Not to mention the saying "when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down," the deep-seated blood feuds are not limited to the Yi family; there are many others who want to kill the Jiang family.
Therefore, Lin Yao was somewhat relieved about his parents' safety. He had been participating in the operation under a false identity all along, and since all the Jiang family members who had seen his appearance were dead, his identity should not be exposed so quickly.
With Yi Dao, a peak Earth-level expert, and Yi Gong, a top-stage Earth-level expert, protecting Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei, Lin Yao naturally felt even more at ease.
Even so, Lin Yao still refined numerous antidote pills and gave them to his parents, Yi Dao, and Yi Gong, instructing them to take one pill daily, even if they weren't poisoned. He suggested they take them as a way to clear heat and reduce internal fire, as these antidote pills had a strong effect in reducing inflammation.
The matter was almost settled, and Lin Yao's life returned to normal. Of course, this normalcy did not mean he was idle. He still had a lot of complicated work to do. Just using witch doctor techniques to help the Yi family members improve their strength every day was enough to keep him very busy.
With the help of Xiaocao, a "medical master," Lin Yao measured the free magical power that appeared during the alchemy process. Based on the individual tolerance of the Yi family members with different constitutions, he injected the free magical power into the elixir, successfully refining the "Dragon-Tiger Pill," which could be taken by the Yi family members without his personal protection. The "Dragon-Tiger Pill" was mixed with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and a certain degree of magical power.
Lin Yao also categorized these pills, which were mixed with spiritual energy and witchcraft, and assigned them to seven grades according to the Yi family disciples' ability to withstand them. These grades were: below the third level of the Human Grade, below the seventh level of the Human Grade, below the Earth Grade, early Earth Grade, mid Earth Grade, top Earth Grade, and peak Earth Grade.
Lin Yao did not follow the common method of setting the grades as the best grade, but instead chose the more common elementary school math concept of the worst grade being the first grade and the best grade being the seventh grade.
With this method of incorporating free-floating witch power into the pills, the witch doctor body-refining techniques he had previously learned from Le were basically useless. For a time, Lin Yao had more free time, and the Yi family members no longer needed to come to Chengdu frequently. So, they moved back to their residence, "Hidden Forest Residence."
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"Yao'er, we're out of money." Lin Hongmei looked at her capable son, Lin Yao, with a helpless smile on her face.
Initially, all the prescriptions provided by Lin Yao utilized microbial methods, making it difficult for Minhong Pharmaceutical to increase its production.
The most profitable "skin whitening and rejuvenation powder" has a low production volume. Although the profit is good, the funds received after sharing the profits with Longcheng Pharmaceutical are not much, and the market is in a state of supply falling short of demand.
Minhong doesn't care much about producing these kinds of beauty products; their focus is on products that can truly bring health to the people.
However, these truly effective medicines are priced very low, and are basically low-profit items. This made the God of Wealth watch helplessly as his financial situation deteriorated, leaving him no choice but to beg for donations from Lin Yao, the "money-printing machine."
"How is that possible?!" Lin Yao's expression of surprise was exaggerated. "Hundreds of millions! Mom, our pricing is enough to break even, how could we be out of money again?"
Lin Hongmei glanced at her husband Luo Jimin beside her, "Your dad discussed with Uncle Wen and Uncle Wu about expanding the network nationwide. They've been acquiring hospitals and clinics lately."
"Real estate is too expensive now. Acquiring fixed assets along with the property costs nearly 70 million yuan for a medium-sized hospital, and sometimes even over 100 million yuan. And those medical equipment, I really don't know how they bought them. A set of equipment that can be bought for 100,000 yuan can be contracted for millions of yuan. No wonder there are so many medical equipment companies now. The profit margin in this area is too high, and the whole market is very chaotic."
"Okay, I'll think of something."
Lin Yao couldn't voice any objections. Accelerating development was essential. If they continued with their previous piecemeal approach, it was uncertain when Minhong's hospital would ever achieve significant influence. His father's decision was correct, but the foundation for all of this lay in funding—massive amounts of funding, a continuous flow of funding.
Lin Hongmei was immediately relieved by Lin Yao's words.
During this period, Minhong's finances were in a bit of a predicament. He didn't earn much money, but he spent it like water, like the Niagara Falls.
Lin Yao hadn't taken on any international business for quite some time. In preparation for the Yi family's revenge, he had devoted all his time to improving the strength of the Yi family's disciples and refining related pills. As a result, his income sources were interrupted, leaving both Minhong and Longcheng companies in a tight financial situation.
Longcheng's production also started, initially manufacturing surgical anti-rejection drugs whose foreign patents had just expired. The production of such drugs was very weak in China, and imported products were expensive. Even at half the price of imported similar products, Longcheng could become a truly high-profit company. Therefore, Herman Longen chose this type of drug as the first product to be put into production.
"Mom, is there anything else that needs to be resolved?" Lin Yao hadn't been to Minhong for several days and was unaware of the current situation, so he asked directly.
Although the total time is only about half a month, Minhong's operating mode is completely different from the traditional style. New situations and problems may be encountered every day, and there is no ready-made experience to learn from in dealing with these problems. So Lin Yao asked this question.
"No, he's fine." Lin Hongmei carefully examined her son. She felt something was different, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Knock, knock, knock, the sound of knocking on the door rang out.
