Chen Yifei was indeed fearless and confident. Because their products covered a range of price points, from low to high, they could recoup the profits by selling the high-end and mid-range products in department stores.

It didn't matter if he lost money on cotton and ramie at the beginning; he's actually quite wealthy now.

It seems Wang Jianshe is overthinking things. Does he think that just because Chen Yifei didn't receive compensation for the blue sapphire mine, he'd be broke?

The business I did before wasn't just for show.

Seeing the prices plummet, Yang Li stepped forward and said, "What you're doing is a lose-lose situation. It's good that everyone can sell at a high price, but how long can you hold out? When prices are high again, you'll just buy from other places, right? You won't be able to sell to anyone!"

“Yifei, you used to work under me, and now you’re the deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture. You shouldn’t have done this.”

Yang Lixian gave Chen Yifei fifty lashes.

Then he said to Wang Jianshe, "You are a factory representing Shenzhen, part of a support project. You are doing this on your own, not through these underhanded tactics. We already have an agreed price, and I don't care if you raise it. The pricing department won't be affected."

"But now it's completely broken down. In my opinion, we need to bring the price back down to the original level, and nobody can expect to raise it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe actually breathed a sigh of relief.

Three yuan is indeed too high; it's like Chen Yifei is roasting someone on a volcano.

But since Chen Yifei had already said it, he couldn't refuse out of consideration for his pride.

And if you refuse, it's all over.

Wang Jianshe was almost tricked by Chen Yifei, so he remained silent, which was considered tacit agreement.

The villagers who had come to watch the spectacle and were preparing to sell their ramie and cotton were not happy!

"What?! Director Yang Li, we've wasted our whole morning coming here to look around! Prices have gone up, you just can't stand to see us doing well, can you?"

"Director Yang Li, this money was in our hands in the blink of an eye, but because of one sentence from you, no one else made any money!"

"..."

Yang Li looked at Chen Yifei, who immediately understood.

"I still want to apologize to everyone for this."

"It really was a waste of time. From now on, everyone can go wherever they want. How about this, I'll compensate everyone today. The price will be as Director Yang Li said. I'll compensate each person two yuan, just consider it as buying peach cakes or a meat meal for your kids. How about that?"

In this way, everyone actually makes a profit. Two yuan is already a lot.

Their anger had subsided considerably. In truth, without Chen Yifei's promise, they had nothing, and causing trouble would be pointless.

After all, neither the cotton nor the ramie had been sold.

At this moment, the village party secretary stepped forward and said, "I am the village party secretary of Yongquan Village. There are village party secretaries in all the surrounding villages, but I am still not happy!"

"What did Chen Yifei do wrong to warrant an apology? It's Wang Jianshe who inflated the prices. Everyone knows what kind of person Wang Jianshe is!"

"He kept causing trouble, but in the end, it was Yifei who apologized to the director, and it was Yifei who covered the damages and even provided compensation. Why should we get that?!"

"Why should we locals be bullied by outsiders?"

After the village secretary said that, everyone around him got excited, as if they wanted to argue with Wang Jianshe.

"Damn it, it's this Wang Jianshe who's wasting our time! In the end, he's just hiding here like a coward."

"It was his fault from the beginning, and it was his fault in the end!"

"Wang Jianshe, you fucking give me an explanation!"

"..."

Everyone was excited; some were holding rakes, some were holding sickles, and some were holding hoes, looking like they were about to rush towards him.

Wang Jianshe was terrified. He was most afraid of these people, having been beaten before. He quickly hid behind Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian was somewhat disappointed and incredulous: "..."