Counterattack starts with controlling probability

"What's wrong?" Li Hao asked in surprise.

Wang Zhen told Li Hao that the other party’s person in charge seemed to have contacted his supplier, but something seemed to have gone wrong.

"Huh? It's the supplier's problem again? This seems like a tactic often used by foreign capital." Li Hao said.

"I think so too, Mr. Li. Why don't we contact him again and see what the difficulties are?" Wang Zhen replied.

"Okay, then we'll make an appointment with him."

Several possible competitors emerged in Li Hao's mind at this time, but in fact he had solved a lot of problems in recent times.

Especially Zheng Weigong and Yi Feng, these industry veterans and leaders in the public relations field.

They all took great care of Li Hao after witnessing Li Hao's personal abilities and charm.

Before contacting the person in charge of the chip hardware company to arrange the details of the next meeting, Li Hao used Noah's Ark to analyze the other party in detail again.

Especially the suppliers mentioned by Wang Zhen.

However, the chip industry is indeed somewhat special. Generally speaking, it is difficult to avoid suppliers dominated by foreign capital, so this time Li Hao is not very clear about where the problem lies.

Even so, he still checked all the suppliers of the other company and conducted a detailed investigation.

With the collected information, Li Hao met with the other party’s person in charge again.

"Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. Actually, after discussing your last proposal with the team, we feel that you are very sincere." said the other person in charge.

"Then what does the email you sent me mean? And it was written very...how should I put it, do you think this is how business emails are sent?" Li Hao complained.

"Well, I understand... However, the problem we are facing now is not convenient to talk about in an email, so today we are going to explain it to you in detail." said the person in charge.

"Okay," Li Hao responded, "but I guess it has something to do with the supplier. After all, we've been targeted by some malicious interest groups before."

"As expected of you, your analysis of the problem is really to the point. It's true." said the person in charge.

He continued, "Actually, our cooperation with upstream suppliers has always been very stable. President Zheng is well aware of this. But this time, for some reason, one or two of them suddenly started to make things difficult for us shortly after I contacted you."

"Hearing you put it that way," Li Hao responded, "you must think I have a lot of experience dealing with this kind of problem, right?"

"Hehe, that's what we think. And as future partners, we also hope that you can show your strength?" The other person in charge said with a smile.

"Okay, I get it. Helping you is no problem. But our future cooperation..."

"Sure, sure. To be honest, if this hadn't happened, we could have just signed the contract right away."

"Okay, as you say. Leave this matter to me. Give me their list."

After hearing what the other person in charge said, Li Hao agreed immediately.

Knowing who your competitors are will make things much easier.

Li Hao called up the Ark's control center and stared at the data flow in front of him.

On the screen, relevant data of the upstream suppliers of the three chip hardware companies are being updated rapidly, showing the complex chain between these suppliers one by one.

The background of every transaction, every delivery of materials, and every technical cooperation is clearly visible in front of Li Hao.

He gripped the mouse tightly, quickly looking for an opportunity.

Data is power, and Ark's data analysis ability is his weapon against the enemy.

But these alone are not enough. He needs more precise intervention to achieve the desired effect.

"Mr. Pi, what do you think?" Li Hao said in a low voice, as if asking himself deep in his heart.

Lao Pi's voice came from Li Hao's heart:

[Probability, Xiao Li, the problem is never about the data, but about how you control the direction of the future]

Li Hao smiled slightly.

He knew that Lao Pi's ability could not directly interfere with the digital world, but it could subtly change everything by manipulating the probability of events.

Although this ability seems simple, it can make the impossible possible at critical moments.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. Let's get started." Li Hao said to him.

He locked in the upstream suppliers of three chip companies through Ark's data interface.

Every company’s supply chain has its own weak links, and it is these weak links that are their fatal weaknesses.

Li Hao focused his attention on two of the companies, which had some omissions in technology research and development and production lines.

If he could manipulate the probability of related events and create some unexpected "coincidences", he could create loopholes in the management systems of these suppliers, and ultimately force the three chip companies into trouble invisibly.

"Let's start with the first company." Li Hao whispered.

He launched Ark's analysis program and began to delve into every transaction and every technical cooperation detail with this supplier.

