Li Tao and his party went for a family dinner at the Li Family Villa, Mrs. Song was satisfied seeing her son being loyal to his future wife.
She was impressed by the changes in Murong Qing's skin and teased her about it, but nothing improper had happened between her and Li Tao.
"We need to wait until we get married, Mom." Li Tao was embarrassed. He unconsciously glanced at Aunt Ling, who was already staring back at him.
She stared at them with resentment, as if saying, 'I'm the one who stopped you from getting any ideas about my niece.'
Suddenly he felt cold sweat soaking his back but he laughed it off.
'It's inevitable'
...
After Dinner, everyone was sitting in the hall when Father Li Tian asked him, "Son, you have grown up. It is about time you take over the Family business."
Li Tao knew he would say this one day so he said, "Dad, I'm not interested in money. We're already the strongest in this city. I'll visit the office from time to time, but I can't be there full-time."
"Dad is getting old. It is about time you take my place." Li Tian sighed in melancholy.
Li Tao muttered, "Yes, your 'massages' are getting more and more expensive."
"Shhhhh!!!" Old Man took a breath of cold air.
Mom: "What are you guys talking about."
Li Tao: "Nothing Mom, Dad was giving me life advice."
Mom: "Ok, but don't take his words seriously. He is a bad old man."
Dad was sitting there wronged.
Mom continued, "If I hear you following his footsteps I will tear your skin."
Murong Qing was giggling.
Li Tao felt defeated. Both father and son sat silently.
Li Tao remembered something and said, "Dad, I asked A'Qian to help me acquire a few pharma companies in our city and I gave a prescription to Dr. Li, I need you to ensure that we get approval as soon as possible and also integrate the resources of these companies."
"I did ask Director Wang to work on it. He seems to have faced some difficulties in acquiring the companies but it was done at the end of the day." Li Tian replied.
Li Tao was surprised so he asked, "What sort of difficulties?"
Li Tian told the story, "Nothing serious, someone else was following your move. We outbid them with the offer."
Li Tao's face turned serious. He remembers correctly. The core business of the Lin and Shen families was medicine. The Shen family mastered the art of growing medicine and healing while the Lin family was famous for their pharmaceutical company.
Originally the Lin family managed to invent a new medicine to cure acne after investing 60% of their working capital but the outcome was not up to standard. The Lin Pharmaceutical company was in a serious slump and the medicine they produced was not selling well.
That's when Ye Feng showed up as the hero and revised the prescription making it 10 times more powerful. The situation turned around for good. The production capacity was stretched to the limit before they started buying the small companies to expand the scale of production.
"Dad, were you able to check who was competing with us?" he asked in a serious voice.
"It was a new company called Soaring Dragon Group." Li Tian replied nonchalantly.
*boom-------*
Li Tao felt as if his mind had been struck by a sledgehammer. Goosebumps spread across his body. He can not forget this name even in his sleep.
'How is this possible? No… this isn't right. There must be a mistake.'
'system!!'
The name echoed in his mind like a curse.
Soaring Dragon Group—
It wasn't supposed to exist yet.
Not at this stage.
Not before Ye Feng had even taken his first real step into the city.
A faint unease crept into his heart.
This wasn't just deviation…
Something else was moving beneath the surface.
...
The days passed quietly.
Too quietly.
Everything moved forward… exactly as expected.
And that was what made it unsettling.
The week passed, and the development of the whitening cream progressed on schedule. The samples were sent for approval 3 days ago and the permission for trials was received yesterday.
Today the meeting was being held to decide the future course of action.
Li Tao was in the company today because he needed to remove some termites from the company otherwise he would always feel like sitting on pins and needles.
He could also place the people he won based on his memory to fill in these gaps. He was unable to capture all of them but 50% is already a good number.
He increased his pace since the night he heard about 'Soaring Dragon Group'. He had a foreboding feeling that his rebirth was not as simple as he thought.
