Rebound

The news of a Xihai Company shareholder jumping off a building spread like wildfire throughout Jiayi County.

As the flashing ambulance arrived, the family of the old man with glasses also rushed to the scene. A dozen people were crying and making a scene at the entrance of Xihai Company.

Around them, a large crowd of onlookers gathered, watching from a distance and whispering amongst themselves.

At the same time, managers from several banks that had lent money to Xihai Company and Wang Da Fu, accompanied by lawyers, also arrived at Xihai Company.

Inside the chairman's office on the fifth floor.

The loan manager from Ryukyu Bank adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and asked with a serious expression, "Mr. Wang, your loan repayment amount this month, including principal and interest, is 2.75 million. With your company's current funds, I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise it before the repayment date on the 15th, won't it?"

The bald manager from Taichung Commercial Bank was even more direct: "Mr. Wang, our bank has considered the significant risks your company faces, as well as your obtaining loans by fabricating eel artificial breeding technology. Our bank now formally notifies your company that the previous 12 million yuan loan contract is officially revoked. We hope you will repay all the loans before the 20th, otherwise we will sue you for loan fraud."

"You can't do this!" Wang Yongli's face was extremely grim.

"We are not here to listen to your sophistry, but to notify you," the horse-faced manager from First Commercial Bank said with a stern and cold expression.

Facing the pressure from the three banks.

Wang Da Fu had just stood up, intending to stall for some time, when he suddenly felt the world spin. Then his eyes went black, and he fell straight down.

"Dad!"

"Boss!"

"Quick, call an ambulance!"

Seeing this scene, the bank managers exchanged glances.

The manager from Ryukyu Bank, with a cold expression, patted his suit and cursed in a low voice, "How unlucky."

"Hmph, don't think you can get away with pretending to be dead here. If you can't pay the money, we will immediately apply for compulsory enforcement and initiate bankruptcy liquidation for your Xihai Company," the manager from First Commercial Bank threatened without any reservation.

That's how banks are.

When you have money, they rush to give it to you.

When you don't have money, they demand that you repay it as soon as possible.

They perfectly embody the idioms of "adding flowers to the brocade" and "kicking someone when they're down."

Meanwhile, Zhang Biao, who had been a complete nobody throughout, had quietly taken his people and run away. Although he suffered heavy losses, he hadn't reached the point of desperation.

However, thinking of the methods of those bank vampires, Zhang Biao still had a terrible headache.

After all, transferring assets also takes time. These commercial bank managers reacted very quickly. As soon as they received the news of Xihai Company's collapse, they immediately applied to freeze the bank accounts and real estate transactions of Xihai Company's major shareholders.

Fortunately, Zhang Biao's wife was quite shrewd. A long time ago, she had divided the family assets into four parts: one under Zhang Biao's name, one under her own name, and two under the names of their two sons. Moreover, the couple had already divorced.

This meant that the bank could only apply for compulsory enforcement of the assets under Zhang Biao's name.

However, the thought of losing nearly 30 million yuan made Zhang Biao's heart ache.

On the other side, with Wang Da Fu being hospitalized for a stroke and rescue, Wang Yongli and his family were also not at the company. The entire Xihai Company was suddenly in a state of panic.

In less than half a day, after the employees at the breeding farm received accurate news, they began to secretly collude.

Inside the warehouse where tools were stored.

"Old Tang, what do we do now?"

"What do we do?" Old Tang took a drag from his cigarette, then threw the butt on the ground and ground it with his foot. "Wang Da Fu is in the hospital. Whether he makes it through is still unknown. Wang Yongli is a kid with big ambitions but little talent; he definitely can't save the company. We need to make plans early."

A young man with a buzz cut looked out the window, then turned back to Old Tang and the others. "Old Tang, why don't we take advantage of the fact that no one is managing the breeding base and take these tools back?"

"This..."

