Chapter 9 — I Stopped Meeting Clients After Work

The phone is disconnected. Don't end the call. But the other party directly hung up. The very next day. In Hoa Nhuan Dat's shopping system. Hang Dat Thuong's supplier code turned gray. Removed from selection list. One customer is worth 20,000,000 yuan per year. Van Lun Khoa Engineering Company in Shanghai. General Director Lam's dinner party. I did not attend. Mr. Lam is a person who values gratitude extremely much. My relationship with him was not built on products. Which was built from drinking parties. Golf matches. And the phone calls at two in the morning continued for three years. He doesn't do business with Hang Dat. He does business with Luc Vien. When it was discovered that Luc Vien's phone was always turned off on weekends. When his assistant was informed that any problems please contact during office hours from nine in the morning to six in the afternoon... He did not get angry. Didn't even make another phone call. Just directly tell the assistant to inform the receptionist of our company:

"After the contract with Van Lun Khoa Ky expires, it will not be renewed."

Contract value: 18,000,000 yuan. In just three days. Eight small and medium-sized customers are in charge of me. Lost five customers. The remaining three customers are still watching. But it was also clearly expressed that:

"They don't know the new person in charge."

I don't need to find out this information myself. Every night at exactly eight o'clock. Truong Vi always sent voice messages to me on time. Just like a war reporter reporting live.

"It's gone, sisters!"

"Today, two more customers ran away!"

"What is the last name of your customer in Guangzhou? Oh yes, General Manager Tieu!"

"He said directly in the group: 'Is Hang Dat about to go bankrupt? Not even a decent person can handle it!'"

"Trieu Bang was so angry that he stood in the bathroom cursing for ten minutes!"

"Ly Duong used translation software today to answer emails to Park Jung Hoon's team!"

"Translation result from 'supply chain' to 'supply chain'!"

"The Korean side sent back exactly one question mark."

"It's three question marks in a row!!!"

I heard Truong Vi tell a story as vividly as it was real. Didn't feel gloating at all. Really not. I just have a very calm feeling in my heart. It was like something was finally confirmed. I didn't do anything wrong. It was never me who was wrong. It's people who are used to enjoying the results of other people's efforts, and then take that effort for granted. Those customers were not pulled by me. I have never proactively called them even once. I simply stopped providing services outside of business hours. That's all. As Hang Dat Trading cannot keep them. That's not my problem. It's the company's problem. The bomb actually exploded on Saturday. That day was Wednesday. Two o'clock in the afternoon. I'm sitting at work, editing a set of internal process documents. You are not mistaken. Currently my main job is... organizing documents. Because all the work on the client side has been "handed over" by me. Out-of-hours exchanges no longer have to be handled. During eight hours of work per day, the amount of work I can actually handle has decreased greatly much. So I started doing some "foundation building" work. Organize documents. Optimize the customer classification system in CRM. Update internal directory for the front desk. I have so much free time that the only thing I'm missing is practicing calligraphy to cultivate my body and mind. Five minutes past two in the afternoon. Zhou Kien Quoc's office door was suddenly pulled open from the inside. Almost at the same time. His voice echoed throughout the entire office complex.

"VILLAIN! GET HERE NOW!!"

Hoarse voice. Carrying unconcealed trembling. I calmly stood up. Slowly step in. Chu Kien Quoc's face turned pale. His hand clenched the phone so tightly that his knuckles turned blue. He almost shoved the phone screen in my face. It's an email. Legal Department of KS Group. Notice of termination of commercial contract. The main content is only one paragraph:

"Based on the fact that your company cannot promote the progress of connecting the supply chain on time as committed after signing the contract, and at the same time unilaterally canceling previously agreed upon meetings many times, our side has grounds to seriously doubt your company's willingness to cooperate as well as its ability to execute.

After internal evaluation, we decided to officially launch the contract termination process based on Article 14 of the contract. Issues related to liability for breach of contract will be discussed separately in the next legal meetings." 80,000,000 yuan. Not cutbacks. It's a total loss. Not only that. The last sentence about "liability for breach of contract" also means that... Hang Dat Thuong not only did not receive the money. But there is also the possibility of having to compensate the other side. Chu Kien Quoc's hands were shaking. The whole person felt like their spine had been pulled out.

"Do you know..."