197: Chapter 197 The Dying Gionee

Wang Kai replied, "Understood."

Wang Hua put away the phone and sneered.

To put it bluntly, Li Ming's meal today was a trap. The implication throughout his words was the same: Southeast Asia is Gionee's territory, and Transsion should stay out.

But he forgot one thing.

A trap is only a trap if the host has murderous intent.

But throughout today's meal, he only acted like a "Husky."

Three days later, at the Jakarta office.

Wang Kai placed a stack of documents in front of Wang Hua.

"General Manager Wang, I've looked into it."

Wang Hua and Li Qing opened the documents. The first page was Li Ming's profile, with his network of connections written in dense detail below.

It had been investigated thoroughly; they had found almost everything that could be found.

Li Ming: 38 years old, General Manager of Gionee in Southeast Asia. He had been in Indonesia for 8 years, and his connections were mainly divided into three areas: the business world, the political world, and the gray zone.

He was involved in both the underworld and the legitimate world, but primarily the latter.

Wang Kai pointed at the documents: "He is quite close with the Chen Group. Before that warehouse of Chen Zhengguang's caught fire, Li Ming invited him to dinner many times.

According to information from the attendants, he likely wanted to prevent us from entering the Southeast Asia market."

Wang Hua nodded and continued to look through the documents.

In the political sphere, he had mainly bribed two people.

Wang Kai stood up and pinned two photos onto the whiteboard in front.

Hassan, the Deputy Director of the Indonesian Directorate General of Industry and Trade, and Sugiano, the Chief of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Jakarta Police Department.

Their backgrounds weren't particularly powerful; they were just small-time crooks...

Wang Hua nodded, feeling full of confidence.

"Is there evidence? Since we're going to deal with them, we need to crush them in one blow."

"Of course." Wang Kai smiled, pulled a photo from the documents, and pinned it up again.

In the photo, Li Ming was standing at the entrance of a club, shaking hands with a middle-aged man wearing traditional Indonesian clothing. The man had his arms around a young woman and was beaming.

"This is Hassan. The photo was taken three months ago. At that time, a batch of Gionee phones in Indonesia was detained by customs, citing incomplete import paperwork. Three days later, the batch of phones was released.

That same night, Gionee invited Hassan to eat at this club. Based on our speculation, they likely paid enough of a 'bribe'."

Wang Kai continued to pin another photo on the whiteboard—it was even clearer evidence.

It was also evidence that could finish Li Ming off.

Li Ming was stuffing something into a briefcase, and the person sitting opposite him was wearing a police uniform.

"Sugiano, the chief of the investigation division."

"At the end of last year, Gionee's competitor, TCL, was reported for suspected smuggling and was investigated for three months.

Although it was cleared up in the end, they missed the peak sales season and lost at least 20 million USD.

The whistleblower was Li Ming."

"Is there more detailed proof?"

"Nothing too direct, but the timeline matches up." Wang Kai pointed to the photo on the whiteboard. "General Manager Wang, after the photo you are holding was taken, TCL was investigated."

Wang Hua looked at these photos and was silent for a few seconds.

Since they could take photos, it meant Li Ming was also setting traps for these people. Finding evidence would be quite easy.

"Have the security team find the photographer; a living person is the best evidence," Wang Hua said with a smile.

But Li Qing said anxiously, "General Manager Wang, should we leak this stuff? If we send it to them, they would certainly be happy to deal with Gionee."

"No rush."

Wang Hua closed the documents. "It's too early to use these things now."

Li Qing didn't understand. "Early? Li Ming is already riding on our heads, and we still aren't fighting back?"

"There are two ways to fight back," Wang Hua said with a smile, though there was quite a bit of killing intent in her eyes. "One is to strike back and make him feel pain. The other is to hold a knife, let him know we can make him feel pain, and then have him keep bleeding, unable to stop the bleeding."

He looked at Wang Hua: "Leaking it now would at most make Li Ming switch places to continue his schemes. Gionee might not be able to protect him, but his network in Indonesia would still be there. In a couple of years, he'll just change his identity and come back..."

"Then what do you mean..."

"When is the press conference..."

"May 25th, one week left."

"One week is enough for Li Ming to jump around." Wang Hua stood up. "Let him jump. The higher he jumps, the better. When he thinks he's secure, that's when we reveal the knife."

Wang Kai nodded. Since the opponent was already riding on their heads, they definitely had to crush him in one go.

On the evening of May 24th, Wang Hua's phone rang again.

It was Li Ming's call again.

Wang Hua answered the phone. As soon as it connected, the other party spoke impatiently.

"General Manager Wang, tomorrow is the press conference, right?" His voice carried a smile. "Let me give you one last piece of advice: it's not too late to withdraw now."

Wang Hua also chuckled. A turtle really thought of itself as a big shot.

"General Manager Li, you are too kind."

"General Manager Wang, I am not joking with you." His voice lowered a bit, and the threatening tone became stronger. "There are some things you don't know now, but you will know tomorrow. Don't blame me for not warning you when the time comes."

"We are all doing business legally. What are you referring to, General Manager Li?"

A chuckle came from the other end of the line. "General Manager Wang is a smart person; you should understand what I mean."

"Understood. See you tomorrow."

After saying that, Wang Hua hung up the phone directly.

Wang Kai said, slightly nervously, "Sister Wang, what does Li Ming mean by that? Is he going to cause trouble at the press conference?"

Wang Kai was indeed a bit worried, as this was the first press conference he was officially appearing at.

To face such a problem right upon his debut, it would be strange if he were happy.

A bold idea suddenly flashed through his mind.

"He probably will." She picked up the document again. "Otherwise, wouldn't the money he sent to Hassan and Sugiano be wasted?"

"Then what should we do? Should we strike first and bury him in the ground?"

Everyone laughed. A gentle-looking person was actually saying they should bury them all in the ground at a time like this. It was quite strange.

Wang Hua smiled and said, "We can't bury them in the ground yet, but we can't just wait around either. Have the security team send more people tomorrow. Also, make more copies of this document..."

Wang Kai took the document, his eyes lighting up. This was the follow-up to the investigation results from two days ago.

The photographer had already confessed that someone had given him a large sum of money to lie in ambush there in advance to take photos.

As for the purpose, the photographer didn't know... He only knew that the other party had given him a large sum of money, but the result should be very obvious now.

Double-dealing is a major taboo everywhere, let alone in this dog-eat-dog place.

"General Manager Wang, you mean..."

"You'll know tomorrow..."

Li Qing smiled and patted his shoulder, then said, "Wang Kai, there's one last bit of effort needed, which is also our company's specialty. You must know we never bully the weak and fear the strong; rather, we strike fatally in one blow."

"That's right. We only need to remember one sentence from the call Li Ming just made. He told us to say it now, not to blame him for not warning us—we need to return that sentence to him exactly as it is."