Tang Jingyuan and his son Tang Wenbao met with all the wig factory owners except for Song Tianyao and Lou Fengyun. The only topic was that the Tang family's wigs had already begun contacting the United States. If other factories wanted to sell their wigs to the United States, the Tang family could help them. As for the price, the price that the Tang Family Xingye Wig Factory would sell to United States would be the same as the price of wigs from other factories, with absolutely no favoritism or uneven profits.
Other factory owners were naturally delighted with this, as they had no relatives in the United States who could help their Hong Kong factories promote their products from thousands of miles away. Since the Tang family was willing to help, they were naturally more willing to save themselves the trouble.
However, everyone could see through the intentions of the Tang family father and son. It was simply that Tang Wenbao had reached a certain age and might be considering taking the position of chairman of the industry association. But since the Tang family could help everyone sell their products to the United States and make money, he didn't mind being the chairman. It was just that Song Tianyao's plans had been thwarted. Song Tianyao had previously helped order machines and train workers, but now the Tang family had easily used their connections in the United States to intercept Song Tianyao's plans halfway.
While in the United States, Tang Boqi received a call back from Tang Jingyuan confirming that ten factories, including the Tang family's, had agreed to supply goods to Kimei International Trading Company. Tang Boqi was still worried, so he instructed Tang Jingyuan in Hong Kong to have a lawyer draft a letter of intent for signing with other factory owners. He then faxed the letter of intent to the United States show it to the distributors he was in contact with. After receiving approval from the United States side, Tang Boqi formally signed supply contracts with several United States distributors in the name of Kime International Trading Company of the United States. In just one quarter of trial contracts, Kimei International Trading Company secured orders worth a total of US dollars 350,000, which was equivalent to more than ten million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to the total number of orders for Song Tianyao's factory in a year.
With the orders from Kimei International Trading Company in hand, Tang Boqi rushed back to Hong Kong. Only after signing the final supply contracts with various factories in the name of Kimei International Trading Company's Hong Kong branch did he finally feel at ease.
Song Tianyao's actions have no chance of shaking the position of Kimei International Trade in Hong Kong's wig industry. Ten out of the eleven factories now supply Kimei International Trading Company, making Jimei Company in the Hong Kong wig industry clear. Even if Song Tianyao had any ulterior motives before, they are all in vain in the face of the already effective contract.
Selling machines, consumables, and needles, and training workers for other factories, Song Tianyao's actions are not as practical as those of the Tang family, who directly control the profits of those factories.
Did Song Tianyao even know that he had integrated the entire Hong Kong wig industry, excluding the Long Light Wig Factory? Tang Boqi was very curious. Tang Boqi couldn't contain his curiosity and even called Song Tianyao's factory to hear Song Tianyao reaction. Unfortunately, Lou Fengyun answered the phone. Lou Fengyun told Tang Boqi that Song Tianyao had just returned from a short trip Japan and was giving souvenirs he brought back to friends and family. He hadn't returned to the factory yet.
By evening, Tang Boqi and several other factory owners had finished resolving the order allocation issues between their factories and were preparing to leave the Kimei International Trading Company in the Bivero Building for a dinner gathering. Just as the group stepped out of the Jimei Company's door, they saw Song Tianyao, dressed in a black trench coat, looking travel-worn, with a displeased expression and sharp eyes, standing at the end of the building's corridor. Behind him was a stunningly beautiful and sophisticated woman with impeccable looks and figure, dragging a suitcase. Clearly, Song Tianyao had received the news and hadn't had time to take the woman home before rushing to see Tang Boqi.
Tang Jingyuan, Huang Siqun, Luo Jiabao, and several other bosses followed Tang Boqi out of the Jimei Company. They all stood in the building's corridor and saw Song Tianyao across the street. Everyone was a little embarrassed and looked at each other awkwardly. Only Tang Boqi took a deep breath, closed the company's glass door from the outside, turned around slightly, and stood confidently in front of everyone, facing Song Tianyao directly with a calm gaze.
Song Tianyao stood seven or eight meters away from Tang Boqi in the corridor. His eyes swept over Tang Boqi and the people behind him, finally settling on Tang Boqi's face. He spoke in a cold voice, "I considered you a friend. When you needed machines, I gave you priority. The Tang family poached my workers, but I let it go for your sake. I've never refused to help. But while I was taking a few days off to Japan with a woman, you pulled all the other factories under your control? I don't object to you doing business, but I remember you said we were friends. You didn't even bother to call your so-called friends about this? Were you afraid I, your friend, would ruin your plans?"
"You're overthinking it, A-Yao. I didn't know you were going to Japan until I called your factory today. Besides, didn't you already know I was planning to sell my goods to United States? Since you already knew, you should have guessed that I was getting other factories involved to sell goods to United States as well. Why are you so angry?" Tang Boqi waited quietly for Song Tianyao finish speaking before smiling at him and staring intently at his expression, "If you also want to do business in United States, I can give priority to selling your Long Light Wig Factory's goods to United States, even before the Tang family's own goods. You often say, 'Harmony brings wealth.' If you set up a few more machines in your factory to produce wigs, I'll help you sell them to United States, and we can all make money from United States together."
Song Tianyao said with a sinister look in his eyes, "I'm not angry that I didn't sell the product to United States, I'm angry at the attitude of you bunch of bastards, damn it! I helped order the machines, I helped train the workers, I helped introduce the raw materials! But when you got the business, you all acted like you were mute and didn't mention it to me? Are you afraid I'll steal your business? Fine, a United States order, huh? United States breach of contract penalties are very expensive! Be careful."
After saying that, Song Tianyao turned and walked away, leading Meng Wanqing into the building's elevator first.
Tang Boqi turned to look at the others, who all looked somewhat embarrassed, and casually spread his arms, smiling as he said, "It's alright. A-Yao is just a little upset for a moment. He does business with the Britain, and we do business with the United States. There's no conflict between us. Don't worry, everyone. I'll arrange for him to meet with us in a couple of days. I guarantee there won't be any problems. We're doing business, not like a couple in love who start something and then abandon each other, right? A-Yao sometimes acts too impulsively. Let's go, I'll treat everyone to dinner."