Chapter 1242: Black Panther Squad Captain Bao Zhen

Guiwu Organic Fertilizer Factory accepted Hui San's payment and promised to ship within two days, but now claims insufficient inventory and refuses to deliver—this constitutes breach of contract.

Breach means compensation.

As for how much they owed Hui San, Iron Rooster Yang Jin didn't even need to check legal documents before clacking out the figure on his keyboard.

Zhang Zhenghong didn't even glance at the breach liability clauses and compensation list on the table, demanding coldly, "What does Director Xia mean by this?"

Xia Qing slowly raised her eyelids. "We're in a rush to buy fertilizer. If Minister Zhang can't understand, call someone over immediately who can."

Zhang Zhenghong laughed coldly. "Guiwu and Hui San are friendly cooperative bases. Does Director Xia need to be this absolute?"

Xia Qing leaned back against her chair expressionlessly, listened to Zhang Zhenghong's heavy breathing, stared straight into his puffy eyes, and let her full aura loose. "You're the ones who made things absolute. Hui San suffered a disaster—over three hundred thousand mu of farmland urgently need crab-shell fertilizer to improve the soil. Any further delay of three days and we'll miss the autumn planting window, losing over a hundred million jin of grain and starving over a hundred thousand people. Hui San can't afford a 'friendly base' like this."

Zhang Zhenghong snorted through his nose. What outrageous nerve—terminating the friendly cooperation between two bases wasn't something a mere little planting center administrator could decide!

Xia Qing remained expressionless, her voice deep and measured as she delivered the final ultimatum: "I'm taking this payment and compensation to Baicheng Base to purchase crab-shell fertilizer. If Minister Zhang keeps stalling, the work-stoppage losses Hui San suffers because your factory failed to deliver on time and in full will exceed 350,000."

"You—"

Zhang Zhenghong, accustomed to the bickering, dragging, and negotiating styles of various bases and departments, simply couldn't handle Xia Qing's completely off-script tactics. The few remaining hairs on his head were nearly falling out from anger.

Too arrogant!

This top sniper from Hui San hadn't taken him seriously at all!

Xia Qing at the negotiating table was truly both dashing and dazzling. Yang Jin's gaze shifted from the flustered Zhang Zhenghong to the closed door beside him.

*Clap clap clap! *

A man emerged from the inner office clapping his hands, looked directly into Xia Qing's eyes, and said, "Director Xia truly lives up to her reputation as a top sniper—direct enough, sharp enough."

Xia Qing turned her gaze, calmly observing this evolver who stood over two meters tall with a tiger's back and bear's waist and a stubbly beard, along with the several armed evolvers behind him.

The intelligence from the Green Dragon Squad was accurate—the Black Panther Squad had indeed entered Guiwu Organic Fertilizer Factory armed.

Yang Jin and the special ops team members stepped forward, placing Xia Qing and Zhou Zhaoping in the middle for protection.

Zhou Zhaoping spoke calmly, "Minister Zhang, who is this?"

Keep pretending, you bastard!

"He's Captain Bao of the Hui Wu Black Panther Squad. Like all of you, he's here to buy crab-shell fertilizer. Because he placed his order one step ahead of you and bought out our inventory, we couldn't fulfill the transaction with your base."

Zhang Zhenghong gave a hollow smile. He'd originally planned to sit back and watch the monkeys fight, letting them bid against each other. But Xia Qing's attitude made him decide to just sell the goods directly to Hui Wu.

You really think I'm that easy to fool? If you had the ability to order from Baicheng, would you have bothered flying all the way here?

Hui San's farmland can't be improved, grain harvests drop, people starve—what does that have to do with me?

Bao Zhen locked his fierce, murderous eyes on the vile woman pretending to be calm in her chair. "Xia Qing, if you've got the guts, have a match with me. If you win, I'll cancel my order and let you have the fertilizer."

Yang Jin, tasked with suppressing Bao Zhen, radiated even fiercer killing intent. "Match Xia Qing in sniping? You've certainly got guts."

Bao Zhen's fiery eyes turned to Yang Jin—like hell he'd compete with her in sniping!

Yang Jin laughed coldly. "Not sniping? So a Level 7 Burst-type evolver wants to wrestle a Level 6 Strength-type evolver? Is this your idea of guts?"

"Yang Jin!"

Bao Zhen roared. The six squad members behind him all drew their weapons, and the special ops team members on Xia Qing's side raised their submachine guns. A melee was about to erupt.

