[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill":3,"chapter-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-scammed-hundred-bill-arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-184":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arms Tycoon: Starting by Conning a $10 Billion Order",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2079076,3287,"Chapter 184","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>Yet for such a century-old company, Lin Yi had no clear plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as far as he knew, although Panasonic had been declining in recent years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and its market share in Longguo had been sliding, it still maintained numerous production bases there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its industries involved flat-screen TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least tens of thousands of Longguo people relied on this enterprise for their livelihood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if Lin Yi intended to retaliate against Panasonic, he had best avoid affecting these people's livelihoods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Investigate first before acting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi thought thus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as the market recovered, Fengyi Technology's production lines became busy once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet soon, the people of Longguo noticed that while they could previously purchase Chaoba batteries on Alibaba's Taobao, Tmall, and other platforms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now that Alibaba's platforms had delisted Chaoba batteries, they had not been relisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did Alibaba mean by this? Were they preparing to oppose the state media?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, soon Fengyi Technology issued a statement on its official website,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>declaring that none of its future products would be listed on any Alibaba-affiliated platforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any Fengyi products appeared on Alibaba-affiliated platforms,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology would have reason to believe their distribution channels were illegal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and in such cases, Fengyi Company would cancel all after-sales services, including the \"three guarantees,\" for those products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the issuance of this statement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology also filed a lawsuit with the Songjiang District Court in Modu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alleging that Alibaba had arbitrarily delisted Fengyi Technology's products without investigation or prior notice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>severely damaging the company's reputation and causing enormous losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi's demands were that Alibaba must issue a formal apology to the company\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and compensate for losses amounting to 100 million yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving this lawsuit, the Songjiang District Court in Modu immediately accepted the case,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and on the same day, served a summons to Alibaba's headquarters in Hangcheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Alibaba received the summons, they were stunned; they had never expected a battery company like Fengyi Technology to be so unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had directly filed a lawsuit against Alibaba itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after the state media, especially the military, intervened, Alibaba immediately realized the opponent was not to be trifled with,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and promptly quietly relisted all of Fengyi Technology's products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have expected that the other party would simply close their store and walk away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, their official statement declared they would never cooperate with Alibaba again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only then that Alibaba realized the gravity of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this lawsuit made headlines, the news reached Old Ma,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and this man, whose face resembled an alien's, flew into a rage on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who did this? Who authorized you to do this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack Ma demanded of his senior executives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Jack Ma might not have cared much about an emerging battery enterprise like Fengyi Technology,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after all, its influence was limited; so what if Fengyi Technology's products were no longer sold on Taobao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with the news emerging that Fengyi Technology was a Longguo equipment manufacturer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the implications were entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alibaba might not fear Fengyi, but did they not need to worry about the military behind them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they believe that if Jack Ma provoked the military,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the military would dare to directly seal up Alibaba the very next day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they could guarantee that even the Hangcheng government would not dare to interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, matters concerning the defense industry outweigh everything else; regardless of anything else, all must yield to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was the most extreme scenario; under normal circumstances, the military would not seal up Alibaba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the fact remained that Alibaba had provoked Fengyi Technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Fengyi Technology was a partner of the military, this equated to Alibaba indirectly provoking the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Jack Ma was flying into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, an Alibaba vice president responsible for the matter stated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This was done on behalf of Mr. Sun!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On behalf of Mr. Sun!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack Ma naturally knew who this Mr. Sun referred to;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>undoubtedly, it was Sun Sun Zhenyi, Alibaba's major shareholder,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>except he was a Korean-Japanese individual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the representative he had dispatched to Alibaba was a genuine Japanese person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well! Jack Ma roughly understood what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, rumors were rampant online that this matter was orchestrated by the Japanese multinational corporation Panasonic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Panasonic's status in Japan and within the electrical industry,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>getting a Japanese person to obey their orders was extremely simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Jack Ma immediately reported the matter to Sun Sun Zhenyi and simultaneously dismissed that vice president from their post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Sun Sun Zhenyi expressed great shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately recalled his representative in Dragon Country back domestically; as for whether any punishment followed, that remained unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Jack Ma now faced a heap of messes to clean up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the news released on Fengyi Technology's official website and the summons issued by the Songjiang Court in Magic City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many netizens and media outlets instantly became excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fengyi Technology was clearly preparing to go to war with Alibaba!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Alibaba's side, they promptly held a press conference to explain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This incident resulted from the negligence of certain staff members; our company has already relieved that staff member of their duties,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and for this, we express our apologies to Fengyi Technology for what they have endured!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the reporters, well-informed as they were, had no interest in hearing such statements and immediately asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard this was demanded by Alibaba's Japanese shareholders; is there any truth to that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, this was merely a mistake by an Alibaba employee!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard this matter originated with Japan's Panasonic; does Alibaba have any comment on this...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No comment; we at Alibaba are unaware of these matters; please refrain from baseless speculation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the netizens would not accept this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They unanimously condemned Alibaba for colluding with Japan to suppress an outstanding Dragon Country enterprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they preparing to become Japan's lapdogs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack Ma deeply understood the impact of this affair; one misstep, and both he and Alibaba would be branded traitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he asked someone to find Lin Yi's contact number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lin, for the sake of my, Old Ma's, reputation, please withdraw the lawsuit; there is no need to escalate matters so greatly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Jack Ma's words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if in the past Lin Yi had held some admiration for this Jack Ma, since at that time he had not yet fallen from grace,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>being regarded as an entrepreneurial idol among the people of Dragon Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ever since the incident where Alibaba delisted Fengyi Technology's products occurred,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi felt not a shred of goodwill toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Alibaba's market capitalization stood at 180 billion US dollars, in terms of actual personal wealth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yi was actually not much worse off than Old Ma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2015, Old Ma's net worth was 22.7 billion US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Alibaba's market capitalization had risen considerably this year,\u003C\u002Fp>",1149,"2026-06-16T04:15:30.615Z","2026-06-16T04:35:02.051Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","5402bf5e000c644aa42d3455d153aa9605113772e5ec0526ed7e72263dabf954","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-185","arms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-chapter-183",328,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farms-tycoon-starting-with-a-hundred-billion-doll-cover.jpg"]