“I’ve been following Minhong’s situation closely and I know that hospitals in Beijing have to deal with a lot of difficulties every day, so I wanted to do my part to prevent her from just wandering around at home all day and being called a woman with bound feet from the old society by her grandfather. Isn’t it all his fault that she ended up like this?”
"What kind of work do you want to do?" Lin Yao asked Xia Yuwen with a leisurely gaze.
"You can arrange it," Xia Yuwen replied casually, but after noticing Lin Yao's gaze, a struggle arose within her. "Don't think I don't understand management. I'm an outstanding graduate! If there were a top student award in China, I would be the top student!"
"That's amazing?!" Lin Yao was completely astonished. He never expected his girlfriend to be so outstanding, to be considered the top student at Nanjing University.
Xia Yuwen raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lin Yao, saying nothing. She simply wrote down the steak Lin Yao had ordered on a piece of paper, and handed it to the waiter after all the staff had ordered their meals.
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The phone rang.
Lin Yao answered the phone, his expression growing increasingly grim.
"What's wrong?" Xia Yuwen asked softly, looking at Lin Yao's unusual expression with great concern.
By this time, all the colleagues who had finished lunch had left. Even Pei Yuan and Sun Miao, who usually ate alone, had managed to snag a few steaks before returning to the company with the office staff, leaving Lin Yao and Xia Yuwen, the two lovers, behind to whisper sweet nothings.
"My mom called and said someone is producing Minhong's products, 'Whitening and Skin-Nourishing Powder'." Lin Yao's voice was low and his mood was very bad.
"How could that be? Didn't you say that all your medicines are produced using bioengineering methods? This process is very difficult to imitate, unless they get their hands on the original bacterial culture..."
“You’re right, it was the theft of the mother liquor that even affected Minhong’s own production.” Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he shouldn’t put this kind of pressure on his girlfriend. “Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m leaving Beijing in a while to take care of some business in another city. I’ll probably be back in the next day or two. You go home by yourself, and I’ll head to the airport.”
"Oh." Xia Yuwen didn't press for Lin Yao's whereabouts or reasons. After agreeing, she suddenly remembered her earlier suggestion, "When should I start working at Minhong's hospital in Beijing? The sooner the better. I have some ideas about the hospital and want to try to figure out a good way to do it."
Lin Yao knew that Xia Yuwen was referring to the current chaotic situation caused by member identity verification. Min Hong was having a headache over this matter. Despite having a large legal department staff, it was quite stressful to cover the entire country.
"I'll talk to the person in charge here, and you can go whenever you want."
"Let's do it today. Call me right away and I'll head over there immediately so I can familiarize myself with the work and implement my ideas as soon as possible."
Xia Yuwen's straightforward, military-style approach stunned Lin Yao. Seeing her boyfriend staring blankly at her without saying a word, she added, "What's wrong? I really have ideas. It's not like I'm just going to work for fun. I don't have your kind of thoughts; I'm not just doing it for fun."
"Alright, go ahead. I'll call you on the way. Look for Banan. You've met him before, he's the one who used to be with Brother Ge Yong and was always by my side. He's in charge of security in Beijing now, so it's more appropriate for him to make the introduction."
Lin Yao didn't waste any words. He simply waved for a taxi, gave Xia Yuwen Banan's phone number, and waved for her to leave.
Watching the taxi speed away, Lin Yao muttered to himself, "Stealing the bacterial strains, the formula, and the process to produce counterfeit drugs is arrogant enough, but I didn't expect them to openly claim that Minhong stole their ancestral secret recipe. Is this also caused by the environment in China? The counterfeiters are not ashamed at all, but instead want to jump out and prove their innocence. It's like a fake suing the real deal. Are they tired of living?!"
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Chapter 309 An Encounter in Luoyang
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Luoyang, Henan.
Lin Yao arrived in this city with a completely different appearance. He even changed his clothes on the way to the airport, wearing simple clothes bought from a shopping mall, with the aim of leaving no trace of himself.
The identity and ID card used to board the plane are still someone else's.
The theft of the bacterial strains and formula has been verified. The perpetrator is Wang Kuang, the 32-year-old son of Wang, the gatekeeper of Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory.
The son of Jin Minhong, who was introduced to the company by Grandpa Wang, was originally intended to be groomed as a key talent, because Grandpa Wang's character had already earned the recognition and respect of everyone from the chairman and general manager to the security guards.
Unexpectedly, a loving mother produces a spoiled son. Wang Kuang's character is completely different from his father's. He entered Minhong with a purpose from the beginning. His active learning and hard work in the early stage were all a pretense. His purpose was to steal Minhong's formula and process.
As early as when Minhong first launched its drought-resistant beverage, it was already being eyed by domestic competitors, and it is estimated that foreign forces were also coveting it.
Therefore, the backgrounds and life stories of some key employees were carefully verified by the security guards to ensure that no catastrophic events such as poisoning would occur. However, it turned out that there was a spy in the family of Grandpa Wang, who was respected by everyone.
Through the ubiquitous surveillance footage from Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory, it was confirmed that Wang Kuang was the thief. Only then did Grandpa Wang expose his son's misconduct to the public.
A young man who had been idle and dissolute since childhood, stealing chickens and hanging out with the underworld, surprisingly offered to work seriously and strive for success one day after Grandpa Wang's repeated persuasion failed. This gave the old man hope, which is why he covered up Wang Kuang's bad record and recommended him to become a production worker at Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory.
The old man's hopes to see his reformed son soon and for Wang Kuang to marry and have children were dashed.
Wang Kuang came to work at Minhong with a 100,000 yuan deposit from a private pharmaceutical factory in Luoyang. It is said that he later received another 200,000 yuan. This inference was obtained by the security team through irregular channels by checking the changes in Wang Kuang's private bank account.
For this 300,000 yuan, Mr. Wang lost face and was heartbroken; he couldn't even find his son who had absconded with the money.
So the honest old man knelt down at Minhong's gate every day to apologize, and no one could persuade him otherwise.
"Luo Shen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd." is a private pharmaceutical factory located on the outskirts of Luoyang City. In the early 1990s, this pharmaceutical factory was transformed from a collectively owned enterprise into a privately contracted enterprise, and then completely privatized. It is considered a relatively large privately owned pharmaceutical factory in Central and Southern China. Several of its gynecological drugs, such as "Wuji Baifeng Wan", have a high market share nationwide. However, it has now been accused of plagiarizing the formula of Minhong Pharmaceutical.
So what if it's plagiarism? These days, without the protection of patent law, or even if there is legal protection but plagiarism occurs due to skirting the law and insufficient enforcement, there are countless cases of plagiarism. Lin Yao, who was born and raised in the area, doesn't feel particularly abrupt or uncomfortable. He just follows the rules. He will definitely crack down on it, but he won't be too angry.
But the act of a fake suing the real Li Kui was going too far. This was what Lin Yao could not tolerate.
What Lin Yao cares about most is Minhong's reputation and credibility. This reputation among the people cannot be allowed to be tarnished by anyone, whether intentionally or maliciously!
"Yaoyao, what should we do?" Xiaocao sensed Lin Yao's emotions and asked.
"Let's take back the inoculum first; we can't let them continue production," Lin Yao replied calmly, though the suppressed anger in his voice was clearly not hidden from Xiao Cao.
"Okay, I'll also make sure their medicines are ineffective." Xiaocao was very considerate and didn't bother Lin Yao, only adding her own explanation, "Their medicines have appeared in many places in this city, probably in beauty salons and some customers' homes. It seems like sales are pretty good."
"Make them reimburse all of them!"