IJCFIARFS Chapter 23

The entire internet… no, the entire world was now enjoying the show.

They couldn’t sleep again tonight.

The Ruan Group and Lin Zhiyu were on the hottest searches all over the world, but unfortunately one became infamous while the other’s reputation was restored.

After the rescue, Mr. Ruan woke up, but he had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed on one side. His face was distorted and he couldn’t speak a complete sentence.

Ruan Yanwei knelt in front of Mr. Ruan’s bed, his face gloomy and his deep red eyes filled with hatred.

“Dad…I will do everything in my power to find that hacker and cut him into pieces!”

“Oh…oh…” Old Master Ruan was so angry that he couldn’t speak clearly and his saliva was flowing.

“Old Five!” Ruan Yanshun shouted sternly.

“You’d better not do anything right now and don’t make any more trouble!”

“Brother!” Ruan Yanwei clenched his fists tightly. “Someone must have secretly installed surveillance cameras in my dressing room. I am always very careful when making phone calls, and the call in the video was made at least a week ago. Someone must be trying to harm our family and must have been targeting our Ruan family for a long time!”

“Also, wasn’t Lin Zhiyu dead? How come he is still alive? Is there a traitor among Third Brother’s men? Our Ruan family’s secret communication codes are no longer safe!”

Ruan Yanwei’s words were also what everyone in the Ruan family thought.

Originally, they had never thought that anyone in this world could threaten the Ruan family, but now they had to take the hacker FL seriously and even felt a little uneasy…

I wonder how much leverage that hacker FL has on the Ruan family!

Xie Youzhou did have some evidence in his hands that he hadn’t released yet.

After all, the cards cannot be used up all at once, otherwise, it would be equivalent to giving the Ruan family a chance to make up for them. They must come out one by one, and they must be slapped continuously to be completely broken.

However, Xie Youzhou does not have much evidence in his hands at the moment. Although the Ruan family’s firewall keys and other protective measures cannot stop him, they are very time-consuming. The Ruan family is involved in too many aspects, and it is a bit tiring for him to monitor too many things by himself.

Now he is relying on the memories of his past life to reduce the probability of finding a needle in a haystack, but it is not easy. If the Ruan family changes their methods, he will have to take the trouble to investigate.

But the Ruan family didn’t know this, and they mobilized all their staff overnight to check the Ruan family’s loopholes and clear all evidence so a lot of evidence they had on other people was accidentally deleted.

If those people knew about this, they would get up in the middle of the night and have a couple of drinks to celebrate!

A night passed.

The Ruan family did not make any response for a while, but just frantically increased the popularity online.

You can suppress the Internet, but you can’t suppress people’s mouths. People are even chatting more enthusiastically in private.

“The Ruan family is too vicious and too ruthless…”

“I didn’t realize that the Ruan family was so good at pretending.”

“I was almost fooled by them. Now that I think about it, I don’t believe that such vicious capitalists can bear huge costs for the people of the world without making any profit. There must be something fishy going on!”

“Yes!”

“……”

Even in the morning, when many grandparents were taking a walk and buying groceries, the conversation changed from “What did you have for breakfast” to “Did you watch the morning news? Lin Zhiyu is such a miserable child. The Ruan Group in the United States is so abominable and harmful!”

Lin’s father, who had been kept in the dark, also learned everything.

He looked at everything on the screen and tears flowed down his face unknowingly.

It turned out that his child had experienced so much behind his back…and he was unwilling to tell him for fear that he would worry.

“Xiangyun…”

Father Lin stroked Mother Lin’s portrait, his lips trembling and his eyes red.

“I haven’t been feeling well lately, but I don’t care. I want to rebuild the company while I’m alive, and I’ll find you after I die…”

“Now that I think about it, I was so selfish. I have to work hard to stay healthy and live longer so that I can protect our children…our children.”

Lin Zhaoqiu hid behind the bedroom door, her eyes quietly reddened.

But soon, she calmed down and walked out.

“Dad, I want to go out.”

Father Lin hurriedly put the portrait back on the altar, wiped the marks on his face, and turned around: “Going out? Your brother said that we’d better not go out alone recently, so as not to make your brother worry.”

“But I want to understand the current home improvement market situation, otherwise it will be difficult for us to reopen the company.”

