All of this was completely useless before Lin Yao's cultivation technique broke through. After obtaining Xiao Cao's alchemy techniques, Lin Yao conducted experiments, trying to control medical true qi through these techniques. After all, the current medical true qi could only be used to stimulate the activity of human tissues to achieve the purpose of curing diseases, and the effect was not very good. Of course, this poor effect was only relative to Xiao Cao's actions and the use of pills.
He rolled up his sleeves to his upper arms, revealing fair skin. When Lin Yao applied makeup, he only dyed his forearms; the skin on his upper arms remained its natural color, not the dirty-looking yellowish-brown of his forearms and hands. He circulated his medical energy around his left upper arm, and after about ten seconds, the skin on his entire left upper arm turned bronze, the color of skin exposed to prolonged sunlight. However, this skin tone was uneven, resembling the stripes on a zebra, displaying fine black lines interspersed with patches of less dark skin, making it look quite eerie.
Using a different mental technique to control the true qi, the skin on the upper arm, which had turned black, was restored to a fair complexion. Of course, uneven dark spots remained, making it look mottled and giving one a slightly unsettling feeling.
These are two mental techniques that Lin Yao found that can effectively control the attributes of medical true qi. These two techniques have opposite effects and can allow medical true qi to control the melanocytes distributed among the basal cells of the human epidermis, causing these melanocytes to produce or decompose melanin, thereby changing the skin color.
I've only just started using this technique, and my control over my medical energy isn't precise enough, which is why the effects are uneven. With more practice, I'll be able to control my skin tone with ease in the future, achieving an instantaneous disguise.
After testing these two techniques, Lin Yao tested another technique he had found. This technique could change the properties of medical qi to alter the state of the intercellular spaces in human tissues. By changing the permeability of the cell walls and blood vessel walls, it could flush or dehydrate the intercellular spaces, achieving the effect of quickly reducing edema and swelling.
Both of these practical techniques were discovered by Lin Yao first because of the purpose of disguise. Disguise is troublesome. Not only do you have to carry relevant medicines and tools with you, but you also have to endure the disgusted looks of others all year round. Although Lin Yao thinks he has a good mindset, he still feels some resistance in his heart.
Lin Yao sought new methods of self-disguise, solely to change his appearance when necessary and avoid too much trouble. He could show his true face normally, but when needed, he could instantly change his physical form, especially his facial skin tone and appearance, through these two mental techniques, making it convenient to do certain things under a different identity.
Of course, these two techniques aren't limited to disguise. When applied to others, they can whiten skin, reduce internal edema, and even aid in weight loss. Lin Yao has already found a technique that can reduce fat cell activity. However, this ability, which is invaluable to other doctors, is not valued by Lin Yao. Beauty and ugliness are merely external appearances; he values health. At his level, he hasn't stooped to helping people whiten their skin or lose weight.
With a sigh of relief, Lin Yao stretched his stiff body, turned on his phone, and prepared to leave "Hidden Forest Residence" to return to the pharmaceutical factory.
Several text message notifications sounded, and Lin Yao immediately quickened his packing. He needed to rush back to the pharmaceutical factory because his mother, Lin Hongmei, had sent a text message saying that people from the Provincial Price Bureau and the Provincial Food and Drug Administration had come to discuss the market pricing of Minhong Pharmaceutical's newly launched "Children's Cold Granules".
"This is really troublesome. Selling just one medicine has caused so much trouble." Lin Yao grumbled to himself and prepared to leave.
"Sir." Yi Fei had already heard Lin Yao's footsteps inside the room and stood outside the door to greet him.
"Okay, we'll head back to the pharmaceutical factory right away. You go get the car." Lin Yao didn't stand on ceremony and directly instructed Yi Fei to do the job.
Having a top-tier expert at the Earth level doing odd jobs is quite impressive. Watching Yi Fei follow the instructions without hesitation and go downstairs to get the car, Lin Yao felt a sense of satisfaction. He thought to himself that he was no exception; vanity and the desire to show off also existed, just not as obviously.
With a carefree laugh, Lin Yao went downstairs and walked towards the Bora.
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When Lin Yao arrived at the pharmaceutical factory, it was already 3:30 p.m. Without exchanging pleasantries with Ge Yong who came to greet him, he rushed straight to the factory's conference room, where negotiations on pricing were taking place.
The conference room at Minhong Pharmaceutical, reflecting the company's culture of diligence and pragmatism, was simply and elegantly decorated. The ordinary cement floor had been washed and polished, appearing very smooth and clean. A long, dark green solid wood table was joined end to end to form a rectangular conference table, covered with a green canvas to conceal the area beneath it; it looked passable, albeit barely.
The chairs next to the conference table were hard, ordinary mixed wood chairs, all painted a reddish-brown, giving them the appearance of being made of mahogany from a distance. Besides the table and chairs, the only other furniture was a wooden table against the wall used to hold thermos flasks. The most valuable item in the entire conference room was a projector suspended above the stage.
There were ten people in the room. Three men were sitting in the chairman's seat. One of them was Chairman Chen. Lin Yao did not recognize the other two middle-aged men who were somewhat overweight. He guessed they were officials from the provincial price bureau and the provincial food and drug administration bureau mentioned in the text message.
Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei sat in the right-hand seat closest to the chairman's seat. Luo Jimin looked serious, while Lin Hongmei was writing something in her notebook with a smile. Lin Yao had already noticed that the smile on her face was forced, as if she had some helpless and negative emotions.
Lin Yao's sudden entrance drew the attention of everyone in the conference room. Ignoring them, he rushed to his mother, Lin Hongmei, and whispered in her ear, "Mom, how is it?"
