Great Power Reclamation

Naturally, going public requires negotiation with the Junken City government, so Wei Yuxiang naturally has to go home.

But now he and Yu Lan have divorced and he has no home anymore, so he simply moved into a hotel. After entering the room and putting down his luggage, he could not help but smile bitterly.

After spending half his life in chaos, he ended up losing his family. This is unheard of.

The current heads of the Military Reclamation City are Yifei and Ye Qianqian, so Wei Yuxiang would naturally discuss this matter with them first.

Yifei didn't say anything. After all, since Wei Yuxiang could come, her father-in-law must have agreed. But Ye Qianqian looked hesitant.

Their generation’s understanding of market rules is no longer comparable to that of the original leaders.

Especially for the heads of various departments in the Military Reclamation City, more than half of the people they deal with are foreign businessmen. If they cannot even grasp the policies of various parts of the world, they will not be able to do their jobs.

Although the special steel plant will be separated to ensure that the core technology is not leaked, it is still just a saying.

Because Warrior Steel is definitely not listed in China, once it enters Nasdaq, there will be many uncontrollable factors.

Since you are listed overseas, you naturally have to follow their business rules. This will definitely affect your control over the company.

Ye Yuze didn't care, and neither did Wei Yuxiang, because the decision to go public had completely eliminated the core technology.

But as the mayor, Ye Qianqian was not so reassured. Naturally, this matter had to be reported to the relevant departments in Beijing.

There is no way. The Warrior Steel Group is too large and involves too many technologies, although Ye Yuze is the major shareholder and the Military Reclamation City has no operating rights over Warrior Steel.

But for such a big thing, we must be cautious.

Just as Ye Qianqian worried, the relevant departments firmly opposed the Warrior Group's listing overseas. The only option they could accept was listing domestically.

How could Ye Yuze agree to this? Since he founded the Warrior Group, he has never thought about making money in the country.

Even if he makes money, it is all in US dollars. The domestic market is too competitive and he is not interested in struggling here.

Ye Yuze's uncompromising attitude naturally caused dissatisfaction among his superiors, and the investigation team's approach was naturally an effective means of containment.

Although the Warrior Group has welcomed several investigation teams over the years, Ye Yuze is not afraid. He has always been very rigorous when it comes to economic issues.

However, you can't completely avoid the wind and rain just by holding an umbrella. This time, Ye Yuze simply returned to the military reclamation city. He had never paid attention to these things before.

The sky over the military reclamation city was pressed very low by heavy clouds. Ye Yuze's off-road vehicle rolled over the wet asphalt road in the park, splashing tiny drops of water.

He looked out the car window at the towering chimneys of Warrior Steel Group. The white smoke was twisted into blurry shapes in the rain, just like the uncertainty hovering over everyone's heads at this moment.

In the conference room of the group's headquarters, a feasibility report on listing on Nasdaq was jumping on the projection screen.

Mei Ting's fingertips tapped the table unconsciously.

"Boss Ye, the investigation team sent by higher authorities will arrive tomorrow. The person leading the team this time is Lao Zhou from the National Audit Office. You should know him."

Ye Yuze unscrewed the thermos cup, and a few wolfberries floated up in the steam:
“I saw him in 08 when we investigated special funds.”

He glanced at the tense faces in the meeting room and suddenly smiled, "Everyone, don't be so nervous. Spread out the account books and have some tea."

In the office late at night, the desk lamp casts a diamond-shaped light spot on the floor-to-ceiling window.

Ye Yuze was flipping through the latest overseas financing letter of intent on his phone when the WeChat notification tone suddenly rang.

The technical team far away in Silicon Valley sent a message that a venture capital firm was willing to invest at a valuation that was 15% higher than expected - but the prerequisite was that the Nasdaq bell would be rung within three months.

"Mr. Ye, Mr. Wei is here." The secretary's voice came from the intercom.

Wei Yuxiang was shivering as he pushed the door open, his tie hanging askew around his neck.

"Someone from the investigation team came to me privately," he took out a few pieces of paper from his briefcase, "and wanted to get evidence from me about the transfer of interests between the Warrior Group and the Military Reclamation City."

Ye Yuze stroked the edge of the document, and the paper made a slight rustling sound.

The rain outside the window had turned into hail, hitting the glass with a bang. "Let them check!"

He suddenly stood up and opened the curtains, and hail fluttered like silver sand under the street lights.

"It's a good opportunity to show the higher-ups how the Warrior Group is fighting in the international market."

