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After listening, Grandpa Cao raised his white eyebrows and said, "Boss Ren, I understand now. You mainly want to sell this manual punch press to countries along the Belt and Road, right?"

As far as I'm concerned, dealing with your manual punch press isn't a big problem. Is one ton of punching force enough? This amount of punching force is only good for processing some aluminum and copper products. Even slightly thicker steel plates can't be cut or punched."

Upon hearing this, Ren Zhong realized that his perspective was still too narrow and his knowledge too limited.

"Grandpa Cao, I don't understand much about mechanical issues. I have a master's degree in liberal arts. You are the expert in this field. How many tons of punching force do you think would be appropriate for us?"

"If possible, consider 3 tons first. After all, we're dealing with handicrafts. You must also consider cost control for this manual punch press. The product price should be below a thousand yuan, right? Craftsmen in Africa and Latin America can afford it. It definitely won't work if the price is too high." Grandpa Cao's thinking was quite comprehensive, considering things that Ren Zhong hadn't even had time to think about.

Grandpa Cao was a bit decisive in his work, immediately giving Ren Zhong a rough plan, not to mention his grand vision and high level of awareness.

"No problem, Grandpa Cao. Let's do it as you said. Thank you very much for your support of our cause. Let's work together to contribute to the Belt and Road Initiative." Naturally, Ren Zhong had no reason to refuse.

With old-school craftsmen like Grandpa Cao in their eighties, you have to cater to their preferences. Otherwise, it's really hard to get them on board. At their age, they've seen through a lot of things and don't necessarily have much need for money.

Sometimes, throwing money at them is really useless. However, Ren Zhong wouldn't think that he wouldn't spend a penny on Grandpa Cao. On the contrary, he had to give the money and be clever about it. Otherwise, this line with Grandpa Cao might be cut off after the manual punch press was finished.

Even though Ren Zhong wasn't sure if Grandpa Cao could handle the manual punch press as easily as he said, an eighth-grade fitter from decades ago didn't get there by flattery. You really had to have some unique skills.

With the principles agreed upon, Grandpa Cao took out his phone and immediately started taking action, quickly arranging to meet Ren Zhong at Chengxin Machinery Processing Factory the next day.

After Grandpa Cao finalized the arrangements, he sat down again and introduced his two disciples to Ren Zhong.

One was called Li Shaoxin, and the other was called Wu Jiancheng. Both were now in their sixties. They had both worked with Grandpa Cao in the Jinjiang Machine Factory workshop, making things that could fly, the kind whose confidentiality period couldn't even be inquired about.

After retiring a few years ago, the two of them felt that their bodies were still quite strong, so they simply opened a machine shop together. They each took a character from their names to use as the factory name. Originally, it was called Chengxin Machinery Processing Factory. Grandpa Cao saw it and said that the name was awkward, a newly created word, and had no meaning. It would be better to call it "Chengxin" (Integrity). In machine processing, there can be no falsehood. Only by being honest in your dealings can your business last.

So the name of this small machine shop was changed to Chengxin Machinery Processing Factory.

Sure enough, Grandpa Cao's two disciples adhered to this principle, and their business was not bad. They could generate tens of millions of yuan in output value a year, and after supporting more than twenty employees, they could still have a profit of one to two million yuan left over.

As the two of them chatted, Ren Zhong became enthusiastic and insisted on becoming Grandpa Cao's apprentice, saying that even if he couldn't do Grandpa Cao's work, he couldn't learn Grandpa Cao's fitter skills, but just listening to Grandpa Cao's principles of doing things would be enough for a lifetime.

Because listening to Grandpa Cao's stories deepened Ren Zhong's understanding of him, this was a true old-school technician, doing things and treating people without any pretense, so full of positive energy.

At this time, Ren Zhong had put aside the relationship of interests.

Although it was said that if Ren Zhong made good friends with Grandpa Cao and his skills, it would really be of great benefit to Ren Zhong's career, but after listening to his treatment of his two disciples, Ren Zhong didn't want to treat this old man with a utilitarian heart.

Instead, he really admired this person. With his skills, if he wanted to make money, he would have been driving villas and luxury cars long ago, but because of Grandpa Cao's old-fashioned values, he was really indifferent to fame and fortune, so he didn't care too much about his own gains and losses.

The two chatted until noon. Ren Zhong saw that they had been chatting for a long time, so he got up and said to Grandpa Cao, "Master Cao, I think you and your wife might as well let your disciple be the host at noon and simply order a few dishes at the Yanbin Restaurant next door. Just a simple apprentice-acceptance banquet, you always have to give your disciple a chance, right?"

In this exchange, Ren Zhong inadvertently revealed some of his advantages as a liberal arts student. His ability to act according to circumstances and cite classics made it easier to talk to Grandpa Cao, and the old man also recognized Ren Zhong.

In this exchange, Ren Zhong didn't hide too much about himself, except for things he couldn't say. He also briefly talked about his experience of starting a business after leaving the system.

Therefore, Grandpa Cao greatly admired Ren Zhong's decision. Although the system is a stable and good job in the eyes of many people, Grandpa Cao, as a technician, believes that in the current era, talents cannot all be concentrated in the system, and the economic field lacks talents, giving people more job opportunities.

His two disciples were urged by Grandpa Cao to come out and do things. Originally, the two retirees wanted to live a leisurely life, but Grandpa Cao believed that it would be a waste if their skills were not used, so he not only provided some funds for their entrepreneurship, but also used his connections to provide them with some orders in the early stages of their entrepreneurship.

But after the two disciples succeeded, Grandpa Cao retired successfully, neither taking shares nor wanting the interest from the two disciples, only recovering the original loan in full.

Therefore, Ren Zhong's recognition of a master through their affinity is not only because Grandpa Cao can help his career, but also out of respect for Grandpa Cao.

"Then it's up to you, Little Ren. Your business is just starting, and there are many places to spend money. Today's meal will be treated by the master. This is not negotiable," Grandpa Cao said with a smile.

Ren Zhong was stunned, "No, Master Cao, this is not appropriate. Although the disciple has just started a business, there are investors behind it. It's not taking the disciple's own money. One or two meals won't make me poor. This meal must be treated by the disciple."

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