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Chapter 1217 Burning the Granary with Fire is a Kind of Wisdom

The ingenious aspect of a joint-stock company, or a Kabushiki Kaisha (株式会社) in Japanese, lies in its ability to share risks and mitigate liability.

Shareholders only need to invest and receive dividends; they do not bear any specific legal responsibility.

Of course, this is just the most basic business structure. In order to further evade legal responsibility and earn more profits, those streetlight owners have developed many cutting-edge technologies that normal people cannot understand or comprehend.

Tianhua Company is such a monster.

On the surface, Tianhua Company is a well-known multinational giant under the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, mainly engaged in various industrial projects, such as bulk commodities like cotton yarn, rubber, and sugar.

In fact, its internal structure is so complex that it could be the subject of a million-word palace intrigue novel.

To summarize in a way that's easy for anyone to understand—it's like a restaurant that, after becoming large and successful, starts franchising. To reduce costs, they introduce pre-made meals and centralized delivery. To further reduce costs, they even acquire the entire wet market. The restaurant across the street with a different brand is also theirs, and they even have a dedicated delivery company offering home delivery…

That's roughly the idea, but it's actually much more complicated than that.

Without someone familiar with the area to guide you, you might want to go to a restaurant but not even know which direction the main entrance of the restaurant's flagship store faces.

Fortunately, Wang Yunxiao had acquaintances.

While he was studying hard, Miss Cheng was not idle either. She tried to get out of the shadow of her fiancé's sudden death again, and she also got involved in an ambiguous relationship with the child of a high-ranking executive of Tianhua Company.

According to her, they have already entered the stage of discussing marriage.

Wang Yunxiao felt that she could completely take over that ready-made clothing store that specializes in wedding dresses and then produce and sell them herself.

According to Cheng Xuefei, Tianhua Company is not clean at all.

It's normal that all merchants are unscrupulous.

They're not here in Tianmen to do charity, so of course they'll do whatever makes money.

However, some things inevitably crossed the line in everyone's mind.

On the table was a roll of cotton yarn produced in Australia.

Cotton yarn is a term used in the textile industry to refer to the primary processed products of textile raw materials, including but not limited to cotton, flax, wool, etc., and is usually measured in "bags" or "pieces".

The roll of cotton yarn that Yan Yu'an brought back was completely rotten inside.

This was the first time Wang Yunxiao had ever heard of such a thing being able to rot. The reasons for this were nothing more than getting damp and moldy during long-distance sea transport, being eaten by insects and rodents, or being subjected to prolonged pressure in a high-temperature environment.

This is normal for textile factories. After all, the yarn isn't meant for eating. After a series of steps including rinsing, spinning, and dyeing, there's absolutely no visible problem. At most, the yarn might be a bit fragile, and it could easily tear if you wear it.

In this day and age, this is no big deal, because there are no regulatory standards to begin with.

Apart from……

"Military supplies."

Yan Yu'an has a keen eye; after receiving the samples, she quickly realized where a major problem might arise.

Ordinary families can't afford ready-made bedding; they have to buy their own cotton and coarse cloth, and you can tell at a glance whether the quality is good or bad.

Currently, only the military truly needs to purchase clothing in large quantities.

Among these, sterilized cotton and cotton cloth are the most important, as they no longer fall into the category of ordinary bedding and should be classified as hygiene products.

If this batch of cotton yarn were to enter the military, the harm it would cause would be self-evident.

Of course, we are far from reaching that point yet.

The light industry and textile sector in Tianmen City was previously monopolized by the Qianjin Church, but was later transferred to the Light Industry Committee. The factory management was originally comprised of church personnel, but now that the church staff have left, they have to reorganize.

So it's no wonder that Shen Qingxi didn't like those old men very much. Even though they lost their heads, they weren't necessarily good people.

The church's factory ended up in their hands after going through many twists and turns; who knows how many shady dealings were involved?

Shen Qingxi doesn't work in this field, so she's not interested.

However, with the strong entry of Tianhua Company, the textile industry in Tianmen City is once again undergoing a major reshuffle.

With the rampant dumping of cotton yarn from overseas, the original textile factories either went bankrupt or were acquired at low prices. Or, like the last few, they stubbornly resisted to the end, only to suffer a tragic fate of ruin and death.

No matter how the market is reshuffled, the demands of the demand side remain unchanged.

