Therefore, under market testing, Minhong's "cold capsules" have proven to be the most effective, bar none. The psychologically low price of five yuan per box has transformed this originally unremarkable medicine into a hot commodity. Minhong hospitals and clinics across the country are facing severe staff shortages for registration and contract signing, and have had to continuously expand their signing capacity to barely cope. This has also boosted Minhong's reputation, with long queues forming daily to sign contracts proving more effective than any advertising.
Besides the four southern provinces, Minhong has established outlets in various regions across the country, most of which are hospitals that have been acquired and restructured. It has opened hospitals and clinics in 1,430 counties across the country, with more than 20,000 employees, most of whom are service personnel who handle membership signing, sales and supervision of medication.
The vast majority of doctors in the acquired hospitals either found other jobs or were laid off due to buyouts.
Minhong mainly chose poorly managed private hospitals, so she didn't encounter much trouble with the issue of employee layoffs. Besides, as soon as the news spread, most doctors would quickly look for jobs.
Because the doctors at Minhong's affiliated hospitals were paid so poorly—no kickbacks, no commission for surgeries or consultations, just a meager fixed salary—any doctor who had ever enjoyed a high salary would find it unbearable. This saved Minhong the trouble of trying to persuade them to leave.
Of course, such a massive acquisition project couldn't be supported by Lin Yao's international exploitation business. Although Lin Yao had already swindled over 1.2 billion US dollars, it was still far from enough compared to the acquisition funds.
Therefore, once an acquisition is successful, restructuring and adjustments are immediately carried out. Any bank would be happy to apply for loans using the fixed assets of hospitals and clinics as collateral, based on the appraised value at 80%, 70%, or even 60% or 50%. This has led to a surge in the number of employees in the legal affairs department, creating a situation where graduates of law and asset appraisal majors are in high demand. For example, Minhong Pharmaceutical alone has employed and temporarily hired 3,700 related personnel.
With Lin Yao's continuous financial support, Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei became increasingly bold and quickened their pace, launching a nationwide acquisition spree of the medical system even before the New Year arrived.
With around 110 million registered members, the basic conditions for launching the next step of the operation were met. So, Lin Yao was in a good mood after discussing the next step of the plan with his parents on the phone the night before.
What made Lin Yao feel the best was that Xia Yuwen agreed to attend Zhou Xiaoqi's birthday party with him. This was the first time their relationship had been exposed. Although they hadn't officially confirmed their relationship, the facts spoke for themselves. How could Lin Yao not be excited?
"Little Lin, what's got you so happy today? I bet you're completely out of your mind." Xiang Honglian was the first to bring up the topic. Among the office staff, she was closest to Lin Yao and most eager to hear his gossip.
"No way! I'm happy every day."
Lin Yao vehemently denied it, but seeing Xiang Honglian's "I don't believe you" expression, he glanced around and noticed that all the female office workers had stopped working, were listening intently, and were all making "I don't believe you" expressions. He couldn't help but start to reflect on his actions.
"Um... am I really different today?"
“Of course, the right side of his face has the character ‘发’ written on it,” Zhu Youmei answered quickly.
“Yes, the left side of your face has ‘spring’ written on it,” Gu Panpan added.
Ever since Qin Xuan, the former bachelor, started to treat Lin Yao differently, Gu Panpan, a beautiful woman with an oriental charm, has seen her opinion of Lin Yao rise several notches. She often chats and laughs with Lin Yao, as if she wants to use all her resources to influence Qin Xuan and make her dream of becoming his wife come true.
With a soft chuckle, Ming Xinyue, who had moved to sit diagonally opposite Lin Yao and across from Chen Zhili, couldn't help but laugh, completely ruining her dignified demeanor. Her posture was extremely charming, but it didn't elicit any teasing from Lin Yao, because Lin Yao was feeling overwhelmed at the moment.
"It's that obvious?!" Lin Yao was puzzled. He felt he had controlled it very well, so how come everyone could see it? Was he really that inexperienced?
Lin Yao's question clearly revealed the truth, prompting screams from the female office staff. They began to coerce and pressure Lin Yao into confessing, and even Chen Zhili stopped her never-ending work, stood up, and leaned against the partition, craning her neck to listen to the gossip.
People with good interpersonal relationships receive different treatment; even their life-changing events are cared for or at least noticed by many people.
There's a famous saying, "One woman is equal to five hundred ducks." Right now, apart from Ming Xinyue, the other five office ladies are all digging up gossip about Lin Yao. Lin Yao doesn't know how the sound effect of two thousand five hundred ducks would be, but at this moment he knows that he can't hear a single word. Even with the ability to multitask, he still can't figure out who said which sentence.
Pei Yuan opened his eyes, staring in surprise at the commotion in the administration office. Sun Miao, on the other hand, wore his usual smile, observing everything with detached amusement.
They've been going through a really tough time lately!
