Fang Jingting, having been betrayed by Song Enshuo, could never trust him again.
He always refused to see Song Enshuo.
He also forbade any of his employees from having any dealings with Song Enshuo.
Fang Jingting devoted almost all his energy to these major international orders, manufacturing with all his might.
However, a few days before the delivery date, the researchers suddenly discovered that the batch of products they had created had serious defects.
Since the products were to be used in building materials as structural supports, issues could easily lead to loss of life.
Fang Jingting rushed to the factory overnight.
After listening to his subordinates' report and learning from the researchers that the problem was with the design drawings,
but the molds for the products had already been made, and it was definitely too late to start over. The warehouse was still filled with mountains of the finished products; deposits from sixteen countries had already been paid, and delivery was due in three days.
The directors of the group were almost kneeling at the door of Fang Jingting's office, begging him to just deliver the goods!
Because even though there were problems with the current design, it would take 7-8 years after the building's construction before any major accidents were likely to occur.
By then, they could completely deny that the accident was related to their products.
Because if they couldn't deliver on time, according to the contract, they would need to pay a double penalty for breach of contract.
The penalties from sixteen countries could almost overnight destroy everything Fang Jingting had worked hard for half his life!
And those products piling up in the warehouse would also be a total loss.
After a whole night of thinking, Fang Jingting decided to give up.
He told the directors, "We want to earn honest money. The initial oversight of this flaw was our negligence.
Now that we have found it, yet still substituting inferior goods, is our moral downfall.
We are not just businessmen.
We are also Chinese.
I was very excited when I landed these major orders, most thrilled about letting the world know China had made breakthroughs in this area and was far ahead.
But now, I was wrong.
I cannot make another mistake, let the world face the destruction of buildings, bridges, and towers seven or eight years from now, causing irretrievable loss of life and then curse our Chinese products as fakes!
I have decided, wherever possible, to renegotiate and re-manufacture the products with new molds.
Where not possible, we will compensate according to the law!"
After making this tough decision, the directors all absconded with the funds and the design team and researchers disbanded on their own.
Because they knew that the consequences would mean that no one would ever trust this brand again.
This brand, this corporation, was doomed.
Not a single country among those sixteen was willing to understand.
Fang Jingting overnight lost all to the breach of contract penalties.
He called everyone he could for help.
He begged everyone he could.
In the end, he sold his house and car and moved back to the countryside of Wan'an Town with his wife and daughter.
He started growing vegetables in the yard and doing accounting for a small factory, living a tough life but one that gave him clarity.
The two hundred million US dollars he left for Gu Xinzhou was from dismantling the defective products in the warehouse and selling them as spare parts.
He had not stopped thinking about making a comeback.
But the whole world would no longer trust the name Fang Jingting.
In his letter, he mentioned that the third biggest impact on his life was Gu Xinzhou.