Beautiful CEO's Super Expert-Chapter 709: The Business Battle Begins

However, over the next few days, incidents kept occurring daily, which became somewhat abnormal even though they didn't seem too serious.

On the fourth day, events suddenly took a more severe turn.

At this moment, in the main hall of the Zheng Family, the Family Head, Zheng Qiusheng, was seated face to face with a middle-aged man.

"What's the situation now?"

Zheng Qiusheng asked with a furrowed brow:

"What did those two companies say?"

"Brother, I just met with the CEOs of both companies separately, and their responses are the same as yesterday—they've run out of stock."

The middle-aged man spoke, he was a clan member from a branch of the Zheng family, named Zheng Yun.

"How could they suddenly run out of stock?"

Zheng Qiusheng asked sharply:

"Are they playing some kind of trick?"

"No, they genuinely have no stock left, they even specifically took me to their warehouses to show me. The models of chips we ordered are indeed out of stock!"

"How is that possible? What exactly is going on?"

Zheng Qiusheng stared at Zheng Yun intently as he asked.

"I asked them, but they wouldn't say, only that they truly have nothing left. It was only after I spoke with the vice president of one of the companies that I found out, their products were all bought up yesterday by a company called Xinghui Company!"

"Xinghui Company? What's the background of this company?"

Zheng Qiusheng felt something was very wrong. In fact, he had already sensed something odd the day before, which is why he had sent Zheng Qiuyun today to specifically check what was going on.

"I haven't found out yet, only that it's a newly established company."

Zheng Yun shook his head and said:

"Brother, don't worry too much, we get only half of our chips from those two companies; the other half comes from Nanhui Company. As long as Nanhui Company is normal, there shouldn't be any problems."

"I've already sent Zheng Hai there, and I expect news from him shortly,"

Zheng Qiusheng said.

No sooner had he spoken than a frantic voice rang out from outside.

"Brother! Something terrible has happened!"

A man rushed in from outside, it was Zheng Min's father, Zheng Hai; his face was filled with urgency.

"Speak quickly, what exactly happened?"

Seeing the expression on Zheng Hai's face, Zheng Qiusheng immediately tensed up.

"The chips we need are also out of stock at Nanhui Company."

Zheng Hai hurriedly said.

"What?!"

Zheng Qiusheng's face suddenly changed, and he stood up abruptly from his chair:

"Hurry up, what exactly happened?"

"I just went there, and the chairman of Nanhui Company told me that all those chip models had been bought out yesterday, and they were purchased for 20% above market price."

"Did you ask who bought them?"

Zheng Qiusheng asked harshly.

"I asked, but they refused to tell."

Zheng Hai shook his head.

"This is definitely someone targeting our Zheng Family!"

Zheng Yun said coldly.

"That can't be, who would dare?"

Zheng Hai said in disbelief.

"Let's not worry about that for now, the key is what to do next."

Zheng Qiusheng waved his hand, his face full of worry.

It must be understood that several of their core high-tech products require these chips, and without the chips, nothing can be done.

At this moment, he somewhat regretted not having contracted with those manufacturers from the beginning.

Otherwise, even if someone did offer a high price, those companies would at least have to ensure the supply for Zheng Corporation, or else the penalty for breaching the contract would be substantial.

In reality, Zheng Qiusheng had his reasons for not signing the contracts; first, as chip technology evolves rapidly, signing a contract would undoubtedly be a constraint on him.

Secondly, there are three companies in Huaxia that could supply the chips they needed, so even if one had issues, they could rely on the other two; thus, they had never been worried about this issue before.

"How long can our current stock last?"

Zheng Qiusheng asked.

"Not very long, some chips can only last a few days, and at most about twenty days,"

Zheng Yun said with a worried expression.

"Can we urgently procure a batch from abroad for emergency use?"

Zheng Hai then asked.

"Ah Hai, you don't understand, first off, not to mention the much higher cost of importing chips from abroad, even if we are willing to spend more money, their technological standards are different from ours in Huaxia, and are simply not compatible."

Zheng Yun sighed, 'standards' meaning a set of technical specifications.

At this time, all three faces were filled with worry, as these high-tech products were their core industries, bringing in countless profits to Zheng Corporation every year.

Once there were no chips, their products would not be supply-ready, and the losses would not just be in terms of profits for a period.

Technology products change day by day, and previous customers would turn to other companies. After a while, their products could be forgotten.

To stand up again, the cost would be much more, after all, brand reputation accumulates gradually...

...

Meanwhile, at the Situ Family residence, Situ Ping was sitting in the living room waiting for someone.

When he saw someone emerge from behind the pine trees in the front yard, he immediately went to greet them:

"Younger brother, you just called me about something, what exactly happened?"

"Big brother, let's go inside and talk,"

Situ Ping said with a weary expression...