Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 651: Confident Busan

But Mule World is a family-owned company.

When facing problems, the hired executives have the chance to run away, but the family’s top management can only tough it out.

So Mule World could only announce an urgent recall of a batch of power banks.

Due to limited funds, the first batch of recalled power banks was only 500,000 units.

The recall method was also quite laughable.

Mule World asked customers to mail the problematic power banks to their company themselves.

When Chen Yiyang saw Mule World’s recall plan, he almost sprayed water all over the young accountant while drinking.

Why does Mule World want to recall the power banks?

Because their power banks have a risk of self-combustion.

If a power bank catches fire inside a house, someone can discover and extinguish it in time.

But if it catches fire inside a shipping box during transport.

The disastrous consequences could easily be foreseen even by a fool.

Yet Mule World is somehow worse than a fool.

Consequently, major courier companies called Mule World to scold them.

If any customer followed Mule World’s suggestion and used their courier service to send a faulty power bank, the courier company wouldn’t let Mule World off the hook if something happened.

So Mule World had to revise the recall plan overnight.

What was the revised plan?

That was to have customers, first of all, endure the risk of combustion, fully deplete the power bank.

Then soak the power bank in salt water for 24 hours, allowing the salt water to discharge the remaining energy, reducing the risk of explosion, before sending it back.

To be fair, this method is scientifically sound.

Using this method can indeed effectively render the power bank unusable and eliminate the potential for self-combustion.

But why should customers do this?

They bought your product out of trust, and now they have to bear the risk and cost of the recall?

Moreover, it’s not like there are no good solutions to this issue.

Anke also announced a power bank recall around the same time.

Anke’s recall method was to send customers a fireproof bag first, ask them to place the power bank in the fireproof bag before sending it back to Anke.

This way, customers don’t bear additional steps and safety is ensured.

Mule World’s approach quickly encountered a severe backlash.

All of Mule World’s power bank 3C certifications were revoked.

Subsequently, the civil aviation authority announced that, starting immediately, power banks without 3C certification or recalled power banks were banned from flights.

However, in practice, airport staff couldn’t discern which power banks were recalled.

So they adopted the simplest method.

Intercept all Mule World power banks, banning them from flights.

As the public outcry grew larger.

Mule World completely lost the chance to recover.

All of Mule World’s power banks became unsellable.

Various raw material suppliers also required prepayment before delivery.

Faced with this, Mule World could only announce a complete production stop, and the whole company began to gradually halt operations.

Bankruptcy was only a matter of time.

Mule World, once a leader in the domestic power bank sector, collapsed after this turmoil.

The large market space it left behind became a battleground for other manufacturers.

Chen Yiyang’s Yi An Power Banks quietly entered the power bank field.

However, due to the nationwide power bank crisis, the public was still somewhat wary of new power bank brands.

So Yi An needed some time to develop.

But that’s okay, as a latecomer competitor, Yi An naturally had fewer scandals than its predecessors, and its future development would be smoother.

After handling the power bank issue, Chen Yiyang received a call from Schaefer.

"South Korea called and invited us to their celebration banquet. Are you going?"

"What’s this, a celebration banquet? Celebrating what?" Chen Yiyang was a bit confused.

"Celebrating them successfully becoming the host city for the World Expo."

"Wait a minute." Chen Yiyang tried to recall, wondering if he had some amnesia.

Because he didn’t remember the World Expo vote being held.

He checked the calendar carefully and confirmed that there was still some time before the vote for the World Expo host city.

So he said to Schaefer, "Hasn’t the vote for the World Expo host city been held yet? I’m not losing my memory, am I?"

"You’re not, indeed it hasn’t been held. But South Korea seems to think they’ve already won.

Their Great Commander recently traveled to dozens of countries for diplomacy, giving away lots of kimchi.

They think they’ve got it in the bag, so they want to quietly host a celebration.

Oh, I’ll send you a video."

Schaefer said and sent a video to Chen Yiyang.

This video was made by KTV, a South Korean state-owned broadcaster.

The video content showed a TV host asking two AIs impersonated by real people, one representing South Korea, and the other representing Saudi Arabia.

Then the host asked, which country would host this World Expo.

The South Korean AI gave a lot of reasons, such as providing business opportunities to the world, South Korea’s experience in hosting international events, and its possession of cutting-edge technology.

The Saudi AI, like a fool, could only repeat "Saudi, Saudi" on the side.

The implication was very clear.

With Italy withdrawing from the competition, the Great Commander of South Korea visited dozens of countries and believed they had numerous diplomatic successes.

They considered victory to be in their grasp.

Thus, even before the voting began, South Koreans were determined to host the next World Expo.

In reality, privately hosting a celebration was minor.

According to Schaefer, South Korean expatriates even booked and rented venues in Paris, the voting city, in advance, notifying staff to prepare for celebration as soon as the result was announced.

What can I say?

This approach is very typical of South Korea.

It’s puzzling where South Korea got the courage to look down on Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia, after reconciling with Iran and other countries, can be said to have friends worldwide.

People are trying to win them over, not the other way around.

With this in mind, Chen Yiyang decisively declined Schaefer’s offer.

After cheating money from the South Koreans, Schaefer could just walk away, and the South Koreans wouldn’t dare to cause him trouble.

He didn’t want to be disgusted by South Koreans who were nearby.

Originally, he thought that was the end of it.

Who knew a few days later, Kasim called him, hoping Chen Yiyang could help.

It turned out that South Koreans’ confident actions even baffled the once-confident Saudi Arabia.

After the Great Commander of South Korea returned to the country, he revealed to the media that South Korea had already secured enough pledges, and their only rival was Saudi Arabia.

They believed that with the vote ratio likely to be 70 to 70, South Korea only needed to woo some swing countries to definitely win.