He pulled up all the information on Shengda Precision in his Memory Palace, spreading it across the center of the great hall of his mental sanctuary.
Then he began to deduce.
Shengda’s timing was too coincidental.
The date they rushed the invoices was ten days before Huaxuan’s audit.
The date the overdue notice was issued was also seven days before Huaxuan’s audit.
Without knowing Huaxuan’s audit schedule in advance, it would have been impossible to time things so precisely.
Which meant...
Shengda had a man on the inside at Huaxuan.
And this person had access to internal information as sensitive as the audit schedule.
Coupled with the affiliated company in Shengda’s ownership structure that traced back overseas...
Li Dong’s eyes narrowed.
’Are you really just after a spot in the core supply chain, or...’
’...do you have another objective?’
He saw the true nature of the problem at a glance.
Their objective probably wasn’t as simple as just a spot in the supply chain.
But they probably hadn’t considered Li Dong’s importance to Huaxuan. They might not even have known about his connection to the company...
After all, the fact that Huaxuan had hired Li Dong as a consultant was highly classified.
So, even if Li Dong hadn’t gotten involved, Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory would most likely have been fine.
Because National Power Equipment needed him.
But since they’d made a move...
...Li Dong was going to have to teach them a lesson.
If it had just been a normal company engaging in fair business competition, Li Dong would have let it go.
But this was clearly something else.
Besides...
Gauss had just taught him a valuable lesson.
’And that lesson was to hold a grudge.’
’What? You’re saying Dongyang also relied on connections to get into the core supply chain?’
’What a joke.’
’Li Dong is Li Yang’s nephew.’
’That’s called an investment.’
’Get it?’
Just as Li Dong was walking and pondering his next move, his phone rang.
The caller ID read: Lin Wei.
Li Dong smiled and answered.
"President Lin."
"Li Dong, another question for you." Lin Wei’s tone was the same as always. "Is now a good time?"
He was really just being polite.
He never expected Li Dong’s response...
"Ah, not a good time."
Lin Wei was stunned on the other end of the line.
"I’m helping my mom with her accounting. We’ve run into a bit of a problem."
Li Dong’s tone was very casual.
"Let’s talk when I’m free, President Lin."
Then he hung up.
Far away, in his office at the Huaxuan Technology Photolithography Research and Development Center, Lin Wei stared at his phone, stunned for several seconds.
’What was that all about?’
’Our last call went so well. He answered every question, and was the consummate professional.’
’This time he just hangs up on me?’
But Lin Wei was a man who had seen it all.
He quickly calmed down and began to analyze what Li Dong had just said.
"Helping his mom with the accounting."
Of course, Lin Wei knew that Li Dong’s mother was now the head of finance at Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory.
’A problem with the accounting?’
’Impossible.’
When he had pulled Dongyang Hardware into the core supply chain’s technical training program, he had followed all the proper procedures.
His subordinates had conducted a complete background check: financial compliance, tax records, contract fulfillment capability, credit rating... they had checked everything.
He would never let his subordinates be careless.
Even with Li Dong’s connection in the picture, not a single step of the vetting process could be skipped.
Besides, no one from his team had reported any financial issues with Dongyang Hardware.
Lin Wei frowned. Then, as if he’d suddenly thought of something, he immediately picked up his desk phone and dialed an extension.
A moment later, there was a knock on his office door.
A young man in a dark work uniform walked in.
"President Lin."
Lin Wei put down the receiver.
"Go have the audit department check Dongyang Hardware Processing Factory’s recent accounts with its suppliers. See if there are any irregularities."
He paused for a moment, then added another sentence.
"Check carefully. And while you’re at it, check on those ’fish’ we’ve been letting swim. Then report it to the higher-ups. We can’t wait any longer."
"Understood, President Lin."
The young man nodded, turned, and left the office.

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