"What are you afraid of? We'll all take them together. As long as we don't say anything, who will know we took them? Oh, right, we need to disable the surveillance first."

Old Tang thought for a moment, then hardened his resolve. "Let's do it. Call everyone over. Consider it this month's salary."

The series of disruptions at Xihai Company.

Further stimulated the entire eel fry market.

Inside the Online Store Department's telemarketing office.

Three telemarketers watched the phones on their desks ring incessantly. They didn't answer immediately, waiting for a while before one of them finally picked up the receiver.

"Hello! Hello, this is the Online Store Department of Hai Lu Feng Agricultural Technology Company."

"Hello, I'm Gao Da Shan, I previously ordered eel fry from you..."

"Gao Da Shan?" The telemarketer typed the name into the computer. The internal database quickly found the relevant sales record:

"Didn't the eel fry you ordered already arrive? Is there a problem with the eel fry? If so, you should call customer service..."

"Uh... no, I want to order another batch."

"Sorry, the company is currently cleaning the breeding ponds, so there are no eel fry for sale at the moment."

"Can I place a pre-order then?"

The telemarketer replied with a smile, "Yes, you can, but we've had a lot of orders these past few days. If you want some, it will probably be around August!"

"What? August? Can it be earlier?"

"There's nothing I can do about that."

"I'll add a dime, how about 2.3 yuan?"

"In that case, I can move you up by a month."

"...2.4 yuan, can it be this month?"

The telemarketer secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then said with a smile, "No problem, I'll immediately put your order ahead. The date will be the 16th. Please confirm the quantity of eel fry on the online store, then confirm the shipping address, contact person, and contact number. Also, please pay a 30% deposit in advance."

"No problem..."

Before long, a message popped up in the Online Store Department's backend: a deposit of 150,000 yuan had been transferred into the company account.

Through this kind of scarcity marketing.

The Online Store Department and Sales Department quickly raised the price of eel fry to 24,000 yuan per kilogram. Although it wasn't as high as the previous 28,000 yuan per kilogram, it still stopped the downward trend in eel fry prices.

And over the next week or so.

Many customers who had previously complained about the high price of eel fry had no choice but to accept reality and purchase elvers from Hai Lu Feng Company at a price of 24,000 yuan per kilogram.

Haijing Company, also a major aquaculture player in the Shanmei area, naturally noticed the rebound in the eel fry market price.

Inside Haijing Company's shrimp breeding base.

"Dad, that Hai Lu Feng Company really got lucky. Who would have thought Xihai Company would have a meltdown?"

Gu Haijing, who was checking on the shrimp fry, looked up at his youngest son, Gu Yiming, and said, "Do you really think Xihai Company had a meltdown on its own?"

"Isn't that it? Could it be that kid sent someone to poison them?" Gu Yiming guessed wildly.

"Why don't you go and try to poison hundreds of acres of fish ponds in Ryukyu? Jiang Miao wouldn't do such a foolish thing that would bring trouble upon himself."

Gu Yiming was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Indeed, if it were a few acres of fish ponds, you could poison them, but it's almost impossible not to be discovered with hundreds of acres. But, Dad, do you know the reason for Xihai Company's meltdown?"

"That stolen confidential formula."

Gu Yiming's eyes widened, "That kid knew someone was going to steal the formula, so he prepared a problematic formula in advance?"

"So use your brain more. With your intelligence, you're always showing your emotions in front of others. Spend less time with those shady friends," Gu Haijing said, his tone becoming serious again.

"Yiming, I'm giving you two choices: either get married and have children as soon as possible and then lie flat at home; or spend less time with your shady friends and follow me to manage the company. Don't have naive ideas about starting your own business all day."

"Dad! How do you know I can't do it?" Gu Yiming's rebellious spirit immediately flared up.

Gu Haijing didn't give his son any face, "Heh, you think you're Jiang Miao? He has technology and means. What do you have besides me, your father?"