Huo Sizun said respectfully, "Once Huo Group returns to our hands, you’ll be the first person I thank."

"Don’t mention it." Liu Wei suddenly shifted the topic, his expression turning serious. "However, once this is done, don’t you forget the benefits you promised the Liu Family."

In fact, as the Patriarch of the Liu Family, Liu Wei was by no means a fool. The reason he was willing to spare no effort to help Huo Sizun and the others was precisely because he never moved without profit, coveting that half of the Huo Family’s property. That was why he suddenly changed his face like this.

Huo Sizun repeatedly guaranteed that once things were done, he would definitely fulfill his promise. Only after a round of polite small talk did Huo Sizun take his leave.

The next day, knowing the time had come, Huo Sizun went again to the Liu Family and found Liu Wei. He got straight to the point and said, "Today, I hope you can use your influence to cut off the orders between Huo Group and several key business partners they’re working closely with right now, so their capital chain snaps. As for the rest, you won’t need to worry about it."

After giving these instructions, Huo Sizun turned and left.

Liu Wei then had the Housekeeper help identify the businesses currently working closely with Huo Group and invite them to his home one by one. He was preparing to set up a Hongmen Banquet.

The Liu Family was considered a prominent name in the area, and when Liu Wei invited those few businessmen over for a gathering, they naturally had to show him respect. So they all came to the Liu Family residence with generous gifts, paying their respects with utmost deference.

At the banquet, Liu Wei went straight to the point. "I’ve heard that all of you are holding several big orders with Huo Group in your hands. I wonder how those cooperations are progressing?"

The leader was a middle-aged man with the surname Wang, who had always wanted to latch onto Liu Wei. He hurried to flatter him, saying, "Yes, we do have two deals currently under negotiation with Huo Group, but we haven’t signed yet. We were planning to sign tomorrow. If you have any instructions, please just say the word."

"Our few small companies all rely on you, President Liu." As he spoke, he raised his glass, ready to toast Liu Wei.

Liu Wei graciously downed a glass of wine and said with a smiling face, "Haha, it’s really nothing much. It’s just that I’m very interested in the deals you’re doing with the Huo Family."

He paused, then continued, "Besides, the products Huo Group manufactures—we manufacture them too, and the quality is in no way inferior. If you’re interested, I can cut the price by another fifty percent. Tell me, is that a good deal or not?"

Liu Wei deliberately lowered himself and spoke with an affable smile.

The businessmen at the table were instantly a bit dumbfounded, unable to read what move Liu Wei was making. The cost of those goods was clearly very high, yet Liu Wei was still willing to slash the price by fifty percent!

Faced with such a good thing, these few businessmen naturally couldn’t ask for more! They all scrambled to toast Liu Wei, eager to get into business with the Liu Family.

After the banquet, the businessmen went home and immediately had people terminate their contracts with the Huo Family. They didn’t want a single unit of those goods anymore.

President Wang in particular, in order to cling to the Liu Family and curry favor with Liu Wei, personally went to Huo Group to request a cancellation of the orders. He simply refused to take the goods at all.

Huo Minghao never expected things to turn out like this. Perplexed, he asked, "President Wang, what’s going on? Didn’t we already agree? Why are you suddenly going back on your word? Weren’t our talks going very well? You were very optimistic about our products too."

The reason Huo Minghao said so much to try and keep a client was because the order cancellations Huo Group had received recently were not just one or two. Nearly all the business partners he’d been closely dealing with recently were preparing to cancel and return goods!

This left Huo Minghao completely at a loss.

However, President Wang had no intention of explaining. He only said coldly, "Enough, we absolutely don’t want this batch anymore. The contract is to be canceled immediately, and from now on don’t even think about doing any business with us again."

With that, he strode off.

Huo Minghao really had no idea what to do. His brows knit tightly together, his heart full of anxiety.

"What the hell is going on! How did it become like this! Huo Group loses so much business all at once—how are we supposed to hold out!" Huo Minghao pounded the desk, his heart full of anger and confusion. He had clearly been managing Huo Group with extreme caution, so how had things still come to this point?

"Click." Just then, his assistant suddenly pushed the door open and rushed in, face full of panic. He was panting, fine beads of sweat all over his forehead. He came up to Huo Minghao and handed over several financial statements, saying, "President Huo, this is bad! Many of the key business partners we work closely with have come to terminate their contracts, and our capital chain has snapped all at once!"

"These are the figures Finance calculated for Huo Group’s current assets. There’s practically no liquid cash left. Huo Group suddenly can’t keep running. What should we do? Please make a decision quickly." The assistant held the reports, urging anxiously at the side. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

What could Huo Minghao possibly do? Everything had happened far too suddenly; he had no idea how to respond either!

"Enough! Stop talking! Let me think!" Huo Minghao waved his hand irritably, sending the assistant out first.

He sat alone in the office, his heart full of anxiety and confusion. After a long while, someone suddenly walked in.

The newcomer was none other than Wang Zhangmin.

"President Huo, things don’t seem to be going too smoothly, huh?" After entering, seeing how irritable Huo Minghao looked, Wang Zhangmin spoke with a faint, ambiguous smile.