Chapter 1
The name of Nate Biotechnology Company might not be particularly famous, but when it comes to Taiwan Trade Group and Eternal Memorial Hospital, everyone knows about them.
Eternal Memorial Hospital is currently the largest private medical center in the country, distributed across three major cities in the north, central, and south regions. Taiwan Trade Group started with the plastics industry and, after more than forty years of robust growth, has extended its reach to specialty chemicals, chemical fibers, petrochemical products, with its subsidiaries continuously developing and expanding.
Nate Biotechnology Company is a subsidiary of Taiwan Trade Group, managed by Ke Minfu’s third grandson, Ke Nanyu, with business covering pharmaceutical industries, health products, agricultural biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, and specialty chemical research and development.
Due to its nature, Nate’s reputation is not as prominent as other Taiwan Trade subsidiaries, but its prospects are the most promising.
In the Taiwan Trade Group’s executive office, Nate Biotechnology’s president Ke Nanyu was conducting a routine briefing with just two people present.
“Nate will enter the amino acid raw material market starting in July. I hope to capture about 3% market share within five years.”
Ke Minfu nodded, saying approvingly, “What’s the annual demand for amino acid raw materials?”
“Around 6 billion US dollars,” Ke Nanyu casually replied while retrieving whiskey and glasses from a hidden cabinet.
“That’s quite substantial,” Ke Minfu sighed. “Guan Hua Group was indeed visionary, having recognized the mainland market three years ago and likely profited significantly.”
“Nate isn’t starting too late,” Ke Nanyu said confidently.
Although their capital was only 8 million, they had strong support from Eternal Memorial Hospital’s resources, Eternal University and Medical School’s clinical pathology research institute, and Taiwan Trade Group’s professional chemical research and development technologies.
“If we can snatch the 450 million contract from Guan Hua’s hands, we’ll have funding for the Wuhan factory,” he handed his grandfather an undiluted whiskey, smiling.
Ke Minfu swirled his glass, thoughtfully saying, “That won’t be easy. Tang Keqin from Guan Hua isn’t a pushover. You’ll need to work hard to take the contract from him.”
“I know,” Ke Nanyu said confidently. “I’ve already won over three senior executives from Datong Pharmaceuticals. I believe this will be very helpful to us!”
In this era, money could solve most problems.
“The real decision-maker is still Dong Fang Yinshi,” Ke Minfu said. “He’s still single, right? If Xueyue could marry him, that would be ideal.”
A marriage with Datong Pharmaceuticals would benefit Nate Biotechnology, Eternal Medical Group, and Taiwan Trade Group.
Taiwan’s pharmaceutical industry still struggled to reach European and American standards and couldn’t compete with them, but Datong Pharmaceuticals was a unique exception. They had completed human gene sequencing, and on this research foundation, Datong Pharmaceuticals finally had a chance to compete with European and American counterparts.
Of course, Dong Fang Yinshi’s foresight, bold reforms, and cautious research were also crucial.
“Xueyue?” The mere thought of her gave Ke Nanyu a headache, let alone trying to pair her with the notorious Dong Fang Yinshi.
Dong Fang Yinshi from Datong Pharmaceuticals, Qin Weilun from Cheng Yuan Petrochemicals, Tang Keqin from Guan Hua Group, and Ke Nanyu from Nate Biotechnology were dubbed by media as the four most eligible bachelors of the century’s end. Naturally, women associated with them were not ordinary – either social elites, daughters of board chairmen, or famous actresses and models.
Someone like Xueyue, an ordinary ugly girl, was absolutely impossible.
I know what you’re going to say.” Yuan Xingcan quickly pulled open the drawer, searching for the speech draft she had prepared last night before getting off work, “Where did it go?”
Damn it! Why do all these troublesome things have to happen this week?
Chengyuan Petrochemical was being targeted by the Environmental Protection Agency for exceeding industrial waste gas emission standards. Even those meddlesome conservationists had opinions about their plan to develop a petrochemical industry on the Erlin land, arguing that it would destroy the environment and strongly criticizing it.
And that brainless new CEO, Qin Weilun, actually dared to underestimate the power of the media, provocatively and contemptuously challenging them.
Three consecutive days of negative news had severely damaged Chengyuan’s corporate image, and their stock had also dropped significantly.
As Chengyuan Petrochemical’s image consulting firm, Focus naturally had to immediately step in to rebuild its corporate image, and a very positive one at that.
Yuan Xingcan had spent two weeks preparing this charity sale, persuading Chengyuan to donate funds to help build a children’s hospital by arguing it could reduce taxes and improve corporate goodwill.
She was exhausted like a dog, while Chengyuan’s great CEO Qin Weilun found her completely useless, constantly criticizing her planning.
Even worse, during that beautiful candlelight dinner a few days ago, her promising lawyer boyfriend didn’t pull out an engagement ring, but a notarized letter.
The content stipulated that she had seven days to buy out or move out of the high-end apartment they had originally bought together, otherwise she could expect a subpoena.
What a damn bastard! No one had asked him to contribute money back then!
He loved to act generous when pursuing her, but now that he has a new partner, he’s reluctant to spend his money!
No wonder lawyers are always the target of everyone’s sarcastic jokes.
“Xingcan!” Huang Xiaoruo said, “Ned’s assistant Jiang has called three times. If you don’t take this seriously, Ned will definitely run away.”
Chengyuan and Ned were Focus’s two largest clients, painstakingly brought in by Focus’s founder – Xingcan’s twin sister Yuan Yueyan. If she messed this up, she would definitely be unhappy.
“Damn!” Yuan Xingcan forcefully pulled open the top drawer. “Where did the speech draft go?”
It’s all that bastard Qin Weilun’s fault. If he’s not satisfied with the draft she wrote, he should write it himself! She had already revised it seven times and was about to go crazy!
“It’s here.” Huang Xiaoruo quickly opened the top file, with the speech draft tucked inside. “You threw it next to the phone yesterday, and I helped you put it away.”
“Thank you!” Yuan Xingcan hurriedly took out the speech draft, gratefully saying, “You’re my lifesaver.”
“No problem. What about the Ned matter?” Huang Xiaoruo persisted, “You can’t possibly ask me to throw back the line ‘Refuse him! We’re a corporate image consultant!'”
Yuan Xingcan groaned, shouting, “My head hurts! Can’t you reason with Assistant Jiang? Focus is a corporate image consultant. Doesn’t he understand the meaning of these two words?” She definitely needed to take a Panadol; her head was killing her. “I can’t help with their problem.” Transforming his sister into a social celebrity within two months? That’s purely Ned CEO Ke Nanyu’s personal matter.
She’s an image consultant, not a fairy godmother!
It’s all Yueyan’s fault. Ned was clearly her client, but she chose this time to go on a long vacation, forcing her to deal with Ned head-on.
“Clearly, the CEO doesn’t think so,” Huang Xiaoruo said helplessly. “Assistant Jiang spoke harshly and mentioned Qianyu. I think he’s serious.”
Qianyu!? Yuan Xingcan couldn’t help but groan again.
