"Little Liu … Hey, Director Shi is also here. What a coincidence."
Just when Zhang Lan thought that she had seen through Liu Wenjing's bluff and felt proud, she saw two men in their fifties or sixties walking over happily. They were about to talk to Liu Wenjing with a smile, but they suddenly saw Shi Manli also nodding and greeting them with a smile. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, and her face changed dramatically.
"Minister Jiang, why did you come out?"
Liu Wenjing asked in surprise.
It was a slap in the face. It was a naked slap in the face.
She had just said that they were bragging, and Minister Jiang had appeared. It was tantamount to giving a loud slap in the face to Secretary Zhang, making her feel hot on her face.
"Minister Jiang, I didn't expect you to be here. Are you here to inspect the work?"
Shi Manli took a quick step forward, reached out to shake Minister Jiang's hand respectfully, and said with a smile on her face.
But in her heart, she was perturbed and scolded Zhang Lan in her heart. It seemed that the secretary of the chairman needed to be replaced.
"Hey, I'm not inspecting the work. I just got along well with Brother Jia, so I specially came to visit him and have a meal with him. It's purely a private meeting."
Minister Jiang said with a very amiable smile, but what he said made everyone's face change. They looked at the man called Brother Jia beside him in awe.
"Oh, by the way, you still don't know each other, right? Let me introduce you. This is Jia Mingzhi, Mr. Jia of Shengtang Pharmaceutical Company, and this is Shi Manli, Director Shi of Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company."
Seeing Shi Manli looking at Mr. Jia in surprise, Minister Jiang suddenly patted his forehead and introduced them.
"Director Shi, I've heard a lot about you. Welcome to Shengtang to inspect and guide the work."
Mr. Jia smiled warmly and took the initiative to reach out his hand calmly.
"Mr. Jia, you're too polite. The inspection and guidance work is the patent of Minister Jiang. I came to Shengtang this time to ask for your help."
Shi Manli's attitude was very humble, even a little bit subservient. Although she was called Poisonous Scorpion, it depended on who she was talking to. Even Minister Jiang, who had always been serious, did not shy away from calling him younger brother. How close their relationship was! How could she dare to be disrespectful to him?
"We're all in the same industry, so we should communicate with each other. There's no need to talk about begging. Director Shi, you're treating me like an outsider."
Mr. Jia's words were like a spring breeze and extremely amiable, which made Shi Manli's uneasy heart calm down a lot. However, when she saw Liu Wenjing's angry face, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. She glared at Zhang Lan fiercely. It seemed that she not only had to remove Zhang Lan, but also had to fire her to appease Director Liu's anger.
Zhang Lan's face was ashen. She lowered her head in fear and no longer had the arrogant look from before. She knew Director Shi's style of doing things too well. This time, she was definitely done for.
"That's right. You guys are in the same line of work, so you need to communicate more and help each other out. I won't hold you up any longer. I'll go upstairs and have a cup of flower tea while I wait for you."
Minister Jiang didn't know what had happened, but when he saw Liu Wenjing's pouting and angry face, he knew that she must have had a quarrel with Shi Manli's side. With his identity, calling Director Jia "younger brother" in public was already the greatest support for him. He would not intervene in the conflict between them.
He knew Shi Manli very well. She was very smart and capable, but she was too overbearing. It would be a good thing to let her hit a wall and suffer some losses.
He knew that Director Jia was the same as Ding Ning. They were both people who would protect their subordinates and would never let their subordinates be wronged.
"Wenjing, please greet Minister Jiang. I'll have a chat with Director Shi for a while."
Director Jia ordered without batting an eyelid.
"Okay, Minister Jiang. This way, please."
Liu Wenjing revealed a sweet smile and made a gesture of invitation. Without looking at Director Shi and the others, she led the way for Minister Jiang and went straight to the pavilion in the air.
In fact, Minister Jiang didn't lie. Others didn't know that the behind-the-scenes boss of the Magnificent Tang Corporation was Ding Ning, but he knew it very well in his heart. Naturally, he would try his best to please Director Jia.
This time, he came to Magnificent Tang to care about the preparation work for the Rice Bean Oral Solution to go on the market after the Spring Festival. Secondly, he wanted to go to the pavilion in the air to taste it and see if it was really as delicious as the rumors said.
It had to be said that the pavilion in the air really broke through the sky. Even if he, a dignified minister, wanted to taste it, he had to line up downstairs without borrowing the favor of Director Jia. He didn't know whether he should laugh or cry.
"Director Shi, please come inside."
Director Jia made a gesture of invitation very gracefully and led the way in front of him with half of his body sideways. His etiquette was flawless.
This made Shi Manli secretly feel relieved. In her life experience, people who were polite and liked to pretend to be gentlemen were very easy to deal with. This made her full of confidence for the next negotiation.
However, only after the real negotiation began did she realize that she was wrong. This man who looked refined and had the demeanor of a scholarly businessman was actually an extremely difficult old fox. No matter how hard she tried, he was still unmoved like a mountain and refused to budge on the price, causing her to have a feeling that she was at her wit's end.
In fact, she really blamed Director Jia wrongly. He was not good at negotiation. He still wanted to promote the big order of Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company, but Ding Ning had already set the big rules. He insisted on the national unified pricing and insisted that the people could use safe and affordable drugs. There was no room for concessions on the price.
Therefore, he could make some concessions in other aspects, but there was absolutely no room for negotiation on the price.
"Director Jia, I really doubt whether you are a businessman or not. How can you not earn money? It's not a charity."
