My Son-in-law Is A War God
Chapter 469: It’s a Waste of Youth Not to Be Frivolous_1

Chapter 469: Chapter 469: It’s a Waste of Youth Not to Be Frivolous_1

Seeing Du Musheng’s anger, no one dared to criticize Valdi further.

However, the objections did not stop.

"Chairman Jiang, we’ve said all there is to say—put simply,"

"If you must insist on pursuing some high standard, challenging foreign industry standards,"

"we have no objections, but our cooperation ends here."

"We all have families to feed, and unlike you, we’re not wealthy enough to afford playing this game."

One of them concluded.

The many objections voiced boiled down to this last point, which was the most sensible.

Nothing could be more important than money.

They had initially chosen to cooperate with Xinmeng Group because of its reputation and growth prospects.

After all, the company had been involved in many profitable ventures lately.

But who could have expected Jiang Meng to suddenly want to play hero and set new industry standards for baby formula?

It was as if she’d been bewitched.

If other dairy companies didn’t care, they could still work with Xinmeng Group.

Now, the problem was that almost all dairy companies were boycotting Xinmeng Group.

If they sold Xinmeng’s formula, they wouldn’t be able to sell other brands.

How could this be acceptable?

Jiang Meng listened to everyone’s discussions without getting angry.

What they said made sense.

After all, not everyone could disregard financial concerns and truly go all out like she could.

Even if she failed, it didn’t matter.

She had Xiao Chen to fall back on.

She had the confidence to take risks.

She could afford to play this game, but the distributors could not.

"It’s my fault for not considering thoroughly; I didn’t realize this matter would have such a big impact on you all,"

Jiang Meng sighed, "Alright, our company’s set goals will not change."

"Setting new industry standards is imperative,"

"And it is the most critical step for us at this stage."

"If you folks are not willing to cooperate, I can understand. Even if we’ve signed contracts, we will not require the breach-of-contract fee."

"This issue was our oversight to begin with."

Jiang Meng’s words, instead, made the present distributors embarrassed.

They hung their heads, unsure of what to say.

"We’ve said that we won’t consider the breach-of-contract fees; you all may leave."

Du Musheng said coldly.

Jiang Meng might be kind, not blaming these people, but he did not share her good temper.

When it came to making money, they were faster than leopards, but the moment they might lose money, they’d immediately clear themselves of any association.

He was not the forgiving type.

"President Du, don’t be angry!"

One distributor said, "Actually, we understand the importance of setting industry standards better than you do."

"When foreigners hold the standard,"

"They essentially become the referees and the players on the field."

"If you don’t follow their standards, you can’t sell your products in international markets."

"Nor will your products be recognized by domestic consumers."

"We’re also frustrated!"

"Why should we?"

"Why should our products, which are no worse than theirs, be subject to their constraints?"

"Follow their rules."

"Frustration and resistance notwithstanding, what can we do?"

"The situation has already taken shape, and breaking it is incredibly difficult."

"Chairman Jiang, as a newcomer to the industry, you have the drive."

"But you may not know that many people before you had great ambitions and wanted to do the same."

"In the end, without exception, they all failed—and miserably!"

"I know everything you’ve said!"

Jiang Meng said very seriously, "You might think I’m just doing this on a whim, getting carried away, right?

That’s where you’re wrong.

A few months ago, our company had already started discussing this matter internally.

For this purpose, I’ve done a lot of research.

I’ve seen many cases of failure.

I also know those guys will stop at nothing to prevent us from setting new standards.

Some people have even died because of this.

So, I can understand your fears, your concerns.

After all, you’ve got families to support, and that’s reality.

But I’m not afraid.

Perhaps, as you say, I’m naive and inexperienced, I’m overestimating myself, aiming too high.

But, ladies and gentlemen, have you ever considered that if Copernicus had feared death, he wouldn’t have been able to propose the heliocentric theory?

If the Wright Brothers had feared death, how could they have possibly constructed an airplane?

Science progresses by constantly challenging and questioning authority.

It’s the same for businesses.

Should we not dare to act out of fear? Halt progress because we’re worried?

In Dragon Country, there is an old saying, ’A man who doesn’t take risks in his youth wastes his early years.’

I’m young, so I plan to give it my all.

I cannot leave our children to rely on foreign milk powder.

Although there have been issues with domestic milk powder, foreign ones have had problems too — they’re just not as widely reported.

We’re simply unaware.

I don’t object to consumers buying imported milk powder; I just think that if it enters our country, it must follow our standards, or it shouldn’t be allowed in.

That way, consumers can also buy milk powder with confidence.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for our children.

For this reason, it’s imperative that we establish a set of industry standards that belong to us, and they must be high standards.

Do they think by opposing me I will give up?

How ludicrous, Xinmeng Group has faced many hardships to get to where we are today.

Have we ever given up?

Those who are willing to take this challenge with me may stay.

But I cannot guarantee that we will surely succeed; we might fail, and it might be terrible.

If you’re afraid, you can leave now. As I’ve said before, I won’t force anyone.

Even, I can do without distributors and use our marketing people for direct sales, live stream selling and so on!

We’re in this era now; there’s always a way, it depends on whether you can seize it or not!"

The people in the meeting room were silent for a long time, seemingly contemplating Jiang Meng’s words.

Jiang Meng wasn’t boasting fanciful ideals.

Her words were grounded in reality, with possible success or failure.

She gave the choice to the distributors present.

"Sorry, I’d rather play it safe. After all, I make a decent profit from selling other brands of milk powder.

I’m too old to join in your madness.

Before I go, I still want to warn Miss Jiang, be careful, retaliation from those people might come swiftly after you."

With that, he turned and left.

"I’m leaving too. Miss Jiang’s words are inspiring, but I run a small business, I can’t afford to lose, goodbye!"

"Sigh,"

One by one, the distributors stood up and chose to leave the meeting room.

Indeed, without enough courage, not many dare to cooperate with Xinmeng Group at such a time.

In just a short time, the meeting room began to empty.

Initially, there were dozens of distributors, but now only three remained.

Along with Jiang Meng, Du Musheng, and Ren Jing, it really felt somewhat desolate.

Because of the publicity brought by Yang Liying and the movie audition, they had recruited a large number of distributors.

However, today, they had almost all left.