Super Invincible Battleship

84  Chapter 65: Tactical Guidance
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The next day, Yan Fei disguised himself and didn't bring his new driver; he drove his new car to Hang City, the provincial capital of Lin Province, and pretended to tour the tourist spots of Hang City. When evening came, he drove his car near the Wangde Food Company. He wanted to personally scout out the company and see the specifics of Wangde Food for himself.
By past nine in the evening, all the factory workers had clocked out. From the workers' conversations, Yan Fei learned that the food factory was currently undergoing product line retrofitting and tuning, so there was no night shift during this period, and the workers left the company early.
After ten o'clock, Yan Fei changed into a black hooded robe, put on the hood, and sprayed a kind of spray on his face that could prevent him from being captured by surveillance cameras. This spray contained a special luminous paint that, by using the principle of optical mirror reflection, reflected all the light from flash lamps, making it appear as a white blur in the surveillance footage, failing to capture Yan Fei's image. He had ordered this spray from the internet; essentially, it was a gaming product, so he had easily purchased it, and now it was coming in handy.
Yan Fei surveyed his surroundings, carefully avoided several surveillance cameras, then with a burst of speed, he climbed over the perimeter wall and jumped into the factory grounds. He cautiously observed the surrounding cameras, walking as much as possible in the blind spots of their coverage, all the while ducking his head to keep his face hidden within the hood. Despite the presence of the anti-photography spray, he was still careful not to recklessly expose himself.
The whole area of the Wangde Food Factory was eerily empty, only the central office building was still lit. Yan Fei carefully approached the office building, then climbed up the exterior wall, aiming for a room on the top floor that had its lights on. Holding onto the outer wall with one hand, he peered inside, seeing several people gathered, apparently in a meeting. He felt a twinge of curiosity, quietly opened a sliver of the window, and eavesdropped on the conversation inside.
There were three men and a woman in the room, but they all seemed to defer to the woman, who was currently leading the discussion.
The fashionably dressed young woman asked, "Manager Xiang, have the product issues been sorted out?"
A middle-aged man hastily responded with respect, "Miss Ryoko, the production line has been fully installed and is now manufacturing. In a while, we will produce the first finished product."
The woman referred to as Ryoko said, "Not bad, you Chinese are quite efficient at getting things done. You should know how much we lose for each day we start late."
Manager Xiang wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Thank you for your trust, Miss Ryoko. I will urge them to speed up the production process, striving to officially launch the products on the market this week."
Ryoko nodded satisfactorily and said, "Manager Xiang, I am very pleased with your performance, or else you wouldn't be standing here. You should know that many people are vying for your position. There's no shortage of people in China; no one is indispensable."
Manager Xiang immediately bowed and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Miss Ryoko, for giving me this opportunity. I will go and supervise on-site right away to hasten the production of the samples."
Once Manager Xiang left the room, Ryoko looked at the other two men and said, "Igawa-san, we owe the recipe of Dream Foods' Weight Loss Cookies to your support. I want to express my gratitude."
The middle-aged man named Igawa said, "It is an honor to serve the Oogawa Family."
Ryoko continued, "I am curious, the agent you sent to carry out the task, he isn't in China anymore, is he?"
Igawa responded, "He has left China and returned to Japan."
Ryoko said, "That's good. I was afraid he might get caught if he stayed in China, which could cause trouble for us."
Igawa assured her, "Please rest easy, Miss Ryoko. Once he returned to Japan, he went into hiding. He will live a completely isolated life for the next few years, and nobody will be able to find him."
Ryoko sighed and said, "Japanese Industry was once so glorious, leading the world for decades. Japanese enterprises and products could be seen all over the world. Who would have thought that last year's scandals would erupt one after the other, shattering the myth of 'Made in Japan.' Once the myth is completely broken, we will lose a vast share of the international market, which will affect Japan's development and hasten our decline. So for the future of Japan, we must acquire more technology; that is the only support for Japan's Development. Otherwise, we wouldn't even consider targeting this Chinese Nutritional Biscuit technology; I used to have no respect for Chinese technology."
Another man spoke up, "Ryoko, you shouldn't blame yourself. For years, these Chinese have been stealing from us, taking so much technology. They started by cloning our technology and products and achieved their current success. Now, by taking their Nutritional biscuit technology, we're merely returning the favor."
Ryoko added, "You have to admire this generation of Chinese People. Not only are they as hardworking and resilient as their predecessors, but their imagination has also become more formidable. They've managed to create such unbelievable products. It's just that they're shortsighted, with no clue how big the market for this product is. The Chinese Market alone is worth at least 40 billion a year, and if you consider the International Market, the annual sales could be at least 50 billion US Dollars. A product with such huge market potential is just a waste in their hands; only Japanese enterprises can truly enhance and expand it."
