Then, Park Junwan said:

"You can go make medicine, but you can't take Vice President Xuan with you. You have to rely on yourself, understand?"

Park Jin Hyuk replied:

"No problem, I never intended to take Vice President Xuan away."

"Haha, that's great."

After saying that, Park Junwan picked up a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Park Jin Hyuk looked at his father and remembered what Hyun Yi Soo had said to him before he came.

Xuan Yizhu believes that the chairman is likely to arrange Park Jin Hyuk to be the director of the group's strategic planning office.

That position was originally held by Xuan Yizhu, but is now temporarily held by Secretary Huang.

The chairman may have given Park Jin Hyuk the reason of increasing his influence within the group.

In this regard, Xuan Yizhu repeatedly emphasized:

"Absolutely don't accept that position. If you go there, you'll be tied down. Right now, you should just wait and see how the situation develops from the sidelines."

However, Park Jun-wan never mentioned anything about the Strategic Planning Office from beginning to end.

Looking at his smiling father, Park Jin Hyuk thought:

'What on earth does he want to do?'

*** *** ***

After entering November, rumors about new year executive appointments began to circulate within the DS Group.

New year executive appointments are finalized in November and announced in early December.

Originally this was a routine action, but this year seems to be different, so the name of the third generation of the DS Group family appeared at the forefront of operations.

The first piece of news was that the family's eldest son, Park Jin Hyuk, was doing well at DS Construction, but he went to DS Pharmaceuticals and became an executive director (note: executive director for short, the level is between vice president and executive director).

A person who has no interest in business operations successfully completed the organizational adjustment of DS Construction, which is enough to attract everyone's attention. Now he is going into pharmaceuticals, which is even more surprising.

Although this personnel arrangement temporarily calmed the rumors that Park Jin Hyuk would take DS Construction to join Dongjing Industry, various suspicions about him have not disappeared.

The second piece of news was even more explosive.

As the head of DS Group, Park Sang-hyuk will be assigned to WEST Airlines, a joint venture between DS Group and Daming Group.

Moreover, it was said that he would be engaged to Zheng Caiyun, the second daughter of the Daming Group family, in February next year, which caused people to start discussing the issue of inheritance rights of the DS Group.

At noon that day, the presidents of DS Pharmaceutical's subsidiaries were gathering for lunch.

"How do you think we should stand in line?"

"The president is still in good health. Is it necessary to discuss this topic?"

"President Mao, it seems you don't know yet that it's time for the president to consider a successor."

"Why? The president is not even sixty years old, right?"

"DS has a family history of illness, you know that, right? The previous president was like that... In recent years, after the New Year's executive personnel arrangements were announced, the president would go to Southeast Asia, which means his health is not very good."

"Didn't the president go to East Asia to inspect the factories and subsidiaries there?"

President Mao Dayong is a talent recruited from overseas by DS Group in order to vigorously develop the pharmaceutical sector.

With his own abilities, he became a senior executive in a well-known international pharmaceutical company overseas and is a legendary figure in South Korea.

Today, he and the presidents of DS Pharmaceutical's subsidiaries gathered for lunch to discuss next year's business plan, but everyone's focus shifted entirely to the issue of succession to the DS Group.

"Right now, the chairman is considering the succession issue... Sending Executive Director Park to the pharmaceutical company at this time should mean that he values us, right?"

"I don't think so."

"Why?"

"Think about it. DS Construction is very likely to become the group's next pillar sector. Transferring him from there and sending him to our BIO (Note: referring to biopharmaceuticals) at this time, what does that mean? On the surface, it's a promotion, but in reality, he's being marginalized in the power struggle."

After hearing this, Shi Zhengwan, president of DS BioLogics, said:

"Our situation isn't that bad yet, is it?"

DS BioLogics is a newly established subsidiary primarily responsible for developing contract manufacturing of pharmaceuticals overseas. Compared to the company's other pharmaceutical subsidiaries, it is still in its infancy.

The company has no sales yet and its future prospects are uncertain. Among DS Pharmaceuticals' subsidiaries, it is the least valued.

Therefore, when President Shi Zhengwan hears negative comments about DS Pharmaceuticals, his reaction will be more sensitive.

"If it's a promotion, then they should go into heavy industry, where the group started, or the well-developed telecommunications sector. But now they're going into pharmaceuticals... I don't think this is a good thing."

"In that case, what about Managing Director Park Sang-hyuk? Didn't he go to a newly established company? The prospects there are still completely unknown."

"That's why it's said that it's unusual for General Manager Park Jin Hyuk to come to the pharmaceutical company. Think about it, the aviation industry is a promising business that DS has always wanted to enter. The fact that General Manager Park Sang Hyuk is being sent there as a founder is incredibly significant."

"Yeah?"

Several presidents of subsidiaries nodded frequently.

The president insisted that Park Jin Hyuk came to the pharmaceutical industry because he was ostracized, and he kept repeating the same point, making it hard for people to believe it.

Seeing that the opportunity was ripe, he looked at everyone and whispered:

"Why don't we take this opportunity to help General Manager Park Sang-hyuk."

"How can we help him? We don't work in the same place."

"Is there no solution if we don't work in the same place? Can't we just refuse to cooperate with or sabotage Executive Director Park Jin Hyuk's plans?"

"Oh, you can't do that anyway."

"Haha, President Shi, you are such a fool! Have you forgotten what he did at DS Construction?

On his first day at the company, he fired a bunch of senior executives, even the president. If he did it once, wouldn't he do it a second time?

"How could that be? He's not here to be the president."

Hearing him say this, Shi Zhengwan turned his gaze to President Mao Dayong.

Logically speaking, Mao Dayong is in charge of DS Pharmaceuticals. As long as he is there, Park Jin Hyuk cannot do whatever he wants.

However, Mao Dayong did not speak.

He just sat there quietly, listening to what others were saying.

"President Mao, you have to make the decision for everyone. You can't let General Manager Park do whatever he wants. You have to stop him when the time comes. That's the only way for everyone to survive."

"Let's leave this topic at that. We just need to do our own thing. The power struggle within the group is not something we should worry about."

After hearing what Mao Dayong said, some presidents lowered their heads, while others began to ponder how they should stand.

Only Shi Zhengwan, thinking about his own situation, couldn't help but sigh.