Chapter 554 Business Competition
Chen Yang and Zhou Shanshan walked out of the residential complex. Seeing the Mercedes-Benz cars speeding past, Zhou Shanshan let out a helpless wry smile. She turned to Chen Yang and said, "Chen Yang, my driver ran away. This is all your fault. He must have known about our relationship."
Chen Yang pouted. "Isn't this the effect you wanted? You grabbed my hand and walked out of the complex this morning, all to anger that toad away, right?"
Hearing this, Zhou Shanshan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She nodded and said, "Indeed, my goal was to anger Lu Hua away. That guy is too thick-skinned. As the young master of Dahua Tianxia Group, I can't afford to offend him. Now that I have you, everything is easy."
Chen Yang gave the woman a speechless look and said, "Alright, since your driver was angered away by me, I'll be the driver. Get in."
Zhou Shanshan was stunned for a moment and looked at Chen Yang, saying, "You have a car too? You have a car in Hanwu City!"
Chen Yang immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't forget my identity. I'm a deliveryman. How could a deliveryman not have a vehicle?"
Then, Chen Yang's electric tricycle let out a "creak" as its lights turned on. The words "Yang Yang Yang Express" were written on the tricycle.
Seeing this special ride, Zhou Shanshan let out a wry smile.
Chen Yang drove the express tricycle, taking Zhou Shanshan towards the Line 3 subway entrance. The main reason was that the vehicle couldn't enter the city center, otherwise, Chen Yang could have taken Zhou Shanshan directly to Hanwu University.
Before long, Chen Yang's phone rang. He picked it up and heard Zhu Que's voice.
Chen Yang's expression turned serious as he asked, "Zhu Que, how was the interrogation?"
Zhu Que's voice was a little heavy. "Celestial Venerable, the interrogation of Hu Dingsheng is still ongoing. This man is a professional black hand, formerly specializing in handling dirty work for the Zhou family, the foremost family in China."
"These prominent families appear glorious and righteous on the surface, but the methods they employ are actually appalling. Hu Dingsheng is a master of this. Eighteen years ago, he participated in the purge of your father's company."
Although Chen Yang was angry, he managed to control his emotions. He asked, "What was the reason? Back then, our family was just an ordinary wealthy family in Qingzhou. My father was just an insignificant businessman. Our family's assets were only tens of millions. The Zhou family would never have looked down on such a family."
Zhu Que's voice was low as she said, "The Zhou family eliminated your family and your father's company not because of money or hatred, but due to business competition."
"Eighteen years ago, your father's pharmaceutical company accidentally cracked a peculiar set of genetic codes, and these genetic codes were related to the treatment of cancer."
"At that time, the five members of the research team, along with your family, could have enjoyed the immense wealth that followed. But it clashed with the Zhou family's business."
"As a prominent family in China, the Zhou family's main business lies in the medical field, and cancer is their most significant source of profit."
"So, upon learning that your father's company had developed key information for completely curing cancer, they wanted to buy your father's company, or the patent for this technology, and then destroy it."
Chen Yang was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by 'destroy it'? Didn't the Zhou family want to use this technology to develop drugs?"
Zhu Que's voice was cold on the phone. "No. After all, if a drug that could completely cure cancer appeared, it would be a threat to the Zhou family, and their profits would be greatly reduced."
"In the current situation, many cancers cannot be cured no matter how much money is spent, only prolonged. A vast amount of money is spent, forming a bottomless pit, which is why the Zhou family profits so much."
"And if a cancer-curing drug were truly developed, it would lack long-term profit potential. Moreover, as it concerns many lives, if such a drug were developed, its price could not be set too high. It would have to be accessible to the public and covered by medical insurance. In this way, the Zhou family would lose a significant source of profit."
"For this reason, after acquiring your father's company, the Zhou family intended to destroy it completely, or to seal the technology, delaying the development of the drug by ten or twenty years."
"Your father could see the Zhou family's intentions at a glance. He refused the acquisition plan and intended to develop this gene drug himself within his company."
"Because of this, the Zhou family couldn't resolve the matter through legitimate means, so they resorted to illegal methods, hiring Hu Dingsheng and others to storm into your home."
"That night, in addition to your family, the relatives of the five other researchers also died in the fire."
Chen Yang listened, filled with rage. Then, his voice trembling, he asked Zhu Que, "Is there any news of my mother and sister?"
Zhu Que shook her head and sighed. "Celestial Venerable, we haven't found any news yet. The ones who pursued you and your mother and sister were not this group led by Hu Dingsheng, but another group of assassins."
"We haven't yet received any information about your mother and sister from Hu Dingsheng."
Chen Yang looked up and wiped his eyes. He put down his phone, his gaze gradually becoming icy.
At this moment, Chen Yang finally understood what had happened to his Chen family eighteen years ago. It turned out to be all because of drug development.
It turned out that his father's company had a conflict of interest with the Zhou family.
So what if the Zhou family was the foremost family in China? You ultimately cannot escape the blood feud of eighteen years ago.
Chen Yang let out a sigh of relief. At least things had progressed, and at least he knew who his enemy was.
As for his mother and sister, he could only hope for their good fortune.
Chen Yang entered a coffee shop and sat by the window, watching the passers-by. Lost in thought, he casually took out his phone and searched for information about the Zhou family.
Soon, the entire page was filled with news of the Zhou family doing charity work, business deals, mergers and acquisitions, focusing on people's livelihoods, and a series of other good deeds.
Now, the Zhou family's industries spanned from daily necessities to aerospace, participating in all sectors.
Moreover, Chen Yang knew that the Zhou family's status as the foremost family in China was not simply due to their business success and wealth, but more fundamentally due to the Zhou family's legacy.
The core of the Zhou family was not wealth or business, but the most direct descendants of the entire Zhou Group.
Their martial arts techniques, cultivation methods, and secret arts, passed down for thousands of years, were unfathomable.
Neither the Three War Gods nor his own Celestial Physician Hall could match the Zhou family's depth.
Thinking of this, Chen Yang sighed. Everything needed to be done slowly. But! The Zhou family would not exist for more than a year.