After this sweep, Min Hong possessed assets worth a total of 3.5 billion US dollars, which, according to market prices, was worth 2.4 billion US dollars. This situation made Lin Hongmei in Chengdu feel extremely satisfied, but she also repeatedly complained that her assets had shrunk and that her family had lost a lot of money. Little did she know that her beloved son, Lin Yao, had only contributed a tiny fraction of his already enormous reserves of medicinal pills.
Three months have passed, and Lin Yao's medical true qi has made remarkable progress, becoming much more profound than before. However, he is still far from advancing to the legendary Core Formation stage, a situation that greatly frustrates him.
The obstacles Minhong faces in various places are still very obvious. During this period, Lin Yao focused all his energy on making money to ensure that Minhong Pharmaceutical could reserve funds to repay loans in time and make the company truly belong to his family. Therefore, Lin Yao turned a blind eye to those obstacles and let them go. This only kept the security team and legal affairs department, who were responsible for investigation, evidence collection, complaints, and lawsuits, extremely busy. Ge Yong even lost weight, causing his daughter on the phone to complain directly to Lin Yao. After learning that Lin Yao was the one who made her father so tired, she even threatened him.
Between two evils, choose the lesser. At this moment, Lin Yao could only listen to Qin Xuan and Zhang Hui's opinions, disregarding everything else in the country and leaving all matters to the experts.
Qin Xuan put in the most effort in this matter, so much so that he had dark circles under his eyes every day. When Lin Yao occasionally saw him, he couldn't bear to see this famous handsome guy looking like a panda, so he gave him a lot of pills like "Life Movement No. 1", "Heaven-Mending Pill" and "Snow Soul Pill", which are extremely helpful for the physical conditioning of ordinary people. However, it still couldn't stop his efforts. The mental exhaustion was something that no pill could make up for.
But Qin Xuan felt very happy. He felt as if he had returned to the state he was in when he first started his business, full of passion, fighting spirit, and hope.
This hope naturally came from Zhang Hui. Qin Xuan believed that his happiness in life lay in this woman, and he was determined to seize this opportunity so that he would not have any regrets for the rest of his life.
Zhang Hui was in much better condition than Qin Xuan because Xia Yuwen ignored Lin Yao's instructions and gave Zhang Hui the "Life-Giving Pill" that she had given her for self-defense. After experiencing the amazing beauty and health benefits of the "Life-Giving Pill", Zhang Hui even asked Lin Yao for more pills, claiming that the "fragrance was too intoxicating". However, she did not know how precious this thing, which she did not even know the name of, was on the market. Of course, Lin Yao directly refused her unreasonable request.
"Sir, you've emerged from seclusion?"
Yi Zuojun respectfully offered Lin Yao a clean towel so he could wipe away non-existent sweat.
After a pause, he carefully relayed the contents of the phone call, "Well... sir, since your passport hasn't been issued, a visa is impossible."
Ah~~~~
Lin Yao threw the towel to the ground, glared at him, and shouted, "Why?"
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Chapter 390 Chinese New Year (First Update)
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Lin Yao and his family bought a house in Chengdu, so they all moved their household registration to Chengdu.
Applying for a passport is very simple. It's easy. Just bring your household registration booklet and ID card, have your passport photo taken at the designated place, fill out the "Application and Approval Form for Chinese Citizens' Private Exit from the Country (Entry)", get it stamped by your employer, and submit it along with an invitation letter from your overseas institution and other relevant documents to the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau. It will take about half a month to process.
Lin Yao's passport has not been processed. Everyone else in the same batch and even later batches has received their passports, and some have even obtained visas and left the country, but Lin Yao's passport is still being processed.
The staff at Chengdu Minhong went there multiple times, but received the same answer. After complaining, they received a new answer: "The conditions for applying for a passport are not met." However, they did not specify which conditions were not met or how to resolve the issue. Further inquiries resulted in the staff being completely clueless, and several departments started passing the buck.
Passing the buck is their specialty, which even angered the usually mild-mannered staff at Minhong. They tried recording videos, like some rights activists, but without the approval of Minhong's legal department and professionals, these videos didn't circulate online. However, they left everyone who knew the situation seething with a burning anger.
Although Lin Yao was already mentally prepared for restrictions on his travel abroad, he did not expect that they would not even process his passport. Not to mention, they would avoid blocking him at customs every time he needed a visa to go abroad for medical treatment. They would not give him any chance to go to customs for inspection.
"Damn it!"
Lin Yao couldn't help but swear, his face very unpleasant. "So many officials send their spouses and children abroad, becoming veritable 'naked officials,' and their passports and visas are all free to enter and exit the country without any hindrance. Why should I, an honest citizen, be restricted from leaving the country?"
"I neither embezzle nor break the law, nor have I harmed the national interest. Am I not even as good as those corrupt officials?"
Lin Yao grumbled, while Yi Zuojun stood cautiously to the side without saying a word. The bulging veins on the back of his hands and neck showed his inner excitement, but his body remained as steady as a mountain, standing there like a wooden stake, motionless.
