Thirty Entrepreneurship: Recycling of second-hand aircraft carriers at the beginning

Chapter 607 The Competition Begins

“I’m a very magnanimous person, so I didn’t take this to heart at all. I just hope that you can take a closer look at what your subordinates have been doing in the future, understand? If this matter can’t be explained clearly by now, I believe you won’t dare to use them again in the future.”

Clearly, Mr. Wang was also frustrated by this outcome, as it had significantly damaged his reputation.

"All right!"

“But since that’s the case, I definitely won’t take this shipment. But you have to come with me. These counterfeit and shoddy products are appearing on the market now. If others find out, our company’s reputation will definitely be damaged. You have to find that salesman for me. I need to see what he’s up to.”

The purchasing manager was extremely frustrated and had no choice but to dial the salesperson's number in front of everyone, only to find that it was a disconnected number.

"what?"

It turns out that after completing this sale, the salesperson chose to leave and went to do the same thing at another company.

"Good heavens, I've really been ripped off."

It seems this was indeed a gang operation, and they were clearly targeting Lin Chen.

"and many more!"

Lin Chen suddenly started to think. First of all, whether these notes would even appear on the market was still a big question.

"How about this, I'll head back now. If you really need any help, just let me know."

Boss Wang knew he had to go back and reorganize his team.

"Don't rush! Although this is directed at me, it seems you've been too careless in your selection of personnel. All sorts of monsters and freaks have been allowed into the company to coast along."

Lin Chen knew that if this matter was not handled properly, the consequences would be unimaginable, and it might even lead to greater conflicts.

"Ugh!"

Left with no other choice, Mr. Wang had to comply. Whether this matter can be resolved satisfactorily is perhaps only known to him.

"Then I'll continue to stay with you."

Lin Chen immediately led his group to the market management office.

“Look at this receipt. Hasn’t it appeared at this management office as well? I heard that everyone in the market has to print their receipts here.”

The staff member took the receipt, looked at it, nodded, and said, "This is a general receipt for our market, and it's different from the receipt for your own shop."

"Could you take me to see which store used this kind of receipt?" Lin Chen asked helplessly.

“This market is quite large, and the receipt only shows the purchased goods, plus it has an official seal. Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll give you an address, you can go and take a look yourself,” the staff member replied.

So, the group rushed to the location provided by the staff. However, upon arrival, they discovered that the goods they needed were not there at all.

"What's going on?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

Logically, middlemen should try every means to stockpile large quantities of goods here, and might even put their own brands on the shelves. But now, apart from some ordinary building materials, the warehouse is almost empty, which is really strange.

"It looks like it's been relocated," Lin Chen guessed.

"Relocation?" Boss Wang was very familiar with this situation. In this market environment, it was almost impossible for so many goods to suddenly disappear from the warehouse.

There's only one possibility: these goods were temporarily moved. But if the quantity of goods is large, the moving process would take at least several hours, or even a day or two.

"You mean, someone notified them in advance?" Lin Chen asked.

“That’s right!” Mr. Wang nodded.

Lin Chen frowned and said dejectedly, "Could there be a mole in my company?"

Lin Chen's company is a military enterprise; if such a problem were to occur at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“It shouldn’t be a problem with your company. Do you remember that person we talked about before? I think he probably knew this would happen in advance, and…” Mr. Wang said, glancing at the purchasing manager behind him.

"Come here for a moment," Boss Wang called to the purchasing manager, then led Lin Chen to a quiet place.

"Actually, I've heard some things lately. It seems like someone is trying to frame me, and maybe it all started with this incident. Could this purchasing manager be colluding with those people?" Boss Wang asked suspiciously.

“I’ve been wanting to tell you about this for a while now. What a coincidence! You just placed your order, and then his child needs surgery. Normally, when something happens at home, the first thing a person does is ask for leave from work and explain the situation, right?” Lin Chen analyzed.

