Chapter 571 - An Act of Robbery (2/2)

“His Luo Workshop had encroached into Sumir’s market share!” Chai Zhiying cried. She said it like it was a personal insult to her and could not imagine that jerk would have such capabilities.

“Really?”

Xiao Luo smiled and said, “I remember you didn’t take Luo Workshop seriously before and even declared that it will definitely fail. Why are you so anxious now?”

“I…”

Chai Zhiying choked as she could not explain her past actions, so she sat there with her face flushed red.

Xiao Luo did not bother with her anymore and continued eating his breakfast.

“What were you doing recently? I haven’t seen you here at breakfast?” Su Li asked as she gazed at him.

“Nothing, I was just running a lot of errands,” Xiao Luo answered.

Su Li nodded and continued to feed Su Xiaobei.

Chai Zhiying could not restrain herself anymore and asked, “Xiao Luo, give me Zhang Dashan’s contact. I want to see him.”

“He might not want to see you even if you wanted. And what can you do if you see him? Question him about why he had snatched Sumir’s share of the market?”

Xiao Luo shook his head mockingly and said, “You can forget it if you want to do that. That only shows how naive you are, as this is a free market here in Xiahai. Everyone can come in, and Luo Workshop did not violate any rules of unfair competition. Sumir cannot put the blame on Luo Workshop for losing its own customers and should reflect on its own inadequacies and find a solution.”

Chai Zhiying clenched her teeth. “Huh, Sumir has monopolized the Xiahai bakery industry since we started. Had Zhang Dashan not barged in, we would still have a monopoly,” she cried.

Xiao Luo turned to her to offer his rebuttal. “When you are sailing against the current, you’ll either go ahead or keep falling back. He who does not advance loses ground. Don’t you understand such a simple rule?” he said, “Sumir had indeed monopolized the Xiahai market all these years, but it did not make any innovative breakthroughs. Time is constantly changing, and any organization can be outrun if it does not strive for constant improvement.”

“You are Zhang Dashan’s friend, and you’ll speak up for him for sure! His Luo Workshop broke into Xiahai by force and stole our customers! This is nothing but a despicable act of robbery!”

“Haha, haha…”

Xiao Luo could not be bothered to argue with her as his intention was to check on Su Li. He was still contemplating the timing to come clean as he did not want to face Sumir head-on. His hope was to work out a strategic partnership by forming an alliance between Luo Workshop and Sumir.

Su Li remained quiet until she had finished eating breakfast. She then spoke after telling aunt Li to clean the table. “Sis Ying, lower all of our prices to cost price!”

She had successfully given Xiao Luo a shock with just a line as she had identified Luo Workshop’s weakness immediately and utilized it. Xiao Luo had come a long way to avoid a price war at all cost, but she was able to shatter all of his strategies in a blink of an eye.

A price war!

This was his biggest concern as Luo Workshop could never match up to Sumir’s assets, and they have not even involved Huayao Corporation yet. Once Sumir started a price war, this would be tough on Luo Workshop’s cash flow.