That means that in the foreseeable future, Tianhua Company will naturally take the lion's share of the military procurement market. Then, this rotten cotton yarn will be transformed into brand-new clothing, bedding, bandages, and hemostatic cotton…

Ordinary people don't have such a long-term vision, but none of the people here are ordinary.

When it comes to reporting, everyone has their own channels for doing so.

But the key point is that the problem hasn't happened yet.

You can't accuse Zhang Laosi of murder just because he bought a butcher knife. Even though everyone knows he was cuckolded, he didn't even sharpen the knife when he bought it.

"That's disgusting."

Wang Yunxiao scratched his head, unsure of where to begin.

"Burn it."

Yan Yu'an said.

"burn?"

"A fire dragon burns down the granary."

"Help them burn down the warehouse with a fire dragon?"

"No, they burned the granary themselves with fire."

Yan Yu'an's accumulated work experience in this area far surpasses that of the naive Wang Yunxiao. He can always come up with solutions that leave people scratching their heads, just like when he solved the problem at the Yagyu Dojo last time.

Wang Yunxiao's strength lies in his ability to always grasp the strategic priorities.

Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like it's impossible.

"Just because they aren't doing it now doesn't mean they can't do it in the future, or that they have any motive to do it in the first place."

If you want to find fault, are you afraid of not having a reason or excuse?
"Spread the word that the Qilin Army reached a procurement agreement with them, and then discovered a problem with the clothing."

"That's not the right way to put it. It should be said that someone secretly reported that there was a problem with Tianhua Company's cotton yarn, which attracted the attention of the military."

"Then, feeling guilty, they set fire to the warehouse?"

"feasible!"

If yellow mud falls into your crotch, even if it's not shit, it'll still look like shit.

On the one hand, it attracted the attention of the military, and on the other hand, it deterred Tianhua Company, which led to the discovery that someone in the company had embezzled public funds, laying the groundwork for Miss Cheng's next move, while also burning those rotten cotton yarns.

Once the news spreads, regardless of its veracity, customs will inevitably tighten its policies.

All goals can be achieved simultaneously.

That's absolutely ingenious! How did you even come up with the idea of ​​a reverse fire dragon burning the warehouse?

Wang Yunxiao knew that Yan Yu'an would never disappoint him in this regard.

Just as the group finished their discussion, their secretary, Mogred, rushed over to deliver the news.

"A warehouse at the dock owned by Tianhua Company is on fire!"

what?
Wang Yunxiao was shocked. "We had just finished discussing the plan and hadn't even had a chance to act when Tianhua messed things up on its own."
Several people looked at each other.

Could there really be some kind of karmic retribution in the dark?
You might as well believe I am Qin Shi Huang instead of believing this.

…………

The warehouse that caught fire did not belong to Tianhua alone; it's just that his family's warehouse, which stored large quantities of cotton yarn, was particularly prone to ignition.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky, engulfing the entire dockside storage area, which covered tens of thousands of square meters. The wind fanned the flames, and the fire fueled the wind's power; within just over ten minutes, the fire spread rapidly, igniting dozens of large warehouses in the vicinity.

Li Mumu and Wensty stood at a distance, silently watching the security personnel coming and going, carrying water to put out the fire.

What do you mean by smearing me and making me take the blame?

what?
Li Mumu couldn't understand how these people's brains worked. Why would they think that the three great witches of Tianmen City were all talk and no action?
Is it because Xia Yubing is usually too low-key and has little presence?

Or has Shen Qingxi become so addicted to playing the charlatan that he's detached from worldly affairs?
Or do you really think of the three of us as a magical idol girl group debuting together?

I went away for further studies for half a year, and this is what you show me as soon as I get back?

Li Mumu was very angry.

Of course, Winsty was also there to fan the flames.

She didn't say much, only two things.

The first thing is that your husband and your best friend are dyeing your hat.

The second thing is that the batch of Western medicine we grabbed earlier is almost sold out.

Therefore, now is the time to purchase goods.

A fire burned the entire storage area to the ground, and no one knows what's missing from the warehouse.

There is indeed a warehouse belonging to Tianhua Company here, as well as other people's goods, but that's not important.

Nowadays, the big bosses who can afford to rent warehouses of this level are all conglomerates under the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, or they have an unclear close relationship with the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

Following the thread of cause and effect, Li Mumu vaguely sensed a trace of how fate had arranged things for her.

