Everyone looked at Wang Yu speechlessly. Their transport vehicle being robbed on the road was indeed a serious problem, but did their boss need to be so dramatic?
To deal with the issue of their transport vehicle being robbed, Wang Yu had specially called everyone together for a meeting.
Everyone had initially assumed that following their young factory manager's usual playbook, he would either report it to the public security bureau or directly bribe surrounding gangsters and idle social elements to handle it, employing a strategy of fighting fire with fire. This was how Tiger Brother and Boss Zhao had been subdued in the past.
However, to everyone's surprise, after gathering everyone, Wang Yu directly announced that all the goods should be packed on the spot and not loaded onto the vehicles for the time being. The transport of goods was to be halted.
This immediately stunned everyone.
If they stopped vehicle transport, wouldn't the ordered goods fail to reach Qinglu Group? What would be the point of just producing them incessantly?
Everyone was perplexed, and then Wang Yu dropped another bombshell.
"Since the road is blocked and we can't go through or around it, then let's take the railway."
"Railway?"
Amidst everyone's bewildered stares, Wang Yu made an international call.
"My dear Wang, what a surprise to hear from you! Do you have another order?" came the deep voice of Makarov from the Ice Bear Kingdom over the phone, tinged with excitement and urgency.
It was understandable. Their economic situation was worsening by the day, and their internal affairs were in disarray. Their currency was worth less than paper. In such circumstances, Wang Yu's outsourced orders were a godsend.
"No orders for now..."
As soon as Wang Yu spoke, Makarov's disappointed sigh came from the other end.
"No orders? Then what is it about?" Makarov mumbled, his interest waning.
"I'm calling to rent the steel train you used last time for transport," Wang Yu said with a smile.
"What? Steel train?" Makarov on the other end of the line jumped nearly three feet high, his shiny forehead almost hitting the ceiling.
"Wang, my friend, although we are the closest of brothers and comrades, some things cannot be done!"
Makarov spoke earnestly into the receiver, "Steel trains are strictly controlled here! Last time, to transport your goods, we used all our connections and pulled a lot of strings! It's acceptable for our own use, but renting it out to others... that's a huge problem!"
Listening to Makarov's loud complaints on the phone, even without seeing him, Wang Yu could imagine his crestfallen expression. But... it couldn't be used?
"My dear Makarov, aren't we the closest of brothers and comrades? Can't you make an exception?" Wang Yu asked with a smile over the phone.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, my dear brother!" Makarov sighed, fumbling around for a bottle of liquor nearby. But all he found were empty bottles, which made him even more dejected.
"It's just that such things cannot be used casually! Although this thing is retired now, and all the problematic parts have been removed, and it's now for civilian transport... but still..."
"Ahem, 100,000. To rent your steel train for one use." Wang Yu coughed and interrupted Makarov's long-winded speech, adding, "That's 100,000 of our Federation currency, not your worthless paper."
"Uh! This..."
Makarov's fleshy face and beard on the other end of the line twitched violently, and he then lowered his voice slightly. "Given our profound brotherly and comrade-in-arms friendship, this is not a matter of money! It's a matter of principle! I really can't do this!"