Lin Hongmei smiled, a sense of relief on her face. "You've come at the right time. Your father and I were just getting angry, but we didn't dare to lose our temper. Could you help us come up with a plan? The Price Bureau and the Drug Administration want us to raise prices, saying it's disrupting the balance of the pharmaceutical market."
A price increase? Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, finding it amusing. He really hadn't expected this outcome. Before coming, Lin Yao had thought it was trouble caused by the pharmaceutical company's failure to report pricing, and he secretly wondered why his parents wouldn't make such a basic mistake, but instead, he heard a demand for a price increase.
These days, we only hear about government departments restricting high prices and setting maximum prices, but we never hear about allowing companies to raise prices. What kind of nonsense is this?!
"President Luo, this meeting has been going on for quite a while now. Shouldn't you make a statement? I've explained everything clearly to you. Make a decision quickly." A man with a ruddy complexion and a swimming ring around his waist looked at Luo Jimin with a domineering tone.
Luo Jimin turned his head and glanced at the man, then looked back at his son who had just arrived, and said to Wen Youmin in the distance, "Youmin, get Yao'er a chair. We need to discuss this properly; it's a big deal."
Discuss? Right here?
Lin Yao was even more puzzled. How could a whole family be negotiating right under someone else's nose? It seemed that these people had pressured Min Hong a bit too much earlier. Judging from the tone of that swimming ring guy earlier, he hadn't given her much time to consider at all; he wanted an answer immediately.
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Chapter 192 Chain Reaction
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Wen Youmin didn't feel wronged at all by being ordered around. He got up and gave up his chair, moving it behind Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei. Then he scurried to the end of the conference table, brought back a chair, and placed it next to Lin Yao's seat, making a small area that resembled a mahjong set.
Wu Jianwei, who also attended the meeting, moved his chair over to join the plot.
Only Meng Mu, the planning manager of Minhong, who was also present, sat at the farthest right of the chairman's seat. He had not been invited by the leader and dared not take the initiative to join the small on-site meeting. He was the least senior among them and knew that the wisest thing to do at this time was to quietly wait for the result.
"How could this be? Why are you forcing us to raise prices?" Lin Yao asked in a low voice. Seeing the four heads huddled together with their heads bowed low, it looked like they were fighting a bull together, which made him chuckle.
"They say it's to balance the entire pharmaceutical market and regulate the production and sales process," Lin Hongmei said angrily, lowering her voice as well.
"Dujiangyan Pharmaceutical Factory mainly produces children's cold medicine granules. Now that we have a similar medicine, their factory will probably have to close down." Wen Youmin controlled his smile and squeezed out the words without even a vibration in his voice, like a thief.
As the deputy director of production at Minhong Pharmaceutical, I felt an immense sense of accomplishment watching the nationwide hit product come to market under my management. Even the wrinkles on my face disappeared. Although the effects of the "Dragon and Tiger Pill" were partly to blame, the main reason was that I was in high spirits when I was happy.
"Raise my ass! I've never heard of preventing people from selling cheaply. What's wrong with the price bureau these days?" Wu Jianwei was also speaking in a low voice, but his loud voice was clearly audible even to Meng Mu in the distance, having no effect on confidentiality whatsoever. Several leaders on the podium who heard this also frowned. Wasn't this just blatantly cursing? And using vulgar language at that.
"Dad, what do you think?" Lin Yaoming knew that Wu Jianwei had offended someone, but he didn't take it to heart. The company was most annoyed by these functional departments interfering. It was none of their business anyway. It was fine if someone cursed him a few times, even if they considered Wu Jianwei to be one of Minhong's insiders. They needed to know that he wasn't so well-liked.
“The retail price is printed on the packaging, how can we just change it? Are we going to let the people criticize us behind our backs?” Luo Jimin said rather tactfully, but was interrupted by Wen Youmin, who knew him very well.
“Jimin, this is easy to solve. Just like other companies, change the packaging, upgrade the product, and you can easily reprice it. You can sell it for ten or twenty yuan, and no one will complain about the price increase. You can even say that it has improved efficacy in your advertising.”
"You know that's not what I meant!" Luo Jimin glared at Wen Youmin, who was deliberately arguing with him, and looked at Lin Yao seriously, saying, "Yao'er, I don't want to raise prices. The original purpose of opening Minhong was to bring the greatest benefits to the people. Giving up at the very beginning is not the result your mother and I want to see."
"Then don't raise the price. Let them go back to where they came from. Why bother with all that? It's not like they've exceeded the maximum price limit. They're really meddling!" Lin Yao said irritably. He was already fed up with the way that swimming ring guy talked. He acted like everyone was his subordinate, giving him the impression that he was telling them to do as he said.
"That's settled then." Lin Hongmei quickly made the decision. With her son's support, she wasn't worried about getting through this. After all, she was used to being a money-making machine who only lost money and never made any. She had been annoyed when she heard that Lin Yao was going to Beijing to work for someone else. How much money could he earn working for someone else? Minhong's funds still depended on him ruthlessly ripping off rich people.
"Section Chief Li, we just discussed it and have an answer for you." Luo Jimin readjusted his chair and sat back down at the conference table, looking very seriously at the chairman's seat. "This price has already given the factory enough profit, so we don't plan to raise the price. Thank you for your kindness, and please continue to support Minhong Pharmaceutical in the future."
Just as Section Chief Li was smugly anticipating good news, his expression instantly changed. He realized he might have misunderstood Luo Jimin's words. "What did you say?"
"We've decided not to raise prices," Luo Jimin repeated his reply, thinking to himself that Minhong had never intended to become a highly profitable enterprise, and that he was no longer under the control of others. He was acting like a lord, making him play the subservient role all afternoon. According to his son Lin Yao, he should go back to where he came from and stop bothering people here.