Ye Yun’s words were met with an immediate, unhesitating response from Zhang Han.
“My demands for money aren’t great; otherwise, I wouldn’t have given up my job at Pfizer. If you can guarantee that the licorice medicine will be priced below one thousand yuan, I’ll gladly work for you for free. But I have one condition: since you’ve said it, I hope you can always uphold it. Otherwise, I’ll become your enemy too!”
If it were anyone else, hearing Zhang Han’s words would likely lead them to believe he was playing hard to get or trying to inflate his value for a higher salary.
But Ye Yun didn’t think that.
In fact, Ye Yun had already anticipated Zhang Han’s response!
This guy was the kind of person who lived for his convictions.
Such people were rare in this materialistic world, but Zhang Han was definitely one of them.
“Of course, I can guarantee this to you! And you also know how terrifying the sales of licorice medicine will be once it’s put into production. We’ll focus on low profit margins and high sales volume. Even with a low price, the profit will still be very substantial,” Ye Yun said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhang Han also smiled.
That was right. The main cost of medicine was research and development.
The actual material cost of the medicine itself wasn’t that high.
Materials costing cents could be sold for hundreds or even more.
This was the norm.
He didn’t mind Ye Yun making money from licorice medicine.
A company that didn’t make money – was it supposed to run on passion alone?
What Zhang Han didn’t know was that Ye Yun had brought the research and development of licorice medicine back from his previous life.
For the current Ye Yun, this research and development cost nothing.
Therefore, even with a price cap of a thousand yuan, the profit margin for licorice medicine was still a staggering several tens to a hundred times.
Of course, Ye Yun wouldn’t tell Zhang Han about such company secrets.
In fact, even the strategy that Zhang Han had used in his previous life to develop Yao Ke Group, Ye Yun wouldn’t tell him now.
Too much of a good thing could be bad. Zhang Han was like a spring.
The harder you pressed him, the stronger his rebound. But if everything was arranged for him, he wouldn’t last long.
A balance between pressure and relaxation was the key.
In reality, for Zhang Han,
he didn’t care about the production cost of licorice medicine.
As long as a reasonable profit was maintained and the price was acceptable to the public, Zhang Han wouldn’t object.
He had the pride of a scholar but wasn’t pedantic.
Pedantic people couldn’t have achieved such excellent sales performance at Pfizer.
However, Zhang Han then seemed to recall something, rubbed his head, and said.
“Although I don’t care much about salary, if I want to recruit people, I’ll need money, a lot of money! I have several doctoral supervisors from my time at Pfizer and some classmates from my time at Hami whom I’m confident I can contact.”
“If they’re going to jump ship or even cross the ocean to join me, I’ll have to offer them a satisfactory price, after all, we… well, our company is still in its early stages, and it’s difficult to convince others of our future prospects.” Zhang Han had initially wanted to say the company hadn’t even been founded yet.
But saying that would show a lack of emotional intelligence.
As he spoke, Zhang Han’s face flushed slightly.
After all, he was asking for money before negotiations had even properly begun, which was rather…
Ye Yun could clearly hear the hesitation in Zhang Han’s words and said with a smile.
“Give me your bank account now, and I’ll transfer two hundred million yuan to you. This money should be enough for you to recruit people and secure a location.”
“It’s enough, it’s more than enough! I won’t need that much!” Zhang Han said repeatedly, then fell silent for a moment, looking at Ye Yun.
He said sincerely, “Mr. Ye, I want to ask you, do you really trust me this much? Aren’t you afraid I’ll run off with the two hundred million? With two hundred million, I could fly to any corner of the globe and live a life of wealth, and you wouldn’t be able to find me.”
After speaking, Zhang Han stared intently at Ye Yun.
“If you don’t trust someone, don’t use them; if you use them, don’t doubt them. Although you’re currently in a difficult situation, I believe that your pride hasn’t diminished. Moreover, I don’t believe that someone dedicated to changing the pharmaceutical landscape would so easily abandon their ideals.”
“If I truly abscond with the funds, then there’s nothing I can do but admit my misjudgment of character. However, I will continue to pursue the goal of bringing Pfizer down and changing the pharmaceutical industry, even if I have to do it alone!”
By the end of his speech, Ye Yun’s voice had become incredibly firm.
Zhang Han stood there, stunned, looking at Ye Yun in a daze.
Biting his lip, tears welled up in Zhang Han’s eyes. After a long pause, only two words escaped his lips.
“Thank you.”
Ye Yun’s trust left Zhang Han speechless.
It felt akin to Liu Bei entrusting his son and kingdom to Zhuge Liang, with the unspoken understanding that if Liu Shan proved incapable, Zhuge Liang could take over.
These two hundred million yuan were like the state of Shu.
At that moment, he longed to shout out like the great Zhuge Wolong.
“I will devote all my energy, to my dying day!”
“Now I must depart, my heart filled with tears, not knowing what to say.”
However, actually saying it would be too chuunibyo and embarrassing.
“I should be the one saying thank you…” Ye Yun sighed.
With memories of his past and present life swirling in his mind, Ye Yun had to admit that Zhang Han was the best catalyst for Yao Ke Group.
Without Zhang Han, it was hard to say when or if Yao Ke Group would have developed to that extent.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Han, Ye Yun and Lin Shiyou drove away in a grand Rolls-Royce.
Soon, Zhang Han sent over his bank account details, including the bank name and his name.
Ye Yun would be able to transfer the two hundred million yuan tomorrow.
It wasn’t due to any issues between them, but because large transfers were subject to bank regulatory periods.
This was even with both of them using the same bank; interbank transfers could take up to three days.
Just as Ye Yun and his companion were leaving Wanda Plaza.
On the 48th floor of the Pfizer Group’s China headquarters.
In the president’s office.
A somewhat portly Smith was leisurely playing golf in his office.
Beside him, a blonde, blue-eyed Western woman with striking looks was reporting on work.
“Mr. Smith, as per your instructions, the Grade 8 special medicine has been on the market for a week. The current price for one course of treatment is eight hundred thousand Chinese yuan. In this past week, we’ve sold 250 units, generating over two hundred million yuan in revenue! The profit is twenty times that of headquarters! A commendation order from headquarters has just arrived.”
“Excellent!”
Smith swung his club, gently sinking the golf ball into the bag. He then lightly hung up the club, picked up his female secretary, and kissed her, saying with a smile.
“Jenna, my little darling, it seems our year-end bonuses will be several times over. And all thanks to that Chinese man; without him, we wouldn’t have been so successful!”
Smith was overjoyed. The commendation order from headquarters meant he would have more authority in China from now on!
The secretary named Jenna nestled in Smith’s arms, reached out her slender fingers to hook his chin, and said coyly.
“Darling, all of this is thanks to your efforts. You won’t forget me when you become successful, will you? It’s just that now that we’ve driven that Chinese man away, will someone else take him in and also develop a special medicine for Alzheimer’s?”
The secretary was somewhat worried. As Smith’s exclusive partner, she knew quite a bit about the Zhang Han incident.
She also understood that without Zhang Han, the Grade 8 special medicine would never have seen the light of day!
Now that they had driven him away, if he could develop it once, could he do it a second time?