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Yan Fei, having heard this, was finally certain that Wangde Food was indeed a Japanese company, and it was this Wangde Food that had stolen his Manufacturing process. However, since he wasn't a Drone Avatar and hadn't prepared recording equipment in advance, he couldn't videotape the conversation of these people; even with the help of an Auxiliary Brain, it wasn't possible, which was a bit regrettable. Nevertheless, tonight's mission had confirmed the identity of his enemy, providing Yan Fei with a clear target for his next move.
As the three continued to reminisce about the bygone glory days of Japanese Industry in the office, Manager Xiang returned, holding a box in his hand. He smiled at Ryoko and said, "Miss Ryoko, the production line has finally produced the first sample. Please, have a look."
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Ryoko was very satisfied as she took the box, opened it, and observed the biscuits inside, comparing them with another box of weight loss cookies produced by Dream Foods on the table. She said, "The manufacturing process for these weight loss cookies is definitely correct. They look exactly the same as the weight loss cookies from Dream Foods. In the future, we can intentionally lead consumers to believe that our products and Dream Foods' products are from the same formula, and that Dream Foods is suspected of stealing our technology. We will ride on their popularity to sell our own products."
Manager Xiang kept smirking and even gave a big thumbs up, saying with admiration, "Miss Ryoko, your move is truly brilliant, high, really high!"
Ryoko picked up a piece of weight loss cookie, put it in her mouth, and slowly chewed. Then suddenly her eyes widened, and she spat out, "Ptooh," ejecting the cookie from her mouth and saying, "What is this? Why does it taste so bad?"
Manager Xiang, startled, took a cookie from the box and put it in his mouth. Instantly he tasted an odd flavor that almost made him want to vomit. But he didn't overreact like Ryoko and instead took a trash can to spit the cookie into it.
Seeing the off expressions of the two, the other two men in the room also put cookies in their mouths, and they too were shocked and spat their cookies into the trash can.
Ryoko rinsed her mouth with water from a cup, and it was only with great difficulty that she washed away the strange taste. Angrily she said, "Manager Xiang, is this the product you've produced for me? With such a taste, not to mention selling well, people would curse after just one bite, wouldn't they?"
Manager Xiang, his face sweating profusely, kept saying, "That's impossible! These weight loss cookies were made following the production process we received! In the production data and videos provided to us, we used exactly the same process as the other side, how could it possibly be wrong?"
Ryoko looked at Igawa, who remained calm. He said, "Don't look at me, my people would never switch the data. Moreover, when he handed over the data, he included a video of the entire workshop's production process. Isn't the content in the video exactly the same as what's on the data?"
Ryoko fell into thought, then said, "Manager Xiang, immediately check the production process for any possible discrepancy."
Manager Xiang hurried out to check the production process.
In the room, Ryoko frowned and said, "Igawa-kun, I'm not saying I don't trust you, but there seems to be some problem now, and you must give me an explanation."
Igawa said, "I will contact Domestic immediately to see if there's any issue with the entire operation, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
After Igawa left, Ryoko said to the remaining person in the room, "Jo Oogawa, what do you think about this matter?"
Jo Oogawa said, "We still can't identify where exactly the problem lies, but I think the possibility that there's an issue on the Igawa Family's side is greater."
Ryoko said, "Are you suggesting they switched the data?"
Jo Oogawa replied, "It's possible. After all, this is a business worth several hundred billion US Dollars a year. Although the Igawa Family has always been quite credible and has a long-term cooperation with our Oogawa Family, I can't guarantee they wouldn't be tempted by this deal."
Ryoko asked, "What do you think we should do now?"
Jo Oogawa answered, "We absolutely can't put all our hopes on the Igawa Family. With the Chinese Agent Conference approaching, if we cannot solve this problem in a short time, our previous investments will go down the drain, causing heavy losses to us."
Ryoko said, "I understand. I'll request strategic guidance from the family and have them send out a family expert to personally abduct that woman named Lu Pingping. As the General Manager of Dream Foods, she must know the manufacturing process."
Jo Oogawa reminded, "The boss of Dream Foods is a man named Yan Fei, why not capture him instead?"
Ryoko replied, "I've investigated this Yan Fei. He's just an ordinary person with good luck, who started his fortune with the compensation from the demolition of his family's property and had been staying at home before that. So he couldn't possibly have any technical knowledge. But Lu Pingping is different. She was a top manager in a renowned enterprise in Beijing, with a strong network, capable of accessing some high-end research institutions. Therefore, the technology must have come from Lu Pingping, and the Company is usually managed by Lu Pingping, while that Yan Fei travels all over, barely minding the business. So he's just a financial investor without control over the core technology."
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