Chapter 709: Chapter 709: Victory Is Assured
Li Yufei’s red lips curved up: "President Hua, I know you have your attachments. Huake is the culmination of decades of your hard work, and I understand. That’s why I’ve shown my utmost sincerity. 300 billion, isn’t that enough to demonstrate my genuineness?"
Hua Qianqing: "I’ve seen the terms of the acquisition agreement. 300 billion, you’re not just trying to buy Huake as a shell, but you want to take the core research technology as well! Who in this world would be foolish enough to make such a loss-making deal!?"
Li Yufei: "I intend to retain Huake’s core technology, but I’ve clearly stipulated in the terms that if you establish a pharmaceutical company in the future, we can share the core technology and work on R&D together. Has President Hua thoroughly reviewed the agreement?"
Hua Qianqing: "Do you think I would willingly cultivate a powerful competitor?"
Li Yufei: "In the business world, monopolizing is a despised act. Huake has dominated the pharmaceutical market for so many years, violating several antitrust clauses, and has earned more than enough profits."
Hua Qianqing: "Survival of the fittest. If you have the ability, you could also create a monopoly."
Li Yufei, upon hearing this, unexpectedly laughed: "So, isn’t that what I’m doing?"
Hua Qianqing’s eyes widened in anger!
Li Yufei’s voice remained calm and even, yet the threat within it was unmistakable.
Suddenly, she stood up, personally picked up the wine bottle, poured Hua Qianqing a drink, then poured one for herself. Setting down the bottle, she raised her wine glass, lightly rested against the back of Hua Qianqing’s chair, and leaned slightly forward: "President Hua, in fact, if we amicably negotiate this deal, it’s good for both of us. But if you insist on tearing this apart, I have other means. Doing business peacefully is always preferable, isn’t it?"
Saying this, Li Yufei proactively clinked her glass against his, producing a "ding" sound.
Hua Qianqing looked up at her, squinting his eyes: "I still stand by what I said, I’m not selling!"
Li Yufei’s movement to drink slightly stuttered.
She glanced at him, her red lips pressed against the rim, taking a small sip of wine: "President Hua, may I ask, what is the core of a pharmaceutical company?"
Hua Qianqing looked at her with curiosity.
Li Yufei: "Not the core technology, but the raw materials."
Hua Qianqing’s facial muscles suddenly twitched.
Li Yufei gracefully turned around, "For years, Huake has supplied critical targeted drugs to major hospitals worldwide with thousands upon thousands of annual orders. Each order amounts to billions, bringing Huake substantial profits. And the suppliers of these drug materials, the most important ones, are Pu Luo and Guo Bang. These two material companies almost monopolize the market for these important materials, and Huake relies heavily on them."
Halfway through her words, she paused: "Recently, I sent representatives to Pu Luo and Guo Bang to discuss preliminary cooperation with them. They agreed that if I were to establish a pharmaceutical company in the future, they would be willing to supply materials to the Li Family. At the same time, they would cease supplying materials to Huake."
Hua Qianqing suddenly stood up: "I don’t believe it!"
He couldn’t believe that Li Yufei could persuade Guo Bang and Pu Luo to cut off their long-term cooperation with Huake.
Li Yufei rubbed her temples: "Having been in business for so many years, President Hua should understand that in business, there’s no such thing as not being greedy for profit. This 300 billion, if you don’t want it, others will. The question is whether you want to gracefully withdraw completely or be slowly boiled like a frog in warm water until you’re dead."
Hua Qianqing squinted, especially upon seeing Li Yufei’s calm yet subtly sharp provocation, which instantly enraged her!
He almost lost his mind, grabbing a wine glass from the table and hurling it towards Li Yufei’s head!
The room erupted in exclamations.
Only a "crash" was heard!
Upon the collision, the wine glass shattered.
The entire glass fragmented in no time!
The scarlet wine dripped down from her hair, soaking half of her jade-like face, a lock of her hair at the forehead was stained with blood, flowing into her eye socket, turning her entire left eye crimson!
Despite this, her face still showed no emotion, maintaining her composure without any sign of disarray.
Li Yufei slightly squinted one eye, while the other remained half-open, calmly observing Hua Qianqing, her gaze carrying a tinge of disdain.
She knew that Hua Qianqing was furious and had lost control of his emotions.
Shao Chen widened his eyes, rushing to Li Yufei’s side, "President Li!"
Li Yufei expressionlessly supported the back of her chair, moving gracefully, though feeling somewhat dizzy, yet still maintained her calm and elegant demeanor, her lips still forming a gentle curve.
Shao Chen, burning with rage, grabbed Hua Qianqing’s tie, ready to throw a punch.
"Stop."
Li Yufei coldly interrupted him.
Shao Chen turned his head back.
Li Yufei retrieved a handkerchief from her pocket, gently wiping the wine off her face.
The scarlet wine, mixed with blood, blurred the distinction between which part was wine and which was blood.
She raised her eyes, a trace of ruthlessness flickering in her gaze, quickly suppressed.
Li Yufei softly said, "President Hua is understandably angry. Cutting off someone’s source of income is like murdering their parents. But in reality, I don’t wish to cut off anyone’s income. President Hua, I’ve come to discuss business with you. If you sign, we’re friends, and I assure you will continue to live a life of wealth and prosperity. If you don’t sign, we’re enemies. You..."
She walked up to Hua Qianqing, suddenly opening the eye filled with blood, and stared into his eyes, enunciating each word: "You wouldn’t want to become my enemy, right?"
Hua Qianqing found himself at a loss for words: "You..."
Li Yufei indifferently said, "You wouldn’t think I reached this position simply because I’m the eldest daughter of the Li Family, inheriting the family business effortlessly, and just naturally seated in the top chair of the Li family, would you? Perhaps, you should take a good look at who I am, how I got here, and why I deserve this position. It’s not too late to reevaluate our cooperation seriously and amicably."
In this moment, Hua Qianqing finally realized how terrifying the elegant yet assertive woman before him truly was.
The business empress was not just a loud title.
He admitted, he was somewhat in awe of her methods!
Hua Qianqing clenched his jaw, after a long silence, he mumbled in a hushed tone, "I’ll sign, I’ll sign!"
Shao Chen, containing his anger, took out the contract from the briefcase.
Half an hour later.
Hua Qianqing confirmed the agreement, signing and sealing it.
The contract was handed to Li Yufei.
As Li Yufei cleaned the wine stains from her face, she checked that every signature was where it needed to be.
Shao Chen: "President Li, I’ll take you to the hospital immediately..."
Li Yufei raised her hand to stop him, quickly scanning the agreement with a serious tone: "President Hua, there’s one more matter."
She looked up, letting out a cold smile, casually saying: "Choose one of your hands."