Porter of Two Worlds Chapter 28

Chapter 28: t.i.tanium Armor!

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

“Literally….”

Bai Yang smiled but in his heart, he thought, Is this Xiong Da all brawn and no brain? Or does he not know the human language?

Xiong Da, on the other hand, scratched his head at this question. He did not know why Bai Yang asked this but he replied regardless, “From the land, to the buildings to equipment and everything else, it cost about 50,000,000 RMB ….”

Bai Yang's expression froze on his face right away, Forget it, let's talk about something else.

He thought that this was at most a pretty normal factory, judging from how Xiong Da had no business and that he has money in his account, he would be able to buy it directly. But he quickly discarded this idea upon hearing that figure.

The industry was a money furnace, Bai Yang finally learned this but no matter how he looked, Xiong Da did not appear to be someone with that much of money….

“Then… How much would it cost if I want to make a full metal armor the size of your body size?”

Xiong Da thought, Are you seriously trying to make one? 

And he answered, “That depends on the material, normal steel or metal wouldn't be that expensive, I'd say 50,000 RMB, including all sorts of fees of course.”

“50,000?”

Bai Yang's eyes widened up, So expensive? With that amount, I can already get myself a brand new van!

“Actually, it can be cheaper, patience, Boss Bai. Let me calculate this for you, the materials are not expensive, what costs you the most is the machining. You see, if you want to make armor, I will have to use soft metal and cut them into pieces so I can build mail-armor, this kind of armor can negate more than half of the strength from a heavy strike, but there would be a ton of work involved. If you want plate-armor, I will have to mold them, it's much quicker but these molds can only be used once. I can't possibly spend extra money that would inflict losses on me, right?” explained Xiong Da.

Oh ho, he's quite professional, I did not know that there are so many steps.

So Bai Yang tried, “If, and I'm saying if, I wanted a plate armor, but that kind made of… Right, t.i.tanium, a plate made of t.i.tanium, how much a whole suit of armor set me back?”

Xiong Da widened his eyes in shock, What? Making plate with t.i.tanium? What is he trying to do? It's absurdly st.u.r.dy but it's useless in this society nowadays….

But customers were G.o.ds to all businessmen, so Xiong Da took this into consideration and said, “It's hard to process t.i.tanium, and the material would cost a ton. It's about 400 RMB for a kilogram in the market now and a whole platemail that would fit me would take at least 50 kilograms of t.i.tanium….”

“Only 20,000? That cheap?” interfered Bai Yang who shouted in surprise.

400 RMB for a kilogram, so 50 kilograms would cost 20,000 RMB….

The speechless Xiong Da replied, “Boss, it's not that simple. Everyone knows that t.i.tanium is good, planes are made of t.i.tanium but do you know that if you make something out of t.i.tanium, the total cost would be 10 times more expensive than the material itself? Your armor is considerably simple, I can just mold them and throw them into punching press, but if you are making even more complicated stuff out of t.i.tanium, the processing fee itself is probably 100 times more expensive!”

Okay, Bai Yang expressed that he had absolutely no idea about any of this so he impatiently waved, “Just tell me how much it is to make a t.i.tanium plate armor.”

“At least 300,000 for a suit, can't be any cheaper.” 

Bai Yang reached out five fingers and said, “50,000 for one….”

Is this how you negotiate?

“Then you'd be better off finding someone else? To be frank, no one would offer you this price and I guarantee you this, if you find someone else, they would even have to reconsider at this price. I offer 300,000 a plate because you know because I'm rather desperate for business,” shook Xiong Da.

“Patience, let me finish my words. I'm asking for 50,000 RMB a suit, not because I only want one, I want a total of 100 suits!” smiled Bai Yang.

Hmmm, there were probably at most about 100 of the big guys in the village, so 100 suits would be enough!

Xiong Da opened his eyes wide at this answer and he still shook his head after gulping, “No way, 50,000 is too little, at least 150,000! You have to find someone else if you want it cheaper, this price is the best value for you. I promise you, the performance and appearance will meet your standards!”

Bai Yang turned around right away as there would be plenty of others that would accept an order of 5,000,000 RMB!

