40,000 Years of Cultivation

The last Linghe Biography sent by Jiang Wenbo made Li Yao jump up directly.

"What, the Shanhai faction is going to be annexed?"

He couldn't help it anymore and contacted Jiang Wenbo through Linghe Chuanshu.

Appearing in the light curtain were two slightly depressed faces. Jiang Wenbo and Guan Xiong were discussing sect affairs together.

"Teacher Jiang, Brother Xiong, what's the matter?"

"In the three major magic magazines, the comments on "Flying Sword and Armor" are fair, but the evaluations of "Magic World" and "Refiner's House" are completely beyond the normal range. There are still so many gaps in the major forums. Comment, it's very unreasonable!"

"You also said in the letter that many distributors have ceased their cooperation, which makes no sense!"

"The Monster Beast Detector has only been on the market for a month, and no major quality problems have been found. Even if the sales are short of time, the cooperation will not be terminated immediately, right?"

"Now, you said that the Shanhai faction might be annexed by other factions. What happened?"

Li Yao went straight ahead and asked like a bullet.

Jiang Wenbo and Guan Xiong looked at each other, sighed, and said:

"Li Yao, you guessed it right, we were under a strong sniper, and the monster detector was targeted before it went on the market."

"The evaluation articles in the three magic magazines must have problems; the bad reviews on the major forums are also behind the scenes; and we privately understand that many dealers are also under pressure to stop cooperation."

"However, these are not big problems."

"The monster detector is indeed a very good magic weapon. According to our return visits to real customers, most of them are very satisfied and expressed the meaning of recommending to friends. As long as we persevere, relying on word of mouth, sales It will get better and better."

"But now, the biggest problem is—"

Jiang Wenbo pondered for a moment, then laughed at himself and said, "Forget it, it's okay to tell you, anyway, there is a lot of rumors in the cultivation world, and the capital chain of the Shanhai faction is about to be broken!"

"what!"

Li Yao was shocked.

The financial situation of a sect is top secret among top secrets. Once the capital chain is broken, once it is made public, it will definitely cause a chain reaction and directly destroy the sect!

Jiang Wenbo's ability to tell himself about this meant that the news had already spread, and it had become a well-known secret.

Jiang Wenbo smiled bitterly and said:

"Just a few evaluation articles in the magazine, it is impossible to cause a fatal blow to us; even if many distributors have suspended cooperation, there are many old brothers who have cooperated for decades to support us, we can still use online sales."

"But now, it is the crystal eye supplier that has a problem."

"The crystal eye supplier we cooperated with, after providing the first batch of crystal eyes, has been pushing back and forth for various reasons, delaying delivery, but in the communication, they have repeatedly ensured that there will be no problems, just because The supply of raw materials and other objective reasons had to be delayed, and they would definitely deliver the goods before the deadline and compensate for the related losses."

"This crystal eye supplier has been cooperating for a long time, and we have a lot of trust in each other, so we believe it."

"Without getting Crystal Eyes, tens of thousands of semi-finished monster beast detectors were refined and even pre-sold."

"As a result, it was postponed three times, but in the end this crystal eye supplier tore up the contract and terminated the cooperation!"

"In this way, all of our pre-sales will have to be withdrawn. In addition to double-returning customers' pre-sales, this will also have a certain impact on word-of-mouth."

"More importantly, more than 10,000 semi-finished monster beast detectors are all refined according to the crystal eye specifications provided by this supplier. It is difficult to replace the crystal eye of another sect."

Li Yao nodded.

As a refiner, he knew very well that the crystal eyes refined by various sects had great differences in specifications, and the size difference was one millimeter, and it was impossible to be universal.

But there is one more thing, he doesn't understand:

"Mr. Jiang, when you signed the contract with this crystal eye supplier, there should be a breach of contract clause? And the penalty should be more than your loss?"

Jiang Wenbo said:

"Li Yao, you are not a managerial cultivator, so naturally you don't understand the truth."

"Yes, there is indeed a breach of contract clause, but now that people turn their faces and deny others, they can only resolve it through legal means! After a year or two of the lawsuit, we will definitely win the lawsuit, but it is also a way to get the liquidated damages in hand. Two years, even three to five years later!"

Li Yao thought for a while, and wondered:

"But what good will the other party do if you do this? Money, goodwill, all have suffered heavy losses! It's almost a death by yourself, and you have to drag the Shanhai faction to bury it together!"

Jiang Wenbo shook his head:

"You are wrong. The Shanhai School will definitely die before it. We will have two loans due next month. Because of this incident, we have lost a lot of funds and we can't pay at all."

"What's even more bizarre is that the funds of the Shanhai Sect were leaked out somehow. Now the entire cultivation world knows that the chain of funds of the Shanhai Sect is about to break. Who else is willing to lend us money?"

Li Yao frowned, and after a moment, asked:

"Mr. Jiang, can you tell me how much the Shanhai School still has a funding gap?"

Jiang Wenbo was taken aback for a moment, and Guan Xiong, who had been beside him with a calm face, said:

"Up to now, what can't be said? The outside world has even got our financial statements! Besides, the monster detector is a cooperative project between us and Li Yao, and Li Yao is also a partner, so we should know our situation. "

"Now, all of our factions are thinking of ways and searching all the relationships. By next month, it is estimated that there will be a funding gap of three to five billion yuan. If it is not resolved, the funding chain will break and the Shanhai faction will be over!"

