boyutpedia Chapter 716: Targeted by Someone
Chapter 716: Targeted by Someone
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Since August, Yan Jianhong has encountered a series of troubles.
First, his factory in Kunshan suddenly encountered all sorts of inspections, with almost every functional department related to production, including fire protection, environmental protection, and labor supervision, coming over to check on him.
Yan Jianhong was very frustrated because he was issued a hefty penalty and a notice to suspend production for rectification. He had inquired and found that no factory like his had encountered this problem. In other words, he was being targeted. He had asked people to speak and inquire, but to no avail and he couldn't find out the reason.
To make matters worse, in order to control costs, he made each new employee sign a voluntary agreement not to pay social security contributions. Now, many former employees have filed lawsuits against the factory in labor arbitration. The labor arbitration directly ruled that the voluntary agreement not to pay social security contributions signed by the employees was invalid. Yan Jianhong's factory will not only be punished but will also have to pay a large amount of compensation.
He was definitely not satisfied, and in order to delay as much as possible, he filed the case in court again. I don't know who gave the employees the idea, but they actually applied for property preservation, and the court froze the factory's account without saying a word.
This is a real problem. The purchase of raw materials, the payment of workers' wages, and the daily operation of the factory all require working capital.
Generally speaking, a company would not have just one account, but this time, for some unknown reason, all of the factory's accounts were frozen by the court.
Yan Jianhong was so worried that he lost a lot of hair. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have preferred not to have filed a lawsuit in court and had just paid the money.
Moreover, due to the issuance of a work stoppage and rectification notice, the factory is currently shut down, which will greatly affect the delivery of subsequent orders. If the orders cannot be delivered on time, a huge amount of liquidated damages will be incurred.
So Yan Jianhong initially thought of producing secretly, but as soon as he started, people from the relevant departments came immediately, day and night. He was really unlucky.
Yan Jianhong came up with another idea: to outsource the orders to other factories in the surrounding area. Unfortunately, for some reason, none of these factories would accept his orders. There were similar factories in the south, but the transportation costs were too high, and there wasn't enough time. It was a real headache!
He couldn't help but think of using Ge Changli's factory, and he was planning in his mind how to do it.
Suddenly, "Brother" rushed into Yan Jianhong's office in a great hurry.
Already in a bad mood, Yan Jianhong glared angrily at the person who entered: "Did you drop your hand? Don't you know how to knock before coming in?"
The visitor was Yan Jianhong's cousin, Yan Jiansheng.
He didn't care whether Yan Jianhong was angry or not, and said, "Brother, the American client sent a fax saying we breached the contract and they want us to pay compensation!"
Yan Jianhong jumped up from his boss's chair: "What? Breach of contract?"
Yan Jiansheng wiped the sweat from his brow and replied, "The cargo ship's journey was delayed by a week due to a typhoon, resulting in a late delivery date. According to the contract, we breached the contract, and the other party has formally sent us a lawyer's letter demanding compensation."
Upon hearing this, Yan Jianhong shouted with fury, "Then what are you still standing here for? Why don't you go find the freight forwarder and shipping company? They are fully responsible for the delay of the goods, make them compensate!"
Yan Jiansheng replied helplessly, "It's no use. The freight contract states that the shipping company will not bear any responsibility for force majeure events such as severe weather or war."
Upon hearing this, Yan Jianhong deflated like a punctured balloon and plopped heavily back into the boss's chair.
He then jumped up again: "What about the insurance? Didn't we buy insurance?"
Yan Jiansheng blinked at Yan Jianhong and said, "Didn't you say we didn't need to buy cargo delay insurance? You said it was a waste of money!"
Yan Jianhong slapped his face. Damn it, what a terrible thing to do! How could I have been so blinded by greed? Why did I have to save such a small amount of money?
Even at this point, Yan Jianhong still didn't understand that this was a typical tactic in business warfare: using external administrative attacks, internal management loopholes, and blocking the supply chain to deliver a fatal blow.
This tactic is far superior to Yan Jianhong's underhanded methods of instructing people to compromise the precision of mold tolerances. Even if laid out openly, these moves are all overt schemes that Yan Jianhong cannot counter.
Does the factory have any fire safety hazards?
Are there any production activities that pollute the environment? Is there a lack of necessary environmental protection equipment?
Are there any instances of exploitation of workers' legal rights?
As long as there is such a thing, then the relevant departments have not made a mistake in punishing him. This is a perfectly legitimate conspiracy. However, Yan Jianhong still hasn't figured out who is targeting him. He has thought of many people, but he has never thought of Ge Changli.
In his mind, Ge Changli didn't have that kind of power at all. Moreover, Ge Changli knew nothing about the factory in Kunshan, so he had no way of talking about targeting it. Furthermore, Ge Changli himself was deeply involved in a transnational compensation case and was currently busy fighting the lawsuit.
The most important thing right now is to unfreeze one or two accounts to get the factory up and running, and then we can address the current difficulties one by one.
After kicking Yan Jiansheng out of the office, Yan Jianhong rubbed his face and forced himself to make a phone call.
The call connected, and Yan Jianhong's face broke into a smile: "President Hua, this is Yan Jianhong from Haihua!"
Yan Jianhong got straight to the point, stating the purpose of his call: "President Hua, I wonder if you have time today? I'd like to pay you a visit."
It seemed that President Hua was giving Yan Jianhong face on the phone, as Yan Jianhong obsequiously replied, "Okay! Okay! Thank you!"
After hanging up the phone, Yan Jianhong breathed a sigh of relief.
The call I just made was to the president of a local chamber of commerce. This President Hua has extensive connections in the area, so Yan Jianhong wanted to seek his help. Moreover, Yan Jianhong had already decided that he would not hesitate to give up 20% of the factory's shares. After all, he could tell the difference between losing everything and having a little less.
As agreed, Yan Jianhong met with the president of the local chamber of commerce, Mr. Hua.
After exchanging pleasantries, Yan Jianhong got straight to the point.
He pleaded tearfully, "President Hua, you absolutely have to help me!"
Everyone in the local business community knows what happened to Yan Jianhong. It's obvious he's offended someone, otherwise they wouldn't be going to such lengths to destroy him. Moreover, some well-informed people know that the force targeting Yan Jianhong is very powerful, but nobody knows exactly who it is.
The fact that such a powerful force would go so far as to kill a small businessman like Yan Jianhong left the onlookers puzzled. What heinous crime had Yan Jianhong committed?