Chapter 849 Ingenuity is of No Avail When the Firewood is Gone?
Su Ning's heart was filled with vigilance, so he sent Lei Yaoxiong to force Su Yunxi into cooperation. Once Su Yunxi cooperated with him, he could then take the opportunity to kick Su Yunxi aside and seize the photolithography machine industry!
If he could successfully develop a photolithography machine, he would have the right to contend for the position of the next Su family head!
"Then I won't trouble Young Master Su Ning. I think Young Master Su Ning should hurry up and make other investments in Jiangnan Province," Su Yunxi said with a faint smile.
How could she not guess Su Ning's intentions?
However, she didn't want to provoke this person too much. The current situation was not good for the Su family. Provoking him would only make things more dangerous.
Of course, if the Su family were powerful now, her first move would be to make Lei Yaoxiong disappear as far as possible!
"Miss Su, it seems you're unwilling?"
Lei Yaoxiong sneered a few times.
This was within his expectations.
That was a photolithography machine. If it were developed, it wouldn't make them rich enough to rival a nation, but it would at least secure their invincibility!
Su Yunxi nodded faintly and said, "Yes, you're right."
"Miss Su, don't refuse so quickly. I think you should wait before deciding!"
Lei Yaoxiong was not angry and spoke slowly, with a sharp glint in his eyes.
"Hmm?"
Su Yunxi's brows furrowed.
Could it be that Lei Yaoxiong had prepared some counter-move?
"Miss Su, something bad has happened!"
At that moment, a scream sounded.
Following that, an assistant rushed into the conference room.
"What is it?"
Su Yunxi's heart sank as she looked at the assistant and asked.
"Over there..."
Halfway through her sentence, the assistant quickly shut her mouth. She had keenly sensed that this matter might involve huge commercial secrets, and with Lei Yaoxiong present, it couldn't be easily disclosed.
Su Yunxi was about to ask the assistant to speak, but Lei Yaoxiong had already spoken, "Is it that Hong Kong is refusing to supply your Su family with rare earth?"
"How did you know?"
The assistant's eyes widened.
Lei Yaoxiong narrowed his eyes, displaying an expression of having foreseen this.
Su Yunxi was struck as if by lightning, suffering a great blow. Her beautiful face dimmed.
According to Elder Long's plan, the rare earth from Hong Kong was the most basic material for building a new type of photolithography machine. Without rare earth, building a photolithography machine would be futile!
"Miss Su, are you alright?"
The assistant walked over and asked with concern.
Su Yunxi waved her hand, "I'm fine. You can go now."
"Oh..."
The assistant hesitated for a moment, nodded, turned, and left, closing the door behind her.
"Miss Su, can we talk now?"
Lei Yaoxiong plopped down into the leather chair, crossed his legs, and lit a cigar, his smile resembling that of a smiling tiger.
Su Yunxi remained silent.
This matter had a significant impact on her.
Lei Yaoxiong said, "Miss Su, stop your futile resistance. Even if you want to build a photolithography machine, without the raw materials from Hong Kong, what will you use to build it? As the saying goes, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook a meal without rice! Without raw materials, your Su family's ambition to build a photolithography machine is stillborn!"
Su Yunxi pondered.
To manufacture a photolithography machine, the main components had to be imported. However, due to restrictions from the United States, those components could not be shipped into the country. Therefore, for the Su family to build its own photolithography machine, they had to start from scratch.
Elder Long had a new idea: to build a new type of photolithography machine.
This new type of photolithography machine required almost every component to be extracted from special rare earth. In China, only the Zheng family in Hong Kong could provide this rare earth to the Su family.
When it was decided to build the photolithography machine, Su Yunxi had already contacted the Zheng family in Hong Kong and confirmed a long-term cooperation. However, she never expected that Hong Kong would suddenly break the contract.
She found it hard to believe, especially since the Zheng family in Hong Kong, who was cooperating with the Su family, had an unusual relationship with the Su family!
She took a breath and picked up her phone, seemingly intending to make a call.
"Making a call? Heh heh! I'm afraid no one will answer, and even if someone does, they might not change their stance," Lei Yaoxiong said nonchalantly, showing great confidence, without trying to stop her.
Su Yunxi still made the call, but only the "dudu dudu" sound of ringing was heard, with no other response.
Could Lei Yaoxiong be right?
She refused to believe it and made several more calls, but none of them went through.
"Hahaha, am I right?" Lei Yaoxiong excitedly slapped his thigh.
His Lei family was ruined, and he hated the Su family the most. Seeing Su Yunxi's current state, how could he not be excited?
But just then, the phone was suddenly connected.
"Hello, who is it?"
A young man's impatient voice came from the phone.
"Zheng Xiaojian? Where's your dad? I need to speak with your dad?"
Su Yunxi frowned.
This call was to Zheng Tianpeng of the Zheng family, but his son Zheng Xiaojian answered the phone.
"Oh, it's Sister Yunxi. My dad is sick and can't take your call, hehe..."
Zheng Xiaojian said indifferently.
Su Yunxi was stunned.
How could Zheng Tianpeng be sick at such a critical moment?
"Sister Yunxi, you can tell me whatever you need. I have some influence in the company now," Zheng Xiaojian said with a smile.
"Do you know about the cooperation between me and your dad before?"
Su Yunxi had no choice but to say.
"You mean Sister Yunxi wanting to buy rare earth?"
"You know? That's great. Why did you suddenly cancel the cooperation?"
"Sister Yunxi, I'm really sorry, I don't know what's going on... This was decided by the board of directors. If there's anything, please wait until my dad recovers."
After speaking, Zheng Xiaojian immediately hung up the phone, giving Su Yunxi no chance to continue.
"Dad, you guessed correctly. Su Yunxi is calling about the rare earth issue."
Zheng Xiaojian turned to a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit inside the living room and said flippantly.
This middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit, with a thin mustache and meticulously styled hair, was Zheng Xiaojian's father, Zheng Tianpeng.
This man looked spirited and showed no signs of being ill at all!
"Jian'er, what did you say?" Zheng Tianpeng asked indifferently.
Zheng Xiaojian shrugged, "I just did as you said."
Zheng Tianpeng nodded with satisfaction.
"Dad, Su Gan has a very good relationship with us. Why are you refusing Su Yunxi? It's all the same who we sell rare earth to," Zheng Xiaojian said, puzzled.
"Su Ning from the Su family in Kyoto called and offered three times the price to purchase all the rare earth from the Zheng family in Hong Kong. Why should I still sell it to Su Yunxi? As for relationships... What do they matter in the face of money? You should learn well in the future," Zheng Tianpeng said to Zheng Xiaojian in an educational tone.
In fact, besides this, Su Ning had also promised a condition that he could not refuse: to help Zheng Tianpeng ascend to the position of family head.
Zheng Xiaojian pondered thoughtfully...
On the other hand, listening to the "dudu dudu" sound of the phone hanging up, Su Yunxi's frown deepened.
"Miss Su, how is it? Is the Zheng family unwilling to cooperate?"
Lei Yaoxiong chuckled, "Heh heh, to tell you the truth, our Young Master Su Ning has already secured all the rare earth from the Zheng family in Hong Kong at triple the price. Why would they still sell it to your Su family?"