godfather of surgery

Chapter 1251 Defeating Them One by One
At BG Corporation's European headquarters in Switzerland, inside the "Troy" operation command center, an atmosphere of initial optimism prevailed. The data on the screens seemed to indicate that the "Breaking the Wall" alliance was rapidly collapsing.

Karl Müller swirled his glass of red wine with smug satisfaction: "See, Gan, this is the weakness of human nature. Faced with a sufficient price, so-called ideals and unity are utterly vulnerable."

As the vice president of the giant company, Gan Fengyi was quickly promoted to the second person in charge of this operation because of her familiarity with the situation in the Asian region.

It is evident that Li Gaoyang attaches great importance to this operation. Unlike the previous blockade, this time it was not carried out by a giant company, but directly by the senior management of BG Company, which mobilized the resources of the entire BG Company and carried out a systematic blockade.

Gan Fengyi stood quietly to one side, her exquisitely made-up face revealing neither joy nor anger, only a barely perceptible shadow flickering deep in her eyes. She knew Huang Jiacai; that man would never sit idly by and wait for his doom. His silence at this moment was more like the calm before the storm, concealing an unpredictable counterattack.

……

Inside the headquarters of Ruixing, in that office overlooking most of the city.

Huang Jiacai stood alone by the window, his back as straight as a pine tree. He didn't look at the ant-like flow of cars below, but instead cast his gaze towards the distant horizon. His fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on the window frame, the rhythm steady, carrying an almost cold cadence.

His assistant stood quietly behind him, reporting the latest developments of "defection" within the alliance, his tone revealing his anxiety.

Huang Jiacai slowly turned around, his face showing no anger at being betrayed, but rather a chilling smile of complete control. His eyes were sharp as a hawk's, gleaming with the pure light of an idealist, yet also mixed with the ruthlessness of a realist who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

"Human nature is never black and white, and what drives people forward is never just one force." Huang Jiacai's voice was calm, but it carried an unquestionable authority. "Some people seek profit, some seek fame, some fear power, and some cherish virtue. To deal with different people, you naturally need to use different keys to unlock the most crucial lock in their hearts."

He walked to the huge whiteboard, picked up a pen, and quickly wrote down the names of several key wavering figures, adding brief keywords next to them:
Mr. Wang (Optical Instruments): [He values ​​profit, but also fears power, and harbors old regrets.]

Mr. Li (Biochemical Reagents): [Pragmatic, family business, with hidden concerns]

Mr. Zhang (Software Interface): [High-minded, values ​​reputation, has flaws]

“It’s time to have a good talk with these friends.” Huang Jiacai put down his pen, a cold smile curving his lips. “Make arrangements for them to meet separately in quiet places where they won’t be disturbed.”

……

In a secluded study in a private club, Huang Jiacai poured Mr. Wang a glass of expensive whiskey.

“Mr. Wang, the price offered by the giant is indeed tempting.” Huang Jiacai got straight to the point, his tone even carrying a hint of understanding. “A 50% premium is enough for you to enjoy your retirement.”

Mr. Wang seemed a little flustered and chuckled awkwardly, "Mr. Huang, you know the company isn't just mine; there are so many shareholders. I'm really sorry..."

“Yes, shareholders.” Huang Jiacai gently swirled his wine glass, the amber liquid rippling under the light. “I remember, your company’s strategic investor deal three years ago seemed to have some… irregularities? At the time, to pass the review, the disclosure of certain data seemed incomplete? If these details were to come to light, I wonder if the giants would still maintain such enthusiasm for a company that might have ‘legacy issues’? Moreover, Mr. Wang, I heard that the other party gave you considerable gratitude for that strategic investment? Just like the giant companies’ acquisition intentions now, I wonder if the shareholders knew about your masterpieces, would they send you to jail to live out your retirement…”

Mr. Wang's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he almost dropped his wine glass. That matter was the biggest hidden danger in his career, and very few people knew about it. He never expected that Huang Jiacai would know so much about it.

Huang Jiacai seemed oblivious to the sudden change in his expression and continued slowly, "Moreover, as far as I know, President Wang is about to have some good news in Hong Kong. Congratulations! If needed, I happen to have some friends there who might be able to 'look after' him a little..."

Mr. Wang's wine glass slammed onto the table, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. For the first time, he truly felt the ruthless and chilling methods hidden beneath the gentle exterior of the young man in front of him.

That's right, Mr. Wang's mistress is currently in a Hong Kong hospital awaiting childbirth; this is top secret.

Because Mr. Wang's success today is due to his father-in-law, if this is exposed and his wife and father-in-law find out, everything he has today will vanish.

