Chapter Five: Put the Lie on Stage

Tang found the sharper blade. Of the forty-six target warehouses, thirty-nine had received offers for three free months of Hanhai service. Gu Chengzhou was willing to lose money to kill Backlight's second sale. Chen did not answer the letters individually. He preserved all twelve, then registered for the Linjiang Intelligent Industry Association's quarterly benchmark. Hanhai sponsored the event. Zhou Xiao sat on its safety panel. “You're walking onto their stage?” Tang asked. “The stage is theirs. The cameras aren't.” The association planned to stream only the awards. Su argued that disputed companies required procedural transparency. Seventeen small vendors that Hanhai had undercut signed her request.