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

Chapter 102: Black material continues, easily grasped

Seeing that Yang Chen spent 100 million to find out some dirty laundry about Kang Shuaifu, Zhong Yuemin and Liu Jianmin were very worried. They called Kang Shuaifu's chairman Wu Minhong one after another to confirm whether Kang Shuaifu had any dirty laundry that was not allowed to be exposed.

Wu Minhong was very confident in the company. He assured the two that even if Yang Chen offered 100 billion, he would not be able to find any black material on Kang Shuaifu.

With Wu Minhong's assurance, Zhong Yuemin and Liu Jianming finally felt relieved.

but!

Whether there is any scandal or not is not up to Wu Minhong to decide.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Faced with the temptation of one million, those who knew the dirty information about Kang Shuaifu immediately contacted Yang Chen privately.

Yang Chen paid for the high-speed rail tickets and asked them to come to him immediately with evidence.

Soon, three sloppy uncles came to the door.

They handed the videos and photos in their phones to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen opened it and took a look, and he almost vomited because of nausea.

In the video, a group of untidy men were smoking and stepping on sauerkraut at the same time. The scene made people feel extremely physically uncomfortable. There were even company leaders who laughed and said that they never tested their sauerkraut to see if it met the hygiene standards. They didn't eat it anyway, and they didn't sell it directly to consumers, so they didn't have to worry about whether there were any problems.

When Yang Chen was in school, he ate a lot of old-style pickled cabbage noodles. Damn, they were all made this way!

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, copied all the photos and videos in his phone, and then signed a check for the three uncles to share the money.

The uncles happily left with the checks, saying that the money was enough for them to live on in their old age.

This is a serious food safety accident. Once it is exposed, it will become a hot topic. Yangshi will definitely follow up with the report. No matter how awesome Kang Shuai is, he cannot withstand this wave of damage.

Soon, researchers from Sihai Health obtained the test results. They found that bottled water from Baisuishan and Nongjia Spring contained about 3 micrograms of bromate per liter of water.

Water in nature contains almost no bromate, but drinking water must undergo processes such as ozone sterilization. During this process, the bromide in the water will be converted into bromate substances such as sodium bromate and potassium bromate under the action of ozone.

Bromate is harmful to the human body. A small amount will not have any effect, but long-term drinking will cause obvious harm to the body.

Nongjia Spring has a famous advertising slogan, "We don't produce water, we are just nature's porters." However, bromate, which does not exist in natural water, contains bromate that is harmful to the body after being "transported" by them. Isn't this a slap in the face?
Compared with Kangshoufu, Ahaha, Nongjia Spring, Ipoh, etc., Baisuishan is slightly more expensive. However, it contains bromate which is not found in Ipoh and other brands of water. This is also very embarrassing.

So far, no negative information about Ipoh has been found.

But it’s not a big problem. Yang Chen wants to short Ipoh’s parent company, Long Run Beverage. He doesn’t need to find any black material. He can succeed by shorting it directly.

Yang Chen came to the Investment Department.

Chen Chao hurried forward to greet him and reported: "Director Yang, you are here. Nongjia Spring, Kangshoufu Holdings, Longrun Beverage, and Coca-Cola have all completed the short selling work. This is the specific report, please take a look."

Yang Chen took the report and took a look at it.

Nongjia Spring shorted 5 million shares, with a total market value of approximately 307.5 billion.

Kangshoufu Holdings shorted 3.5 million shares with a total market value of approximately 42 billion.

Longrun Beverage shorted 3 million shares, with a total market value of approximately 48 billion.

Coca-Cola shorted 1 million shares, with a total market value of approximately 70 billion Eagle Coins.

A total of 15 billion Eagle Coins were borrowed from the five major banks to short Coca-Cola, and the funds used to short other companies were all Sihai Investment’s own funds.

Yang Chen nodded and said, "Well done. Let's start the operation now. Chen Xi, hand the information to Ah Chao."

Chen Xi handed Chen Chao a USB drive, and Chen Chao quickly opened it for everyone to watch.

