Chongqing City was no stranger to Zhu Bufan, as this was not his first visit. Last time, he had also come with Mi Cai, but it was to procure medication for Mi Cai's father, whereas this time, he was here to solve a problem for Mi Cai.

This time around, he'd come to solve Mi Cai's trouble.

On the way, Zhu Bufan got a rough idea of the whole situation from what Mi Cai told him. Zhu Bufan was aware that the issue must be complex, likely manipulated by Mi Qi Group.

However, without any evidence, it was hard to make any claims at this point.

Now, Zhu Bufan and Mi Cai needed to find the longstanding agent they'd worked with, to figure out what exactly was going on, and to see if they could get the information they needed from the agent.

Chongqing City's Jiangbei Airport.

Zhu Bufan and Mi Cai walked out, and once again they were greeted by the tall, beautiful woman.

"Miss Mi, Mr. Zhu, you've had a long journey..." The tall woman revealed a professional smile.

Mi Cai nodded slightly, still the typically aloof CEO:

"How is the situation being handled?

The tall beauty furrowed her brows: "This time, it seems General Manager Zheng is not very willing to assist us..."

"Oh, explain in detail what's going on?" Mi Cai raised her eyebrows, a displeased look crossing her face.

Feeling Mi Cai's unhappiness, the tall beauty quickly explained: "General Manager Zheng said the issue has become too big this time; it even made the headlines in major news outlets. So, he is quite displeased with us. Although he didn't explicitly say the leak came from us, it seems like he's implying that we were responsible, and he's preparing to seek compensation for losses from us!"

"Miss Mi, I feel like there might be someone deliberately causing this issue. We've followed the regular delivery methods, and there hasn't been a rainy season these few days. I just can't figure out why our goods became damp this time!" The tall woman continued, her face showing great confusion.

"I know, contact General Manager Zheng again. Schedule a meeting with him. I'll talk to him face to face about what exactly is happening!" Mi Cai said.

"Okay..."

General Manager Zheng, mentioned by Mi Cai and the tall beauty, was a major agent within Chongqing City, equivalent to a master agent, with many sales channels under his control. Moreover, he owned hundreds of chain lingerie stores.

Originally, when he partnered with Mi Qi Group, he secured exclusive agency rights for the Mi Qi brand in Chongqing City. This meant other lingerie stores in Chongqing had to go through him if they wanted to sell the Mi Qi brand, or else they couldn't sell it at all.

Mi Cai made this arrangement to build a branding chain effect. This was why she signed such an agreement with General Manager Zheng.

Of course, Mi Qi Group did the same in other cities, which also allowed the Mi Qi brand to achieve a branding effect, with rather good results.

One master agent per city did pose some limitations, but it also underscored the exclusivity of the Mi Qi brand.

The current incident was the first of its kind for the Mi Qi Group, something they had never encountered before.

Moreover, given the significant impact this time, Mi Cai had to come personally to solve the problem.

Since General Manager Zheng had not agreed to meet with Mi Cai, the tall woman eventually arranged for Mi Cai and Zhu Bufan to stay at the Sheraton Hotel they had stayed in last time.

Staying at the Sheraton Hotel once again, Zhu Bufan was filled with mixed feelings.

Last time, in this hotel, Zhu Bufan accidentally saw Mi Cai undressed.

This time, returning to the Sheraton Hotel, Zhu Bufan was much more reserved, not thinking of going out to see beautiful women or enjoy the famous Chongqing hotpot like he did last time.

The two checked into separate presidential suites at the hotel, their mood not as jovial. Last time, Mi Cai was excited, but this time, she was troubled. Zhu Bufan really wanted to help Mi Cai resolve this issue, but at the moment, Zhu Bufan didn't know how to assist, as he was inexperienced in the world of business.

For now, they could only take things one step at a time.

Actually, Zhu Bufan also understood General Manager Zheng's position. On the way here, Zhu Bufan also paid attention to Chongqing's reports on Mi Qi Group's issue.

The reports suggested that Mi Qi Group and General Manager Zheng conspired to defraud consumers by selling inferior underwear, shoes, and bags to the public.

This put General Manager Zheng under immense public pressure, and his reluctance to meet Mi Cai was somewhat understandable under these circumstances.

Yet, this made Zhu Bufan realize that the situation was orchestrated by someone. Think about it—if issues with the goods were discovered right away, would General Manager Zheng dare to sell them? And although others suggested that Mi Cai quickly send a second batch to fill the gap, if General Manager Zheng was pulling strings, he could easily blame Mi Qi Group for trying to deceive consumers. However, up to now, General Manager Zheng hadn't said a word.

Perhaps General Manager Zheng was still remembering the years of partnership with Mi Cai!

Zhu Bufan believed that before too long, General Manager Zheng would agree to meet with Mi Cai.

Sure enough, around ten o'clock that evening, the tall woman reported that General Manager Zheng had agreed to a meeting, scheduled for noon the next day.

General Manager Zheng's company was called Huixiang Group.

Located in the commercial district of Chongqing's Development Zone, it owned an independent office building, much like Mi Qi Group.

The next day at noon, Zhu Bufan accompanied Mi Cai to Huixiang Group.

Per the agreement, they were to meet at twelve o'clock. But at the moment, Zhu Bufan and Mi Cai had been sitting in Huixiang Group's meeting room until almost two o'clock without seeing General Manager Zheng.

Zhu Bufan frowned slightly, noticing Mi Cai's composed and aloof demeanor, and he said nothing.

Finally, at half past two, the meeting room door finally opened, and a middle-aged man walked in.

With glasses and a refined demeanor, General Manager Zheng looked less like a businessman and more like a professor.

In reality, General Manager Zheng was indeed once a professor.

Having made some money in academia, he was not satisfied, so he ventured out and founded what is now Huixiang Group.

"Sorry for the wait, you've been waiting a long time!" General Manager Zheng walked in and expressed his apologies.

Mi Cai stood up, and so did Zhu Bufan.

"No need for formalities, General Manager Zheng..." said Mi Cai.

"Hehe, please don't stand on ceremony, take a seat..." General Manager Zheng gestured for Zhu Bufan and Mi Cai to sit down and talk.

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