In the office next to the ICU ward of the 704 Hospital, a group of doctors were arguing fiercely. They were in a heated debate over whether to adopt Ling Tian's treatment plan and allow him to treat Elder Lu.
The two sides were evenly matched. Some believed that the elder's condition was already very poor and there were no other options, while others felt that Ling Tian's approach was too reckless and lacked scientific basis.
Meanwhile, Ling Tian had left the hospital and bid farewell to Xuanyuan Jie. He planned to stay in the capital for a day to see the final outcome of the doctors' discussion.
Thus, Ling Tian booked a suite in a five-star hotel near the hospital.
In fact, Ling Tian would have preferred to stay in the spiritual realm, but the problem was that he couldn't receive phone signals inside. If he were in there and the hospital called him, it might cause delays.
Just then, Ling Tian suddenly received a call from Old Master Wang. The old man's voice on the phone was very serious.
"Ling Tian, something's happened. Qing Tian and Bing Xia have been taken away by the officials. They claim that Bing Tian Pharmaceutical is suspected of tax evasion!"
"What a joke, tax evasion? How is that possible!" Ling Tian almost jumped up when he heard this.
From the day he took over Bing Tian Pharmaceutical, Ling Tian had set a clear tone: Bing Tian Pharmaceutical would absolutely not engage in any crooked dealings, especially concerning taxes. A company that made a fortune every day like Bing Tian Pharmaceutical had no need to risk breaking the law for a pittance.
Wang Bing Xia had always followed Ling Tian's words meticulously, and her father, Wang Qing Tian, was also a law-abiding citizen who never resorted to such underhanded tactics.
Now, to be accused of tax evasion was simply a colossal joke.
Ling Tian immediately arranged for an investigation, even deploying the intelligence network of the Misty Rain Pavilion. Soon, Ling Tian learned the full story.
The incident had occurred a few days prior.
It turned out that the trouble involved Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's Beijing branch, which was primarily responsible for the sales of several of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's products.
The financial personnel responsible for tax reporting at this branch had failed to transfer the several hundred million yuan in taxes owed to the official accounts in a timely manner.
Despite repeated reminders from the tax authorities, there was still no result. Consequently, the officials went to the company and directly took away its president, Wang Qing Tian, and major shareholder, Wang Bing Xia.
If Ling Tian hadn't been in a state of disappearance, he probably would have been put on the wanted list as well.
Afterwards, Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's staff checked the accounts and discovered that the money had indeed been disbursed by the company. However, the funds had been transferred to a private account and quickly moved away.
The financial personnel involved at the branch company had vanished without a trace!
The highest-ranking among them was a deputy manager responsible for financial audits. The positions of these few individuals perfectly covered the entire chain from tax payment to fund disbursement.
Bing Tian Pharmaceutical had reported the matter to the authorities and requested the release of Wang Qing Tian and Wang Bing Xia, but their request was denied.
Those who arrested them did not believe that the branch company's employees were the main culprits. They claimed that they were instructed by Wang Qing Tian to cover up their tax evasion crimes.
Ling Tian immediately contacted Lawyer Zhu from the Ba Fang Tong Da Law Firm in the capital. As a result, Lawyer Zhu informed Ling Tian that the matter was not simple.
They, along with other influential law firms in the capital, had received warnings from lobbyists, prohibiting them from taking on this case.
Following this, news of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's suspected tax evasion and the detention of its executives suddenly appeared on major media outlets.
These news reports seemed to have been coordinated, erupting all at once.
The implications behind this were even more unusual. In principle, ongoing investigations were not supposed to be reported so extensively by the media. This was practically sentencing Bing Tian Pharmaceutical to the gallows.
At this point, a mysterious individual approached Old Master Wang Chunfeng. He told Old Master Wang Chunfeng that as long as Wang Bing Xia and Wang Qing Tian agreed to sign an agreement transferring all shares of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical, they would be released unharmed.
Not only that, but they would also receive 10 billion yuan in compensation for the Wang family, to be used for the acquisition of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical.
Ling Tian's nose was practically steaming when he heard this news. This was clearly a case of outright plunder! It was important to note that Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's annual sales now reached tens of billions, and its market value was already over a hundred billion.
Bing Tian Pharmaceutical not only had several irreplaceable flagship products but also owned a large number of factories and cultivation and processing bases for traditional Chinese medicine.
This time, Bing Tian Pharmaceutical was facing a series of calculated moves, each one meticulously designed to be fatal.
However, the mastermind behind it was deeply hidden and had not yet revealed their true identity.
At this moment, in a nightclub in the capital, a man and a woman were toasting each other.
If Ling Tian were present, he would surely recognize the woman as Yulia, one of the thirteen protectors of the crooked Heavenly Demon Sect, and the man opposite her as Gao Lu Jie, the young master of the Gao family in the capital.
The two of them were celebrating their impending acquisition of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical.
That's right, the trouble with Bing Tian Pharmaceutical this time was orchestrated by these two individuals.
The financial personnel of Bing Tian Pharmaceutical's branch company had been controlled by the crooked sect, and these individuals had already been silenced.
They used these individuals to deliberately transfer and evade taxes, and then Gao Lu Jie mobilized his connections to have Wang Bing Xia and Wang Qing Tian arrested.
Next, they only needed to apply pressure on the Wang family to force them to give up their shares in Bing Tian Pharmaceutical.
Once Bing Tian Pharmaceutical was acquired, a company under the crooked sect would take over, and the remaining profits would be split between them, with a two-eight ratio.
The Heavenly Demon Sect was also expanding rapidly and required substantial financial and resource support. Therefore, the Heavenly Demon Sect was now resorting to any means necessary to acquire funds, especially with a golden goose like Bing Tian Pharmaceutical, their endeavors were like adding wings to a tiger.
The influence behind the Gao family in the capital was unfathomable, which was why the crooked sect had always wanted to promote cooperation with the Gao family.
Yulia, the enchantress, had even personally entered the fray, not hesitating to use her charms to thoroughly please young master Gao Lu Jie.
Thus, this collaboration came to be.