Today, Tang Boqi returned to the United States to supply goods and will not be back for at least a week. Song Tianyao was shot in Macau and is now hospitalized. This has given the Tang family a great opportunity to act decisively and quickly launch the Hairpiece Industry Association.
To outsiders, Tang Boqi and Tang Jingyuan are both Tang family, and the Tang family is a unified entity. When Tang Wenbao came forward to convene ten factories to establish an industry association, the factory owners saw it as the same as when Tang Boqi himself convened the association. They had no doubts. Their biggest worry was that Song Tianyao had been shot again and was in Macau. By the time Tang Boqi returned to Hong Kong, the Hairpiece Industry Association would already be established, and Tang Wenbao would naturally be the first to serve as the chairman. They figured that even if their cousin Tang Boqi returned to Hong Kong, he wouldn't directly break ties with their father, Tang Wenbao.
Once the industry association is secured, the only options are to gradually restrict Tang Boqi's power in Kimei International Trade, or to arrange for Tang Boqi to return to Kimei International Trade 'Kimei International Trade United States company, so that the Hong Kong company can be taken over by the Hong Kong Tang family, while the United States company can be handed over to Tang Boqi.
"Song Tianyao was shot, but he's still conscious," Tang Wenbao said, stroking his beard. "Although he can't show his face, what if he goes through Chu Xiaoxin and speaks to Chu Yaozong, telling us to wait for him to recover?"
"Song Tianyao previously raised prices to buy hair and even coerced India. All ten factories are aware of this. If Chu Yaozong dares to speak, we'll answer him with these words from the ten factories." Tang Jingyuan felt his thinking was very clear. As soon as his father voiced his concerns, he immediately and quickly refuted him.
What's remarkable is that his thinking is clear and his speech is articulate, which made Tang Wenbao nod in approval after listening to him.
That's right, Song Tianyao has already exhausted all avenues of opportunity. Even if the industry association shuts him out, given what he did before, outsiders can't criticize the ten factories for going too far.
"Alright, then let's all sit down tomorrow and discuss the industry association." Tang Wenbao sat up straight and said to Tang Jingyuan, "The Tang family will also have a seat as representatives of the industry."
Chapter 287 Association
Besides the Tang family, the other nine factories also received news of Song Tianyao being shot through word of mouth among their workers. Tang Wenbao's phone call the next day, inviting them to jointly establish the Hong Kong Wig Manufacturing Industry Association, further confirmed the authenticity of the news.
In addition to the news of the shooting, there seem to be more rumors circulating, such as Song Tianyao offending a powerful family in Macau and being shot dead by a hired gunman.
The day after Song Tianyao was shot, just as the Qilin Pavilion at Enyun Restaurant launched the Wig Manufacturing Industry Association, Song Tianyao was standing on the Black Sand Bay Pier in Macau, bidding farewell to He Xian and Ho Hung-sang, who had come to see him off, along with Lei Danzi.
Looking at Macau, which was gradually shrinking, Lei Danzi turned to Song Tianyao: "A-Yao, how are you feeling?"
"I feel like we shouldn't come to Macau so often in the future," Song Tianyao said to Lei Yingdong with a smile. "The risk is too high, even higher than smuggling contraband at sea."
When the ship entered the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier in Hong Kong, Lou Fengyun was standing outside the pier waiting to pick up Song Tianyao. Song Tianyao first said goodbye to Lei Yingdong. After Lei Yingdong jumped onto his sampan and left, Song Tianyao, with Meng Wanqing's help, walked out of the pier with Huang Liu and Nine-Tattooed Dragon.
"You guessed right. Ten factories formed Hairpiece Industry Association at Enyun Restaurant. They only called the factories a few minutes before it started, just to give us a token notification," Lou Fengyun said anxiously as she greeted Song Tianyao as he walked out of the gate.
Song Tianyao glanced at the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier, where ships were lined up like clouds, then turned back to Lou Fengyun with a half-smile and said, "Since I guessed it, you don't need to worry. If they don't want me to go, I really won't go. Cooperating with them like that was too fake. We should go over and give them a good scolding, say some spiteful things, at least let them know that even if I get shot, I'll still curse those bastards. Come on, let's go to the restaurant and see for ourselves."
While Nine-Tattooed Dragon was still foolishly following behind Song Tianyao, Huang Liu had already hailed two taxis on the street. Just then, Song Tianyao finished saying he wanted to go to a restaurant, and Huang Liu walked back to Song Tianyao's side. "Mr. Song, the cars are arranged."
"Ah Long, you can give Miss Wanqing and these tonics a ride back," Song Tianyao said to Nine-Tattooed Dragon, pointing to the pile of tonics He Xian had given them behind them.
Meng Wanqing gently bit her lip, remaining silent beside Song Tianyao.
When Meng Wanqing received the call from Lou Fengyun, her legs went weak, even though Lou Fengyun had repeatedly assured her that Song Tianyao was alright, only that he had been shot in the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's have dinner together tonight. I'm recovering from my injury anyway, and I don't have much to do." Song Tianyao said to Meng Wanqing with a soft smile, "I'll have your cooking tonight, make it light."
Meng Wanqing nodded reluctantly, and then, accompanied by Nine-Tattooed Dragon, got into a taxi.
Huang Liu opened the back door for Song Tianyao and Lou Fengyun, and after they got in, he sat in the passenger seat. The taxi headed towards Enyun Restaurant.
In Enyun Restaurant, besides the ten wig factories, many other people who had seen the ten factories receive orders from the United States and were preparing to enter the second batch of production also participated. However, they did not yet have their own businesses and could only listen and observe. They watched as Tang Wenbao became the Wig Manufacturing Industry Association Chairman, Luo Jiabao and Huang Siqun became vice presidents, and the owners of the other factories present became directors of the association. They only regretted that they had hesitated and not started production with these ten factories. Otherwise, they would at least be directors of an industry association today.
It can be said that in the future, the most powerful people in the wig industry will be the ten companies that first initiated the establishment of the association. As long as one of them doesn't ruin their own factory, it will be impossible for others to quickly rise to the top in the short term. At present, the most important one is the Tang family, which owns the sales channels in the United States. They are the real people in charge of the industry association today, Tang Wenbao.
Industry associations often speak in grand and righteous terms. Take Tang Wenbao, for example, who recently became the Wig Manufacturing Industry Association Chairman. He's all smiles, constantly talking about maintaining the industry's reputation, supervising industry practices, and protecting the interests of all companies. But everyone knows that the more people enter the industry, the more profits one person gets. Ultimately, to succeed in the wig industry, nothing else matters. The most important thing is to do business according to the association's rules. You must do what they tell you to do. If you try to resist, they'll use the industry rules to unite and eliminate you.