My husband Can Cultivate-Chapter 166: Debt Collection?

Liang Ergeng failed to achieve his objective. After going downstairs, he made a phone call. "You herbal suppliers can come and demand payment now. I refuse to believe the Qifei Group won’t collapse!"

"Yes, sir!"

Most of these herbal suppliers were controlled by the Kang City Merchant’s Alliance, so they were naturally very obedient.

Yang Qi hadn’t left the company yet when a group of several dozen people arrived. Liang Ergeng entered along with them. The Liang Family had also sold some herbal materials to the Qifei Group in the past, simply as a way to curry favor with Lin Qingxuan. Now, all of that was meaningless.

Seeing this massive crowd arrive to collect debts, Ye Fei felt a headache coming on. Secretary Jin felt a splitting headache.

Yang Qi, however, walked up to the suppliers. "Don’t you think this is a bit excessive? We agreed to settle payments every six months. It hasn’t even been a month since the materials entered our warehouse, and you’re already here demanding payment. Are you trying to drive us to ruin?"

"Cut the crap! Your Qifei Group is about to go bankrupt. If we don’t demand our money now, we might never get it!" one shouted. "Exactly! And you have the nerve to talk? It’s because of this friend of yours that the Qifei Group is on the verge of bankruptcy! You better get lost! You don’t have any orders left, so talking about the future is ridiculous! Stop with the guilt-tripping! We want our money now! If you don’t pay up, you can forget about working here!"

The group of herbal suppliers shouted, their menacing attitude clear.

"From the sound of it, you have no intention of cooperating with the Qifei Group in the future?" Ye Fei asked with a frown.

"Nonsense!" Liang Ergeng scoffed. "Only a fool would cooperate with you. Your company can’t even operate anymore, yet you’re still putting on airs. Either you sell it to me for one billion yuan and all your problems will be solved, or you can just wait for bankruptcy. Wait for jail time!"

"Very well," Yang Qi said. "In that case, all of you are now on the Qifei Group’s blacklist. It will be impossible for any of you to work with us again. As for your money, I will naturally pay you, but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow. We will have new orders coming in then. There might even be an advance payment, and we will settle our debts with you first. If you can’t wait, I’ll have no choice but to call the police, and that won’t end well for any of us."

"Fine, tomorrow it is! What’s one more day! Claiming new orders are coming in? You must be dreaming!"

The crowd erupted in laughter. Being targeted by the Kang City Merchant’s Alliance and still expecting to get orders was a joke.

"Go on, laugh all you want now," Yang Qi said with a faint smile. "But I expect you’ll be crying tomorrow. You might even come begging us!"

"HAHAHA, this guy has lost his mind!"

"Us, beg the Qifei Group? That’s hilarious!"

The herbal suppliers roared with laughter, each one looking extremely smug. They looked at Yang Qi as if he were an idiot.

Secretary Jin glanced at Ye Fei and said, "President Ye, I know you and Mr. Yang are good friends, but his baseless bragging is getting to be too much. Logically speaking, the crucial thing right now is to abandon Mr. Yang, sign the contract with the Liang Family, and secure that one billion yuan!"

"It’s not one billion anymore. It’s only five hundred million. Take it or leave it!" Liang Ergeng scoffed. "If you don’t agree now, tomorrow it might not even be worth one hundred million."

"You don’t need to worry about that. All of you, get out. Come back tomorrow!" Yang Qi said with a wave of his hand.

"Fine, see you tomorrow!" Liang Ergeng sneered. He simply didn’t believe any miracle could happen in just one day.

「That night」

Yang Qi finally had time to work on the Foundation Establishment Pill. He returned to the Yang Residence, shut himself in a room, and began the alchemy. After an entire night of work, he finally succeeded in concocting the first Foundation Establishment Pill. However, he didn’t consume it immediately. After taking the pill, one had to focus completely on cultivation to ensure a successful breakthrough. For now, it was better to handle the company’s affairs first.

When he arrived at the company, it was only nine in the morning, yet the herbal suppliers were already there, cursing and clamoring for their money. But Ye Fei truly had no money to give them. The funds had all been invested in research, development, and production. Where was he supposed to get the cash?

Yang Qi quietly patted his shoulder. "Don’t worry, business has arrived."

Just as the crowd was about to jeer, a commotion erupted outside. The suppliers blocking the entrance immediately cleared a path. Although they didn’t recognize the newcomer, they recognized the emblem on his chest: the insignia of the Jingzhou Ye Family.

A middle-aged man walked in with a confident stride. "Excuse me, who here is President Ye?" he asked with a smile.

"I am. And you are?" Ye Fei asked curiously, stepping forward to shake the man’s hand. Though his surname was also Ye, he had no connection to the Ye Family of Jingzhou.

"Hahaha, my name is Ye Feng. We share the same surname," the middle-aged man laughed heartily.

"Ye Feng!"

Hearing that name, everyone, including Liang Ergeng, was stunned. The reputation of that business madman was immense. In the pharmaceutical industry, at least within Jingnan Prefecture, his name was legendary—known by nearly everyone. He was the general manager of the Ye Group’s Jingzhou Prefecture Company, specifically in charge of their pharmaceutical division. In his presence, the suppliers from Kang City were utterly insignificant.

The last contract between the Qifei Group and the Ye Group had been handled directly by Ye Lingyue, so Ye Feng hadn’t been involved. Thus, neither Yang Qi nor Ye Fei recognized him.

"Uncle Ye, I’m Liang Ergeng, the second young master of the Liang Family!" Liang Ergeng hurried forward to shake his hand, hoping to make an impression.

But Ye Feng completely ignored him, keeping his smiling gaze fixed on Ye Fei. "President Ye, you’ve really been holding out on us. You produced such an amazing new medicine, so why didn’t you let me know? It was our young miss who called and provided a sample that had me rushing over here. Our Ye Group would like to sign an order with an advance payment with the Qifei Group. We want to be the first to receive this new batch of products. What do you think?

"Of course, it would be even better if this new medicine could be exclusively managed by our Ye Group. I wouldn’t dare to hope for the national distribution rights, but what about the rights for just Jingnan Prefecture?"

Hearing this, Ye Fei was dumbfounded. Secretary Jin was dumbfounded. The herbal suppliers were equally dumbfounded.

That was Ye Feng, a man rumored to be domineering in all his business dealings, always negotiating from a position of absolute superiority. Yet here he was, speaking so cautiously to Ye Fei?

Could Ye Fei be an illegitimate son of the Ye Family? they wondered.

Am I fucking dreaming? Liang Ergeng was utterly bewildered. He pinched himself hard and realized this was no dream. This was reality.

His expression turned incredibly sour. Ye Feng’s appearance had become a massive, troublesome variable. This was a huge problem.

Ye Fei glanced at Yang Qi, knowing nothing about any new medicine. When he saw Yang Qi nod, he suddenly found his courage.

"Our company doesn’t grant exclusive distribution rights," Ye Fei declared firmly. "You can place pre-orders for as much medicine as you require, and we will handle the production."