“Mr. Huang… Mr. Huang…” Mr. Wang’s voice trembled.

Huang Jiacai put down his wine glass, leaned forward, his gaze sharp, but his tone softened slightly: "President Wang, I'm an idealist, but I'm not naive. I know that to make a horse run, you have to feed it. What the giants can give you, I can give you as well, even more—not a one-time acquisition payment, but a huge future market share and profit sharing for the alliance. More importantly, I can guarantee your safety and a bright future, while the giants don't have that capability. Even if you get this huge sum, the giants can't guarantee that the money will be yours. Is it better to hold onto this hot potato with trepidation, or to join the alliance and gamble on a bright future? I think you're a smart man, President Wang, and you'll make a wise choice."

Mr. Wang slumped into his chair, as if all his strength had been drained away, and finally nodded with difficulty.

……

Next, Huang Jiacai personally visited Mr. Li's family home in the suburbs and had lunch with Mr. Li and several other family members who also held important positions in the company.

During the meeting, Huang Jiacai made no mention of the alliance crisis. Instead, he chatted with Mr. Li's father about the hardships of starting the company and discussed future industry trends with Mr. Li's children and nephews. His foresight and understanding of the industry chain deeply impressed the younger generation of the Li family.

After the meal, in the Li family's antique-style study, Huang Jia finally got to the point.

“President Li, technology licensing from giant companies seems like a shortcut.” Huang Jiacai spread out a carefully analyzed report he had brought. “But look here, and here… These restrictive clauses are tantamount to tying your company’s hands and feet in the research and development of high-end enzyme preparations for the next ten years. This completely cuts off your escape route. Moreover, there are many examples of giant companies and their controlling shareholders, BG Company, abandoning their partners after using them. The so-called ten-year contract is a contract when they need you, but it’s just a piece of waste paper when you have no value to them.”

Then Huang Jiacai immediately produced another document, which contained bloody examples of how BG Company and giant companies have abandoned and exploited some companies over the years.

"Cooperation has always been about mutual benefit. What do you think will happen when you have no value to others? Your business is the result of generations of your family's hard work. Are you willing to be a low-end vassal forever, watching your descendants live under the rules of others and be at their mercy? Or even be discarded like a rag in the end?"

He appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them. Then, he offered a more practical bargaining chip: "I know that your company has recently experienced some cash flow problems due to its rapid expansion. As one of the first recipients of the alliance's 'Risk-Sharing Fund,' Ruixing can immediately provide an unsecured, interest-free loan to help your company overcome its difficulties. At the same time, I have already persuaded two other companies within the alliance that require large quantities of enzyme preparations to sign a five-year priority procurement agreement with your company, ensuring the stability of your company's core business."

What Huang Jiacai offered was not an unrealistic ideal, but a tangible guarantee of survival and room for development. He accurately grasped the core demand of Mr. Li as the head of a family business—the stable succession and long-term development of the enterprise.

Looking at the clear pros and cons analysis in the report, then at Huang Jiacai's sincere eyes, and recalling the younger generation's high regard for Huang Jiacai at the dinner table, Mr. Li's mind completely shifted. Cooperating with giants would be tantamount to inviting wolves into the house; while aligning with Ruixing and its alliance was the only hope for the continuation of the family business.

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Finally, he also wanted to meet with General Manager Zhang, whose company was one of the most important enterprises in the "alliance".

Mr. Zhang is a man of high moral character and values ​​his reputation; he is an engineer by training.

Instead of arranging a meeting at a private location, he held a technical seminar with Mr. Zhang directly at Ruixing's data center on the "importance of data security and standardization".

After showcasing the grand vision of the alliance's unified data platform, Huang Jiacai seemingly casually switched to a different interface, displaying complex network traffic data and fragments of communication records that, while blurred, were still recognizable.

“Mr. Zhang, while building this unified platform, we discovered some very interesting… ‘abnormal data exchange’.” Huang Jiacai’s tone was calm, as if discussing a technical bug. “It seems that there are external nodes trying to… well, not very friendly ‘handshakes’ with our core database through some non-standard interfaces. Fortunately, our protection system is strong enough.”

Mr. Zhang's expression changed slightly. He adjusted his glasses, trying to conceal his inner turmoil. Those data fragments bore a striking resemblance to his recent secret contacts with BG's technical staff.

Huang Jiacai didn't look at him, continuing to stare at the screen, and slowly said, "Technology itself is not guilty, but those who use technology need to have a bottom line and a stance. Especially at this critical juncture concerning the future of the nation's industries, any behavior that could endanger the alliance's data security and the independence of standards is unforgivable. Don't you agree, Mr. Zhang?"

