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Chapter 357 - 238 Zero Risk

Chapter 357: Chapter 238 Zero Risk

"Chairman Gao!" "Good morning, Chairman Gao!"

"Hmm! Good morning!"

Every staff member who saw Gao Yuan along the way greeted her respectfully with "Chairman Gao," their eyes filled with awe as they looked at her.

In today’s Changqing Biological, Gao Yuan was absolutely the person with the highest prestige... without a peer!

Even Jiang Wenmin, who had been deeply entrenched in the company for many years, was no longer in the same league.

No one could have imagined that in just a week’s time, the situation had gone from suppliers blocking the doors demanding debts to customers crowding the premises like a marketplace, all for the chance to secure a partnership with Changqing Biological.

The production, procurement, and sales departments were working overtime in a continuous cycle, taking orders until their hands were sore, and the production schedule was filled up for the next six months.

The company’s performance was soaring, which meant their salaries and bonuses were rising accordingly.

Don’t talk to employees about loyalty.

Those who brought them benefits were naturally embraced, and Gao Yuan was neither sad nor happy about this...

When she reached the door of her chairman’s office, she found Jiang Wenmin and Tang Yun already waiting outside.

"Chairman Gao!" "Chairman Gao!"

"Hmm! What brings you here so early?" Gao Yuan asked as she opened the door.

Early? It was almost ten o’clock!

The expressions on Jiang Wenmin and Tang Yun’s faces were a bit odd.

Having known Gao Yuan for so long, this was the first time they saw her arrive late for work.

This didn’t quite fit with her usual persona of a workaholic and a powerful businesswoman...

"Ha~" Gao Yuan yawned.

She had chatted with Zero until after two in the morning the previous night, and it took her a while to fall asleep with her mind in a whirl after she lay down, causing her to not hear the alarm in the morning.

She had also made a trip to the machine room, which delayed her somewhat.

But being late or not, she wasn’t particularly concerned about it anymore.

The "workaholic" persona was something she never intended to maintain anyway.

In the past, the image of a strong, busy woman was not only because she was truly busy when she first took over the company but also to stabilize people’s hearts.

After all, during turbulent times, a diligent and exemplary new boss was always more trustworthy than one who was lackadaisical and inconsistent in work...

But now, times and circumstances have changed, and her personal prestige had been fully established after a series of counter-trend reversals.

At this point, relaxing a bit would unexpectedly give her subordinates a mysterious sense of confidence.

After all, if the big boss herself was openly loafing, then surely the company’s future must be calm and promising, a smooth path ahead, right?

"Chairman Gao, did you not sleep well last night?" Tang Yun asked with concern.

"It’s fine, let’s talk about work," Gao Yuan waved her hand.

"Alright, it’s like this. I’ve prepared a recruitment plan according to your requirements to expand the R&D department. Here’s the detailed report."

Tang Yun placed a document in front of Gao Yuan and then continued.

"Everything else is fine, it’s just the selection of the R&D supervisor... Perhaps Supervisor Wu was somewhat lacking in ability before.

Do you think we need a headhunter to recruit a seasoned professional from outside?"

The progress of the R&D projects and whether they can yield results or not, the role of the R&D supervisor is not to say the most important, but it accounts for a significant part.

Since Gao Yuan had decided that the focus of Changqing Biological going forward was on R&D, even planning to invest a large amount of capital each year,

the previous R&D supervisor, who was mediocre in ability and lacking in experience, naturally couldn’t continue to occupy the position without contributing.

This brings us to the subject of the R&D environment in domestic pharmaceutical companies.

Globally, corporations are the core of drug development, and they constitute the most important R&D forces.

For example, top-tier companies like Roche and Pfizer have peak-period annual R&D expenditures approaching 10 billion US Dollars, whereas domestic companies hardly engage in R&D.

There are many who are good at bluffing and storytelling, but few with real R&D capabilities. The R&D expenses of all domestic companies put together over several years don’t even match the annual R&D investment of a single giant like Pfizer.

What they do can only be called production and sales; either they have no R&D department, or they offload R&D work to scientific research institutions and CROs (contract research organizations).

The country isn’t without substantial investment, but most of it goes into scientific research institutions and universities.

This, in turn, suppresses the R&D desire and capabilities of domestic medical enterprises. If companies don’t conduct R&D themselves, their standards will only get worse, and the companies will become less competitive, leading to a vicious cycle.

Out of the 4,000 pharmaceutical factories in the country, fewer than 40 have R&D capabilities that truly stand out.

The original Changqing Biological was one of those other three thousand plus companies.

This was why Jiang Wenmin and Tang Yun found it inconceivable when Gao Yuan proposed focusing on R&D.

Changqing Biological might have gained some fame now, but there’s still a significant gap compared to those large pharmaceutical companies with the momentum and capital to seriously engage in R&D.

"Hmm! Regarding the selection of the R&D supervisor, you submit a list of candidates, and I’ll make the final decision personally."

"Okay!"

After Tang Yun finished reporting, Gao Yuan turned her attention to Jiang Wenmin.

"Chairman Gao, Chairman Lu is here," Jiang Wenmin said with a respectful face.

"Oh?" Gao Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Where is he?"

"In the reception room, he’s been waiting for over an hour."

Over an hour? So he came as soon as the office opened?

"Even though the situation at Changqing has improved, there seems to be no need for him, a bank president, to lower himself like this, right? What did he come for?"

"He said he came especially to apologize for the previous incident, and also mentioned that if Chairman Gao agrees, their bank can continue providing loans to Changqing Biological."

