My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 519 - 0519: Preparing to Ask for Help

Chapter 519: Chapter 0519: Preparing to Ask for Help

"What can we do, hey? I believe Brother Tang Ming will definitely be able to come back before that old guy recovers. When Brother Tang Ming takes action, he will surely beat that old man to death, hey."

Li Xiaoli, with her fist raised, shouted confidently.

Hearing Li Xiaoli’s final summation, Liu Gaoze and the two women couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of their mouths. Li Xiaoli had too much confidence in Tang Ming.

Liu Gaoze felt a bitter taste in his heart. He knew that although Tang Ming was formidable, just a three-star martial master like Shi Tou had left him seriously injured. Now, Yao Buji and Jin Gang were two four-star martial masters. Even if Tang Ming’s cultivation could recover, he would certainly not be a match for them. Moreover, whether Tang Ming’s cultivation could recover, and whether he could return at all, were still unknowns.

Yao Buji was very satisfied with his visit to the Liu Family today; after leaving, he went to attend the discharge banquet prepared for him by Qin Aotian and others.

The old man openly declared himself the fiancé of the three girls at the banquet and announced to all circles in Songlan City that anyone who dared to bully the three girls was picking a fight with him.

Suddenly, the three girls’ names spread throughout the circles in Songlan City. Many, however, sneered at this behind their backs. Girls in their late teens marrying a man in his seventies or eighties were simply...

After the banquet ended, Yao Buji urgently contacted his sect, asking them to hurry up and send over the Holy Yang Great Rejuvenation Pill. The thought of the three girls’ voices and appearances made him desperate to regain his vigor as a man, marry them, and enjoy the blissful life of being pampered by all sides.

Thus, after a major reshuffle of powers in Songlan City, besides Jack, Qin Aotian, and Qin Haitao, who rose to power aggressively, three domineering grandmothers emerged, seemingly ranking above the three powerful young masters.

A few days later, the New Minghuang Group held another shareholders’ meeting. Qin Aotian, Jack, and Sun Zhuangjia each sat with ashen faces, while Zhou Jian, Sun Kai, and other staff members hardly dared to breathe.

"A bunch of trash." Sun Zhuangjia was the first to curse:

"We shareholders have invested over a hundred million in the company, but to date, you haven’t developed an alternative to the Detoxification Liquid or analyzed the ingredients of the Detoxification Liquid. What else can you do?"

"Exactly, now that the Detoxification Liquid is out of stock, the group’s turnover has plummeted. If Zhou Jian hasn’t been tirelessly appeasing the distributors and promoting other products to divert their attention, the company would probably have gone bankrupt by now."

Jack also chided with a stern face.

The Detoxification Liquid was the pillar of the New Minghuang Group and their most profitable project. Now that they couldn’t develop new products, they had to compete with other companies using ordinary products. Without the Detoxification Liquid, customers were unlikely to think of buying New Minghuang Group’s generic drugs. After all, these drugs were new to the market, and if people didn’t buy them while purchasing the Detoxification Liquid, they generally wouldn’t remember them. Their sales were even weaker than those of the Tianao Group’s products, causing the shareholders much anxiety and dissatisfaction.

"Boss, we’ve really done our best, but the effect of the Detoxification Medicine is so powerful that with our current research level, we simply can’t develop a product that can replace it."

Sun Kai sighed helplessly. He had been working tirelessly day and night, but there was still no progress to be made.

"It seems the Sun Family’s poison-making skills are limited, after all." Qin Aotian spoke leisurely, squinting as he said:

"Given the current situation, it’s going to be difficult to solve the product issue on our own. I think we should seek external assistance."

"External assistance?"

Jack and Sun Zhuangjia looked at Qin Aotian with confusion.

Sun Zhuangjia said with some displeasure:

"My Sun Family’s poison-making expertise ranks quite high in the country. Do you think you can find a poison-making expert better than us?"

"Young Master Sun, don’t be angry. I’m just speaking objectively."

Qin Aotian smiled faintly and calmly asked, "How does the Sun Family’s poison-making technique compare to that of the Poison Sect?"

"This?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhuangjia was at a loss for words.

Although the Sun Family’s poison-making technique was also very powerful, after all, the Sun Family was just a Martial Arts Family, while the Poison Sect was a major Sect with long traditions. The Sun Family simply couldn’t compare with the Poison Sect.

"Uncle Qin means that you can contact someone from the Poison Sect to come over and help develop the Detoxification Liquid?"

Jack asked uncertainly.

"Exactly, my Qin Family has some connections with the Poison Sect. If we are willing to spend money to have them send someone over to research the components of the Detoxification Liquid or to produce a substitute for the Detoxification Liquid, it shouldn’t be a big problem,"

Qin Aotian said confidently.

"Good, since that’s the case, let’s settle on this," Jack agreed to Qin Aotian’s suggestion without hesitation, and said through clenched teeth:

"We’re losing money every day now. If we don’t figure out a new product, then we’re just waiting to go bankrupt."

Sun Zhuangjia moved his lips, realizing that the Sun Family indeed didn’t have the means to produce a product that could replace the Detoxification Liquid, so he stopped objecting. After all, when compared with making money, face was worthless.

"I need to first contact the Poison Sect to see how much it would cost to ask for their assistance," Qin Aotian said with a slight frown as he explained:

"You should know that those guys from the Poison Sect are always aloof. Asking them to make a move probably won’t come cheap."

"That’s not an issue. Our three families can share the expenses. Directly hiring someone would save us much more than investing in R&D ourselves," Jack said with a smile, thoughtfully:

"Had we known this, we should have hired someone from the Poison Sect right from the start, then we could have saved the investment we made earlier."

At these words, Sun Zhuangjia’s face turned red with embarrassment. Previously, he had confidently assured Sun Kai and the others that the Sun Family, being a poison-making family, could develop a substitute for the Detoxification Liquid. But now, after investing so much money without any return, he felt quite ashamed.

"Hmph! It seems that the person who initially proposed developing a new product was President Zhou, wasn’t it?"

Sun Zhuangjia, unwilling to accept the responsibility, glared at Zhou Jian with a malicious look.

"Ah?"

Zhou Jian was slightly stunned, speaking in confusion, "My proposal was not a problem, right? Besides, I have no idea what you all are referring to with this ’Poison Sect’?"

"Young Master Sun, don’t be unreasonable."

Jack looked at Sun Zhuangjia with dissatisfaction, "Zhou Jian is just an ordinary person. He doesn’t even understand what a Martial Arts Family is, let alone know anything about the Poison Sect."

"I..."

Sun Zhuangjia was instantly at a loss for words and really had no way to continue blaming Zhou Jian, since he was just an ordinary person.

"Alright, enough of that. Let’s not pursue who’s at fault here," Qin Aotian waved his hands and said with a serious expression:

"Right now, we can only pray that the Poison Sect can help us solve the problem. Otherwise, we’ll have to either sell off the New Minghuang Group or declare bankruptcy."