Chapter 459: Chapter 459

Ding Fan's bet with that woman indeed piqued everyone's interest. The surrounding journalists hurriedly used their recording pens to capture the entire arrangement of the bet between Ding Fan and the woman.

For the sake of fairness, Ding Fan specifically arranged for someone to take the elder to the designated hospital. He was given a stabilizing pill daily at a fixed time.

As soon as some journalists reported back about the bet between Ding Fan and the elder, various newspapers immediately decided to follow the event throughout. The subject of a company executive betting with an elder was novel enough, and coupled with the prior medical incident, this news was bound to draw significant attention.

The elder was taken to the designated hospital, where several media outlets then followed the event in full.

With the involvement of the media, it became very difficult to falsify anything concerning this matter.

After all these events had concluded, Ding Fan finally returned to the company. Having been away for so long, he needed to understand the current situation of the company, and furthermore, to get specific details about the recent medical incident.

Before leaving, Ding Fan had handed over full control of the company to Hu Jin and Ning Luoxi. After all, these two were Ding Fan's own people, so he immediately called both of them to his office.

Hu Jin, as always meticulous, recounted the current state of the company and the medical incident, "...The company has been operating quite well, especially since the improvements to the stabilizing pill, the market sales have been growing... But just when prospects were looking up, that medical incident happened.

It all came as a complete surprise when a media outlet broadcasted an incident of someone dying explosively after taking the stabilizing pill. We took this very seriously and sent people to investigate. But before we could get to the truth of this medical incident, we found several more cases of explosive deaths due to the stabilizing pill... The media harshly reported these medical incidents, and as a result, the sales of the stabilizing pill took a major hit."

"What did the investigation reveal at the time?" Ding Fan mused, then asked.

Ning Luoxi spoke from the side, "Our investigations into those who died explosively from taking the stabilizing pill only revealed that these individuals indeed died from heart attacks, and they had all taken the stabilizing pill before passing away..."

Hu Jin added from the side, "The deceased can't speak, and the relatives of the patients insist that the stabilizing pill claimed their loved ones' lives, so the media coverage is currently not in our favor. Although the judicial department hasn't made a final decision and is still investigating, the power of public opinion is too strong, and the sales of the stabilizing pill have already hit rock bottom. Yan Ruyao's Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory has also completely halted production."

Ding Fan nodded. Although he had only heard a brief introduction from Hu Jin and Ning Luoxi, Ding Fan had already guessed that there must be a manipulator behind this incident, likely targeting the stabilizing pill, the branch company, and Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory.

"Have we offended any powers recently?" Ding Fan asked.

Hu Jin replied from the side, "No, I have always suspected that someone was behind this incident, but up to now, we still have no leads."

"Our stabilizing pill was previously a big seller, and it has made many enemies... Perhaps it might be these competitors," Ning Luoxi suggested from the side.

Ding Fan nodded, finding Ning Luoxi's point not without reason.

"President Ding, isn't your public bet with the elder a bit too risky?" After reporting on the company's situation, Hu Jin changed her tone and asked Ding Fan, sounding rather solemn.

Even if Ding Fan had absolute confidence in the stabilizing pill, nothing was certain; what if something happened in the meantime—could they really shut down the Dancheng branch office?

Betting with the company seemed to Hu Jin to be quite unwise.

"But under the current circumstances, there aren't any better opportunities to turn the company around," Ding Fan said indifferently.

Public opinion is frightening; falsehoods become truth when spoken by many. Now that so many believe there is a problem with the stabilizing pill, clarifying this would undoubtedly be very difficult.

And now, the only way to change public opinion was to present the truth in front of everyone.

After Ding Fan finished speaking, Hu Jin pondered for a moment.

This public opinion battle had consistently put the Dancheng branch at a disadvantage, to the point where they still did not know who was orchestrating this behind the scenes.

Having heard Ding Fan's explanation, Hu Jin somewhat agreed. Perhaps this was indeed an opportunity to turn the situation around.

"President Ding, how confident are you in the stabilizing pill?" Hu Jin asked, looking at Ding Fan.

The stabilizing pill was, after all, researched and improved by Ding Fan himself—only he really knew the extent of his confidence.

"More than half," Ding Fan said softly.

Just over half? Hu Jin's face fell.