"Oh? Chairman Lu is not small-minded, is he?"

There is business everywhere, and they were not considered a significant client, at least not compared to the Xu Group.

So Chairman Lu’s lowering of himself in such a manner was somewhat unusual.

"Hehe! With the recent media outcry, even Sujiang Bank, who cut off our loan, has been exposed by internet users, and now the fire may well be about to reach Chairman Lu’s head.

I guess the bank feels that its reputation is being affected, so they sent Chairman Lu himself to clean up the mess.

Although some public opinion doesn’t have much impact on Sujiang Bank, terminating our cooperation without sufficient reason and almost causing a break in our financing chain is ultimately damaging to our business reputation.

The business community in Su City is only so large; it’s something that would ruin a reputation if spread around.

There are also factions within the bank, and people who don’t see eye to eye with Chairman Lu; if this isn’t handled well, he may well be pushed out as a scapegoat.

Do you think he wouldn’t be anxious?" Jiang Wenmin said with a chuckle.

He couldn’t help but feel a touch of sentiment inside.

Although not long ago they were somewhat covert allies, it felt somewhat inappropriate to revel in Schadenfreude; still, he couldn’t help but want to laugh.

Isn’t this just shooting yourself in the foot?

But it’s not just Chairman Lu, Xu Jingsong has also been in a tight spot lately, looking rather embarrassed at the board meeting.

Although he didn’t know the details, there was a strange feeling in his heart...

This matter probably has something to do with Gao Yuan!

Gao Yuan alone probably wouldn’t have the capacity, but...

The "reporting on work" she mentioned yesterday really caught one’s attention...

The prestigious Chairman of Changqing Biological.

Report what work? To whom?

Gao Yuan’s capabilities were already impressive, but if there was someone powerful backing her, strong enough to rival Xu Jingsong and even come out on top...

Jiang Wenmin’s mental scales had completely tipped in favor of Gao Yuan!

That’s precisely why he bared all the information he’d gathered, no doubt indicating his stance.

Gao Yuan, of course, picked up on the hidden meaning in Jiang Wenmin’s words.

She smiled.

"Got it. I won’t meet with the person; you’ll negotiate with him instead," she said.

"Ah? Me?" Jiang Wenmin was taken aback.

"The loan is being offered to us on a silver platter, there’s no reason for us to refuse. Go ahead and talk to him, I only have one demand," she continued.

"Uh... What demand?"

Is it to humiliate Chairman Lu before letting him off the hook?

"My demand is, we loan as much as they want! The more, the better!"

"Uh..."

Even after leaving Gao Yuan’s office, Jiang Wenmin was still somewhat dazed.

This Chairman doesn’t play by the book, does she?

Get up where you fall? Isn’t Chairman Lu clearly untrustworthy?

But... why does she want me to negotiate?

With her shrewdness, she couldn’t possibly fail to see the relationship between me and Chairman Lu...

Wait a second!

Jiang Wenmin suddenly realized.

Could it be precisely because she knew about his relationship with Chairman Lu that she wanted him to talk with the other party?

On the surface, it seemed like Gao Yuan’s complete trust in him, but to Chairman Lu, wouldn’t this blatantly indicate that he had become Gao Yuan’s confidant?

If the news reached Xu Jingsong’s ears, with his intolerant character, if he thought Jiang Wenmin had defected, how could he ever trust him again?

This is a damn counterintelligence ploy!

Uh... wait a minute!

So, could it be that yesterday’s "reporting on work" was also deliberately stated for him to hear?

Had she already anticipated his reaction?

Jiang Wenmin gave a bitter smile.

He remembered what Gao Yuan said before.

"The joy of matching wits with others is endless."

Gao Yuan really knew how to play people!

...

"Mr. Meng, thank you so much for your guidance today. I’ve learned a lot. Well, I’m off to keep working hard!"

"Good! For the sake of your goddess, fight on!"

Watching the energetically departing Han Fei, who stepped out as if he owned the world, Meng Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Given his current, adrenaline-filled state, it seems unlikely that he would be plunged into depression by Meng’s comments.

However... speaking of his goddess...

Meng Lang stroked his chin.

Fragments of sentences from the book faintly came to mind.

[Han Fei later directed several critically acclaimed movies and married a minor celebrity, truly a highlight in life...]

Given what Han Fei said, his "goddess" seems to be an ordinary girl-next-door he knew since childhood and doesn’t seem to have any connection with celebrities, right?

emm...

Does that mean his confession is likely doomed?

Meng Lang looked at Han Fei’s back with a touch of sympathy.

"If life was like first sight, what then is the sadness of an autumn breeze in a painted fan?

Childhood sweethearts can hardly stand the passing of time...

"Ding!"

Just then, a notification sound came from the phone.

He picked up the phone.

[Changqing Biological Data Center has been taken over, ’puppet’ program installed, ’Wall of Sighs’ under construction...]

After reading the message, Meng Lang’s gaze grew deeper.

He had finally taken that step.

By taking control of Changqing Biological’s server, Zero now had a springboard and auxiliary processing unit.

Though it wasn’t a supercomputing center of that caliber,

it was already more than enough for the current needs.

If the server’s hardware performance was a hundred times that of Zero’s previous system, then the abilities Zero could unleash were exponentially beyond merely one hundred-fold.

With such a server as Zero’s stronghold to construct its own super Firewall "Wall of Sighs," probably no one in the world could breach it and trace back to Meng.

In other words,

If he wanted to kill someone now, it would be truly "zero risk"!

So now the question comes...

Should he write Xu Jingsong’s name in that notebook?