Reclaiming the Company

The two of them eventually arrived at Sun Ming's office.

But before they could push the door open, they ran into police officers who had come looking for Sun Ming.

"Are you Sun Ming?" one of the officers asked after knocking on Sun Ming's door.

"That's me. What can I do for you?"

"Sun Ming, according to our investigation, you are suspected of involvement in multiple money-laundering cases. Please come with us for questioning." With that, the police put silver bracelets on Sun Ming right in front of Lin Yumo and Guo Yuan and escorted him away.

"Was this your doing too?" Lin Yumo turned to ask Guo Yuan.

"How could it be? Sun Ming was dirty himself. He was colluding with Wang Qiu and using Wang Qiu's publishing house to launder money. Didn't your friend turn himself in? He probably gave Sun Ming up."

"I see."

"Alright, now that Sun Ming is out of the picture, that saves us the trouble of talking him into it. The overall situation has been decided!"

Lin Yumo nodded, then turned to look at Guo Yuan.

The intelligence-gathering capabilities displayed by the organization behind Guo Yuan were terrifying. In just a few days, they had silently figured out the situation of the company's three major shareholders.

Faced with such a powerful backer, Lin Yumo wanted to lean on them as well.

"Guo Yuan, is your organization still recruiting? Do you think I could join?"

Guo Yuan was startled by the topic Lin Yumo suddenly brought up. Somewhat helplessly, he said, "Aren't you afraid we might be a major criminal organization?"

"You aren't."

"Why? Do you know us that well?" Guo Yuan asked in surprise.

"I don't know the other people in your organization, but I know you fairly well. You're a good person, so the organization you joined shouldn't be bad either."

"Did you just give me the good guy card?"

"That's not what I meant. Don't change the subject. Can I join you or not?"

Guo Yuan thought to himself, How would I know whether you can join? The organization hasn't even been created yet!

Left with no choice, Guo Yuan could only stall. "Ahem, how about this? I'll help you apply to the higher-ups and see whether they agree to let you join."

"Alright, then thank you in advance."

Guo Yuan and Lin Yumo went downstairs for lunch together. At two in the afternoon, the shareholders' meeting was convened again.

The shareholders had all learned that Sun Ming had been arrested. Just now, they had wanted to discuss what to do next with Bai Xinshu and Ma Shuhua, but both of them had brushed them off with various excuses.

Now the shareholders were somewhat unsure of what they should do.

At that moment, Lin Yumo directly raised her hand and declared that she wanted to become the new chairwoman.

She gave no reason, nor did she put on a tearful performance like Bai Xinshu had. She simply stated calmly that she wanted to become chairwoman.

After the shareholders whispered among themselves for a while, the board secretary announced the start of the vote. "Those in favor of Director Lin Yumo becoming chairwoman, please raise your hands."

Lin Yumo was the first to raise her hand.

Then Bai Xinshu and Ma Shuhua raised their hands as well.

The remaining shareholders were dumbfounded. What kind of move was this? You were the ones who had agreed to nominate Bai Xinshu as chairman together, and now you were the ones switching sides?

We ministers were ready to fight to the death—why had His Majesty surrendered first?

Most of the shareholders were stunned, but some sharper ones saw that things were going wrong and chose to switch sides as well.

Lin Yumo easily secured 77% of the shareholders' votes and became Longcheng Biology's new chairwoman.

After the board secretary announced that Lin Yumo had become the new chairwoman, her emotions were indescribably mixed. But no matter what, she had finally reclaimed her parents' company. She had avenged her father and could finally bring comfort to their spirits in heaven.

"Guo Yuan, thank you." After the shareholders' meeting ended, Lin Yumo solemnly bowed to Guo Yuan in gratitude.

"No need to thank me. This was mutually beneficial. As agreed, I helped you take control of the company and stabilize the stock price, and you gave me 15% of the shares. Half the conditions have been fulfilled now. Just don't forget to give me the shares once the other half is done."

"I can give you the shares right now." With that, Lin Yumo took out the share transfer agreement she had prepared long ago.

"You're being that straightforward? Aren't you afraid I'll take the shares and not do anything?"

"I'm not afraid. I trust you. Besides, once you have the shares, Longcheng Biology will be your company too. You can't possibly just stand by and ignore it."

Guo Yuan did not refuse again. He signed his name on the share transfer agreement.

"Since I'm already a shareholder, I should indeed do my part for the company. Yumo, if I remember correctly, you have a PhD in biology from Harvard University?" Guo Yuan asked.

"That's right!"

"Then ask your professor for the swine fever virus isolate they separated in 2019, and continue your research."

Lin Yumo froze. She had not expected Guo Yuan to suggest such a method.

"Y-You call that a method?" Lin Yumo asked with a completely bewildered expression.

"Just do as I say."

Guo Yuan remembered that the narrator had mentioned before that five years later, Lin Yumo obtained a swine fever virus strain isolated in 2019 from her professor. From that virus strain, she developed a swine fever vaccine that brought enormous profits to the company, allowing her to reclaim Longcheng Biology.

Now, Guo Yuan was merely having Lin Yumo obtain that virus isolate ahead of time.

Based on the narrator's hint, Lin Yumo should still be able to develop the swine fever vaccine smoothly. With the swine fever vaccine as a long-term source of income, Longcheng Biology's predicament would naturally be resolved.

Although Lin Yumo did not understand why Guo Yuan wanted her to ask her own professor for isolates of the swine fever virus—such isolated strains could clearly be found domestically—

over the past few days, Guo Yuan and the organization behind him had demonstrated enough strength. So Lin Yumo decided to trust him and sent her professor an email.

Lin Yumo quickly received a reply. Her professor said he would send her all the swine fever virus isolates from 2019.

After thanking her professor, Lin Yumo began focusing her energy on the press conference a few days later.

Now that she had become the chairwoman of Longcheng Biology, she had to shoulder the responsibility.

Rumors were currently spreading that Longcheng Biology's former chairman had been taken away by the police for investigation because the drugs produced by Longcheng Biology had failed quality standards.

Those rumors had caused Longcheng Biology's stock price to keep falling.

Some pharmaceutical companies had even called to cancel their orders.

Therefore, Lin Yumo planned to publicly reveal at the press conference why Lin Zhengdong and Lin Zhengbei had been arrested.

But if she did that, she would undoubtedly be pushed into the eye of public opinion. The grudges and feuds within the family behind a listed company would probably stay on the trending searches for quite a while.

But Lin Yumo did not care. Compared to enduring some criticism herself, she only wanted to restore the company's image as quickly as possible. She absolutely could not let her parents' years of hard work collapse because of a few rumors.