"We're almost ready on our end. We can contact Chuncheng and transfer a deposit first, then have them prepare to send the first batch of medicinal materials."
Du Fei sat in Gong Chengbin's office.
After more than half a month of busy work, the company was almost ready.
Since Gong Chengbin provided the manpower and the factory, and they didn't plan to produce too many traditional Chinese medicines in the early stage to avoid excessive inventory leading to large losses.
So the two discussed and decided to order about 20 million yuan worth of raw materials from the medicinal material merchants in Chuncheng.
Ring, ring, ring.
Du Fei dialed the number.
The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Gong Chengbin saw that Du Fei had called several times without an answer, so he asked.
Du Fei nodded, "I don't know if something came up, no one answered the phone."
Gong Chengbin's eyes suddenly lit up. "Since the female boss's phone isn't being answered, we can call Old Jiang."
No sooner said than done, Du Fei found Jiang Shan's number and dialed it.
This time, the call was answered quickly.
Du Fei greeted him and explained the purpose of his call.
Immediately after, Gong Chengbin, sitting opposite Du Fei, saw Du Fei's face turn somewhat grim, and his tone became a little tense.
When Du Fei hung up, Gong Chengbin quickly asked if something had happened.
Du Fei put down his phone and told Gong Chengbin that Jiang Shan had told him on the phone that their family's shop had encountered trouble and their warehouse had been set on fire.
Although they managed to rescue most of it in time and the loss wasn't too significant, everyone was now in a panic, and they probably wouldn't be able to ship the goods to them for a while.
"What can we do? Everything is ready on our end. Every extra day we delay, personnel costs and other expenses are all money. Why did this happen when things were about to happen?"
Gong Chengbin's face showed worry upon hearing this.
Du Fei also knew about the problems Gong Chengbin mentioned. After a moment of thought, he suddenly stood up.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Du Fei stand up suddenly, Gong Chengbin looked up at him.
Du Fei said, "Since something has happened, we need to find a way to solve it. I'll go to Chuncheng now. I hope to help them resolve the issue and then get the medicinal materials we need as soon as possible."
Gong Chengbin really wanted to say that he would go with Du Fei.
But now, all the company's affairs needed his signature and decision, and he couldn't leave at all.
So he could only wish Du Fei a safe journey and to settle things quickly and return.
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"Boss, the estimated loss of goods is about two million."
Listening to his subordinate's report, Jiang Yan's face was as cold as ice, and her anger had reached its peak.
She really didn't expect that the guy named Zhou Dacheng would actually dare to set their warehouse on fire.
What was even more infuriating was that when she reported to the police and caught the arsonist, they were two teenagers.
Since they were underage, it was impossible to sentence them severely.
Hearing her subordinate's report, Jiang Yan's brows were almost twisted together.
At this moment, she realized that Zhou Dacheng was more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.
Just like now, Jiang Yan knew very well that the arson was definitely orchestrated by Zhou Dacheng.
However, the two children who were caught insisted that they were playing and accidentally set fire to Jiang Yan's warehouse.
Because of this, there was no way for the police to arrest Zhou Dacheng.
Two million yuan was not a large sum for the Jiang family, but after this arson incident, many employees learned about the previous protection fee incident, and everyone was in a state of panic.
Jiang Yan heard from her assistant that some warehouse workers were already planning to resign.
After all, for ordinary people, they could find another job if they lost their current one, but if they lost their lives, they would lose everything.
Just as Jiang Yan was contemplating how to stabilize everyone and prevent them from being afraid, a commotion came from outside, and the sound grew louder.
Crash!
The door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.
"Our boss is in a meeting, you can't barge in! What do you want!"
The person who barged into the conference room was Zhou Dacheng, who had come to collect protection fees at the shop before.
Standing beside Zhou Dacheng was Jiang Yan's assistant.
Zhou Dacheng and his group completely ignored the assistant.
Entering the conference room, Zhou Dacheng's subordinate directly pushed Jiang Yan's assistant aside.
As for Zhou Dacheng, he swaggered in front of Jiang Yan.
The person sitting closest to Jiang Yan was stared at by Zhou Dacheng with a sinister gaze for dozens of seconds, and he immediately got up in fear.
Zhou Dacheng laughed heartily and then sat down.
After sitting down, he said to his subordinate, "Get these people out. I have something to discuss with Boss Jiang alone."
Although the people in the conference room were afraid of Zhou Dacheng, they were not so afraid as to flee immediately.
As they were being shoved by Zhou Dacheng's subordinates, some arguments ensued.
Seeing that Zhou Dacheng's subordinates were about to resort to violence, Jiang Yan spoke up in time.
"You all go out first, I'll talk to him."
Hearing Jiang Yan say this, the employees, despite their worries, slowly left the conference room.
As Jiang Yan's subordinates and employees left the conference room, Zhou Dacheng also had his subordinates step back.
In his opinion, if Jiang Yan, a mere woman, wasn't afraid, he certainly wouldn't be.
"Boss Jiang, I'm here today because I heard that something happened to your warehouse, so I came to show my concern. How are things? The losses aren't too significant, are they?"
After everyone left and only he and Jiang Yan remained in the conference room, Zhou Dacheng slowly spoke.
Looking at the hypocritical expression on Zhou Dacheng's face, Jiang Yan wished she could pick up the folder on the table and smash it at him.
But reason told her that if she really did that, she would be the one to suffer.
Taking several deep breaths, Jiang Yan suppressed the anger in her heart.
"You should know better than I do what happened. Sitting here pretending to be sympathetic, don't you think you look ridiculous as a grown man?"
Jiang Yan sneered, thinking Zhou Dacheng was too insidious.
Although Jiang Yan's words were harsh, Zhou Dacheng was not provoked. He just laughed, "Boss Jiang, I have a broad mind, and I won't get angry no matter what you say. I'm here this time to discuss the matter of protection fees again, but this time, the price has increased. I want five hundred thousand!"
"Tsk tsk tsk, this time I advise you to think carefully before you speak, because if you refuse again, it won't just be a small warehouse that gets burned."
"Perhaps by then, even the entire shop will be reduced to ashes."
Zhou Dacheng's face was filled with sinister cunning.