After reading it, Yang Chen started to operate.

“Achao, contact the media you are familiar with and pay them to expose the packaging issues of Nongjia Spring.” Yang Chen said.

Chen Chao nodded and quickly instructed: "Team 1, contact the media organizations we cooperate with and pay them to expose the packaging problems of Nongjia Spring according to the experts' standards."

Group 1 took immediate action, contacted their respective media resources and paid to expose the packaging problems of Nongjia Spring.

People who often play the stock market know that news has a huge impact on stock prices. Good news can cause stock prices to rise to the daily limit instantly, and bad news can cause stock prices to fall to the daily limit instantly.

Therefore, a good trading organization must have stable media resources for cooperation, which not only makes it convenient for them to expose news as needed, but also allows them to obtain some useful information from the media first.

Today, with the Internet highly developed, all media organizations will register accounts on platforms such as Weibo and TikTok to facilitate the release of news at any time.

Half an hour later, major media outlets posted on their Weibo, Douyin and other accounts that Nongjia Spring's packaging was suspected of trying to curry favor with the Sakura Country and promoting the East India Company, among other bad behaviors.

The capital market reacts very quickly. As soon as these media exposed Nongjia Spring’s packaging problems, Nongjia Spring’s stock price began to fall rapidly.

At this time, the share price of Nongjia Spring was 61.5 Xiangyuan. Chairman and major shareholder Zhong Yuemin held 83% of the shares, with a total share capital of 110 billion shares and a market value of approximately 5600 billion. It was precisely relying on these shares that Zhong Yuemin has been the richest man for several years in a row.

60, 59, 58...

The rapid decline in Nongjia Spring’s stock price soon attracted Zhong Yuemin’s attention.

Zhong Yuemin immediately convened a senior management meeting and ordered the public relations department to conduct rapid public relations on the issues exposed on the Internet and to ensure that the issues were resolved before the midday close.

The entire public relations department was mobilized and immediately explained the packaging issues one by one. The legal department also immediately issued a statement reserving the right to pursue legal responsibility for any units and individuals that damaged the company's reputation.

However, this did not scare the netizens, and they left comments in the comment section of the relevant news.

"Haha... There's no need to think about it. It must be Boss Yang who did it. I said that the packaging of their products doesn't meet the aesthetic standards of the Dragon people. Now I finally understand where the problem lies. It turns out that they are carrying some private goods."

"I compared them one by one, and they really look like the stuff from Sakura Country. They also do advertise that the Dawn White Peach is produced in Fukushima. Damn, I've even drunk that."

"My son is a Bald Eagle citizen. This cannot be washed away, right? If my son inherits so much money in the future, won't it all belong to the Bald Eagle family? We must bring down the share price of Nongjia Spring, otherwise the shareholders' money will go to the Bald Eagle family sooner or later."

……

Just when netizens were heatedly discussing the packaging issue of Nongjia Spring, shocking news about Tukeng Sauerkraut came.

Major media outlets exposed videos and photos of a sauerkraut planting company stepping on sauerkraut in a pit, and clearly pointed out that the company is one of Kangshoufu's suppliers. The ingredients for the sauerkraut buns in Kangshoufu's old-style sauerkraut noodles come from here.

Netizens saw that some of the workers were barefoot, some were wearing slippers, and some were smoking while working. They threw their cigarette butts directly on the sauerkraut under their feet. There were even branches, snail shells, feathers, etc. mixed in the sauerkraut under their feet. Everyone instantly felt physically uncomfortable, and those who often ate Kangshoufu's old-style sauerkraut noodles even wanted to vomit.

"Oh my god, I'm going to throw up. I really like Kangshuaifu's pickled cabbage noodles. I just bought two big bags at the supermarket yesterday."

"Fuck! This is the dirt that Boss Yang spent 100 million to collect. This is simply nuclear-level damage."

"Is it Lao Tan or Lao Tan? I was wondering why my girlfriend said I had athlete's foot in my mouth. It turns out it was from eating Lao Tan sauerkraut noodles. Cao!"

"Old phlegm pickled cabbage, fermented under the soles of the feet, and made with tobacco. You deserve it, but I can't bear it. Can't the person in charge of such a company be arrested and shot with a Gatling gun for an hour? They don't treat their compatriots as human beings."

……

The Kangshoufu Group was instantly in an uproar, and Chairman Wu Minhong hurriedly convened a meeting of senior executives to discuss countermeasures.

"Fuck, who chose this supplier? Didn't you go to the site to see how they produce? Would you like to eat in this kind of environment and with this kind of production method? Fuck!" Wu Minhong roared.

The purchasing manager quickly stood up and said, "Mr. Wu, I went to their factory and saw that they were producing in a very formal manner. I didn't expect them to play such a trick to deceive me. I immediately terminated my cooperation with them."

Wu Minhong gritted her teeth and roared, "You've ruined my big plan!"

At this time, Ipoh President Liu Jianming called Wu Minhong.

"Hey, Old Wu, what's going on? How did you get into such a big mess? Old Zhong's packaging problem isn't too serious, but yours is too serious. It may very well be on Yangshi News." Liu Jianming said excitedly.

Wu Minhong explained: "It was all the fault of those idiots under my command. I really didn't expect it to be like this."

Liu Jianming sighed and said, "At this rate, let's not talk about whether we can successfully snipe Sihai Bingquan. You companies with dirty butts will be killed by him first. You should find a way to remedy the situation quickly. If your stock price drops seriously, you must not surrender, and you must continue to block Sihai Bingquan with us."

Wu Minhong quickly replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I know what is important. The stock price can go back up if it falls, I am not panicking at all."

Wu Minhong just said that he was not panicking. As soon as he hung up the phone, he immediately roared and ordered the public relations department, purchasing department, and legal department to take joint action and find a way to minimize the impact of this incident.

However, such a serious food hygiene problem cannot be reduced just because they want to.

The local police issued an announcement that they had worked with the market supervision and food hygiene departments to seal and conduct random inspections on the Chayan Pickle Company. The company's head, production manager, and others were all taken under control, and the company was required to recall all products for sealing.

The processing speed and power are quite impressive.

Soon, Yangshi, Jinghuashe and other platforms and media followed up and reported the "old phlegm pickled cabbage" incident. Yangshi directly reported the incident on the Focus Interview program. It would be naive to think that a big thing would be small, or a small thing would be nothing after appearing on the Focus Interview.

Kangshoufu’s top management finally realized the seriousness of the problem. They could only issue an explanatory announcement overnight, admitting that the Chayan Suancai Company was one of their suppliers. They had stopped cooperating with the company and would pursue the other party’s legal responsibility in the future.

Kangshoufu admitted that there were problems in the selection of suppliers and other issues. The company sincerely apologized to consumers and promised not to make such mistakes again in the future.

Consumers don’t care about this. Who the hell can eat sauerkraut stepped on by a bunch of sloppy uncles?

Consumers from all over the country are returning products and seeking compensation from supermarkets, convenience stores, etc. Online shop consumers are even applying directly for a refund. If the store dares to refuse, they will directly complain and ask customer service to intervene, and demand a refund of three times the amount.

Another big brand that makes old-style pickled cabbage noodles also issued an announcement overnight. They insist on fermenting the pickled cabbage in-house and do not purchase raw materials from third-party companies. They guarantee that every bag of pickled cabbage is authentic old-style pickled cabbage and are willing to accept on-site inspections by relevant departments.

As I said, sometimes business war is so simple. You don’t need to do anything special, just wait for your competitors to make mistakes.

The same old-style pickled cabbage noodles were sold out during this wave of popularity. On the shelves of major supermarkets, only Kangshifu instant noodles were left unsold, while other brands were sold out.

Before going to bed, Yang Chen posted a Weibo.

"Since our competitors are asking us to use pure business warfare methods to deal with them, then we will satisfy their wishes. At present, Sihai Investment has completed the short selling of Nongjia Spring, Kangshoufu Group, Coca-Cola, and Longrun Beverage. Baisuishan is not listed, but you don't have to think about it. I still have a lot of information in my hands, so let's play slowly."

Crowds of onlookers came to leave comments.

"Boss Yang has made his cards clear to them."

"So, Nongjia Spring, Ibao, Kangshoufu, Binglu, Baisuishan, these brands are teaming up to snipe Sihai Bingquan?"

"Fuck, Boss Yang is awesome, dealing with so many companies at once. If new brands want to gain a foothold, they really have to beat the old ones."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, for exposing these explosive materials. Consumers have sharp eyes. I believe everyone knows who to support."

……

Yang Chen went to sleep after posting on Weibo. He could sleep soundly, but some people couldn’t fall asleep.

Zhong Yuemin held a video conference with Pacquiao, president of BlackRock, and Barkley, president of Vanguard.

"Mr. President, the company is in big trouble now, and the stock price has fallen quite sharply. In order to meet your requirements, we have suffered huge losses." Zhong Yuemin said dissatisfiedly.

BlackRock President Pacquiao said: "You can't solve this kind of small problem? Then you can just lay off all the PR department employees. There is no point in keeping them."

Pioneer Navigation President Barkley followed up by saying, "That's right! You can get away with it by making up any excuse. Don't worry, I'm sure you can handle this crisis perfectly. I'll talk to your son later, I can take good care of him, you don't have to worry about his safety abroad, just focus on managing the company."

Zhong Yuemin: “…”

After the video conference, Zhong Yuemin couldn't fall asleep, so he called Ipoh President Liu Jianming again.

"Since Yang Chen has shorted Longrun Beverage, why don't you let your group step in?" Zhong Yuemin said.

Liu Jianming replied: "Don't mention it. The group has already warned me that if this brings irreversible impact to the company, I will be transferred from my position or even fired. The group will not help us unless it is absolutely necessary."

Zhong Yuemin continued, "I have an idea. Sihai Ice Spring has medicinal effects. It should not be treated as purified water or mineral water like our products. It should be treated as a health product or medicine. In this way, it cannot compete with our products in the drinking water field, and it cannot replace your cooperation with the national team in the drinking water field. Am I right?"

Liu Jianming smiled and said, "Your idea is great. Since he already knows about it, let's be frank. We will form a drinking water alliance with other brands and ask the relevant departments to recognize that Sihai Bingquan is a medicine, not daily drinking water."

"Okay! Let's do it! We will immediately contact the CEOs of other brands and get this done as soon as possible." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

……

In the morning, the Hong Kong stock market opened.

No surprises.

Nongjia Spring directly broke through the 40 incense coins mark and headed for the 30 incense coins mark.

The share price of Kangshoufu Group directly broke through the 12 Xiangcoin mark from 10 Xiangcoins, and fell to 6 Xiangcoins in one breath before stabilizing. However, this is just a key node in the battle between bulls and bears, and it cannot change the downward trend of the stock price.

Yang Chen was looking at the market, hahaha, Zong Dong called him again.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, Zhong Yuemin and Liu Jianming have taken the lead in setting up a drinking water alliance. Everyone has jointly written a letter to the relevant departments, asking them to recognize that Sihai Bingquan is a medicine, not daily drinking water. My attitude is consistent and clear. I will not participate in your struggle, so I still rejected their invitation. I hope that Mr. Yang can return the favor and not have any aggressive behavior against Ah Haha's products. Is that okay?" Mr. Zong said very sincerely.

Yang Chen smiled and said, “No problem! If you need anything in the future, just let me know, I will definitely do my best to help.”

Director Zong laughed and said, "Great! I feel relieved after hearing what Director Yang said. Then you can get busy. I'll hang up now."

Yang Chen said politely: "Okay. Thank you, Mr. Zong."

They are also setting up a drinking water alliance, which is really funny.

Yang Chen said to Chen Chao: "A Chao, send the test report to the media and expose it."

Chen Chao immediately said, "Why don't we send it to the Hong Kong Consumer Council and have them expose it? I have some connections there and can get in touch with the Hong Kong Consumer Council."

Yang Chen smiled and said, “Sure, it will be more lethal if it is exposed by the Hong Kong Consumer Council, let’s do it!”

Chen Chao nodded and quickly contacted his friends in Hong Kong to get in touch with the Consumer Council.

At twelve noon, the Longguo Drinking Water Alliance, led by Nongjia Spring and Ipoh, which account for more than half of the Longguo bottled drinking water market share, jointly issued an announcement, or more accurately, a petition.

They emphasize that drinking water such as purified water and mineral water is just water and has no special effects.

However, Sihai Bingquan has medicinal effects and should not be classified as drinking water. It should be classified as a health product or medicine. All aspects of industry standards should be implemented in accordance with the industry standards of medicines or health products.

I hope the relevant departments can face up to this problem and provide a fair operating environment for the bottled drinking water market.

The release of this announcement means that these brands have completely broken off relations with Sihai Bingquan, and there is no possibility of any easing.

Netizens have commented.

"If they completely dig up the roots of Sihai Ice Spring, they won't even give it the status of drinking water."

"Fuck, let's be honest, why do I feel like what they say makes sense? In traditional concepts, water is used to quench thirst. The function of the Four Seas Ice Spring is too powerful. It really shouldn't be used as drinking water."

"No, I don't quite understand their train of thought. Even if consumers don't use Sihai Ice Spring as drinking water, they will definitely give priority to buying Sihai Ice Spring in the future. This will not have any impact on the sales of Sihai Ice Spring at all."

"You don't understand, do you? If Sihai Bingquan is not drinking water, but medicine or health products, the national team can't purchase it as drinking water. Ipoh, which they are currently cooperating with, can continue to be a drinking water supplier. Sihai Bingquan can only be purchased as a product other than daily drinking water, and the purchase volume will definitely not be large. To put it bluntly, they are trying every means to limit the sales of Sihai Bingquan."

……

Just when everyone was discussing whether Si Hai Bing Quan was drinking water or medicine, the Hong Kong Consumer Council issued an announcement.

After spot checks on drinking water brands circulating on the market, bromate was detected in Nongjia Spring, Baisuishan, Meigu Pure Water and Feixue Mineral Water. Testing of other brands of drinking water is in progress, and the subsequent decision on whether to expose them will be made based on needs.

In fact, the test data of other brands are also available, but Yang Chen deliberately withheld it, so that the so-called drinking water alliance can fall apart.

The drinking water from Nongjia Spring and Baisui Mountain contains about 3 micrograms of bromate per liter, while Meigu Pure Water and Feixue Mineral Water contain about 2 micrograms of bromate per liter.

Natural water generally does not contain bromate. When ozone is used to disinfect water, bromide reacts with ozone and generates bromate after oxidation. Bromate is classified as a potential Class 2B carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

The Hong Kong Consumer Council stated that consuming large amounts of bromate can cause nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. In severe cases, it may also affect the kidneys and nervous system. Therefore, long-term drinking of water containing bromate may cause certain damage to the body.

As soon as this news came out, the Internet was once again in an uproar.

"Oh my god! Aren't they the transporters of nature? Why do things that don't exist in nature appear after they are transported?"

"Hey, this, this... I thought the more expensive ones were of better quality, but it turns out the more expensive ones also have problems."

"What the hell is safe? If even this famous brand of drinking water is not safe, what else can we drink?"

"No wonder Prince Yida only drinks imported water. At that time, everyone said he was pretending. Now everyone knows the reason."

……

This announcement from the Hong Kong Consumer Council is extremely destructive.

The stock price of Nongjia Spring could no longer hold on, instantly breaking through the 50 mark and heading straight for the 40 mark.

Kangshoufu's share price went straight to 5 Xiangbi, and the share price of Ipoh's parent company Longrun Beverage could not hold up, going straight from 16 Xiangbi to 10 Xiangbi...

(End of this chapter)