He turned his head and looked at President Zhang calmly, but beneath that calmness lay an icy understanding of everything.

“Of course,” Huang Jiacai’s tone softened as he changed the subject, “I believe that Mr. Zhang, like us, hopes to create a clean, secure, and independently controllable technological environment. I have always believed that the position of chief software architect of the alliance, and the leading role of the future data standards committee, belongs to Mr. Zhang alone. Only a technical authority like you can lead us to forge a path that truly belongs to us. If we succeed, Mr. Zhang will be a hero, a leading figure, and a pioneer in this field in our country!”

Mr. Zhang pretended to look at the screen, his mind racing amidst a cold sweat.

Partnering with giant companies means you're just working for them. But if you follow Huang Jiacai, you could become a national hero, a leading figure, the alliance's chief software architect, and the future leader of the data standards committee. This is something that money can't buy. How many times in life can you take such a gamble?

Now in his forties, and knowing he might never have such an opportunity again, Mr. Zhang felt as if he had returned to the time when he first graduated, full of youthful vigor.

"Mr. Huang, I know what to do. I won't let you down!"

Mr. Zhang completely abandoned his indecisive thoughts and solemnly stated that he would fully support the formulation and promotion of the alliance's standards.

……

When General Manager Wang, General Manager Li, General Manager Zhang, and several other business leaders with different motives were "invited" back to Ruixing's largest conference room by Huang Jiacai, each of them wore a complex mix of emotions—fear, shame, and a resolute determination after being persuaded.

Huang Jiacai stood in front of the podium, scanning the audience of his newly reunited "allies." His face no longer held the previous coldness and calculation; instead, it displayed a tragic yet sublime passion.

"Ladies and gentlemen," his voice boomed through the microphone, carrying a powerful and resonant force throughout the conference room, "I know that each of us has faced a severe test over the past few days."

“That’s perfectly normal!” He suddenly raised his voice. “Because we are facing an unprecedentedly powerful opponent, a technological barrier and commercial hegemony that has been built up over a century! If we could succeed easily, it would only mean that what we’ve done isn’t great enough!”

The huge screen behind him lit up, no longer displaying cold data charts, but a magnificent historical scroll—from camel caravans on the ancient Silk Road to the pioneers who saved the country through industry in modern times, and then to the mushroom cloud rising over the Gobi Desert… The image finally settled on a photo of Yang Ping’s research group working hard through the night in their simple laboratory.

"Look at our ancestors! The conditions they faced were a hundred times more difficult than ours today! What did they have? All they had was passion and an indomitable spirit! But it was with this passion and spirit that they built this land for us and won the most basic dignity!"

"Today, as we stand here, what we pursue is not merely corporate profits or technological breakthroughs! We are embarking on a new 'industrial Long March'! We are determined to forge a path for China's biopharmaceutical industry and build a platform that is entirely our own and free from external constraints!"

His words were incredibly moving, instantly elevating personal gains and losses, and corporate grievances, to the level of national destiny and historical responsibility.

"Now, damn it! Someone wants to extinguish the spark we've just ignited, to reduce us to our original state! Can we agree to that?"

"No!" Someone in the audience shouted first, and soon a crowd of people responded, their voices growing louder and louder until they merged into a powerful wave of sound.

"Yes! We cannot agree to this!" Huang Jiacai waved his arms, his eyes gleaming with idealism. "History will only remember the results! Remember who didn't kneel down at the critical moment, but chose to stand and live! Remember who left a stage for China's future scientists to freely express themselves!"

"Today, what we are re-establishing here is not a business alliance, but a 'community of shared destiny'! We will share both prosperity and adversity! Our names may not be known to the world, but everything we do today will be engraved in the monument of China's biopharmaceutical industry development!"

The grand narrative and sense of mission, like a blazing furnace, temporarily melted away all the resentment and rifts left by previous coercion and inducement. The entrepreneurs present, regardless of their previous reasons for staying, were now infected by this tragic atmosphere, their blood boiling, temporarily forgetting their personal gains and losses, and filled with the pride of participating in a great cause.

Meanwhile, Gan Fengyi, far away in BG, was not surprised at all when she received the news that the alliance had not only not collapsed, but was operating even stronger. Instead, she felt a complex sigh mixed with admiration and worry. Her contest with Huang Jiacai was inevitable.

P.S.: I will try to update two chapters a day from now on, and try to keep the update times fixed at 12 noon and 20 pm. Thank you everyone.