216: Chapter 215 Wang Shuo's First Prohibition

The meeting continued for another half hour.

Half an hour later, Liu Yemei closed her notebook, swept her gaze calmly over the room, and said, "Meeting adjourned."

As if granted a grand amnesty, everyone carefully dispersed and left.

Liu Yemei, however, remained quietly in her seat, frowning in deep thought.

After a long while, she took out her phone, dialed a number, held it to her ear, and spoke calmly, "What's the situation? You can tell me now."

...

Hanzhong City, Optics Valley Software Park.

"So... our supplier ran away?"

Wang Shuo sat on the sofa on the third floor, looking at Liu Yemei on the screen, clearly somewhat surprised.

"To be precise, they didn't run away." Liu Yemei adjusted her glasses and said in a heavy voice, "They were acquired."

"How is that possible?"

Wang Shuo's eyes widened.

Since when was an acquisition so easy?

This was a massive capital investment, not buying cabbage at a wet market where you could strike a deal with a quick haggle and a few words.

Which legitimate acquirer wouldn't be extremely cautious? Just finalizing an acquisition plan would take several days, and once finalized, wouldn't they have to contact the target company first, and then conduct due diligence for ten days or a week?

Besides, even if you are willing to buy, the other party has to be willing to sell!

If they don't want to sell, it's useless even if you have money.

"I've already contacted the original owner of this factory. He was unwilling to say much about the specifics of the acquirer, only telling me the reason for the sale..."

Liu Yemei adjusted her glasses again. "The acquirer was willing to buy the factory at a three-fold premium and is willing to pay the liquidated damages for all orders."

For some reason, Wang Shuo's first reaction upon hearing this was actually... this person is so rich, he was dying of envy.

Listen to that—how generous! A direct threefold premium, plus paying the liquidated damages. Unlike himself, who had been so stingy when acquiring Lin Junfeng's company, almost forcing Lin Junfeng to cut the price in half.

If he hadn't brought out technical data that convinced Lin Junfeng, whether the acquisition would have gone smoothly would really be an unknown.

No wonder the owner couldn't resist the temptation. If it were Wang Shuo himself, he would also have to consider whether to sell—if you miss this opportunity, you might never get another. You don't run into such a sucker every day.

But... what about him? What about zero egg?

The supplier had run off, the contract was torn up by the new boss, and even the factory's production output was changed. Where was he supposed to find the sensors he needed?

Look for a new supplier?

That wasn't impossible, but where would the time come from?

The delivery window for zero egg was only fifteen days. Where was he going to find a new supplier, sign a contract, and get immediate delivery?

Wang Shuo felt a slight headache coming on.

"Any other news?" Wang Shuo asked.

Liu Yemei looked up at him, then said flatly, "Just now, another supplier sent a notice of termination of supply, and two other suppliers have demanded a renegotiation of prices. If their demands aren't met, they will also halt supplies."

Wang Shuo: "..."

Wang Shuo carefully looked at the names of these companies. One of them, a micro-lens manufacturer, had even signed a non-disclosure agreement with them, and he had even had Han Xiaoxin improve the technical details of the product. If they breached the contract, what they would have to pay would definitely be far more than just liquidated damages.

So, are these guys crazy?

Wang Shuo looked up, his voice deepening slightly. "Sister Liu, what do you think?"

"We are being targeted." Liu Yemei's voice was certain.

Wang Shuo nodded slightly. "Sister Liu, can we find out who it is?"

"I've already checked, but there are no leads. However..." Liu Yemei shook her head slightly, paused, and continued, "These people's origins are unknown, but their purpose is clear. They have abundant resources, extensive networks, and most importantly, extremely deep pockets."

Wang Shuo continued to nod. To be able to acquire two companies and mobilize two others at once, with possibly even more hidden cards up their sleeves, the strength of the people behind this could not be underestimated.

"There aren't many who can meet all of the above conditions simultaneously. Furthermore, although their action this time was swift and secretive, it also exposed a lot of things. Thinking about it, the only ones who could employ such methods are..."

