"Kyoto is so congested right now. It's only three o'clock and the roads are already blocked."
"That's right! Oh! Mr. Lu, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Before they even saw the person, Lu Anning heard the other party's polite apology. The two of them naturally knew that this was just the three of them making excuses for being late. Even if they really had something to do, it wouldn't be so bad that all three of them would be late at the same time!
Lu Anning needed help from others, so he didn't get angry. He smiled at the three of them in a good-tempered manner.
"How could that be! You three were delayed by urgent matters, which is understandable. Please take a seat!"
The two sides met and exchanged pleasantries with fake smiles for a while. One of them, Boss Jia, took the lead and represented the three of them.
"I wonder what Mr. Lu wants us to meet about?"
"We're all acquaintances, so I won't beat around the bush. I'd like to meet with the three of you to discuss cooperation."
As soon as Lu An Ning mentioned it, the other Mr. Qian snorted coldly, touched his mustache and rolled his eyes.
"Hasn't Mr. Lu already found a better pharmaceutical partner? Why are you coming to us now to discuss cooperation? The three of us are expensive, and we will make you lose money."
"Boss Qian, you must have misunderstood something. Regarding the price..."
Before Lu An Ning could finish her words, Boss Jia raised his hand and interrupted her.
"There's nothing to discuss about the price, Mr. Lu. We won't cooperate with you anymore."
"Are you three hoping to increase the price slightly based on the previous one? I know the medicinal herbs market is tough right now, and your profits aren't high. Why don't you tell me what price you're expecting?"
Boss Han, who had been silent all this time, raised three fingers, and everyone looked at him in silence.
Lu Anning's gaze fell on Boss Han, and he tried hard to maintain a smile on his face.
"Boss Han means..."
"We've already signed a contract with Gong's Pharmaceuticals. They've simply added 30% to the original price. We have no reason not to agree."
Boss Jia smiled and nodded. "Mr. Lu, you're late. If you were earlier, we might consider adding 30%."
Boss Qian couldn't help but say, "Haitian still can't compare to the wealth of Gong Pharmaceutical. They have the entire Gong Group behind them. As for you, Ms. Lu... as a woman, there's no need to fight so hard."
Facing the three drug dealers' ridicule, Lu Anning felt uneasy. She knew the situation was irreversible. Since that was the case, she didn't force it. Even if the deal didn't go through, there was still righteousness.
She smiled and stood up. "Since you three have made your decision, I won't continue to argue. So I wish you all good business."
The three of them smiled, waved their hands and left, not taking Lu An Ning seriously.
Boss Jia walked last. He looked at Lu Anning and sighed softly, "Boss Lu has been married to Mr. Tang San for a while now, right? I think Boss Lu should consider having a child first. A woman will eventually have children after she gets married, don't you think? When you become the head of the Tang family, Hai Tian will mean nothing to you."
Lu Anning smiled faintly without responding. He only retracted the smile after watching them leave.
Zhong Ling couldn't stand it any longer. "What they said just now was too harsh! What's wrong with being a woman? Can't women have their own careers? It's a different era now, and there are countless financially independent women. Only they still hold on to old ideas. Mr. Lu, you don't have to pay any attention to them."
"Of course you don't need to take that nonsense to heart, but didn't you hear what Boss Han said just now? The three of them have already signed a contract with Gong Pharmaceuticals."
As Lu An Ning spoke, he clenched his fists, feeling as if he were being stabbed in the back by the Gong family father and son.
He smiled at her in public, but secretly stole her three main suppliers of medicinal herbs. Could it be that Sun Miao was bribed by them, and that was why he created today's problem?
"The Gong family just returned, and not only did they acquire a pharmaceutical company, but now they're trying to snatch our suppliers of medicinal materials. Aren't they deliberately working against us?"
Lu Anning knew what was going on, but he didn't say some things out loud.
Perhaps the Gong family was deliberately targeting him, just to get the ancient recipe from his mother.
"The most important thing right now is to find a suitable supplier of medicinal materials. Otherwise, Big Brother will be in real trouble."
She couldn't let her elder brother suffer greater consequences just to solve her own urgent problem.
After hearing this, Zhong Ling was in a dilemma.
"You know, apart from these three, other suppliers of medicinal herbs are either too small or don't meet our standards, using inferior herbs. Where can we find a suitable supplier in such a short time?"
"Go ask around. If that doesn't work, find those small medicine dealers first and buy as much as you can. Then replenish this batch of herbs and send it to the Gu family. We can't delay the order from Big Brother and give others the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole."
Lu Anning knew very well that although his eldest brother had now firmly established himself as the president of Gu Group, the people on the board of directors were still eyeing him covetously. Several of them were veterans of the company, just waiting for his eldest brother to make mistakes in decision-making so that they could take the opportunity to find fault and bring him down.
After leaving the teahouse, Lu Anning went back to the industrial park and personally monitored the overtime operation of the production line. Pan Yuan, knowing he had made a mistake, worked much more actively than before, personally working overtime on the production line, not daring to make any more mistakes.
Seeing Lu An Ning coming, he became even more cautious.
She knew Pan Yuan hadn't done it on purpose. If he had been in cahoots with Sun Miao, he wouldn't have appeared before her. Seeing him again, Lu Anning didn't raise an issue.
Right now, what worries Lu Anning the most is the supply of medicinal materials.
Just when she was worrying about this, a strange phone call came in. She hesitated for a moment before answering, and heard Gong Ming's voice.
"An Ning, I guess you're not in a very good mood right now. Do you need me to help you solve your problems?"
Hearing Gong Ming's voice, Lu Anning flew into a rage. Everything was all thanks to him. He was calling at this time, was he deliberately showing off?
"Mr. Gong quietly snatched away three of my partners. He also did the same thing with three of my clients before. Why? Are things snatched from others so attractive?"
"Mr. Lu, don't be so angry! We all know each other. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. I will definitely help if I can."
"help?"
Lu An Ning sneered, "I, Lu An Ning, cannot afford to owe Young Master Gong a favor. Don't think you can control me just by robbing a few drug dealers, Sun Miao. You bribed me to do this, didn't you? Young Master Gong is really good at this. If he had just set a fire, he could have burned my entire Haitian to ashes. I have to admire him."
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