Ren Jian couldn't figure out what the other party meant for a while, so he didn't reply for a long time.

After a long time, he slowly realized that Lu Wu's words were not referring to things like steel mills and jade seals, but really inquiries.

"Your luck is amazing, okay," Ren Jian replied with some indignation. Well, in fact, it's normal to suddenly get rich, after all, buy a welfare lottery sports lottery and the like these days, and it's not uncommon for people to make a windfall overnight. Even if you don't talk about lottery tickets, for example, fishermen catch some rare and big fish, and sell them for millions; stockholders buy good stocks, and dozens of price limits come in one breath; and even tomb robbers encounter an intact ancient tomb, and buy a house that changes hands for hundreds of thousands, and so on. For modern Chinese, such myths and stories have at least been heard, if not encountered.

However, it is possible to make a fortune, but what is the matter with amber? What kind of green smoke is coming from the ancestral grave that makes such a beautiful girlfriend with supernatural abilities suddenly stick to the door? You kid is not very handsome? You kid doesn't have any special talent? You kid doesn't have any great background!

Although it is said that the loss this time is very large (as mentioned earlier, it is more likely that they will not only lose all the money, but also go into debt), if the situation is changed, Ren Jian may feel that they must be completely finished this time, and there is no possibility of turning over at all. But with Amber, things are different. Although this time the situation is estimated to be irreversible even by amber, they are still young, and their days are still long. With the supernatural abilities of Amber, a witch, it is not a problem to make a comeback - the only problem is that Lu Wu can make a comeback with Amber's support, but Ren Jian may not.

"I mean......" Lu Wu thought about it seriously. Although he has neither magical powers, nor does he have much research on them. But at least analyze and judge what your future holds. "What if you don't think about amber?"

In fact, if you think about it, my luck after meeting Amber was not particularly good. Although many things have been saved from danger, what can I actually say...... These are risks that would not otherwise be encountered. If nothing else, you'll be targeted for a small amount of money if you win in a casino - if it's a few millions, tens of millions, or something, but it's really not a lot of money. And you don't have a thousand (of course, in fact, it's a thousand, but the rules of gambling since ancient times are like this, if you don't get caught, you don't have a thousand), as long as it's a casino that wants a little face, it won't do this kind of thing!

"Don't think about amber?" Ren Jian tilted his head and thought for a moment. "Then you're really out of luck. ”

"Really? Are you sure about that?"

"Of course, you worked so hard and failed the civil service exam......"

Lu Wu was noncommittal. After all, the civil service examination is a competition in which dozens of people choose one, and if we want to describe it in detail, it should be said that the winners are the lucky ones, and the losers can only be regarded as ordinary, and it is not the turn to describe them as "unlucky," isn't it? Although Lu Wu worked hard to prepare for the exam, others did not eat rice. After all, the civil service exam is a good option for recent college graduates.

"Cut, don't forget about Li Pingfu!" Ren Jian said. "According to him, he made your civil service exam yellow. ”

"This is also within the normal range......" Lu Wu replied thoughtfully. "It's not bad luck. ”

If you don't think about it, you can simply label it as "unlucky" or "unlucky". But if you think about it, it's not about luck, it's the inevitable result of the development of things. Li Pingfu wants to find trouble with Lu Wu, and Li Pingfu has the ability to disrupt the situation in the civil service examination, so all this will happen naturally - at least in the logic of the master, this is not the category of "bad luck". In other words, this kind of thing belongs to "bad luck" in the broad sense, not "bad luck" in the narrow sense.

It's like if you throw a stone at the top of your head, it will fall on your head under normal circumstances, and this is not bad luck, but the inevitable result of the development of objective things. For example, if the air conditioner upstairs is dripping down, and you know that you have to pass from below, then it is normal to be dripped, and it is called luck if it is not dripped there.

So there is also a difference between luck and luck. Although all the bad luck can be blamed on "I'm unlucky", a large part of it is actually the no zuo no die type.

"But the problem is ......" Ren Jian unceremoniously punctured Lu Wu's illusions. "You didn't write that whistleblower letter!"

If the report letter was really written by Lu Wu, then it can be regarded as planting melons and planting beans and beans, and reporting others will naturally be retaliated against by others. The problem is that it was a complete misunderstanding, and Lu Wu didn't know anything about it.

"Ah...... This is indeed the case......" When Ren Jian said this, Lu Wu finally came back to his senses. "It seems that my luck is really bad. No, it should be said...... It's already poor. ”

"As the old saying goes, blessings and disasters don't come alone," Ren Jian didn't care about Lu Wu's opinion at all. "It's impossible for a person to have all the good things in the world, you have amber upside down, what other benefits do you want to think about?"

