When Lu An Ning arrived with Zhong Ling, the workshop director was standing trembling at the door to greet them. Before he could say hello, Lu An Ning went straight to the point.
"Where is the problem? Have you found it?"
The director hesitated for a long time and said, "I've asked everyone to investigate. However, the production process has always been strictly controlled, and there are no problems with the parameters. I don't understand why it can't be used."
Lu Anning frowned, looked up and exchanged glances with Tang Jingyuan.
The director thought they didn't believe him and immediately wanted to swear an oath to prove himself.
"What you say is useless. What I want is results. The production line has always been running smoothly, so why did it run into problems with this big order?"
The director lowered his head, speechless.
Just then, a young man in work clothes ran over with a sample of raw materials in his hand.
"Director, we've found the problem. This is it!"
The director took the small bag of herbs and looked at it carefully, but still couldn't see any problems.
"Isn't this just ordinary Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria cocos? What could be wrong with that?"
"The problem lies with the Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria cocos. Look carefully at their color and smell their medicinal properties. They are completely different from the herbs we used before."
Without waiting for the director to speak, Lu Anning took the raw material samples and casually pulled out two. Although she didn't know much, she had seen the basic herbs. For Chinese medicine to be effective, it was necessary to select the best herbs. If the wrong ones were chosen, the final product might not cure the disease, but harm the patient.
Lu Anning and Tang Jingyuan took the herbs and smelled them respectively, and indeed felt something was wrong.
"Why do the Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria cocos taste so bland?"
"Not only that, I soaked two herbs in water, and the color of the water immediately changed. Mr. Lu, if you don't believe me, you can come with me to the quality inspection room and take a look."
The director hurriedly explained, "What do you, a new intern, know? If these herbs are soaked in water, the color of the water will definitely change. Don't join in the fun here. Go and do your own thing."
"Take us to the quality inspection room."
Lu Anning looked down at the herbs in his hand with a serious expression.
Not only did she not smell the original smell of Ophiopogon japonicus, but she also smelled the smell of bleaching powder.
An intern was leading the way. The director wanted to stop them, but Tang Jingyuan gave him a sidelong glance. He was so scared that he took several steps back and dared not say a word.
In the quality inspection room, Lu Anning and Tang Jingyuan looked at the Ophiopogon japonicus and Poria cocos in the beaker. The water in the cup was already turbid before it was heated. When they smelled it closely, there was a pungent smell of disinfectant. Tang Jingyuan even smelled mold.
"It seems that the root lies here."
Lu Anning turned and looked at the workshop director Pan Yuan: "Director Pan, aren't you going to explain?"
"this……"
"Don't tell me you don't know."
The director smiled bitterly: "I really don't know much about this matter. It's all about procurement."
"How could you be completely unaware of the medicinal materials being replaced? Before the purchase order is submitted, you need to approve and sign it first! Confessing it yourself and finding it out on my own are two completely different things."
Pan Yuan lowered his head, still showing no intention of telling the truth.
"Excellent! Zhong Ling, call the police and tell them that someone has replaced the medicinal materials needed for production in the warehouse, causing serious losses to the company. Request an investigation."
When Pan Yuan heard that they had to call the police, he was completely panicked.
"You can't call the police! You can't call the police!"
Lu Anning sneered: "Since you refuse to tell the truth, I have no choice but to ask the police to come and help me investigate. Since this matter has nothing to do with you, why are you so worried, Director Pan?"
Pan Yuan gritted his teeth, his face bitter. "This matter really has nothing to do with me. It was Director Sun from the purchasing department who told me that he had a channel and could buy it at a low price. I was also thinking about reducing production costs for the company. I never thought such a problem would arise."
"Reduce costs?" Lu Anning was so angry that he laughed. The cost on the quotation sheet was not reduced at all.
"Are you trying to reduce costs for the company, or are you taking kickbacks for yourself? This is medicine. If the quality of the ingredients isn't up to standard, the resulting medicine will at best affect its efficacy, and at worst, threaten the patient's life. You can't fool people with Chinese medicine. You're playing with the lives of millions of people."
Lu Anning was glad that the problem with this batch of drugs was detected in the workshop and had not yet been released to the market.
If they hadn't discovered it and sent it directly to the market, and someone else bought it and had problems with it, then she would be truly responsible.
"Aren't these herbs all the same?"
At this point, Pan Yuan still felt that Lu Anning was making a fuss.
An intern nearby emphasized, "Look at the color of the water. It contains bleach and may even have been fumigated with sulfur. It's obvious it's been processed on the production line to improve its appearance. These ingredients not only affect the efficacy of the medicine, but are also toxic and could potentially change the overall properties of the medicine. How can they be the same?"
"Even an intern knows more than you, Pan Yuan, are you still trying to quibble?"
Pan Yuan knew he had no way to argue, so he quickly said, "This was all Sun Miao's idea. He must have taken more than me."
Lu An Ning frowned and asked Pan Yuan to take her to confront Sun Miao. Perhaps, there were more than just the two of them involved in the whole thing. Perhaps, she should take this opportunity to clean out some of the toxic people in the company.
Several people came to Sun Miao's office, but found that the office was empty. After asking other people, they all said that Sun Miao had not shown up today. Lu Anning suddenly had an ominous premonition.
She turned back to look at Tang Jingyuan, her brows furrowed. "Could Sun Miao have run away?"
Tang Jingyuan pursed his lips and glanced across the office.
"Let's see if he has left any other clues. I'm afraid this isn't groundless."
"Are you saying that someone is deliberately targeting Haitian?"
"Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Pan Yuan tried to contact Sun Miao in a panic, but he only heard a cold electronic female voice and the other party turned off the phone.
When Lu Anning turned on Sun Miao's computer, he was stopped by the boot password at the beginning.
"There's a password, what should I do?"
Tang Jingyuan curled his lips: "It seems that I can still be useful."
Lu Anning's eyes lit up. She had almost forgotten that Tang Jingyuan was the expert when it came to computers. She gave up her seat and called Zhong Ling and Pan Yuan out of the office.
"Zhong Ling, go with Director Pan to calculate the losses this time and prevent the release of problematic drugs into the market. Also, immediately recall the batch shipped two days ago and retest it. Only ship it out after confirming there are no problems. And appease the customer."
Pan Yuan knew that this matter had become a big deal and was almost crying with anxiety.
"This Sun Miao has really caused me so much trouble! He clearly promised me that there would be no problems with the herbs. How could he..."
"Alright! Now's not the time to talk about this, Director Pan. If you want to atone for your sins, then cooperate with Special Assistant Zhong to complete the work and minimize the company's losses. Otherwise, you will bear the primary responsibility for the company's losses. Don't even think about running away. With such a huge hole, if you dare to run, I will definitely call the police."
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