Chapter 538 Lets make a bet, 10 billion meters of gold is the standard
After dinner, Yang Chen and Zhang Jingyi watched the musical fountain together.
Afterwards, the two walked to the Four Seasons Hotel at West Lake together.
"Can I ask why you asked me to cooperate?" Yang Chen asked.
Zhang Jingyi smashed Yang Chen's arm with her little pink fist and said: "Your figure makes me feel very safe. To be honest, if it were someone with average physical fitness, I really wouldn't dare to earn this with him.
Money. 5,000 yuan is quite a lot, but it’s not worth it if you get scared and something happens. It’s not enough for medical treatment.”
Yang Chen: "Oh, that's it. It seems that being stronger is beneficial. I can get opportunities that others can't."
Zhang Jingyi: "Haha... of course. Boys who are handsome and strong are very popular. Many girls have no resistance to such boys."
Yang Chen: "Really? Then I don't see any girl who can't resist me."
Zhang Jingyi: "Who said that? I can't resist you, otherwise I wouldn't invite you to earn 5,000 yuan with me. I hope you are a good person. If you are a bad person, then I will be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth.
Seeking death."
Yang Chen: "Haha... Our Dragon Country is a society ruled by law, and there are not so many bad people."
Zhang Jingyi: "Looking at your accent, where are you from? A bit like a Haicheng person, but also a bit like Beijing."
Yang Chen: "It seems that you have some special skills in traveling around. I am indeed from Haicheng, but now I am settled in the capital and occasionally go to other cities for a stroll."
Zhang Jingyi: "That's right, I've traveled extensively and seen a lot. I've been to every city in our country. I can basically tell where the other person is from by their accent."
The two of them arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel while chatting.
Yang Chen checked in, and the room was next door to Zhang Jingyi's.
The two said goodbye at the door and entered their respective rooms.
Yang Chen just came out of the shower when Qiu Yuhong called him.
Qiu Yuhong: "Mr. Yang, the intelligence department just reported that the Qin Sect sent 12 people to assassinate you, and also mobilized all the informants and channels to find you all over the sea city."
Yang Chen: "Qinmen is determined to stand up for Qin Lang. I really appreciate their unity. Keep an eye on those 12 people and make them disappear from the world."
Qiu Yuhong: "What about the other people in the Qin clan? Especially Qin Sitong, Qin Huang, and Qin Lang. How to deal with the three of them?"
Yang Chen: "Qin Huang and Qin Lang should follow the original plan, first borrow their money, and then make it look like they and Gao Qiguo are fighting because of old grudges, so that the Qin family and the Gao family will go to hell together. As for Qin Sitong
, don't move for now, wait until I finish what I'm doing, and talk to him in person. However, you have to give him some warnings to stop him from acting rashly."
Qiu Yuhong: "Okay, I understand. Oh, by the way, they also reported that Wang Simiao and Qin Sitong have been relatively close recently."
Yang Chen: "Wang Simiao? How old is Qin Sitong?"
Qiu Yuhong: "I'm 80."
Yang Chen: "Oh, I understand. Qin Sitong is pretending to be a favor to Qin Lang, but he is actually here for my blood. Wang Simiao's vicious thing is that I am strong and my blood has the effect of prolonging life. He recently walked with Qin Sitong
Being close, I most likely convinced Qin Sitong to capture me and use my blood to extend Qin Sitong's life."
Qiu Yuhong: "It's so outrageous! Since they have such vicious ideas, no one can be left alive. I think Mr. Yang, you should not meet Qin Sitong. We will just get rid of it."
Yang Chen thought for a few seconds and felt that there was really no need to meet Qin Sitong.
Then just follow Qiu Yuhong’s wishes.
Yang Chen was still very relieved when Star Defense's "assassins" took action.
It was getting late, so Yang Chen put down his phone and prepared to go to sleep.
Just feeling a little sleepy, Zhang Jingyi knocked on Yang Chen's door with a fruit platter.
"Brother Chen, are you still awake? I'll give it to you to eat." Zhang Jingyi smiled and offered it with both hands.
Yang Chen: "No, no need. I don't eat before going to bed and I have already brushed my teeth. Although I am just an online ride-hailing driver, I am still very strict with my living habits and other aspects."
Zhang Jingyi: "It can be seen that if you are not a person who is very strict with yourself, you cannot have such a perfect figure. It's okay not to eat it, the fruit is a bit cold and not conducive to sleep. Then you can rest and remember to come back early tomorrow night."
