I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Chapter 101: Ipoh Baisui Mountain Kang Shuaifu joins the battle and jointly snipers Sihai Bingquan

Zhong Yuemin has been the richest man in Long Country for many years thanks to Nongjia Spring. His strength and social status are absolutely unquestionable.

Zhong Yuemin said that this was a commercial competition, so let both parties resolve it through purely commercial means, and Huang Wenkang had nothing to say.

Huang Wenkang reminded: "Since Boss Zhong said so, I won't waste my words. I hope you can have the last laugh and don't call us to ask for help in being a peacemaker."

Zhong Yuemin laughed and said, "Thank you Mayor Huang for your kindness. We don't need you to be a peacemaker. Let Sihai Bingquan compete with us purely through commercial means."

Huang Wenkang hung up the phone immediately, and then called Yang Chen.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, I have found out that it was Nongjia Spring that offered a high price to snatch your water source. I called Zhong Yuemin to talk about it, and he said that this is pure business competition. He hopes that you will also compete with him with pure business means and not mix in other forces. What do you say?" Huang Wenkang said.

Yang Chen laughed loudly, and said, “That’s fine, pure business methods are the fairest, I am willing to accept his challenge. You say hello to the Hangzhou City Government, and you all stay out of it. This time, let Zhong Yuemin and I do it solo, and see if he, the richest man, is more powerful, or if I, the scapegoat, am more powerful.”

Huang Wenkang was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "How confident are you that you can win?"

“If there is really no government intervention in the end, I am 100% sure that I can win. You contact the Hangzhou Municipal Government now, describe me as miserable, and lure them to support not intervening government forces, so that Zhong Yuemin and I can go it alone. By then, Zhong Yuemin will be defeated, and the Hangzhou Municipal Government will be embarrassed to intervene. You guys do your job, and I will take care of the rest!” Yang Chen said very confidently.

"Haha... Mr. Yang's brain is still working well. Okay, let's do as you say. I will contact the Hangzhou Municipal Government now to describe your miserable situation." Huang Wenkang said with a smile.

Huang Wenkang hung up the phone and immediately contacted the Hangzhou Municipal Government.

Zhong Yuemin knew that Huang Wenkang would definitely contact the Hangzhou Municipal Government to intercede, so he gave advance notice, asking the Hangzhou Municipal Government to determine that this was purely commercial competition. He hoped that the two governments would not intervene and let business return to business. The victory or failure of Nongjia Mountain Spring and Sihai Ice Spring would depend on their own abilities.

After all the preparations were completed, Yang Chen began his counterattack.

As the first step in counterattack, Sihai Healthcare issued an announcement.

"Si Hai Bing Quan has been insisting on making high-end drinking water since the day it was founded, so we only have one water source, the Changbai Mountain Deep Mineral Spring. Director Yang led the scientific researchers to develop a new Si Hai Bing Quan that is only effective for the genes of the Dragon People. We originally thought that we could quickly mass-produce and put it on the market so that the people of the whole country can become stronger together, but we didn't expect that at this critical moment, our only water source would be snatched away by Nong Jia Shan Quan at a high price. Nong Jia Shan Quan has raised the price three times, and made it clear that as long as we follow up, they will continue to increase the price. We can't continue to increase the price, because the extra money will eventually be passed on to consumers. The key to the effect of Si Hai Bing Quan in enhancing physical strength lies in our genetic technology, not in the water source. Therefore, we are ready to look for other water sources, but this will delay the time for mass production and listing, please forgive us. We have communicated with Nong Jia Shan Quan, and their response is purely commercial competition, and they asked us to respond with purely commercial means. We accept the challenge of Nong Jia Shan Quan."

Sihai Bingquan was already on the hot search list of major platforms. As soon as this announcement was released, it quickly became a hot search, and netizens rushed to leave messages and comments.

"Boss Yang has a hard time. He was held back by the richest man just when he was about to take off."

"Nongjia Spring's behavior is a bit dishonest, but we can't say they have a problem. Seeing that Sihai Bingquan is about to seize the market, we really need to take some action."

