I See through Everything

South Korea.

Busan Port.

After getting off the plane, Jiang Anye and his entourage took a taxi to a pier near Busan Port.

It wasn’t long before he met Jin Yuanji, the chairman of West Yuan Group.

"Chairman Jin, long time no see."

Jin Yuanji, who was drinking tea, glanced at the fawning Jiang Anye, a hint of satisfaction showing on his face. "Jiang, have a seat!"

Jiang Anye had long figured out Jin Yuanji’s personality—or rather, the personality of Koreans in general: arrogant and conceited, yet insecure and sensitive. Thus, as long as he adopted a subservient posture, Jin Yuanji would be quite pleased.

"Chairman Jin, I’ve come this time because after more than three months of experiments, I’ve finally completed the technical verification. The technology I have is real."

"Are you sure?" Jin Yuanji was a bit skeptical.

Jiang Anye swore solemnly, "Please rest assured, Chairman Jin. I invested more than thirty million to acquire this technology. I certainly wouldn’t joke around with my own money."

"Is that so?" Jin Yuanji’s fingers tapped lightly on the table. "We will need to conduct our own technical verification. If you can provide the research data, then we can cooperate."

"This..." Jiang Anye cursed inwardly. ’This damn Korean is going back on his word.’ He knew this was an attempt to push down his share of the split again. With a dark expression, he said, "Chairman Jin, if you have no sincerity in cooperating, then I’ll take my leave."

"Are you sure?"

"I’m sure."

"Jiang, if you start buying large quantities of white eels on the market, you’ll probably attract the attention of Hailufeng Company very quickly."

"So what? The worst that can happen is I earn a little less." Jiang Anye knew very well that he couldn’t compromise now, or the other party would take a mile if given an inch.

Jin Yuanji picked up his teacup with a cold smile. "And what if I publicize the fact that you stole Hailufeng Company’s technology? How would you handle that, sir?"

"Heh, it’s no problem for me. Hailufeng Company has no influence within Great Ryukyu anyway. Besides, I still have the Southeast Asia and Europe and America markets." Jiang Anye replied without a trace of fear.

Faced with Jiang Anye’s firm attitude, Jin Yuanji, though annoyed, didn’t lose his composure. After all, he was just trying to squeeze him a bit to see if he could grab a larger share.

Since pressure wasn’t working and he didn’t want to lose this opportunity, his expression suddenly changed. He smiled and said, "Jiang, I was just joking. You didn’t take me seriously, did you?"

Although Jiang Anye knew this Korean’s sincerity was fake, he was happy to play along. He replied with a broad smile, "Hahaha, of course I knew you were joking, Chairman Jin."

"As for our cooperation, we’ll stick to the previous ratio. I get sixty, you get forty."

"A pleasure doing business with you."

The two men then had their legal teams, whom they had brought along, begin discussing the specific contract details.

After taking a sip of tea, Jiang Anye asked, "Chairman Jin, how much production capacity does your company plan to allocate?"

"Five hundred mu. That’s how many mature white eels we’ll have soon. We also have a hundred mu of indoor farms that can be used as a nursery." Jin Yuanji was clearly prepared.

"Five hundred mu, isn’t that too little? You know, Hailufeng Company has about the same capacity."

Jin Yuanji stared into his eyes and said, "What’s the rush? If we produce too much all at once, how will we absorb all that capacity? The demand for glass eels in Europe and America is limited. Even if they do need them, the price will be driven way down."

However, Jiang Anye had his own calculations. ’I know that producing too much will affect the price, but increasing it by one or two times shouldn’t be a big problem. After all, if we want to make big money, our capacity can’t be too small. Our production cost for one kilogram of glass eels is as high as 1,750 US Dollars. We should take advantage of the current high prices and produce as much as possible.’

Just as the two sides were discussing production methods.

Two announcements were quietly posted on Hailufeng Company’s official website.

The first was that Hailufeng Company planned to make a major adjustment to the price of its glass eels in three months.

The second announced the dismissal of Zhang Xincheng and Jiang Xia. Zhang Xincheng’s position would be temporarily filled by Li Xinhua, the deputy manager of the aquaculture division. Jiang Xia’s duties would be taken over by Lin Yonghua, director of the Meilong Gold and Silver Processing Plant, and Chen Baili, manager of the City Specialty Store.

At the same time, Jiang Miao used over a dozen alternate accounts to infiltrate various aquaculture industry chat groups, where he leaked the news that Hailufeng Company had suffered another technology leak.

In a Min Nan aquaculture farmers’ chat group.

Begonia: [Let me tell you all some inside news. Hailufeng Company’s eel fry technology has been stolen again.]

Tian Qi: [Pfft, probably fake news again.]

Eel Big Plum: [For real? Don’t tell me it’s like that West Sea Company incident again, where they stole a fake?]

Begonia: [It’s real! Haven’t you seen the announcement on Hailufeng Company’s official website? They’re planning a huge price drop in three months. It’s probably to crush any other company’s plans to produce eel fry.]

Fuding Pork Slices: [Damn, I just went and looked. There’s a lot to unpack there! If I remember correctly, isn’t that Zhang Xincheng the Hailufeng Company boss’s brother-in-law?]

Begonia: [You guys are behind on the news. I have a friend in Magong who said there was some infighting in the Jiang Family last night. It’s highly likely that Zhang Xincheng was the one who sold the technology.]

Tian Qi: [So you’re saying someone really got Hailufeng’s technology?]

Eel Big Plum: [In that case, I’m not buying any fry next month. I’ll wait a couple more months and get a batch of the cheap ones.]

Tian Qi: [Heh, don’t get your hopes up. What if Hailufeng Company doesn’t cut the price?]

Begonia: [They’ll definitely cut the price. If they don’t, other companies will surely start producing eel fry.]