The next morning, the investigation team's minibus rolled over the speed bump in the park. Team leader Zhou held a cup of hot tea and glanced at the slogan "World-class Special Steel Supplier" hanging on the wall:
"Boss Ye, I heard that you have been very close to the Hawkins Group in the United States recently?"

Ye Yuze pushed the latest international order contract over, and the metal pen tip drew a cold light on the cover:

"Team Leader Zhou, this is the order for aircraft carrier deck steel that was signed just last month. Hawkins is just the middleman, and the real client is the Pentagon."

The conference room fell into a brief silence, with only the buzzing sound of the air conditioner outdoor unit in the heavy rain.

When night fell again, Ye Yuze stood alone on the observation deck of the special steel plant.

The flames of the steelmaking furnace illuminated the sky red, and at the moment when the molten steel poured out, he thought of the first experimental furnace in the abandoned factory building in Junken City when he started his business.

The phone vibrated in my pocket. It was a message from Ye Qianqian:

“The higher-ups have given in, but only if the channel for strategic state-owned capital to invest is preserved.”

The heavy rain washed away the rust on the guardrails, and a long train whistle sounded in the distance. Ye Yuze lit a cigarette, and the flame flickered in the rain.

This game between capital and policy is perhaps just like the process of steel tempering. Only by withstanding repeated tempering can the true edge be forged.

After receiving the signal of policy relaxation, the Warrior Group began to prepare the listing details in full swing.

However, beneath the surface calm, undercurrents are quietly surging.

Late at night at the Jinshi Wharf, a cargo ship flying the Panamanian flag quietly docked. Several hooded men took out sealed wooden boxes from the container and quickly loaded them onto the van that had been waiting for a long time.

The next day, an anonymous letter of complaint was delivered to the investigation team, accusing the Warrior Group of smuggling technology through overseas trading companies.

Team leader Zhou looked at the blurry photo in the report letter - the license plate of the truck was deliberately blocked in the picture, and only the words "Warrior Logistics" could be vaguely seen, and his brows were twisted into knots.

At this time, Ye Yuze was having a video conference with a representative of Hawkins Group, and the other party suddenly changed the subject:
"Mr. Ye, we noticed that your company seems to be in some trouble recently. If the listing process is blocked, our cooperation..."

Ye Yuze's eyes narrowed, and the assistant behind him quickly retrieved the customs declaration records and projected the complete cargo list onto the screen.

"Mr. Hawkins," Ye Yuze turned the tablet towards the camera.

"This batch of steel shipped to Mexico is just ordinary construction steel, and all the procedures have been filed with the customs. However, has your company completed the end-user declaration for the special alloy steel it ordered from us last month?" There was a brief silence on the other end of the video, and then the picture was suddenly interrupted.

When Mei Ting hurried over, she saw Ye Yuze throwing a stack of documents on the table:
“Someone is deliberately trying to disrupt the situation and make us lose our composure before the listing.”

She opened the file, which contained all the abnormal cargo tracking records for the past three months. Many orders shipped to Southeast Asia had circuitous routes.

“Could it be someone on the inside?”

Before Mei Ting could finish her words, the office door was suddenly kicked open.

Wei Yuxiang rushed in with a pale face, holding a wet cell phone in his hand:

"I received an anonymous email in my mailbox, which contained a photo of my assistant and a representative of Hawkins Group. The photo was taken in Hawaii."

The atmosphere in the conference room froze instantly. Ye Yuze pulled up the email attachment, and in the photo, Wei Yuxiang's assistant was intimately holding the arm of the Asia Pacific president of Hawkins Group.

The background is the banner of the Hawaii Steel Summit last year. That time was the critical period of the negotiations between the Warrior Group and the Hawkins Group.

"Old Wei," Ye Yuze's voice was low but full of unquestionable power, "Contact a private detective immediately and find out all the dealings between them."

He turned to Mei Ting and said, "Notify the legal department to activate the breach retroactive clauses for all foreign-related contracts. This time, we have to take the initiative."

Outside the window, the rainstorm was still raging, and lightning illuminated the giant LOGO on the Warrior Group headquarters building.

In this invisible war, the opponent has already shown his fangs, but Ye Yuze knows that the real contest has just begun.

In the military reclamation city shrouded in night, the neon lights were blurred into blurry spots of light in the rain.

In the Warrior Group's underground conference room, the air was so heavy that one could almost squeeze water out of it.

On the huge electronic screen, dense data kept scrolling, and the head of the legal department slammed a pile of documents on the conference table:
“Mr. Ye, Hawkins Group has unilaterally suspended three important orders. They also spread news in the World Steel Association, questioning our technical compliance.”