"No way? What kind of technology does Nongjia Spring have? It's a completely replaceable brand. How can they compete with Sihai Bingquan?"

"I work for a provincial sports department. I heard that they have negotiated with Boss Yang to replace the drinking water of all teams and sports schools at the municipal level with Sihai Bingquan. The current discussion point is whether to use the ordinary version or the professional athlete version. It is really unwise for Nongjia Mountain Spring to attack Sihai Bingquan at this time. I am sure they will be punished soon."

"A large group like Qiangsheng challenged Boss Yang and was defeated. Is Nongjia Spring crazy? Drinking water is an industry without technical barriers. There are other brands on the market that can replace Nongjia Spring. How dare they compete with Sihai Bingquan, which has unique genetic technology? They are just waiting for Nongjia Spring to admit defeat and beg for mercy."

……

Soon, Zhou Haiming, who was in charge of purchasing drinking water for the National Sports Department, saw the news and immediately called Zhong Yuemin.

"Hey, Boss Zhong, why are you attacking Sihai Ice Spring? We are negotiating to purchase their drinking water. How can we purchase it if you take away their only source of water at this time?" Zhou Haiming asked straight to the point.

Zhong Yuemin smiled and said, "Aren't you cooperating with Yibao? Why do you want to change to Sihai Bingquan? Will Yibao agree?"

Zhou Haiming explained: "We are considering the overall situation, not just one person's agreement or disagreement. If our athletes can enhance their physical reserves, their performance in competitions will be improved. If your product also has such a function, we will certainly purchase your product."

Zhong Yuemin smiled and said, "We don't have the ability to produce drinking water that is effective only for the Dragon people's genes. Therefore, in order to protect our own interests and keep our current market share as much as possible, we can only use other legitimate means of competition. Please let commercial competition be pure, and don't get involved."

Zhou Haiming laughed and said, "I just don't want Boss Zhong to waste time, because you will definitely lose in the end. How are you compared to the foreign capital like Qiangsheng? They were all subdued by Boss Yang, and your fate will not be much better. Your behavior will only delay our time to get Sihai Ice Spring, so I advise you to think twice."

Zhong Yuemin laughed loudly and said, "Thank you, Minister Zhou, for reminding me. I know what's going on. As long as Sihai Bingquan uses purely commercial means to compete with us, I will accept it even if I lose in the end. If there are other things involved, I will not accept it. Even if I am forced to compromise, the company's foreign shareholders will not agree, and I still have to do what they ask in the end. To tell you the truth, BlackRock and Vanguard threatened me to do this, and I was forced to do so. You all only care about Yang Chen, and no one cares about me."

Now that things have come to this, Zhou Haiming doesn't want to say anything more.

"Okay, good luck to you." Zhou Haiming said and hung up the phone immediately.

In fact, Zhong Yuemin was quite panicked, but he had no choice now. His son was still at Bald Eagle's house, and he did not dare to go against the wishes of Blackrock and Pioneer Navigation.

Not long after, Zhong Yuemin received a call from Ipoh President Liu Jianming.

As soon as Liu Jianming opened his mouth, he scolded Sihai Bingquan for not knowing the rules and daring to snatch the cooperation relationship with the national team.

Now the national team’s drinking water partner brand is Ipoh, which is also the key reason why Ipoh can sell 146 billion bottles a year.

If such a big piece of fat meat is snatched away by Si Hai Bing Quan, Ipoh will definitely be seriously damaged. They are already in the preparation stage for listing, and their performance has dropped sharply at this time. How can they go public?
Even if it manages to go public, its market value will be lower than expected due to performance issues. How can investors cash out at a high price?
Zhong Yuemin smiled and said, "So, I have already started, and you have to follow up quickly. We can't let Sihai Bingquan go on the market on a large scale, otherwise our two companies will definitely take away a large part of the market. At the very least, consumers will definitely buy it to try it out and see how it works, which will affect our product sales."

