Chapter 45: Strike First!
Su Yixue kept her thoughts to herself. The ordinary shareholders and managers hadn't thought of that possibility, but Su Honghai and her second uncle, Su Minghao, naturally had.
But what could they do now?
The invitations to the press conference had already been sent out, and all the invited media reporters had already arrived at the venue. Regardless of whether their product was good or bad, they had to present something at today's press conference.
“Meeting adjourned!”
Su Yixue rubbed her forehead tiredly. She didn't care about her own honor or disgrace after choosing Ye Fan, but if she really dragged the Su Group into the abyss, she still felt guilty about it.
“President Su, President Xia is here, along with Young Master Ye, Doctor Lei, and the others!” the secretary suddenly announced while Su Yixue was making her final preparations in her office. “Doctor Lei said he has good news for you!”
“Hmm?”
Su Yixue was stunned. Lei Qianjue was the Medical Saint of Great Xia and had previously contributed many affordable and effective medical formulas for the public.
Could it be that the Medical Saint had another medicinal formula?
Had he specifically come to help her?
But Doctor Lei was a famous physician throughout Great Xia. Why would he help her?
Was it because of Big Sister Yu Linglong, or because of Ye Fan?
After all, Xia Hao had come specifically because of Ye Fan and was helping her unconditionally!
Su Yixue couldn't help thinking about what Yu Linglong had said. Perhaps Ye Fan really had already awakened and was merely pretending to be a fool in front of everyone?
If that were true, it would be incredibly embarrassing. Just two nights ago, she had even guided Ye Fan into doing those things with her. After all, she had previously been Ye Fan's younger sister-in-law!
“Invite them in quickly!”
……
Half an hour later, the Su Group's press conference officially began!
The press conference was being held in the largest multimedia hall on the first floor of the Su Group's building.
The venue could accommodate several thousand people, yet it was completely packed.
There were pharmaceutical representatives, channel suppliers, competitors, business partners, and others.
Of course, there were also many family representatives and spies from various factions who had come simply to watch the show.
Everyone knew that after something happened to the Ye family, Su Yixue was one of the seven women who had announced that they would continue marrying into the Ye family. Everyone also knew that the people targeting the Ye family would certainly not let the matter go.
Since the Su family dared to associate themselves with the Ye family, their opponents would inevitably take action against them and target the Su Group.
The assassination attempt against Su Yixue and the theft of the Su Group's core pharmaceutical formula were two examples.
Although the news had been kept under wraps, it wasn't difficult for those superfamilies to obtain such information.
Su Yixue had been hunted down yesterday but had fortunately escaped. Now, the Su Group's core pharmaceutical formula had been exposed and someone had released it ahead of them. What would the Su Group do?
Could the Su Group's press conference proceed smoothly? Would the Li family cause trouble at the venue?
Everyone's eyes naturally turned toward a particular section of seats.
There was a separate area there. Li Zhong, the head of the Li family, was sitting there solemnly with a large group of people, all of them carrying laptops.
Yet a disdainful expression appeared on his face, as if victory were already within his grasp.
Besides the Li family, the Liu family from the provincial capital had also sent representatives. They occasionally exchanged a few words with Li Zhong, apparently discussing something, and they looked rather pleased with themselves.
Many others in the audience had come simply to watch and observe.
They wanted to see how the Su Group would respond, as well as what kind of support the Ye family would provide to the Su Group.
Because on the surface, this was a press conference held by the Su Group and a confrontation between the Li and Su families.
But in reality, it was a confrontation between the Ye family and its enemies behind the scenes.
“Welcome, everyone, to the Su Group's new drug launch press conference! Everyone, please settle down. Our press conference is about to begin!”
The host greeted the audience and welcomed the various representatives who had attended.
What shocked everyone at the scene was that Xia Hao wasn't the only important figure who had come to lend his support.
Sun Qian, the Governor of Yuncheng, had also arrived.
Old Master Wang, who was on good terms with the Ye family, had also come, along with numerous other retired bigwigs who had arrived at the last minute.
These figures were all highly respected and influential throughout the entire southern part of the province and the southwestern region.
They had never participated in any commercial activities before, yet they had now appeared at the Su Group's press conference.
It was obvious that they were here to support the Su Group—and to back the Ye family.
Of course, many of them were the same influential figures whom Lei Qianjue had summoned to drink with him the previous night.
The sudden appearance of so many bigwigs made the atmosphere at the venue rather strange.
It seemed that today's show was becoming more and more interesting.
What had originally been nothing more than a small press conference now seemed to have become a major battlefield.
What everyone didn't know was that, in a corner of the back row, Old Master Ye Changfeng was quietly sitting there under the protection of his guards, wearing a hat.
At such a critical moment, Su Yixue had stepped forward without hesitation and helped the Ye family preserve its dignity.
Therefore, as his granddaughter-in-law was holding her press conference, Old Master Ye naturally had to come and lend his support.
He wanted to see who would dare cause trouble today.
Although Old Master Ye was getting old, his authority remained.
Many of his former military subordinates had been personally promoted by him.
As long as Old Master Ye was still alive, those old favors still remained.
If it really came down to an actual confrontation, Ye Changfeng's former subordinates would still step forward without hesitation.
“Good morning, everyone. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend and support us. I am Su Yixue, President of the Su Group.”
“I believe everyone has already heard about the Su Group's new drug launch. However, quite coincidentally, the Yuncheng Li Group somehow began secretly researching a beauty and health pill as well.”
“Its effects are almost exactly the same as those of the Su Group's product, and, coincidentally, they even held their own press conference yesterday…”
As Su Yixue spoke, she turned her gaze toward Li Zhong and the others below the stage.
Yesterday, the Li family's press conference had been livestreamed nationwide through the media. Most people already knew about it.
Moreover, many people knew very clearly that although the Li family was involved in the pharmaceutical industry, it had never been involved in the beauty industry and didn't even have a relevant research and development department.
How could they possibly develop a new beauty pill in such a short period?
The fact that the Li family's formula had been stolen from the Su Group was basically an open secret.
The reason everyone had come to watch today's show was to see how the Su Group would avoid or resolve this problem.
They also wanted to see how the Li family would challenge the Su Group at its own press conference.
Su Yixue was very clever.
She didn't wait for the Li family to speak first. Instead, she brought up the issue herself.
Although most people already knew what had happened, there were still some who didn't. By doing this, Su Yixue at least allowed those people to understand the Li family's despicable actions instead of being confused and blindly following the narrative presented to them.
At the same time, Su Yixue's proactive attack instantly put the Li family on the defensive.
Li Zhong and the Liu family's representative below the stage were immediately stunned.
'Why wasn't Su Yixue following the script?'
According to the normal procedure, shouldn't Su Yixue first announce the ingredients, effects, patent information, and other details of the Su Group's new drug, after which they would raise their objections?
But now, Su Yixue had immediately aimed her attack at the Li family!
'Strike first?'
What gave Su Yixue the confidence to do that?
Was she planning to overturn the entire table right from the beginning?
Who had given her the courage?
(End of Chapter)
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