Chapter 425: You Can Only Blame Yourself
This news also stunned everyone else in the Investment Promotion Department.
They knew that Lu Yijie had been in contact with the person in charge of Ruiteng Pharmaceuticals, hoping to attract them to invest and build a branch pharmaceutical factory. It was said that the negotiations were almost complete.
But now, the person in charge had suddenly become Sheng Qingyang. The key point was that he would be responsible for the establishment of branch factories for three major international pharmaceutical companies as soon as he arrived. Wasn’t this a bit too much?
Could it be that Minister Wu was giving Sheng Qingyang special treatment? Otherwise, how could the work be assigned this way?
How could Lu Yijie not see through the thoughts of those present? He couldn’t hold back and asked on the spot, “Minister Wu, I was the one who contacted Ruiteng Pharmaceuticals about building a branch factory. I’ve been following up on it all along. Why has it suddenly been changed?”
Even if Song Chu and Sheng Qingyang had pulled some strings, he felt that if Minister Wu hadn’t agreed, he should still be the person in charge. So, he was particularly upset and uncomfortable at this moment.
Everyone else also looked at Minister Wu, wanting to hear his explanation.
Minister Wu had expected Lu Yijie to ask this question. If he were the one whose deal had been snatched away, he would definitely feel uncomfortable too.
But there was nothing he could do. Who asked Sheng Qingyang to have the ability to get on Song Chu’s good side?
Moreover, he had noticed that Sheng Qingyang and Lu Yijie had been at odds lately. They seemed to be very incompatible. He had talked to both of them privately a few days ago.
Lu Yijie was still the same, smoothly saying that nothing had happened between him and Sheng Qingyang. His words implied that Sheng Qingyang was deliberately finding fault and trying to badmouth him.
Sheng Qingyang was much more sincere. He roughly explained the grievances between them. Only then did he learn that Lu Yijie was so insidious behind the scenes. No wonder he had never really liked this person.
Therefore, he was actually more inclined towards Sheng Qingyang in this matter. Besides, it was Sheng Qingyang who had secured this opportunity himself.
He replied with a bit of helplessness, “This wasn’t my arrangement. It was specified by the pharmaceutical company.”
“The reason I asked Xiao Sheng to be responsible for the investment and factory construction of the three companies was also requested by the representatives of the three companies. I had no choice. Otherwise, they wouldn’t invest,” he emphasized.
This made everyone even more surprised, and they all looked at Sheng Qingyang.
Did he really have that much influence? If he wasn’t in charge, they wouldn’t invest in building factories? That was too exaggerated.
They didn’t quite believe it. They really felt that Sheng Qingyang wasn’t capable of making foreign business representatives do such a thing.
Minister Wu also saw everyone’s doubts, so he briefly explained what had happened in the Hua University laboratory before.
“So, the fact that these three major international pharmaceutical companies have decided to invest and build branch factories here is entirely due to that Expert Song. They wanted to buy her patent, and the prerequisite was this. That’s why the representatives of the three companies compromised.”
“And Xiao Sheng being the person in charge was a suggestion made by Expert Song, which the representatives of the three companies accepted.”
He clearly told everyone that this was not his doing, but Song Chu’s. Therefore, he had no say in who she wanted to designate as the person in charge.
This explanation made everyone feel relieved. Most of them had heard of Song Chu, as the previous incident regarding the production line was quite famous.
They just didn’t expect her to be so capable. As a pharmaceutical expert, she could even attract investment for building branch factories. She was too amazing.
Then, they cast envious glances at Sheng Qingyang. This guy was really lucky to have such a good relationship with Song Chu, that she directly appointed him as the person in charge.
They had thought that Minister Wu was usually very fair and unlikely to show such favoritism towards Sheng Qingyang.
At the same time, they also cast regret and sympathetic glances at Lu Yijie. This guy was a bit unlucky.
Setting aside the other two major pharmaceutical companies, Lu Yijie had originally paved the way for Ruiteng Pharmaceuticals and was very likely to secure the investment for the factory. Who knew that Sheng Qingyang would snatch it away so easily?
Recently, Sheng Qingyang’s targeting of Lu Yijie had been quite obvious. They had also found out privately.
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It turned out that Lu Yijie had previously schemed against Sheng Qingyang to secure a job, forcing him to work in a remote small county town. That was why Sheng Qingyang was retaliating.
They could understand. After all, if they were schemed against like that, they would definitely hold a grudge.
This time, Sheng Qingyang was more skilled, and he never hid his intentions. They actually preferred to deal with people like him.
Otherwise, people like Lu Yijie always seemed friendly and easygoing, but who knew when he would stab you in the back?
Lu Yijie was still unaware that his true colors had been seen through by many colleagues due to Sheng Qingyang’s deliberate actions.
At this moment, his face was very unpleasant. He really couldn’t force a smile anymore.
After explaining, Minister Wu didn’t say any more and dismissed the meeting after assigning the work.
Sheng Qingyang first returned to his office to put down the documents and then went to the restroom.
As soon as he came out, he saw Lu Yijie standing in the corridor, as if waiting for him on purpose.
He raised his eyebrows. “What’s up?”
Lu Yijie no longer had his usual friendly smile. Instead, he stared at Sheng Qingyang with a gloomy face. “Aren’t you going too far?”
“From the very beginning, I was the one who used my connections to contact Ruiteng Pharmaceuticals. I was also the one who invited their representative this time. But you had the nerve to snatch it away.” This was what angered him the most.
This was like Sheng Qingyang directly snatching the meat he had already bitten into.
Sheng Qingyang sneered, “Are you really that clueless about why I deliberately snatched it from you? Are you serious or just pretending?”
He walked up to Lu Yijie and said in a low voice, “Do you really think I wouldn’t find out that you were behind the incident with that woman back then, which caused my family to send me to Nan County?”
“That woman drugged me and then tried to take off her clothes and have relations with me to frame me. Wasn’t it your sister who gave her that idea?”
“Lu Yijie, I’m deliberately targeting you, deliberately snatching it from you.” He put on a look that said, “I’m going to mess with you, what can you do about it?”
Lu Yijie’s expression changed. He obviously didn’t expect Sheng Qingyang to find out about this. “Did you misunderstand something? Or is someone trying to sow discord between us?”
Sheng Qingyang glanced at him. “Lu Yijie, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to admit it, but don’t take me for a fool. I suspected your involvement back then. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Now I’ve clearly found out that you were behind it.”
He had evidence, but it could only prove that he was set up by Lu Yijie. The other party had only instigated that woman. He couldn’t use the law to punish him.
“Besides, why do you think I was able to snatch it from you so easily? Don’t you have any self-awareness?”
“You could have provoked anyone, but you chose to provoke Song Chu. She’s even more petty than I am. Did you really think that apart from the Gu family, she had no other means to repay you?”
He raised his hand and patted Lu Yijie heavily. “The biggest reason for your failure this time is that you provoked someone you shouldn’t have. I can only say you deserve it.”
