315: Something Happened

Peng Yang knocked on the door and walked into the office. After receiving the documents signed by Wang Ning'an, his expression still seemed hesitant, as if he had something to say. Wang Ning'an just happened to see his expression when he looked up, so he ordered him to speak bluntly.

"Vice President, Secretary Chen came over just now and said that President Yu's assistant took away all the documents she was supposed to give you. Do you want me to go and get them back?" Peng Yang had been with Wang Ning'an for almost a year now. Although many things had happened, he had always been loyal to Wang Ning'an. High-level executives of other departments had tried to poach him in the past when Wang Ning’an was gone, but failed to woo him over; he knew very well that he wasn’t only learning more by the vice president's side, but also becoming much more successful.

"No need." Wang Ning refused after thinking about it for a moment. Before Peng Yang could ask, he explained, "Most of those documents are new projects. Since President Yu thinks he has the ability to handle them well, then let’s let him be in charge. If any problems develop, he will be responsible for them, it will have nothing to do with me."

When Peng Yang heard this, he suddenly realized that this might be an opportune turning point for the vice president to gain the trust of Chairman Yu. Once problems arose with the projects the president had intercepted, the vice president would remain innocent throughout Chairman Yu’s investigation. Then, Chairman Yu might transfer President Yu’s power to the vice president.

"Then I'll go to President Yu's office now and ask for those documents."

"Go ahead," Wang Ning'an nodded with a smile. Peng Yang was more adaptive than his last assistant and could read his thoughts better, which made his work a lot easier.

After Peng Yang went out, he handed the freshly signed documents to the secretary so she could send out the documents to the necessary departments. When she saw that he was about to leave in a different direction, Secretary Chen casually asked where he was going.

"To President Yu's office."

Secretary Chen froze for a moment. By the time she came back to earth, she realized that he had already left. After she pondered the meaning behind this sentence, Secretary Chen then told others about it. When she heard them begin to discuss this matter, she smiled contentedly and walked away in her tall heels. Who didn’t like making things rowdy?

The news about President Yu intercepting the documents that should have been sent to Vice President Wang spread quickly. Several people watched as Peng Yang went to President Yu to get the documents, only to be driven away by President Yu's assistant. The assistant even proudly told him that President Yu would be solely responsible for the latest project, reassuring Vice President Wang.

Yu Yong’s reputation as an idiot was not an unfounded rumor, but a truth everyone knew of since his first month in the president’s seat.

In the past, Yu Hongming hadn’t yet realized how much of an idiot his younger brother was. Apparently, Yu Yong was so idiotic that he even signed documents in the wrong places, causing the company to suffer millions in losses. Although that wasn’t much, from then on, Yu Hongming did not dare to give him any important documents.

Now President Yu was actually saying that he would be solely responsible for some important projects?

Not many people in the company were optimistic about this.

Peng Yang then went to President Yu and told him that these projects were very important, and that the chairman had given full responsibility for them to the vice president. If he wanted to do things like this, then who would be held responsible if something happened?

His words provoked Yu Yong. He did hold an empty position, but who wanted to be told that they were incompetent in front of everyone? For so many years, Yu Yong had tried to prove that he was not a cheap joke. However, with Yu Hongming in charge of the company, he simply couldn’t catch a glimpse of any important projects. How could he prove himself? Now that Yu Hongming only came to the company occasionally, he found an opportunity.

Peng Yang went to Yu Yong three times and was scolded by him each time. Wang Ning'an then asked Peng Yang to send the relevant materials of the several projects to Yu Yong, so that he could refer to them before making decisions.

Of course, Yu Yong didn't accept it so easily. He directly threw the information back onto Peng Yang and drove him away.

Yu Hongming only learned about this when something bad had happened. A problem had developed with one of the projects Yu Yong insisted he was solely responsible for, and it wasn’t any ordinary problem.

A businessman who sold medicine offered Shenghui a drug that was said to be very effective in killing cancer. He intended to sell the formula to Shenghui, but Wang Ning’an had already rejected it. However, the businessman did not give up and threw a document into Shenghui’s official mailbox - that document happened to be among the documents Yu Yong took away.

After Yu Yong found out, he asked the businessman to meet, and wanted the other party to give proof that the drug really did kill cancer. They immediately took out the evidence they had prepared and let Yu Yong meet with cancer patients who had miraculously recovered using this drug. The group of people conspired to deceive Yu Yong into circles.

The idiotic Yu Yong really believed them and ended up buying the prescription at a high price. He then asked his assistant to secretly contact the manufacturer and let them prepare a large amount of this anti-cancer drug, directly bypassing their company's necessary departments. He wanted to take all the credit for this, so he asked his assistant not to tell anyone, and then asked the public relations department to prepare articles about the cancer drug as publicity.

