Chapter 105 - 89: One After the Other
Chapter 105: Chapter 89: One After the Other
In truth, at this stage, any conventional business tactics used against Hailufeng Company would have little effect.
After all, Hailufeng Company’s business model was positioned upstream in the production chain. Its core businesses had sales channels that connected directly with end-users.
The core customers for eel fry were aquaculture farmers, breeding companies, and raw material suppliers for the restaurant industry in Europe and America.
For products like fruit and canned goods, the customers were ordinary consumers, along with a small number of supermarkets and retailers.
Therefore, no matter how powerful Anyi Investment’s parent company and its backers were, they had no way of influencing the vast majority of Hailufeng Company’s customer base.
Their only option was to create a bottleneck with the fish meal supply.
Their plan was far too optimistic; they hadn’t bothered to properly investigate Hailufeng Company’s local industrial layout in Shanmei.
By the time they realized their mistake, more than half a year would have likely passed.
After all, a large investment firm like that wasn’t sitting around with nothing to do. They certainly wouldn’t be monitoring Hailufeng Company day in and day out. They would most likely only get wind of the situation once Hailufeng Company’s feed hit the market and began to take it by storm.
As for using other means to deal with Hailufeng Company, it wasn’t that Anyi Investment lacked the ability, but rather that it wasn’t worth the cost.
After all, some of the assets and connections they had cultivated in the country had taken tremendous effort to build. Mobilizing them just to deal with one company that merely had some potential would be an enormous waste.
Even if Zhang Zuowei himself was willing, the financial powers behind him would not be.
At that moment, neither Zhang Zuowei nor the financial powers behind him knew that by underestimating Hailufeng Company and opting for conventional business suppression, they had, in a way, saved their own lives.
「That night.」
Jiang Miao hacked into Anyi Investment’s official website. At the same time, he sifted through their email accounts and obtained a wealth of information, then proceeded to pinpoint the personal phone numbers and social media accounts of Zhang Zuowei and his team.
Soon, Jiang Miao uncovered the internal memo Zhang Zuowei had issued that very afternoon, as well as the notifications sent to their partners, ordering them to halt all fish meal supplies to Hailufeng Company.
Looking at the dozens of mass emails they had sent, he picked up his teacup and took a sip to wet his throat.
’Just business tactics? You’re lucky.’
Since they weren’t resorting to other means, Jiang Miao decided not to use any underhanded tactics of his own.
He casually copied a dozen of Anyi Investment’s confidential business investment plans and posted them directly to over ten social media sites across the country and the greater Asian Region.
One good turn deserves another, after all.
He was just that kind.
...
One wave had yet to settle before another rose.
Less than three days after rejecting Anyi Investment’s acquisition offer, someone else had set their sights on Hailufeng Company.
At three in the afternoon on July 4th, a group of men in suits and ties arrived at the company headquarters.
In the reception room, Jiang Haibo was inwardly displeased. He watched the visitors, who were prattling on, and could only manage a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. They had shown a complete lack of business etiquette by showing up without an appointment. If it weren’t for their significant background, he wouldn’t have even bothered to meet with them.
Jiang Miao, who had just come from the lab across the hall, listened to Li Zixuan’s report as he walked toward the reception room.
"Boss, the man says he’s Li Rongyao, the head of Baisan Investment Company’s Greater China Region. I just looked him up online, and Baisan Investment Company’s official website does have some information about him."
"Did they say why they’re here?"
Li Zixuan quickly whispered back, "Yes, they said they can help our company get listed in North America and break into the European and American markets."
"Heh, sounds like a gift from heaven." Jiang Miao chuckled, but inwardly he knew this was just another pack of capitalist jackals. They had caught the scent of money and were trying to get a piece of the Hailufeng Company pie. His eyes grew cold.
"Let me go meet these investors."
On the second floor, Li Zixuan gently pushed open the door to the reception room.
Jiang Miao, still in his white lab coat, walked in with a smile. "Sorry to have kept you all waiting."
A square-faced, middle-aged man with round-rimmed glasses stood up, also smiling. "The fault is ours for being so abrupt. We didn’t make an appointment, so please forgive us if we’ve caused you any trouble, General Manager Jiang. I’m Li Rongyao, the General Manager of Baisan Investment’s Greater China Region. It’s a great honor to meet you."
With that, he extended his hand.
Jiang Miao smiled and shook it. "Ah, General Manager Li. Please, have a seat."
Li Zixuan poured a cup of tea for Jiang Miao, then stepped back.
Once both parties were seated, Jiang Miao was all smiles on the outside, but inwardly he was ice-cold. He had just used his appraisal panel to observe the man’s intense brain activity. The brainwave signals representing greed and malice were several times more active than a normal person’s. Clearly, his visitor had come with ill intentions.
Seeing that Jiang Miao wasn’t bringing up the topic of investment, Li Rongyao had to broach the subject himself. "General Manager Jiang, we’ve come today primarily because we want to help your company. Of course, this is also because our investment analysis department is very optimistic about your firm’s growth prospects. We hope to reach an agreement that is mutually beneficial."
"Oh? I’m all ears." Jiang Miao steepled his fingers, his gaze sharp as he stared at the man.
Li Rongyao was momentarily taken aback by Jiang Miao’s piercing gaze. He quickly dismissed it, thinking he was being overly sensitive, and explained with a smile: