725: Chapter 725: [Switching Sides at the Last Moment] 725: Chapter 725: [Switching Sides at the Last Moment] “Heh, yes, although we can’t take direct action against the Chu Corporation’s board, we can dismantle them bit by bit, and the result will be the same,” Jiang Tian said with a laugh.
“That’s really impressive, to be able to poach several major clients and research teams!” someone exclaimed below.
“Chu Corporation is quite bold in its hiring.
Half of the research team consists of university graduates, which is the least stable and easiest to poach.
It’s not surprising that we managed to poach them.
What’s crucial is that Mikako’s Jintian Corporation has monopolized seven of Chu Corporation’s major clients, which is a major blow to them,” Jiang Tian couldn’t help but praise.
“It’s all thanks to everyone’s effort!” Mikako said.
“Heh, everyone, look forward to it.
Soon, we’ll be facing several major clients as well as the research teams and the termination contracts with Chu Corporation!” Jiang Tian said, very pleased.
“Is that so?
That would be really great, as long as we can bring down Chu Corporation, this big mountain, we will all be able to breathe easier in the future,” someone said happily.
“Haha, I wonder how much longer do we need to wait, Chairman?” someone asked impatiently.
Jiang Tian glanced at his watch and said, “It should be another ten minutes.”
Ten minutes…
Twenty minutes…
But half an hour passed, and still no one had arrived.
“Chairman, could it be that they are not coming anymore?” someone asked.
At this moment, both Jiang Tian and Mikako started to get anxious.
“They must come!
Let’s wait a little longer, good things are worth the wait,” Jiang Tian reassured.
“Alright, then we’ll wait a bit longer!”
An hour later.
“Chairman, could it be that they played us?
Maybe they only agreed on the surface but were just placating you,” someone said.
“Impossible!” Jiang Tian flatly denied.
“Excuse me, I need to take a call…”
Suddenly, Mikako’s phone rang.
“Hold on…
hold on…”
And the caller hung up after just a single sentence.
“What happened?” Jiang Tian asked anxiously.
“…”
But before Mikako could reply, her phone rang again.
It was the same situation as before; after a sentence or two, the caller hung up the phone, not giving Mikako any chance to speak.
After receiving seven calls, Mikako’s expression had turned extremely grim.
At this point, even without Mikako asking, everyone had already vaguely guessed what was happening.
“Could it be that the seven major clients backed out?” Jiang Tian took the initiative to ask.
Mikako nodded: “That’s right, they all backed out.”
The representatives of the other seven companies at the conference table, however, appeared calm, as if they had expected this outcome and were not at all surprised.
However, Jiang Tian and Mikako’s attention was not on them.
“What about those research teams?
They must be backing out too, right?” Mikako asked with a calm face.
Right then, Jiang Tian’s phone rang, and although it was from an unknown number, he still answered it.
“Is this President Jiang from Jiang Group?
Hello, I am Secretary Gu Jundie from President Chu.
President Chu asked me to tell President Jiang that she is dining with the R&D department, and President Jiang is welcome to join if interested.”
As Gu Jundie spoke, Jiang Tian just stood there, silently listening, completely silent.
“If President Jiang doesn’t have any other matters, I will hang up now.
Goodbye.” After that, Gu Jundie hung up the phone.
“Pfft!”
Jiang Tian felt a sweetness in his chest, and had he not restrained himself, he would have really spat out a mouthful of blood.
Gu Jundie didn’t tell him directly, but the implication was clear enough: the people from Chu Corporation’s R&D department had fooled him.
“Miss Mikako, we were both tricked.
Everything was in Chu Qingxue’s plan from the start; we have been led by the nose by Chu Qingxue all along,” Jiang Tian couldn’t help saying.
In fact, he was wrong, because Chu Qingxue was completely unaware that seven major clients had been under control.
These clients had been collaborators since her grandfather’s time, with very solid relationships.
Chu Qingxue could hardly believe that connections with these clients had been severed.
However, what she didn’t expect was that these clients, who accounted for sixty percent of the business revenue, had indeed been controlled.
She had underestimated the capabilities of Jintian Corporation.
But fortunately, that morning, a USB stick with all the data had appeared on her desk, enabling Chu Qingxue to regain some ground in time.
“Chu Qingxue, what a cunning woman!” Mikako’s face turned livid, her body trembling with anger.
Jiang Tian remembered something just as he was about to speak, but then he saw representatives from the other seven enterprises in the trade association simultaneously standing up.
“What is this?” Both Mikako and Jiang Tian were stunned; one incident followed another so suddenly.
Seeing the representatives of the seven enterprises stand up, Jiang Tian and Mikako both felt a bad premonition rising inside them.
“Mr.
Jiang, Miss Mikako, due to some irresistible factors, our companies are forced to withdraw from the trade association.
Here are our withdrawal applications!”
…
“Clack!”
Jiang Tian and Mikako were completely dumbfounded as they suddenly received seven withdrawal applications.
Their eyes widened, and they sat there, unable to recover for a long time.
“Actually, even if you disagree, we can still withdraw.
We have already consulted with lawyers; the contracts signed between the trade association and our companies are not legally binding.
That is to say, they don’t count.” After that, the seven people left the meeting room one after another.
“…”
Only then did Jiang Tian and Mikako slowly realize that not only had they infiltrated Chu Corporation, but Chu Qingxue had also penetrated the trade association.
Only they ended up failing while Chu Qingxue succeeded, having successfully turned the other seven enterprises against them at a critical moment.
“So they always knew the truth, playing along with us, making fools out of us.”
“Bang!”
In a fit of rage, Jiang Tian punched the conference table so hard that it dented inward, a testament to his fury.
“What do we do now?” Mikako was also completely at a loss.
Jiang Tian shook his head: “There’s nothing we can do now.
We’ve lost our advantages and our secret weapons.
Not only that, Spirit of Nature, newly launched by Chu Corporation, will deal a significant blow to my Jiang Group, potentially causing my company to collapse.”
“Can you still control the stock market then?” Mikako asked.
“I need to hurry back and check!”
Mikako’s words reminded Jiang Tian, prompting him to rush back immediately.
“Oh right, I forgot to tell Mikako that the story about Chu Qingxue personally taking the data to Jiangnan University was also false.”
As he reached the door, Jiang Tian suddenly remembered something.