“I have asked someone to investigate this. Come here, let’s study it carefully…”

*

The weather today was unusually good, with clear skies and light clouds.

Lin Zhiyu, who had left home early in the morning, was now sitting in the lobby of the Beijing government building.

Xie Youzhou is still with him.

Secretary Du Mingwei, who came out to greet the two, saw that they had arrived and hurriedly quickened his pace, “I’m so sorry, I’m a bit busy. Mr. Lin, I hope you haven’t been waiting for long.”

“No, we just arrived too.”

Lin Zhiyu smiled and shook hands with him.

“You must be Mr. Xie; I’ve heard of your name.” After shaking hands with Lin Zhiyu, Du Mingwei looked at Xie Youzhou with a smile.

Xie Youzhou raised his eyebrows in surprise. This person knew him?!

“Secretary Jiang Guoping is already waiting for you in the office. Please follow me.” Du Mingwei led the way politely.

The three of them walked through the lobby and took the elevator to the top floor. At the end of the bright and spacious corridor was the office of the deputy secretary of the capital.

“Knock knock.” Du Mingwei knocked on the door. “Secretary, Mr. Lin Zhiyu, and Mr. Xie Youzhou have arrived.”

“Please come in.” A steady and powerful voice sounded, seeming a little impatient.

When Lin Zhiyu and Xie Youzhou walked into the office, they saw a white-haired old man behind the desk immediately stand up, walk around the desk, and shake hands with the two of them.

“Finally, I can see you kids in person.”

“Hello, Deputy Secretary Jiang.” Lin Zhiyu said immediately.

He noticed Jiang Guoping’s lame right leg, which was caused by the retaliation against Deputy Secretary Jiang Guoping during the crackdown on gangs and evil in Province F 20 years ago. However, this did not make him timid. Instead, he became more dedicated to the country and the people and hated evil.

He is a true loyal official.

“Hello, you must be Lin Zhiyu, you are… not only talented but also handsome! I have wanted to meet you for a long time, and I am glad that I can see you today.”

Deputy Secretary Jiang Guoping held Lin Zhiyu’s hand and bowed slightly: “Thank you for risking your life to save my granddaughter. Thank you, child.”

“You’re too kind!” Lin Zhiyu bowed quickly in return.

“And Xiao Xie, I also want to thank you. If you hadn’t been protecting Lin Zhiyu all this time if that person had succeeded, it would not only be a disaster for Lin Zhiyu, but also a huge loss for the entire capital and the entire China.”

Deputy Secretary Jiang Guoping looked at Xie Youzhou and said, “But, are you not going back to the military headquarters?”

Xie Youzhou’s heart skipped a beat. Did his father call Deputy Secretary Jiang Guoping?

Lin Zhiyu didn’t notice anything wrong. He just thought that his Xiaoyou was indeed very outstanding. Even Deputy Secretary Jiang knew him.

“I have applied several times and am just waiting for approval.”

Xie Youzhou coughed.

Jiang Guoping couldn’t help but laugh: “You have made up your mind, but the higher-ups don’t want to lose an excellent soldier like you. Besides, you are only eighteen years old now. You have already shown your potential at such a young age. The military is unlikely to give up a talent like you. You should think about it again.”

After that, Jiang Guoping picked up a document and said, “Look, the higher-ups value your talent and have approved a special mission for you. You will have enough time to think about it during this mission.”

Xie Youzhou’s face showed a gloomy look.

He felt that he had applied for discharge again and again, but the other party completely ignored his life choices and forced him to take on tasks, which pushed his patience to the limit.

After all, the missions assigned to special forces Dragon Team members like him are generally emergency missions. If he does not agree and sets off immediately, there is a high possibility of casualties due to a lack of personnel.

Xie Youzhou took the document, but after opening it, his expression gradually changed and he looked a little dazed.

“So, do you want to take this mission? Or do you insist on quitting immediately?”

Jiang Guoping said with a smile.

“If the higher-ups insist on not approving my discharge application, I will naturally take on this task,” said Xie Youzhou.

Lin Zhiyu was very curious but didn’t ask a single question.

Seeing this, Jiang Guoping couldn’t help but say: “There is no need to hide this mission from you because his mission is to protect you.”

