Chapter 265: Chapter 264: Ma LinglingWhite Impermanence took a sip of tea, a hint of excitement hidden beneath his calm demeanor.

    Before Meiying was even developed, he had been planning this scheme, and now...

    The time to reel in the net had finally arrived!

    "Notify everyone, the young master orders that tomorrow at 8 a.m., the attack on Tianyun International begins!" One-Eyed Dragon commanded the thugs from the Celestial Dragon Gang on the other end of the phone.

    With that, he hung up the phone.

    "Young master, Liu Tianyun’s days are... numbered." One-Eyed Dragon blew away the steam rising from his cup of tea, and took a sip with a smile.

    "Hah—"

    Exhaling a stream of foul air, a disdainful curve appeared at the corner of White Impermanence’s mouth,

    "Anyone who opposes me, White Impermanence, must die!"

    "Ye Huan is dead, and Liu Tianyun... won’t escape either!"

    "When I proposed to Liu Yaoguo, they kicked me out of the Liu Family, humiliating me. I’m going to retaliate a thousand-fold, ten thousand-fold, and plunge her into complete despair!"

    The more White Impermanence spoke, the more furious his eyes became, and he slammed the round table suddenly, smashing it to pieces.

    He also threw The Analects into the candle flame, turning it to ashes.

    ...

    The next day, 9 a.m.

    Women from all over Huaxia gathered in shopping malls, waiting for the official sale of Meiying.

    For no other reason than the fact that many skincare products that recently emerged to compete with Meiying were as good as garbage!

    Only Meiying, with just one jar, could make the skin tender, repair skin damage, and have many other effects.

    Even with the current price increase to 169, to 269, to 369, or even more, women who love beauty are more than willing to pay, as Meiying’s skincare effects are just that good!

    Finally, it was 9 a.m., the time for Meiying’s release, and women waiting in front of shopping malls nationwide were in a frenzy.

    But at this time...

    Without exception.

    The heads of shopping malls across the country introduced to the waiting customers a different version of Meiying from the 169 priced one...

    Price, 139!

    Moreover, the packaging of both was identical, with no differences at all!

    The only difference was that this batch of Meiying’s production date was ten days to half a month earlier, but...

    The issue was not significant!

    Because the shelf life of skincare products is typically around six months!

    This 139-priced Meiying, with a production date only ten days to half a month earlier than the 169-priced batch, was 30 cheaper, and even a fool would know which to choose!

    In an instant, the 139-priced Meiying was snatched up.

    The 169-priced Meiying was almost ignored.

    Through the live broadcast, witnessing these scenes happening in major shopping malls, in the meeting room of Tianyun International, many senior managers, including Su Qingqing, widened their eyes.

    What’s happening!?

    How did a batch of 139-priced Meiying suddenly appear?

    cheaper, this is practically a dimensional reduction strike against this batch of newly listed, 139-priced Meiying by Tianyun International!

    Su Qingqing’s face turned somewhat pale. sea??h thё novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    She had already contacted all major channel partners to help them formulate promotion plans for today.

    But now, those plans had all been used to dress the bride for the 139-priced, unknown Meiying batch!

    "President, what’s going on?" A senior manager questioned.

    After this question, many people displayed sly and knowing expressions, clearly harboring ulterior motives.

    Many of these senior managers at Tianyun International were Zhao Zhenhai’s loyal followers, knowing that the Bai Family’s young master had plans against Tianyun International.

    A common saying goes, "No destruction, no construction." They hadn’t had a pay raise for a long time, no promotions for a long time, but since the leadership of Tianyun International was already established, major turnover was basically impossible, and promotions and pay raises were a distant dream.

    So, even though Zhao Zhenhai was no longer at Tianyun International, they still hoped that Liu Tianyun would die sooner, thinking that when White Impermanence moved into Tianyun International, they could curry favor and gain some benefits, such as moving to higher power, better-paid positions.

    Today’s matter was obviously White Impermanence taking advantage of price to deliberately attack Tianyun International’s newly listed Meiying!

    For those with ulterior motives, their faces showed even more delight.

