"So what do we do now?" Lin Zhiyuan was silent for a while, then said, "Although they promised to give us three times the penalty for breach of contract, I don't see the final moment when they will definitely not hand over the money."
"We absolutely can't rely on Mitsui Suzuki anymore, let's think of other ways."
Chen Dong had previously increased the price of supplies purchased from the Mitsui Group, firstly to replenish the rainy northern region so that disaster relief supplies could be distributed nearby when floods occur there, and secondly to prepare an alternative backup plan.
Unexpectedly, Mitsui Suzuki took advantage of this moment to trip him up.
If it were a normal business transaction, Chen Dong would never have bothered with him; instead, he would have reflected on his own actions and realized he hadn't kept his eyes open.
However, faced with such a natural disaster, Mitsui Suzuki refused to provide assistance and even seized the relief supplies purchased by Longteng, forcing Longteng's procurement and transportation plans to come to a standstill.
Chen Dong silently remembered this grudge. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What about UFO Sporting Goods Company, which is under New Parkway? Their supplies were shipped back to China a long time ago. Has it been opened up yet?"
“Judging from the situation on their overseas website, they have indeed opened several repositories.” Lin Zhiyuan looked at the computer screen and explained one by one, “But what’s strange is that they closed them shortly after opening them.”
Upon hearing this news, Chen Dong was even more puzzled. "These supplies were all shipped from Southeast Asia by UFO Company. Their purpose in sending these supplies is not pure."
"Why did you open the warehouse and then close it?"
“I don’t know much about it either,” Lin Zhiyuan said, organizing the bits and pieces of information he had gathered from various places in his mind. Then he said to Chen Dong on the other end of the phone, “It is said that when Poyang Lake was flooded, Cheung Kong Holdings delivered a batch of supplies to the local government at a high price.”
"However, later, major patriotic enterprises in China, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao donated relief supplies, and now no local government is willing to accept this batch of supplies from UFO Company."
Lin Zhiyuan was not in the mainland, so he could only hear about these things. Due to the massive floods in the mainland, many communication networks were cut off, and he had to verify even these fragmented pieces of information several times before he could confirm them.
Chen Dong initially analyzed that UFO Outdoor Sports Products Company had two reasons for transporting supplies to mainland China: firstly, to profit from the national disaster; and secondly, to create instability and chaos in the mainland's flood control and disaster relief efforts by manipulating the supplies, in order to cooperate with international speculators in Hong Kong.
However, because the scale of the supplies purchased by Longteng was so large, Longteng immediately opened its warehouses after the local governments had used up the supplies they had prepared.
Moreover, the supplies from Longteng were provided completely free of charge. Compared to the UFOs, which were priced several times higher than the market price, local governments would naturally choose Longteng's supplies.
This is why Longteng's supplies were consumed so quickly during the disaster.
"There's no other way right now. We can only contact major companies in the mainland and use the money we used to purchase Mitsui Group's supplies to buy relief supplies from these manufacturers." Chen Dong said coldly, still harboring resentment towards Mitsui Suzuki's actions.
After hearing his words, Lin Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment. "Large enterprises in mainland China have donated a lot of supplies during the flood relief efforts. We don't need to spend money to buy them, do we?"
Having touched on a sore spot, Chen Dong turned his attention back to the issue, saying, "The currencies of Southeast Asian countries are still depreciating one after another. Now, Southeast Asia's export trade competitiveness is far stronger than that of China. Although China has also developed mature foreign trade channels, our export market has been squeezed by Southeast Asia due to the depreciation of Southeast Asian currencies."
“Currently, all manufacturing enterprises in the mainland that have foreign trade business are suffering heavy losses. In fact, many factories are just barely holding on. In addition, with this massive flood, I think the mainland's logistics channels, raw material suppliers, and factories in the flood-stricken areas must also be facing huge losses.”
"Fortunately, we had made ample preparations before the flood, so Longteng's industrial losses were not too great. Therefore, in order to take care of the domestic factories, we will buy this batch of goods with money if possible."
Although they are not blood brothers, Lin Zhiyuan has gotten to know Chen Dong quite well after spending so much time with him.
In the business world, Chen Dong can be said to be completely ruthless, but when it comes to China's industrial enterprises and the people in China's disaster areas, Chen Dong is very soft-hearted.
“I understand,” Lin Zhiyuan nodded silently on the other end of the phone. “Communications in the mainland have not been restored during this period, and my contact with you has been intermittent. Once I have purchased the supplies from various factories, I will open them up directly to the local government.”
"Don't worry, just stay at Poyang Lake and don't wander around."
Chen Dong did not respond to the last sentence, but only vaguely said a few words, "Pay attention to the details of the transaction and the transportation route."
During this period, CCTV and local TV stations have been vying to report on touching stories of flood relief efforts.
Secretary Liu jumped off the embankment alone to stop the piping. Such a great sacrifice and such a great achievement were featured extensively by CCTV News reporters, who reported on Secretary Liu of Poyang Lake as a typical "flood-fighting hero".
In addition, Longteng's relief supplies can be seen everywhere in the disaster relief sites affected by floods throughout the Yangtze River basin, and many media outlets have also taken notice of the company.
At this time, Chen Dong, the boss of Longteng, was still focused on flood relief and disaster relief.
Secretary Liu from Poyang Lake is already in the hospital, and Chen Dong feels that it is only right for him to step forward and take his place.
Chen Dong learned from the county head that the reason why no one was at the Xingzi Hydrological Station when Secretary Liu went into the water was because they had all gone to repair the station's monitoring equipment.
If monitoring equipment is damaged and not repaired in time, they cannot collect the most accurate hydrological data, and therefore cannot report to higher authorities to comprehensively coordinate the adjustment strategies of reservoirs and dams throughout the entire basin.
Only with the entire hydrological station mobilized could two monitoring instruments be successfully repaired.
Because their computers were also flooded, much of the data needed to be manually verified before being reported to their superiors.
Chen Dong volunteered and said to the county head, "The comrades at the hydrological station have to repair equipment on one hand and monitor the situation on the other. The flood could come at any time. It's really too hard for them, and the efficiency is not high either."
"County magistrate, I request to go to the hydrological station to support them."
The county magistrate was incredulous upon hearing this and confirmed the source of the call once again.
After confirming it was Boss Chen's number, he slowly said, "You should think carefully. The communication tower at Xingzi Hydrological Station hasn't been restored yet, and conditions are extremely difficult."
"I'm fine."
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