?Chapter 101: Episode 101: Business Espionage, Unstoppable 3 Chapter 101: Episode 101: Business Espionage, Unstoppable 3 “But that day she just refused to leave, and my cat was about to have kittens… In a panic…” Miao Miao argued defensively, “Who knew she wouldn’t leave after work!”

    “Yinyin, calm down, since it’s already happened, we still need to think of a way to remedy this…” Li Jiniang comforted Zhou Xueyin, who was on the brink of exploding, “Miao Miao, don’t be too hard on yourself. Who could have known what kind of people we’d be dealing with?”

    “Right, Xixi, could you help me check on Xiaolu Technology Media Company… Who is the legal representative? The company address. Oh right! And see if they have someone named Cheng Weilu!” Zhou Xueyin also felt it was meaningless to pursue Sun Miao’s negligence further, so she moved on to the next topic.

    “Okay! I’ll go check right now!” Ji Xiaoxi nodded her head, taking Sun Miao out of the meeting room.

    The remaining four people sighed in unison: “Sigh…”

    “I’m the one sighing, what are you all making a fuss about?” Zhou Xueyin said half crying, half laughing.

    “We’re sighing for you…” Li Jiniang sat down next to Zhou Xueyin and patted her on the head, “We lost the client, just think of a way to win them back, getting upset will only harm your health, and that’s something money can’t buy! Be good~”

    “Win them back? Easier said than done, they’re undercutting us by 10%…” Zhou Xueyin calculated for a moment, “If we try to beat them by another 5%, there goes our year-end bonus, not to mention the year-end dividend. And if our quote is too low, we’ll also get suppressed by the industry… It’s a losing deal no matter how you look at it…”

    “But without their money, there’s still no year-end bonus or dividend… It really is troublesome.” Li Jiniang also looked worried, “We had such a good partnership with those clients, they even said they wouldn’t go to others just because they offered a lower price, but what’s the reality? They go to whoever’s cheaper!”

    “Hey, if you ask me, let them go to the one with lower prices, they’ll realize that cheap goods aren’t good. Our advertising, our online campaign plans, those are all guaranteed quality! Can the other companies do that?” Kang Siyin said confidently.

    “Exactly! I’m not sure about other things, but when it comes to creative advertising, our company is definitely top-tier! That’s something they can’t copy even if they wanted to!” Yao Shanshan chimed in eagerly. Sёar?h the n??el Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    “I get what you’re saying… but it’s so frustrating to have our business poached!” Zhou Xueyin slumped weakly into her chair, then suddenly sat up with a jolt, “Right! Sister Luo Jing told me they were even using our subsidiary’s name to negotiate! How shameless can they be?”

    “Huh? This client didn’t go into detail, Yinyin, hold on, I’ll make a call to ask…” Li Jiniang quickly dialed the phone of a salesperson who had previously rejected an offer.

    “Hello? Xiaochen? It’s Jixiang…” Li Jiniang spoke gently on the phone, “No no no, I know you didn’t mean it. Right, you’d also prefer to work with us, wouldn’t you? Oh… I see. No no, that’s not our subsidiary! Yes yes! You should tell your leaders right away, don’t be deceived! Sigh! Alright, alright, let’s have a meal sometime, bye!”

    “Just as I thought! They’ve been using our subsidiary’s name to negotiate with these vendors!” Li Jiniang said through clenched teeth after hanging up.

    “MLGBD! Using our resources and our name to deceive our clients? They’ve got some nerve! Xiaolu Technology, well played!” Zhou Xueyin’s eyes turned red with anger, “They really think they can push around Zhou Xueyin? Playing dirty behind my back! They’re too bold!”

    In order to gather evidence, Zhou Xueyin had Ji Ge help set up surveillance equipment in the office area over the weekend and also provided a dedicated computer to store the surveillance footage.

    Li Jiniang, on the other hand, was making remedial calls to clients…

    Zhao Caiyun acted as if nothing had happened, showing up to work at the company every day, just that Zhou Xueyin had stopped entrusting her with important documents. Instead, she had been sent to keep Sun Miao company at the front desk. Zhou Xueyin would rather be busy and tired, leaving the company last, but she made absolutely sure to lock up all the important documents before leaving.

    One week later, Ji Xiaoxi pulled Zhou Xueyin into a meeting and shared the intelligence she had gathered about Xiaolu Technology: a shell company with a forum boasting over 1,000 daily active users at the domain woyaomai.com. However, after several days of observation, the actual daily active users never exceeded ten.

    The company was registered by someone named Cheng Weilu, who appeared to be a technical executive at a gaming company. The registration was listed in Shangdi First Street, but the exact location of the company was unknown.

    “That’s odd. If she’s already a technical executive, could it be she wants a side business as a fallback?” Zhou Xueyin didn’t quite understand the mindset of these people after hearing Ji Xiaoxi’s report.

    “Maybe she wanted to have a retirement forum for the day the gaming business fails?” Ji Xiaoxi speculated.

    “The question is, if she wanted to run a retirement forum, that’s fine, but why would she go out of her way to steal our clients? And to use the name of our branch office? Do they really think the customers are suckers?” Zhou Xueyin was genuinely amused with frustration.

    “I also checked the operator, but I didn’t come up with anything conclusive,” said Ji Xiaoxi, regretfully.

    “Don’t worry, what you’ve found is already very helpful! You’ve worked hard! Help me call Jixiang over!” Zhou Xueyin looked at Ji Xiaoxi gratefully.

    Sometime later, Li Jiniang pushed the door and entered, “Xixi said you were looking for me?”

    “Yes! We found some clues about Xiaolu Technology, but it doesn’t seem to present a business conflict with us…” Zhou Xueyin looked at Li Jiniang with a melancholy expression, “How’s the situation with the clients?”

    “The ones that could be won back, I’ve already won back…” After all, they were stolen under the guise of a subsidiary, getting them back was a matter of mere minutes, but Li Jiniang’s sentence seemed to be hanging.

    “Say the ‘but…''” Zhou Xueyin knew too well her way of speaking.

    “There’s no ‘but,’ it’s just that they want to upgrade the advertising package… essentially a free upgrade on their current advertising package,” Li Jiniang said with a smile, “and I took the liberty of agreeing to it.”

    “Alright, alright, that’s no problem. Anyway, the pricing of the packages is arbitrary. The class doesn’t matter…” It was already fortunate within the unfortunate to win back the clients. If they wanted to upgrade, then let them, even a permanent upgrade wouldn’t be an issue as they could raise the price when it came time to renew the contract!

    “Oh and, about that indiscreet little salesperson. Xiaolu Technology didn’t just undercut our price by 10 percent, they also offered a 5 percent kickback,” Li Jiniang was stressed too, she hadn’t expected the competitor to stoop so low in snatching clients.

    “What the hell! Kickbacks too? Do they not want to stay in this industry? Kickbacks are usually at most 1-2 percent, but they’re offering 5 right off the bat? Are we enemies with no grievances? Is there really a need for them to do this?” Zhou Xueyin was so angry that she started pacing around in the meeting room.

    “Did Xixi find out anything else?” Li Jiniang asked.

    “A shell company with a domain name similar to ours, woyaomai.com. The daily active users are fake… essentially a dead forum… It’s likely not Cheng Weilu herself managing it. We must find a way to root out the actual operator!” Zhou Xueyin rubbed her temples, “Do you have any good ideas?”