Chapter 451 You Will Regret It
"Just wait for my good news," Huang Weicheng hung up the phone.
Then he closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and then dialed a call within his network of connections, "Boss Chen, there's something I need to trouble you with."
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On the other end of the phone, Boss Chen was very cautious, "What's the matter? Things have been unstable recently. Both the Yang family and the Tang Family have been destroyed, many people have been implicated, and the authorities are investigating strictly. Unless it's something important, it's best you don't act rashly."
Many people only knew the outline of what happened to the Yang family and the Tang Family.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
No one really knew who caused the downfall of both families.
If they had known, Wei Yongxiong and Huang Weicheng would not dare to oppose Xu Yang.
"Boss Chen, it's not a big deal. It's just that the boss of JDXL, Xu Yang, is very arrogant, and I plan to teach him a lesson," Huang Weicheng said.
"The boss of JDXL? He's a high-profile billionaire. I heard that not long ago, he even crushed a billion-dollar enterprise. If you fight with him, your losses might be substantial," Boss Chen frowned and said.
"Even if the loss is significant, I can bear it. He disrespected me, and I must teach him a lesson, or what if people find out? Wouldn't everyone start disrespecting me?" Huang Weicheng said.
"You have a point. How exactly do you want to teach him a lesson?" Boss Chen thought about it, found some reason in it, and, as long as he didn't expose himself, was willing to help.
"His JDXL has already come to the provincial city. I hope you can have some people go and create some trouble," Huang Weicheng said.
"That's a bit difficult, JDXL is so popular right now, and there are no issues. If I rashly send people to cause trouble, it's very easy for us to get caught," Boss Chen frowned and said.
"Triple!" Huang Weicheng said.
"Food safety is a major public concern. As the most popular hot pot restaurant, JDXL's food safety and hygiene conditions cannot afford to have any mistakes. I'll have the health department go and inspect," Boss Chen said earnestly.
Earlier, when he said it was difficult, he was actually just trying to raise the price.
With the price tripled, it naturally wasn't difficult anymore.
"Thank you, Boss Chen!" Huang Weicheng smiled.
Soon, the provincial city's health department staff rushed into the various branches of JDXL in the provincial city to carry out inspections.
Although no problems were found in the inspection, it severely affected JDXL's business.
Market rumors were rampant, saying that JDXL's hygiene was not up to standard, and that they were using substandard and expired ingredients, among other things.
On Xu Yang's side,
he received a report from Ma Yangrong, "Mr. Xu, the issue with JDXL in the provincial city was Huang Weicheng's doing. He used his connections to inspect our stores there. Although no problems were found, there are many who want JDXL to fail, so many competitors have started to stir up trouble."
Xu Yang's face darkened, "Huang Weicheng is looking for death!"
Ma Yangrong agreed, "He indeed is."
Xu Yang said, "Have you got a clear picture of his situation? Have you thought of a way to deal with him?"
Ma Yangrong said, "It's all clear. Just give the order, and we can take action immediately."
Xu Yang said, "Then take action. By the way, our JDXL also needs to issue a statement to refute the rumors."
Ma Yangrong said, "Your father-in-law, Mr. Zhao, has already done that."
Xu Yang said, "Good, you go and handle it. Since Huang Weicheng dares to make a move, then we won't hold back. Crush him directly!"
After hanging up the phone, it rang again.
It was Huang Weicheng calling.
Xu Yang answered but didn't speak.
"Mr. Xu, how are you?" Huang Weicheng greeted cheerfully.
"Just get to the point," Xu Yang said impatiently.
"Mr. Xu, I can tell from your tone that you don't seem very happy. Oh right, I heard about it. Your JDXL stores in the provincial city had a visit from the health department, and no problems were found. Congratulations," Huang Weicheng still spoke cheerfully.
"Are you just calling to tell me this?" Xu Yang asked sternly.
"Of course not. I also wanted to say, where people can be spared, spare them. Don't you agree?" Huang Weicheng asked with a smile.
"I've already experienced your tactics, and you'll regret it!" Xu Yang said.
"Boss Xu, what do you mean? I don't understand," Huang Weicheng played dumb.
"If you don't understand, then there's no need to listen any further. Goodbye!" Xu Yang hung up the phone directly.
"Hmph, still not yielding, then I'll hit your other companies as well."
Huang Weicheng snorted coldly, put down his phone, and pondered over continuing to target Xu Yang's enterprises.
Which company should he choose?
After all, Xu Yang had acquired quite a few companies.
Before he could think of a reason, his phone started to ring.
It was his assistant calling.
At this time, it was rare for the assistant to call.
He frowned and answered the phone, "What's happened?"
The assistant said, "Boss Huang, it's bad news. Our live streaming platform has been banned, and we've been fined a hundred million!"
Huang Weicheng, who had previously been in manufacturing, saw his business decline and thus pivoted to the internet.
He had set up several internet companies, one of which was a live-streaming platform.
The platform was called Spicy Pepper Live.
It was the ninth ranked live streaming platform in the country.
Running a live streaming platform was incredibly expensive.
Huang Weicheng had poured five hundred million into Spicy Pepper Live just to establish a foothold in the industry and turn it profitable.
He monitored the situation with Spicy Pepper Live every day, and there had never been any issues.
How could it suddenly encounter such a problem and be fined a hundred million?
Huang Weicheng asked urgently, "What happened, did one of the female streamers show something she shouldn't have? I've already said, at the start we used that strategy to attract traffic, and it was fine, but now that we have traffic, there's no need for it anymore. If it has to be done, it should be done by adding people to a WeChat group!"
When Spicy Pepper Live first started, there were many broadcasts that played close to the line.
That kind of edgy content can easily lead to trouble.
But it was unavoidable since that sort of content attracted traffic more easily.
As an unknown live streaming platform, the authorities turned a blind eye, and nothing major happened. At most, there were minor fines, but the platform was never banned.
Consequently, Spicy Pepper Live successfully attracted a significant audience by pushing the limits.
Once they had the audience, he chose to operate more cautiously, strictly forbidding any borderline content.
However, those activities were allowed privately. Viewers could be added on WeChat, brought into groups, and then charged privately for all sorts of fancy performances.
In this way, Spicy Pepper Live operated very legitimately, gained an excellent reputation, and saw a sharp increase in revenue.
And, the private WeChat groups flourished as well.
In this aspect, the platform took a cut too.
They only took a cut; if anything went wrong, it wasn't the platform's fault.
The assistant explained, "Boss Huang, no streamer has done those things; they've all followed your orders, with absolutely no violations or illegal activity."
"Then how could it get banned? And fined so much?" Huang Weicheng was baffled.
A ban was a serious matter. Unless there was a grave issue, it would never happen.
"Boss Huang, the reasons given for the punishment by the relevant authorities..." the assistant hesitated.
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