Rebirth 70: I am a Koi

Professor Wang was very efficient. The next day, he sent me a message saying that he had contacted several old friends, all of whom were industry authorities, and were willing to help us investigate the matter. I felt relieved and discussed the next plan with Hanchuan.

"FH Group has a strong background. We can't alert them." Han Chuan frowned and tapped the table with his index finger. "We have to find another way to find a breakthrough."

At this time, my cell phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number. I answered the call and an old voice came over: "Boss Mu, I was introduced by Lao Wang. You can just call me Lao Liu. I heard that you are investigating a new type of growth hormone..."

Lao Liu? A flash of doubt flashed through my mind, but I quickly realized that Professor Wang had said he would introduce a retired gardening master to help us.

Lao Liu continued, "I studied this hormone when I was young. It can indeed promote plant growth, but it has a fatal flaw. A special stabilizer must be added, otherwise..."

My heart was shocked. Could this be the breakthrough? I quickly asked, "What else will happen?"

"Otherwise it will accelerate the decline of the plant, and this decline is irreversible, which is equivalent to forcing the growth of seedlings, and will only lead to the death of the plant in the end." Lao Liu's tone became solemn, "What's more terrible is that this stabilizer is slightly toxic. Long-term consumption will cause..."

Before Lao Liu could finish his words, he was interrupted by a burst of noise, followed by a busy tone on the other end of the phone.

I held the phone in my hand, feeling confused. The information provided by Lao Liu was too important. As long as we could find evidence to prove that FH Group's products contained this toxic stabilizer, we could completely defeat them!

Hanchuan and I took action immediately, and according to the clues provided by Lao Liu, we visited several planting bases that FH Group cooperated with. However, we found that FH Group had been prepared, and all the bases were guarding against us, and we didn't even have the chance to get close.

"It seems that FH Group has been prepared for this. We must find another way." I was a little discouraged, but when I thought of those deceived consumers, I told myself not to give up.

"Don't lose heart, we will find a way." Hanchuan held my hand with a firm look in his eyes, "I have contacted a private detective, he will find a way to infiltrate the FH Group and get the evidence we want."

A few days later, the private detective reported that he had successfully sneaked into the FH Group's laboratory and found the warehouse where the stabilizer was stored.

"Great!" I almost jumped up with excitement and asked quickly, "So now we can..."

Before I could finish my words, Hanchuan suddenly covered my mouth. He looked out the window nervously and said in a low voice, "Someone is coming..." As soon as Hanchuan finished speaking, several men in black broke in and surrounded us without saying anything. I immediately realized that we had fallen into a trap!

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" I asked, pretending to be calm, but my palms were already covered with cold sweat.

One of the men in black sneered, "You broke into a private house and you dare to ask who we are?"

"We just came here..." I was about to explain, but Hanchuan pulled me back. He stood in front of me, staring at the men in black with a sharp gaze, and said in a cold tone: "Let us go, and we will not pursue this matter any further."

The leader of the men in black laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Just you? Don't you see what you are?"

I thought to myself that it was not good. It seemed that they would not let us go easily. Sure enough, at the command of the leader of the men in black, those men rushed towards us like wolves and tigers.

Hanchuan protected me behind him and fought with those people. Although I had learned some self-defense skills, I was completely vulnerable in front of these well-trained men in black.

In the chaos, I saw a figure sneaking into the lab. Oh no, they were trying to destroy the evidence! I was extremely anxious, but there was nothing I could do.

Just then, a sirens sounded outside the door. The leader of the men in black changed his expression and glared at us fiercely: "You are lucky!" After that, he hurried away with his men.

I breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground. Hanchuan was also slightly injured, but he didn't care about himself and quickly helped me up: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but..." I looked at the empty laboratory, feeling powerless, "We are still a step too late."

When I returned to the plantation, I noticed something was not right. The employees looked at us strangely, and some even started whispering.

"What's wrong with them?" I asked Hanchuan in a low voice.

Hanchuan's face was solemn: "The news of our failure this time has probably reached the base."

My heart sank. It seemed that the influence of the FH Group was even greater than we imagined. Not only had they bribed off the forces outside the base, they had also placed spies inside the base.

"What should I do now?" I felt more confused than ever before.

Hanchuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly took my hand and strode towards the meeting room.

All employees were present in the meeting room, their faces filled with suspicion and dissatisfaction.

"Mr. Mu, we don't understand why you want to..."

"Yes, FH Group's products have always been good. Why..."

"Please be quiet!" I patted the table vigorously. After the meeting room was quiet, I slowly spoke, "I know that everyone is confused about my recent decision, and even..."

Before I could finish my words, I was interrupted by a rapid knock on the door.

"Boss Mu, something bad has happened..." The secretary rushed in, looking pale, "The base...something happened at the base..." The secretary's words rang in my ears like thunder, and my heart instantly rose to my throat. "What happened at the base? Tell me slowly!"

The secretary took a breath and said intermittently: "Someone...someone posted...posted negative news about our base online, and...someone incited the growers..."

My eyes went dark, and I almost fell. The counterattack of the FH Group was indeed fast and fierce! They were trying to cut off the source of our support and completely destroy everything we had worked so hard to build!

