It wasn’t just Mobai that received such an order; other leading semiconductor companies in various countries also received the same deadly mandate!
The first batch to complete the signing had already secured the 2nm chip samples, and various research works had begun. At this pace, it wasn’t just Huaxia that might surpass them.
For several days in a row, Mobai faced a dilemma. Having to kneel in front of Silicon Moonlight and plead with a Huaxia person was more humiliating than being killed!
But if he didn’t do it, his own fate would definitely be tragic!
However, while Mobai could wait, the people above him couldn’t! Ridiculous events began happening around him; his wife and daughter were kidnapped, his house mysteriously caught on fire, and his car was covered in various threatening languages.
He finally realized that this was a warning from the higher-ups for his inaction!
If he maintained his current attitude, it was very likely that his close ones would get hurt!
After a week of torment, he finally broke down!
...
"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Mobai has called. He... he is asking if you are currently ’taking a dump’? Is it a good time to talk?" Xu Huan felt somewhat awkward to say this.
"What? Hahaha!" Zhang Menglong couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "He has a day when he grovels too? Wasn’t he all high and mighty last time he hung up on me?"
"Mr. Zhang, I can answer that," Hong Yi chuckled beside him. "This Mr. Mobai has indeed been through a lot this week. He only has one week left. If he can’t sign a contract with us at Silicon Moonlight within this time, his family will suffer."
"That bad?" Zhang Menglong suddenly felt some sympathy for Mobai, but this sentiment was abruptly cut off. Why hadn’t he thought of this day when he was flaunting his power before?
Of course, Zhang Menglong also knew that Mobai was not the main culprit, but he just couldn’t find a particularly good reason or way to strike back at those above him yet. Still, teaching a lesson always needed to be done step by step.
"Pass me the phone," Zhang Menglong said, taking the phone from Xu Huan.
"Good morning, Mr. Mobai. Have you had breakfast?"
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Zhang. I’ve already eaten," Mobai replied with a strained smile, "I was wondering if you’re free recently. I would like to personally come to Huaxia and discuss a business matter with you."
"Oh, you mean the chip matter, right? Haven’t I already sent you the quote and the contract? If you want to buy, just put down the order quantity and sign off on it!"
Mobai cursed internally, mmp, are these even human prices? Only ghosts from the Underworld could afford such rates!
"Mr. Zhang, I’ve come with sincerity. Your price is a bit too high. I think there might have been some deep misunderstandings before. I hope we can talk properly this time and resolve our misunderstandings,
"Sure!" Zhang Menglong chuckled, "I’ll be waiting for you at Silicon Moonlight tomorrow morning. I indeed want to see how much sincerity you’ll bring!"
...
"Mr. Zhang, do you really plan to meet him?" Knowing Zhang Menglong as Xu Huan did, how could he possibly just agree to meet Mobai so easily?
"Hahaha, do you think I am such an easy person to speak with?" Zhang Menglong laughed, "Like I said, if they want to buy our chips, fine, they can accept this exorbitantly inflated price, or they can kneel before Silicon Moonlight until I’m satisfied!"
"By the way, Mr. Zhang, leaders from Kaibong’s Xunguang Technology in Europe and Qingqiu’s Galaxy Technology among many other companies have also called, wanting to have a serious talk with you."
"Sure, arrange for them all to come over tomorrow morning!" Zhang Menglong suggested.
"Alright, I’ll go arrange that."
"Wait!" Zhang Menglong stopped Xu Huan, "We have guests coming, we must prepare the hospitality items."
"Are you referring to..."
"Go buy a truckload of durians. Distribute the fruit flesh to the employees for today’s fruit for the afternoon tea, but keep the durian shells!"
"Mr. Zhang, I don’t understand, what does this have to do with durians?" Xu Huan was puzzled, wasn’t it supposed to host them properly? Didn’t it mean to serve the fruit flesh? Moreover, not everyone loves eating this stuff—is this how we test their sincerity? It doesn’t seem quite right, does it?
"Xu Huan, after all this time you’ve been with me, how can you not understand the most basic etiquette? People are coming from far away to request our help, can we let them kneel on the cement floor?"
Xu Huan: "???"
Boss, your mom knows how badass you are, right? People come all this way to ask for your favor, and you have them kneel on the cement floor—that’s not too nice. But is it okay if they kneel on durians?
...
Early the next morning, Mobai took his private jet to Baodao Province, and then rushed towards Silicon Moonlight.
It was just an ordinary day for Silicon Moonlight, yet the company welcomed quite a few guests of special importance. They were all giants in the semiconductor industry, each having had a significant influence in the field.
Mobai suddenly realized that it wasn’t just him visiting today; there were several old acquaintances too, including some he had dined with last time alongside Roberts.
"Mr. Sekroni, Mr. Li Xianyun, Mr. Gu Xiong, you all..." Mobai saw a profound helplessness in their eyes, "Don’t tell me you guys also..."
"Ah!" Those magnates all sighed and then reluctantly nodded. Their purpose today was the same as Mobai’s, having gone through what Mobai had experienced a few days earlier, making them more or less brothers in adversity.
"Everyone’s here, huh?" At that moment, Xu Huan walked out from the company to personally welcome them at the entrance.
"Let me introduce myself. I’m Xu Huan, the chairman’s assistant to Mr. Zhang Menglong. You can just call me Xiao Xu."
Xu Huan, fluent in several languages, had no difficulty communicating with them.
"Mr. Xu, where is Mr. Zhang and when can he meet us? We are all very anxious," Mobai said impatiently.
"Mr. Zhang is having a shit. He said you guys should wait for a bit, and meanwhile, he wants to see today’s sincerity from you!"
"Shitting and showing sincerity again!" The expressions on Mobai and others’ faces suddenly looked awful. They had a quite ominous premonition rising in their hearts.
"We all came with sincerity and hope Mr. Zhang can see that," the boss of Chuangji Technology, Mr. Sekroni, said.
"We would love to believe in your sincerity. That’s why we have prepared all these things!" Xu Huan pointed to a patch of ground near the company’s main gate, where various items were laid out.
Durian skins, broken glass, instant noodles, keyboards, washboards...
"Mr. Zhang said that as soon as he’s done shitting, he will come to meet you. Until then, he hopes you can kneel here and wait for him; as for what to kneel on, you can pick something yourselves!"
"Zhang Menglong, you’re pushing it too far!" The magnates burst out swearing on the spot, "Even if we die here, we will not kneel before you!"
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"Of course, Mr. Zhang doesn’t necessarily demand that you do business with us. If you do not wish to wait for Mr. Zhang, you are free to leave. We also offer to reimburse your flight tickets," Xu Huan continued, "But as for what will happen if you cannot complete the task, we have no clue."
"You..."
Remembering the nightmare they endured a few days ago, they lost all their resolve in an instant.
"Mobai, why are you running so quickly?"
"Crap, since we have to kneel anyway, might as well find the most comfortable one, right?"
"Didn’t you just say you’d rather die here than kneel?"
"I was just talking nonsense!"
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"Sekroni, you..."
"What are you spacing out for, do you really want to kneel on broken glass? I think this washboard isn’t bad!"
"FUCK, you dare to steal my durian skin!"
"What’s this? This..."
"These are custom-made kneeling pads by Mr. Zhang. They might look even, but they’re studded with crushed diamonds!"
"Mr. Gu Xiong, you can’t crush these noodles, because if they break, Mr. Zhang won’t meet you, you know!"
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