Big Data Cultivation
Chapter 1084: Covet

Chapter 1084: Chapter 1084: Covet

To tell the truth, the attitude of Luohua Manor during the receiving process wasn’t very friendly. At this juncture, taking inventory is a responsible act for both parties... just like the other party counting the money, it’s not only about avoiding financial losses but also preventing future troubles for Luohua.

However, Luohua’s explanation was also reasonable; they couldn’t test the quality and were too lazy to count the quantity – the key issue is the transportation of lithium batteries, which greatly emphasizes safety, requiring extremely meticulous packing, not something you can easily count by hopping onto the truck.

This manufacturer is also a legit enterprise, daring to engage in this kind of risky business purely out of desperation. Everyone understands the current state of Huaxia’s manufacturing industry, and their packaging strictly follows the standard procedures.

So, wanting to take inventory of the lithium batteries indeed requires a significant effort.

Poor boss here, for his peace of mind, could only conduct an internal check.

If conducting an internal check, then counting the number of packing boxes is sufficient—the possibility of issues he mentioned does exist, albeit minimal, and could only have happened during shipment, with some possibly stolen, given the high value of lithium batteries.

Those who have experience with factory management know such incidents are rare but not extinct, whether in state-owned enterprises or private companies.

Anyway, for the manufacturers, as long as the number of packing boxes is correct, no further mishaps should be possible.

These people began to unload the heavy truck and started counting the packing boxes.

This task was relatively easy, taking about forty minutes to complete the count, with numbers matching and packages intact—indeed, this was the expected normal situation.

After finishing the box count, with nothing much else to do, they opened another two boxes for a random inspection. Oh yeah, perfect!

The boss then realized: Damn, am I stupid? Why did I decide to count all the money in such a large transaction?

Counting 120 million could really kill someone, and so far, six counting machines have broken down...

You trust us, and we trust your integrity... better just to conduct random checks.

While it’s not an issue if no counterfeit money is detected during these checks, a difference of a few bills, say ten more or ten fewer, is that a lot?

Such a small discrepancy is within the allowable range, the boss would just cover it from his own pocket. Is it really worth counting every single bill? Truly embarrassing.

The financial system should indeed be stringent. Currently, the operations are normal; during financial balancing, even a single cent difference is unacceptable, as it could indicate a significant oversight.

But... being the boss is different; there should be an assumption of responsibility in individual transactions. A minor discrepancy in cash intake, how much of an issue can it be?

Thanks to the boss’s cooperation, the figures were tallied by that afternoon, and then he left with his company staff, escorting the cash away.

A day later, he received a call saying the heavy truck was back in position, and he could send someone to drive it away.

When he sent people over, the heavy truck was parked there, but the cargo had vanished, leaving only a robust man named Lu Xiaoning in a small car—he was responsible for returning the keys.

The team remembered that this man didn’t even consider armed security guards as a threat, so they didn’t linger. After checking the fuel, the convoy just headed back.

Gazi watched them leave, then drove away towards the sunset...

By this time, Elder Yu’s security personnel finally realized: Turns out, outside Funiu Province, they just bought back the lithium batteries—damn, that’s something...

But there was nothing they could do; just like Ni Hong’s rice and the missing appliances, the lithium batteries became untraceable missing items, making it impossible to argue further.

And these security guards, well, they are acutely aware of Elder Yu’s conflicted feelings towards Luohua—wanting to tap into Luohua’s potential to serve the country but without showing too aggressive a stance.

Otherwise, not only are the consequences unpredictable, but just Elder Yu himself... he’s literally hanging by a thread on Luohua.

So everyone just had to... pretend they didn’t know, watching the manor’s luxurious buses heading to the gate; many felt the urge to stop and conduct a thorough inspection, but really, no one dared. Until now, they still couldn’t figure out the operation mechanism and principles of the Storage Bag, so starting an investigation was out of the question.

But this humiliation couldn’t just be ignored, so the lithium battery sales manufacturer was listed as a key investigation target.

But this company, daring to operate so recklessly, must also have some confidence. Facing investigation, they immediately stated that we help clients process materials for a small processing fee, and don’t investigate any related qualifications.

Does it sound incredible? Actually, it’s quite normal.

With local government support, local businesses really aren’t completely unbridled, but as long as they can boost local GDP, the government throws itself in to prevent external harm, which is naturally politically correct—even mistakes are just blunders.

Especially fatal is that Elder Yu’s rank is indeed there, but he has been away from the core for a long time.