After hearing this, Mr. Wang nodded.

"So I think there's something wrong here. If I'm not mistaken, this purchasing manager must have left something unsaid to everyone."

If things really turn out as they suspect, the consequences could be severe, which is definitely not the outcome they want to see.

"Oh, I see." Mr. Wang suddenly realized and immediately walked up to the purchasing manager.

"This order hasn't been long, has it? Your son had his appendicitis surgery a few days ago, right? He shouldn't be discharged from the hospital yet, should he?" Mr. Wang asked.

"Uh...yes!" the purchasing manager stammered.

“Our company has a corporate culture, you know that. Children are considered family members too. How about this, take me to the hospital to see your son now,” Mr. Wang said.

"Oh? I don't think it's necessary. You're so busy with work, and you still want to come and see my child? He can't possibly accept that," the purchasing manager said in a panic.

Lin Chen observed carefully and found that there were indeed many loopholes. If he wasn't mistaken, there was definitely something else going on.

"Really?" Boss Wang smiled.

“The child hasn’t been discharged from the hospital yet, right? In that case, I’ll go with you to the hospital to visit the child, as a way of comforting him. After all, you’re a father too.”

This is how to do?
It's obvious the purchasing manager wasn't telling the truth, and he's definitely involved in this too. There's no other way now but to grit our teeth and bear it.

"it is good!"

"Then let's go."

As soon as he reached the car, the purchasing manager couldn't hold back any longer and collapsed to his knees with a thud. "Boss, I'll tell you everything."

Mr. Wang calmly opened the car door and said, "It seems this matter is not simple. In that case, let's go back to the company to talk. Get in my car, Mr. Lin, you should also be involved in this. Although it's said that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public, I still have to give you an explanation."

They immediately returned to the company, where the purchasing manager was terrified and turned pale in the chairman's office.

"You're really something, using your son as an excuse to get yourself out of this. If your son knew he had a father like you, he'd probably be furious and come to argue with you." Mr. Wang sat on the sofa, looking at the purchasing manager with a speechless expression.

"You're my trusted confidant, how could you do such a thing?"

Lin Chen simply stood quietly to the side, his gaze fixed on the purchasing manager. He never expected that today's matter would be directly related to the purchasing manager.

After all, this is their family matter, and unless it involves the goods, he shouldn't say much.

"I'm asking you, did you take the kickback, or was it done by the salesperson, or is this matter completely unrelated to the salesperson?" Lin Chen looked sharply at the purchasing manager.

The purchasing manager stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"If it's a problem with the sales staff, I know how many people are in your department. I'll go to your department right now, call everyone here, and ask them one by one in person, okay?" Lin Chen's tone was firm.

"No...don't go!" Upon hearing this, the purchasing manager panicked and was on the verge of collapse.

“I told you! I must have been out of my mind. My son’s tuition is due soon, and his mother wants to enroll him in an extracurricular class, but the cost… sigh! You know how high prices are these days; some people’s tuition is 100,000 yuan a year!”

"What?" Upon hearing this, Boss Wang's eyes widened in surprise.

"Tuition is that expensive?"

"Yes! The main reason is that I want my son to learn piano well, so he might have a chance to succeed in the future. And this is a package deal; he can not only learn piano well, but also learn other things. The tuition covers the entire three years of junior high school," the purchasing manager explained helplessly.

"One hundred thousand over three years!" Upon hearing this, Boss Wang shook his head helplessly.

Educational institutions these days are truly speechless. At crucial moments, they practically become vampires, driving parents to the point of having no bottom line.

"So you sold inferior goods as superior ones, buying those counterfeit and shoddy products, and how much kickback did you get?" Boss Wang asked angrily.

"I... more than five thousand! Chairman, I really didn't lie to you. This is the first batch of goods. I will take this much kickback every time I order goods in the future." The purchasing manager lowered his head, his voice trembling.

