They were all like carrots dangling in front of a donkey, forcing her to keep moving forward.
Giving up now would be a complete loss.
The report calculated overnight by the finance department showed that even if the raw materials were purchased at a high price of 1,600 yuan per kilogram, although there would be no profit, at least the production line could be maintained and the exorbitant penalty for breach of contract due to supply disruption could be avoided.
More importantly, "Xianmi Dog Food" is currently a hot commodity in the global market. If production were to stop now, the brand popularity and market trust that have been painstakingly built up would collapse instantly.
That would be a true catastrophe.
There is no way to retreat, and we absolutely cannot retreat any further.
The Xia Group's working capital was simply insufficient to absorb this batch of exorbitantly priced raw materials, forcing Xia Zhuangya's Jinxia Capital to step in.
The tense and anxious atmosphere wasn't limited to the Xia Group.
Inside the S-level laboratory at Jiangcheng University.
The air was thick with the scent of disinfectant mixed with tension.
The development of the new vaccine led by Xia Zhining has entered the right track and is no longer a solo effort.
Through the introduction of Professor Li and Principal Li, and the network she built by participating in international exhibitions and visiting top laboratories, a team of elite researchers has been formed.
As the team grew and the scale of research and development expanded, the rate at which funds were consumed also increased exponentially.
Xia Zhining previously relied on the prize money she accumulated from treating a wealthy man's Akhal-Teke horse, assisting in case investigations, and working as an animal trainer.
Faced with enormous R&D expenditures, it is burning at a visible rate.
Not long ago, she made an extremely bold financial decision, spending nearly 18 million to commission Jiang's Foods to buy up Ge Xian Mi (a type of rice) on the market.
This investment instantly drained the project's cash flow.
The procurement of experimental equipment had to be postponed, and some consumable orders had to be delayed, causing the overall project to slow down noticeably.
Unaware of the situation, the team members began to notice the unusual atmosphere in the laboratory.
The procurement of critical reagents was delayed, and some non-urgent experiments were also required to be postponed.
All signs point to one fact: the project's funding chain may be in trouble.
Speculation and unease quietly spread through the laboratory.
"Have you heard? It seems like... something's happened with President Xia..."
"Won't our project go bankrupt before we even see any results?"
"Really? Everyone knows how Zhi Ning usually treats us."
"Yes, not to mention that her salary and benefits far exceed the industry standard, when my family member suddenly fell ill, she approved my leave without saying a word and even gave me extra subsidies... If such a person in charge really encounters difficulties, I believe she will not hide it from us."
"That's not necessarily true..."
...
No one expected that the first crisis after Xia Zhining's vaccine research and development team was formed would come so suddenly.
Adversity is often the most accurate touchstone.
Just when people's hearts were in turmoil.
Someone got angry.
Team member Zhou Wei, arms crossed, walked up to Xia Zhining in full view of everyone, her tone sharp and scathing, utterly unceremonious:
"Hey, is our project out of money? Give me a straight answer."
Before Xia Zhining could respond, she raised her chin as if she had suffered a great injustice: "I graduated from an Ivy League university and have offers from several top institutions."
"I came here because I thought you could succeed, not to suffer with you!"
"We can barely afford the reagents anymore, how can we continue this experiment?"
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