Sam's face darkened as he pushed the bike past the finish line.
Sam spat on the ground and cursed in a low voice as he looked at Alex who was receiving everyone's congratulations with a smile on his face.
He wasn't cursing Alex who crossed the finish line first, but the Angelt bike next to him.
If it wasn't for this damn bike, he might have had the chance to be the first to cross the finish line. Not only would he have won the championship, but he would also have gotten the extra 100 gold coins.
But everything was ruined by this damned bicycle!
If it wasn't for this damn bike's chain constantly falling off, causing him to have to stop and reattach the chain, he wouldn't have wasted so much time and passed the finish line so late.
It had to be known, at this time last year, when Sam participated in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's bicycle race, although he didn't take first place, he had taken less than three hours to finish the sixty kilometer race. He had entered the top ten, which was quite a bit of limelight.
Thinking about the difference between last year and this year, Sam was even angrier. He couldn't help but kick the back wheel of the bike.
But with his kick, the back wheel of the bike actually made a few clanking sounds. It was a few screws that fell off.
Then, the back wheel of the bike actually fell off the frame and fell to the ground.
Sam stared at the back wheel on the ground in shock. His face was full of disbelief.
Are you kidding me!
He bought this bike less than a week ago. He only rode it a few days ago to prepare for the race. Until today, he probably didn't even use it for more than five hundred kilometers. How could it be broken like this?
"Haha, there's someone worse than us here." Suddenly, there was a burst of mocking laughter behind him. Sam angrily turned around.
But when he turned around, he was stunned.
Behind him, there were a lot of young people around his age who were just like him. They were all pushing a bike to cross the finish line.
Sam glanced around and found that the bicycles these people were pushing were all Angelt brands.
"Hey, your bikes are also broken?" Sam didn't have time to be angry. He couldn't help but ask in surprise.
The group of people looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
"Yeah, I only ran halfway and the pedals fell off. I couldn't accelerate at all."
"You're lucky that the pedals fell off. Look at me, the handlebars were twisted by me!
I can't even control the direction. "
"Come on, at least your bike is still intact. Look at mine.
I walked a bit and the parts fell off.
Although it's not to the extent that the back wheel fell off like this guy, it won't be long before it falls apart. "
"Sigh, me too. I have too many problems. I practically walked all the way here."
"Me too."
"Me too …"
…
After everyone complained, a young man suddenly gave a sigh into the sky, "Ai, I should have listened to my mom and bought it from the Frestech Brand.
This bullshit Angelt bike is of the same quality as shit. "
"Yeah, I bought the Xinfei brand bike two years ago. I rode it to and from work almost every day and ran at least 20 kilometers a day.
But after so long, other than it being a bit dirty and a bit worn out, it's no different from new. Not to mention, it looks like it's about to fall apart. "
"Yeah, my Xinfei brand bike is the same. It's been on all kinds of rotten roads, but it's very sturdy and rarely has problems."
"Me too.
Ai, why didn't New Flyer release their multi-speed road bike earlier?
If they released it earlier, I wouldn't have bought this damn Angelt bike. I wasted 10 gold coins for nothing. "
"Yeah, if New Flyer released their bike earlier, I wouldn't have bought anything from other companies either."
"Yeah, yeah …"
…
Hearing everyone reminisce about the quality and durability of the Xinfei brand bike, Sam couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
He had mocked old man Sarkozy for falling behind, only recognizing the New Flyer and not knowing how to accept new things. Now that he had learned his lesson, Sam found that old man Sarkozy's views were the most correct.
"Hey, everyone, we can't just let this go, right?" Someone suddenly said.
"Un?
What do you mean? "
"Look, the oldest one of us bought the Angelt bike less than half a month ago, right?
But now these bikes have become like this.
Such a big problem has occurred in such a short period of time, shouldn't we ask the Angelt Chamber of Commerce to compensate us? "
Hearing "compensation", everyone became excited, but there was one person who was a bit worried.
"The Angelt Chamber of Commerce seems to have a strong backing, how can we make them compensate us?"
"Humph, no matter how strong their backing is, could it be that they can sell us inferior products?
They dare not compensate us?
Then we'll cause trouble!
We'll make this matter big and see who will buy their company's things in the future! "
"Right!