"Never mind, Zuo Jun, contact Yanji and have Yi Yang send someone to cooperate in collecting information from all over the country about the illegal processing of travel permits and exits for relatives of 'naked officials', and then hand it over to Ge Yong in Chengdu."
Lin Yao gritted his teeth, suppressing his displeasure. He thought to himself that he would have to smuggle himself out of the country, and then travel through several countries to reach Kuwait. Raising that 200 million euros for a consultation was really difficult. If it weren't for the fact that most of the world's most desperate and wealthy patients had already been snapped up, he wouldn't bother with all that trouble making house calls for 200 million euros.
Although the Kuwaiti king's treasury and bank deposits were looted by the Iraqis, he has rebuilt a huge fortune in just over a decade, with his personal net worth exceeding 10 billion euros, making him the fifth richest king in the world.
Kuwait is known as the "country floating on an oil lake" because money comes so easily that people don't value it much, especially when it comes to spending money on their health, which is astonishingly generous.
The Emir Jaber, the king during the Kuwait War, died of a cerebral hemorrhage a few years after the country was rebuilt. The new king who succeeded him was crowned but abdicated after only ten days due to poor health, and Elijah Joshal was crowned as the new king.
This family may have a history of hereditary diseases. Although Elijah José reigned for more than a decade, he was still plagued by health problems. To paraphrase a common saying, he had money but no life to enjoy it. His luxurious lifestyle was artificially restricted. Therefore, the new king was very willing to spend money on his health. The most authoritative medical professionals in the world were his personal physicians, in order to avoid following in the footsteps of his ancestors and suffering from incurable diseases.
Since Lin Yao doesn't make house calls, all patients have to come to Beijing for treatment. Although the treatment may only last one or two hours, or even twenty minutes, Elijah José still worries that he might die on the way to the doctor, so he offers an exorbitant price for Lin Yao, this "angel," to come to his home, which Lin Yao naturally refuses.
The price kept increasing until it reached 200 million euros before Lin Yao was truly tempted. He carefully calculated the time spent abroad and the benefits gained, weighed the losses from the interruption of his training, and finally, faced with 200 million euros, Lin Yao chose to compromise.
Unfortunately, fewer and fewer wealthy people are coming to Beijing for treatment these days, sometimes only two or three patients. The benefits of treating patients in Beijing are not as good as before. Driven to the brink of madness by Qin Xuan and Zhang Hui, Lin Yao had no choice but to personally visit Elia José, promising to cure Elia José's cardiovascular disease and guarantee that it would not recur, thus pocketing the 200 million euros.
"Yes, sir, I will call the head of the household immediately."
Yi Zuojun answered in a low voice, knowing that Lin Yao didn't like hearing soldiers yelling at home.
"No need. You can go back to Yanji with Elder Gong for the New Year this time. Go book your plane tickets right away. I've already booked mine and I'll be back in Chengdu this afternoon."
Lin Yao waved his hand and looked at Yi Zuojun with a smile. This diligent and sensible young man was becoming more and more satisfactory. After thinking for a moment, Lin Yao took out a few jade bottles from his pocket and handed them to Yi Zuojun.
"Zuo Jun, it's the New Year. I don't have much to give you, so I'll give you these bottles of pills as a New Year's gift to your parents. Don't give them to Yi Yang! And don't give them to anyone else. They're for your parents. They've raised a good son."
Yi Zuojun stared wide-eyed at Lin Yao, his mind going blank, and he unusually lost his composure.
After a long while, a surge of joy welled up within him, and Yi Zuojun loudly replied, "Yes! Thank you, sir! I thank you on behalf of my parents!"
After speaking, Yi Zuojun knelt down and kowtowed three times to Lin Yao. This was a gesture of respect, setting aside the superior-subordinate relationship and purely as a son kowtowing to his benefactor. The "Life-Giving Pill," "Heavenly Fragrance Bone-Continuing Pill," "White Cloud Pill," "Heaven-Mending Pill," "Snow Soul Pill," and "Life Movement No. 1" that Lin Yao had given him were all sacred medicines that directly nourished his parents' bodies. These gifts were extremely valuable, practically equivalent to a second life, so as a son, he had to respond with the highest courtesy.
"Alright, get up. We don't need to be so formal with each other."
Lin Yao smiled, even more satisfied with Yi Zuojun. This young man was not only hardworking and diligent, but also extremely filial. Lin Yao thought to himself that this gift was well-chosen. He had always used his pills to earn money to treat wealthy people he had never met, and he should also take care of the people around him.
Yi Zuojun stood up and his hands trembled slightly as he took the pile of jade bottles. Although he didn't know how many pills Lin Yao had provided, he never expected that his parents would also have the opportunity to receive such treatment. Now that his dream had come true, he couldn't help but feel excited.
To make it easier to distinguish between different types of pills, the Yi family had long ago adjusted the appearance of the jade bottles containing them. Each type of pill had a uniquely shaped jade bottle to match it, and Yi Zuojun was very familiar with this. He could tell what kind of pill each jade bottle contained with just a glance.