Time slipped by quietly amidst the busyness and experiments. Almost another week had passed.
Lin Huowang stayed in the laboratory of Kangsheng Pharmaceutical and hardly ever went out. He even stopped taking care of the huge affairs of the Jardine Matheson Group.
Just like this, these researchers kept summarizing their experience from failed synthesis and were getting closer and closer to success.
On this day, the atmosphere in the general manager's office of Kangsheng Pharmaceutical was completely different and full of tension.
Yu Xing rushed in in a hurry, his leather shoes making a rapid sound on the wooden floor. His face was flushed with excitement, and he was holding a financial newspaper tightly in his hand. On it was the news of the skyrocketing silver futures prices.
"Daddy! What are you still hesitating about? Hurry! Sell the 25% of Kangsheng shares you have to Xiaolin Tianwang! Now! Look! Look! Silver is flying! The market is scrambling! Invest money now and you can make money even with your eyes closed! The price changes every day! It will be too late if you miss this opportunity! Daddy, we will regret it for the rest of our lives!"
Yu Donglai sat behind his large mahogany desk, his face livid. He looked at his son, his eyes fixed on money, and a wave of deep sorrow welled up in his heart. Even more heartbreaking than the stock price's plunge was the fact that his only son showed no attachment to the legacy left by his ancestors, the legacy he had dedicated his entire life to, and even treated it like trash.
"Shut up!" Yu Donglai slammed his hand on the table with a loud bang, his body trembling slightly with anger. "Sell? Sell it to you and use it to speculate in those damn futures? Forget it! Didn't you lose enough last time you cashed out?"
He stood up, stared at his son, and spoke earnestly, yet suppressed his anger: "Xingzhong and Kangsheng are our family business! They are the life's work of your great-grandfather and your father! No matter how difficult it is, it is still a family business! Xiao Linsheng has done a great favor to our family and to Kangsheng! He took over those scattered shares at a price higher than the market price, giving us, the Yu family, the space to exit with dignity. This is already a huge favor! More importantly, not only did he not kick me out just because of the controlling stake, but he entrusted the entire company to me to manage! This kind of trust cannot be bought with any amount of money! One cannot be ungrateful! I cannot live up to this trust! As long as Kangsheng is still breathing, I, Yu Donglai, will stand to the end!"
His words came from the bottom of his heart, and they also carried a hint of hope - the hope that Xiao Linsheng could really bring about a turnaround.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xingzhong sarcastically said, "Daddy, wake up! Who is Xiao Linsheng? He's now a billionaire! He's the new chairman of Hong Kong's Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited! He's leading the 'Home Ownership Scheme' worth tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars!"
Our Kang Sheng's meager fortune, with a combined market value of just over 10 million, is nothing to him! Purchasing us is like buying a newfangled toy!
The novelty has worn off, and you still expect him to spend every day in the lab of this shabby pharmaceutical factory? Dad, don't be naive!
He's just putting on an act here, just to get a good reputation in the newspapers! 'Young tycoon does it himself'? 'Down-to-earth industrial development to develop Hong Kong'? What a great headline!
Let's talk about Kang Sheng again! Developing Western medicine? How could we possibly pull it off? Money? We invested millions of Hong Kong dollars, and didn't even see a splash!
Talent? If these PhDs from HKU were placed in US pharmaceutical companies, they wouldn't even be qualified to work in top laboratories! Technology? Equipment? Which of them can compare with Pfizer and Merck?
We're like trying to stop a chariot with an egg against a rock, or trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm! Daddy, after all these years, are you still not giving up? Instead of guarding this wreck that's destined to sink, why not sell it while there's still a plank worth something?
"I'll take the cash and try my luck in the silver market. With my good judgment and good luck, I can double my money in a few days! By then, I'll have more than enough to buy back all of Kangsheng, not just my small stake!"
Yu Donglai was really angry at his eldest son's words. He glared at his son and said angrily:
"I'm naive? I'm guarding a broken ship? Yu Xingzhong! The only insightful thing you've done in your life is selling your shares when the stock price was at its peak!
Let Xiao Linsheng take over our Kangsheng Pharmaceutical, and you can also take the money and leave, and don’t think about interfering in the affairs of Kangsheng Pharmaceutical again.
Go gamble! Buy your stocks, buy your silver futures! You only see others' buildings rising, but not their collapses! Aren't there many people who lost everything overnight and even committed suicide by jumping off buildings in the Hong Kong stock market?
Silver? That thing is even more of a monster! It can praise you to the sky today and throw you into hell tomorrow!
Even if Kangsheng goes bankrupt, as long as I still have this 25% stake, it will be our Yu family's ancestral property! As long as Xiaolinsheng doesn't ask me to leave, as long as the Kangsheng sign remains, I will do my best to keep it going!
Xiao Linsheng is really different from other tycoons! He has been immersed in the laboratory these days, working day and night with Dr. Zhao and others. I have seen it all! His dedication and focus don't seem like a show! What if... what if he can really lead Kang Sheng to break a new path? "
"One in ten thousand? Or one in a hundred thousand?" Yu Xingzhong shook his head in disdain, sneering at his father and saying, "Dad, the odds of a big upset in the casino are much higher than this! You'd rather gamble on this slim hope than grab the money right in front of you?
No wonder people in Hong Kong are now saying that Mr. Xiao Lin can use magic to fool the Governor Murray MacLehose, HSBC boss Stephen Sham, and even people from the mainland across the way!
You must have been fooled by him by now! Give me the shares. If you don't want to talk, then I'll go talk to Xiao Linsheng myself! I won't be greedy for your 25% stake, I'll give it to him at the highest point of the last wave of market, the total market value is 20 million! I'll take a loss, let's call it 3 million! Is that okay? 3 million! Give me three days, and I'll definitely give you 6 million after three days!"
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