Divorce Only Makes a Son-in-Law Stronger-Chapter 118, a word worth a hundred million!

"Oh my god, they’re all charging over here!"

Seeing the press conference descend into chaos, as raucous as a wet market, countless figures began striding over. They were clearly up to no good.

Doctor Jiang, who had been gleefully watching the live broadcast on his phone, felt his smile freeze on his face. He let out a terrified shriek, ready to turn tail and run.

"What’s the panic? They’re here to beg for my help." Lin Fan gave him a sidelong glance, signaling him to remain calm.

"Speaking of which, if it weren’t for Su Mengqing’s ’good deed,’ your plan would have failed long ago," Mrs. Xue remarked with a sigh, unable to suppress a smile of schadenfreude.

"This is fate. They’ve done nothing but evil and deserve to be taught a harsh lesson!" Yuan Youwei gracefully sat back down beside Lin Fan. Smiling, she propped her cheeks with her hands and stared at him intently.

"Get ready to collect payment. Half of these funds will go to Yuan Tao’s woodworking shop as startup capital and dividends for producing the medicine boxes." Lin Fan felt a bit overwhelmed by her intense gaze and quickly changed the subject.

"Collect payment? What payment? Lin Fan, just look at what a mess you’ve made!"

Just then, Mr. Wang Sr. was carried over. His old face was pitch-black, and his lips had swollen to resemble black fungus, a terrifying sight. His miserable state needed no explanation; it was clearly a sign of potent poison taking effect.

"Lin Fan, hand over the antidote at once, or you won’t be able to withstand the fury of our nine families!"

"How dare you secretly tamper with the prescriptions! Do you want to become the public enemy of the entire Haicheng pharmaceutical industry?"

The Fang Family Head clutched his face, his whole body trembling in pain. Nearby, the Meng Family Head was being supported as he spat blood, shouting and pointing a trembling finger at Lin Fan. Behind them, Wen Zheyang and Iguchi Tama also looked extremely unwell, their expressions so fierce they looked like they wanted to eat someone alive.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Didn’t you all claim these new medicines were developed from your own families’ ancestral formulas?" Before Lin Fan could respond, Yuan Youwei calmly lowered her hands. She scanned the angry faces with a faint, mocking smile and countered.

"That’s right. If there’s a problem with the medicine, why have you all come running to Lin Fan?"

"What’s going on? Could the formulas for these medicines actually belong to Lin Fan?"

"Wait... that’s impossible, right? These are the top nine pharmaceutical giants in Haicheng. Why would they care about anything of Lin Fan’s?"

The onlookers who had followed the crowd over exchanged bewildered glances, all looking completely baffled.

"Yuan Youwei, stop playing dumb! As if you don’t know exactly what Lin Fan did!" Under the weight of so many strange looks, Mr. Wang Sr.’s face burned with humiliation as he continued to spit up black, viscous blood. The Fang and Meng Family Heads were red-faced, their fists clenching so hard their knuckles cracked.

There was nothing they could do. Who could they blame but themselves for their own greed? For being so impatient to rush the new medicines into production the moment they got the formulas, all for a quick profit?

"Mr. Wang Sr., you share the blame for this! Weren’t you the one who said the formulas were fine?"

"That’s right! You have to compensate us for all our losses!" Unable to vent their anger on Lin Fan, the two of them turned all their fury on Mr. Wang Sr.

The heads of the other pharmaceutical companies also looked grim, secretly giving orders to their subordinates. "Go back and lock down our inventory! Not a single box of the new medicine gets out!"

"Hurry and tell the factory to shut down the new medicine’s production line immediately!"

They had no choice but to swallow this bitter loss. If they couldn’t get a satisfactory solution from Lin Fan, their only option was to slowly analyze the problem themselves later.

"Have you all lost your minds? Did I force you to rush the production of the new medicines?" Mr. Wang Sr.’s face was contorted with anger as he glared fiercely at the Fang and Meng Family Heads.

"B-but you’re the one who personally told us the formulas were flawless! That’s the only reason we dared to start mass production..." the Fang Family Head said, gasping for breath, his eyes full of resentment.

The Meng Family Head clutched his chest in agony, feeling as if he were about to cough up a lung.