The public relations department was confused by his request. They hadn't heard that the company was planning to launch any anti-cancer drugs. There had been quite a few such drugs on the market in recent years, but very few were actually effective. Shenghui Pharmaceutical was not an ordinary small company; they needed to be cautious when launching every drug, otherwise it would damage the company's reputation.

The public relations department said that they would first ask Vice President Wang for instructions. This just angered Yu Yong, who cursed that Wang Ning’an was a nobody, and the company belonged to his Yu family, not the Wang family. He threatened to fire them if they didn’t do as told.

The head of the public relations department still felt that he should not be too hasty, so he let his assistant inform Wang Ning’an about this. When Wang Ning’an learned what happened, he told them to agree to President Yu’s request, just with empty words to distract him. Yu Yong was finally happy for a while and worked on the anti-cancer drug with high spirits. However, something went wrong.

Yu Yong asked his assistant to find a patient with cancer and let them take this anti-cancer drug. He figured that if his patient showed signs of improvement in a few months, he would push the patient into the limelight and let everyone see the drug’s effects. However, when a few months had passed, the cancer patient died. After the examination results came out, they learned that the cancer cells had spread due to treatment with an unhealthy drug, which caused the patient to meet Lord Yama* in advance. The patient's family immediately called the police and went to the gate of the Shenghui company headquarters to cry. The next day, this story was published in the newspapers and caused a great sensation.

[T/N: *god of death in the underworld]

By the time Yu Hongming found out, Yu Yong had already been taken away by the police.

Because of Yu Yong's idiocy, not only did the company suffer huge transaction losses, but the company's reputation also underwent a tremendous impact. The relevant state departments wanted to investigate this drug, but Yu Yong did all the development privately, and he didn't even have a certificate of compliance. In addition, the departments now needed to test the other drugs produced by Shenghui, one by one.

Now, newspapers scrambled to get news on this matter. Reports such as ‘Consuming the Medicine Produced by Shenghui Pharmaceuticals Causes Death’ emerged one after the other. After reading such articles, people were frightened and unwilling to buy Shenghui Pharmaceuticals' products again. Sales volumes declined a lot that month.

Yu Hongming already understood the gist of what happened, and many people were able to testify for Wang Ning'an, so he could only cast his temper on his younger brother.

After Yu Yong was arrested, he didn't stay in the police station for long. He and his assistant both explained the details of the incident and handed over the formula. As a result, the police found that they had already recorded the formula in their criminal record. They seized it from a gang that deceived ignorant citizens; others had been fooled by this drug in the past. Yu Yong was allowed out after paying a fine, only to find the angry Yu Hongming awaiting his return.

"You’re really f*cking capable." Yu Hongming slapped Yu Yong in the face. He wholeheartedly regretted letting this idiot sit in the position of president. Instead of originally letting Yu Yong have rights that restrained Wang Ning'an, he might as well have directly promoted Wang Ning'an.

Yu Yong didn't dare to talk back at all, let alone fight back. This was his first time seeing his eldest brother so angry, so he already knew the seriousness of this matter.

At this time, Yu Hongming's secretary came in. "Chairman, I just received a call. Several major customers who have cooperated with our company for a long time want to return their goods."

If someone could become a major customer of Shenghui, then every order they placed was worth at least several million, or even more, tens of millions. Orders were sent every other month, or when quicker, twice a month. Now that these big customers wanted to return their goods, everything would be piled up in the warehouse. Even if the other parties were willing to compensate, Shenghui was suffering great losses.

Yu Hongming was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became wide with blood vessels. He raised his hand and slapped Yu Yong again. "Look at your good deeds!"

"Chairman, what should we do now? Customers are demanding returns. If this continues, the company will face immeasurable losses. We have to find a solution." The secretary said anxiously.

"What did the vice president say?" Yu Hongming asked.

"The vice president said that he had no choice. He tried to stop President Yu, but President Yu didn't listen. Instead, he insisted on doing his own thing, and used his identity to suppress the vice president." When the secretary saw the chairman's face become ashen, the secretary couldn't help but speak up for Wang Ning'an. "Actually, we should still be grateful to the vice president about one thing. If he hadn't prevented President Yu from letting the public relations department formulate a publicity plan, this matter might have had an even greater impact on the company."

"What are you talking about?" Yu Hongming had no idea about this.

The secretary told Yu Hongming about how Yu Yong insisted on having the public relations department begin publicity for the cancer drugs, but in the end, Wang Ning’an let them pretend to agree so that they didn’t make too much of a mess.

Yu Yong saw his elder brother's face become very ugly in an instant. He quickly tried to explain: "Elder brother, Wang Ning'an really does have bad intentions for the company, he must have deliberately let me..."

Yu Hongming couldn't bear it any longer and kicked Yu Yong.

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