Xia Qing, still seated in her chair, acted as if these people didn't exist, fixing her gaze only on Zhang Zhenghong, who had retreated to a safe zone to watch the show.

Yang Jin, with the Black Panther Squad's guns trained on him, raised a hand to rub his ear. "Bao, did your vocal cords evolve so you can't control your volume, or do you think my hearing has degraded? No need to shout that loud even if you're guilty. If you don't dare match Xia Qing in sniping, just say so. I'll wrestle you—loser drops out of this deal."

Bao Zhen clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking. "Yang Jin, you're determined to wade into this muddy water?"

"Muddy water?" Yang Jin's face frosted over. "The Phantom Squad broke the law first, and they're inferior in skill second. This matter is crystal clear—otherwise would you have paid the fine so willingly?"

"I paid the fine to save my brothers!"

"Since the Black Panther boss is so loyal, how come the medical consultation at our base said Phantom had at least fifty more years to live, but he croaked in your hands within seven days?"

Damn top sniper was paralyzed—alive for what good? Bao Zhen couldn't say this in front of his squad members, and wished he could rush forward and tear Xia Qing apart.

With Bao Zhen suppressed, Xia Qing continued the negotiation. "Minister Zhang, when will the payment and breach compensation be transferred?"

Zhang Zhenghong, thoroughly enjoying the show, spread his hands and played the rogue. "We can refund the payment right now. What we signed was an oral contract with no breach liability clause—we don't acknowledge any compensation."

Xia Qing didn't bother arguing legal provisions with him, simply nodded calmly. "Since Minister Zhang won't follow regulations and contracts, we have no reason to honor the contract either. Chairman Zhou, how many points worth of goods does Guiwu Base still have undelivered from our pharmaceutical factory's orders?"

Zhou Zhaoping took out his phone and pretended to check the data. The office fell into a suffocating silence for Zhang Zhenghong.

Once the pressure had built sufficiently, Zhou Zhaoping reported: "Thirteen types of medicine remain undelivered, including X Nutrient Source, Scar Remover, and Special Fungicide—totaling 2,823,455 points. Our factory's salesperson is newly hired too; he took the order and accepted payment without checking inventory properly. Director, what do you think?"

"Notify the pharmaceutical factory's finance department to transfer the points Guiwu Organic Fertilizer Factory owes and must compensate us to the Agricultural Bureau's account, refund the balance, and from now on Hui San Pharmaceutical Factory will not accept any purchase orders from Guiwu."

After issuing the order, Xia Qing stood up and turned to leave.

"Understood." Zhou Zhaoping followed closely, beginning to make phone calls. The five special ops team members immediately followed to protect Xia Qing, while Yang Jin and three special ops team members continued blocking the Black Panther Squad and Fatty Zhang.

"Xia Qing!" Completely ignored by Xia Qing, Bao Zhen roared again.

Seeing Xia Qing leave so decisively, Zhang Zhenghong panicked. He pushed past the blocking Yang Jin to chase her, but was stopped by a special ops team member.

Watching Xia Qing walk further and further away, Zhang Zhenghong panicked even more, stretching his nearly invisible fat neck to shout: "One thing at a time—Director Xia, this way of doing things is pointless. Besides, Hui San Base Commander authorized you to handle this fertilizer transaction; the pharmaceutical factory business isn't yours to decide!"

Guess why the Hui San Base Commander sent Xia Qing specifically to handle the fertilizer matter instead of someone else?

After giving Zhang Zhenghong a look that could only be understood, not spoken, Yang Jin lowered his voice to explain: "Minister Zhang may not know—Xia Qing isn't just the administrator of the Ninth Planting Center, she's also the full-authority agent for Hui San Pharmaceutical Factory's chief researcher. She controls 65% of the voting shares and can decide all the factory's affairs. Please explain this matter to Guiwu's Base Commander Hu yourself. We need to catch a flight to Bai San to purchase disaster-relief fertilizer—we'll be going ahead."

After delivering the final blow, Yang Jin gave a strange smile toward Bao Zhen behind him, turned, and walked out, leaving Bao Zhen so furious his face turned black.

If this bit of fertilizer caused the base's hundreds of mu of premium X-2 spinach to fail processing into X Nutrient Liquid, the Base Commander would skin him alive!

Zhang Zhenghong broke out in a cold sweat, chasing desperately: "Director Xia, please wait—misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!!!"