Pregnant and Pampered: The Heiress in a Military Compound

Lying motionless at his side and staring intently ahead, Old Xie grunted in acknowledgment.

The two of them hadn’t been home to visit in over twenty years. Their lives had been spent moving between various secret bases—they were either conducting research or on their way to conduct more research.

This time, they had finally developed their target objective!

What the two men were looking at now didn’t seem like the weapon they had developed, but rather like two daughters they hadn’t seen in many years...

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The trade show in Shencheng City was drawing to a close, and Xie Changning had exceeded all her sales targets.

The wood products factory secured deals worth fifty million, while the daily chemical factory secured twenty million—both higher than their original goals.

This time, she not only partnered with foreign businesses but also with several domestic factories.

They wanted to purchase fragrance formulas from Xie Changning to use in their own soaps.

Xie Changning didn’t refuse.

On her way back, she also contacted leaders from other provinces where the weather was still warm, asking if their local department stores would be interested in a partnership.

Her factory had a soap specifically designed to repel mosquitoes.

The two words "mosquito repellent" immediately caught the attention of many leaders. They made calls right then and there to ask for the opinion of their local department stores.

The answer they received was a resounding yes.

So, Xie Changning returned from her trip with a great deal of success.

Upon returning to Chuncheng, Xie Changning first reported her work to the leaders as usual. They held a celebration banquet for her, and she only returned home the day after.

However, because there was also the matter of a sharing session, as well as her upcoming trips abroad for an airshow and an industrial exhibition, the leaders made sure to schedule things separately.

The leaders placed great importance on these overseas invitations.

Xie Changning was the only one attending these two exhibitions; the other factories couldn’t participate. It would be impossible, even if the leaders tried to find a way.

Therefore, during the meeting, the leaders specifically asked Xie Changning if she had any thoughts on attending the exhibitions.

Xie Changning shook her head and took out both invitation letters.

"The letters are invitations for me to visit, not to exhibit. So, I’ll just be a spectator," Xie Changning answered the leaders truthfully.

Judging by the attitude of foreign countries, China was suitable for cooperation, but China’s technology was not yet advanced enough to knock on the door of international industrial exhibitions.

For them to invite someone from China to merely observe the exhibition was already an act of mercy on their part.

This was the attitude of the world outside.

The leaders sighed. They understood that the international situation was very unfavorable for China.

If it weren’t for Xie Changning’s efforts over the past two years, the international attitude toward them probably wouldn’t have softened at all.

They even suspected that the reason for inviting Xie Changning to the exhibition was a ploy to poach her and convince her to leave the country!

To make Xie Changning work for them!

At this thought, the leaders all cursed those scheming foreigners under their breath for being so despicable!

"Don’t worry, leaders. My main purpose for this trip is to look at their agricultural equipment and some of the combat weapons at the airshow."

She knew that the weapons they would display were already obsolete.

’But the country needs them right now.’

’It doesn’t matter if the foreign weapons are advanced or not; we have to do our best to obtain their models and their data!’

’Only with baseline data can our talented people make breakthroughs!’

’After all, our predecessors were the kind of people who could calculate crucial data on an abacus!’

The leaders looked at Xie Changning with profound expressions. They still remembered the screws she had developed previously, which had been a great help to the aerospace program.

Was she planning to continue developing other things this time?

The leaders expressed their gratitude to Xie Changning.

They didn’t dwell on the exhibitions any longer and moved on to the topic of the sharing session.

"Since time is so tight, let’s schedule the sharing session sooner. We’ll leave them time to rest, but let’s set it for half a month from now!"

No one had any objections.

Xie Changning took out her notebook and began to take notes on the meeting.

The sharing session had two main objectives: first, to have the prosperous lead others to prosperity by helping other factories increase their sales figures; and second, to foster cooperation between Lin Province and other provinces, thereby boosting the entire economy of Lin Province.

During the discussion, the leaders also asked if Xie Changning’s factories could keep up with production demands.

After all, the department stores in every province across the country represented a massive potential partnership.

"I’ve already allocated production capacity for domestic partnerships; I didn’t set the output targets too high." Her factories’ products definitely needed to be sold domestically as well.

They couldn’t all be sold abroad.

’Otherwise, people in our own country will think we don’t make products like this!’

’She had to shatter that perception!’

"Once the new production line is up and running, the output for all products from the daily chemical factory will double. We’ve improved our machinery this time, so our production capacity is twice what it was before."

This was also why Xie Changning had dared to agree to such large order quantities with the foreigners.

Hearing this, the leaders were very pleased. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Xie Changning’s factory had not only developed shampoo, facial cleanser, and various functional cleansing soaps, but also toothpaste.

They hadn’t yet solved the problem of the outer packaging for the toothpaste, so they were using tooth powder as a substitute for now.

Once the packaging issue was resolved, they could switch completely to toothpaste.

After all these matters were settled, Xie Changning took advantage of the fact that all the leaders were present to make her request. "Leaders, I’d like to apply to build a sanitary napkin factory."

"This is my proposal."

Xie Changning handed her proposal to the leaders.

The term "sanitary napkin" was somewhat foreign in China. Just hearing the two words, the leaders didn’t even register what they meant.

It wasn’t until they saw Xie Changning’s proposal that the leaders understood.

One of the leaders frowned.

"It seems there’s no market for this kind of thing in our country. This is a disposable product, and the women of our country are used to being thrifty and frugal; they don’t use such things."

If we build a factory, will any women actually buy them?

Will they accept them?

"Leaders, they will. This product is very common in other countries, and it’s more hygienic than the items women currently use..." Xie Changning began to explain the product to the leaders.

She knew before she even applied that it wouldn’t be easy.

Xie Changning was prepared for a long fight.

"Besides, even if we can’t sell them domestically, we can still export them," Xie Changning tried to persuade the leaders, then pulled several pre-prepared packs of sanitary napkins from her bag.

She handed them out to the leaders.

"These are sanitary napkins I brought back from abroad. I hope each of you leaders will take them home for the women in your families to try, and then ask for their feedback."

"This... This..."

In this era, mindsets regarding men and women hadn’t yet become particularly open.

The leaders felt rather embarrassed at the prospect of taking such items home.

The older ones, in particular, thought Xie Changning had lost her mind!

In the end, it was the top leader who stood up and took a pack of sanitary napkins to bring home.