Chapter 860: Chapter 860: Invite the Enemy Into the Trap
Lin Jinmo said blandly, “When they arrive in China, we should fulfill our duties as hosts.” Huo Tinghan’s fingers lightly tapped his knee a couple of tis, and he suddenly gave a faint smile, “Hmm, I’ll take care of it.”
The collaboration between DuPont Group and Huace Group was extrely close.
Among the three major sons of the DuPont Family, the eldest son, Davis DuPont, was the current actual controller of the DuPont Group.
He had been through three marriages, with two ex-wives consecutively bearing him two daughters and a son, and his current wife, married for three years, bearing him a second son.
Besides these children, Davis also had two illegitimate daughters and one illegitimate son.
Hua Fu was that illegitimate son.
Before Hua Fu turned ten, Davis never acknowledged this son.
It wasn’t until Hua Fu turned ten, when his biological mother was imprisoned due to a political scandal.
Davis brought the illegitimate son back ho, acknowledging him to the dia for the first ti, while simultaneously suppressing news of the mother’s imprisonnt and severing their relationship.
From then on, Hua Fu DuPont beca Davis’s acknowledged third son.
As for whether Davis had other illegitimate children, it was unknown.
One reason Davis acknowledged this son was that Hua Fu was considered a clever person.
He knew that, as an illegitimate son, he had no right to participate in the family power struggle, so he devoted himself entirely to his studies, got into Stanford University, and after graduation, taught in Missouri.
Furthermore, he founded Hua Fu Group, and although the group was under his na, he had no actual control; the actual control was in the hands of his elder brother.
Davis’s eldest son, Bird DuPont, was the current Vice President of the DuPont Group, overseeing parts of the business that connected significantly with Huace, investing heavily in new energy projects in China in cooperation with Huace.
Huo Tinghan was very familiar with Bird and considered him an old acquaintance.
…
One week later.
A shocking piece of financial news broke out.
A factory invested in by DuPont Group in the outskirts of Beijing suffered a toxic gas leak incident.
The valve of the storage tank holding thyl rcaptan failed, leading to a massive leak of the substance.
Fortunately, the workers on site were evacuated in ti, preventing any casualties.
The accident was penalized 12 million.
That afternoon.
Just as Huo Tinghan returned to his office, his special assistant approached him: “Mr. Huo, a call from the Vice President’s office of DuPont Group.”
Huace also invested in and co-constructed this project that experienced the gas leak.
Most of DuPont’s projects in China were handed over to Huace.
Therefore, the occurrence of such an incident made DuPont Group extrely furious.
Huo Tinghan: “Return the call.”
“Yes.”
He sat down on the sofa.
The screen lit up, and soon a video conference was connected.
On the screen, a blond man with blue eyes appeared.
The two n exchanged pleasantries across the screen.
Bird’s face turned icy all of a sudden, and he switched the topic: “Mr. Huo, what happened with the toxic gas leak on the XGC09 project?”
Huo Tinghan stated, “This accident was due to the lack of assessnt of the safety system applied at the XGC09 project factory. The safety awareness survey also failed to identify major flaws in the factory’s safety processes, which led to this accident.”
Bird let out a cold laugh: “This factory project was invested by DuPont Group, supervised, and constructed by Huace, and even the workers were uniformly dispatched and trained by Huace. The penalty for this accident is 12 million; the financial loss is smaller, but it concerns the reputation of DuPont Group’s enterprise in China. Such a large loss, Huace Group should also bear a part of it.”
Huo Tinghan frowned slightly: “For this penalty of 12 million, Huace can bear a portion. However, the penalty decision requires the enterprise’s personnel to sign off personally. Mr. Bird, you could advance your plan to co to China.”
This was a major accident; although it did not result in casualties, the penalty decision was directed at DuPont enterprises and required sign-off from executive level or above.
Bird smiled: “Mr. Huo, we have always had a pleasant cooperation, never any discord. Is this incident really an accident?”
Huo Tinghan smiled: “With our years of partnership, how could you doubt ? Mr. Bird, I believe I have never offended you before, and now you’re making baseless accusations against ; it’s sowhat unfair.”
Pausing, he added: “Coincidentally, DuPont and Huace have another cooperation case coming up; the original cooperation eting slated for August could be moved up to this month. What do you think?”
Bird: “XGC09 is our first cooperation project, and with such a big problem, the next cooperation, I need to re-evaluate Huace’s sincerity.”
This accident was major but quite suspicious.
Frankly, it was a low-level accident, and DuPont Group naturally suspected whether Huace was trying to use such dirty ans to hollow out DuPont’s project rights in China and monopolize the technology market.
Huo Tinghan chuckled softly and said, “Mr. Bird, don’t say that. Isn’t it possible that I simply miss my old friend like you?”
Upon hearing this, Bird laughed: “Hahaha.”
Huo Tinghan curled his lips into a smile.
Bird shook his head, looking at him: “Alright, my old friend. Can the itinerary be set for next week?”
Huo Tinghan: “At any ti, Mr. Bird.”
Quickly, the video connection was cut off.
The smile on Huo Tinghan’s face imdiately faded.
He looked at Mo Ke and asked: “Uncle Mo, has the ‘gift’ been prepared for Bird’s visit to China next week?”
Mo Ke nodded, “Everything that needed preparation has been prepared.”
In the business world, ruthless competition and shady deals were endless.
DuPont Group in the United States was no small power.
The United States does not have strict gun control.
Whether it was Rong Ling or Huo Tinghan, naturally, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to cause trouble on soone else’s territory.
However, Bird’s visit to China would be different.
China was Huace’s territory.
No matter how powerful Bird’s influence was, causing trouble in China would stir up no waves.
This move was called “luring the enemy into a trap.”
Davis was always shrewd, and his carefully nurtured son, Bird, wasn’t easy either. He rarely ca to China personally, which forced a small tactic to be used.
If Bird didn’t co to China this ti, then under the pretext of this incident, Huo Tinghan could justifiably acquire all of Bird’s Chinese investnts at exceptionally low prices, gaining a net profit of 200 billion.
If Bird did co…
Then, since he ca, leaving wouldn’t be so easy.
200 billion.
No matter how wealthy the DuPont Family was, they would never easily admit defeat.
Bird was bound to co, and he had to co.
Huo Tinghan stood up, straightened his sleeve, and said lightly, “Once he cos, don’t let him leave.”
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