Interstellar Number One Farmer: I Only Want To Farm!

Chapter 676 - 206: Negotiation, Fighting for Interests (Part 2)

Fei Yi smiled pleasantly, "I’ve seen many bosses prefer to be generous to outsiders rather than giving more money to their employees.""Perhaps because if they give money this time and not the next, employees will have opinions?" People’s psychology is just so strange.

For now, Su Xiaocai doesn’t need to worry about this.

"Then I won’t reply. Just don’t go back on your word when the Harvest Festival comes, and I’ll hide at your estate for a couple of days."

"I’ll have Ji Li build a couple of houses." The kind you can move into immediately, the temperature at the estate won’t be very low, just suitable for bamboo viewing.

"The boss is generous, it’s a deal."

Su Xiaocai smiled, Ji Li is rather generous.

Oh, it’s forced generosity.

But it doesn’t matter; the cost of building a small house is barely pocket change for Ji Li.

At worst, she’ll draw a Mountain and River Map for him, and he’ll profit greatly.

Next, she needs to visit the site of the math and science teacher’s project research.

To increase the likelihood of Su Xiaocai signing the contract, the math and science teacher personally leads her to the laboratory.

The laboratory is underground in the school’s laboratory building, nearly a hundred meters deep, a designated area for various dangerous experiments.

The math and science teacher’s project occupies an entire underground floor, divided into several sections.

Inside are three large pieces of equipment, each designed by different project teams.

"On another planet underground, there are similar machines. The goal now is to achieve complete transportation of goods to another machine without the aid of fleets..." The math and science teacher introduces while highlighting their strengths.

This experiment is supported by the government, with several schools specializing in technology for the government working on it, Military Training being presumably the fastest in progress.

Fei Yi listens attentively and considers, "If successful, it will impact the fleet market, right?"

The math and science teacher nods and replies, "The fleet market will still exist, but it will affect the freight industry. However, when the ship arrives at the bridge, it will naturally straighten. Market changes will self-regulate, which is not our concern."

Projects supported from above will have planning; scientists should not stop their research due to employment concerns, which is detrimental to scientific progress.

Su Xiaocai takes the contract and some design plans, studies them for a while, and then asks, "What does my work entail? Just supporting calculations? Or providing guidance?"

"From our side, we certainly want you to provide guidance." Being able to create Black Wing and Mechanical Limbs has already proven Su Xiaocai’s capability. The math and science teacher is confident that once Su Xiaocai joins, success chances will increase significantly.

"Guidance?" Su Xiaocai says indifferently, "The salary and patent revenue shares you offered aren’t enough."

Not enough? It’s noteworthy that Su Xiaocai is joining midway and being able to enjoy these terms is already good.

"Then what do you want?" The math and science teacher thinks it’s not excessive and could help negotiate it.

Su Xiaocai doesn’t say how much, instead she talks about the principles behind the existing machines, then points out the differences.

The math and science teacher and Fei Yi listen in astonishment; the math and science teacher’s gaze is bright, excited to the point of tingling scalp.

She feels that Su Xiaocai’s ability to instantly see through the differences among the three project groups is extremely impressive, indeed making her worthy of being the most brainy person of the century.

Su Xiaocai turns the topic, "Regarding this machine, I have ideas. If not for the time it’d take to make it independently, I could do it myself."

The math and science teacher looks steadily at Su Xiaocai, contemplating the possibility of her lying.

Due to Su Xiaocai’s confident tone, she can’t doubt it, and ponders, "What do you think the value of your input is?"

"Double the salary, one-fourth of patent revenue." Su Xiaocai doesn’t lie; she even brings half of her design sketches.

The project isn’t that she cannot do it, it’s just that it greatly consumes time.

She has too much to handle currently; finding time for this is unpredictable, unlike the New World project, which she quickly arranged using the Extraordinary Island plan as a foundation.

She’s been pondering and designing Mecha and Mechanical Limbs long ago.

They didn’t appear out of nowhere; there is thought and preparation behind them.

This kind of "heavy machinery" requires a new design even for programs.

Time doesn’t permit Su Xiaocai to complete it alone.

The math and science teacher picks up Su Xiaocai’s blueprint; just the first one shows her that Su Xiaocai isn’t asking for too much. The instrument design inside and described operating procedures align well with their design concepts.

Some parts also look very familiar, resembling their existing components.

However, she has complete ideas, thus all specifications and sizes are fully marked.