Chapter 44: The world was too small
The weather grew bleak, and there was a distinct chill in the autumn wind. The boys began putting on shirts, and some girls started wearing tights, lending a lovely new look to the campus.
Su Can had received no recent news about Donglin Group or Tang Corporation. Calling Li Lan all the time was hardly an option. Besides, Su Can had already done a great deal of what lay within his power. What came next would depend on Donglin Group's situation.
After its initial report on Donglin Group and Chaoyue Group, the finance magazine had offered no follow-up, as though nothing had ever happened.
From his interactions with Tang Wu, Su Can gradually sensed her mood improving. This probably had something to do with the recent turn for the better at her father's company.
Su Can knew that the sinking of a commercial giant was generally not a swift affair. Many conglomerates had their sources of profit worn away by debts and lawsuits, gradually becoming dead elephants to be dismembered piece by piece. Many people who spent their days muddling along at such companies would only reluctantly accept that the company really had collapsed when that day finally came.
Only those in high positions, with some grasp of the overall picture, could clearly recognize each moment when the company's survival hung in the balance. Businesses declined through small details and their various branches; likewise, reviving them required starting with the small details. The inspiration for finding a possibility amid the impossibility of Chaoyue Group's debt problem had also come from a minor experience Su Can had had in business negotiations in his previous life.
Anyone familiar with business negotiations knew the importance of the "setting." Getting a client to choose and trust you