Chapter 125
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Chapter 125 I Have Sand in My Brain
Su Rui was somewhat surprised, and when he saw Lin Aoxue’s eyes as calm as a lake surface, a brilliant smile suddenly burst from his eyes.
“Thank you.”
Su Rui raised his glass and drank it all at once. Although Lin Aoxue only took a small sip, this sip was already much more than she usually drank.
This “thank you” was the most sincere thing Su Rui had ever said to Lin Aoxue.
Half an hour later, the atmosphere of the entire reception gradually returned to normal, and people’s expressions also seemed to relax a bit. After all, this was the highest-level annual gathering in China’s pharmaceutical industry, where many agreements and collaborations would be reached during seemingly casual conversations. No one would want to interrupt this gathering because of the small incident between Bai Wangchuan and Su Rui.
In the meantime, quite a few people came to probe Lin Aoxue about the Triazolam matter, but they were all rejected by her. If Bai Wangchuan, such a master in the investment world, couldn’t succeed, how could they possibly succeed?
Originally, several companies had planned to join forces to take advantage of Lin Fuzhang’s absence and bully his junior Lin Aoxue, as they were envious and resentful of Bikang for the emergence of the new synthesis method for Triazolam. However, due to Su Rui’s high-profile appearance, they abandoned this idea. After all, no one wanted to be publicly beaten by such an unruly fellow.
Qin Chenguang had already gone to visit his master Bai Wangchuan during this time, but the latter had immediately left the Junlan Kaibin Hotel after briefly washing up in the guest room.
Perhaps this hotel had become a place of shame for the second young master of the Bai family, and he would probably never come to this place again in his lifetime.
Upon discovering that his master had left him behind, Qin Chenguang felt somewhat uneasy. However, since there would be an important guest at the banquet venue shortly, Mr. Qin didn’t dare to stay too long and returned to the banquet hall.
At this moment, Chen Taiming, the chairman of the China Pharmaceutical Association, stood at the microphone on the stage.
Being able to become the chairman of China’s most heavyweight pharmaceutical association, Chen Taiming was naturally the people’s choice. He was once an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a scientist respected by all. But during China’s reform and opening-up tide, this scientist who used to spend every day in a white coat in front of a microscope in the laboratory resolutely decided to venture into business, thus creating a legend.
Before the rise of many competitors, Chen Taiming’s Yangkang Group had been the undisputed leader in China’s pharmaceutical industry. For several consecutive years, Chen Taiming had steadily occupied a position in the top five of China’s rich list. The research results he brought from the Chinese Academy of Sciences had generated enormous profits for the Yangkang Group.
Although this old man was wealthy, he had an excellent reputation in the industry, typical of a Confucian businessman. Therefore, no one would object to him serving as the chairman of the China Pharmaceutical Association.
When Su Rui and Bai Wangchuan had the bloody incident earlier, Chen Taiming was not present. Otherwise, given his character, he would certainly have intervened to stop it.
Seeing Chen Taiming take the stage, people began to gather toward the front. It was said that a heavyweight guest would be attending today, but no one knew exactly who it was, so everyone was curious.
Especially in their already heavyweight circle, for someone to be described as “heavyweight,” that person’s identity was obviously extremely extraordinary.
Chen Taiming cleared his throat. The old man was already in his sixties, but still appeared vigorous, showing no signs of aging at all.
“Ladies and gentlemen, today, you all know that a heavyweight guest will be attending, but you don’t know her name. Please forgive me for maintaining some mystery beforehand. It’s really because her identity is too shocking, so I chose to keep it confidential.”
Su Rui smiled lightly from not far below the stage: “For this old man to treat it so seriously, it seems this mysterious guest’s identity is indeed extraordinary.”
“Indeed extraordinary,” Lin Aoxue responded. “Her name is Victoria.”
Victoria?
Upon hearing this, Su Rui was stunned! He stared at Lin Aoxue in disbelief!
“Are you sure you said Victoria?” Su Rui knew that there weren’t few people in the world with this name, but there weren’t many Victorias who could be treated with such reverence by the China Pharmaceutical Association!
“Yes, of course.” Lin Aoxue glanced at Su Rui, thinking he was acting a bit strange.
“But which Victoria are you referring to?” Su Rui asked.
For Lin Aoxue, the heavyweight guest mentioned by Chen Taiming was not mysterious. Bikang, as a vice-presidential unit of the association, naturally had some privileges.
“An English person, reportedly the cousin of Prince Bell of the British royal family,” Lin Aoxue said.
Su Rui couldn’t help but feel a headache. What was this girl up to? She wouldn’t really rush to China so impulsively, would she? He had warned her not to come, not to come, so why had she come again?
She was becoming increasingly disobedient! He had just been enjoying a few days of peace!
“What’s wrong, do you know her?”
Seeing Su Rui’s face turn as red as a pig’s liver, Lin Aoxue couldn’t help but ask.
