Rebirth 70: I am a Koi

I clenched my fists, took a deep breath, slowly walked to the warehouse door, and opened it. "Boss Liu, why are you here?"

Boss Liu stood at the door, his usual cheerful smile gone, his face frighteningly gloomy. "Boss Mu, I came here today to discuss our cooperation."

His tone was cold and the look in his eyes was complicated and hard to read. My heart sank suddenly. The piece of cloth stained with mud appeared in my mind again, and an ominous premonition came over me.

"Cooperation? Hasn't our cooperation always been pleasant?" I tried hard to force a smile, trying to break the suffocating atmosphere.

"I'm sorry, Boss Mu, our company has decided to terminate the cooperation with your base." Boss Liu said in a firm tone, leaving no room for negotiation.

"What?!" I was stunned, I couldn't believe my ears. This sudden change caught me off guard, could it be... could it be that all this was true?

Bai Hanchuan grabbed Boss Liu's arm and asked anxiously, "Boss Liu, is there anything we did wrong? Just let us know and we can change it. Why do we want to terminate the cooperation?"

Boss Liu shook off Bai Hanchuan's hand and said impatiently, "Boss Bai, this is not your problem. My company has other arrangements. We will not purchase from you anymore."

"Other arrangements? What arrangements?" I asked, feeling more and more uneasy.

Boss Liu looked at me coldly and did not answer my question. Instead, he took out a document from his pocket and handed it to me. "This is the termination agreement. Please take a look."

I took the contract with trembling hands, and felt a chill running from my feet to my head, and my vision went dark. I tried to control my emotions and forced myself to calm down, "Boss Liu, please think about it again. We have been working together for so long..."

"Don't think about it. I've made up my mind." Boss Liu interrupted me coldly, "I hope you can arrange someone to complete the formalities as soon as possible."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and tried to leave, but was stopped by Bai Hanchuan. "Boss Liu, you must give us a reasonable explanation today. How did our planting base offend you?!"

Boss Liu shook off Bai Hanchuan's hand and sneered, "Boss Bai, what do you mean by that? The business world is like a battlefield. It's my freedom to choose who to cooperate with. I don't need to explain it to you!"

His tone was full of disdain and ridicule. I took a deep breath and tried to suppress the anger in my heart. I knew that now was not the time to tear each other apart. "Boss Liu, you are right. The mall is like a battlefield, but..."

I paused, stared into his eyes sharply, and said word by word, "But we want to know who is behind this..."

Before I could finish my words, Boss Liu interrupted me impatiently, "Boss Mu, what do you mean by that? Is it that I am playing tricks by choosing a better partner?"

He snorted and said with undisguised contempt: "To tell you the truth, someone has offered me a more favorable price, and the product quality is more guaranteed. Why should I give up the better choice and cooperate with you?"

"A better price? A better product?!" Bai Hanchuan repeated Boss Liu's words in disbelief, shaking with anger. "Who is it? Who is spreading rumors behind this?!"

Boss Liu's words hit me hard like a heavy hammer. I immediately realized that all this was not an accident, but someone was deliberately targeting us behind our backs and wanted to force us into a dead end!

Just then, there was a commotion at the warehouse door. I looked back and saw that the workers from the base had gathered around. Their faces were full of anxiety and uneasiness. It was obvious that they had heard the conversation between me and Boss Liu.

"Boss Mu, is what Boss Liu said true? Is he really going to terminate the contract with us?"

"How could this happen? Are the vegetables we worked so hard to grow going to rot in the ground?"

"My whole family depends on this job for a living. What will we do if the base closes?!"

The workers were talking to each other, and their anxious voices were like thunder, exploding in my ears and making me feel dizzy.

I suppressed the grief and despair in my heart, took a deep breath, and tried to keep myself calm. I looked around at the crowd and said loudly: "Don't panic, everyone. We will definitely find a solution!"

Although my words were firm, I felt powerless inside. I knew that Boss Liu's termination of the contract was just the beginning, and there would be more challenges and difficulties waiting for us.

"Solution? What solution is there? People have said that someone has offered him better conditions. How can we compare with them?!" Someone in the crowd shouted, which immediately resonated with everyone, and the feeling of despair quickly spread.

"Yes, our capital chain is broken now, and we are completely unable to resist this kind of malicious competition!"

"It's over, everything is over..."

The atmosphere of despair enveloped me like a huge net, making it almost impossible for me to breathe.

"Boss Liu, please listen to me..." At this moment, Uncle Li, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stood up. He walked tremblingly to Boss Liu and tried to use his professional knowledge to explain to him the advantages of our base products.