"Don't panic, I'm here." Han Chuan held me tightly, his eyes firm, "Let's go check out the specific situation first."

The base was in chaos. The growers gathered in front of the office building and were so angry that the security guards couldn't stop them.

"Mr. Mu, please give us an explanation! Why do people say there are problems with our products online?"

"FH Group's products have always been good, why should we switch to yours?"

"We don't trust you, we want a refund!"

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I tried to calm myself down, took a deep breath, picked up the loudspeaker and said loudly: "Dear fellow growers, please be quiet! I am Mu Jinli, regarding those rumors on the Internet, I..."

"Mr. Mu, now is not the time to explain. We must take action as soon as possible, otherwise things will really get out of control!" The secretary interrupted me anxiously.

I know how serious the matter is, but what can I do in this situation?

Just when I felt desperate, a familiar voice sounded in my ears: "Xiao Mu, don't worry, I'm here."

I turned around suddenly and saw an old man with gray hair and vigorous spirit standing behind the crowd, looking at me with a smile.

"Mr. Li!" I was overjoyed, as if I had grabbed a life-saving straw, "Why are you here?"

We met Mr. Li at an industry exchange meeting before. He is a retired gardening master with a very high reputation and connections in the industry.

"I heard that you had some problems here, so I came to see if I could help." Mr. Li said, pulling out a stack of documents from his pocket. "This is some information I collected these days, maybe it will be useful to you."

I took the document and glanced at it quickly, and my eyes lit up immediately. These materials recorded in detail the cases of product quality problems of FH Group over the years, and even some testimonies from insiders, which were enough to prove that FH Group had been deceiving consumers!

"Mr. Li, you really helped us a lot!" I shook Mr. Li's hand excitedly, "With these materials, we..."

"Don't be too happy yet." Mr. Li interrupted me, "The power of the FH Group is deeply rooted, and it is not easy to bring them down. However, I have contacted some old friends, and they will do their best to speak for you."

I nodded gratefully. The appearance of Mr. Li gave me a glimmer of hope.

Back in the conference room, Hanchuan, Mr. Li, and several core team members and I sat around the table and began to reassess the situation and think about new strategies.

"FH Group is well prepared this time. We can no longer passively defend." Hanchuan said in a deep voice, "We must take the initiative to attack and find their weaknesses, so that we can completely win this battle!"

"That's right. FH Group's biggest reliance is the reputation of their products. As long as we can prove that there are problems with their products, we can undermine their foundation." I added.

"But, FH Group's public relations team is very strong. We tried to expose their product problems before, but the results were..." the secretary said with some concern.

"This time it's different." I handed over the stack of documents that Mr. Li gave me. "With these evidences, I believe..."

Before I could finish my words, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and an unexpected person appeared at the door... "Jinli, how are you?" The man was wearing a well-tailored suit and had an ambiguous smile on his lips. He was the president of FH Group - Fang Hua.

How could he be here? My heart sank suddenly, and an ominous premonition came over me. Han Chuan quickly stood up, protecting me behind him, staring at Fang Hua with a sharp gaze, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see an old friend, isn't that okay?" Fang Hua didn't feel like an uninvited guest at all. He walked straight to the conference table, his eyes swept over everyone present, and finally landed on my face. "Jinli, I didn't expect you to choose to go against our FH Group. I'm really impressed by you."

The threat in his tone was self-evident. I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. "Mr. Fang, you must be joking. We just want to provide consumers with better products. It's not like we're going against anyone."

"Really?" Fang Hua sneered and threw a document on the table. "In that case, please explain to me, Mr. Mu, where this so-called 'evidence' came from?"

I picked up the document and looked at it, my face turned pale. This document was a copy of the information that Mr. Li gave me, but the content had been tampered with beyond recognition, and it had become "evidence" that was unfavorable to us!

"This..." I didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

"What? You have nothing to say?" Fang Hua pressed on, "I advise you to stop as soon as possible, otherwise..."

"What else?" Han Chuan interrupted him coldly, "Fang Hua, you don't have to bluff here, we..."

"Hanchuan, calm down." Mr. Li suddenly spoke up, signaling Hanchuan to stay calm, then turned to look at Fang Hua, "Mr. Fang, you came here today not just to show us your power, right?"

Fang Hua looked at Mr. Li deeply, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Mr. Li is indeed a wise man. In this case, I will say it straight. I came here today to discuss a deal with you."

"Deal?" My heart moved. Could it be that Fang Hua was afraid and wanted to reconcile with us?

As if he saw through my thoughts, Fang Hua chuckled, "Jinli, you are still too naive. Do you think I am afraid of you?"

"Then what do you want?" Hanchuan asked in a bad tone.

"It's very simple. I want you to publicly admit that all previous accusations about FH Group's product quality issues are groundless, and promise that you will never do anything similar again." Fang Hua stated his conditions.

"Impossible!" I refused flatly, "We will never..."

"Jinli!" Mr. Li interrupted me again. He looked at Fang Hua and said slowly, "Mr. Fang, we agree to your terms."