Ever since Pei Tianzong, the eldest elder of the Pei family, and Sun Woxing, the eldest elder of the Sun family, returned to Beijing from Yanji, upon hearing that these two younger generation members had caused such trouble, they gave them a sound beating without saying a word.
After the first beating, they were simultaneously given a second one, leaving the two geniuses bewildered and in extreme pain. This was because the beatings were performed while their internal energy was being controlled, and the physical pain had reached their breaking point.
What they found most unbearable was the denial from the family's top leader. Such a situation, where they were personally beaten by the eldest elder, was extremely rare in their more than twenty years of experience, so rare that they had almost forgotten it. Perhaps the last time was in their vague childhood memories.
They were beaten by the elder and could not immediately repent. They could only leave when Lin Yao agreed to let them leave Hongyuan Company. They were also required not to do anything to displease Lin Yao and to try their best to become friends with him.
Thus, Pei Yuan and Sun Miao's lives were plunged into a quagmire. They couldn't live well, nor could they die. Their fate was actually in Lin Yao's hands. This conclusion drove them crazy, but they could only barely bear it.
Even Pei Yuan, a man who would rather break than yield, softened his stance in front of Lin Yao, saying something like, "I want to leave Hongyuan Company and stop being an office worker," but Lin Yao's words, "You are all born to be excellent office workers," extinguished his hope.
Now that they had finally heard Lin Yao's gossip, the family's elder must have been very interested. So they all watched everything intently, occasionally exchanging messages via telepathy to express their anxiety.
“Speak up, Xiao Linzi!”
Lin Yao remained silent, and Xiang Honglian showed signs of becoming increasingly frustrated.
Challenging a woman's gossip limits is a very unwise thing to do. Not to mention that they would go through fire and water for gossip, at the very least, it will make Lin Yao's future days uneasy.
"What is there to say? There's nothing to say, just don't violate my rights!" Lin Yao's righteous words were met with a chorus of "tsk"s.
The commotion in the office had already caused a stir in the nearby marketing department office, but no one dared to come and investigate the reason, because most of the people there had already been disciplined by Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan vented his pent-up frustration and resentment on the innocent "managers" in the marketing department. At that point, he no longer cared about not assaulting ordinary people, because he really needed to vent. As long as he had an excuse, he would be pushed against a wall a few meters away or kicked. He didn't even dare to call 110 (the police emergency number), because a certain "manager" had tried it before, called 110, and ended up having to pack his bags and leave.
The only one who escaped punishment was Yu Wang, the head of the marketing department. He had obtained the boss Yang Lihong's "secret recipe" and cooperated with Pei Yuan and Sun Miao 120% to avoid a beating. Even Wang Sheng, who was arrogant, was punished. In the end, he had to swallow his anger and pretend that he hadn't been beaten because he couldn't bear to give up his job with an annual salary of over a million.
"Xiaolin, are you ready? I told you yesterday that the banquet would start at noon. Have you asked for leave yet?"
A voice at the door silenced the noise in the office, as if a pause button had been pressed on a tape recorder.
The speaker was Zhou Xiaoqi, the deputy manager of the finance department. It was her birthday today, and many people in the company knew about it. Because she was a junior employee, no one gave her a gift; at most, a few close friends gave her small gifts.
Everyone knows that Lin Yao and Zhou Xiaoqi have a close relationship, and no one envies or is jealous of him because of it. After all, attending a birthday banquet costs a lot of money. These days, it's better to have a seafood feast with your family than to go to a banquet. It's both affordable and saves money.
"Seventh Sister, I'm all better now. I've taken the leave." Lin Yao turned around and smiled, very grateful to Zhou Xiaoqi for getting him out of the predicament.
"cut!"
Six sniping sounds rang out simultaneously, including Chen Zhili's. Even the usually quiet and composed Ming Xinyue whispered "Go!" because she couldn't help herself. Although her voice was soft, Lin Yao still caught it. However, he didn't tease her because Lin Yao was too excited to care about such trivial matters.
"What's going on here?" Zhou Xiaoqi looked at the situation in the office with amusement, and slowly walked closer. It was still early, so she wasn't in a hurry to leave. She found the place quite interesting.
"These are the two famous 'new top clerks'," Zhou Xiaoqi thought to himself. He glanced at Pei Yuan and Sun Miao casually, and only after getting closer did he show them a friendly smile, which won the favor of the two young geniuses.
At Hongyuan Company, Pei Yuan and Sun Miao were in a terrible state. They would rather be assigned to stand in the office all day by the elders than stay in the gossip-filled office. The thoughts and ideas of these female office workers had shocked the two proud young men to the core, and their understanding of women had gone from kindergarten to university level.
"Xiao Lin, Pink?" Zhou Xiaoqi stopped there. She cared a lot about this handsome younger brother. Lin Yao had agreed to bring his girlfriend to her birthday party today, and she was more excited than anyone else to see the legendary Pink.
"Yes." Lin Yao nodded heavily. "Downstairs."