Who's going to be the female lead's simp? Aren't the supporting female characters mor

"Three days?" Bai Jingyou raised an eyebrow. "Looks like he does have some skill."

"Not only that," Bai Qianqian pushed up her glasses and added, "Because of the logistical disruptions, several of our core brand distributors in the south have begun to waver. Some have even said that if we cannot guarantee the supply, they will switch to the Southern Business Alliance."

"These opportunists," Zhang Yi mumbled through her face mask. "They were begging for the goods like little grandsons, but now that the wind's blowing, they want to run away."

"That's normal, businessmen are profit-driven." Bai Jingyou said calmly, as if it wasn't his company that was being blocked. "Since they want to cut off supplies, we'll do the opposite."

He leaned forward, his eyes fixed intently on the screen: "Ye Lingqing, no matter what method you use, whether it's air freight, a high-speed rail special train, or even a helicopter formation, I want you to transport all the best-selling products from the Beijing warehouse to the core stores in the south within 24 hours."

"Air freight?" Ye Lingqing frowned. "That would increase the cost by more than five times! Selling one item at a time at a loss, is it worth it?"

"Loss? I'm not afraid of losses." Bai Jingyou's lips curled into an arrogant smile. "What I want is losses. Bai Qianqian, obey my command."

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"Tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM, all DeepBlue Technology stores in the south, as well as its online platform, will launch the DeepBlue Carnival for users with southern IP addresses. All items will be sold at 50% off. Especially those affordable luxury brands, we'll offer rock-bottom prices."

The three women on the other side of the screen were stunned.

Air freight costs are already high, and now they're offering it at half price? That's practically burning money, like dumping cash into a fire pit with truckloads of cash.

"President Bai, this will disrupt the market price system..." Bai Qianqian, as a rational manager, couldn't help but speak up to remind them.

"The market? At this critical juncture, I am the market." Bai Jingyou waved his hand domineeringly. "Ye Feng wants to cut off our sales by blocking our goods, but I'll make sure the market is flooded with them. I'll make consumers in the south break down their doors to grab these goods, and I'll let public opinion force those logistics companies to comply. When tens of millions of orders are piled up there, let's see who dares to stop us!"

"As for Zhang Yi," Bai Jingyou said, looking at the woman wearing a face mask.

"Oh, so Young Master Bai finally remembered me?" Zhang Yi removed her face mask, revealing a refined yet shrewd face. "So, what do you want me to do? I wouldn't dare to kill or set fires, but if it's about making money..."

"I want you to cut off the supply." Bai Jingyou's voice turned cold. "You control 40% of the upstream raw material channels for the Southern Light Industry. Starting tomorrow, all companies that have joined the Southern Business Alliance will have their raw material prices increased by 50%, and cash payment will be required immediately; no credit will be accepted."

"Fifty percent?!" Zhang Yi's eyes widened, then she burst into a barbell-like laugh. "Hahahaha! Bai Jingyou, you're even more ruthless than me! This is practically killing them! Those processing plants already have thin profit margins, and with such a huge increase, they'll either go bankrupt or rebel."

"What I want is for them to rebel," Bai Jingyou said coldly. "Ye Feng wants to form an alliance? Then I'll dismantle it from within. On one hand, Deep Blue Technology is dumping its products at low prices to seize the market, and on the other hand, soaring raw material prices are causing costs to skyrocket. I want to see how long his so-called alliance can last."

"This is a ruthless move, cutting off our supply lines at the root of the problem." A glint of excitement flashed in Ye Lingqing's eyes. "As long as we win this battle, the southern market will be ours for the taking."

"Go do it." Bai Jingyou turned off the video and walked back to the window.

Outside the window, the night view of Beijing is as splendid as a brocade.

"Ye Feng, since you want to play with fire, then I'll burn the entire Southern Market to the ground and rebuild my empire on the ruins."

……

The following day, an unprecedented earthquake struck the southern business district.

At 8 a.m., DeepBlue Technology's announcement went viral across the internet.

"Deep Blue Carnival, up to 50% off! Limited time offer for three days!"

This is not just a slogan, but a real price reduction.

Previously exclusive luxury brands and the latest electronic products are now priced so low it's unbelievable.

Long queues had already formed outside DeepBlue stores in major southern cities before they even opened.

Some scalpers even brought stools overnight to reserve spots.

Southern Business Alliance Headquarters.

Ye Feng sat in the large boss's chair, looking at the sales data scrolling in real time on the big screen on the wall, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

"A madman...this Bai Jingyou is absolutely insane!"

Standing to the side, Sun Zhi's face was swollen like a pig's head. He mumbled incoherently, "Brother Feng, this kid is burning money! At this rate, he's losing at least 300 million a day! He can't hold on much longer!"

"You know nothing!" Ye Feng grabbed the ashtray on the table and smashed it on the ground. "He's buying people's hearts with money! Look at the public opinion now, everyone's praising Deep Blue Technology as a conscientious company. And..."

At that moment, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

Several middle-aged men in suits stormed in, furious.

"Alliance Leader Ye! This is unbearable!"

"Exactly! That woman Zhang Yi has gone mad! She just sent a letter saying that raw material prices have increased by 50%, and she wants cash on delivery! Isn't she trying to drive us to our deaths?"

"Leader Ye, when we joined the Business Alliance, you promised to protect our interests. Now, DeepBlue Technology is poaching our customers with low prices and strangling us. You need to give us an explanation!"

These men were all bigwigs in the southern manufacturing industry and core members of the business alliance. They were usually extremely respectful to Ye Feng, but now that their lives and fortunes were at stake, none of them cared about saving face.

