At the board meeting, Lin Qi rapidly made various arrangements. The Group Company's industries underwent a series of adjustments to prepare for the war that would break out tomorrow! These adjustments were crucial. Many people might think that whether war broke out had little to do with a company's direction.
In fact, that understanding was extremely superficial, for a very simple reason.
Anyone in the export business knew that, most of the time, the companies placing orders required exporters to package their goods and transport them to a port designated by the other party for delivery.
The companies placing the orders did this precisely so they would not have to bear any of the risks involved in transportation. They transferred those risks to the exporters.
During wartime, who could tell whether the warships cruising the seas belonged to their own side or the enemy?
If they continued doing things the old way—for example, setting the delivery location at the port designated by the other party—they would have to bear excessive risks! These included the risk of losing all their products, with the costs sinking completely.
There was also the risk of the other company filing a claim, because it had not received the goods according to the contract, and the exporter had not delivered them.
Then there were casualties during transport, as well as compensation and other expenses paid by the company.
These risks were far beyond what the profit from a single batch of products could make up for.
Take, for example, manufacturing industries that relied on imported foreign raw materials or semi-processed materials. During a war, their supply of raw materials could very easily be interrupted.
If a factory could not quickly adjust its products, it would first have to face a lack of materials for production, claims