Liu Jianming sighed and said, "You're right. This is what I'm worried about now. The cooperation with the national team is likely to be lost. Even if it is, the national team's purchase volume from us will definitely be greatly reduced. Let's join forces and bid high prices for the water source of Sihai Bingquan. We must prevent them from listing it on the market on a large scale. Do you want to do it?"

Zhong Yuemin laughed and said, "I'm already doing it now, right? Do you think I should do it? How about we get other friendly companies with high market share to join us and fight against Sihai Bingquan together? "

Liu Jianming smiled and said, "That's possible! Then let's act now. I'll contact Bai Sui Shan and Ahaha, and you contact Kang Shuai Fu and Bing Lu."

Zhong Yueming said without hesitation: "Okay! Let's go our separate ways!"

……

Yang Chen prepared for the second step step by step, collecting negative information about Nongjia Spring.

Yang Chen ordered Chen Xi to buy the entire series of Nongjia Spring products. Originally, he wanted the researchers from Sihai Health to test whether these products contained any harmful ingredients, but Lu Mei actually discovered a problem with the packaging.

Chen Xi pointed at the tower on the coconut tree beverage packaging of Nongjia Spring and said, "Mr. Yang, look, this is the five-story pagoda of Sensoji Temple in Cherry Blossom Country. As a Dragon country company that makes money from Dragon country people, Dragon country has so many towers that they don't use, but they use the five-story pagoda of Cherry Blossom Country as the packaging image. Isn't this a big problem?"

Yang Chen quickly picked up the bottle and carefully compared it to the picture on the Internet. It was really as Chen Xi said.

Chen Xi continued to introduce: "There is also this introduction, which says that matcha originated in Sakura Country in 1267, but matcha clearly originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties in Dragon Country. What is their behavior?"

The corners of Yang Chen's mouth turned up, and even AK was hard to suppress.

Chen Xi went on to say, "Look, it's said here that the East India Company brought tea to the European continent. Let's assume that this is true, but anyone who has studied junior high school history knows what the East India Company is. It was the initiator of the Opium War. Everyone who has been to school knows how much damage opium has brought to the Chinese nation. Why does he promote the East India Company here? Under normal circumstances, shouldn't he hide the East India Company and just say that tea was brought to Europe? If some people who are not good at history see this, they will think that the East India Company is good and helps us."

“Haha…” Yang Chen laughed, and then said: “Yeah, what on earth do they mean? I now seriously doubt whether there is something wrong with their political stance.”

Zhao Jing brought the tea from Nongjiashanquan and pointed at the packaging and said, "Boss Yang, look, there's something wrong with this packaging too. This is clearly the shape of the Sakura Kingdom's God's Toilet, especially this chrysanthemum, which is the symbol of the Sakura Kingdom's Nine Chrysanthemum Sect."

Huang Wei held the black tea from Nongjiashanquan and said, "Boss Yang, look, isn't the warhorse here the same shape and posture as the warhorse in the Tokugawa era of Sakura Country?"

Bai Zhi brought the Qinggan Pu'er tea from the farm spring and said, "Mr. Yang, look, isn't the crane on it the same shape as the Ukiyo-e crane pattern in the Sakura Country? The cranes in our Dragon Country must be pure white, while the crane pattern in the Sakura Country is colorful."

Chen Lan said, holding a bottle of Nongjiashanquan soda water, "Mr. Yang, you see, their advertisement advertises that the Dawn White Peaches are produced in Fukushima, the country of cherry blossoms, which is where the nuclear leak occurred. They dare to use this place name in their advertisements, which obviously shows that they don't take the health and emotions of Dragon Country consumers seriously."

Yang Chen was extremely happy, and said with a smile: "Haha... Well said, that's right! I was thinking about testing whether their products have any problems, but now it seems that there is no need to go through so much trouble. With so many things thrown out, whether they are true or false, they will be in big trouble. Aren't you going to engage in a business war with me? Then fight to the end! You guys sort out all these problems, and write a detailed report for each problem. Write it now, I need it urgently."

Lu Mei nodded quickly and immediately went to Chen Xi's office to get busy.

Now it’s time for step three.

