Han Tao called to report an explosion at a technology company's laboratory, which injured several people, but thankfully no one died.

However, an investigation by higher authorities has resulted in an order to cease production and suspend all operations.

Lu Wanqing had no intention of taking a vacation; she wanted to take Miaomiao back to Beijing.

"Mom, I want to stay here and learn tie-dyeing techniques. You should go back first."

Miaomiao's wound has almost healed, and she can run and jump again.

The first thing she did after recovering was to visit her injured assistant, telling him to take good care of himself and not to worry about anything else, and that he would come back to help her once he was healed.

As for the other deceased assistant, she wrote a letter to his family and sent a remittance of 500,000 yuan as compensation.

The other family, being also poor in D province, expressed their understanding and only requested that Miaomiao transport the body back to the village for burial.

Lu Wanqing instructed people to handle this matter, making a grand spectacle of it. It is said that the family members who found the money were overjoyed and showed no sign of sadness.

But that's all in the future. After all, it was a life, and Miaomiao was sad for a long time.

Lu Wanqing returned to Beijing and personally visited the technology company to see the site.

At the site of the explosion, the six-story building had been razed to the ground, and everywhere was covered in blackened charcoal.

Han Tao stood with his hands on his hips, feeling a sense of defeat. He valued the laboratory highly, conducting regular fire safety inspections and strictly managing chemicals.

Fortunately, when the explosion occurred, all the staff inside were attending a seminar, leaving only two interns. They were in the restroom at the time and were only injured by the blast wave, which was not fatal.

"Brother, have you ever considered that this might be a man-made accident?" Lu Wanqing asked with a deep look in her eyes.

She didn't believe in explosions without a reason.

An explosion at this time, amidst the intense competition between the company and Porter, always seems rather strange.

Han Tao's heart tightened, and he frowned.

He has lived for so long, and even when he was at his poorest as a child, he was well protected by his family and never witnessed the oppression of society or the wickedness of people's hearts.

He never imagined that he would deliberately detonate the laboratory in order to destroy his competitor.

What a coincidence! The person was unharmed, but all the crucial data was destroyed in the fire.

The company's mobile phone business will be in a slump for the next six months to a year.

The key issue is that if the newly signed order worth 100 million yuan cannot be delivered on time, it will constitute a breach of contract and require the payment of a large amount of liquidated damages.

Lu Wanqing could bear these losses, but she would absolutely not tolerate this kind of malicious competition.

"Wanqing, it seems the mobile phone business will have to be suspended. I didn't handle this matter well, so we can only try to make up for these losses by expanding into other businesses," Han Tao said.

Lu Wanqing patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, "Okay, with your abilities, you can easily earn back this money by doing some other research and development."

When Ququ appeared beside them, he also looked regretful. However, upon hearing that they needed to conduct other research, he took the opportunity to present his new research plan.

That was a study on aircraft navigation. Currently, aircraft navigation systems all use imported equipment, and the technology costs alone amount to tens of billions of yuan every year, not to mention maintenance costs.

Once aircraft navigation systems are domestically produced, it will bring enormous benefits.

Previously, the focus of funding was on mobile phone R&D, leaving less investment in other areas. It's clear that Ququ's plan has been carefully considered for a long time and is quite mature.

“Okay, I’ll allocate the funds for you. Let’s put the office building in the group’s building; the security is better there,” Lu Wanqing said.

After arranging Ququ's things, Zhou Mufeng, who was standing to the side, hesitated to speak.

He felt it was a great pity when he heard that Lu Wanqing and Han Tao wanted to stop their mobile phone business, but he didn't have enough influence to offer them advice.

Lu Wanqing noticed the anxiety on his face and asked him, "Mufeng, what are your thoughts? There are no outsiders here, so don't worry."

Zhou Mufeng first gave Miaomiao his liver, and then risked his life to find her. Lu Wanqing treated him like a son.

"That's right, I have backups of all the data related to the mobile phone business on floppy disks, and I also have all sorts of data in my head. Anyway, the production line is still there, and I believe that the final debugging will definitely be fine," he said, expressing his thoughts.

Han Tao was pleasantly surprised. He had a good memory, but he couldn't possibly remember so much data.

"Wanqing, why don't we let him give it a try? At least let him get through this order and prevent the company from losing money," he suggested.

Lu Wanqing was looking for an opportunity to test his work ability, so she decided to hand over this task to him.

Han Tao and Ququ will specialize in aircraft navigation business from now on.

After returning to the company, Lu Wanqing called Huo Xiao over and asked him to arrange a meeting with the criminal police captain as soon as possible, requesting them to investigate the two injured people.

If I'm not mistaken, at least one of the injured was someone planted by Porter's company.

Huo Xiao was very efficient. Soon, a wounded soldier's words opened up a breakthrough in the matter.

It turned out that as an intern that day, he was not entitled to participate in the research meeting. Another intern suddenly dragged him to the toilet during the work process, even though he said he didn't want to go, he was still dragged to the restroom.

They had only been in the restroom for two minutes when an explosion occurred outside, and the explosion happened right at the colleague's workstation.

The detectives quickly located him and questioned him. He finally admitted that he had done it, but insisted that no one had instructed him to do it.

The more he denied it, the greater the suspicion became, and the investigation into him did not stop...

Given the other company's use of these illegal competitive tactics, Lu Wanqing not only strengthened the company's security but also specially dispatched her bodyguard Chu Yi to Hunan Province to protect Miaomiao.

Others also became more vigilant, lest the other party resort to desperate measures.

Just as one wave subsided, another arose. Before the investigation into the explosion was even finished, Zhou Mufeng, who had pulled the mobile phone business back from the brink of collapse, was also targeted. Moreover, someone was spreading rumors throughout the company that he was an unfilial son and that his father had starved to death after suffering a stroke in his seventies.

Whether it's true or not, no one bothers to verify it, but the way they look at him has changed.

The fact that such a person held an important position caused a stir among the employees. Some of them, who already disliked his serious demeanor, took the opportunity to suppress him and spread rumors.

Soon the rumors reached Zhou Ling's ears. She was so angry that she clutched her chest and trembled. It was all her fault for always making him call Tian Guangrong "Dad".

This nominal father didn't leave him a single penny of his tens of millions in assets, and even left him with the stigma of being unfilial.

"No, I'm going to find your Chairman Lu and explain this to her. I can't leave her with such a bad impression." She made a scene, insisting on going to the company headquarters.

Zhou Mufeng grabbed her arm and said, "Mom, I'll handle my own affairs."