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A little past seven in the evening, An Wuyang walked home carrying takeout from Xiao Fang Fresh Meat Barbecue.

Beep, beep, beep~

The fingerprint lock verified, and An Wuyang pushed the door open. He changed into slippers in the entryway, then walked into the living room only to find his parents already there.

An Wuyang paused briefly before taking the initiative to ask, "Have you two eaten yet?"

As he spoke, he raised the bag of barbecue skewers in his hand.

Li Wenya countered, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"Yeah, I brought it back to eat." An Wuyang didn't explain much, afraid of derailing the conversation and having his parents pry into everything.

Especially his mother—a divorce lawyer never lacked for gossipy curiosity.

"Is the group's business wrapped up?" An Wuyang asked casually.

An Huchun shook his head. "No, actually, the group is facing an even more complicated situation now."

Earlier, when An Wuyang had sent him a message, An Huchun had mentioned this matter.

"So what troublesome thing has the group run into now?" An Wuyang countered.

An Huchun was silent for a few seconds before speaking. "You know our group is a family business, right?"

"Of course!" An Wuyang answered confidently. "Our Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group is a hundred-percent privately held, non-listed company owned by our An family."

An Huchun continued, "What would you think if a capital investor wanted to put money into Wugengtian, take on all its debts, and offer a huge premium on top of that?"

"Huh?" An Wuyang scoffed. "Dad, did you run into a con artist?"

An Huchun said nothing.

Li Wenya was silent too.

Facing their quietness, An Wuyang realized An Huchun wasn't joking.

An Wuyang asked in confusion, "Did we find a sucker?"

"Or does the other side have some harsh conditions?" An Wuyang added.

He leaned toward the latter—these days, how many suckers were there really?

"Do you still remember where our ancestral home is?" An Huchun asked.

"Tianjing Village?" An Wuyang was still puzzled. "Ever since Grandpa passed away, we only go back once a year for Qingming Festival, right?"

"Then do you know that our family owns a 15,000-mu medicinal herb planting base in Tianjing Village?" An Huchun pressed on.

An Wuyang answered affirmatively, "I know."

"Wait!" An Wuyang suddenly caught on. "I remember the Tianjingyan Medicinal Herb Planting Base doesn't belong to Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group—it's independently operated, responsible for its own profits and losses, right?"

"So this time, the investor has its eye on our family's medicinal herb planting base?" An Wuyang analyzed quickly.

An Huchun confirmed his guess. "Exactly! This investor really does want our family's herb base, and they've offered very generous terms."

"What terms?" An Wuyang asked curiously.

"First, 150 million in cash after tax, with the investor covering all handling fees and tax costs," An Huchun explained.

"Second, the investor takes on all of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group's debts and related severance compensation," An Huchun added.

"Finally, we get to keep ten percent equity in the newly formed joint venture, one board seat, one percent equity in the investor's parent company, and a seat on the parent company's supervisory board," An Huchun continued.

Hearing such lavish terms, An Wuyang showed no joy. Instead, he asked hesitantly, "These conditions are too good, aren't they?"

"So what harsh demands did they make?" An Wuyang pressed.

An Huchun didn't hide it. "First, the investor wants to merge our Tianjingyan Medicinal Herb Planting Base and Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group into a new joint venture and rename it."

"So they want us to give up the name Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group?" An Wuyang complained.

An Huchun nodded.

"Second, the investor is Tsumura & Co. from Japan," An Huchun revealed the investor's identity.

"Tsumura." An Wuyang frowned immediately.

"Dad, don't agree to them!" An Wuyang pleaded.

"Tsumura has huge ambitions. If I remember correctly, they've already acquired several traditional medicine companies in our Xia Kingdom and taken over a lot of medicinal herb bases," An Wuyang added.

An Huchun smiled. He had never actually considered selling Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group to the Japanese!

Now that An Wuyang was rejecting the Japanese acquisition, it naturally pleased An Huchun.

"You remember correctly," An Huchun confirmed first.

"Tsumura's ambitions are indeed enormous," An Huchun added.

"For example, when it comes to overseas patents for our traditional Chinese medicine, we hold less than ten percent ourselves, but Tsumura controls about seventy percent," An Huchun cited data to illustrate Tsumura's ambition.

"Another example: last year, Tsumura spent 1.2 billion to acquire eighty percent equity in Jinmen Shengshi Baicao Traditional Chinese Medicine Company, snatching up a high-quality modern TCM company," An Huchun used another acquisition case to show Tsumura's ambition.

"Also, we're not Tsumura's only target. Industry gossip says they're in negotiation talks with a nearly 400-year-old time-honored brand," An Huchun shared the inside scoop.

An Wuyang raised an eyebrow. "A nearly 400-year-old time-honored brand in the medicine circle—that's not the Kenzo Group, is it?"

An Huchun did not deny it. "There's another alarming statistic: as early as 2015, when there were only 195 GAP Medicinal Herb Planting Bases in our country, Tsunamura Pharmaceutical already owned over 70 of them!"

"This caused quite a stir at the time. Later, Tsunamura Pharmaceutical chose to control domestic GAP Medicinal Herb Planting Bases through a complex equity structure. Now, no one knows exactly how many GAP Medicinal Herb Planting Bases within the Xia Kingdom they control." An Huchun sighed.

An Wuyang fell silent. He knew Tsunamura Pharmaceutical's ambitions were vast, but he had no idea they had already reached this point.

Was Tsunamura Pharmaceutical's layout at the very top of the traditional Chinese medicine supply chain really this extensive?

A sudden thought struck An Wuyang, and he quickly asked, "Does Caimai Pharmaceutical have any investment from Tsunamura Pharmaceutical behind the scenes?"

An Huchun shook his head. "I don't know."

"Caimai Pharmaceutical isn't a listed company, so it doesn't have to disclose its shareholder information to the public," An Huchun explained.

"Are you suspecting that Caimai Pharmaceutical deliberately targeted us in this round of centralized drug procurement, with Tsunamura Pharmaceutical pulling the strings behind the scenes?" An Huchun was sharp enough to guess An Wuyang's meaning.

An Wuyang confirmed, "I do have that suspicion!"