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Yang Chen nodded and said: "Don't worry, I definitely want to experience the work of a sleep tester."
Zhang Jingyi: "Hehe... OK. Good night then."
Yang Chen smiled and nodded, watching Zhang Jingyi go back to the room before closing the door and going to sleep.
Yang Chen made an appointment with Mayor Liu to meet at three o'clock in the afternoon. He had nothing to do for half a day in the morning, so he drove out to solicit customers.
Yang Chen was originally in a good mood. He changed to a different city to experience different customs and customs.
But as soon as he picked up the two passengers, Yang Chen received a call from Li Enbei.
Li Enbei: "Mr. Yang, Mayor Liu just called us and asked us to go to the city hall right now. Those people from MSD went to the city hall to say bad things about us, and Mayor Liu asked us to go and make it clear to them face to face."
Yang Chen: "They really want to die! I was thinking of dealing with them after I was done with my work, but they came to deal with me first. Okay, I'll go over now, and we'll meet at the gate of the city hall later."
Li Enbei: "Okay, I'll go over now. See you later."
Brother Malaysia had previously said that he would go to the city hall with Yang Chen to meet Mayor Liu. Yang Chen also informed him last night that he would go to the city hall at three o'clock this afternoon.
Now that the time has changed temporarily, Yang Chen still has to say hello to Brother Malaysia.
Yang Chen quickly found a place to park and immediately called Brother Malaysia.
Dama: "Hey, Mr. Yang, what's the matter?"
Yang Chen: "I just received a notification from the city government, saying that the people from Merck & Co. are going to file a lawsuit against me. Mayor Liu asked me to go there now. Didn't I tell you last night that we would meet at three o'clock this afternoon?
I have to tell you."
Brother Malaysia: "That's it. I'll go over now and we'll meet at the gate of the city hall later."
Yang Chen: "What I mean is that if the time is not convenient for you, it's better not to go."
Brother Da Ma: "I'm very free now and don't have so much to do. Since we agreed to meet Mayor Liu together, of course I will keep my promise. I will leave now and meet you at the gate of the city hall later."
Yang Chen: "Okay. See you later."
More than forty minutes later, Yang Chen arrived at the city hall.
At this time, Li Enbei and Brother Da Ma had already arrived and they were chatting.
Yang Chen parked the car and stepped forward to greet the two of them.
Brother Ma smiled and said: "Director Li told me about the matter between you and MSD, how is Mr. Yang going to deal with them?"
Yang Chen: "Since they took the initiative to provoke the dispute, then I will definitely accept their challenge. Didn't that Thomas ask me to short Merck, then I will fulfill his wish."
Brother Malaysia: "It's not easy to short Merck. It is an international pharmaceutical giant, and many domestic pharmaceutical companies rely on it for their survival. How do you short it?"
Yang Chen: "As long as I am willing, there is no company in this world that I cannot short."
Brother Malaysia: "Haha... Then this time I want to see how Mr. Yang shorted MSD, and I will learn how to invest from you."
Yang Chen: "Haha... pull them down. Let's go in and find them."
The three of them entered the city hall together and met Mayor Liu.
Mayor Liu didn't expect that Yang Chen would bring Brother Malaysia here, so his expression was a little complicated.
As we all know, Brother Ma’s status in Hangzhou is extraordinary, and Mayor Liu must be in awe of him.
When Malaysian brother complained about the traffic jam in Hangzhou, the former mayor immediately stated that he would solve the traffic jam problem in Hangzhou within ten years.
Only when Brother Malaysia is happy can Hangzhou be happy.
"I didn't expect that Mr. Yang also invited Mr. Ma here." Mayor Liu said with a smile.
Brother Da Ma quickly explained: "No, no, no, I took the initiative to come with you. I haven't seen Mayor Liu for a while, so I'll take this opportunity to come and see you."
Mayor Liu: "Haha... Mr. Ma is interested. Then you also want to participate?"
Yang Chen: "Mr. Ma, let's listen together. It's not a shameful thing anyway."
Brother Ma: "Haha... Mr. Yang doesn't mind, so I'll go and listen to it. Anyway, I have nothing to do, so just think of it as listening to the story. I will remember the exciting ones, and forget the unexciting ones."
Mayor Liu smiled and nodded, took them to the small conference room, and told them that no one was allowed to approach the small conference room, otherwise they would be demoted.
The Merck delegation is still the same as yesterday, and the leader is still Thomas, the factory director.
