"Socialist Ho?" Hearing these words, Mobai and Yajize Tian imdiately exchanged glances.
Coming from a socialist country and baring enmity with them, who else could it be besides Zhang nglong?
In that instant, they all understood! Zhang nglong was truly here to target Qualcomm Electronics this ti!
Were it not for the official US backing, Zhang nglong's net worth alone would suffice to buy out Qualcomm Electronics completely, but since he couldn't purchase it, he could sabotage it. As long as the employees went on strike, how could their company continue to operate normally?
Just now, Berlainas had said the strike would continue until the company compromised with them or it would go on indefinitely.
With Zhang nglong's financial resources, even supporting these employees for a lifeti would be a piece of cake. With his financial backing, the strike would never stop!
Not having to work and yet receiving double the salary was such a huge benefit—how could the employees possibly give it up? They would be delighting in the company's stalemate with them for years, better yet, a lifeti!
"This Huaxia man's tactics are really vicious!" Infelite, who once shared ownership in Silicon Moonlight, lanted.
After being ousted from the board by Zhang nglong, Infelite had joined forces with the president of Silicon Moonlight's union, hoping to force him into agreeing to their conditions through a strike.
But Infelite completely failed to anticipate that Zhang nglong simply did not fear losses, and straightaway fired those causing trouble, paying out whatever was owed, even willing to spend money to support idlers when the company wasn't bringing in any revenue.
But that's just how rich and capricious he was; Infelite could only slink back to Arica dejectedly.
Several months had passed, and just when he was about to forget such an incident had ever taken place, the sa situation was unfolding at Qualcomm Electronics. The playbook was exactly the sa as before.
What was different was that Zhang nglong wasn't afraid of losses, but they were!
"What benefits did Zhang nglong offer you to instigate the workers into striking?" Infelite demanded.
"Mr. Infelite, that is slander against !" Berlainas replied, "I've made it very clear, this is the collective decision of all our employees. I do not know the gentleman supporting us. I only know that he calls himself a 'successor of socialism.' Whether he is the Zhang nglong you speak of, I really have no idea."
"What successor of socialism!" Infelite clenched his fists. Those who called themselves "successor of socialism"—if that person wasn't Zhang nglong, he would directly swallow up Qualcomm Electronics!
But Berlainas didn't admit to it, and they had no recourse; the threshold for defamation was very low in this country. If he couldn't produce evidence, then Berlainas could just as well send him a lawyer's letter of warning!
"Alright, we've made our demands clear. If the company doesn't et our terms, starting this afternoon, we begin our strike. The board mbers can continue their eting," he said.
Having said that, Berlainas swaggered out of the eting room.
...
The boardroom fell silent; after such a disruption by Berlainas, who still had the heart to carry on with this board eting?
They had just secured orders from several Asian countries, now just waiting to produce the Crystal Chips for delivery and make money. With 7000 employees now opting to strike, their workshops were left with no one; how could they produce any Crystal Chips?
They also had a critically important order recently, a governnt procurent that was due at the end of the month. Plus, 80% of the work was already completed. Under normal circumstances, there was more than enough ti within a month, but now, production for this order was forced to halt.
When the ti ca, what could they use to explain themselves to the acquirer?
"Zhang nglong, that bastard Zhang nglong!" Infelite took out his phone. As a forr shareholder of Silicon Moonlight, he had Zhang nglong's contact in his phone.
"Zhang nglong, what on earth are you up to?" Infelite roared into the phone.
"Who are you?"
"I am Infelite!"
"Oh, Mr. Infelite, what can I do for you?" Zhang nglong asked nonchalantly, "Did you hear about my trip to Arica and want to treat
to a al?"
"I'm not treating you to anything!" Infelite wished he could literally devour Zhang nglong.
"Then what do you want with ? I'm taking a dump and still have to scroll through TikTok, quite busy here!" said Zhang nglong.
"It's always taking a dump with you!" Infelite's face turned red with fury. The last ti he had soone look for Zhang nglong to negotiate, he hadn't even seen Zhang nglong's face because the excuse given was that he was busy taking a dump.
"Zhang nglong, let's not beat around the bush. What do you really want?" Infelite asked accusingly, "It was you who instigated the employee strike, wasn't it?"
"Mr. Infelite, let's not make the conversation so unpleasant, okay? Don't just slop every dirty accusation onto !" Zhang nglong replied calmly, "Otherwise, be careful I might sue you for defamation!"
"I only went out for drinks last night because I had nothing else to do, and as it happened, I got along famously with Mr. Bernalius and heard about their plight. Out of compassion, I decided to help them," Zhang nglong added, "You know , helping friends is what I love most!"
"You're full of shit!" Infelite cursed angrily.
Did the world's richest man travel thousands of miles to Arica just for tourism? Is it just a coincidence that he happened to co to Silicon Valley and just accidentally ran into Bernalius and got along with him like a house on fire?
No one would believe such a story.
But with Zhang nglong denying everything, what could Infelite do?
"I am saying, you at Qualcomm Electronics, with such a big company, can't even pay a bit of salary; I'm embarrassed for you!"
"Zhang nglong, those company employees' inexplicable raises, you're involved in that too, aren't you?" Infelite suddenly got much smarter. The salaries those companies were offering were clearly more than they could afford. Where would they get so much money? It had to be Zhang nglong supplying it!
"That's right, I gave those more than five hundred companies a total of 20 billion US Dollars, but you have no proof!" Zhang nglong said in an irritating tone.
"What good does it do you to spend billions of US Dollars on sothing like this?" Infelite asked.
"It doesn't get
any good!" Zhang nglong said blandly, "Just a few billion US Dollars, I don't care about that money, but if it makes you unhappy, then it's money well spent to !"
"Aren't you afraid that I'll sue you for destroying the market?"
"Go ahead!" Zhang nglong laughed, "I have never heard of a rule that says you can't pay employees a high salary. I have only heard about minimum wage standards, but there's no maximum wage limit. You are too poor to pay, and you don't allow others to do so?"
Infelite's teeth were grinding so loudly, and his breathing beca much heavier, indicating just how furious he was.
"Zhang nglong, you are courting death! Don't forget, this is Arica, not Huaxia!" Infelite's extre anger almost made him lose his reason.
"Oh, I'm so scared! If you can't stand it, co and kill !" Zhang nglong replied mockingly, "Oh, by the way, I have started recording this call, and every word you just said will serve as evidence in court!"
"You... you..." Infelite, already not a young man, felt his blood pressure skyrocket after hearing this, and he actually collapsed straight away.
"Mr. Infelite! Mr. Infelite!"
"Call an ambulance, quick!"
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