Let's do this! "
"Alright, we should do this … …"
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While the group of youngsters were discussing how to seek compensation from the Angelt Merchant Guild for their losses, the chairman of the Angelt Merchant Guild, Verrol Angelt, stood in front of Heinz with an ashen face and asked Heinz to compensate him.
"Vice chairman Heinz, why didn't your New Flyer tell me before releasing the new bicycle?
Do you know how big of an impact it will have on our company's bicycle sales when you suddenly release this new bicycle product?
How will you compensate us for the losses caused by this? "
Heinz slightly knit his brows. He raised his hand to wipe away the spit that chairman Angelt had sprayed on his face and calmly said, "Our company's new product doesn't seem to need to be notified ahead of time, right?"
Chairman Angelt flew into a rage, "Of course it's necessary!
Did you forget?
When Chairman Xu signed the technology transfer agreement with us, it clearly stated that your New Flyer would share all the research and development with us.
Now not only have you secretly developed a new product, you haven't shared any related technology with us.
Are you planning on breaking the agreement? "
Heinz shook his head, "This isn't a new product that we secretly developed. This is the same technology as the road bicycle you released before."
"Nonsense!"
Chairman Angelt angrily rebuked, "Forget about the other aspects, but what about the transmission?"
Heinz blinked and shook his head without changing his expression, "I'm sorry, but that transmission wasn't developed by our company. The technology isn't in our company's hands. We can't share it even if we wanted to."
"Impossible!"
Chairman Angelt resolutely said, "How could this not be developed by your New Flyer?
Apart from your New Flyer, how could any other company have this kind of research and development ability? "
Heinz pretended to be surprised as he looked at chairman Angelt, "Chairman Angelt, I remember very clearly.
Back then Chairman Xu warned you that the most important thing in the magic machine industry was research and development. You were very confident that since our New Flyer had the ability to develop new technology and products, then your Angelt Chamber of Commerce wouldn't have a problem either. "
Chairman Angelt's expression froze. After a moment of silence, he awkwardly waved his hand and said, "Let's not care about this. Since your New Flyer already has this transmission, then we should share it according to our previous agreement."
"I just said that this isn't our company's technology. I can't just casually give it to you.
This has a patent protection law. "
Seeing Heinz's firm tone, chairman Angelt rolled his eyes and changed his words, "Alright then, tell me which company developed this technology. I'll ask them to transfer the technology."
Heinz lightly shook his head, "Sorry, the other party requested confidentiality, so ….. I can't tell you."
Chairman Angelt was furious, "Vice chairman Heinz, what do you mean?
I want you to share this technology, but you said that this technology doesn't belong to your New Flyer.
That's fine, but now I'm asking you which company developed this technology, and you're not willing to tell me?
Are you not planning on continuing to cooperate with us?
Ah? "
Heinz's face sunk as he said with a cold snort, "Chairman Angelt, I must seriously remind you that it is you who wants to cooperate with our Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it isn't our Frestech Chamber of Commerce taking the initiative to cooperate with you.
You're saying that we don't plan on continuing to cooperate?
Alright, then let's end this cooperation, I have no objections! "
"Ah?"
Chairman Angelt didn't think that Heinz, who was always smiling and kind, would suddenly become so unyielding and overbearing.
Really not cooperating?
It wasn't just President Angelt who didn't dare to say such a thing. Most likely, none of the presidents of the ten merchant guilds dared to say such a thing.
If his talks with Heinz really fell apart, causing New Flyer to end their cooperation with the ten companies, then the big shots behind him would definitely make him die without a complete corpse!
Thinking of this, chairman Angelt suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He wiped his forehead and quickly put on an apologetic smile.
"This … Vice chairman Heinz, I was just casually saying it, don't take it too seriously.
Since that company requested confidentiality, then it's right that you didn't tell me. After all, this concerns the reputation of your New Flyer. I was too rude, sorry. "
Heinz snorted heavily. "It's too late!"
After saying this, Heinz took out a document and handed it to chairman Angelt.
"This is the document that the chairman has already signed, it will take effect from now on.
I'm representing the chairman to formally inform you that the technology sharing relationship between our two companies will end here.
The agreement we signed before is now null and void! "
"Ah?" Chairman Angelt stared at Heinz in a daze, not daring to believe his ears.
New Flyer actually ….. actually unilaterally tore apart the agreement they signed before?
They must be crazy!