AWB Chapter 1976 Ye, Chen, Wang, Lu, Han
Chapter 1976 Ye, Chen, Wang, Lu, Han
Song Yi's voice was exceptionally clear in the quiet room. She paused noticeably when she mentioned the Lu family and the Han family.
All eyes in the room were on his face.
Li Xiangnan noticed that Song Yi's knuckles had turned white from clenching her fists while drinking tea.
“The Lu family…” Song Yi took a deep breath, “The Lu family doesn’t get involved in the military or politics, nor do they have the opportunity to do so. They don’t touch the public security, because that’s the Qin family’s business. They only do one thing!”
At this point, she glanced at Li Xiangnan and saw a hint of understanding in his eyes. She nodded and suppressed her surging emotions.
"Yes, it's your field—pharmaceuticals!"
"Medicine?" Li Xiangnan suddenly realized, and his brows furrowed.
Since becoming the top scorer in the college entrance examination in 78 and being admitted to Yenching University, he has settled here and his career has been in medical equipment and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Today, Chunyu Medical Plant 1 and 2, Nanyi Medical Device Center, and the Biopharmaceutical Plant are all developing in an orderly manner. Now, Song Yi suddenly says that the Lu family is a giant in the pharmaceutical industry.
It seems that the first major obstacle in my journey has appeared!
“Yes,” Song Yi nodded, “Your Nianwei Hospital, including our Nanyi Medical Device Center, and even Chunyu Medical, have all had some contact with the Lu family’s businesses! According to my elder brother, more than 60% of the large pharmaceutical factories in the country, of course, they can’t be called large yet, but Xiang Nan, you must remember that the Lu family has shares in these businesses!”
"hiss!"
Everyone around gasped.
The Lu family has a presence in more than 60% of the national pharmaceutical industry. What does that mean?
But Song Yi wasn't finished speaking. She took a deep breath and revealed, "Among the thirty-two provincial-level pharmaceutical factories across the country, in seventeen large factories, the heads, or factory directors or deputy factory directors, are basically all surnamed Lu! Or, they married daughters of the Lu family!"
Everyone looked at each other.
Song Yi narrowed her beautiful eyes and said, "From the planting, purchasing, and processing of medicinal herbs, all the way to the production, wholesale, and retail of finished medicines, the Lu family has a clear production line chain!"
She paused, then emphasized, "Of course, Xiang Nan is still in the extensive stage and can't reach the scale of Peach Pharmaceutical Factory yet! But given time, their terrifying resources alone will be enough to give us a headache!"
Li Xiangnan nodded solemnly.
“Xiang Nan, you are the hospital director and also the head of several pharmaceutical factories. You should know how important the allocation rights are for scarce drugs like penicillin and streptomycin! With just a word from the Lu family, Nianwei Hospital can be unable to obtain enough antibiotics! They can even influence whether a new drug can be approved, when it will be launched, and what its price will be!”
Li Xiangnan's heart skipped a beat, and he silently clenched his fist.
No wonder Song Yi deliberately placed the Lu family last two when talking about the top five in the imperial examinations.
Because his pharmaceutical factory is about to launch and sell new drugs, the first thing he will face is the approval, launch and pricing of snake venom serum, which is the family he will encounter first!
As a doctor, he was even more aware of the importance of medicine.
An epidemic, a hospital, a city—whether there is medicine, and what kind of medicine is available, is the difference between life and death!
The Lu family, by entering the fray early, clearly controlled this lifeline.
If the Lu family remains neutral, perhaps Li Xiangnan, once he has grown up, can gradually make contact with them and dismantle the business empire his rivals have already established!
But now, the Lu family, one of the top five families in the Central Plains, is already an enemy!
This is getting a bit tricky!
Everyone in the room, including Wang Defa, Song Ziming, and even Old Master Li Dequan, knew Li Xiangnan's predicament and remained silent.
"As for the Han family..."
Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, Song Yi didn't give them time to digest the information and quickly continued, "The Han family is also a rather special family! On the surface, they are engaged in import and export trade with permits, and their reputation is not prominent. Furthermore, due to various restrictions imposed by the state, they have to be more discreet! But in reality, the Han family controls the largest private information network in the country!"
“My brother mentioned something that I think is very important to pay attention to. Starting in the early 1960s, taking advantage of the country’s encouragement of industrial and commercial development, they established ‘trade offices’ in various places. Ostensibly, they were doing business, but in reality, they were weaving an information network covering the whole country!”
