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Seeing how eager Boss Xu appeared, Chen Yu instantly understood.

According to the relevant regulations, once a company or enterprise gets into trouble, as long as the person responsible is changed within twenty-four hours, the company can be reset.

Take the fuel factory in question, for instance.

Even if it hadn't paid insurance or various fees before, as long as a new person responsible takes over within the set time limit, they could make up for the insurance and related fees, minimizing the losses.

Boss Xu had his eye on this very point, which is why he came over groveling to Chen Yu. His goal was to protect himself, to at least save some money to live on.

Chen Yu glanced at the documents and the seal laid out before him, feeling a little thrill surge through his heart.

Now he could take over this factory without spending a penny.

However, the small stack of documents Boss Xu had brought along also caught his attention.

Those were the personal details of all the factory owners in the entire industrial park.

A quick look was all Chen Yu needed to realize that these so-called owners were already heavily in debt, some even ready to sell their factories.

No wonder this guy came to him first, convinced that only Chen Yu could help him.

Chen Yu disdainfully rolled his eyes, got up without saying a word, and headed straight for the pharmaceutical factory.

"Boss Chen, we can talk this through, can't we? At least give me a base price," Boss Xu said, panicking. Once the twenty-four hours passed, he would face nothing but bankruptcy and liquidation.

Chen Yu chuckled, then turned around.

"100,000. If you agree, we'll sign the contract right now! I'll take care of your subsequent insurance, employee resettlement, and the fire incident report for you!"

Boss Xu's eyes widened in disbelief. 100,000 was far too little; in the past, that wouldn't even cover him for two trips to the club.

But thinking about the lifelong debt he'd face if he missed this chance, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Chen Yu didn't dawdle, checking the documents and the seal before transferring the money, then handed the materials over to Hou Jianchang to handle.

Hou Jianchang was no novice at this business, moving swiftly and adeptly. Soon, all the injured workers at the fuel factory were gathered together.

Moreover, representatives from the insurance company arrived promptly at the scene to finalize the contract with Hou Jianchang.

Seeing everything settled, Boss Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless, he'd walked away with 100,000.

It was then that several other factory owners crowded around.

"Damn, Boss Xu, how did you get that guy to agree to buy your factory?"

"Your crappy factory was already near bankruptcy, and now after such a disaster, no one would want to buy it. Is he out of his mind?"

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A group of people closed in, chattering noisily. Some were asking Boss Xu how he managed to sell the factory, others took the chance to belittle Chen Yu.

In their eyes, a factory in ruins was not even worth acquiring for free.

After all, the subsequent insurance and varied matters were bound to cost a significant sum, not to mention the possibility of unforeseen accidents.

Mr. Xu didn't say much else, quickly packing his belongings before hurriedly leaving.

Even though he had sold his factory for a low price, he had managed to extricate himself from misery. With his business acumen, he just needed to borrow some money from the bank to rise again quickly.

Seeing Mr. Xu's carefree demeanor, others couldn't help but feel jealous.

The industrial park where this development occurred was situated on the outskirts, and many of the industries already had a fixed structure.

Unless it was a large-scale operation or a production in an industrial park city, it would be difficult to find a way out.

Some of them owned several factories, but they were all mired in difficulties, with everyone thinking about how to quickly transfer their own factory.

Chen Yu stood high above, looking at the gathered factory owners from a distance, his lips curling into a mischievous smile.

He had been unaware of these people's bottom line, but the information provided by Mr. Xu suddenly gave him confidence.

With a little maneuvering, he could easily acquire their factories, and soon he would have two industrial parks at his disposal. Find your next read at empire

As Chen Yu was planning his future business empire, a strong medicinal scent suddenly wafted from the laboratory.

He could tell it was a pre-made prescription he had provided, but the scent was a bit off, as if a chemical reaction had occurred between several ingredients.

Chen Yu couldn't afford to be negligent, panicking as he raced to the laboratory to find several researchers looking dejectedly to one side.

They were more or less damaged, with a pile of charred medicinal residue on the experiment table.

The pungent odor originated from these residues.

"What happened?" Chen Yu instinctively asked, frowning as he approached the experiment table.

These pre-made prescriptions were the simplest, some research even being perfunctory, yet such simple studies had resulted in mistakes, making Chen Yu doubt the researchers' abilities.

Two researchers who looked like recent graduates became flustered at once.

"We wanted to use chemicals to test a new medicine and, at the same time, extend its shelf life, but we didn't expect the chemical agents we used to react with the medicine itself."

Chen Yu sighed helplessly, seeing that these individuals had yet to leave behind the rigid thinking taught by their schools.

"What you see here are all traditional Chinese medicines. You must understand that these aren't entirely equivalent to chemical reagents."

"In a certain sense, you should treat them as food or vegetables. Can these be preserved simply using chemical agents?"

This comment left the researchers with nowhere to hide their shame.

Indeed, their experiments had been superfluous. In Chen Yu's prior design, all pre-made medicines had to strictly follow protocols of high-temperature sterilization and vacuum storage.

Chen Yu didn't say much more, taking the chemical agents from their hands and setting them aside while fetching some strange powders.

"In the production of Western medicine, it is necessary to add a lot of chemical agents, not only to extend shelf life but also to enhance the effects of the medicine to some extent!"

"It's just a shame that when those chaotic substances interact, they produce some substances harmful to the human body, which can't be expelled."

Having said this, Chen Yu had already mixed a pile of the powders together and prepared some transparent reagents.

Then, he poured these reagents into a pile of dry, pre-made medicinal herbs.