’ "Governor Lu’s words were perfectly clear! He’s telling Ah Zhu to go have a word with Captain Li and the captain from the neighboring Zone Two."

"To put it bluntly, compared to cracking down on the Shoe Sect, this whole business of collecting back pay is a minor issue... When they’re conducting their searches, they’ll just drop by the Hai Family and have a word. If the people over there have any sense, they’ll naturally pay up."

Under a state of emergency, the power of the Police Chief Bureau is practically limitless!

Even the Hai Family, with their major connections in the Supreme Court, would get skinned alive if they dared to cause trouble for the Police Chief Bureau at a time like that.

This is a completely different situation from Mo Wen going to collect the back pay by force himself.

If Mo Wen were to use force, the authorities would back the Hai Family. But now... with the pressure of this major operation, if the Hai Family shows the slightest hesitation, the authorities will be the ones to strike them down. After all, if you’re hesitating, does that mean you have some connection to the Shoe Sect?

"So, the problem is solved?!" It took Mo Wen a long moment to piece everything together. He was left dumbfounded, in utter disbelief.

Just one unremarkable phone call? Just a few unremarkable sentences in a seemingly unrelated conversation? And that’s all it took?!

Mo Wen began to question his very existence.

What did all his previous efforts to get that back pay amount to, then?

Was he just being... hyperactive?!

...

「The next day.」

「Real World.」

Chu Bamboo arrived at the battery processing plant, now renamed "C," for an inspection.

"President Chu," the factory’s temporary manager, Chen Jian Country, said with a smile plastered on his face, though he felt quite apprehensive inside. "Right, allow me to show you the machine tools and all the..."

"This battery plant needs a new batch of processing machinery!" Chu Bamboo interrupted Chen Jian Country. He pulled a notebook from his coat, tore out two pages, and handed them over. "This is what I want—the specific machines and the factories they’re from. I’ve already done my research. We should be able to get the machinery delivered and installed within three days. For any issues with payment, go to President Lin!"

Chen Jian Country’s expression froze. He subconsciously took the papers and glanced at them. He froze again, then stared at Chu Bamboo in astonishment. "This... Sir... I understand!"

Chen Jian Country’s attitude had become distinctly more respectful. Previously, there had been a rumor circulating in the factory that the new buyers were a couple of rich kids... and that they probably had no intention of running the factory properly at all!

Because of this, Chen Jian Country had been influenced by the rumors and was a nervous wreck. On one hand, he was worried the factory would go under; on the other, he was afraid of massive layoffs that would include him.

But based on these pages alone, Chen Jian Country realized that the man before him... even if he wasn’t a seasoned industry veteran, he wasn’t far from it. When you know the business, it only takes a brief conversation to tell if the other person knows what they’re talking about!

Especially considering the man’s age... ’He must have a family enterprise in the battery industry behind him! But I wonder... why didn’t the rumors mention that?’

"Oh, right," Chu Bamboo said, remembering something. "We have people who are experts in programming... so, I’m going to make some adjustments to the factory’s master control program."

"???" Chen Jian Country’s jaw slowly dropped. ’Wait, what? I just started to feel relieved, and now he pulls a stunt like this? You haven’t even inspected the factory or seen how the programs are running, and you’re going to start adjusting them?!’

"Perhaps you could wait a couple of days!" Chen Jian Country pleaded with a pained expression. ’Couldn’t you at least observe for two days before you start messing with things?’

However, given Chu Bamboo’s insistence, Chen Jian Country could only hesitate before finally leading him to the central control room. ’There’s nothing for it,’ he thought. ’The man’s the boss. If he really decides to do this, even if he smashes all the machines, I’ll have to go against my conscience and praise him for smashing them so well!’

The only thing he could do was step in and forcibly stop him... if he violated the safety protocols!

...

