This was the first time Du Fei had ever been to the capital city since he grew up.
Walking on the streets of the capital, looking at the tall buildings lining the roads, Du Fei couldn't help but sigh. As the capital of China, Beijing was indeed beyond compare to other places.
If he had come with Liu Shishi this time, they could have visited the historical sites and famous tourist attractions of the capital together.
Thinking of Liu Shishi, Du Fei naturally took out his phone from his pocket and dialed her number.
Beep, beep, beep...
The phone rang for a long time until it automatically disconnected without anyone answering.
Looking at the time, it was three in the afternoon. It seemed Liu Shishi was likely busy again.
Du Fei put his phone back into his pocket and decided to find a place to settle down first, as he had to stay in the capital for a few days.
This was because he had agreed with Qi Lianshan to treat his father in exchange for several important medicinal herbs used to refine pills.
He hoped to successfully exchange for the medicinal herbs this time. As soon as those herbs were obtained, Du Fei planned to immediately start refining pills after returning to Rongcheng.
Once the pills, with the Seven Star Lotus as the main ingredient, were refined, Du Fei was confident that his cultivation would reach another level.
After entering the Xiantian realm, Du Fei had also cultivated very diligently, but the speed of his cultivation's progress had become extremely slow.
Usually, after cultivating for ten days, there would only be a slight increase in his body.
Although Du Fei knew this was due to breaking through to the Xiantian realm, he still wanted to change this situation.
The only way now was to refine pills with the Seven Star Lotus as the main ingredient. Therefore, Du Fei told himself that he must cure Qi Lianshan's father's illness and obtain the several important medicinal herbs in his possession.
...
"What!"
"Our beauty product failed to be registered with the Drug Administration?"
"What on earth is going on!!!"
Upon hearing the report from her subordinate, Liu Shishi, who was usually gentle, became very agitated.
To know that, for this beauty product launch, everyone in the company, including Liu Shishi herself, had been preparing for a full month.
During this period, everyone had been working overtime. Some senior executives in charge of key projects had even set up temporary rooms in the company as resting spots, just like Liu Shishi.
Liu Shishi saw everyone's efforts and had secretly decided that once the product was successfully launched, she would give them a good vacation and then hold a celebration party with big red envelopes after the product sold well.
After all, Liu Shishi, as well as some senior executives in the company, had tried the beauty formula provided by Du Fei. The effect was absolutely superior to all products currently on the market.
Therefore, Liu Shishi was not worried at all about the product selling well.
However, Liu Shishi never dreamed that with the company's beauty product launch imminent, it actually failed to be registered with the Drug Administration. What was going on?
Under normal circumstances, compared to product research and development, registration with the Drug Administration should be a very easy matter.
But now that her subordinate had found her, there must be some problem.
After the initial excitement, Liu Shishi calmed her emotions to avoid putting pressure on her subordinate.
"Manager Liu, I suspect someone is sabotaging us. Our product has no problems in any aspect, but after three consecutive visits, the personnel at the Drug Administration kept making excuses. I went again today, and those people actually said our product plagiarized similar products from other companies and that we would be subject to strict review!"
The subordinate reporting to Liu Shishi had previously worked in other large domestic cosmetic companies.
He was very familiar with the product registration and filing process and had handled it many times himself.
It was precisely because of this that he concluded that someone was sabotaging them.
After all, Liu Shishi's company's products were legal and compliant in every aspect, with no issues whatsoever.
"Plagiarized other companies' similar products? That's impossible!!"
Upon hearing her subordinate's words, Liu Shishi exclaimed that it was impossible.
Currently, in Rongcheng, apart from a few well-known international beauty product giants, there were no other high-end beauty products.
Furthermore, when the company was established, Liu Shishi had considered all possible problems, and there were professional personnel responsible for each aspect.
Now to say they plagiarized other companies' products, wasn't that a joke?
"By the way, did they say which company it was?"
Liu Shishi asked subconsciously, not expecting an answer.
To her surprise, her subordinate replied.
"Baichuan Group?"
Liu Shishi frowned slightly.
The subordinate nodded and said, "Yes, the personnel at the Drug Administration even showed me Baichuan Group's product registration. The information on it was largely the same as our company's!"
After listening to her subordinate's report, Liu Shishi immediately realized that she had been set up.
Someone in the company must have been bribed by this Baichuan Group, otherwise, how could their company have registered with the Drug Administration in advance and then accused Liu Shishi's company of plagiarism?
However, Liu Shishi was not flustered by this. The original formula was known only to her. Even the factory responsible for production only produced according to the ingredients she provided.
Moreover, after obtaining Du Fei's formula, Liu Shishi began to collect the required raw materials in advance.
Now, not to mention Rongcheng, even the entire Nanyue Province, and even the entire Southwest region, the raw materials for making beauty products were mostly in her possession.
The other party could not pose any real threat.
Ring ring.
Ring ring.
At this moment, the internal phone on Liu Shishi's desk rang.
Liu Shishi pressed the speakerphone, and her secretary's voice came through, "Manager Liu, there's a person named Wang Zichuan here to see you."
"Didn't I say I don't see anyone I don't know? Tell him I'm busy right now."
Liu Shishi found it strange. She had already instructed her secretary that she wouldn't be seeing visitors this afternoon. Her secretary was usually very reliable, so why was she making this call?
However, Liu Shishi didn't blame her and immediately asked the secretary to refuse the visitor.
"That... Manager Liu, he asked me to tell you that he is the boss of Baishi Group and that you will definitely see him."
The secretary hesitated for a moment before relaying the man's words to Liu Shishi.
In fact, as soon as the man approached, the secretary had told him that Liu Shishi was busy and would not see any strangers unless they had a prior appointment.
However, she did not expect this man to arrogantly ask her to convey his message.
The secretary had intended to call security, but the man's attire and demeanor suggested wealth and status. To avoid further trouble, she decided to relay his message.
If Liu Shishi refused again, the secretary was prepared to call security, as this man didn't look like a good person.
However, to her surprise, after a few seconds of silence on the phone, Liu Shishi actually agreed to let the man in.
The secretary was a bit puzzled, but since Liu Shishi had agreed, she wasn't foolish enough to ask why.
After hanging up the phone, the secretary led the man, who claimed to be the boss of Baichuan Group, to Liu Shishi's office.