"That's right. Lu Wu had already figured it out, combining the words of the master and Amber, maybe not very accurate, but at least he was able to have a preliminary idea of his current situation. "That's true. ”

"What about the steel mill?" Ren Jian turned the subject back. In fact, Lu Wu's interruption just now calmed down his emotions a little bit.

"Steel Mill...... Is it really hopeless?"

"It's really hopeless. Ren Jian replied honestly. After all, this investment is very large, so he has also learned about it in detail. "If you want to save it, you have to eliminate the old process, replace the old equipment, and replace it with the latest equipment...... This is the only way to reduce costs, and there is no other way to do it. And even if it's so, it's very bad, Lu Wu, you know that now the entire steel market is sluggish, and now they are entering the knockout round, everyone is gritting their teeth, and starting production is not to make money, but to try to kill others to seize the market. So now is a double disadvantage: on the whole, it is not a good time to enter the steel market, specifically to the matter of the steel plant in W city, if you want to replace the latest process equipment, train employees or something, the whole investment cost may be greater than a new steel plant. ”

"Isn't there any other possibility? I mean, if there's a miracle that turns a steel mill into a profit, what would that miracle be?"

"The entire steel market recovered, entering a seller's market, and the overall supply exceeded demand and led to a sharp rise in steel prices. Ren Jian replied. I don't know why, Lu Wu's calm attitude when he said this made him feel some kind of ...... Unnatural. Lu Wu's posture was not so much to ask questions, but to say that he seemed to be confident. But if you want to break your head, you can't figure out why Lu Wu has this kind of confidence that Mount Tai collapses forward and does not change color.

Also, I can clearly feel that Lu Wu has returned from this trip, and some places are different...... It was an inexplicable instinct, but he did feel it.

Could it be that he was bewitched by amber's magic? However, at that time, Amber obviously had no ill will towards Lu Wu...... He quickly pushed the thought away. Speaking of which, Lu Wu's ability to salvage the shipwreck was all due to Amber (Ren Jian thought that Amber had paid for the salvage), but on the contrary, Ren Jian himself almost lost all of Lu Wu's achievements in one go.

"Is there a second possibility? I mean, the miracle one. ”

"Of course," Ren Jian sighed. "The technical experts of the steel mill suddenly succeeded in tackling a technical problem that allowed the steel mill to produce special steel ......"

"That's it!" Lu Wu interjected. "You mean, there are actually some special steels that can make money?"

"Of course," Ren replied. "Although the entire steel market is now sluggish, no matter what the market environment, those products with the highest technical content are not worried. If you can produce those special steels and special alloys, then things will be completely different. It's impossible, though," he pouted. "Now there is only an empty shelf in the technical department of the steel plant, and all those who are capable have run away, and all that remains is a group of old and weak soldiers. If you want them to develop any new technology or new formula, it is better to expect China to build a Star Destroyer tomorrow! The sun coming out of the west is more reliable than this. ”

"If you can get the relevant technical ......"

"You mean patent licensing? Lu Wu, the licensing of these technology patents is very expensive and frightening to death. There are even some foreign countries that have imposed a technological blockade on China and are strictly forbidden to sell to China. Ren Jian said.

Lu Wu didn't know anything about the steel market, so Ren Jian gave Lu Wu a little explanation. The new technology in the metallurgical industry is basically divided into three types, and the typical one is the use of inferior raw materials. The prices of raw materials in the metallurgical industry, that is, various ores and scrap iron, vary greatly from grade to grade. If the same product can be refined from inferior ore, it means that the cost can be greatly reduced, and of course it occupies a very advantageous position in the competition.

In the middle of the spectrum are the production of higher-value steels – which require specialized formulations and processes. Although the entire steel market is in a recession, these high-tech steels are not worried about selling as a whole, but the price fluctuates.

Of course, there are also the highest, which are some special steels. Although China is already a metallurgical power, it is not the strongest from a purely technical point of view. Some special steel smelting technology is still in the hands of foreigners, and China has to import a lot of special steel every year. If you have the ability to manufacture such specialty steels, then it is a pure seller's market.

It's not that China doesn't want the technology, but in fact it just can't. To advance in metallurgy, you need specialized laboratories, you need a large number of professional researchers, and most importantly - countless failures. It can be said that every formula, every technology, is the result of countless failures and countless experimental data. If you want to study it yourself, there is no shortcut. To put it bluntly, every technology is born with money, and it is piled up in countless experiments and countless failures.