Chapter 424 The Mission
Yang Long never expected Bai Leitian to be so irresponsible. He was incompetent himself and originally intended to frame Liu Ran, but instead, he gifted Liu Ran an excellent property.
Now that Bai Leitian was gone, Yang Long was in despair. He knew he could only rely on himself from now on.
Liu Ran's wings were not yet fully feathered, but if she were to truly integrate the Chu Han property and the Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Company, Liu Ran would become terrifyingly powerful, even more so than his own Yang family's enterprises, with greater strength.
Yang Long and Liu Xin quickly found Yang Weigang.
Yang Long asked, "Dad, does our Yang family have two pharmaceutical companies?"
Yang Weigang nodded, then said angrily, "What's the use of two pharmaceutical companies? Together, they're not as good as one Tiancheng Pharmaceutical, yet Yangyangyang Company did nothing and acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary, Tiancheng Pharmaceutical.
As for us? After more than ten years of development, our two pharmaceutical companies are still not as formidable as a company they seemingly picked up for free."
Yang Long stepped forward excitedly and said to Yang Weigang, "Dad, Tiancheng Pharmaceutical is indeed very powerful, but what is their most core industry?"
Yang Weigang frowned and looked at Yang Long, then said, "Of course, it's their research and development institution."
Yang Long chuckled and said, "Then what is the most crucial resource within that R&D institution?"
Yang Weigang was taken aback, then replied, "Naturally, it's the researchers. What do you intend to do?"
Yang Long smiled triumphantly, "Of course, it's poaching talent. Tiancheng Pharmaceutical is indeed impressive, but their core is their R&D institution, and the most vital resource in that institution is their researchers."
"Tiancheng Pharmaceutical invests billions annually in R&D, cultivating these researchers. Simultaneously, they have conducted numerous experiments from scratch."
"If we poach all their researchers from their R&D institution in one go, what do you think will happen? It would mean we would directly possess an R&D institution as powerful as Tiancheng Pharmaceutical."
"The most important thing is, we only need to pay salaries. Although poaching people requires higher salaries, how much can that be?"
"We can leverage tens of millions in salaries to acquire an R&D institution worth over ten billion, and simultaneously suppress Chen Yang and Liu Ran, leaving them with an empty shell that can't do anything. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone and achieving multiple objectives with a single action?"
Yang Weigang heard this and said with a furrowed brow, "Poaching people isn't that easy. Generally, researchers would have signed long-term contracts and non-disclosure agreements with the company."
"Furthermore, if our company openly poaches like this, it would be a complete rupture with the other company, and we would be criticized."
Yang Long laughed heartily at this, saying, "Dad, don't you forget, we already have a feud with Yangyangyang Company. My uncle went to jail because of this damned company. We are already in a state of mortal combat, so why worry about a rupture or not?"
"As for your concerns about non-disclosure agreements or contractual terms, those can be circumvented. After we poach all their researchers, we'll have them produce similar drugs, rather than the ones they were developing before."
"In short, we have many ways to circumvent these legal agreements. I believe that within a year of bringing the people over, our pharmaceutical business will have significant output. Once the products are sold, it's not just billions, but potentially tens of billions."
Yang Weigang's eyes lit up. He immediately slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "This idea is truly brilliant! I had also heard rumors occasionally that Tiancheng Pharmaceutical's R&D laboratory seems to be producing results very soon."
"If we poach all their researchers at this critical juncture, all those experimental results will become ours."
"They spent many years and billions in R&D funding annually, only for us to reap the rewards. Hahahaha..."
Yang Weigang burst into laughter at the thought. Yang Long and the two Liu Xins also smiled triumphantly.
Immediately, the three of them lowered their heads and began to discuss how to poach the entire staff of Tiancheng Pharmaceutical's laboratory.
First was high salaries. Researchers who previously earned millions annually would be offered at least five million annually after being poached.
Additionally, for key figures like team leaders and project heads, not only would they be given money but also shares. If they still refused, their families would be threatened.
In short, no matter the cost, they would hollow out Tiancheng Pharmaceutical's entire R&D team.
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Chen Yang had been very happy these past few days. He could clearly feel Liu Ran's trust in him growing.
Although Liu Ran had already registered their marriage, Chen Yang knew that his position in her heart was not that high.
Liu Ran married him purely because he had saved her in a time of crisis, and since he had nowhere to go, she registered their marriage with him.
But now, after experiencing all the previous events, especially the matter concerning the Zhuge family, Liu Ran clearly began to depend on him, consulting him before making decisions and seriously considering his advice.
Chen Yang was happy. This feeling was hard-earned. Chen Yang believed that before long, his wife would truly fall in love with him, and at that time, he could tell her everything, including his identity.
The next morning in the villa.
Liu Ran was hurriedly eating breakfast. She said to Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, during this period, Su Ya and I have been busy with property sales, and we are really unable to spare time for Tiancheng Pharmaceutical. Please take care of it."
"Tiancheng Pharmaceutical is the focus of Yangyangyang Company's upcoming entry into the big health project. You must not let it fail."
Chen Yang immediately patted his chest and guaranteed Liu Ran, "Wife, you must be able to trust me with this. I promise, under my management, Tiancheng Pharmaceutical will have no problems. I will also do my best to develop the pharmaceutical company."
Su Ya, while drinking milk, pouted upon hearing Chen Yang's words, "Oh, come on, Chen Yang. For now, we just hope you don't ruin the pharmaceutical company. As for developing it, it's really not necessary."
"Now that our Yangyangyang Company has just taken over Tiancheng Pharmaceutical, we must guard against the impact on the company's business and also guard against competitors poaching our pharmaceutical company's employees."
"In the pharmaceutical industry, the biggest investment is always in research and development. Many pharmaceutical companies collapse and go bankrupt because they invest a lot of money in R&D but achieve nothing, ultimately dragging them down. You, please don't let Tiancheng Pharmaceutical go under as well."
Chen Yang patted his chest and assured, "Alright, alright, I get it, I get it. I promise Tiancheng Pharmaceutical won't have any problems. Wife, please rest assured."
After breakfast, Chen Yang drove them to Yangyangyang Company.
As soon as they arrived at the foot of Blue Sky Building, Chen Yang's phone rang.
He glanced at it; it was Zhang Li calling.
Chen Yang answered.
A slightly nervous voice came from the other end. Zhang Li said, "Chen Yang, it seems like there are some abnormal situations occurring in the company recently."