Liu Yemei spat out two words: "Capital."

Capital...

Wang Shuo pondered over these two words.

"But as for which capital group it is, it's hard to judge right now." Liu Yemei rubbed her temples. Sorting out all these matters in such a short time had drained a lot of her mental energy.

Her deduction of "capital" was not without basis. She had witnessed the power of capital before. Although those were battles several orders of magnitude higher than this playing field—clashes involving tens of billions or trillions—the essence remained the same.

Liu Yemei was absolutely sure that capital was behind this mischief.

Looking at Wang Shuo on the screen, she sighed slightly in her heart. Anyone targeted by capital, even if they didn't die, would lose a layer of skin. Even if they racked their brains and survived, this company would probably...

With a slight sigh, Liu Yemei looked up again at Wang Shuo, who was still lost in thought. "Mr. Wang, we need to react as quickly as possible."

Wang Shuo snapped back to reality.

"First, we must implement backup measures as soon as possible. I will replace all the problematic suppliers within two days, striving not to delay the delivery time."

Liu Yemei frowned and said quickly, "But this doesn't guarantee that other suppliers won't have issues, so it doesn't guarantee a success rate. Therefore, we must initiate our second-phase contingency plan—release an announcement to explain the situation to the public and postpone the delivery date."

"Third, we must immediately stop pre-sales and change the subsequent pre-sale method from full payment to deposit-based pre-sales to calm public opinion."

"Fourth, we need to..."

Wang Shuo nodded repeatedly as he listened. She truly was Liu Yemei; in such a short amount of time, she had already thought of everything. If they executed this plan, they could definitely minimize their losses.

But... Wang Shuo shook his head slightly.

"Mr. Wang?" Liu Yemei stopped speaking and looked at Wang Shuo suspiciously.

"Sister Liu, your plan is very good. However, if we actually do this, our company will validate the rumors of insufficient production capacity spread by certain self-media outlets, and even worse, fall into the trap of hunger marketing."

"Those can be dealt with slowly later; they aren't the pressing issue right now," Liu Yemei said, frowning. This was the first time Wang Shuo had not followed her advice.

"These are the pressing issues." Wang Shuo raised his head slightly. "Sister Liu, you are right about one thing: we must completely replace this batch of problematic suppliers. Not only must we replace them, but we must also blacklist them from any future cooperation, banning them from using any of Frontier Company's products in the future, and banning them from cooperating with any third party that uses Frontier Company's products. Anyone who refuses to comply will also be blacklisted. This clause must be put into a written notice to inform all suppliers clearly, and it must be written into future contracts."

"In the future, anyone who wants to cooperate with us must follow this rule, otherwise there's no deal."

Liu Yemei knit her brows slightly.

"Second, pre-sales will not be canceled, the scheduled delivery date will not be changed, and no new announcements will be released. We will just maintain the status quo."

"Third." Wang Shuo gritted his teeth in heartache, but still continued, "Sister Liu, go and urge Wanji Semiconductor Co., Ltd. immediately. We require full delivery of the Chips, the faster the better, as many as they can deliver. If they can deliver all the remaining undelivered Chips within ten days, we can pay a premium for it."

Liu Yemei took a deep look at Wang Shuo, nodded gently, and then hung up the video call.

Wang Shuo propped up his chin, staring at the TV screen which had turned green, quietly thinking.

After a long while, he pulled out his phone, selected a number, and dialed.

"Hello, Sister Zheng, it's me. I need your help with something..."

A few minutes later, Wang Shuo hung up.

"Zero, send an email to Lin Junfeng. Tell him the plan is accelerating."

"Alright, sir."

Having done all this, Wang Shuo leaned against the back of the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief.

Thinking about today's events, Wang Shuo was somewhat speechless.

What a mess...

Not only did he fail to catch the person he wanted to lure out, but he had also lured out some capital with an unknown background, who immediately struck hard right off the bat, aiming straight below the belt.

This was... going too far.

Wang Shuo was very angry, and the consequences... would be rather severe!