23: Chapter 23 So that's what you were planning!

Finally, Pang Xietang could no longer sit still.

He stood up once more and walked across the street,

arriving in front of Bai Jingqing's shop.

He said, "Little Bai, why are you still selling?"

"Just how much stock do you have left?"

"Why haven't you gone bankrupt yet?"

Seeing that Pang Xietang was restless again

and had come over to mock him once more, Bai Jingqing retorted immediately: "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Even if you go bankrupt,"

"I won't!"

"Can you please stop coming over here?"

"Seriously, coming over every day to say a few words to me,"

"constantly talking about bankruptcy this and bankruptcy that,"

"it's really bad luck!"

Pang Xietang pleaded, "If it's really not working, just forget it,"

"if you can't hold on, don't force it."

"Why be so stubborn?"

"Change the price back."

"How long are you going to keep losing money at that 1999 price?"

"Do you really have to squander all the life savings your parents worked so hard to save up,"

"before you'll be happy?"

"If you change the price back now,"

"maybe you can still make some of your money back with the foot traffic you've attracted."

"Then, hand that file over to Chairman Xue,"

"and Chairman Xue will naturally give you a way out."

"Why be so stubborn?"

"Why degrade yourself like this?"

Bai Jingqing really didn't want to deal with this man.

Looking at that face,

he wished he could go up and give him a few good slaps.

"Can you just get as far away from me as possible?"

"Whether I'm losing money or not is none of your business!"

"Whether I go bankrupt or not is none of your business!"

"Are you Xue Haixin's lackey?"

"Why do you keep mentioning your master's name?"

"What kind of benefits did he give you?"

Hearing himself called a "lackey,"

Pang Xietang was truly touched on a raw nerve.

Because his current behavior was indeed that of Xue Haixin's lackey.

He was so angry his nose twitched and his eyes bulged,

and he said, "Fine! You brat!"

"For the sake of my relationship with your parents,"

"I came over to give you some earnest advice,"

"but I didn't expect you to be so disrespectful,"

"and speak to me like this!"

"How insolent!"

"Since you're so willing to lose money,"

"then I'll see just how long you can keep it up."

"Don't worry, I have plenty of stock and capital over here."

"You said I'd go bankrupt before you?"

"Then let's see who goes bankrupt first!"

Pang Xietang was beyond furious.

He stormed off and returned to his own phone shop.

Even after returning, his anger hadn't subsided,

and he continued to grumble and curse.

That kid across the street was truly ungrateful!

He had gone over with good intentions to advise him, but he just wouldn't listen!

He was just determined to lose money!

Fine!

"Since you're so intent on squandering your parents' capital,"

"then squander it!"

"It's not mine anyway."

He called Xue Haixin again.

When Xue Haixin saw it was Pang Xietang calling,

he didn't really want to answer.

He had told the kid back then,

to report to him if the phone shop across the street did anything unusual.

He hadn't expected this kid to call and report every tiny little thing every few days,

yet there was no progress on the matter of Bai Jingqing's file!

"Don't you know that as a director of a large company, I'm usually very busy?"

But on second thought,

it had been so many days,

there should be some progress.

Could this call be because there was news about the file?

So, he picked up the phone after all.

He heard Pang Xietang's fawning voice on the other end: "Hello, Chairman Xue, have you eaten yet?"

Xue Haixin: "..."

"Don't give me all that nonsense!"

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"Has that brat Bai Jingqing given in yet?"

Pang Xietang shook his head: "That kid is very stubborn."

"I've watched him sell those machines for 1999 for many days now,"

"and he just won't change the price."

"There's nothing I can do!"

"I can only report to you,"

"that this kid might have a very deep pocket."

"I don't know when he'll finally run out of money."

Xue Haixin reassured Pang Xietang, saying, "What kind of capital could he have!"

"If he had that much family wealth,"

"he would have paid off his bank debts long ago."

"So don't be fooled by the fact that he's still selling;"

"he's just putting up a front!"

"Believe me, he's definitely about to collapse!"

Xue Haixin always used this line,

and Pang Xietang's ears were practically growing callouses from hearing it.

This time, he couldn't quite swallow the empty promises Xue Haixin was feeding him,

so he said, "Chairman Xue!"

"I'm afraid I'll collapse before that kid does!"

"You don't know, that kid's prices are extremely low."

"Lately, among all the phone shops around here, his shop is the only one with a constant stream of customers every day."

"The other shops basically have no business!"

"If this continues,"

"we'll probably be the ones to go bankrupt first!"

Xue Haixin hadn't expected Pang Xietang to stop falling for his tricks.

It seemed he had to reveal some internal information: "Just trust me,"

"trust our Li Xiang Technology, alright?"

"I can reveal a piece of information to you,"

"information that only we large companies at the top know."

"You know the game heroic battle records, right?"

Pang Xietang immediately became interested: "I know it,"

"I play it often."

Xue Haixin: "This game is about to undergo an epic update."

"At that time, it will be renamed honor of kings and officially released."

"This game will become an S-tier project for Tencent."

"But according to our cooperation with Tencent,"

"their internal staff revealed,"

"that after honor of kings is released, it will integrate resources from many other games of the same type."

"By then, the size of this application will increase significantly."

"Most current phones won't even be able to maintain a stable 30 FPS."

"I suspect he has a higher-end machine in his hands."

"He probably has some connections,"

"and found out about this news in advance,"

"so he's waiting for honor of kings to be officially released to make his money back."

"But what he didn't expect is,"

"that Tencent's schedule is tight and the task is heavy;"

"they haven't optimized it well at all!"

"Their internal staff said that ordinary phones simply can't maintain a stable 30 FPS."

"Right now, no matter how crappy a phone is, it can basically maintain 30 FPS while playing heroic battle records, right?"

"But after honor of kings is released,"

"forget 30 FPS,"

"it'll be lucky if it can even stay stable at 20 FPS!"

"If this is the plan that kid is making,"

"then his calculations are likely to fall through."

"He doesn't even consider whether his phone can keep up with the latest changes!"

Pang Xietang suddenly understood: "Good grief! So that's how it is!"

"So that's what he's waiting for!"

"I was wondering why this kid hasn't raised his prices for so long;"

"it turns out he's waiting to rake it in with this wave of honor of kings!"

"Then, Chairman Xue, can our Li Xiang Phone maintain a stable 30 FPS?"

Xue Haixin was very proud: "Of course we can!"

"What kind of question is that!"

"We have a long-term partnership with Tencent,"

"and specifically for the game honor of kings,"

"our Li Xiang Phone has undergone special optimization and adaptation."

"Maintaining 30 FPS is absolutely not a problem!"

"Even with lower-end phones,"

"our Li Xiang Phones will perform better than others!"

"Just you wait and see;"

"that kid thinks his machine can maintain 30 FPS,"

"but let me tell you,"

"things are much harder than imagined!"

"When the time comes, if he can even maintain 20 FPS,"

"I'll consider him impressive."

"So when the time comes, just rely on selling our Li Xiang Technology's phones;"

"I guarantee you'll make back all the money you've lost from not having business lately!"