Mayor Liu: "You have all seen it, so I won't introduce it. I will just observe without expressing my opinions. You two can negotiate on your own."
Yang Chen asked Mr. Ma and Director Li to sit down, leaned back on the chair and looked at Thomas and the others with slight contempt.
Thomas said very directly: "My attitude has been told to Mayor Liu. If Enbei Pharmaceuticals cannot fulfill the verbal agreement reached by both parties, we at Merck will ban all companies in Longguo from producing all our products. Even if
It is a product that has expired, and Longguo's company cannot produce it. Otherwise, we have many ways to make Longguo's pharmaceutical companies pay the price. We have a healthy competitive relationship with Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and other companies, which involves our common interests.
They will definitely stand with us, MSD. If you don’t believe it, you can try it.”
It seems that Thomas still doesn't understand why Yang Chen insists on not using their product patents and insisting on independent research and development, otherwise he would never say what he just said.
Yang Chen sneered and said: "Your attitude and words just now are exactly the reason why I insist on independent research and development and never use the patents of foreign companies. If one day we also have the products you have, how dare you talk nonsense here? You
The more aggressive I am, the more I have to stick to my attitude. I can tell you clearly now that Enbei Pharmaceutical will no longer use the patents of any foreign pharmaceutical companies. At worst, we will stop production. We will develop a product independently.
Open a production line. I have a lot of money and can afford workers. If you want to use this to threaten me, then you have made a wrong calculation. In addition, I also want to tell you that the money I spent on raising workers must be earned from your Merck.
come over."
Thomas: "I really don't understand. There are ready-made things available, why do you have to spend so much money on research? And no one can guarantee that you will succeed in research and development, and you will probably waste time and money. You
Do you know how to manage a company? You don’t start a company just to make money, but just to compete?”
Yang Chen: "Hey, by the way, I have no interest in money now. I just like to compete with some awesome companies and people. Especially foreign companies like you, which have taken advantage of us over the years and made a lot of money.
The bowls are full, but you still stab us in the back from time to time. I just can't stand your wolfish behavior, and I must fight with you to the end."
Thomas: "You are arrogant and do not know your own abilities! Who do you think you are? You can compete with us just because you say you can compete with us!"
Yang Chen: "If you don't be more arrogant, I will be old. Okay, I don't want to talk nonsense with you, I have said everything I want to say. Go back and report to your headquarters, I want to get billions from Merck Group to support me.
Workers, I’ve told you my cards now, let’s see how you play them. Mayor Liu, we’ve finished talking here.”
Mayor Liu was staring at Yang Chen the whole time, and Yang Chen's words just now touched him deeply.
I remember that when he was young, he was also an idealistic and ambitious person, dreaming of making the Dragon Kingdom stand up in front of people all over the world.
But as I grow older, my former ideals have gradually faded away.
Fortunately, he saw his former self in Yang Chen.
only……
If Yang Chen is so tough with MSD, the consequences may be really serious.
Appreciation is appreciation, the stakes still have to be explained clearly to Yang Chen.
"Mr. Yang, I admire your idea very much, and I hope you can get what you want. However, I still have to say a few words to you. Many domestic pharmaceutical companies do rely on international pharmaceutical giants such as Merck to survive. If they really join forces to
A small move may be a disaster for these domestic pharmaceutical companies, and the consequences are too serious. For example, Zhifei Biological, 90% of its revenue is contributed by Merck's products. If Merck suspends their authorization, Zhifei Biotech will
Feisheng Biotech's profits of more than 10 billion and market value of 100 billion will collapse overnight, the hard-earned money of hundreds of thousands of shareholders will be lost, and tens of thousands of employees may lose their jobs. I know that from your perspective, you don't have to think about this.
Questions, but these issues must be considered from the government’s perspective. Can you understand what I mean?”
Even if Zhifei Biotech's market value of 100 billion collapsed overnight, it would not have any impact on Yang Chen, and he would not blink an eyelid.
But this is a big problem for the government, because it involves hundreds of billions of dollars in funding and the work of tens of thousands of employees.
If the trouble really comes to this point, governments at all levels will definitely favor Merck, requiring Yang Chen to accept Merck's product patents and stop the research and development of similar drugs.
It sounds magical, but it's reality.
