Chapter 540 - 538 - Idea
How could he not know? When someone coveted the dye recipe before, he had reported it to the family head, who had indicated that a noble patron in the capital city was interested, and it was not appropriate for the family to intervene.
Such words could be used to appease an uninformed person like the Wang Family Young Lady, but Shopkeeper Wu had also spent time in the capital city and was clear about the underlying mechanics. Where was the difficulty in intervening?
The family head had already seen the enormous potential behind the dye recipe provided by Wang Yongzhu and felt that the twenty-eighty profit split they had agreed upon was too generous. Therefore, they wanted to use the opportunity of the coveting of the recipe either to have Wang Yongzhu voluntarily offer to sell the recipe outright for a sum of silver, settling the matter once and for all,
without having to share twenty percent of the profits from future earnings with Wang Yongzhu.
So they used this excuse.
Unexpectedly, Yongzhu was also clever, using the widow to bait Boss Tian into the trap. They were naturally aware that Boss Tian thought he had the recipe, had dyed a large amount of fabric, tried to flatter the noble patron he was clinging to, and ended up being driven out by the patron.
Such things could not be kept secret. Knowing that Boss Tian had been outmaneuvered by Wang Yongzhu and had obtained a fake recipe,
as the news spread, those who were still coveting the recipe immediately vanished.
A joke, indeed—no one wanted to become the second Boss Tian. No one could guarantee that the recipe they got their hands on was the real one!
And those with the capability, even if they could force the real recipe out of Wang Yongzhu by threatening the lives of the Wang Family, couldn’t guarantee that Yongzhu, who had managed to deceive an old pro like Boss Tian with a fake formula, wouldn’t treat them the same if she were truly cornered.
Could one be sure of controlling such a calculating woman for a lifetime?