    Of course, there were a few Tianyun International executives without such ulterior motives, like Su Qingqing, whose faces looked extremely ugly due to the lack of attention to this newly listed Meiying.

    "President, this... this 139-priced Meiying that appeared out of thin air, what exactly is going on?" Su Qingqing furrowed her brows tightly, her entire face spelling "confused."

    Liu Tianyun remained calm, saying, "It’s alright, no need to panic, the problem is not big..."

    "President, this problem is huge!" Finance Minister Ma Lingling abruptly interrupted Liu Tianyun.

    With her hair styled in big blonde waves, her face covered in white powder thicker than wall plaster, her lips painted with purple lipstick, and wearing overpoweringly scented cologne, she appeared to weigh at least 200 pounds.

    It’s no exaggeration to say that once she spoke, most people turned to her, twitching their eyes and instinctively pinching their noses.

    For nothing else, just because her appearance was so eye-searing, her perfume so nose-wracking.

    "President, currently the company’s cash flow is nearing exhaustion, if this newly listed batch of Meiying cannot quickly bring in money, we might not even be able to pay the salaries on the 15th." Ma Lingling’s pen tapped on the table as she spoke calmly.

    "Don’t worry. The day after tomorrow, which is the 15th, the money will start coming in. I’ll send an email in the name of the President’s office to all employees, explaining the delay of salary issuance by a few hours. Anyway, before the end of the workday, salaries will definitely be paid out."

    Liu Tianyun said calmly, with no response from anyone at the meeting, including Su Qingqing.

    Obviously, everyone only took this as words of comfort and encouragement.

    Returning funds the day after tomorrow?

    With what funds?

    That mysterious Meiying batch was 30 cheaper than Tianyun International’s newly listed Meiying, with a production date only ten days earlier, which Tianyun International’s batch simply couldn’t compete with.

    Without competitive products, they naturally cannot be sold, and without sales, there naturally cannot be payment recovery.

    Without payment recovery, it leads to not being able to pay employees’ salaries.

    It’s a vicious cycle, and at the same time, a dead end.

    Su Qingqing gritted her teeth and raised her hand.

    "Minister Su, please speak." Liu Tianyun made a gesture to indicate "please."

    "President, I suggest..." Su Qingqing sighed, "I suggest temporarily lowering Meiying’s price to 139, the same as that mysterious Meiying batch. Because even if we lower it to 139, we still maintain a profit margin and can quickly recover funds. Otherwise, without settling salaries, newly hired workers at Meiying Factory Numbers Two and Three will surely be extremely dissatisfied and may even go on strike."

    "And you all, do you agree with this suggestion?" Liu Tianyun’s gaze swept over the others in the meeting room.

    "I oppose it!" Ma Lingling raised her hand, snorted, "Minister Su, because Factory Numbers Two and Three were hastily constructed, the machinery, equipment, and venues were never even haggled on prices, making them very costly. If this batch of Meiying is reduced to 139, this so-called Meiying promotion won’t even cover the cost of building the factories."

    "I support Minister Ma!"

    "I support Minister Ma!"

    Many raised their hands in support of Ma Lingling.

    There was no need to think about it; they were the ones hoping Liu Tianyun would roll out of Tianyun International sooner.

    A smaller group raised their hands, supporting Su Qingqing.

    "Ma Lingling, what are you saying!"

    Su Qingqing pointed at Ma Lingling, her eyes wide with anger, "You usually sing the opposite tune from me, fine, but now it’s the company’s survival at stake. If we can’t quickly bring in funds, employee wages won’t be paid!"

    "Ha!" Ma Lingling sneered, "Minister Su, what you mean is you’re just afraid you won’t get paid the day after tomorrow, right? I never imagined that the company would be at such a critical juncture, and you would be worried about whether you could get your salary, instead of thinking about how to help the company solve the problem."

    "What nonsense are you talking about!" Su Qingqing flew into a rage, hitting the table as she stood.

    Before she could start cursing, Liu Tianyun spoke again.

    "Meiying’s price will not be adjusted."

    "I’ve said funds will come back the day after tomorrow, and it will happen!"

    "Now, dismissed!"