The following day, Wang Siyu led the legal department to Hangzhou to conduct a share transfer with Alibaba.
After successfully completing the share transfer, Alibaba Group quickly paid a huge sum of RMB 1.29 billion to Grey Wolf Investment Co., Ltd.
The transfer of this huge sum of money instantly attracted widespread attention and heated discussion both inside and outside the industry.
Looking back, Grey Wolf Investment Co., Ltd. only invested a mere 20 million US dollars, which, according to the exchange rate at the time, was only about 140 million RMB.
What's truly astonishing is that in less than a year, they amassed an astonishing 1.1 billion! Such a high rate of return is beyond imagination, making one marvel at the magic and allure of the investment field.
Wang Siyu returned to the company with great joy. She couldn't wait to go to Chen Ze's office on the 21st floor, wanting to share the good news with her boyfriend as soon as possible.
Upon seeing Chen Ze, Wang Siyu could not hide her excitement: "Chen Ze, the Ele.me shares we previously held have been transferred to Alibaba. Alibaba Group paid us a total of 1.29 billion RMB. I suddenly feel that investing in a company is as profitable as running a company."
Chen Ze smiled slightly, "Siyu, as long as you have a forward-looking vision and invest in a company with great development potential, you won't need to spend any energy on daily management or production work. You can just sit back and wait to collect your money."
Like a graceful butterfly, Wang Siyu straddled Chen Ze's strong, muscular thighs with an alluring expression, and whispered in admiration:
"No wonder the rich get richer and richer; while the poor are always trapped at the bottom of society, struggling to survive."
A helpless expression appeared on Chen Ze's face. He sighed slightly: "Yes, those laborers at the bottom of society only earn a few thousand yuan a month through hard work."
"This meager income is barely enough to cover their daily food and drink expenses. To think they could save any extra money is simply a pipe dream, harder than climbing to the heavens!"
Recalling the hardships he experienced in his previous life as a complete spendthrift, Chen Ze couldn't help but feel a profound sense of empathy and understanding for the suffering of these people at the bottom of society.
Just as the two were talking, the cell phone, which had been quietly placed on the table, suddenly rang out with a crisp and pleasant ringtone at an inopportune moment.
Chen Ze then gently pushed his girlfriend Wang Siyu, who was clinging to him, aside, and quickly grabbed his phone to answer the call.
Zhou Qianqian's anxious and flustered voice immediately came from the other end of the phone:
"Boss, this is terrible! The market supervision bureau has just issued a formal notice ordering our company to immediately cease operations for rectification. They claim that our Xiyue beauty cream has serious quality problems."
Upon hearing that his own Xiyue Beauty Company had been forced to suspend operations for rectification, Chen Ze felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
He jumped up from his seat in an instant, his face filled with shock and anger as he demanded, "What? What happened? How could our product have a problem?"
"Boss, our product has been reported to have problems. Quickly turn on the TV. Many media outlets are reporting on our Xiyue Beauty Cream, saying it contains allergenic ingredients."
Chen Ze frowned, his voice tinged with anger as he questioned, "Why were there no problems with the first batch of products, but the second batch has issues? Which step or process went wrong?"
Zhou Qianqian's resolute voice came from the other end of the phone: "Boss, I've already asked Factory Manager Luo. He assured me that the entire production process has always been strictly carried out according to standard procedures, and there will absolutely be no oversights or problems."
However, Chen Ze did not dispel his doubts and continued to press, "Have you arranged for someone to carefully review the surveillance footage? Could it be that someone is deliberately interfering or sabotaging it?"
Zhou Qianqian quickly replied, "Boss, I thought of that too. I had already instructed the security guards in charge of surveillance to carefully review the footage from the relevant time period, but their feedback was that everything was normal and they found nothing suspicious."
Hearing this, Chen Ze paused for a moment before asking, "So, how many bottles of this second batch of products did you produce in total?"
Zhou Qianqian quickly responded, "Because this production task was quite urgent, we only had seven days at most. In the end, we successfully produced a total of 35,000 bottles of Xiyue Beauty Cream."
"However, strangely enough, after selling 20,000 bottles of our second batch of Xiyue Beauty Cream, only ten users experienced facial skin allergies after using it, and all of them developed rashes on their faces."
At this point, Zhou Qianqian emphasized her words, clearly feeling that the matter was full of strange things.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ze concluded that someone was most likely sabotaging his Xiyue beauty cream, and he strongly suspected that Li Muqing was behind it.
"Mr. Zhou, I understand the situation you described. Here's what we'll do: immediately give the order to temporarily halt all production processes and give all employees a three-day holiday. We'll arrange for resumption of work after the follow-up issues are properly resolved."
Chen Ze said in a calm and firm tone.
"Okay, boss, I'll relay your instructions right away," General Manager Zhou replied.
As the phone rang to signal the end of the call, Chen Ze slowly put down his phone and picked up the remote to turn on the television.
When the TV screen lit up, he switched several channels and was surprised to find that as many as three channels were reporting on the Xiyue beauty cream incident.
"Bang!"
Enraged, Chen Ze slammed his fist heavily onto the wooden table in front of him.
The desktop trembled slightly, as if it could sense the surging anger within him.
Seeing this, Wang Siyu asked with concern, "Chen Ze, what happened? Why are you so angry?"
Chen Ze took a deep breath, trying to calm his agitated emotions, but he still couldn't hide the resentment on his face, and said through gritted teeth:
"A few days ago, the Xiyue beauty cream, which I had invested a lot of effort and money in producing, was maliciously reported by some shameless person."
"The market supervision bureau has now intervened in the investigation and ordered our company to immediately suspend operations for rectification in order to correct any possible violations. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to our company."
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