“Hey, hold up boss! Okay, negotiate a little more, cheaper, 100,000? 80,000…. Okay, deal!”

Hmph, no one beats me in a negotiation! 

Bai Yang turned back and said, “Okay, how long?”

“Hehe, making the plates is easy, all I have to do is mold the parts and press them using the punching press. Hmmm, about 3 to 5 days but… Boss, shouldn't you pay a deposit or something?” asked an embarra.s.sed Xiong Da.

“Your account? I'll transfer 1,000,000 to you. Remember, I want them in 3 days, is there any problem with that?” said Bai Yang with a wealthy att.i.tude while he took out his phone.

“No problem, I a.s.sure you!” guaranteed Xiong Da happily.

The money was transferred, there was no contract signed as well. There was nothing he could do, he couldn't possibly sue Xiong Da if Xiong Da went against the contract. What was he going to tell the jury in the court? That he ordered 100 sets of t.i.tanium armor? He might be thrown into mental asylum first!

He too, was not worried about being scammed, this place was a good place. There was not a single person apart from the two right now and if Xiong Da dared to cheat, Bai Yang would be able to punish him by bringing along a dozen the barbarians!

If the other objects could be teleported from there to here, then these barbarians would be able to come to earth as well. It might not be tested yet but Bai Yang would do anything if he was forced into a dead-end!

100 t.i.tanium armors for 5,000,000… but Bai Yang still felt that he made a loss. The materials were not expensive, probably at most 3 tonnes of t.i.tanium and that would cost him only some money. However, it would be easy for Xiong Da to just start crafting the armors using the machineries, this was the efficiency of industrial machineries, but there was no choice, he couldn't make these armors himself so he would have to pay.

But his money was just like gifted to him by heaven, so it was not that painful for him to cash out, as long as they met his standards.

Hmph! Just you wait, with Xiong Da's appearance, he won't get more business at this factory anymore! It will be mine sooner or later!

Bai Yang grumbled as he left.

But he was also a little dizzy upon imagining the barbarians fully equipped with the armors. By then, there wouldn't be much of a problem to explore the world outside with these barbarians anymore, right?

It felt a little bit like pointing at a huge group of bad guys and shouting, “Who else!” 

Upon thinking of this, Bai Yang stopped riding his bike and called Xiong Da right away, “Boss Xiong, make me 100 swords with t.i.tanium and I'll pay you 1,000,000. I want them to be long swords of at least two meters long, is there a problem?”

“Problem my a.s.s, with the necessary materials, I'd be a joke if I can't even make these swords!”

Without even thinking, Xiong Da accepted the order….

100 of barbarians, donned in full-body armor and wielding t.i.tanium long swords, a raging steel torrent, yes? Bai Yang felt that he would be able to walk in the jungle with impunity after this!

At the entrance of Giant Bear Metal Processing Factory, Xiong Da hung up the phone and shouted, “s.h.i.+t, I can finally work!” 

He quickly sent messages to his employers and the messages contained only four words, “Get back to work!”

Xiong Da thought for some time and called someone right after, “Elder Brother Lang, I received a 6,000,000 RMB order and the net income is 3,000,00 RMB! What is Fox's number? Forget it, just help me to tell him that I need a few tons of t.i.tanium, I want to lower the cost as much as I can! As soon as possible, I have to produce them in three days, okay that's it. I need to get working now….”

In the city, Lao Lang hung up the phone with a stunned expression as he mumbled, “My commission….”

Right now, he was on the verge of crying as he let a commission of more than 100,000 RMB slip past his hands!

After dealing with the matters, Bai Yang arrived back at the villa neighborhood and as soon as he reached his door, an old man with white hair and a healthy face smiled at him.

“Heh, aren't you the scammer? Why are you here?” asked Bai Yang as he pointed at the old man.

The old man's face turned dark immediately and he wanted to bash Bai Yang up.

He kept himself together and took a deep breath before smiling back, “Young man, we meet again.”

“Excuse me, you're in my way. Let's get this straight, I won't pay you even if you fall in front of me right now. There's CCTV!”

Bai Yang pointed at the security camera.

The old man's face was now as dark as the bottom of the wok, You are a scammer, your whole family are scammers!