Capital City, Chaoyang District, the 23rd floor of the Ocean International Center Office Building.
The Shengda Precision Beijing Office.
The wall behind the front desk was covered in various industry certifications and partnership plaques.
Shengda Precision specialized in processing precision aluminum and special alloy profiles.
They had been collaborating with Huaxuan Technology for over eight years.
Although they remained a tier-two supplier, the company’s president, Qian Zhiyuan, had spent a fortune cultivating connections over the years, finally managing to secure a firm foothold within Huaxuan’s supply system.
This time, Huaxuan Technology had initiated a new round of admission reviews for its core supply chain’s technical training program.
Qian Zhiyuan had been waiting for this opportunity for five whole years.
His contact inside Huaxuan had already sent word.
"You’re in this time."
Qian Zhiyuan had even drawn up plans to upgrade his production lines upon admission, and he’d also assured his "investor" that this time he would be able to find out Huaxuan’s latest developments.
And then...
Just when success was within his grasp, his contact called him late at night.
"President Qian, the spot is gone."
"What do you mean, gone?"
"Someone from the top directly picked a factory from Jiangcheng called Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory."
"The word is Liu Chengfu recommended them, but he isn’t in the core supply chain himself, so this whole thing is unusual... I asked around. It seems the order came directly from someone even higher up."
Qian Zhiyuan couldn’t sit still after hearing that.
He had spent more than a decade climbing step by step from a small workshop owner to his current position.
For Shengda Precision to have reached its current scale, it hadn’t relied on products and technology alone...
After maneuvering within Huaxuan’s procurement system for so many years, he’d lost count of all the money he had spent, both officially and under the table.
’Now that I finally have a chance to break into Huaxuan’s core industrial supply chain, some Dongyang Hardware I’ve never even heard of comes out of nowhere?’
’A hardware processing factory?’
’On what grounds?’
At that very moment, Qian Zhiyuan was sitting in his office.
Spread across his desk was every piece of public information available on Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory.
Registered capital, equity structure, business scope, tax records, major clients...
He had dug up every last detail.
A knock sounded at the door.
"Come in."
His secretary pushed the door open and walked in.
Without looking up, Qian Zhiyuan asked, "Is that woman still here?"
His secretary paused for a moment, then quickly understood.
"She took a call just now and left. Seemed to be in a big hurry."
Only then did Qian Zhiyuan look up and nod slightly.
"Alright. You can go."
The secretary backed out and gently closed the door.
Qian Zhiyuan leaned back in his chair, his gaze falling on the summary of Dongyang Hardware’s business information spread across his desk.
Legal Representative: Li Yang.
Head of Finance: Li Qin.
The woman who had just been there was Li Qin.
She had come to Shengda Precision demanding an explanation.
Qian Zhiyuan gave a cold smirk...
’Demand an explanation?’
’You come to me for an explanation when you can’t even figure out how to reconcile accounts?’
He glanced down, flipping through another document on his desk.
It was an internal memo from Shengda Precision’s legal department, which detailed all the "problems" with Dongyang Hardware’s purchase orders from the past three months.
Each claim was presented as irrefutable, backed by order forms, invoices, and a timeline.
Of course, as for where these "problems" actually came from...
Qian Zhiyuan knew better than anyone.
He picked up his phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, Old Liu, when does the audit over there start?"
"...Yeah, okay."
"Are the documents ready?... Don’t just send the last batch. The extra ones I had Legal prepare—submit those, too."
"Right."
"We have to get in this time."
When Qian Zhiyuan spoke that last sentence, he did so with do-or-die conviction.
He knew from an inside source that Huaxuan Technology was currently advancing a major, strategic-level project.
He didn’t know the specifics, but he knew that only companies in the core supply chain were qualified to be involved with that project.
If he didn’t get in, he would forever be an outsider looking in.
And he couldn’t afford to be just a spectator.
Because the time his "investor" had given him was running out.
「Meanwhile.」
In a room at a chain hotel outside the west gate of Yan University.
Li Qin sat on the edge of the bed like a child who had done something wrong.
Across from her stood Li Dong, hands on his hips, a look on his face that said, "I finally caught you."
"Mom, I’m not trying to lecture you."
Li Dong was both angry and exasperated.
"Why didn’t you tell me about something like this?"
Ten minutes earlier, when Li Qin returned to the hotel, she had pushed open the door to find Li Dong sitting in a chair, waiting for her.
Li Dong had pointed to the file folder on the table.
"Mom, I’ve seen these."
The color had drained from Li Qin’s face.
She had opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she just sighed and explained everything from the beginning.
The trouble began when Li Yang left for Huaxuan Technology to attend the technical training for core supply chain enterprises.
After Li Yang left, the daily operations of Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory fell entirely on Li Qin’s shoulders.
A large portion of Dongyang Hardware’s raw materials for production was procured from a company called Shengda Precision.
The two companies had been working together for almost a year, and things had always gone smoothly.
Deliveries were on time, and the quality was acceptable.
Although Li Qin didn’t really understand the intricacies of the business world, Shengda was, after all, a long-time supplier within the Huaxuan system, so she hadn’t given it a second thought.
But about a month ago, Shengda had suddenly sent Dongyang a value-added tax invoice for a rather large amount.

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