My husband Can Cultivate-Chapter 377: World-Class Researcher

"Yes!" the two men nodded simultaneously.

The members of the Cao Family breathed a sigh of relief, as did the onlookers. Lord Lei was planning to deal with the Qifei Group, which meant the company most likely wouldn't be able to hold on. This was a perfect opportunity to ride Lord Lei's coattails and carve up Kang City's pie! No matter how terrifying the Qifei Group was or how formidable Yang Qi might be, there were hardly any in the entire Jingnan Prefecture who could contend with Lord Lei. Even outsiders wouldn't necessarily dare to make an enemy of him. The saying that a mighty dragon cannot crush a local snake still held some truth.

Kang City, however, remained peaceful. Most people were unaware that Lord Lei was headed there. But Kong Yue, being a member of one of the six major families, had already received the news and was utterly thrilled. The opportunity was finally here!

"Hmph, Yang Qi, I want to see how much longer you can hold on! I can't handle you, but do you think Lord Lei can't?" Kong Yue snorted coldly, then looked at the sturdy man beside him. "How's the investigation I asked you to do going?"

"Young Master Kong, I've had my men investigate thoroughly," the sturdy man replied. "Qifei Group has made new moves recently. They're simultaneously developing four new drugs, with Li Qingyan and Cao Zhendong leading the project. They've invested a whopping two billion in research and development for these four drugs. It seems they plan to use them to break into the entire Jingnan Prefecture market, since their current products sell best only in Kang City. While they are available in neighboring areas and nationwide, sales volume remains low."

"Good! Very good! You want to do business? Conquer the market? Develop new drugs? Not a chance! Even if we can't take down Qifei Group for now, we'll make you suffer bitterly!" Kong Yue revealed a fierce smile.

Ye Fei also placed great importance on the project led by Li Qingyan and Cao Zhendong, inspecting its progress almost daily. Four new drugs were being developed simultaneously, coordinated by Cao Zhendong and split among four research and development teams. The team Ye Fei visited today was responsible for the most significant of the four drugs. Its development cost reached one billion—as much as the other three drugs combined—which was why Ye Fei paid it extra attention.

A significant portion of the R&D funds was spent on hiring experts, especially the team leader and her deputy. Hiring just the two of them cost a full one hundred million, but Ye Fei felt it was worth it. As long as they could successfully develop this drug, it would definitely make a huge splash and take the Qifei Group to the next level. After all, their main products were traditional Chinese medicines, and they lacked Western medicines. To compete on the world stage, Western medicine was a must, and having a monolithic product line was a disadvantage. These four new products were all Western medicines. The first one, in particular, was a cancer treatment. If successful, it would fill a major gap in the domestic market.

At that moment, team leader Denise was discussing issues with her assistant, Fang Neng. Suddenly, she spotted Ye Fei. As a Dragon Country citizen with foreign citizenship, Denise preferred her foreign name and forbade others from using her Chinese one. She had even assigned foreign names to the other members of the research team. Although they weren't happy about it, she was a big-shot expert hired by the company and not someone they could afford to offend, so they tolerated it.

Seeing Ye Fei, Denise paused. "Is that the chairman?" she asked Fang Neng.

Fang Neng served as her assistant and the deputy leader of the research team. He had been conducting research abroad with Denise for years and had a rather arrogant personality.

"That's him, the chairman. I hear he's still single," Fang Neng said with a smile. "What, are you interested?"

"And why not?" Denise retorted. "How much money can we researchers make? Securing a big boss like him—now that's the real path to success!"

Those unfamiliar with Denise considered her a titan of the pharmaceutical industry. However, those who truly knew her understood that, having been influenced by the West, her personal life was extremely chaotic and indiscreet. Even Fang Neng had slept with her many times. She had secured many research projects by leveraging her particular skills, and she was certainly receptive to any and all investors. This was how, in just five short years, she had transformed from an unknown university lecturer into an internationally recognized pharmaceutical expert.

Although she was more restrained now, her limited abilities meant slip-ups were inevitable. Therefore, she still felt that finding a good man to marry was more profitable than continuing with research. Her professional skills were far from top-tier in the industry; they weren't even passable. Anyone who truly knew her was aware that her so-called research projects had never once succeeded. It was all a scheme to defraud R&D funds. The moment she learned that Ye Fei was the chairman of the Qifei Group, she began to harbor crooked ideas. Ye Fei was young and handsome. Where else could she find a man like that? If she could win him over, she was bound to make another fortune.

After Ye Fei entered, he remained silent, afraid of disrupting the research team's work. Just then, a tall, fragrant woman drifted over. Dressed in a white lab coat and glasses, she possessed a certain intellectual beauty.

"Hello, Chairman. I am Denise, the leader of the research and development team!" Denise opened her arms for a Western-style hug.

Ye Fei didn't overthink it and readily complied. Denise was internationally renowned, and Qifei Group was betting heavily on her for this project, so Ye Fei was naturally paying close attention to her.

Denise smiled, noticing a faint blush cross Ye Fei's face.

My goodness! Could the chairman still be a virgin? Could he have never been with a woman before? But this is perfect. A man like this is much easier to handle. I'll have him wrapped around my finger in no time.

With this thought, Denise had already made Ye Fei her prey. She smiled and said, "President Ye, you truly are young and promising! To be the chairman of such a large group in your twenties and to invest two billion in new drug development. If every company president were as willing to spend money as you are, who would need to worry about new drugs not being developed?"

"Researcher Denise, you flatter me," Ye Fei said modestly. "Ultimately, whether the new drug can be successfully developed depends on the efforts of all the researchers."

Denise smiled. "Don't worry, our first research team has already achieved some preliminary results. I believe it won't be long before the new drug is ready. I've also been in contact with Director Cao about the other three teams and have offered some guidance."

Nearby, Li Qingyan walked over and added with a smile, "President Ye, Denise is an expert from Eagle Country. Their pharmaceutical technology is top-notch. As long as the first research team's new drug is successfully launched, our Qifei Group stands to earn several billion at the very least!"

Hearing this, Ye Fei was overjoyed. His biggest worry was that he wouldn't be able to help Yang Qi manage the company well.