This man, who just moments ago had a deep, melancholic look, how did he suddenly turn into a pig’s liver face?
Su Rui gritted his teeth: “I don’t know her.”
Chen Taiming, with a smile on his face, as gentle as a spring breeze, said: “Ladies and gentlemen, the arrival of this heavyweight guest will have a significant impact on our pharmaceutical industry in China because, before coming, she promised me that she would invest 5 billion yuan to build new pharmaceutical projects in China!”
Wow!
As soon as Chen Taiming finished speaking, the entire reception hall immediately erupted in commotion!
Investing 5 billion to build pharmaceutical projects? Isn’t this investment scale a bit too large?
In fact, in China, if one could complete a solid investment of 1 billion, it would be considered one of the top priority projects in a province. If a single project’s investment exceeded 5 billion yuan, it would be enough to shock the entire industry!
So, the news brought by Chen Taiming was like a heavy bomb, creating thousand-foot waves on a calm lake!
“And I can also tell everyone that this 5 billion investment is just the first phase of the project. If the first phase goes smoothly, there will be additional huge investments to follow.”
“What? This is just the first phase investment? Isn’t that a bit too much?”
“To be able to raise so much money, could it be some European consortium?”
“What a grand gesture, I’m increasingly looking forward to it!”
Su Rui gently wiped the sweat from his forehead: “What does this woman want to do?”
Chen Taiming took in everyone’s reactions, a satisfied smile on his face: “Ladies and gentlemen, our mysterious guest has not yet fully determined her cooperation partner in China, so everyone can still have expectations for this matter!”
Chen Taiming’s words undoubtedly pushed the atmosphere of the entire banquet to a climax. With so much money and no determined investment target yet, whoever became the partner would gain immense benefits!
A fixed asset investment of 5 billion, if truly operated and put into production, how much profit would it generate?
That terrifying number was unbelievable just to think about, making it hard to breathe!
Everyone’s fiery gaze was fixed on the door behind the stage, like beggars who hadn’t eaten for many days seeing meat buns—if Victoria knew about this comparison, she would definitely be very displeased.
“Perhaps, some of you might doubt the authenticity of this news, which is understandable, and I understand,” Chen Taiming said with a smile, changing his tone. “But, have you all heard about the Huiteng Pharmaceutical acquisition case from half a month ago?”
“The Huiteng Pharmaceutical acquisition case, of course we’ve heard about it! That was truly a grand move!”
“Huiteng Pharmaceutical is one of the top five giant pharmaceutical companies in the world. Recently, it was acquired by a mysterious consortium, which bought 60% of its shares!”
“Although it’s 60% of the shares, it has already reached an astronomical price!”
“Could it be that the mysterious figure who acquired Huiteng Pharmaceutical is today’s heavyweight guest?”
“That’s too heavyweight!”
Chen Taiming’s words were like throwing another heavy bomb, causing waves throughout the entire banquet hall!
“Indeed, the mysterious figure who acquired Huiteng is our most distinguished guest today!” Chen Taiming, radiating the most enthusiastic smile, said: “Next, let’s welcome Ms. Victoria from England with warm applause!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the large door behind the stage was opened from the inside.
Eight European men dressed in white suits walked out in two rows, their eyes filled with vigilance.
These men were all strong and powerful, obviously well-trained bodyguards.
And in the middle of the two rows of men appeared a slender, sexy figure.
Golden long hair tied up high, revealing a snow-white delicate neck, deep blue eyes as profound as the ocean, a white dress wrapping her beautiful figure, her perfect body nearly in golden ratio proportion, truly breathtaking.
As soon as Victoria appeared, she attracted the attention of everyone present!
“So beautiful!”
This was almost the common thought in the minds of all men and women!
Lin Aoxue raised her eyebrows; Victoria’s beauty was definitely not inferior to hers. Of course, as the highly individualistic eldest daughter of the Lin family, she naturally didn’t care about this.
Su Rui’s reaction was different from everyone else’s; he covered his forehead and sighed deeply.
At this moment, Qin Ranlong came over, put his arm around Su Rui’s neck, and lowered his voice to say in his ear: “Hey, big brother, look at how hot that beauty’s figure is, and she’s very good-looking too. How come you’re not even taking a look?”
Since Victoria’s appearance, Qin Ranlong had been so excited that his blood pressure rose and his hands turned cold. Although he had previous experience with women and had deeply experienced some “premium” ones, these so-called premium ones compared to Zhou An’ke and Victoria whom he met today were really too far apart, not even in the same league.
“Captain, why aren’t you looking?” Seeing that Su Rui still wasn’t responding to him, Qin Ranlong persisted.
“I got sand in my eyes,” Su Rui said.
“If you got sand in your eyes, why are you covering your forehead?” Qin Ranlong asked, puzzled.
Su Rui raised his head and said irritably: “If you keep talking, do you believe I’ll throw you out?”