Yang Chen called Chen Chao from Sihai Investment Department and instructed: “Contact the brokerage firm and short Nongjia Spring. Short as much as you can.”

Chen Chao immediately said, "Okay! I'll do it right away!" Not long after, Chang Sheng, the president of Sihai Healthcare, came to find Yang Chen.

"Mr. Yang, I contacted the Hecheng Municipal Government and they agreed to sell the Anjiang Reservoir to us. Although the water quality there is not as good as that of Changbai Mountain, it is a reservoir as famous as Qiandao Lake and is considered to be a top reservoir in the second echelon. Do you think it's okay?" Chang Sheng asked.

Putting all your eggs in one basket is a big taboo in investment. The future sales volume of Sihai Bingquan will definitely be exaggerated. The demand cannot be met by the water source from Changbai Mountain alone. We should indeed buy more high-quality water sources.

“Okay, let’s buy a few more high-quality water sources. Even if they’re not needed, it’s better than having no water when you want to use it.” Yang Chen said.

Chang Sheng nodded and said, "I understand. I'll try to contact Qiandao Lake later to see if they can sell us a reservoir. Then I'll go to Hecheng and talk to their person in charge in person."

Yang Chen nodded, and Chang Sheng turned and left.

River City is right next door, and it only takes more than two hours to drive there.

Soon Chang Sheng met Li Qun, the person in charge of investment promotion in Hecheng City. The two had a very good chat and finalized the cooperation agreement on the spot.

In order to avoid any further complications, both parties agreed to sign the contract during working hours tomorrow.

As soon as Chang Sheng returned to Jiangcheng, Li Qun called him.

"Hello, Mr. Chang, I'm sorry, we may need to renegotiate the price. We have received a new quotation, which is twice what you gave. You see, we can't just refuse to cooperate and offer a higher price, right?" Li Qun said embarrassedly.

Chang was furious and asked immediately, "Who is it? Is it Nongjiashanquan again?"

Li Qun smiled and replied, "I can guarantee that it is not, but I can't tell you which company it is. Mr. Chang, please forgive me."

"Did they also say that no matter how much we pay, they will get more than us?" Chang Sheng asked.

Li Qun smiled and said, "Yes, that's what he said."

"Okay! I got it." Chang said angrily.

If it is not Nongjia Spring, it means that other companies have joined the camp to target Sihai Bingquan.

Chang Sheng quickly called Yang Chen and reported the situation to him in detail.

Yang Chen was amused after hearing this, and said with a smile: “That’s how you play it, right? No matter who it is, let’s just treat it as Sihai Bingquan VS all other drinking water brands. Don’t waste time looking for water sources, wait until we decide the winner with them. Otherwise, it will always be like this, whichever reservoir you negotiate, they will grab that reservoir.”

Chang Sheng asked again: "Should we postpone the auction of the Four Seas Ice Spring agency rights? This situation will definitely affect the major agents' expectations of our sales, and they will not be able to bid high."

This is indeed a problem. If Sihai Bingquan cannot obtain high-end water sources, it will definitely affect sales and agents will not be able to bid too high to bid for the agency rights.

Yang Chen was very unhappy, but his reason told him that it would be safer to postpone it.

“Then let’s postpone it. Let’s say we’ll confirm the auction date after we finish the business war with Nongjia Spring. The Sihai Sports equity auction does not need to be postponed and will be held as scheduled.” Yang Chen ordered.

Chang Sheng quickly said, "Okay! I'll do it right away!"

Sihai Healthcare issued a new announcement that the auction of Sihai Bingquan’s agency rights has been postponed.

Although the number of words is small, netizens are very enthusiastic in discussing it.

"According to experience, a little word means a lot. It seems that Sihai Bingquan was caught off guard by Nongjia Mountain Spring. Without high-end water sources, Sihai Bingquan will not be able to produce."

"Oh my god, didn't the national team say they were going to purchase it? Didn't the national team intervene? Is Nongjia Spring so awesome?"