Ye Feng looked at the noisy group of people in front of him, a hint of violence flashing in his eyes.

"Shut up, all of you!"

A roar silenced everyone instantly.

Ye Feng stood up, walked over to the fat man who had been shouting the loudest, and said with a icy gaze, "What's the panic? The sky hasn't fallen yet. Bai Jingyou wants to play the price war, then let's play along. Raw material prices are rising? I have plenty of channels to source goods from Southeast Asia."

"Reorder? When will that be?" The fat man was sweating profusely. "A day's factory shutdown means millions in losses! And Deep Blue Technology's goods are still pouring in. Our logistical blockade is useless; they're using air freight!"

"Air transport?" Ye Feng gritted his teeth and sneered, "Fine, very well. Since he likes to fly, then I'll make sure he can't fly. Sun Zhi!"

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"Contact air traffic control and say you received a report that DeepBlue Technology's cargo plane was carrying prohibited items, requesting a complete grounding and inspection!"

"This..." Sun Zhi hesitated for a moment, "Brother Feng, the aviation industry is a state-owned enterprise, and we probably can't extend our reach that far."

"Useless! Let's figure something out on the ground!" Ye Feng's eyes flashed with a sinister light. "The truck has to leave the airport, right? It has to get on the highway, right? Find a few hundred old men and women to take a walk at the airport highway exit. I don't believe Bai Jingyou would dare to just run them over!"

Top floor of DeepBlue Technology Building, Beijing.

Bai Jingyou stood in front of a giant holographic projection map, holding a cup of hand-ground coffee. On the map, blue cursors representing DeepBlue Technology's freight routes were continuously flowing into several core cities in the south.

"Mr. Bai." Chen Mo pushed open the door and entered, his expression somewhat grave. "I just received news that the airport expressway exits in Guangzhou and Shenzhen are blocked. Hundreds of elderly people have gathered there, using the pretext of noise pollution and environmental protection to completely block the roads. Our convoy can't get out at all."

"Oh?" Bai Jingyou wasn't surprised. Instead, he chuckled. "This kind of rogue tactic is indeed Ye Feng's style. Simple, crude, and disgusting."

"What should we do now? If we forcibly remove them and a conflict breaks out, public opinion will be very unfavorable to us. Ye Feng has definitely arranged for reporters to be lying in wait, just waiting to film us 'bullying the elderly'."

"Who said we were going to forcibly evict them?" Bai Jingyou turned around and sat down on the sofa with an elegant posture. "Since the road is blocked, then we won't move."

Chen Mo was taken aback: "Not leaving? What about the thousands of tons of cargo at the airport..."

"Chen Mo, you've been with me for so long, how come your thinking is still so limited?" Bai Jingyou put down his coffee cup, took a document from his drawer, and threw it on the table. "Who says the last mile has to be transported by truck?"

Chen Mo picked up the document and saw that the cover clearly read "Letter of Intent for Acquiring Same-City Drone Delivery Business of SF Express".

"This..." Chen Mo's pupils suddenly contracted, "A drone? But with the current payload and range..."

"That's civilian-grade." Bai Jingyou snapped his fingers. "The batch of industrial-grade heavy-duty drones that Deep Blue Technology Lab just developed were originally planned for release next year. Since Ye Feng is so eager to see the show, let him have a look."

"Notify the technology department to activate 'Project Skynet.' In half an hour, I want to see five hundred heavy-duty drones taking off over Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Tell those stores to clear out all their rooftop terraces as landing sites."

Bai Jingyou stood up, his eyes radiating an air of absolute confidence: "He can block the road on the ground, but can he put a lid on the sky?"

……

Southern region, Guangzhou-Shenzhen Airport Expressway exit.

Sun Zhi sat in an inconspicuous black sedan, looking at the dense crowd in front of him, a smug smile on his face.

These hundreds of elderly men and women can sit all day for just two hundred yuan each. It's an incredibly profitable business.

Seeing the long convoy of DeepBlue Technology vehicles stuck in the tollbooth, unable to move, with the drivers honking their horns in frustration but helpless, Sun Zhi felt a surge of satisfaction.

"Hmph, so what if you have money? So what if you ship by air? As long as your goods can't leave the airport, they're just a pile of scrap metal!" Sun Zhi took out his phone, ready to share the good news with Ye Feng.

Suddenly, a low, dense buzzing sound came from the sky.

At first the sound was very soft, like a swarm of bees, but it quickly turned into a rumble like muffled thunder.

The crowd began to stir, and the elderly people who were taking a walk stopped in their tracks and looked up at the sky in alarm.

In the direction of the airport cargo area, a dark cloud rose up.

That's a drone.

These weren't the kind of small toys used for aerial photography, but rather six-rotor industrial drones with wingspans exceeding two meters and huge cargo boxes hanging underneath. They were arranged in neat formations, like a mechanical army from a science fiction movie, blotting out the sky as they swept across the highway.

Each drone bears the prominent DeepBlue Technology logo.

"What...what the hell is this?!" Sun Zhi's phone fell to the ground with a "thud," and he was completely dumbfounded.

The drones completely ignored the traffic congestion on the ground, drawing graceful arcs in the air as they flew in all directions of the city.

"Quick! Take a picture!" Passersby realized what was happening and raised their phones.

This scene was so shocking.

An aerial logistics network consisting of 500 heavy-duty drones is a first in commercial history.

"Is this the power of Deep Blue Technology...?" Sun Zhi slumped in his chair, his face pale. He suddenly realized that they were not facing an ordinary businessman, but a monster who possessed future technology.