He sent people to monitor Ye Feng but aside from joining the Lin Family company, he was laying low.
He managed to save Xu Yue again and their relationship crossed the boundary. Ye Feng managed to unlock 10% of his body and his realm reached the threshold of the half-step Grandmaster realm.
His progress with the other two was steady, but Tang Jing was still resisting the fact that she would be a concubine despite her looks and talent.
While he was saving Xu Yue the second time, Song Yurou was also present. She was fascinated by his martial arts and fell in love with him right there and then.
She generously offered to marry him as long as he married into the Song family, which he refused and declared that she would be his woman. Song Yurou was completely fascinated by him like a little fan girl.
She kept following him like a maid and offering treasures.
Ye Feng was more than happy to accept them, as if they had always belonged to him.
...
Li Family Headquarters,
Conference Room,
The Board of directors was sitting around the table watching the results of the new drug invented under the guidance of Young Master Li. It showed all the parameters like cost, dosage, effects, etc.
Everyone was praising him for being a genius.
"Everyone, I would like to thank you for your praises, I have another thing to announce today." Li Tao took the podium and said.
"I will make some changes in the management structure of our company so the future actions are smoother." He explained.
Everyone nodded but a few people were sweating, because they were not clean.
Li Tao then announced a list of people ranging from secretaries to managers to as low as sales staff. He then announced their transfer to a special division of mining located in Myanmar.
A lot of them questioned the decision but Li Tao disclosed some black material about this employee and called the police on the spot sending them in for at least 3 years. Everyone else shut their mouths after that.
All these people were veteran employees who betrayed the Li Family when they were in danger and hopped to the Protagonist's side. He wanted the company to be free of these deserters.
He brought in a dozen people to take over some of the important positions and promoted a few worthy employees.
The meeting was soon over.
Before leaving he met Li Tian and Uncle Cheng in the chairman's office and handed two more prescriptions for cosmetic creams.
One was for whiteness while the other was for De-tan.
Together with the Anti-acne cream he previously provided, it was a complete package.
...
The Lin Pharmaceuticals Company,
Research Lab,
Lin Bingxue, Lin Baitian, and Ye Feng were sitting in a small conference room while some lab experts were explaining a complex structure of chemical properties.
The Lin Family duo was listening seriously while Ye Feng was dozing off. He lived his life in the mountains, so his literacy skills were close to zero. He had no trouble communicating, but when it came to written knowledge, he was far behind them.
He had already tested the product when samples were made and offered to remake the product with his prescription. But, Lin Bingxue vetoed the decision saying they had already invested 2 billion RMB in this project, and changing everything might prove disastrous.
Lin Baitian's trust in Ye Feng was no better than Lin Bingxue so he sided with her on this which led to the current situation. After the human trials began, some of the patients showed signs of allergy while the ones that were okay were not satisfied by the results after use.
Lin Bingxue was now having a headache. She was still fighting her idea of asking Ye Feng for help.
Last time he saved her grandfather and now he has become chief advisor of the Lin Family company, if she accepted his help, she would end up owing him far more than she was willing to give.
"Xue'er, I think we should try Ye Feng's prescription." Lin Baitian suggested.
Ye Feng woke up from his dazed state after hearing his name.
Lin Bingxue felt like crying but she couldn't. She looked at Ye Feng who was looking at her like he would eat her raw. On the other side was her father begging her.
Ye Feng saw her conflicted but felt happy inside. "I can help you only if you ask. I am not a saint."
He had already started acquiring some small pharma companies in the city to produce this drug after Lin Bingxue rejected his prescription in that meeting. He waited for the last time to make bigger requests when she had nowhere to go.
A week later, the launch ceremony was scheduled and they had no product ready. Even if they accept the prescription, they would only be able to produce samples but not real finished products. After all human trials take over a week in itself.
So Ye Feng produced the drug in bulk using these small companies, so he could play big.
Now was his chance to secure the second heroine.