"Cough cough..." The Prime Minister felt embarrassed. At this moment, Lin Yao's words were like exposing his shortcomings. He wished he could punch Lin Yao in the chest and wake up this brat who spoke so recklessly.
"How many members does your Minhong have? What about the entire population of China? And what about all those foreign tourists, foreign company employees, and representatives from foreign governments and organizations in China? What will happen to all of them?"
Lin Yao smiled, ignoring the changing expressions on everyone's faces. "There are about three or four hundred million members in Minhong, I don't know the exact number. It's constantly increasing. So, as we said in the new announcement, we prioritize serving members. This time, we're providing special services for non-members. People not on the Minhong blacklist will be served at 100 times the price, first come, first served, while supplies last."
Lin Yao's last sentence, which sounded like an advertising slogan, was really inappropriate for this occasion. It had a frivolous and playful tone, and everyone's expressions immediately became even more unpleasant.
"Where are the people on the blacklist? How does Minhong define blacklist status? What are the reasons for putting someone on the blacklist?" The Premier asked with a grim face.
Lin Yao hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and gave his answer, "Of course we don't provide services to people on the blacklist. We are just a private company. The membership-based business model doesn't need to explain the public's right to fairness; this has been clear from the very beginning."
It means: "I don't care whether those people on the blacklist live or die. If they're lucky, they live; if they're unlucky, they die. It's none of my business!"
The Premier was stunned, thinking to himself, "So this is what Minhong's membership system was all for? They started it years ago. Did they foresee this situation? Could it be that the allegedly evil 'Jiang Liu' has some connection with Minhong Pharmaceutical?"
Seeing that no one responded, Lin Yao continued, "As for foreigners, we can temporarily set up short-term memberships. Foreign friends with no bad records can provide services appropriately, and the service price will be slightly higher than that of domestic members. This should solve all the problems."
Lin Yao's statement sentenced the people on the Minhong blacklist to death. Although being infected with this flu-like disease does not necessarily mean death, the mortality rate is ridiculously high compared to ordinary diseases. The current actual statistics have reached 10. But if Lin Yao were to manipulate things according to his own wishes, what would become of the government's reputation?
Having set this precedent, will this practice continue in the future?
An analysis report from Lin Yao indicates that this type of plague will be very frequent in the future. Is there a necessary connection between this prediction and Min Hong's monopolistic solution to the disease?
The elderly men, without making a sound, quickly summarized some key doubts. Their work style of "boldly hypothesizing and carefully verifying" had become an instinctive habit. They were all extremely dissatisfied with Lin Yao's insistence and even began to feel angry. However, their self-control was superb, and they remained outwardly peaceful.
"This request is illegal and unethical, and we cannot grant it!"
The Premier firmly and decisively refused.
“I didn’t make any demands, I was just stating a point.” Lin Yao immediately corrected the Premier’s definition, explaining that he was simply stating Minhong’s future working principles. “Furthermore, the property of private enterprises should be protected by law. We hope that in the future, there will be no cases where private property is seized and confiscated simply because it is stamped with the official seal of a certain department of a certain local government. That’s all.”
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Chapter 495 Bargaining
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“Under special circumstances, the state may requisition any available resources within its territory. Compensatory settlements will follow.”
Suppressing his anger, the Premier tried his best to express the government's attitude in a calm tone, which was also the attitude of all the leaders present.
A profound silence, a truly silent stillness, where no sound could be heard except for the beating of one's own heart.
The soundproofing in the Zhongnanhai meeting hall is truly excellent!
Lin Yao sighed inwardly, but outwardly he remained calm and composed, sitting like an old monk in meditation, though his eyes were still open, and he did not act too impolitely.
The meditative state of a master of the highest level is extraordinary. Even when everyone looked at Lin Yao, they felt as if he no longer existed. It was as if Lin Yao had merged with the surrounding environment, becoming a lifeless decoration in the conference hall. From a human perspective, he was so far away and unreachable.
"General Lin... General Lin!"
The Premier finally broke free from the oppressive atmosphere and spoke, his tone unusually serious.
Lin Yao turned to look at the Prime Minister, but did not immediately respond. Instead, he revealed a smile, and everyone suddenly realized that Lin Yao was no longer the same as before, no longer a lifeless decoration, but suddenly bursting with vitality, as if all the spiritual energy of the world had been concentrated on him.
So dazzling, it inspires a deep sense of awe and reverence.
That smile was meaningful, and all the leaders present understood it. The meeting hall fell silent once again.
If you want to requisition our land, then do as you please; we will not participate.
That's the meaning behind that smile, and it's a result that no one can accept, which is why the leaders are caught in a dilemma.
Reasoning?
Lin Yao was determined to do things his own way, regardless of the lives of some people, even though these people had serious flaws in their behavior and, according to the law, did not deserve to die.
Are they serious?
Lin Yao and his family cooperated completely, letting you take over the entire Minhong Pharmaceutical Company without any objection. Want Lin Yao to continue working for Minhong Pharmaceutical Company? No way! Probably not even a window of opportunity.
Using power and force to enforce it?
Even Lin Yao's nine-year-old son, whom he picked up, could defeat ordinary special forces soldiers. Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei could even fight against military experts at the Heaven level with their own strength without being defeated. Not to mention Lin Yao himself, who was at the Super Heaven level, had reached an unbelievable level of strength.
The secret report sent back from the North Sea Fleet shows that there is probably nothing in the world that can coerce this young man. Even a nuclear submarine weighing several thousand tons can be inexplicably "fished" up from the seabed by him. Several thousand enemy special forces soldiers hiding on Diaoyu Island can automatically fly several kilometers in the air and land on the deck of the ship, piling up like tuna that have been caught.
What other force could suppress Lin Yao?
Even the military's weapons experts concluded that there were probably no weapons in the world that could be effective against Lin Yao! Because in a naval confrontation, enemy missiles could inexplicably crash into the sea or self-destruct in mid-air, and even the use of nuclear weapons might be ineffective, as weapons experts could no longer assess Lin Yao's strength.
He couldn't eat, and no amount of persuasion could convince him. Lin Yao's stubbornness left everyone feeling deflated, a sense of helplessness they hadn't felt in years welling up inside them, a feeling of how quickly the world was changing.