Li Yao nodded thoughtfully

Three to five billion, for a cultivating sect, doesn't sound like much.

But the actual situation is not so simple.

What is the capital chain? That's one link after another!

Shanhai School has been doing poorly in recent years and is heavily in debt.

In order to launch the Monster Beast Detector project, I borrowed a lot of money from banks and major sects. The foreign debt is estimated to be as many as billions.

All the creditors are paying attention to the sales situation of the monster detector and the fund situation of the Shanhai faction.

If the Monster Beast Detector is an instant hit and the sales are amazing, the banks and major sects will naturally not be eager to recover the arrears, and they may even borrow additional loans and earn generous interest.

Now, sales of Monster Beast Detectors are weak, and Shanhai School’s funding chain is broken. If the money is not paid, it will definitely cause a chain reaction. All banks and sects will not agree to the extension of the loan, and the Shanhai School must repay the money immediately.

The Shanhai School was ruined!

Li Yao vaguely felt that the whole thing was an interlocking trap from beginning to end.

"There must be someone behind this incident. I wonder if you know who is targeting the Shanhai faction and our monster detector?"

Li Yao asked coldly, with a dangerous light bursting into his eyes.

Without waiting for Jiang Wenbo to speak, Guan Xiong gritted his teeth and said:

"I don't have any conclusive evidence, but ten days ago, the Fei Lingzong released the news that it was ready to acquire the Shanhai faction. Let us become-Feilingzong Shanhaitang!"

"Flying Spirit Sect!"

Li Yao immediately remembered that when he had just applied for the patent for the monster detector, the Flying Spirit Sect had contacted him and wanted to buy out the patent at a very low price, but he refused.

Jiang Wenbo said:

"Fei Lingzong is a traditional precision magic weapon refining giants. In recent years, it has been transforming into the direction of detection magic weapons. Especially this year, it has spent a lot of money and launched a series of detection magic weapons. The advertising fee alone is astronomical. ."

"However, the Flying Spirit Sect started with refining watches, and their detection magic weapons are all worn on the wrist."

"I have also bought a few and studied them. In terms of craftsmanship and precision, they do exceed our monster detectors by a lot."

"But in actual combat, I am still more optimistic about the monster detector."

Li Yao narrowed his eyes and said:

"In other words, if the Monster Beast Detector is really hot, it is very likely to seize the Fei Ling Sect's detection magic weapon market and cause heavy losses to the Fei Ling Sect?"

"Yes it is!"

Jiang Wenbo said, "Moreover, a series of competitive methods against us are very similar to the style of'Shark'."

Li Yao was taken aback: "Who is the shark?"

"The young master of the Flying Spirit Sect, Qiu Guanyu, a genius management cultivator, is only 29 years old this year. He has led many mergers and acquisitions and has helped the Flying Spirit Sect annex many small and medium sects."

Jiang Wenbo said, "Qiu Guanyu's tactics are sharp, his style is ruthless, and he is known for his iron heart, killing people without seeing blood. He wants to annex a small and medium sect. He will often use various methods to suppress it first. Obediently accept the conditions and be swallowed by the Flying Spirit Sect!"

"In the past seven years since his debut, he has used this method to annex eleven small and medium sects, and one or two sects every year become his victims. Therefore, in the cultivation world, Qiu Guanyu is called a'shark'!"

"So that's it, I understand."

Li Yao thoughtfully asked, "Teacher Jiang, Brother Xiong, what do you think of M&A within Shanhai School?"

"Of course we don't want to!"

Guan Xiong exclaimed, "If a few months ago, when the Shanhai faction was desperate, the Flying Spirit Sect was willing to buy us, maybe the big guy would agree to it once he gritted his teeth!"

"But now, we have such a good product as the Monster Beast Detector, and when we were about to let go of it, we were overshadowed by this shark using a despicable means, and wanted to swallow us in one bite? Whoever wants to go, Lao Tzu will definitely not go. When I think of calling this shark the'sect master' one day, Lao Tzu's lungs will explode!"

"Anyway, if the Shanhai faction is really acquired, I will slap my **** and leave. I'll leave it as a casual cultivator!"

Jiang Wenbo said:

"Among the Shanhai faction, there are not many people who are willing to be acquired, but what else can be done now?"

Li Yao was silent for a moment and said:

"Anyway, before next month, if you collect three to five billion yuan, you will be able to tide over the difficulties temporarily, right?"

Jiang Wenbo nodded, then widened his eyes and lost his voice:

"Li Yao, what do you want to do?"

Li Yao said every word:

"I want to fight the Flying Spirit Sect and this shark."

Jiang Wenbo said anxiously:

"You don’t know anything about business wars, and you are definitely not a shark’s opponent. Even if the temporary funding problem is resolved, as long as the sales of the monster detector cannot increase, the subsequent funding gap is still large. This is a bottomless pit. There is no need to go. Li jump! Besides, everything is just our speculation, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the Flying Spirit Sect is behind the scenes!"

"Funding issues, take your time to figure out a solution, anyway, as long as Brother Xiong and Teacher Jiang, you Shanhai School can work together and stick to the last minute! As for the evidence—"

Li Yao smiled, showing sharp teeth, "Do you think that I'm'Vulture Li Yao' is like the kind of person who needs conclusive evidence before launching a counterattack?"