The owner of D State’s shredded chicken was getting ready to call and apologize, about to pay the breach of contract fee, when the phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, the owner of D State’s shredded chicken picked up the phone, intending to apologize, when he heard a tone devoid of any anger on the other end. Instead, there was a tone of appeasement.
"It’s okay that your goods can’t supply our supermarket on time, just replenish the stock once it’s produced. I’m calling to place an additional order."
The D State shredded chicken owner, in a daze, agreed and then hung up the phone, which immediately rang again.
It was a call from another major supermarket.
"Haha, it’s been a long time since we last connected; I’ve been dealing with your staff. How have you been lately?"
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken, still in a daze, replied, "I’m quite well..."
"I didn’t expect you could get Little Taotie to do a commercial. Our group has approached her countless times but was always tactfully rejected. This shows that the quality and taste of your shredded chicken are top-notch!"
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken blushed, "Thank you for the compliment. I also dreamed that Little Taotie would like our shredded chicken."
"I’ve been told by your people that your warehouse is sold out, and you can’t supply us tomorrow?"
The other party interrupted, "What’s the big deal? Don’t apologize; it’s okay!"
"But I still breached the contract; I will pay the penalty—"
The party interrupted again, "Pay what? That’s so hurtful! We’re hoping for a long-term collaboration; none of this is intentional on your part! If you really feel bad, why not just give us a larger quantity?"
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken, still in a daze, agreed again.
Just as he hung up, the phone rang yet again, then again right after hanging up...
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken, increasingly dizzy, paused for a moment, came back to his senses, scratched his head with force, and ended up with a handful of fallen hair.
The issue of breaching the contract was resolved; he didn’t have to pay any money. But why had he so easily agreed to increase their supply?
One supermarket wanted a 50% increase, another wanted a 20% increase, while another was even more demanding, requesting a doubled quantity... With over a hundred partners asking for more, could his factory even keep up?
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken opened the company’s current funds balance. Now that he didn’t have to pay the breach of contract fees, why not go big? Open another factory? No! Open five more factories!
This amount of money... doesn’t seem quite enough!
The phone rang again. He was somewhat panicked, fearing it was another call about increasing the order.
Looking at the caller ID, to his surprise, it was Little Taotie’s agent, also the leading figure in today’s agricultural industry, Chairman Cheng.
"Hello, Chairman Cheng, how are you?"
Cheng Guodong laughed heartily, "I’ve heard about it; you’ve run out of supplies, clearly you didn’t heed my advice. My little sister’s selling power is not something you can keep up with!"
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken spilled his woes, recounting how he had been terrified about breaching the contract and thinking of paying money, only to be appeased by his partners and agreeing to increase the supply in a haze.
Hearing this, Cheng Guodong laughed again, "They would certainly give your staff a hard time, but as for you, they wouldn’t dare. They are still counting on you to supply them with shredded chicken so everyone can make money together. They definitely want to please you and wouldn’t dare take your compensation money. They fear no sooner would they take your penalty fee than you’d stop cooperating with them."
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken sighed helplessly, "I’m still so naive. My dad gave me the company and went off to travel the world, leaving me in charge of everything. I’ve been fumbling along blindly."
Cheng Guodong sounded surprised, "Now that you’re not required to pay the penalty, you should be without worries. But by the tone of your voice, it seems you’re still troubled?"
The owner of D State’s shredded chicken replied gloomily, "I absent-mindedly agreed to increase the quantity, and when I did the math, I realized my factory simply cannot meet this demand. I need to open more factories; one won’t be enough, I need at least five, but the liquid funds I have..."
"That’s a small matter. I’ll invest in you! Hasn’t the advertisement been launched? Sold overseas, the world’s best chicken, you deserve it! Let’s make that slogan a reality!"
"Ah?" The owner of D State’s shredded chicken, both shocked and delighted, yet somewhat anxious, replied, "That was just an exaggerated phrase... Can we really achieve that?"
Cheng Guodong chuckled, "You need to have confidence in yourself. Even if you don’t have faith in your family’s traditional craft, you should have faith in me, and in my sister! Her popularity overseas is actually even more explosive than it is domestically!"