76: Donate to the chicken? Great! I'll donate a thousand paper cranes!

Zhou Cun approached Lu Shenwei carrying a thick stack of documents.

After just a quick glance, Lu Shenwei set the documents aside.

"Director, I've already contacted six media outlets to prepare for a coordinated exposé."

Zhou Cun looked excited; even if this evidence couldn't crush Lis Group, it would be enough to cause them serious damage.

"Hold off on that for now. Wait until the upgrade of the longmao agricultural vehicle is complete before we expose them," Lu Shenwei mused.

If you don't kill a snake, it will come back to bite you. He wanted a single, fatal blow!

Zhou Cun nodded and asked again, "Director, Japan had a tsunami last week, and many companies are donating money and supplies. Should I also..."

"Donate money and supplies to Japan? Who issued that proposal?" Lu Shenwei said coldly.

With natural disasters happening so frequently, shouldn't Japan reflect on the heinous things it has done?

For him to donate money to Japan? Not unless the planet exploded!

"Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the Mitsui conglomerate, and so on."

"Hmm? Aren't those all local Japanese companies? Why are Dragon Xia companies joining in the commotion?"

"Quite a few Dragon Xia companies have already followed suit and donated, claiming something about 'mountains and rivers in different regions, but under the same moon and sky'."

"Bullshit! It should be 'mountains and rivers in different regions, but irreconcilable enemies'!"

Thirty-five million Dragon Xia children, every inch of land soaked in blood!

Lu Shenwei clearly remembered that during the Great Dragon Xia Earthquake in his previous life, Japan immediately dispatched a surveying team.

They penetrated deep into the heart of Dragon Xia to collect information on the terrain and landscape; their sinister intentions were detestable to both gods and men.

After Japan's conspiracy was thwarted, they hypocritically organized donations of money and supplies.

But what did they donate?

Paper cranes!!!

During the Great Dragon Xia Earthquake, you sent a surveying team for 'rescue,' and then donated paper cranes?

Donate your mother!!!

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Lu Shenwei: "Others donate money, we donate goods; it will have the same effect."

Seeing Director Lu's attitude do a 180-degree turn, Zhou Cun asked in confusion, "Director, what are we donating?"

"What to donate? When we had the earthquake, Japan sent paper cranes as a blessing. Naturally, we should return the favor. Tell the factory families that everyone must fold at least four paper cranes to send over tomorrow morning."

Hearing Lu Shenwei say this, Zhou Cun laughed uncharitably: "What should the blessing message say?"

"Doesn't Japan believe in the afterlife? Then let's wish the Japanese disaster victims a speedy journey to paradise!"

Lu Shenwei laughed happily. Zhou Cun nodded heavily, secretly sighing that Director Lu's idea was brilliant—it is impolite not to reciprocate.

"Don't forget to seal it with steel plates when the time comes to prevent our good intentions from being damaged."

Lu Shenwei reminded him kindly. Zhou Cun suppressed his laughter: "Don't worry, I will use the best shipping containers."

That afternoon, the families of Julong Steel Factory all bought colorful paper and competed in their crafting skills.

"Work has been so heavy recently; why did the factory suddenly ask us to fold paper cranes?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's a new trick Director Lu came up with. Just fold them quickly."

"I heard it's for the disaster area in Japan. It's best to use black cardstock."

"Don't grumble. I remember the blessing message: 'A speedy journey to paradise'."

The next day, Julong Steel Factory collected ten thousand paper cranes, packed them into shipping containers, and sent them to the disaster area in Japan.

Lis Group building.

Li Zewen looked at his dejected younger brother, his face full of displeasure.

"Hiring internet trolls to spread rumors online, and finding thugs to smash things offline—if your surname wasn't Li, I would break your legs right now!"

Li Zewen was angry at his brother's lack of competence. Li Zewu hurriedly explained: "Brother, Julong Steel is bullying us too much. They know full well that agricultural machinery sales are our Li family's business, yet they insist on interfering."

"Shut up! You still have the face to call me brother? How did I end up with such a stupid brother?" Li Zewen scolded angrily.

Li Zewu wanted to argue back, but was glared down by Li Zewen's fierce gaze.

There were rumors inside Lis Group that Zewen was not cultured, and Zewu was not martial.

Li Zewu seemed brave and martial, but in reality, he lacked the drive to forge ahead.

Li Zewen seemed refined, but his ruthlessness far exceeded his younger brother's.

"Father is old. In the future, Lis Group will have to rely on us two brothers to hold it up. How many wolves in Qinchuan look at us as a piece of fat meat."

Li Zewen spoke earnestly; although his brother was stupid, blood was thicker than water after all.

Their father was aging, and he couldn't just leave him be.

Yet he had only been away on business for three months, and his brother had already provoked the emerging power in Qinchuan, Julong Steel.

Li Zewu stiffened his neck: "Brother, it is precisely because of that that I must crush Julong Steel's provocation."

"Stupid! Who is Julong Steel? It's an emerging enterprise supported by the joint efforts of the Qinchuan Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Publicity Department, and the Bureau of Secrets. It might even have military backing behind it. You provoke them? You're practically courting death!" Li Zewen reprimanded.

Li Zewu retorted: "But we can't just let them interfere in the agricultural machinery market, right?"

"Spreading rumors and using force are not the best options. The municipal agricultural association is on our side; Julong Steel won't be able to make any waves."

Li Zewen had investigated Julong Steel's so-called longmao agricultural vehicle; it was ugly in appearance and had extremely poor quality control.

The steel beams and drive shafts even rusted. How could such a trash product compete with Lis Group's agricultural vehicles?

"Julong Steel's rural agricultural machinery branches have all closed. You should also withdraw the internet trolls spreading rumors. Let this matter end here," Li Zewen mused.

"But brother, our people in the agricultural association sent word that Julong Steel is upgrading their agricultural vehicles. It's estimated they will compete with us again within two months," Li Zewu reminded him.

Li Zewen chuckled: "Don't worry. As long as they dare to release a new product, I will beat them until they are looking for their teeth on the floor."

Having dealt with farmers for years, Li Zewen knew best that the agricultural vehicles farmers needed didn't need to have great quality, but they had to be cheap enough.

Lis Group's OEM agricultural vehicles were all being sold at a loss. Julong Steel's improved agricultural vehicles certainly couldn't maintain their original price.

As long as they dared to raise prices, that so-called longmao agricultural vehicle would inevitably fail.

"Little brother, you've worked hard while I was away. I'm giving you a vacation; get some good rest."

Li Zewen had already arranged an Australian cruise. As long as he sent his useless brother away, Lis Group would surely become even more glorious in his hands.

Li Zewu nodded and returned to his office. After closing the door, he grabbed a folder and smashed it hard on the floor.

"Li! Ze! Wen! Who do you think you are? Daring to boss me around! You really think you're the old man now!!!"

"Trying to send me away to monopolize power? Don't even think about it!!!"

Li Zewu was furious; he hated his brother, who had been born a few seconds earlier, to the bone.

"Don't you want to deal with Julong Steel? I won't let you have your way!"

Jealousy and anger overcame his reason. Li Zewu called his assistant and gave a series of orders, and a conspiracy grew in the shadows.

Across the sea on the Japanese islands, disaster victims who had endured the baptism of the tsunami excitedly opened the relief cargo containers, only to find a large iron box welded shut with steel plates in front of them.

"Matsui-san, come quickly and look at this!"

"A steel container; it must be filled with good things. Everyone, go find a cutting machine quickly."

"It was sent from Longxia Country. It even has Chinese characters written on it. I recognize 'mountains and rivers in different regions', but how do you interpret these four characters after it?"