"Yes, it's the Medicine King," Song Wanqiu nodded and continued, "There are two reasons they acquired this title. First, their family has profound expertise in medicinal materials. Second, their family controls at least one-third of the medicinal material sales channels in the North and is the behind-the-scenes owner of the largest pharmaceutical company there. Coupled with the North's abundant production of herbs, this grants their family an exceptional status in the region."

Song Wanqiu explained, concluding decisively,

"I think the Northern region's resistance to Miss Gong's acquisition is likely related to the Medicine King Family. After all, Miss Gong's acquisition of pharmaceutical companies effectively cuts off their revenue stream!"

"Mr. Jiang, Miss Song is right; it should be the case," Lin Bingrui nodded in agreement as well.

"Our expansion into the North has stalled outside the three provinces. The Medicine King Family sent someone to warn us not to enter the North and take control of the medicinal material sales channels."

Lin Bingrui pondered with a slight frown and said, "We originally didn't want to bother with it, but just as we were about to take an aggressive stance, the Flame Dragon Group approached us and told us to stop actions targeted at the North. We thought Mr. Jiang knew about this, so we dropped the Northern approach and turned to advance into the Northwest instead!"

"What, the Flame Dragon Group stopped you?" Jiang Chen's brow furrowed deeply as he said gravely, "President Lin, if anything like this happens again that stops your actions, you must inform me immediately. Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Lin Bingrui's expression tightened, and he nodded firmly.

"It looks like I need to take a trip to the North," Jiang Chen murmured softly.

"Young Jiang, you don't need to go to the North just yet. The day after tomorrow is the International Medical Exchange Conference. Ye Yang came to invite me to attend, and I told him to find you. Has he contacted you?" Medicine Saint spoke gently.

"He did," Jiang Chen nodded.

"That's good. When you attend the conference, you will meet the current Medicine King of the Medicine King Family. They attend the Medical Exchange Conference every year," the Medicine Saint explained.

"Oh, I see! Alright, then I'll first make contact with the Medicine King Family at the event."

Jiang Chen nodded, "Does anyone else have any difficulties? Speak up so we can solve them together. There must be no slip-ups in this matter!"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke up.

"Mr. Jiang, I have uncovered something, but I am not certain yet," Lu Chengfeng said with some restraint.

They used to chat through voice calls, and Lu Chengfeng had been comfortable, but this time Jiang Chen had initiated a video chat, and Lu Chengfeng suddenly found himself among the heirs of the major families along the river, including the presence of Song Wanqiu, which made him feel quite constrained and even unnatural in speaking!

"President Lu, don't be nervous. We are all comrades in the same trench. Go ahead and share your discovery," Jiang Chen said with a slight smile, speaking softly.

He understood Lu Chengfeng very well. Lu Chengfeng was just the Family Head of a family affiliated with the Chixiao Sect, comparable to an Inner Sect Disciple in the sect. But the others in the chat, apart from Jiang Chen's allies, were all heirs of major families, and these families were entities that could, in some respects, be paralleled with the Chixiao Sect. It was inevitable that Lu Chengfeng felt considerable pressure!

Phew!

Lu Chengfeng took a deep breath to relax his mood.

Then, he said softly, "Mr. Jiang, I've found that someone seems to be secretly acquiring pharmaceutical companies. In the region I'm responsible for, three pharmaceutical companies changed all of their staff mysteriously. I've looked into it carefully, and all three former owners have mysteriously disappeared. The new owners are now the previous owners' secretaries or drivers!"

"All three are like this?" Jiang Chen's eyebrow lifted.

"Yes, all three cases are like this, with no warning at all," Lu Chengfeng nodded solemnly.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke in a deep voice, "There's definitely an issue with this!"

After some thought, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to Ye Jingyi's avatar, "Jing Yi, how is the security company's formation coming along? Is it ready for official operation?"

"It's ready!"

Ye Jingyi nodded her head, "I'm currently in Dingjing, and I just went with Spirit You and You Ye to check on the people at the security company. They're entirely on board to start taking jobs. As for the people meant for covert operations, we've selected them and are just waiting for your command!"

"Good, Jing Yi, don't go wandering around these days. If you need to go somewhere else, then bring two out of You Ye, Wu Ji, and Wu Shang with you. Let Spirit You, along with Fei'er and Mengte De'er, be responsible for the undercover people. Scatter them immediately."

Jiang Chen gave his decisive orders, "While establishing the intelligence network, specifically monitor those medicinal companies that have recently changed ownership and those that we have not yet acquired."

"Okay!" Ye Jingyi nodded gently.

Jiang Chen glanced over everyone with a stern expression, "Let's start sending the drugs to Elder Yao now. Elder Yao, please take the trouble to test the ingredients of these medicines!"

"Young Jiang, you're going to work this old man to death!" Medicine Saint rolled his eyes.

Jiang Chen laughed playfully, "Heh heh, the capable ones work harder. When I'm not so busy, I'll help you test them!"

"Forget it, you just do your own thing. I can't take up your time. You're someone who does big things, and these trivial matters should be left to this old man!" Medicine Saint quickly added.

Elder Yao actually heard about everything Jiang Chen was doing from others and knew that Jiang Chen was involved in important matters. He was exhausted daily like a dog and didn't want Jiang Chen to worry about these things anymore!

"Ha ha, then thank you, Elder Yao!" Jiang Chen spoke with a light laugh.

After pausing for a moment, Jiang Chen continued, "Alright, if no one else has anything to do, you should rest. While working, make sure to ensure your own safety and get plenty of rest. President Lin, please wait a moment, I need to speak with the Flame Dragon Group."

"Okay!"

"Jiang Chen, you should also take care of your health!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Jiang!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Jiang!"

Everyone bid farewell to Jiang Chen one after another, except for Lin Bingrui, who remained as the others left the group chat.

Switching his phone to the dialer screen, Jiang Chen called Elder Qing's number.

"Dial... dial... hello, Young Jiang!" The phone was quickly answered, and Elder Qing's voice sounded as if he had just woken up.

"Elder Qing, are you sleeping at this hour?" Jiang Chen asked in surprise.

"Brat, if you have something to say, say it quickly. This old man's been running his legs off for your damn acquisition plan! The medicinal companies controlled by Flame Dragon have all agreed to send the drugs to Elder Medicine Saint, so tell him to wait for the samples!" Elder Qing's voice came through the speaker, clearly annoyed.

"Oh? Are you blaming me, then? Fine, cancel the acquisition plan!" Jiang Chen retorted irritably.

"No, no, no, Young Jiang, I was wrong, okay? Why don't you ever give an old man a break?" Elder Qing's voice was hurried and filled with bitterness.

"Alright, I'll stop teasing you. Let's talk business."

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "My people were warned off by your Flame Dragon Group when they were expanding northward. They were told not to enter the three provinces in the north to control drug sales channels. What's going on with that?"

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