Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 711: Seven hundred and six, I am the person involved

Chapter 711: Seven hundred and six, I am the person involved

Finding a restaurant was simply a matter of finding a place to settle down for the time being.

I had arranged to meet Old Yuan at the restaurant, and upon arrival, I saw that Old Yuan had brought someone with him this time.

He brought a slightly overweight man who looked to be in his thirties.

But there was something unusual about him, which was his white eyebrows, giving off a rather eerie vibe.

Those in the know would recognize them as eyebrows, others might think he was some kind of lion king.

"Boss Gu, let me introduce you, this is Li Yong,"

said Old Yuan to Gu Chen at that moment.

On hearing this, Gu Chen smiled and greeted him in a very friendly manner.

Gu Chen was certain that since Old Yuan had called this person, he must be no ordinary individual.

It was very likely that he could be of help to him.

"Boss Gu, hello, I’ve long admired your reputation, long admired," Li Yong was also very polite, and with his round face, his smile even appeared somewhat kind.

But Gu Chen wouldn’t take him lightly because of his smile.

He knew very well that the man before him was far from simple.

"Li Yong, why don’t you tell Boss Gu what the situation is," Old Yuan said to Li Yong then.

After nodding, Li Yong spoke very seriously to Gu Chen, "Boss Gu, I’m quite familiar with the Qianyang Merchant Association. Years ago, I had dealings with people from their association.

They have no issues, except one, they’re utterly unscrupulous.

For them, as long as someone is their enemy, they don’t care who that enemy is. It’s like wasps leaving their nest, all members of the association focus on precise strikes against that one enemy.

I remember there was a building materials business owner who got into trouble because his business was too successful.

The Qianyang Merchant Association tried to woo him at first, in a courteous manner.

But the business owner didn’t agree, and then he suffered various forms of retaliation.

First, his market for building materials was immediately subject to low-price competition from other companies in the same industry.

At the same time, they monopolistically attacked him in other areas as well.

Take a simple example; his company needed trucks to transport the building materials, right?

Well, the Qianyang Merchant Association had the power to paralyze all the trucks, preventing them from serving his company.

Their employees also started resigning en masse. It took just three short days to hollow out his company.

And as a result, the business owner eventually had no choice but to fall into disgrace and bankruptcy.

It is because of this incident that now all the merchants are quite afraid of the Qianyang Merchant Association.

Because they are just too ruthless and vicious."

Li Yong made it sound so vivid while talking, as if he had experienced it all himself.

"So with the Qianyang Merchant Association being so brazen and domineering, is there no one to check them?"

Gu Chen was curious at that point, feeling it should not be so.

Li Yong shook his head.

"This is very unfortunate, no one can interfere with the affairs of the Qianyang Merchant Association. The scale of their reach is too extensive; it’s difficult for anyone to stand up and retaliate specifically against them.

We all know there’s a debtor for every debt, but normally, a regular enterprise can cope with one adversary. However, what can a company do when faced with a group of enemies?"

Li Yong spoke of the incident with great anger on his face.

Seeing his reaction, Gu Chen actually had some guesses in his heart.

He felt that the guy before him must have also suffered from the oppression of Qianyang Chamber of Commerce.

Otherwise, why else would this Li Yong grit his teeth so fiercely at the mere mention of Qianyang Chamber of Commerce, seeming as if he wished he could skin every member of it?

"Boss Gu, since they called you to meet with them, then I guess your situation is just like that of the building materials boss.

Their strategy now is to be diplomatic first and then aggressive, they start by negotiating with you nicely, and if they feel there’s no point in bargaining with you, then that’s when they will make their move."

Li Yong analyzed to Gu Chen in this manner.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen slightly furrowed his brows.

"How would they retaliate against me? By making more people block my bar?"

Gu Chen asked somewhat puzzled.

However, upon hearing this, Li Yong shook his head outright.

"In theory, that should not be the case. Qianyang Chamber of Commerce uses more sophisticated methods and wouldn’t stoop to such petty actions, besides, those kinds of tactics often fail to be truly effective.

If I’m not mistaken, Qianyang Chamber of Commerce will likely make your bar’s suppliers stop supplying you.

At the same time, they might monopolize the supply chain of your alcohol. I heard you have other businesses too, right?

For instance, your internet café, which I understand is currently twenty yuan an hour.

They might even open another internet café right next to yours and charge ten times less—at two yuan an hour.

And your flower shop and your restaurant might very likely suffer their attacks as well.

However, comparatively speaking, the restaurant and the flower shop might be able to pivot, since taste is subjective after all, and even if another restaurant opens next door, those customers might not switch.

But it’s different with places like internet cafés and bars."

At this moment, he was analyzing with utmost seriousness to Gu Chen, who felt his points were very sensible.

Gu Chen hadn’t expected this Li Yong to be quite smart; it seemed he knew quite a lot about the distributors’ chamber.

"May I ask you a bold question? Why do you know so much about Qianyang Chamber of Commerce?"

He asked Li Yong curiously.

Li Yong was startled upon hearing this, as if uncertain how to answer Gu Chen’s question.

But the next second, he still replied to Gu Chen very earnestly.

"I am that building materials market boss I just mentioned!

Over all these years, I have never forgotten that matter.

It was the business my father left to me, he worked hard all his life, and I worked hard for half of mine,

and finally there came a day when this enterprise, just like a child about to grow up, was on the cusp of maturity.

But, to my utter disbelief, it was smothered in its cradle. Boss Gu, if it were you, could you tolerate it?"

"So for many years, I have been studying Qianyang Chamber of Commerce; I consider anyone targeted by the Chamber as my friend."

Li Yong said this through gritted teeth.

Hearing that he was the person in question, Gu Chen was momentarily taken aback.