"Come in." Luo Jimin, who hadn't spoken until now, raised his head and gave a brief but authoritative reply.
The person entering was Yao Deli from the Legal Affairs Department, the manager of Minhong Legal Affairs Department.
"President Luo, this is the proposed list of recruits. Please take a look and see if it's suitable." Yao Deli nodded to Lin Hongmei and Lin Yao, then immediately got to work.
Lin Yao nodded in response. He thought to himself that this man had changed significantly. He now exuded a sense of competence and sharpness, completely different from his previous mild-mannered image. It seemed that he had been doing very well in his work recently and had indeed taken his advice to heart.
"Just leave it here. I'll have Xiao Chang take it to you after I've finished reading it." Luo Jimin took the document and placed it on a stack of papers next to him. "Is there anything else?"
Yao Deli didn't waste any time and directly reported his purpose. He had come specifically to report and ask for instructions; otherwise, he could have had his staff hand the list over to the general manager's secretary, Chang Jin, instead of making the trip himself.
"President Luo, please give us your instructions on how to handle the case in Zhumadian, Henan, so that the Legal Affairs Department can proceed with its work accordingly."
"Didn't we already have a meeting to discuss this? Why do we need to ask for instructions again?" Luo Jimin looked up at Yao Deli with a puzzled expression and stopped what he was doing.
“The situation has changed, and the results of the previous meeting are no longer suitable for implementation.” Yao Deli did not avoid Luo Jimin’s gaze and continued reporting while standing in front of Luo Jimin’s desk. “I sent the new report to Secretary Chang yesterday. Haven’t you seen it yet?”
"We've only dealt with the matters before noon yesterday. We're still looking at the afternoon's work, so we probably haven't gotten to that report yet." Luo Jimin quickly flipped through a stack of documents and pulled out the report. "Tell me about the major revisions, and I'll take a closer look at the report in a bit."
“Okay, Mr. Luo.” Yao Deli cleared his throat, his voice strong and clear. “The victim’s family reached a private settlement with the beauty salon that sold the counterfeit drugs. The local court recognized this action because the beauty salon provided medical records showing that the victim had a serious heart condition. The incident was classified as sudden death due to a heart attack, rather than from taking the counterfeit drugs they sold. Therefore, the nature of the case has changed.”
“Our fight needs to be filed as a separate case. That’s the main content of the report. The request for instructions includes whether to condone this kind of falsification of evidence, because our investigation found that the victim had no history of heart disease.” Yao Deli finished reporting the situation in one breath and stood straight, waiting for instructions.
"What's going on?" Lin Yao asked his mother, Lin Hongmei, in a low voice. He had overheard that there were counterfeit goods and dead bodies involved, which was completely different from what he had just heard, that there was no problem and no need to solve it.
"Oh. Is that so?" Lin Hongmei stopped looking at the financial statements, looked up and said, "Our 'Whitening and Skin-Nourishing Powder' is currently in short supply, so counterfeit drugs have appeared all over the country. Many beauty salons and even pharmacies have started selling Minhong's medicine, with all sorts of strange reasons, such as joint ventures or having insiders. Some beauty salons are even charging 1,500 yuan per pack for this increasingly scarce medicine. They are selling counterfeit drugs, and they dare to be so greedy!"
After a pause, as if realizing she had been a bit long-winded, Lin Hongmei continued, "The beauty salon in Zhumadian, Henan, also sold counterfeit medicine. As a result, someone died from drinking it. Our people analyzed the samples obtained from the beauty salon and found that the counterfeit medicine contained high levels of lead and mercury, as well as some other ingredients. The victim was already in poor health, and this caused him to lose his life."
“We originally planned to treat this accident as a typical case, but things have changed now, and I only just found out about it.” Lin Hongmei frowned; she didn’t want the matter to end like this.
"Then why did you just say everything was fine?" Lin Yao looked at his mother, Lin Hongmei, with some confusion, thinking that such a big thing could be considered nothing.
“Running a business involves all sorts of things, this is normal. It doesn’t require your involvement, so it’s fine.” Lin Hongmei glanced at her son, not wanting to criticize him too much, because she knew that everything Lin Yao did was for the family and Minhong Pharmaceutical Factory, and he was actually no less busy than she and her husband.
“Your dad and I can handle it. We’re planning to hire another hundred people for the legal department, so don’t worry, everything will be fine. It’s just a matter of hiring more people to litigate across the country. Even if the cases drag on for a while, they will be resolved eventually. Minhong does not accept out-of-court settlements and will not tolerate the production and sale of counterfeit goods.”
"Oh." Lin Yao thought to himself that these counterfeiters were really courting death. It seemed that what happened in Sichuan hadn't yet spread nationwide. He needed to think of a way to warn these people. "Does the security team know about this?"
"Of course I know." Lin Hongmei smiled. "Didn't you say that we should report these kinds of things to the security team? Ge Yong is the busiest person in the entire Minhong now. Just the intelligence investigation across the country is enough to keep him busy, and he also has to do a good job in security."
Lin Yao didn't say much. Since his parents felt that he didn't need to get involved in such a small matter, he was happy to let them take charge. This was a skill that an entrepreneur should have, not something he should interfere with.