However, before Uncle Li could finish his words, Boss Liu interrupted him impatiently, "Uncle Li, please stop talking. I have already made up my mind..."

Uncle Li was rudely interrupted by Boss Liu, his face full of regret and anxiety. He wanted to say something else, but I pulled him back. I shook my head at him, signaling him not to waste his words. Uncle Li looked at me, his cloudy eyes full of worry, and finally sighed helplessly and stepped aside.

"Boss Liu, since you have made the decision, we cannot force you to stay. But I hope you can give us an explanation. Who is behind this and what means did you use to steal our customers?" I asked in a cold tone, suppressing the anger in my heart.

Boss Liu sneered, glanced at me, and said with contempt, "Boss Mu, this is very interesting. The market is like a battlefield, and it is normal for people to compete. How come you say it is a conspiracy behind the scenes?" He paused, then said, "I advise you to think carefully about how to deal with these unsalable vegetables! I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, Boss Liu turned around and left without any reluctance, leaving behind only a resolute back.

"Boss Liu, the price can still be negotiated! We can give you more discounts!" Bai Hanchuan took a few steps forward and said hurriedly.

Boss Liu stopped and looked back at Bai Hanchuan, with a mocking smile on his face: "Boss Bai, you make it sound like I'm someone who is looking for a bargain. Although I'm not a big boss, I value my reputation the most. Since I've decided to cooperate with others, I won't change my mind easily."

After he said that, he ignored Bai Hanchuan's attempts to keep him and strode out of the warehouse.

After Boss Liu left, the warehouse was in a dead silence, and you could hear a pin drop. The workers looked at each other, their faces full of confusion and despair. My heart also sank to the bottom, and a deep sense of powerlessness surged in my heart.

I know that Mr. Liu's termination of the contract is just the beginning, and there will be more challenges and difficulties waiting for us. And our capital chain is broken now, and we are completely unable to resist this malicious competition.

Are we really going to watch the base collapse and all the hard work go to waste?

No, I will never give up!

I took a deep breath, forced myself to cheer myself up, looked around at the crowd, and said loudly: "Everyone..."

Before I could finish my words, the door of the warehouse was suddenly pushed open, and a panicked figure rushed in, saying breathlessly: "Boss Mu, this is bad..."

"Everyone, don't panic!" I forced myself to calm down and said loudly, "Let's work together to find a solution. We will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty!"

As soon as I finished speaking, the panicked figure rushed in front of me, his face pale, and he stammered, "Boss Mu, Boss Wang, and, and Boss Sun, they are all here..."

My heart sank suddenly, and a bad feeling came over me. Boss Wang and Boss Sun are both old customers of our base, why did they suddenly come to visit?

"Where are they?" Bai Hanchuan walked quickly to my side and asked in a deep voice.

"He, they are outside..." The employee pointed at the warehouse door and said in a trembling voice, "He, he brought a lot of people with him..."

Bai Hanchuan and I looked at each other and saw solemnity in each other's eyes. It seems that our guess was correct. This sudden crisis is more serious than we imagined.

"Let's go out and take a look." I took a deep breath, trying to keep myself calm, and then took the lead to walk towards the warehouse door.

As soon as we walked to the door, we saw Boss Wang and Boss Sun leading a group of people walking towards us aggressively. Their faces were ugly, and their eyes were full of anger and dissatisfaction.

"Boss Mu, what do you mean? Why did you deceive us?" Boss Wang asked angrily as soon as he saw me.

"That's right. We have been cooperating with you because of our old friendship. We didn't expect you to treat us like this!" Boss Sun also accused.

I frowned slightly, and I understood something in my heart. It seems that they came with bad intentions this time. Someone must be stirring up trouble behind the scenes and deliberately spreading rumors in order to completely destroy our base.

"Boss Wang, Boss Sun, calm down first. There must be some misunderstanding here..." I said calmly, "Tell me first, what happened?"

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding is there?" Boss Wang sneered and pointed at the people behind him, "Ask them what you sell at your base!"

I looked in the direction of his finger and discovered that those people were holding something in their hands. Upon closer inspection, I found that they were... fresh vegetables that our base had just picked this morning!

My heart sank immediately, and a bad feeling came over me. Could it be... that there was something wrong with the vegetables?

Before I could ask, someone in the crowd shouted, "Boss Mu, there's something wrong with the vegetables in your base! We all got diarrhea after eating them!"

"That's right, my child ate tomatoes from your base and is now in the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea!"

"You are a black-hearted business, making black money, we are going to sue you!"

The crowd was in uproar, everyone was blaming our base, the angry voices were deafening...

I looked at the chaotic scene in front of me and my heart went cold.