After finally getting in touch with Lin Zhiyuan, he was met with bad news:
"I don't know what's wrong with Mitsui Suzuki. We've already paid the deposit, but when it's time to take delivery of the goods, they suddenly breach the contract and say they don't intend to sell these supplies to us."
Chen Dong gripped the phone so tightly his lips were almost bleeding. "We paid a third more for this batch of goods back then."
"Relieving supplies are in need everywhere in China right now. If they breach the contract, where can they send this shipment? It will still end up in China, won't it?"
Lin Zhiyuan sighed, "I don't know what those bastards are thinking. They'd rather pay us three times the penalty for breach of contract than give us the goods."
Massive floods have now broken out across China. In the rainy north, there is almost no dry land, and the entire Yangtze River basin in the south has been turned into a vast expanse of water.
The supplies that Chen Dong had purchased before the disaster were running out. The large factories they had acquired were urgently producing convenience foods and increasing production lines. However, due to severe urban flooding, logistics channels were also cut off one after another, making it extremely difficult for them to deliver raw materials to the factories.
Supplies are running out in major disaster areas.
Tents, blankets, clothing... these supplies that they hadn't previously paid much attention to are now urgently needed.
The area affected by the massive floods is expanding, and the number of people in the resettlement areas is increasing. It seems that even the convenience food they have is running out.
If they were to purchase goods overseas now, from negotiating prices to loading and transporting them by ship, passing through two customs checkpoints, and then shipping them back to the mainland from the port, even with a green channel, it would still take at least four or five days.
"Could we try to negotiate with him and double the price?" Chen Dong said through gritted teeth, feeling humiliated.
Lin Zhiyuan shook his head firmly, "I've been begging and pleading with Sasaki these past two days, but they just won't ship the goods."
“We used to be able to talk to Mitsui Suzuki easily, but in these last few calls, I could clearly feel that Sasaki was helping Hayashi Suzuki hide from us.”
At this point, Chen Dong finally understood.
"I think they never intended to cooperate with us in the first place. They said they would prepare supplies for us, but maybe it was just talk. They didn't even notify the factories in China about it." Chen Dong became angrier and angrier, his head was about to explode.
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