Brother Da Ma said with a solemn expression: "Mr. Yang should understand these principles and be more cautious. Don't be as high-spirited as I was back then, but now I have to deliberately restrain myself. The government always considers the interests of the majority of people, and most of the time it will
Sacrificing the interests of a few people to satisfy the interests of the majority. For example, demolition often causes the problem of poor households, but demolition still has to be done. Without demolition, how can we build high-speed rails, highways, and high-rise buildings to develop the economy? If in order to take care of the minority
If we don’t care about people’s interests, we may still be where we were thirty years ago.”
If it was Yang Chen five years ago, he would definitely not consider these issues, and his ideological consciousness would not be able to consider issues at this level.
But now he has to think about it. There is a good saying about moral kidnapping. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If domestic pharmaceutical companies close down due to personal grievances and tens of thousands of employees lose their jobs, he will also feel sad.
Can't bear it.
However, he was still unwilling to give in.
Yang Chen: "Thomas, how about we make a bet. If I win, it will be according to my wishes. If I lose, it will be according to your wishes. I am just an ordinary person. I don't have to stand in the government's perspective.
Think about it. If you really push me into a hurry, I won’t care about the life and death of those pharmaceutical companies, and no one can do anything to me. So, let’s use this bet to decide who has the final say. How about it?”
Thomas: "What bet?"
Yang Chen: "I just said, I want to short Merck. If I succeed in my short selling, you are not allowed to cause trouble anymore. If I fail in my short selling, I will immediately sign a contract with you and suspend all R&D work that conflicts with your patents."
Thomas: "Haha... OK! Don't say that we bully you, I will give you this opportunity. However, we have to set a profit standard. If the stock price does not fall or fluctuate normally, it will be considered a success in your short selling, right?"
Yang Chen nodded.
Thomas: "In this way, as long as you can make more than 10 billion gold by shorting Merck's stock price, we will count you as a winner. If you fail to make that much profit, then you lose."
Mayor Liu, Brother Ma, Li Enbei, and other MSD staff all thought that Yang Chen would refuse, but to their surprise, Yang Chen accepted the profit standard of 10 billion meters of gold without any hesitation.
"No problem! You can't make a profit of 10 billion gold by shorting Merck's stock. I'll let you do it!" Yang Chen said very confidently.
Thomas: "Haha... Okay! You will definitely pay a heavy price for your arrogance!"
Yang Chen accepted Thomas' request so casually, but Li Enbei, Mayor Liu, and Brother Da Ma were shocked.
Li Enbei asked hurriedly: "Mr. Yang, are you a little impulsive? Merck is not easy to sell short. I really can't find any reason to do so. And to make a profit of 10 billion meters, this standard is too high."
Mayor Liu also quickly advised: "Mr. Yang, don't be pushy in this kind of thing. If you lose, your reputation will be ruined. And... I don't know if they will make additional demands on you.
Woolen cloth."
Brother Malaysia also felt that 10 billion meters of gold was too much, and advised: "Mr. Yang, I don't know why you are so confident. However, I think any investment should be evaluated after in-depth and careful investigation. You are not prepared for anything."
, Is it a bit too hasty to agree right away? It’s not that I don’t believe in your ability, it’s just that I think it’s better to be more cautious.”
Obviously, none of the three of them could understand why Yang Chen was so impulsive.
Thomas laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Yang, did you hear that? Mayor Liu, Mr. Ma, and Director Li all don't think highly of you. I think you should stop wasting your time and just admit defeat. We won't treat you either."
By making additional demands, I just ask you to honor the oral agreement you reached with us. From now on, just like Zhifei Biotech and other companies, you can use our product patents with peace of mind and do not engage in research and development on your own."
Mu De, Yang Chen just doesn't want to do something like begging, but Thomas insists on forcing him to do it. Isn't this just looking for trouble?
Yang Chen: "Let's judge heroes by their results. There's no point in talking nonsense. Okay, it's settled. The results will be announced before Double Eleven. You go, Mayor Liu and I have other things to discuss.
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Thomas sneered and left with his team.
Mayor Liu sent them away and then ran back quickly.
At this time, Brother Da Ma and Li Enbei were persuading Yang Chen to think about it again. This is a big deal.
Mayor Liu also quickly said: "Mr. Yang, are you really not afraid of losing? At least so far, your image is perfect in everyone's mind. But if you lose this time, your image will be ruined.
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Yang Chen: "Do I still care about this? Not many people know me, so I don't care what they think of me? Okay, let's not talk about this kind of bet that is sure to win but not lose. Let's talk about the relocation of Enbei Pharmaceutical's headquarters.
