Obeying his wife's command, Long Xiao, with Xiao Ming, hurried into the car and rushed to the Xuanxiao Group building.
In Lin Xuan's office, Lin Xin and the old Madam Lin were sitting on the sofa, both glaring at Lin Xuan and interrogating her.
"Lin Xuan, I never expected that by not making you president, you would start a company to oppose me."
"Grandma, how am I opposing you? Lin Group produces stomach medicine, so why can't Xuanxiao Group produce it?"
"Your stomach medicine is stealing our market share, preventing our medicine from selling."
"Lin Xin, you need to speak rationally. Whether products sell or not is determined by the market and marketing. There are many types of stomach medicine on the market. Just because you produce stomach medicine doesn't mean everyone else should stop."
"You ungrateful wretch! Starting today, I am revoking your family's shares in Lin's." Old Madam Lin said fiercely, pounding her cane on the ground.
With a bang, Long Xiao pushed the door open and entered, saying, "Grandma, Lin Group is not solely your decision. Grandpa is not in seclusion. Without his consent, you cannot revoke the shares."
Seeing Long Xiao, Old Madam Lin suddenly stood up, pointed her cane at him, and said, "You, a live-in son-in-law, what right do you have to boss us around?"
Long Xiao sat on the sofa opposite Old Madam Lin, crossed his legs, and said, "Xuanxiao Group is mine and has nothing to do with your Lin family. What medicine I want to produce has nothing to do with you either."
"You've gone too far! I order you to stop producing stomach medicine at Xuanxiao Group starting today and hand over the formula for 'Tai He Wei Shu', or I will sue you for infringement."
"Grandma, 'Tai He Wei Shu' is different from your stomach medicine. Why should I hand over the formula?"
Seeing Lin Xuan's unyielding stance, Old Madam Lin became increasingly agitated. Lin Xuan had always feared her since she was a child, but now that she was grown, she was talking back to her.
"I don't care about all that. You are a member of the Lin family, and the formula belongs to our Lin family. I order you to hand it over immediately."
"Grandma, the formula is mine, and I cannot give it to you. Your cooperation with Jingkou Pharmaceutical and the inability to sell your medicine has nothing to do with us. If you want to sell the pharmaceutical factory, we can buy it outright. If not, then leave."
"Long Xiao, how dare you, a live-in son-in-law, kick us out? Who do you think you are?" Lin Xin stood up, pointing at Long Xiao aggressively.
"Who I am is none of your business. But I know this: Lin's Pharmaceutical is finished, completely finished."
The other enterprises of Lin's had small profits. This time, they invested all their manpower and resources into two pharmaceutical factories in cooperation with Jingkou Pharmaceutical. If 'Jingkou Wei Shu' could not be sold, Lin's Pharmaceutical would go bankrupt sooner or later.
Seeing that their argument was going nowhere, Old Madam Lin said, "Lin Xuan, why don't we merge Lin's and Xuanxiao Group? We'll just take fifty percent of the shares."
Before Lin Xuan could speak, Long Xiao said, "Grandma, can you be any more shameless? Our Xuanxiao Group is worth tens of billions now, and you want to take over with two nearly defunct pharmaceutical factories."
"How are they just two pharmaceutical factories? We have other enterprises too."
"Other enterprises? You mean your two pharmacies and a few small workshops? Can those be considered enterprises?"
"Lin Xuan, you are the president of Xuanxiao Group. You tell us, should we merge or not?"
"Grandma, Xuanxiao Group is a joint-stock company. Even if Long Xiao and I agree, the other shareholders won't."
"I'll talk to them. As long as you agree, it'll be fine," Old Madam Lin said confidently.
Long Xiao chuckled and said, "Grandma, our electric car factory belongs to Ban Jiang Hong. The two pharmaceutical factories belong to Bao Er Hu. And two other pharmaceutical factories belong to the Xue family in the capital."
Of the people Long Xiao mentioned, Old Madam Lin couldn't even dream of meeting them, let alone negotiating cooperation.
"Long Xiao, you're talking nonsense, you're making me so angry!" Old Madam Lin yelled, throwing her cane at Long Xiao.
Long Xiao sat motionless on the sofa, as if he hadn't seen it. Xiao Ming took out a Xuan iron cleaver from his backpack and, with a clang, chopped the cane in half.
"You little brat, how dare you destroy my cane!" Old Madam Lin said, trembling as she pointed at Xiao Ming.
"I, Xiao Ming, have killed countless people. Destroying your cane is nothing." Xiao Ming said, swinging the Xuan iron cleaver.
Long Xiao looked at Xiao Ming and said, "Xiao Ming, put away the cleaver. We're all family. It's not like chopping off a leg to get roast duck."
Xiao Ming put away the Xuan iron cleaver and casually took out a piece of beef jerky, munching on it.
Just as the tension peaked, Lin Xin's phone rang.
"I'm busy! Speak quickly," Lin Xin said loudly.
"Mr. Lin, this is bad! Someone died from our 'Jingkou Wei Shu'. All the pharmacies and the factory selling the medicine have been sealed by police and are under inspection."
Lin Xin's phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. He mumbled, "It's over, Grandma. Our pharmaceutical factory is truly finished."
Long Xiao was not surprised to learn that 'Jingkou Wei Shu' had caused a death. He had suspected from the beginning that there was a problem with that batch of medicine, even though he hadn't found anything when he went to the warehouse.
Soon after, Luan Ji Ping called Long Xiao and also informed him about the problems with Jingkou stomach medicine, stating that three people had died and the police and pharmaceutical bureaus in Donghai and nearby cities had launched a comprehensive investigation into 'Jingkou Wei Shu'.
The problems with Jingkou stomach medicine presented an opportunity for 'Tai He Wei Shu' to grow. Long Xiao immediately discussed with Lin Xuan the expansion of 'Tai He Wei Shu' production and acceleration of logistics.
Old Madam Lin and Lin Xin left in a hurry, too preoccupied to bother with Long Xiao and Lin Xuan.
The three drugs from Xuanxiao Group were very popular. If production were further increased, the production capacity would reach its maximum and could not be accelerated further.
Long Xiao proposed developing the external market for 'Tai He Wei Stomach Medicine', finding a cooperative pharmaceutical factory in every major city across the country to speed up the development of 'Tai He Wei Stomach Medicine'.
Lin Xuan nodded after hearing Long Xiao's idea and said, "This is a good method. After fully developing the Chinese market, we can cooperate with foreign companies to develop overseas markets."
After Long Xiao left with Xiao Ming, Lin Xuan immediately convened a meeting of Xuanxiao Group's high-level management to establish a market development department and accelerate the development of these three drugs.
At the meeting, Lin Xuan announced on the spot that Yang Xiaoyue would be the manager of the Market Development Department, tasking her with developing the markets in major Chinese cities as quickly as possible and finding suitable cooperative manufacturers.
"Ms. Lin, when we cooperate with other manufacturers, will it be OEM or a joint venture for co-development?" Yang Xiaoyue asked.
"That's for you to decide. If it's a joint venture, I will lead a team to negotiate. If it's OEM, you can decide the operational model."
The power of the Market Development Department Manager was equivalent to that of a Group Vice President, which touched Yang Xiaoyue deeply. Lin Xuan was her best friend, and this was Lin Xuan's greatest trust in her.
"Alright, I understand. Don't worry, Ms. Lin, I will definitely handle this matter well."