"I have a sense of proportion in this matter. What you two need to do now is to stabilize the internal affairs of the company. I will handle the bet myself. You two can go back to your duties now," Ding Fan said, not waiting for Hu Jin to finish before he interrupted her.

Seeing Ding Fan say this, Hu Jin felt it was not appropriate to say any more. At this point, Ding Fan had already issued an order to leave, and it wasn't good for Hu Jin to linger any longer.

"President Ding, I still have something to say," Hu Jin said.

Ding Fan nodded, signaling for Hu Jin to speak.

"Mr. Ding, the headquarters of Qin's Group trust you a lot. I hope that from now on, you will prioritize the company in everything you do and stop disappearing . Otherwise, if something happens to the company, we won't even be able to find anyone..." Hu Jin didn't hold back and vented all her pent-up anger.

At that moment, Ding Fan could only listen quietly.

Lately, Hu Jin had been carrying all these burdens alone. Naturally, it wasn't her fault.

Finally, after expressing his stance and promising to work hard in the future, Hu Jin left the general manager's office with her head held high. Following closely behind her, Ning Luoxi cast a sympathetic glance at Ding Fan before leaving with Hu Jin.

After seeing off Hu Jin and Ning Luoxi, Ding Fan directly took out his cell phone from the storage ring. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵

Since the phone had no signal inside the storage ring, it had been turned off. At that moment, Ding Fan turned on the phone.

Ding Fan needed to make a call to someone from Red Spider.

Although he didn't seem to care much about the bet on the surface, he took it very seriously. After all, this bet was crucial for the fate of the Dancheng branch company.

Even though the elder had been sent to the hospital, it was hard to ensure that nothing would happen in between. There could be sabotage...

So, Ding Fan had to arrange for someone to secretly keep an eye on things.

Ding Fan directly called Zhunxing.

"Boss... what do you need?"

Zhunxing got straight to the point when he answered the call. He knew that Ding Fan wouldn't call him for no reason. If he was calling now, it meant that there must be something important.

"Dancheng General Hospital, there's a patient. I need someone from your side to protect him in secret. Within a week, nothing must happen to him."

"Understood, boss... Mei Li is on a mission nearby Dancheng right now. I'll send her there right away."

"Good..." Ding Fan immediately hung up the phone.

Having once eliminated Red Spider's boss and promoted Zhunxing, Red Spider had practically become Ding Fan's personal guard.

After making the call to Red Spider, Ding Fan immediately phoned Xu Rui.

Xu Rui had extensive connections in Dancheng, and Ding Fan needed his help at this time.

Ensuring that the doctors and nurses treating the old man were trustworthy people was something Xu Rui could handle smoothly and happily.

Xu Rui answered the call, and although he sounded nonchalant, Ding Fan knew he would handle the matter well.

Xu Rui was usually very serious about any task Ding Fan gave him. He had once rescued Ding Fan from under the muzzle of a gun when the police had taken him in at Dongcheng.

Having arranged these matters, Ding Fan decided to visit various pharmacies on the street to see the sales situation of the Calm Heart Pills firsthand.

Immediately, Ding Fan quickly got ready and went out.

Ding Fan left the company and walked along the road until he saw a pharmacy not far away.

The size of the pharmacy was not small, occupying two floors.

Ding Fan walked into the pharmacy right away.

"Aunt Liu, I really like Xiao Mei, you can't just not let me see her."

"You're just a medicine salesman, what right do you have to like Xiao Mei! Let me tell you, stop dreaming during the day."

"But you didn't say that at the beginning. When I first got together with Xiao Mei, you agreed. Besides, I even gave you an ultimate version of the Calm Heart Pill. Have you forgotten that?"

"You dare mention the Calm Heart Pill? Haven't you seen the news? So many people have died because of it. I'm telling you, I'm just lucky to be alive, or else you would have killed me by now..."

Having just entered the pharmacy, Ding Fan saw a middle-aged woman pointing at a young man in a suit, angrily ranting at him.

"You... Aunt Liu, don't be too heartless. When Calm Heart Pills were in demand, other pharmacies didn't have them, but I always supplied yours first..." the man in the suit said with a flushed face.

"The past? You love talking about the past so much, why not go back to the time Pangu created heaven and earth..." the woman, hands on her hips, said with a very annoyed expression.