Wei Qing's words were like a thunderbolt, shattering Dai Shiya's last bit of calmness. She snatched the phone and asked in a trembling voice, "My mom...what happened to my mom?"
The anxious voice of a nurse came from the other end of the phone: "Ms. Dai, your mother's condition is not optimistic. Her blood pressure suddenly rose just now. Further examination is needed now..."
Dai Shiya's eyes went dark, and her phone slipped from her hand and fell heavily on the carpet without making any sound. She leaned weakly on the desk, her mother's kind face appeared in front of her eyes, her mother's gentle words echoed in her ears, and tears could not stop pouring out.
Wei Qing quickly supported the shaky Dai Shiya and comforted her softly, "Shiya, don't worry. Auntie is blessed with good fortune. She will be fine. I will contact the driver now and we will go to the hospital right away."
Dai Shiya's mind was in a mess at the moment. The news of her mother's serious illness was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and she almost collapsed. But she knew that she couldn't fall down. She was her mother's only support and the helmsman of Dai's enterprise. She had to be strong.
Dai Shiya took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Various thoughts kept flashing through her mind. At this moment, she suddenly remembered a detail she had accidentally discovered when investigating a competitor's product before - the core component of the product seemed to have a potential safety hazard.
If this hidden danger can be confirmed, it will not only reverse the predicament of Dai's enterprise, but also completely defeat the opponent. However, this requires professional testing equipment and certification from authoritative organizations, and both of these things require a lot of money and connections.
Dai Shiya seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. She immediately called the experts she knew in the industry, but when they heard that it was about the testing of new products, they all shirked their responsibilities and were unwilling to get involved in the dispute. She tried to contact several testing agencies, but the replies she received were that she had to wait in line and there was no time at all.
As time passed, Dai Shiya's heart became heavier. Just when she was almost in despair, a bold idea came to her mind. She locked herself in the office and searched through boxes and cabinets for something. Finally, she found a dusty box that contained various documents and materials she had accumulated over the years.
She opened the box with shaking hands, and her eyes fell on a document - it was the ownership certificate of a property under her name. This was her last trump card, and also her last hope...
"Shiya, what are you doing?" Wei Qing pushed the door open and saw this scene. She immediately understood her thoughts. "Are you crazy? This is your last asset!"
Dai Shiya raised her head, her eyes flashing with determination, "I have no choice, this is my only hope..." Before Dai Shiya finished speaking, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Dai's second uncle Dai Jianguo walked in aggressively with a group of family members. "Shiya, you still want to hide here? Look at what you have done!" Dai Jianguo slammed a newspaper on the table. The front-page headline was the news that Dai's enterprise products were unsalable and the stock price plummeted.
"The company is now at a critical juncture of life and death, but you still want to sell off the ancestral property. Are you going to force the Dai family into a dead end?" Dai Jianguo accused sternly, and several family members behind him echoed and demanded that Dai Shiya resign as CEO.
Facing the family's questions and pressure, Dai Shiya took a deep breath and said with a firm look in her eyes: "Second Uncle, elders, everything I have done is for the Dai family, so that Dai's enterprise can survive this crisis. Please believe me, give me one last time, and I will definitely prove it to you!"
Wei Qing looked at Dai Shiya worriedly. She knew that Dai Shiya had made up her mind, but she still couldn't help but persuade her: "Shiya, why don't we think of other ways? Mortgaging the house is too risky..."
"It's too late, Qingqing, this is our last chance." Dai Shiya patted Wei Qing's hand and resolutely embarked on the road to find an equipment supplier. After many twists and turns, she finally found a company willing to provide equipment, but the other party suddenly asked for a price increase at the last minute, citing the particularity and risk of the test product.
Dai Shiya knew that the other party was taking advantage of her, but she had no way out and could only grit her teeth and agree. She mortgaged her house and added her savings over the years to barely make up the cost of the equipment. On the day the equipment arrived, Dai Shiya and Wei Qing personally stayed in the laboratory, nervously waiting for the test results.