The Sihai Chamber of Commerce didn't have many front men in Tianmen to begin with, and Yang Jian had personally eliminated a batch of them when he arrived. His own father, Mu Yuming, was a survivor of the last incident.

Now they're being targeted again, and it seems they won't be happy until they've ruined all the agents who work for them.

It sounds like someone is mentally ill.

But it's not inexplicable.

Because there was never a highly unified voice within the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

Having lived on the other side of the Pacific for a long time, I've learned a lot of things, both good and bad.

The Sihai Chamber of Commerce was inherently divided into numerous factions, each independent of the others. Even if they could barely reach a consensus on the general direction, they inevitably competed with each other behind the scenes, and even undermined each other.

Your white gloves aren't my white gloves.

What reason could I possibly have not to do it?
This seems to be the inevitability of fate, but it is not truly inevitable.

No one was secretly stirring things up, so who would know about my and Winsty's dark past?

What a coincidence that they investigated my past so thoroughly.
Li Mumu turned to look at Winsty.

Some things are known only to heaven, earth, you, and me.

So, would it be fair to say that we have a mole among us?
Winsty remained expressionless.

"No, it wasn't me. I'm not that diligent."

The reason was so compelling that Li Mumu didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

This is a terminal case of laziness who is too lazy to even wash his own underwear, and also a victim of the aesthetic pleasure of death.

If it weren't for Winsty...

After a moment's thought, Li Mumu already had the answer in her heart.

"That one... is coming?"

"It seems possible."

Winsty agreed.

The deity worshipped by the Freud family was Niara, the goddess of trust.

Niara's arrival was silent, yet it was like a deafening silence.

This is an ancient god with an eccentric temperament but full of humanity. He has not only secured a new position in the new era and mastered the power of "Credit" among the seven thrones of the Capital God System, but also seems to want to seek a ticket on the Ark of Doom in the East.

When she's in a good mood, she's actually quite shrewd and understanding of human relationships.

As for when I'll be in a good mood, that's hard to say.

As compensation, or perhaps mental anguish damages, Li Mumu received a massive amount of goods stockpiled in dozens of dock warehouses. Through Shen Qingxi's channels, she could resell these goods into the Tianmen market, thereby earning a huge profit.

As a consequence, the massive loss of goods by the merchant guilds and conglomerates that come to Tianmen and act with impunity, completely forgetting the name of the God of Credit, will have a fatal impact on their commercial credit.

Humans worship the sea god because of tsunamis and storms, and they also remember the god of trust when trust is lost.

However, time is too short now, and they probably haven't realized what's happening yet.

"What's next? Are we going to catch them in the act?"

Winsty seems to have high expectations for this.

"That's not urgent."

"Are you really not in a hurry? Shen Qingxi's new bed is very big and soft."

"No matter how soft the bed is, it can't compare to the pungent odor emanating from her soul."

Shen Qingxi is a great beauty, a fact that Li Mumu does not deny.

It's just a pity that it only has a mouth.

The problem with the brain is secondary.

If we could shut her up from that mouth of hers that dares to spew out any nonsense, this woman would actually be quite perfect.

Catching someone in the act of adultery is important, but there are more important things to do now.

Following the cause-and-effect line, Li Mumu looked at the cruise ship from Safer City that had just arrived at the port.

The flames that burned half the sky were not only proclaiming the name of Niara, the goddess of faith, but also welcoming the arrival of a very important person.

"Would you like to come with me to greet them?"

Winsty rolled her eyes at her: "Are you really that eager to cause trouble for yourself?"

Li Mumu thought about it and realized it made sense. They were complete strangers, with no connection whatsoever to her, so why bother getting involved?

But... it shouldn't be a problem to just take a look from a distance, right?
Under her watchful gaze, the cruise ship slowly docked.

A pair of exquisite deerskin boots stepped onto the land of Tianmen Port.

A short-haired woman wearing a top hat and a pure black travel trench coat stood with her hands in her pockets, looking at the land in front of her with great interest.

This was a relatively unfamiliar hometown for her.

"It's really cold up north..."

She stood there for a long time, then sighed softly.

Someone behind him asked in a low voice, "Young Master Huang, what are the arrangements for tonight? What about the arrangements for each family's..."

"Don't worry about them."

The short-haired woman's gaze swept over the towering fire on the shore and landed on Li Mumu, who was gazing into the distance. A slight smile appeared on her lips: "Let's find some fun for ourselves and experience the local customs and culture of the North."

(End of this chapter)