Of course, Elder Yu’s people were definitely not satisfied, so they continued the investigation and were then surprised to discover: Oh? There are still orders huh.

If there are still orders, they must pay close attention. They watched their production—seeing what their plans were for selling the goods.

But in fact, Luohua Manor initially intended the delivery to be one-off, they never planned to let them transport the goods out.

Zhang Caixin thought of trading two thousand sets in one transaction—meaning it turned into two deliveries. That’s why she sought help from Feng Jun, otherwise with her pride, how could she ever bring herself to ask for help?

When Feng Jun learned of this situation, he was also a bit surprised, but like Zhang Caixin, he understood her predicament, so... two deliveries it was, which wasn’t too significant.

However, with two deliveries, the same method could not be used, so a new mode was added temporarily—provincial border transaction.

The details of the second transaction had already been settled by Zhang Caixin with that female assistant of theirs—mainly focusing on maintaining secrecy.

This female assistant was also very attentive, a strong woman determined to climb higher. She was already an assistant, so why couldn’t she think about being an executive vice president or... a general manager?

Therefore, facing external pressures, she firmly resisted—I don’t know what you all are talking about at all.

This discussion couldn’t continue, Elder Yu’s prestige only went so far, this wasn’t his territory of influence.

Wanting to force the other party to do something was indeed inconvenient, only enhancing surveillance was viable.

But as everyone knows, Huaxia is so vast, countless incidents happen each day, the surveillance capability related to it is limited, maintaining long-term attention requires expending substantial manpower and resources.

Jiangxia police searched for Ni Hong people’s missing bicycle and found it in one day, but many theft cases were such that the victims themselves could pinpoint the thief, yet the police couldn’t spare the manpower and financial resources to catch them.

Without exaggeration, Elder Yu’s people are not capable of maintaining high intensity focus, and locally, there is significant resistance to such monitoring—although they can’t oppose openly, inaction is always an option.

Thus, they were unable to accurately grasp the production process, and by the time one thousand five hundred sets of lithium batteries were produced, their information was—that it should have been about one thousand five hundred to thirteen hundred sets.

Seeing the production task completed, one late night, dozens of heavy trucks mobilized and transported all one thousand five hundred sets of batteries to a certain warehouse in the suburbs, with over a hundred people involved in unloading, and around twenty young men patrolling around.

The CEO took matters into his own hands again, fully involved in this matter, showing he was quite competent. Given to ordinary corporate CEOs, they really might not have the courage—most would probably send a vice president or someone else to take the fall.

But he was uneasy, he wanted to experience this himself, high risk often implies high return, but one could also imagine the extreme circumstances this enterprise was pushed to.

Watching the batteries being stored, he sighed lightly, "Finally it went well, as long as the money arrives tomorrow, this matter will be over."

The cash from last time, counted upon return, was exactly two hundred and twenty million, greatly increasing his trust in Luohua’s payment capabilities.

By his side, a middle-aged man spoke up, he was the company’s vice president, "Should we make the payment first?"

"Yes," the CEO nodded, "This time it’s on our turf, there should be no problems."

The vice president hesitated then suggested, "Then this time, should we still inspect the cash?"

"This time it’s over two hundred million, counting it is a headache," the CEO casually replied, then turned his head, looking at him suspiciously, "Old Song, do you want to say something?"

Vice President Song hesitated before responding, "After all, it’s the last transaction, settling both the money and goods would be better, and... the counting process will take a long time, isn’t the warehouse, isn’t it..."

The CEO looked at him again, his voice becoming colder, "Don’t be clever about such important matters... Two men dared to transport over a hundred million in cash, taking goods without counting, are you sure you can shoulder the consequences if they come back for it?"

Vice President Song smiled awkwardly, "I just thought... since this is our turf, we could give it a try."

"There’s no need," the CEO waved his hand, he knew Vice President Song was troubled by some stockpiled substandard products, hence he wasn’t too upset, "You should consider prolonging the time isn’t only disadvantageous for them, but also for us."

Vice President Song suddenly nodded, "That’s true, if caught red-handed by those people, even the money won’t be safe."

It’s said that with a vast amount of wealth, without sufficient self-protection capability, it’s too easy to attract others’ covetousness. The people from Luohua have shown considerable dominance, yet there are still those who dare to harbor greedy thoughts.

Luckily, this CEO was sensible, aware that Luohua isn’t easy to provoke, with other related personnel watching this deal, he decisively executed the prearranged plan.

As the two conversed, distant car lights lit up, a bus slowly drove over.

(Updated, calling for monthly tickets.)