006 Another earthquake

The other party hesitated for a moment before saying,

"We are a legitimate bottling factory. Are your Water Bottles qualified?"

He had underestimated this girl, thinking she was just a small figure who had taken over the Lotus Shengxing Supermarket, but he didn't expect that she could actually pull in 40,000 mineral water bottles for him.

However, the production process for mineral water is not the same as simply pouring water into bottles.

It's not just the water quality that matters, but also cleanliness.

If some shady factory used recycled plastic to produce mineral water bottles, the bottling factory would dare not to accept them.

"Qualifications?"

Hua Mi had not noticed this. Just as she was about to search, she found a stack of thick Mineral Water Bottle qualification certificates popping up on her control panel.

How could level 1 factory of the apocalypse supermarket be without qualifications?

"Yes, of course I have them, certified by the United Nations no less."

Holding the stack of certificates that she wasn't sure were real or not, Hua Mi said with a smile,

"Don't worry, if there's any problem with the origins of the Water Bottles, let the consequences of the apocalypse come upon me!"

It was only then that the supplier gratefully agreed and gave an address to Hua Mi.

She immediately took out a large truck from the storage, loaded it with empty mineral water bottles, and raced to the mineral water factory.

The supplier and the Factory Director of the mineral water plant were anxiously waiting at the factory gate for Hua Mi's Mineral Water Bottles.

Seeing the large truck driven by Hua Mi, the supplier found it rather familiar.

But with the mineral water factory waiting to start production, there was no time for that.

As soon as Hua Mi's truck came to a halt, the Factory Director carefully checked the qualification certificates she brought and immediately called for the strong young men in the factory to jump onto the truck and move the bottles.

The machines for bottling were ready. The supplier used a computer to do the math for Hua Mi, and with the bottles offsetting some of the costs, each bottle of mineral water was only a few cents.

"The Factory Director says, if you can supply us with Mineral Water Bottles on a regular basis, we'll buy the bottles from you at 0.3 RMB each."

While saying this, the supplier wiped the sweat from his brow and looked at Hua Mi cautiously,

afraid that Hua Mi would refuse, he then added with a wry smile,

"Now the mineral water bottle factories in Xiang City have been destroyed by the earthquake. If we have to ship in bottles from elsewhere temporarily, the cost will be even higher than 0.3 RMB each. How about it? Please, help us out."

Of course, there wasn't just one Mineral Water Bottle factory in the world, but this one in Xiang City was the only large-scale one nearby.

Just listen to the Factory Director explain,

"We are a legitimate bottling factory, and the mineral water we produce every day is counted by the tens of thousands. Ordinary small factories simply cannot provide us with so many Mineral Water Bottles."

"Okay then, prioritize making 100,000 bottles of mineral water for me."

Hua Mi seemed very generous. It was just Mineral Water Bottles; she could have as many as she wanted.

The supplier and the Factory Director exchanged glances, and the Factory Director agreed without any hesitation.

100,000 bottles of mineral water were a big deal anywhere.

The two parties quickly drew up a contract, and they could deliver the first 10,000 bottles of mineral water to Hua Mi tonight, and with the capacity of their bottling factory, they could deliver all 40,000 bottles by the next morning.

Hua Mi paid the deposit and then waited in the Factory Director's office, ready to leave with 10,000 bottles of mineral water.

During her break, her WeChat notification sounded.

Hua Mi thought it was Fang Xin asking her for money, but when she checked, it turned out to be Gong Yi, whom she had just recently added as a friend.

"What's up?"

Since Gong Yi was part of the rescue team and there was some vague familiarity, Hua Mi was quite patient as she accepted Gong Yi's voice call.

Gong Yi asked with a frown from the other end of the phone,

"You're not at the store?"

"Not here, you want to buy water?"

Hua Mi figured that Gong Yi only had one reason to seek her out.

On the other end of the call, Gong Yi was silent for a moment,

"So, you are saying you still have water for sale?"

Hua Mi was quite smug,

"Yes, I have lots and lots of mineral water, enough for your rescue team to drink."

"Then sell me another 20,000 bottles. Do you have that many?"

"Ha ha ha, just 20,000 bottles? Three yuan per bottle, do you have that much money?"

Gong Yi on the other end of the phone laughed as well. At a time like this, after two consecutive earthquakes, all the supermarkets in Xiang City had raised the price of their mineral water.

Forget about water at three yuan a bottle; even at thirty yuan a bottle, Gong Yi would buy it.

They arranged a delivery spot, right near the nearby collapsed mineral water bottle factory where transportation was more convenient.

By this time, it was already getting dark, and the latest 10,000 bottles of mineral water fresh off the production line were packed and loaded onto Hua Mi's large truck.

She had agreed with Gong Yi to drag the first 10,000 bottles of mineral water to him.

The remaining 10,000 would be delivered tomorrow morning.

Since the earthquake had only struck twice and had only collapsed the small district where Hua Mi was located and that one water bottle factory, Hua Mi drove the truck, hauling 10,000 bottles of mineral water, and rushed overnight to the rescue team's location.

It was a large, temporarily constructed aid center. Hua Mi didn't see Gong Yi; she was received by a young guy from the rescue team.

The young guy said,

"The boss has gone to the rescue operation; there was an earthquake outside the city."

Another earthquake.

Hua Mi nodded, said nothing, and simply had the young guy take in the 10,000 bottles of mineral water from the truck.

"This really helps us tremendously."

The young guy called over a few people to unload the truck while looking at Hua Mi with grateful eyes,

"You have no idea, our logistics team tried everything, but we just couldn't buy any mineral water. The only water factory in Xiang City said they had no water bottles, so they couldn't produce any water. Our logistics had no choice but to run to the neighboring city to buy water, but it was said that the goods wouldn't arrive until the day after tomorrow."

However, the survivors rescued over these two days needed water, and they couldn't wait even a day.

Without an adequate water supply, even greater problems would arise.

Hua Mi smiled reassuringly,

"It's okay, the only water factory in Xiang City sold all its water to me because I'm the only one with mineral water bottles. And your boss bought 20,000 bottles of mineral water from me, so don't worry, you guys will have enough to last until logistics can procure more from the neighboring city."

"So many..."

The young guy was a bit surprised. Weren't there just over three thousand survivors here? Did they need that much mineral water?

But as it turned out, they did!

And they needed it very badly!!

Because the earthquake in the suburbs wasn't an aftershock, but since the first earthquake, there was bound to be a series of more disasters following one after another.

"Then, then I'll pay you."

The young guy took out his phone and transferred 30,000 yuan to Hua Mi.

Although he felt that so much mineral water couldn't possibly be finished, the boss had instructed him to settle the bill with Hua Mi.

After receiving the money, Hua Mi patiently waited for the [apocalypse supermarket - Cashier System] to prompt her, as she was eager to use the money to upgrade to a level 2 factory.

A level 2 factory required 20,000 yuan, and it could only use the money that Hua Mi had earned.

But there was no prompt at all.