Su Chen had continued driving ho after dealing with the Night Shadow, considering it a minor matter for him.
However, no event exists in isolation, and this small incident might lead to significant events in the future, which is precisely what Su Chen anticipated and why he had put on a show with Pei Man that day.
When Su Chen arrived ho, Lin Ruoxue had not yet returned, so he waited for her on the living room sofa downstairs.
Around ten past ten, Lin Ruoxue finally ca ho, dragging her tired body. Su Chen gave her a massage for a while, and then they both went upstairs to rest...
In the following days, life for Su Chen was business as usual—going to work, coming ho, sotis cultivating at ho.
Everything seed calm, with no disturbances in sight.
However, beneath this calm, a storm was brewing, seemingly ready to erupt into chaos anyti!
The first issue was the death of Night Shadow, which enraged Shen Shao greatly; he nearly smashed every piece of furniture and decoration in his study!
Two servants, just for speaking out of turn, had their legs broken by him and were thrown out!
This made everyone around Shen Shao tread on eggshells these days, fearing they might accidentally provoke the young master!
In those days, the more significant issue was that all the major families seed to have encountered so difficulties in business, to varying degrees.
At first, they didn't care too much, as a little adversity in business is quite normal.
However, over the next few days, incidents kept occurring daily, which beca sowhat abnormal even though they didn't seem too serious.
On the fourth day, events suddenly took a more severe turn.
At this mont, in the main hall of the Zheng Family, the Family Head, Zheng Qiusheng, was seated face to face with a middle-aged man.
"What's the situation now?"
Zheng Qiusheng asked with a furrowed brow:
"What did those two companies say?"
"Brother, I just t with the CEOs of both companies separately, and their responses are the sa as yesterday—they've run out of stock."
The middle-aged man spoke, he was a clan mber from a branch of the Zheng family, nad Zheng Yun.
"How could they suddenly run out of stock?"
Zheng Qiusheng asked sharply:
"Are they playing so kind of trick?"
"No, they genuinely have no stock left, they even specifically took to their warehouses to show . The models of chips we ordered are indeed out of stock!"
"How is that possible? What exactly is going on?"
Zheng Qiusheng stared at Zheng Yun intently as he asked.
"I asked them, but they wouldn't say, only that they truly have nothing left. It was only after I spoke with the vice president of one of the companies that I found out, their products were all bought up yesterday by a company called Xinghui Company!"
"Xinghui Company? What's the background of this company?"
Zheng Qiusheng felt sothing was very wrong. In fact, he had already sensed sothing odd the day before, which is why he had sent Zheng Qiuyun today to specifically check what was going on.
"I haven't found out yet, only that it's a newly established company."
Zheng Yun shook his head and said:
"Brother, don't worry too much, we get only half of our chips from those two companies; the other half cos from Nanhui Company. As long as Nanhui Company is normal, there shouldn't be any problems."
"I've already sent Zheng Hai there, and I expect news from him shortly,"
Zheng Qiusheng said.
No sooner had he spoken than a frantic voice rang out from outside.
"Brother! Sothing terrible has happened!"
A man rushed in from outside, it was Zheng Min's father, Zheng Hai; his face was filled with urgency.
"Speak quickly, what exactly happened?"
Seeing the expression on Zheng Hai's face, Zheng Qiusheng imdiately tensed up.
"The chips we need are also out of stock at Nanhui Company."
Zheng Hai hurriedly said.
"What?!"
Zheng Qiusheng's face suddenly changed, and he stood up abruptly from his chair:
"Hurry up, what exactly happened?"
"I just went there, and the chairman of Nanhui Company told that all those chip models had been bought out yesterday, and they were purchased for 20% above market price."
"Did you ask who bought them?"
Zheng Qiusheng asked harshly.
"I asked, but they refused to tell."
Zheng Hai shook his head.
"This is definitely soone targeting our Zheng Family!"
Zheng Yun said coldly.
"That can't be, who would dare?"
Zheng Hai said in disbelief.
"Let's not worry about that for now, the key is what to do next."
Zheng Qiusheng waved his hand, his face full of worry.
It must be understood that several of their core high-tech products require these chips, and without the chips, nothing can be done.
At this mont, he sowhat regretted not having contracted with those manufacturers from the beginning.
Otherwise, even if soone did offer a high price, those companies would at least have to ensure the supply for Zheng Corporation, or else the penalty for breaching the contract would be substantial.
In reality, Zheng Qiusheng had his reasons for not signing the contracts; first, as chip technology evolves rapidly, signing a contract would undoubtedly be a constraint on him.
Secondly, there are three companies in Huaxia that could supply the chips they needed, so even if one had issues, they could rely on the other two; thus, they had never been worried about this issue before.
"How long can our current stock last?"
Zheng Qiusheng asked.
"Not very long, so chips can only last a few days, and at most about twenty days,"
Zheng Yun said with a worried expression.
"Can we urgently procure a batch from abroad for ergency use?"
Zheng Hai then asked.
"Ah Hai, you don't understand, first off, not to ntion the much higher cost of importing chips from abroad, even if we are willing to spend more money, their technological standards are different from ours in Huaxia, and are simply not compatible."
Zheng Yun sighed, 'standards' aning a set of technical specifications.
At this ti, all three faces were filled with worry, as these high-tech products were their core industries, bringing in countless profits to Zheng Corporation every year.
Once there were no chips, their products would not be supply-ready, and the losses would not just be in terms of profits for a period.
Technology products change day by day, and previous custors would turn to other companies. After a while, their products could be forgotten.
To stand up again, the cost would be much more, after all, brand reputation accumulates gradually...
...
anwhile, at the Situ Family residence, Situ Ping was sitting in the living room waiting for soone.
When he saw soone erge from behind the pine trees in the front yard, he imdiately went to greet them:
"Younger brother, you just called about sothing, what exactly happened?"
"Big brother, let's go inside and talk,"
Situ Ping said with a weary expression...
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