"It... it worked?!" Chen Jian Country stared, dumbstruck, at the factory machinery whirring to life under the new system. His mind went completely blank. For now, it was unclear whether the new program was an improvement or a downgrade from the old one.

But for it to run normally at all... especially after he just input new data to modify the old program without any testing, without even observing the historical data, and then just... started it up...

This was too ridiculous!

Are you kidding me? This isn’t like buying vegetables at the market! Even that isn’t this easy!

"Here’s my contact information," Chu Bamboo said, handing over another slip of paper in a calm tone. "If any issues with the program arise, add me... and we can discuss it in detail. But I highly doubt there will be any problems."

"Furthermore, you need to purchase the equipment on that list I gave you immediately. The new master program I just installed has already been configured to integrate that new equipment... When it arrives, you can ask me directly about specific placement... Try to have it all handled within a week. This will significantly increase our company’s level of automation!"

Chu Bamboo paused, a sigh in his voice. "It’s no wonder this place looked like it was on the verge of becoming obsolete. Technology advances every single day... While your level of automation is decent, it’s worlds behind the latest standards!"

"...Um, in this industry, I thought we were only a step behind Mou Di?" Chen Jian Country ventured cautiously. ’We were going out of business for financial reasons. Our tech may not be state-of-the-art, but it’s definitely not obsolete, is it?’

Chu Bamboo shot Chen Jian Country a look. "You’ll find out soon enough. Alright, I have other matters to attend to... Like I said, contact me if anything comes up."

With that, Chu Bamboo didn’t give the factory another glance and quickly turned to leave, leaving Chen Jian Country standing there, utterly reeling.

’So, what in the world did this new President Chu come here for? He just swept a glance over the factory, typed who-knows-what into the system to give it a complete overhaul in less than two hours... and then just walked away?’

"...Never mind!" Chen Jian Country suddenly wiped his head, his forehead covered in a cold sweat. Snapping back to reality, he quickly turned to the chief data engineer at the control console, his voice urgent. "You still have the original master control system program saved, right?"

"Of course!" The chief data engineer nodded with a wry smile. "If he weren’t the new boss... I’d seriously think he was here just to mess with us! Who does something like this? Old Chen, what do we do now...?"

Chen Jian Country hesitated for a long moment before saying, "Let’s tentatively try running the program. If a bug pops up, we’ll just ask President Chu about it... I’m guessing this program is full of holes anyway! When he gets stumped by our questions, we can just reload the original program..."

’Isn’t this just making more trouble!’ Chen Jian Country sighed in resignation. He could only hope that a bug didn’t cause the program to fry the machinery. ’The chances are small... but then again, the boss seems loaded. If that happens, we’ll just buy new ones... He probably wouldn’t even care.’

"Fine!" Seeing that there was a concrete plan, the chief data engineer breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. And then...

...

「One and a half hours later.」

Chen Jian Country was dumbfounded. "..."

The chief data engineer was questioning his very existence. "???"

"You mean," Chen Jian Country repeated the chief data engineer’s words, "the program is running without a single issue... and it’s even smoother than before? Overall efficiency has at least doubled? That’s impossible!"

"I think it’s impossible too..." The chief data engineer said, tearing at his hair. His voice was filled with the anguish of having his worldview shattered. "Doesn’t this kind of program require years and years of fine-tuning to get right?"

"This... did he just copy it directly from Mou Di? But I’ve done advanced training over there, and... their efficiency isn’t this high! Besides, he was fine-tuning our own data. Don’t tell me Di shares the same dataset as us?"

"This is beyond belief!"

Chen Jian Country and the chief data engineer stared at each other, speechless. It was precisely because they were industry insiders that they were starting to think they were dreaming. This entire process wasn’t something that could be completed in a single day!

In fact, even with a full team of technicians working around the clock, getting it to this state in a week... would be the kind of absurd plot you’d only see in a cheesy TV drama.

But in one day... no, half a day? Not even the TV shows would dare write a scene this ridiculous!