Mr. Wang was at a loss for what to do; he really wanted to give the man in front of him a good beating.

"So you went to great lengths to get these counterfeit goods, and you know my company buys these every month, right? This new material might become the company's main product in the future, so you tampered with it."

"Yes...yes! And the price shown on the invoice is exactly the same as the price Mr. Lin gave us, so it meets your requirements," the purchasing manager said in a low voice.

"You really are my 'good teammate,' capable of all sorts of petty theft and sleight of hand. I never imagined that such a thief would appear in the company." Boss Wang was trembling with anger.

"Alright!" Lin Chen smiled, trying to ease the tension.

"Don't be too angry. But there's something I don't understand. Why did you insist on choosing counterfeit and shoddy products? For five thousand yuan, do you know that if these things are used on buildings and cause problems, the consequences will be unimaginable?"

As Lin Chen spoke, he suddenly stood up.

“It’s a small matter if my company’s reputation is damaged, but if the people suffer huge losses as a result, then the responsibility will be huge. If the company is gone, let’s see where you will make money.”

"Call the police!" Mr. Wang said angrily, pulling out his phone.

"Don't rush! Calling the police now is pointless and might even alert them. If they were able to get the goods the first time, they'll definitely do it again, right? And I have a question: the number you called earlier was not in service, what happened?" Lin Chen was still very curious.

"Um... I dialed an old number, that's all," the purchasing manager stammered.

It now appears that this was clearly a group crime.

"Alright!" Lin Chen looked at Boss Wang.

"Maybe now is a chance for him to make a name for himself. Let him lead us to that workshop, and then we can wipe them out in one fell swoop, what do you say?"

"No!" Upon hearing this, the purchasing manager was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.

"Please don't do that, or it will be a disaster. My family, especially my children, will definitely be in trouble."

"What?" Lin Chen couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

"Don't tell me that when you started this business, those people threatened you, saying you had to keep going, that you could not only make money but also enjoy life, and then they even took control of your son? Isn't that a contradiction?"

"Sigh!" The purchasing manager sighed helplessly.

"Actually, this is the case. I have already paid my son's tuition, but I owe a lot of money to people. No one is willing to lend me money, so I can only go to loan companies, but the interest rates are frighteningly high."

The truth came out: the purchasing manager had taken out a large high-interest loan from a lending company to pay for his son's tuition.

In order to repay this huge loan, he thought of taking kickbacks.

"Then you searched around the market and found a middleman. After asking around, you found that their goods were much cheaper than our company's, right?" Lin Chen continued to ask.

“That’s right.” The purchasing manager could only nod in agreement, looking helpless. He never expected Lin Chen’s reasoning to be so logical.

"So now the truth is clear. You were actually prepared and anticipated what might happen today, but you didn't expect things to happen so quickly, and you haven't even figured out many of your own questions yet, right?" Lin Chen looked sharply at the purchasing manager.

"Yes! Mr. Wang is too strict about product quality! I had no idea at the time that those were counterfeit or substandard products. The other party said that these goods were obtained from your company through special channels, and I thought that I could get a discount, so I believed them. As a result, the day after I bought these things and received the kickback, a group of people came to me," the purchasing manager said regretfully.

What happened next terrified the purchasing manager. They threatened him that he would have to buy goods from them every month from now on, and that these goods must be delivered to Mr. Wang's company accurately; otherwise, his family, especially his children, would be in danger if anything went wrong.

The purchasing manager was terrified and dared not call the police. He could only keep the matter to himself and lived in constant fear.

When Lin Chen came, he thought he could get away with it, but he didn't expect that the other party actually had an anti-counterfeiting receipt.

"Now I understand, and I think I should report it to the police." Lin Chen felt that this matter had to be resolved through the police, otherwise, they would get deeper and deeper into trouble.

"Please don't do this! What will happen to my child?" the purchasing manager said anxiously.

(End of this chapter)