Chapter 793 - 812: You Useless Money Drain, Get Out
Chapter 793: Chapter 812: You Useless Money Drain, Get Out
So the lawsuit was off.
They would just admit fault and pay up. Anyone who wanted a refund on their deposit would get one immediately.
Also, they absolutely could not lower the price.
This wasn’t a matter of one or two bottles sold. They had sold nearly two billion bottles. If they lowered the price now, what would the people who had already bought it think?
That would just stir up another hornet’s nest. It was better to go bankrupt on the spot than to deal with all that.
After asking about the inventory and a bunch of other small details, Qian Duoduo felt like his brain was running out of oxygen.
"You guys?"
"How did you dare to produce so much?"
...
No one answered.
"Speak!"
"We couldn’t keep up with demand before." Qian Song stammered, "I... we..."
The sight of demand far outstripping supply had spurred Qian Song on, and the frenzy of sales had clouded his judgment.
"How much did we lose?" Qian Duoduo no longer wanted to know *how* they lost the money or the process of how the business went bust.
He just wanted to know the result.
How much of the money he had allocated was actually left.
Qian Song didn’t answer right away, and Qian Duoduo’s heart sank.
"How much, exactly?"
Qian Song stated a number.
"How much did you say?"
"There’s 900 million left."
"..."
Just like Jiang Qiuqiu had, Qian Duoduo felt like countless things were exploding before his eyes.
They were Star Coins, and as they exploded, his vision filled with scarlet red. His brain stopped for a moment, and his ears started ringing.
In that instant, he imagined a hundred different ways to beat Qian Song to death.
"Get out!"
"Get the hell out of my sight right now!"
Being allowed to leave was a great blessing. Qian Song didn’t feel ashamed at all. In fact, he breathed a sigh of relief and scurried away.
As his deputy, Wang Nian Nian also slipped away.
The huge office was once again empty, save for Qian Duoduo.
He now understood why people in high society rarely let their underachieving sons start businesses or take over the family company.
’Goddammit! Qian Xingxing used to spend money like water, buying this and that, but he’d only blown through a billion or so. That was nothing compared to doing business, where you could lose a hundred billion in the blink of an eye.’
’This is too much.’
He took a deep breath, tried to steady his blood pressure, and dialed another internal line.
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「Afternoon of August 28th.」
Less than half a month after its launch, the Gourmet Appraisal Factory suddenly released an official statement of self-criticism.
The statement addressed the various issues currently being hotly debated online:
1. An apology for implementing the new deposit-based purchasing model...
They explained that they couldn’t issue refunds at the moment because they had produced too much sauce based on the number of deposits. They admitted they were afraid to issue refunds for fear of bankruptcy, acknowledging their selfishness.
2. A direct admission that the company was already in a financial deficit. After a series of terrible moves, they could no longer continue and were going out of business.
3. An announcement that the company would officially go offline in early September, declare bankruptcy, and then close all purchasing links.
All remaining inventory in the warehouse would be given away for free to everyone who had previously purchased the Gourmet Appraisal Factory’s crab roe sauce.
After the sincere apology, they summarized again: they had never run a factory before, had limited experience, and felt ashamed after hearing people online say the price was too high.
PS: We didn’t know any better, labor costs were higher, fresh food shipping was expensive, we shouldn’t have used such pricey packaging, blah blah blah.
Because the timing was perfect and the statement’s wording was sincere, quite a few people actually forgave them.
When the people who had signed the joint petition saw this, they felt too embarrassed to proceed with the lawsuit.
And just like that, the Justice League was dismantled.
The tide of public opinion turned.
The atmosphere was strange, and even Juju’s fans didn’t go to other forums to discuss the matter further.
On the surface, it looked like Qian Duoduo had won.
But only those at the center of the storm knew the truth—
"I hear that father and son have to change their names. One’s just going to be ’Duoduo,’ and the other’s going to be ’Qian Gone’."
Wanxing and Meimei didn’t get the joke at first.
Qian Xingxing chuckled. "Their name is Qian. All their money is gone. Get it?"
’Still, a loss like that won’t be the end of them.’
’They’ll probably have to lie low for a while.’