Chapter 585 - Head-to-Head (2/2)

“I’ll be right there,” Xiao Luo said before he ended the call.

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In the car, Su Li leaned back in her seat. Her eyes shut as she tried to get some rest. Images of what happened with Xiao Luo in the conference room kept floating up in her mind. That made her grow increasingly embarrassed now that she has completely calmed down. What she would not give to reverse time and stop all of that from even happening!

But then she thought about it a little more—how could she have stopped Xiao Luo when the man had flown off the handle?

A boorish man who knew nothing about romance!

“Why did you get changed, Li?” Shen Qingyan, who was sitting beside her, could not help asking.

“Yeah, Li Li, where did you get those clothes? It looks like what the ladies at Luo Workshop wear!” Chai Zhiying remarked, equally curious and puzzled about this.

Su Li’s face was burning. She scrambled for an excuse. “I accidentally spilled some tea on myself when I was discussing business with Xiao Luo, so he gave me a new set of clothes to change into,” she explained.

So that was what happened!

Shen Qingyan nodded and lost interest in this topic. After all, no matter how creative she was, she would never think otherwise. That was a conference room they were in, and the upper management of Luo Workshop frequently had meetings there. Xiao Luo and Su Li were the most conservative people she knew, so there was no way they would do something so risqué there, of all places.

Shen Qingyan put the matter to rest and chose to change the topic instead. “How did the discussion go? How will Sumir be working with Luo Workshop, specifically?” she asked.

“All of Sumir’s operations will be handed over to him from now on,” Su Li replied.

What?

Shen Qingyan and Chai Zhiying were stunned. What kind of cooperation was that? It was a blatant takeover of Sumir.

Chai Zhiying could not understand why Su Li would agree to such terms. “Li Li, you’re…”

“He is my husband. Since he has ambitions and a plan for Sumir, I should do my best to support him.”

Su Li looked out into the distance as she answered, and her words prevented Chai Zhiying from speaking further. “I’ve grown sick of all the disputes and struggles in the entertainment industry, and I’ll retire once he has accomplished his goals. I’ll stay by his side and be a good wife, raising his children for him,” she added.

Chai Zhiying was shocked.

Shen Qingyan could not believe the words that came out of her best friend’s mouth. “Jesus, what am I hearing here? Are you really saying that, Li? Why does it feel like you’ve suddenly changed?”

Su Li looked at her with a smile. “Maybe women change a little when they meet a man they love.”

She openly admitted how she felt, no longer hiding her feelings.

“Alright then. I had wanted to talk to you about how we should handle that bast*rd. But it seems like I only have that old man, Cai Renhe, on my side now. Jin Yitang poses too big a threat to me. It is like a knife hanging right above my head, ready to drop and take my life at any moment,” Shen Qingyan said.

“Jin Yitang’s advantage is clear, and the only route Huayao Corporation can take is to evolve and pioneer a new market. Otherwise, there will come a day where it will lose to Jin Yitang,” Su Li said, and in her assessment, she accurately pinpointed the problem.

Shen Qingyan glanced at Su Li and replied, “I know that much. Jin Yitang can treat a lot more illnesses than western medicine can. On top of that, they spend less money than we do treating the exact same ailments. As far as I know, they’re currently making the preparations for a new branch. When they open more branches in Xiahai or around the whole country, it will be the end of western medicine. Huayao Corporation’s profit depends on western medicine. So, if Jin Yitang forces us into a corner, my company will not survive for long.”

Traditional Chinese Medicine is powerful but not omnipotent. There are a lot of areas in this field only accessible to western medicine, so this road won’t lead to a dead-end.”

But even if I don’t die, I would be more dead than alive. I will need to focus on the foreign market now. Even if the company becomes nothing more than an empty shell here, it can continue developing if I can establish footholds in the overseas market,” she continued as she spoke her thoughts aloud.

“But I won’t give up on the domestic market just like this. I intend to go head-to-head with Jin Yitang,” Shen Qingyan said.