Ye Yuze stared at the stock price curve that suddenly plummeted on the screen, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the edge of the teacup.

Since the report letter incident, the Warrior Group has been in crisis. It seems that a network has been formed both at home and abroad, which is going to completely devour the Warrior Steel.

Rumors of "technology smuggling" by Warrior Steel are rife among steel companies around the world.

Although there is no official news yet, countless self-media bloggers have stirred up trouble and pushed Warrior Warrior Steel to the forefront.

"Mr. Ye, the investigation team requires a thorough investigation of all overseas trade contracts."

Team leader Zhou pushed the door open and walked in, his expression more serious than usual. "Public opinion is very unfavorable to you now. The higher-ups demand that you give the public an explanation."

Mei Ting pulled up the latest customs inspection report, her tone filled with suppressed anger:
"All the goods involved have been formally inspected, and there is no technology smuggling at all! It is obvious that someone is fabricating evidence!"

Before she finished her words, the projector in the conference room suddenly started up automatically, and a blurry surveillance video popped up on the screen - in the video, several people wearing Warrior Group work clothes were moving wooden boxes marked "Top Secret" into the container.

"Where did this video come from?" Wei Yuxiang stood up suddenly, and the chair made a harsh sound as it scraped against the ground.

The technician's face turned pale after carefully checking the video encoding:
“It seems to be intercepted from the group’s internal monitoring system, but the original files during this period have been deleted.”

In the office late at night, Ye Yuze sat alone in the darkness, the cold light of the computer screen reflecting his tense jaw.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated. It was an encrypted file sent by the private detective.

He clicked on the video and saw Wei Yuxiang's assistant arguing fiercely with the representative of Hawkins Group:
"You promised not to involve Lao Wei! Now there are anonymous letters and photos."

Before he could finish his words, the picture suddenly stopped.

At the same time, in a conference room far away in Beijing, several ministry leaders were reviewing the latest investigation report on the Warrior Group.

"The technical verification report submitted by Ye Qianqian showed that the suspected 'smuggled goods' were indeed just regular products, but the impact of public opinion was too bad."

An official pushed his glasses and said, "The superiors have said that if the dispute cannot be resolved within a week, the listing qualification will be revoked."

The rain in Junken City finally stopped, and the morning sun penetrated the clouds.

Ye Yuze appeared at the press conference of the World Iron and Steel Association with his legal team, and the complete chain of evidence began to be played on the big screen.

The tampered original surveillance data recovery records, the recording of the phone call between Yu Lan and the Hawkins Group representative, and the cargo re-inspection certificate issued by the customs of a Southeast Asian country.

"Some people are trying to use framing to undermine the internationalization process of Chinese companies."

Ye Yuze's voice spread throughout the audience through the microphone, "But the truth will never be covered up."

The screen behind him switched to a test video of the fifth-generation aircraft carrier deck steel newly developed by Warrior Group.

"We can not only withstand the investigation, but also prove with our strength that Chinese steel is irreplaceable."

At the end of the press conference, the investigation team also announced the final investigation results.

The so-called "technology smuggling" is pure fabrication. The mastermind behind it is a malicious smear campaign planned by foreign forces and some business competitors.

Under pressure, Hawkins Group was forced to publicly apologize and compensate for the losses caused by breach of contract.

When the Warrior Group's stock began to rebound strongly, Ye Yuze stood on the rooftop of the special steel plant, looking at the special steel being loaded onto ships in the distance.

The phone rang. It was a confirmation letter from Nasdaq - the listing date was set for three weeks later.

He looked at the sunset in the sky and finally smiled for the first time in a long time.

In this war without the smoke of gunpowder, they finally held their ground, and ahead, a broader international market is waiting.

However, on the domestic side, the investigation team has not withdrawn. Lao Zhou and his team are still working like little bees, tirelessly searching for various clues.

Now that Nasdaq has gotten it done, we must also get permission from the domestic side.

Anxious Wei Yuxiang even suggested abandoning the domestic part completely, reorganizing all overseas branches, and then listing that part.

Ye Yuze did not agree. Apart from the special steel plant, this domestic part was the foundation and must not be given up.

Therefore, he decided to ignore Team Leader Zhou and the others, and went to Beijing in person to directly find the higher authorities and state his ideas.

After talking to Wang Honghua over the phone, Ye Yuze boarded the plane. He had never taken the initiative to do such a thing before, but he had to do it this time. (End of this chapter)