She looked at Li Xiangnan with a complicated expression: "Xiangnan, you should remember Master Lang Zhipin, right?"
Everyone was startled once again.
Li Xiangnan took out cigarettes and offered them to everyone, nodding unconsciously.
Of course, Grandpa Lang remembers Lang Zhipin!
The gatekeeper of the Mu family from years ago, whom Li Xiangnan encountered at the scene of the Mu family bombing, was probably the closest living person to the Mu family that Li Xiangnan came into contact with!
The bombing happened then, and he was thinking of visiting Grandpa Lang, but when he went there early the next morning, Grandpa Lang had disappeared!
When he reappeared, he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, but he left behind the handwriting of Han Jiu before he died. After confirmation, everyone guessed that he meant the character Xu from Han Xu!
That is, the current head of the Han family!
At that time, Li Xiangnan suspected that Grandpa Lang was killed by the Han family!
Guo Qian and his team have been investigating, but so far there has been no progress!
Now it seems that if the Han family controls the largest information network in the country, then they could indeed know where Grandpa Lang lives and what he knows, and thus follow the clues to get rid of him!
Now that I think about it, the Han family is one of the top five families in the country, so they certainly had such a motive!
The room was deathly silent.
Li Xiangnan felt a chill run down his back.
He suddenly understood the weight of what Grandpa Lang had said.
Watch out for Han Xu!
It's not about being wary of one person, but about being wary of the Han family's nationwide information network and trade channels!
“So,” Li Xiangnan began slowly, “among these five families, the Ye family controls the nation’s heavy machinery, the Chen family controls the transportation lifeline, the Wang family holds the nation’s steel industry, the Lu family monopolizes the pharmaceutical industry, and the Han family weaves the information network. These five families combined…”
"It's no exaggeration to say that they are the economic lifeline of half the country!"
Song Yi finished speaking for him, which immediately silenced the entire room.
"These five companies have formed an impenetrable network through intermarriage and cooperation!"
“My older brother said that last year, a province in the south wanted to build a large chemical plant. They needed the Ye family's equipment, the Chen family's transportation, the Wang family's funds and steel, the Lu family's chemical raw material supply, and the Han family's export channels. As a result, because they didn't handle things properly at a certain link, all five families tripped them up at the same time, as if they had agreed to do so. A project with an investment of tens of millions of yuan was aborted in the planning stage!”
Everyone who heard this broke out in a cold sweat. Wang Defa swallowed hard and asked, "How exactly did it die so young?"
Song Yi smiled wryly and said, "It's simple. The Ye family said their heavy-duty reactor production line is fully booked, and they can't import it back within the scheduled time. They'll have to wait three years!"
"The Chen family said that transporting chemical raw materials requires special qualifications and it would take at least six months! The Wang family said that the project was high-risk, and that steel should be invested in infrastructure instead, and that banks dared not lend money! The Lu family said that the quotas for chemical raw materials and pharmaceuticals had been used up and that they would have to wait until next year! The Han family's foreign trade risk assessment was directly rejected, saying that foreign countries had recently introduced laws that would lead to an anti-dumping investigation!"
Song Yi paused, then tapped the table.
"These five reports were placed on the governor's desk, and he slammed his fist on the table! But what good did slamming the table do? In the end, the project still failed!"
Wang Defa was dumbfounded: "Isn't this just bullying people?"
“It’s not about bullying people,” Li Xiangnan said in a low voice, “it’s about flexing their muscles! They’re telling everyone that in Beijing, and even throughout the country, there are some things you can’t just do as you please! There are some hurdles that, even if you get the approval, you think you can get past them without bribing them?”
Song Yi nodded emphatically, "That's exactly what I mean! That's why these five companies are called the 'Top Five in the Middle'—the very best of the best! Individually, they are already industry giants! Together, they are a force that can influence the direction of major economic projects! If they are like this at this level, what about the general public? For ordinary people, encountering them is more than just difficult!"
The room fell silent again.
Only the kettle on the stove was hissing.
Li Xiangnan leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and his mind raced to approve.
The top five are the foundation of a century-old enterprise, while the middle five are the economic lifeline.
What does "the fifth day of the fifth lunar month" mean?
He opened his eyes and looked at Song Yi.