"This isn’t the time to argue about that! Lin Fan, you must know what the problem is. Did you plan this from the very beginning?" Mr. Wang Sr. roared, turning to stare intently at Lin Fan.

"Your nine families’ ancestral formulas? What right or ability do I, Lin Fan, possibly have to tamper with them?" Lin Fan countered coldly, his brows slightly furrowed.

As he spoke, many in the crowd subconsciously nodded. He was right. He had been sitting at the edge of the venue the whole time and hadn’t even participated in the press conference. How could he have possibly tampered with anything?

"You, you...! Hmph, enough with the nonsense! What do you want? Name your price!" Mr. Wang Sr. gritted his teeth, almost choking on his own rage. He took several deep, shuddering breaths to force himself to calm down.

"I already told you my price. You’re the ones who didn’t know how to cherish the opportunity," Lin Fan said, his gaze slowly sweeping over the crowd before finally landing on the nine black medicine boxes on the display stand. "You want a solution? Simple. Buy these medicine boxes back at the listed price!"

BOOM!

At his words, the expression on everyone’s face changed dramatically.

What kind of joke was this? Buy those worthless boxes back at that price? Lin Fan must be completely insane for money! Who would be stupid enough to spend billions on that junk?

"Impossible! Don’t be delusional! We will never submit to your blackmail!" Mr. Wang Sr.’s body trembled with fury as he shook his head vehemently.

The Fang and Meng Family Heads wore grim expressions but said nothing. The other six pharmaceutical magnates also gritted their teeth, silently cursing Lin Fan for being a scoundrel.

"Gentlemen, don’t listen to this bastard’s lies! My Wen family also has many highly skilled traditional medicine experts who can surely help you!" Wen Zheyang shouted to Mr. Wang Sr. and the others, swallowing back the blood that had risen in his throat.

"My Sakura Country Pharmaceutical Society also has many masters of Chinese medicine! We can definitely provide you with assistance!" Iguchi Tama added, constantly wiping the purulent discharge from her face with a wet wipe, her eyes glinting with anger and sharp intent.

"Good. Since the Wen family and Miss Iguchi are willing to help you, then please leave." Seeing that Mr. Wang Sr. and the others looked quite moved, Lin Fan’s lips curled into a mocking sneer as he shook his head. "I won’t force anyone. I’ll give you five seconds to consider."

"After five seconds, I don’t want to hear any more useless chatter."

"Whoever dares to say another word, the price on the boxes will increase by one hundred million!"

His resolute words echoed through the hall.

HISS!

One hundred million for a single word? Where did Lin Fan get this audacity? He’s mad! Completely and utterly mad!

The surrounding crowd drew in sharp breaths, stunned into wide-eyed disbelief. Some people snorted with laughter, while others rolled their eyes or shook their heads as if looking at an idiot. However, the laughter and ridicule began to die down when everyone noticed that Mr. Wang Sr. and the others hadn’t uttered a single word in rebuttal. They were clearly terrified of something.

In an instant, the snickering and jeering faded into a dead silence.

It was obvious the nine pharmaceutical companies were actually considering Lin Fan’s terms!

How is that possible? This... how could this be?

For a moment, everyone could only stare at each other, their eyes filled with utter confusion and disbelief.

"Lin Fan, do you really think your little tricks are enough to control them? You’re delusional!" Su Mengqing, who had been thrown to the floor, sneered hatefully at Lin Fan, lifting her head to expose the bulging veins on her neck.

THUD!

She collapsed back to the ground.

"You talk too much." Lin Fan’s eyes glinted as he picked up a marker. "We’ll count that as nine words."

He swiftly added a new stroke to the price tag on each of the medicine boxes. In just a few seconds, the total price of the nine boxes shot up by another nine hundred million!

Madness. This was utter, complete madness.

SLAP!

"Su Mengqing, who gave you the right to spout nonsense here? Shut your damn mouth!" the Meng Family Head roared, pushing through his pain to rush forward and slap Su Mengqing viciously across the face.

Damn you, bitch! Can’t you see none of us from the nine families dares to say a word? You just had to open your big mouth and cost each of our nine families another hundred million!