Time passed by minute by minute. Finally, the door of the laboratory opened and the staff came out with the test report. They said to Dai Shiya in a serious tone, "Boss Dai, the results are out..." The staff looked serious and said in a heavy tone, "Boss Dai, the results are out... This new material does have safety hazards, and the problem is more serious than we expected."
Hearing this, Dai Shiya's tense nerves finally relaxed, but with them came a stronger determination. She took the test report and carefully read the data and analysis on it. Each item was shocking and confirmed her previous guess.
"Qingqing, we succeeded!" Dai Shiya held Wei Qing's hand tightly, her eyes flashing with excitement, "There are indeed problems with the new competitor's products. We can fight back!"
Wei Qing was also very excited. She was happy for Dai Shiya and proud of their persistence. "That's great, Shiya! I knew you could do it!"
Time was running out, so Dai Shiya took action immediately. She contacted the media that had previously treated her coldly, handed over copies of the test report and related evidence, and sincerely requested them to reveal the truth and safeguard the public interest.
At the same time, Dai Shiya also contacted the industry association, hoping to join other companies to boycott this new material that poses safety hazards and maintain a fair competition environment in the market.
The new opponents soon learned of Dai Shiya's actions, and in anger and humiliation, they took a series of retaliatory actions.
First, various threatening phone calls and text messages came one after another, trying to force Dai Shiya to give up revealing the truth. But Dai Shiya had already put life and death aside, and these threats were not worth mentioning to her at all.
Seeing that the threat was ineffective, the new opponent became angry and sent people to follow and harass Dai Shiya, and even tried to attack her physically.
After another late night of overtime work, Dai Shiya walked home alone. The dim street lights made her figure look particularly long, and also cast a shadow on the danger lurking in the darkness.
Suddenly, a black van rushed out from the roadside, (making a sharp braking sound) and stopped in front of Dai Shiya with an emergency brake. The car door was suddenly opened, and several burly men rushed down aggressively and headed straight for Dai Shiya.
Dai Shiya was startled, but she forced herself to calm down and quickly turned around to flee. Those people chased after her relentlessly, and Dai Shiya dodged left and right on the narrow street, running desperately.
In the end, Dai Shiya successfully got rid of those people by relying on her familiarity with the terrain and narrowly escaped.
Dai Shiya, who was still frightened, hid in the dark, gasping for breath, but there was no fear in her eyes. Instead, there was a more determined fire burning in her eyes.
"Want to stop me? That's not that easy!" Dai Shiya clenched her fists, a cold light flashed in her eyes, "I will definitely make the truth public!"
She knew that the next battle would be a more difficult one, but she was ready to face all challenges.
However, just when Dai Shiya contacted the media and prepared to hold a press conference to make everything public, she found out... Just when Dai Shiya contacted several media outlets and prepared to hold a press conference the next day to make everything public, she found out that things were not as smooth as she had imagined.
The reporter from Media A who first contacted her suddenly changed his previous indignant attitude and said evasively: "Boss Dai, I'm sorry, our newspaper is going through an internal rectification recently, so I'm afraid we can't report your story."
Soon after, the editor of Media B also called and said perfunctorily: "Mr. Dai, we have read your materials, but... we still need to verify further before we can decide whether to report it."
Dai Shiya was keenly aware that something was wrong. She suppressed her anger and called the person in charge of the last C media. On the other end of the phone, the person in charge hesitated and finally said hesitantly: "Boss Dai, I'm so sorry, we...we have received instructions from our superiors not to report any negative news about the new material..."
The voice on the other end of the phone became quieter and quieter, until only a busy tone remained. Dai Shiya held the phone, her face livid, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
"They must have received favors from their new rivals, that's why they did this!" Wei Qing clenched her fists in anger, speaking up for her friend. "Shi Ya, what should we do now? Are we just going to watch them get away with it?"
"Of course not!" Dai Shiya took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She knew that she couldn't lose her composure at such a time. Since those people could buy off the traditional media, she would use another method to make the truth known to the world!
"Qingqing," Dai Shiya raised her head, a gleam of determination flashed in her eyes, "Do you still remember those people you knew before..."
"You mean..." Wei Qing instantly understood what Dai Shiya meant. Her eyes lit up. "Yes! Why didn't I think of that!"