Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 649: Gone Mad!

The student dormitory is the place with the highest concentration of school personnel.

If a fire occurs and isn’t extinguished immediately, leading to a large-scale accident, regardless of the reason.

Everyone from the principal to the instructor will be held accountable.

So, after some discussion, several schools’ teachers decided to issue a statement banning students from using Mule World’s power banks.

This way, even if a major accident occurs in the future, they would have grounds for defense.

Soon, 21 schools in the Imperial Capital joined forces to issue a statement.

Banning students from using Mule World’s power banks with more than 20,000 mAh capacity.

Because Mule World’s power banks of this capacity are most prone to self-combustion incidents.

The statement caused an uproar online.

Because it was equivalent to these 21 universities together questioning a company’s product issues.

Previously, only the widespread prohibition of Three Stars’ phones on airplanes globally had a comparable impact.

And the influence of that incident was well-known, leaving Three Stars in decline domestically, with its smartphones slipping from a top-three ranking to a market share akin to generic brands.

However, Three Stars had a strong foundation, so it didn’t collapse.

But Mule World relied entirely on the domestic market.

After this statement emerged, Mule World internally began meetings to discuss solutions immediately.

"Wasn’t it only the battery cells that had issues? Why are there so many self-combustion incidents?"

During the meeting, several managers were perplexed.

Even if the battery cells were altered, the fault rate was unacceptably high.

Moreover, it wasn’t just Mule World using these problematic battery cells.

Why did only Mule World’s power banks experience self-combustion?

Rice’s, Anpu’s, and others’—did they all secretly replace their battery cells?

At this point, the manager responsible for related business finally spoke the truth.

"In fact, it’s not only the battery cells that had issues. Recently, Anpu Rui Si supplied us with cheaper raw materials, including the separators and electrolytes."

As soon as this manager spoke, the other managers were furious.

"Why did we allow Anpu Rui Si to do this? If only the battery cells had issues, the accident rate wouldn’t be this high!"

"Anpu Rui Si didn’t consult us; they independently replaced them," said the manager responsible for related business. "Because we kept demanding price cuts from Anpu Rui Si, they said they couldn’t survive unless they did."

So we tacitly allowed them to replace some materials with cheaper ones. However, we only used these materials on roughly 35 million latest batch power banks."

"How much more profit does Anpu Rui Si make by doing this?" another manager asked.

"For each power bank’s materials they supply us, Anpu Rui Si makes seventy cents more than before."

The manager responsible for related business replied.

Thirty-five million power banks, each providing seventy cents more in profit, totaling just over twenty million yuan.

Just for this twenty million yuan, Anpu Rui Si and Mule World allowed over thirty million flawed power banks to enter the market, causing multiple self-combustion incidents.

The executives present were at a loss for words.

Each of them earns nearly ten million yuan a year.

Over twenty million yuan is the combined annual income of two or three of them.

Yet for this mere twenty million, they tacitly permitted Anpu Rui Si to drag themselves and the company into a deep abyss.

"No way!"

After some consideration, the managers knew they couldn’t let the situation escalate any further.

"Immediately notify Anpu Rui Si to revert to the previous materials. We can slightly increase our price.

But under no circumstances can they continue supplying us with subpar materials."

"What about the previously produced batch? Do we recall them directly?" someone asked.

"We can’t recall them. Over thirty million power banks, with a recall cost of at least one hundred yuan per unit.

Even if only ten million users opted for a recall, we’d have to compensate at least one billion yuan. The company doesn’t have that much money."

"What do we do then?"

"Directly file a lawsuit against the 21 universities." Mule World’s boss had gone completely crazy.

He said, "We are a heavy asset company, supporting so many employees, we’ll use every resource available to silence these schools.

Damn it, can’t we handle a bunch of schools?!"

Mule World’s boss was furious in the meeting room.

The managers exchanged glances, each signaling that the boss had lost his mind and they should start looking for their next opportunity.

Yes, the managers believed their boss had gone mad.

Were those 21 universities ordinary? No.

Not to mention the power of the students who graduated from those schools.

The resources these schools’ professors possess could crush a company.

If it were a typical issue, it might be tolerable.

But this matter concerned whether the principals and management positions could remain stable.

A single major accident would mean the principal would have to prepare for life in prison.

What would they use to silence these 21 universities?

But since the boss had ordered it, and the company was beyond saving.

The managers decided not to refuse the boss’s request, to follow the boss’s instructions while promptly figuring out an escape plan.

So, two days after the 21 universities released their joint statement.

Mule World’s official account posted an article stating: They are investigating the universities’ allegations, emphasizing information relating to brand reputation.

The next day, Mule World posted again.

This time, it wasn’t a weak response; they started with a legal notice.

Mule World sent legal notices to these 21 schools, essentially the top schools in the country, demanding the deletion of false statements, or they would sue for damaging commercial reputation.

After the news spread.

Yang Meng from Anke immediately called Chen Yiyang.

"Mr. Chen, when will the previously agreed loan arrive? Anke needs to prepare for the large-scale recall."

"I’ve already prepared the money," Chen Yiyang said, "Has Anke finished producing the power banks?"

"They’re in the packaging stage," Yang Meng said anxiously, "Do you think Mule World’s boss is insane, crazy? 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Sending legal notices to those top universities, saying they’ll sue them—it’s suicidal, but they’re dragging us down too.

Originally, we all tried hard to suppress the issue of the defective batch of power banks.

Now, because of his antics, we have no choice but to start preparing for a large-scale recall."