Chapter 729

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After Chen Qiang left, Du Xiaojuan fell into deep thought.

She thought for an entire afternoon before she figured out the situation and analyzed the pros and cons clearly.

Finally, she made her decision.

She did not notify Chen Qiang immediately, nor did she tell Wang Dashan about this right away; instead, she called Hu Wanjia.

"General Manager Hu, didn't you say before that you wanted to cooperate with Xiao Du Technology?"

Du Xiaojuan got straight to the point; in business negotiations, she had always been decisive and straightforward.

"Miss Du, this is..."

Hu Wanjia was stunned, clearly somewhat vigilant.

After all, Du Xiaojuan's attitude had been very clear before, saying that regarding e-commerce, she would not consider cooperating with him for the time being.

"The Jinghu Garden project, our cooperation was quite pleasant. My husband said we could develop other cooperation projects. Didn't you say before that your supply chain company was interested in cooperating with our Xiao Du Technology? I don't know if you still have that willingness now?"

Hearing this, Hu Wanjia was immediately overjoyed:

"Yes, yes, as long as your Xiao Du Technology does not dislike my small company, I will definitely do my best to serve Xiao Du Technology!"

He had previously given way to Shanhai Real Estate in order to recoup both principal and interest from Xiao Du Technology. This time Du Xiaojuan took the initiative to call and seek cooperation, so he naturally agreed without saying another word.

However, at this moment, Du Xiaojuan changed her tone:

"However, for your company to become a member of our supply chain, it must also be approved by Xiao Du Technology's Board of Directors. With your company's current background and strength, I'm afraid it would be difficult to convince the board members. I have two solutions here that can solve this problem; I just don't know which solution General Manager Hu would choose."

"What two solutions? I'd like to hear the details."

Hu Wanjia asked politely.

Du Xiaojuan said:

"The first solution is to let me invest in your supply company, making your company a member of Xiao Du Technology. As long as everyone becomes our own people, the supply issue will naturally no longer be a problem."

Hearing this, Hu Wanjia frowned slightly. He was an old hand; how could he not know Du Xiaojuan's wolfish ambition?

If Du Xiaojuan were allowed to invest in his supply company, the day she obtained decision-making power would be the day he was kicked out.

By then, all his efforts would be making wedding clothes for others.

Hu Wanjia clearly did not approve of this solution, so he asked:

"What about the second solution?"

Du Xiaojuan said: "The second solution is to compromise. Since General Manager Hu is unwilling to let us invest, we can jointly establish a brand new upstream supply company. The upstream of this new company would be General Manager Hu's current supply company, and the downstream would connect to Xiao Du Technology. In this way, we can avoid interfering in General Manager Hu's business territory, and we can also give the Board of Directors an explanation."

"That is indeed a good solution."

Hu Wanjia nodded slowly, feeling that this solution was not bad.

This not only allowed him to fully control the decision-making authority of his own company, but also added a new link to the supply chain, and on this new link, he could still take a share of the profits. To him, this was beneficial in every way and harmless in every respect.

"Since General Manager Hu thinks the second solution is good, how about finding time to meet and discuss in detail tomorrow, and also talk about the equity structure of the new company? What do you think?"

"No problem at all. Then we'll discuss in detail tomorrow. You arrange the time and place; I'm fine with anything."

"Alright. Then tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, still at Tian'e Grand Hotel. My husband and I will go together to meet you."

"Good, good. See you tomorrow."

Hu Wanjia hung up the phone, feeling that happiness had come too suddenly. He didn't expect this big piece of meat, Xiao Du Technology, to arrive at his mouth so quickly.

He actually felt something was fishy in his heart, but that thought just flashed by and he didn't think about it deeply.

Because Du Xiaojuan taking the initiative to seek cooperation had a complete logical closed loop.

He had previously given way to Shanhai Real Estate, letting Du Xiaojuan and Wang Dashan see his sincerity. Now they were reciprocating courtesy and actively delivering benefits to him, which was only natural.

After all, to make business last, one needs not only benefits but also personal connections.

Anyway, no matter what, everything would be clear after meeting and discussing in detail tomorrow.

And before that, he had to show his sincerity.

On the other side, after Du Xiaojuan returned home, she told Wang Dashan about this.

"What? You plan to cooperate with Hu Wanjia? And you've already made an appointment to meet him tomorrow to discuss in detail?"

Wang Dashan looked completely puzzled: "Xiao Juan, didn't you tell me before that Hu Wanjia is a very cunning old fox spirit and not a reliable partner? The reason he gave us concessions on the Jinghu Garden project was to set a bait to catch fish, purely to earn more benefits from Xiao Du Technology."

"Yes, I did say those things to you before, and I still feel those words are not wrong now."

Du Xiaojuan said this, and Wang Dashan became even more puzzled:

"Then why did you still take the initiative to find Hu Wanjia to cooperate? Isn't that inviting a wolf into the house?"

Du Xiaojuan smiled meaningfully:

"That's right, I just want to invite a wolf into the house. If this wolf doesn't come, my position in Xiao Du Technology might not be secure soon."

Wang Dashan was stunned:

"How could that be? You are the founder of Xiao Du Technology. In Xiao Du Technology, you have always had the final say!"

Du Xiaojuan smiled bitterly:

"You only saw the surface, not the true situation inside the company. To be honest with you, as the company's business grows bigger and bigger, more and more interests are involved, and internal strife is inevitable. Now Chen Qiang and Zhang Yong are joining forces with outside capital sharks to set a trap, trying to kick me out. If I don't take some action, I estimate that before long, Xiao Du Technology will no longer be under my control."

Hearing this, Wang Dashan looked full of surprise:

"How could this be? Isn't Chen Qiang very good to you? He actually joined forces with outsiders to set a trap for you. Isn't that too heartless!"

He had always thought Du Xiaojuan was as stable as Mount Tai in Xiao Du Technology. After all, she was not only the founder of Xiao Du Technology but also held the most shares. Even if Chen Qiang had invested before and obtained certain decision-making power, he still didn't carry as much weight as Du Xiaojuan.

"In the face of benefits, what does conscience count for?"

Du Xiaojuan shook her head and laughed.

She had originally trusted Chen Qiang quite a bit, but today Chen Qiang's persuasion of her was in complete agreement with Zhang Yong, which inevitably aroused her suspicion.

Adding to that, the previous decision by Xiao Du Technology to blindly expand was also strongly pushed by Chen Qiang; Du Xiaojuan had been put on the spot by the Board of Directors at the time, failed to see the situation clearly for a moment, and agreed to the expansion policy, which led to the current capital chain gap at the Company.

This guy Chen Qiang very likely did it on purpose; he had never been aggressive before, and Du Xiaojuan was actually the more aggressive one, yet he was so aggressive about this decision—reviewing it now, it was clearly abnormal.

Du Xiaojuan had previously felt that something was off about the Company's financing, but she couldn't tell exactly where the problem lay.

Now she finally understood.

The capital chain gap at Xiao Du Technology was clearly man-made.

Because only with a capital chain gap would the Company have to take the financing route.

And once financing happened, her shares would definitely be diluted, and her decision-making authority would be diluted as well.

By then, Xiao Du Technology would no longer be run as she said.

It was precisely because she understood this that she took the initiative to seek cooperation with Hu Wanjia.

She now needed checks and balances; Hu Wanjia was certainly not the best choice, but he was the only one who could reach a Cooperation Agreement within a short time.