"With your heaven-defying medical skills that can diagnose bullet fragments in my head at a glance, it should be a piece of cake to find out if I'm still a virgin, right?"
Fearing Chen Xiao wouldn't believe her, Luo Lin quickly added, "Moreover, Ye Tiezhu suffered a very serious injury to his lower body half a year ago. It's said to be beyond medical help, and he hasn't dared to touch women since. If you don't believe me, just ask Lin Meiqi."
"Uh..."
Chen Xiao instinctively glanced at Lin Meiqi, who was diligently preparing Chinese herbal paste at the workbench, and felt extremely awkward. He had only spoken out of curiosity, never expecting Luo Lin to discuss such private matters with him. Feeling guilty, he quickly retreated to the restroom and lowered his voice to change the subject, "Aunt Luo Lin, if I'm not mistaken, Ye Tiezhu is the one-eyed assassin who took down Yasuo not long ago?"
"Lin Meiqi told you all this?"
Luo Lin's heart skipped a beat, and she hastily explained, "Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen, I didn't intend to hide it from you. It's just that being an assassin isn't a glorious profession, so I didn't tell you my codename in the international assassin world was Black Widow, and that I'm a member of 'Death God'. As for... as for Ye Tiezhu, he... he is indeed the one-eyed assassin who always disguised himself as having only one eye for assassination and mercenary missions..."
Before she could finish, Luo Lin suddenly froze. Besides herself and Ye Tiezhu, no one else knew about the assassination of Yasuo. If that was the case, how did Chen Xiao know? In an instant, Luo Lin realized she had vastly underestimated Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao chuckled and lightly interrupted Luo Lin, "Don't be nervous. I was just asking casually. Let's talk about this later. I'll be waiting for you to arrange the three million worth of Chinese medicinal materials."
After hanging up, Chen Xiao hurried back to the production workshop to help Lin Meiqi, Jin Yongping, and Xia Qianqian work overtime to manually prepare the herbal paste. Time was tight, and the task was heavy. As for hiring new staff, after posting advertisements, it would be a matter of chance. Chen Xiao thought about it and decided to call Leng Shan from the security room to help out, learning on the fly.
While Jin Fang Pharmaceutical was bustling with activity, Luo Lin effortlessly bribed the three accompanying truck drivers and a few movers. Then, as if nothing had happened, she returned to Jiuding Pharmaceutical to meet Ye Tiezhu and Lin Zhengyang. At this time, Ye Tiezhu and Lin Zhengyang were leisurely playing golf on the vast, spacious golf course, surrounded by a dozen or so scantily clad young girls. Ye Tiezhu, clearly trying to cover up his eunuch status, took every opportunity to touch the girls. He didn't even acknowledge Luo Lin's return. Lin Zhengyang, on the other hand, was anxious and asked nervously, "Secretary Luo, how did things go?"
Luo Lin, a notorious professional assassin in the international assassin world, was a master of acting. She put on a helpless, exasperated expression and said with a wry smile, "Alas! Chairman Ye, we underestimated the new boss of Jin Fang Pharmaceutical, Chen Xiao. He paid the two million yuan in payment without batting an eye and even pre-ordered another three million yuan's worth. He said he would arrange for it by tomorrow morning at the latest, or else Zhengyang Chinese Medicinal Materials Wholesale Market would be in breach of contract."
"What?"
Ye Tiezhu and Lin Zhengyang were both shocked. With their financial resources, a few million yuan was mere pocket money. However, in their eyes, a few million yuan was a fatal blow to Chen Xiao. Firstly, Ye Tiezhu, having just returned to China and replaced Ye Jinhuan, was too arrogant. Without even asking about the background of Jin Fang Pharmaceutical's new boss, he directly sent Lin Meiqi to deal with him, believing he could crush the opponent with a single blow. Secondly, Lin Zhengyang thought that since Chen Xiao was initially procuring Chinese medicinal materials through his daughter, Lin Meiqi, he must be short on cash. Otherwise, wouldn't it be more convenient and faster to approach him directly? That was an order worth millions! Merchants pursue profit, and even at the risk of offending the Ye family, he would find a way to cooperate. More importantly, given Jin Fang Pharmaceutical's current decline in the pharmaceutical industry, it made no sense for whoever replaced Jin Yongping to immediately purchase millions of yuan worth of Chinese medicinal materials to stock up. Yet, Chen Xiao did exactly that.
After the shock, Ye Tiezhu couldn't help but curse, "Is that guy named Chen Xiao a brainless idiot with too much money? With Jiuding Pharmaceutical's current scale, it doesn't even consume five million yuan of Chinese medicinal materials in a month. Why would the struggling Jin Fang Pharmaceutical do that? Is he that confident he can launch a new drug that will quickly capture the market as soon as it's released?" He paused and roared at Luo Lin in an even more violent tone, "Investigate! Use all means to investigate immediately! I want all the information on that guy..."
Compared to investigating Chen Xiao's background, Lin Zhengyang was more eager to prepare the goods. Therefore, before Ye Tiezhu finished speaking, he quickly said with a distressed face, "Chairman Ye, you go ahead and handle your business. I have to rush back to arrange the goods. If I delay any longer, I might not be able to gather three million yuan worth of goods by tomorrow morning. Alas!"
Ye Tiezhu was in a rage and showed no respect to Lin Zhengyang, grumbling, "What's the hurry? I don't believe that guy named Chen Xiao can just casually come up with another three million! Even if he can, I'll crush him with even more payment! When his hands are full of warehouses of Chinese medicinal materials and no cash left, let's see how he can compete with me!"
"Hmm?" Lin Zhengyang was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up. But immediately, he couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, "Chairman Ye, your plan is indeed a good one. If we were to dump thirty to fifty million yuan worth of goods on him, even if that Chen Xiao had a lot of money, he'd be crushed. Coupled with the Ye family's connections with all relevant departments, you could just say a word and prevent his new drug from being launched, letting it rot in the warehouse forever. But... but the problem is, those Chinese medicinal materials he wants are really hard to sell. With such a tight deadline, I can barely gather three million yuan worth of goods. Where can I get thirty to fifty million?"
"This..." Ye Tiezhu was speechless and suddenly lost his train of thought. After thinking for a moment, he said fiercely, "Hmph! To hell with it, let's just find an opportunity tonight and take that guy's life!"
"You... what did you say?" Lin Zhengyang, not being an overseas professional assassin or mercenary, was immediately terrified by Ye Tiezhu's words, his face turning pale and his body frozen.
Luo Lin also became anxious. She quickly leaned closer to Ye Tiezhu and, using a rare language spoken by internal members of "Death God," advised, "Boss, China is not like overseas. The police are still investigating the matter of us killing Yasuo, and it even alerted the military. If another life is taken at this juncture, our identities will inevitably be exposed." She paused and added intentionally or unintentionally, "With Lin Zhengyang alone, it is indeed as difficult as climbing to heaven to gather thirty to fifty million yuan worth of Chinese medicinal materials before tomorrow morning. But if you arrange for goods throughout the province in the name of Old Master Ye, it will be as easy as flipping your hand! Didn't you say before that Jin Fang Pharmaceutical will be yours sooner or later? No matter how much you move, it's just like moving warehouses. You won't suffer any losses."