Shi Manli was also completely speechless. She sneered with a flushed face. She almost called him an idiot in his face.
The purpose of her coming to Shengtang personally to negotiate was to win a large order at the lowest price, and then sell it at a high price in Yuezhou to make huge profits.
Unfortunately, Director Jia was stubborn. He never gave in on the purchase price and firmly refused to sell it at a high price. The sales price must not exceed twice the purchase price. Wasn't he an idiot who did not earn money? It was a pity that Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company did not get the production rights of the Rice Bean Oral Solution. Otherwise, she would not have the patience to haggle with him here.
Boss Jia took a deep look at her and said with awe-inspiring righteousness, "Director Shi, this is the difference in our philosophy. The Rice Bean Oral Solution will be launched on the road of affordable medicine with small profits but quick sales, so that all our compatriots in Shenzhou can have safe and affordable medicine. How much money can we earn? Raising the price of drugs will only make more people live in misery, which is contrary to our philosophy of Shengtang. "
"Boss Jia should really be a philanthropist instead of a businessman."
Shi Manli curled her lips and said dismissively. In her eyes, it was the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, but Boss Jia did the opposite. He held a treasure bowl that could make a lot of money, but he did the things of the Boy of Wealth. He was not a qualified businessman at all.
"People of different principles cannot make plans together. There is no room for negotiation on the price. Director Shi, please go back."
Boss Jia looked at his watch and unceremoniously asked the guest to leave.
Shi Manli narrowed her eyes slightly and snorted coldly. She stood up and turned to leave, leaving only a sentence full of sarcasm. "I'd like to see if the Rice Bean Oral Solution can really take the route of an affordable drug as you said."
"Then let's wait and see."
Boss Jia stood up politely and said indifferently.
The first negotiation between the two ended in discord.
Zhang Lan and others were not qualified to enter Boss Jia's office. When they saw Shi Manli coming out with a gloomy face, they knew that the negotiation was definitely not going well. They immediately followed her cautiously, trembling with fear and did not even dare to breathe, lest they become her punching bag.
"Director Shi, is the negotiation not going well?"
When they arrived at the hotel where they were staying, Zhang Lan poured a glass of red wine for her and dared to ask. Although she expected that she would not have a good end, she still had to fulfill the responsibility of a secretary before Shi Manli announced her dismissal.
"You really don't know how to appreciate favors. Just because you have Minister Jiang's support, you dare to look down on me. Do you really think that my nickname Poisonous Scorpion is just for show?"
Shi Manli leaned on the sofa and tasted the red wine, squinting her eyes and saying angrily.
She and Boss Jia parted on bad terms and even asked her to leave, which made her feel extremely annoyed. She also let go of the idea of firing Zhang Lan. After all, she had been with her for so many years and was relatively easy to use. Since Boss Jia did not intend to give her face, she did not need to fire Zhang Lan to please Sheng Tang, but it was still necessary to knock her down.
"But Sheng Tang is now the only designated manufacturer of the Rice Bean Oral Solution in the country."
Zhang Lan cautiously reminded.
"No, I received the news that Sheng Tang is not the only manufacturer of the Rice Bean Oral Solution, but the other manufacturers have not been finalized."
Shi Manli was very concerned about the Rice Bean Oral Solution and had done enough homework in advance. Although she was not very clear about the inside story, the source of the news was accurate. She curled her lips and sneered, guessing, "It must be Minister Jiang who disclosed the news to Sheng Tang in advance, so Sheng Tang was one step ahead."
Zhang Lan's eyes suddenly lit up. "Then does our Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company have the hope of getting the Rice Bean Oral Solution manufacturer?"
"It's difficult. Each province can only have one manufacturer. Although our Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company is one of the best in China, Yuezhou is located in an economically developed area, where pharmaceutical companies are relatively concentrated. There are several pharmaceutical giants who can challenge our Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company, not to mention those large pharmaceutical companies that are slightly weaker than us. The competition is too big."
Shi Manli put down the glass and sighed. She closed her eyes tiredly, leaned on the sofa, and murmured.
It was not that she did not want to fight for the production rights of the Rice Bean Oral Solution, but she had never liked to deal with government departments. She did not have any strong backing in the government, so she did not have any hope of winning the production rights.
Zhang Lan sighed dejectedly. She was not a magnanimous person. She still thought that if Baiyun Pharmaceutical Company could win the production rights, she would give Sheng Tang a good slap in the face. Now, this hope was shattered.
"However, if we can find the developer of the Rice Bean Oral Solution and directly buy the patent rights from him, it is not impossible."
Shi Manli would definitely not give up. After a moment of silence, she suddenly opened her eyes and said excitedly.
"Ah, isn't the patent rights the country?"
Zhang Lan asked with some puzzlement.
"No, no, no. According to the information I got, the developer of the Rice Bean Oral Solution only handed over the production rights and patent rights to the country for free, but the patent rights were kept by him. I am so stupid. Why didn't I think of it earlier? Otherwise, I would not have to suffer Mr. Jia's anger today."
Shi Manli stood up excitedly, paced back and forth, and said full of fighting spirit, "What is the developer's name … What is his name again … Ding Ning, yes, it is Ding Ning. He seems to be from Ninghai. Immediately ask someone to find him for me. Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find him. After finding him, I will talk to him in person."
"Yes, chairman, I will arrange someone to find him now."
Zhang Lan swiftly and decisively went to make the arrangements. After walking out of the room, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Director Shi was still very nostalgic and had no intention of firing her. Her heart that had been hanging in suspense finally returned to her stomach.
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