Lin Zhiyu was stunned: “?!!”

“It has always been a common practice for our country to send military personnel to protect important national talents, especially when the personal safety of important national talents is threatened.”

Jiang Guoping looked at Lin Zhiyu: “The evidence provided by the hacker FL has been confirmed to be true, not fabricated. The capital of Country M is eyeing you covetously. We cannot let the people of Country M threaten your life. Moreover, at such a young age, you have achieved results that only top scholars in many fields can achieve. The country attaches great importance to you.”

Jiang Guoping walked back to his desk and sat down. “You guys sit down. Think about what I’m going to say next.”

Lin Zhiyu and Xie Youzhou looked at each other and sat down.

Jiang Guoping: “The government has decided to grant you an independent laboratory. You have an absolute say and can choose your assistants. There are currently two places for you to choose from: one is the laboratory you are in now, and the other is the laboratory of Beijing University of Chemical Technology. You can choose one of the two.”

Lin Zhiyu thought for a moment and said, “My current laboratory will do.”

“Okay, the second thing is that the Chinese Academy of Biochemistry will hire you as a professor. In addition to doing research, you should also start to consider teaching students and strive to train more talents for the country. I know you have a lot of things to do at home now, but those who are capable have more work, so you have to overcome it.”

Lin Zhiyu could fully foresee a busy future, but entering the Chinese Academy of Biochemical Sciences to serve the country was his ideal life, and he had no reason to refuse.

“Okay, no problem.”

“Finally, let’s talk about your paclitaxel patent…”

Jiang Guoping paused for a moment, and before he could speak again, he heard Lin Zhiyu say, “I will share this patent for the synthesis of paclitaxel for free.”

Jiang Guoping was stunned for a moment, then said: “You must think it over carefully!”

Lin Zhiyu smiled; his eyes gentle: “I have thought it through a long time ago.”

“To be honest, from the very beginning of my research on the synthesis of paclitaxel, I planned to make this patent public for free. This way, pharmaceutical companies can use this patent to manufacture paclitaxel for free, and patients can afford the medicine. If I sell it to a pharmaceutical company, it will inevitably reduce the price slightly to make ends meet. However, a mere small price reduction cannot improve the lives of ordinary families with patients.”

Jiang Guoping finally understood why his son admired Lin Zhiyu so much and insisted on helping Lin Zhiyu, this young man…

It is impossible to not admire and respect him!

“Do you have any special requests? I will do my best to meet them for you.” Jiang Guoping said seriously.

Lin Zhiyu paused for a moment and said, “I do have an additional requirement, which is that the state should retain the patent. Any pharmaceutical company can apply for it for free, but the applicant must sign a price agreement with the state, and the price of paclitaxel must not exceed half of the current domestic paclitaxel price.”

The incomplete 23-step synthesis method stolen by Zou Wenbin and Hao Tao can already reduce the cost by half. The cost of the complete and mature 19-step method will be even lower, conservatively estimated to be reduced by at least 65%.

Therefore, even if the production line needs to be replaced, pharmaceutical companies can still make considerable profits after reducing the selling price by half. It is not difficult to recover the cost of the production line within a year, and it will be pure profit in the future.

If pharmaceutical companies do not want to lower prices and only want to make big money from paclitaxel, then there is no point in sharing it for free.

“You have considered it very carefully.” Jiang Guoping nodded solemnly, “I will send someone to draft an agreement carefully to ensure that your conditions are strictly adhered to. Then you can sign the agreement with the country.”

“In addition, I will apply for a house for you in a nationally important talent residential area, and you can move your family there.”

Lin Zhiyu immediately thanked him. He didn’t understand the significance of this house yet. Xie Youzhou was stunned and then became a little excited.

Isn’t this where his home is!!!

Not only is the community environment excellent, but more importantly, it is safe. The security system is second only to the military, and the security personnel are all active or retired outstanding soldiers.

After all, only by arranging good backing so that these top talents have no worries can they serve the country with all their strength.

This residential area did not exist when he was a child, but after he was almost abducted, it was gradually planned out.

……

While Lin Zhiyu was talking with Deputy Secretary Jiang Guoping, the stocks of Ruan Group also turned green. (T/N: Green means loss in China)

The stocks all fell to the point of suspension!

Hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars evaporated from the Ruan Group in an instant.

There was a howling of outcry on the Internet.

“Damn, this is the price of eating melons!!!”

“Ah, retribution, retribution. I trusted white lotus Ruan too much. After scolding Lin Zhiyu, I bought their stocks again. As a result, now… the stock price dropped to the limit right after the opening. I didn’t even have a chance to sell! [cry loudly] [cry loudly] [cry loudly]”

“Plus, one, me too… burst into tears.”

“Add ID number, I see many, many people have been fooled! Especially those who called Lin Zhiyu a thief but believed in the Ruan Group…”

“It’s so funny! Did you know that there is a blogger who claimed that he would kill Lin Zhiyu? Under the recommendation of a stock blogger who also cursed Lin Zhiyu, the two of them bought a lot of Ruan Group stocks. A few days ago, they were still showing off how much money they made. They invested a lot more and put all their savings into it. Now they probably have to lose all their pants. They can’t pay back the loan and their house and car will be taken away! Hahaha, it’s karma.”

“Ruan’s Group’s stock price rose so beautifully yesterday and the day before yesterday, and it fell so badly today. I estimate that it will be the same tomorrow. It will fall to the limit as soon as the market opens. It will fall to the limit as soon as the market opens. It’s complete…”

“It’s not just China, the whole world is like this, it’s too tragic. Fortunately, I’m stuck and don’t have money to invest in the shameless white lotus Ruan stocks.”

“Shameless white lotus Ruan, hahahahaha, this suits them!”

“……”

Compared to the people wailing online, the Ruan family was truly shrouded in dark clouds.

They couldn’t respond, but it had come to the point where they had to respond.

They were planning to forcefully stamp the video as fake, but the Chinese government has stepped in before, so they couldn’t do it!

If someone comes out and says the video is real and demands sanctions against them after they release their response, it will be troublesome. The Ruan Group can no longer afford to suffer such a blow. Otherwise, it will not only be a problem of asset evaporation, but it may shake its foundation and cause serious damage to its vitality!

But just when they were getting impatient and hesitant, they suddenly received another notice, saying that the Chinese government had issued another announcement!

“According to anonymous reports, the Ruan Group of Country M capital stole Chinese patent property rights, bribed officials, and attempted to harm the life safety and reputation of China’s important national talents! It has been verified that the evidence is true and not forged!

The words and deeds of the Ruan Group have seriously damaged the lives and safety of the Chinese people, and have also seriously damaged the friendship between China and M. Our country severely condemns it! The Chinese government now requires the M police to cooperate with the Chinese police to investigate the Ruan Group and severely punish the criminals! Give justice to the people of the two countries! ”

Mr. Ruan, who suffered from hemiplegia, immediately smashed the trembling water cup in his hand and almost choked up.

Ruan Yanshun’s face was even gloomier, as dark as the abyss.

“Dad…” Ruan Yanshun squatted down. There was no third person in the ward at this time.

“The officials of the M government are nothing, they can be solved with money, but China is different! We must fight quickly, otherwise, the Ruan Group may be seriously damaged!”

“Heh…Heh…” Mr. Ruan panted several times before making a bellows-like sound from his throat, “Say…”

“Dad, we must find a scapegoat as soon as possible and get rid of them. Even if we can’t get rid of it completely, we have to make a statement.”

Ruan Yanshun concealed the gloom in his eyes.

“The man behind the Third Brother is already dead. Let’s put most of the blame on him first… it’s not easy for the Fifth Brother to be blamed.”

Mr. Ruan suddenly raised his hand tremblingly, and a poisonous light burst out from his turbid eyes.

“Lin… eh… Lin Zhiyu.”

“Dad, we will never forget this grudge.” Ruan Yanshun clenched his fists, “But now I can only let my fifth brother down for a while, but don’t worry, I’m behind the scenes, so he won’t suffer.”

Mr. Ruan closed his eyes, obviously agreeing.

The two of them didn’t know that Ruan Yanwei had just rushed back to the hospital from outside. He wanted to eavesdrop on how his eldest brother, father, and others were planning to get rid of and kill Lin Zhiyu.

But he didn’t expect that his family would decide to push him out and make him a scapegoat for the family’s unanimous decision to kill Lin Zhiyu!