Chapter 404 - 404 Refusal To Admit
404 Refusal To Admit
Zhao Cheng smiled and waved his hand. “There’s no hurry. It seems that you’re an impatient person. Please have some tea and rest first.”
Yu Bing didn’t insist anymore. She had plenty of time today. No matter what they were up to, they had to accept the goods and give them the money!
“Alright, I’m used to being busy. It’s rare for me to be free to have a chat over tea.”
The few of them chatted for a while more. Zhao Cheng was stalling for time because he wanted to understand Yu Bing’s temper by chatting with her so that he could find a breakthrough in the subsequent negotiations. However, the troublesome thing was that he realized that although Yu Bing was young, it was very difficult to find fault with her.
They had been drinking tea for almost an hour, so Zhao Cheng couldn’t delay it any longer. Hence, he could only get to the point.
Zhao Cheng asked curiously, “I heard that flour is being rationed now. Is this news true?”
Yu Bing also replied directly, “Director Zhao, you’re very well-informed. The daily supply of supply to the people is normal. People like us who don’t deal with raw materials don’t know this sort of thing.”
When Zhao Cheng heard this, he suspected that the other party had already realized something, but he still continued to smile and say, “I overheard a little about it. Then how did you get the flour for this batch of snacks?”
Yu Bing teased, “This concerns the production plan of our factory. Mr. Zhao, this is a trade secret, so it can’t be leaked.”
At this moment, Zhao Cheng stopped pretending. He restrained his smile and said, “Miss Yu, the control of supplies means that the international situation is tense. At this time, the country needs everyone to work together to achieve great things. As a citizen, I have the right to uphold the country’s policies.”
Yu Bing and the other two sneered inwardly. He made it sound dignified and even acted like he was doing it for the country and the people. Those who didn’t know better would think that he was a selfless public servant, but in reality, none of his actions were upright!
Yu Bing could tell that the other party didn’t want to accept this batch of goods, so she couldn’t be bothered to waste time with him. “Director Zhao, do you mean that you don’t want to accept this batch of goods? You made us produce them, but now you don’t want to accept this batch of goods, so you have to compensate us for violating the contract!”
Zhao Cheng knew that he definitely couldn’t say that on the surface.
When he heard Yu Bing mention compensation, he calmed down. He had avoided this point in the contract, so he said earnestly, “Since I placed an order, it means that I really want your products, but we can’t go against the national policy. Do you have any evidence to prove the purchase of this flour?”
After Zhao Cheng hung up in the morning, he immediately looked for Bai Sheng to think of a way. Bai Sheng had mentioned that the food factory might stock up on more raw materials, but the steel factory’s order was too big, so it was impossible for the food factory to stock up on such a large amount in the warehouse.
If these spare raw materials were bought and placed in reserve, it would take up the factory’s cash flow. No factory would waste cash on spare materials in the warehouse. It was very likely that this batch of flour had been privately bought from private people through illegitimate methods, so Zhao Cheng deliberately made such a request.
Yu Bing smiled and said, “Mr. Zhao, if I want steel from your steel factory, can I also ask you for the price list for the raw materials?”
Zhao Cheng didn’t mind Yu Bing’s sarcasm. “The situation is different now. If you can’t produce evidence, I’m very worried that you used illegal methods to buy raw materials and did things that go against policy. If that’s the case, I’m sorry, but I really can’t accept it. Moreover, you should think of a way to make me not report you now.”
Yu Bing wasn’t angry when she heard this and didn’t respond to this topic. Instead, she turned to the legal aspect. With a calm expression, she said, “I’ve been looking through the legal provisions in my free time recently. There’s a clause that says that if the contract is only beneficial to one party, this is called a noticeable loss contract, where one can look for the court to make changes and ask for compensation if one suffers losses. I looked at the amended contract. It fits this clause quite well.”
“There’s only a huge fine for our breach of contract, but there’s no compensation for breach of contract for Party A. I think at this point, I can take you to court.”