"I'll tell you something secretly. This time, it's not just Nongjia Spring that's targeting Sihai Bingquan. Half of the top ten brands are involved. You can imagine the difficulties Sihai Bingquan is facing now. Even the 3 trillion yuan debt is not enough. This is the ultimate competition in the 3000 billion yuan bottled drinking water market every year."

……

At night, Yang Chen was sleeping with Chen Xi in his arms when Chang Sheng called him again.

"Hey, Mr. Yang, I heard that Ipoh is trying to buy the Anjiang Reservoir. The two bottled water giants have joined forces. It's really difficult for us this time. I saw someone online revealing that half of the top ten brands in sales have joined the camp to snipe us. I don't know if it's true." Chang Sheng said worriedly.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “What’s so difficult? If I deal with one person this way, I can deal with a hundred of them this way too. This is good too, we can defeat them all at once! The bottled drinking water market should re-establish order, and this time we, Sihai Bingquan, will have the final say! You’ve worked hard these past few days, so have a good sleep. Let me and my colleagues in the investment department handle it next, and you can have a good rest for two days.”

Chang Sheng immediately replied: "It's not a big deal that I worked hard, but I'm really upset that I didn't solve the problem. Sigh... Mr. Yang, take a rest, I'm going to sleep too. Good night."

The next day.

Yang Chen came to the company and went straight to the investment department.

Chen Chao quickly reported to Yang Chen: "Director Yang, I have contacted several brokerage firms. At present, I can probably short sell 5 million shares of Nongjia Spring. According to the current price of 61.5, the market value is about 307.5 billion. Do you think it's okay?"

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Okay, borrow all of them and short sell! In addition, contact the brokerage firm to lend out Long Run Beverage's shares. We want to short sell Long Run Beverage's share price at the same time."

Chen Chao immediately replied: "Okay, we'll do it right away! Group 1 will contact the brokerage firm to confirm the loan of Nongjia Spring shares. Group 2 will contact the brokerage firm to inquire about how many Longrun Beverage shares can be loaned out. Do it right away!"

The traders from Group 1 and Group 2 immediately became busy.

Not long after, Chang Sheng hurriedly came to the door of the trading room and signaled Yang Chen to go out.

Yang Chen gave Chen Chao some instructions, then got up and went out.

"What's wrong? What happened again?" Yang Chen asked.

Chang Sheng nodded immediately and replied, "I just received a call from Ahaha's president, he said Zhong Yuemin and Liu Jianming contacted him to join their camp to deal with us together. In addition to Nongjia Spring and Ipoh, Baisuishan, Kangshoufu and Binglu have also joined. President Zong felt that Ahaha had no conflict with our products, and was unwilling to support this kind of behavior of banding together to suppress peers, so he declined the invitation. When our group was preparing to make mineral water, I visited Ahaha and studied for a while, and I had a good relationship with President Zong, so he called me to talk about it."

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, and said: "Binglu is from Coca-Cola, right?"

Changsheng nodded and said, "Yes."

"Okay, I get it. You go and do your work, I'll take care of it." Yang Chen said.

Chang Sheng said goodbye to Yang Chen and turned to leave.

Yang Chen returned to the trading room and sat down, then said to Chen Chao: "Consult the stocks of Kangshoufu and Coca-Cola, and short sell these two companies as well."

Chen Chao nodded and immediately ordered: "Group three, consult Kangshoufu's stock situation, and Group four, consult Coca-Cola's stock situation. Short these two companies together, and act now!"

Listed companies are easy to deal with, Yang Chen can definitely deal with them one by one, but Baisuishan is not listed, so he must start with the product itself.

Yang Chen thought about it briefly, and then called Chang Sheng.

“Buy some Bai Sui Shan and test it to see if there are any harmful substances in it. Purified water must contain bactericidal and disinfecting substances. Let them test the specific content.” Yang Chen ordered.

Chang Sheng immediately replied: "Okay, I'll do it right away."

Afterwards, Yang Chen posted a Weibo.

"100 million, collect negative information about Kang Shuaifu. If it is confirmed to be true, pay it immediately, and the whole network can testify."

(End of this chapter)