He targeted one of the company's key raw material suppliers - a supplier of specialty materials that is central to the production of high-end chips.

In theory, the supplier's production and delivery time are very stable, but Li Hao knows that anything can go wrong, and the key lies in how to create those "unexpected" coincidences.

His connection with Lao Pi's consciousness became closer and closer, and he began to silently calculate and adjust various probabilities in his mind.

Following Lao Pi's guidance, he caused small-scale failures in the supplier's equipment, and the probability of these failures in the next few days was extremely high, enough to cause delivery delays for a small number of orders.

Li Hao knew that such incidents were difficult to track directly, but they would trigger layers of reactions in the supply chain, thereby impacting the company's production progress.

Then, Li Hao turned his attention to the second company, which was a company with relatively advanced technology but with management loopholes.

The company has a key technology collaboration with a small, inconspicuous supplier in the company's production line.

Although this supplier is not well-known, it plays a vital role in the research and development of one of the company's core technologies.

Li Hao calculated the probability and found that if he could make a key technical staff of this supplier suddenly come up with a "creative idea" that would cause a huge deviation from the existing R&D direction, it would cause great trouble to the company.

The key point of this "creativity" is not the quality of the technology itself, but an obvious wrong idea, which can cause progress in the research and development process to be suspended for several months.

Lao Pi whispered a reminder: [You can push the probability of all this in that direction and make their research and development completely go off track.]

The corners of Li Hao's mouth curled up slightly, and he immediately began to adjust his inner thinking and probability model, accurately pushing the technician's thinking mode into a "misleading" direction.

In this way, Li Hao could not only make the company stagnate in technological research and development, but also create an illusion of false demand when they asked upstream suppliers for more resources, further causing supplier rejection.

Finally, Li Hao turned his attention to the third company.

The company has a complex interest relationship with its upstream suppliers, but he can easily find a breakthrough in one of the links.

One of the company's key suppliers had just completed an investment expansion, but the implementation of the expansion plan was proceeding extremely slowly.

Li Hao adjusted the probability slightly and set up an extremely likely emergency event - the supplier will encounter unexpected obstacles from the natural environment during the expansion process, such as the factory facilities being unable to operate normally due to some unexpected reasons.

Although this kind of event is extremely difficult to predict, Li Hao can use Lao Pi's ability to push the probability of this "accident" to a level that is almost inevitable.

"These companies will be in chaos in the next few months," Li Hao said with a smile, full of confidence.

"Their own upstream suppliers will soon start to face a series of bottleneck problems, and we will be the biggest beneficiaries."

As Li Hao's thundering measures gradually unfolded, he once again contacted the head of the chip hardware company.

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Li? How is the matter I asked you to do last time going?" said the person in charge.

"Don't worry. Didn't you say last time that several suppliers were giving you a hard time? Now I think they're already overwhelmed."

"For unknown reasons, their own supply chain also had problems. However, they were not serious. They did not affect their actual business, but only added some troubles."

"Mr. Li, what do you mean?"

"It's simple. They don't have the energy to harass you right now. Instead, you can take advantage of their panic and renegotiate with them, lowering the price to a level that's favorable to you while still ensuring production."

"I understand, Mr. Li. Please don't leave yet. I'll go and verify it right away. If the situation is really as you said, our professional team will follow up and handle it. And..."

"And what?" Li Hao asked.

"And your efficiency is really beyond our imagination. So if it is really as you said, we might as well finalize the cooperation today!" said the person in charge.

"I'm fine, go ahead, hurry up." Li Hao urged.

As expected, the suppliers who had previously troubled this chip hardware company have all coincidentally fallen into some trouble.

"Mr. Li, you're amazing! I was right before I saw you. You're truly an expert in handling this kind of issue. Really? I can't help but admire you."

"Okay, okay, that's all I need to know. We'll have plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future. When that happens, you have to ensure our supply and there won't be any problems."

"Of course, Mr. Li. With such a strong partner like you, with such abundant financial support and a strong R&D team, I don't see any obstacle that could hinder our joint progress."

"You are the only one who can talk." Li Hao teased with a smile.