Chapter 553: Acquiring Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory

Liu Jianghua saw that he hadn't finished speaking yet, Chen Yang preemptively threw in a remark to block him, his face displeased as he said:

"Chen Yang, I originally wanted to give you some help. With your current attitude, you might as well get lost!"

Chen Yang dared not offend Liu Jianghua, quickly apologized with a smile: "Governor, just give me any orders; I will go through fire and water, and will not shirk!"

Liu Jianghua snapped: "Kid, cut the idioms with me. I saw you suffer a loss in Qingshui City, so I specially came to give you some compensation. Since you don't appreciate it, forget it!"

Chen Yang didn't believe Liu Jianghua had any good thing for him at all, but people are naturally curious. Whether it's a good thing or not, he'd ask first: "Governor, I was wrong; please tell me what good thing you have for me."

Seeing Chen Yang's attitude improve, Liu Jianghua spoke gently: "The development of Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory has hit a bottleneck these past two years. Are you interested in acquiring it?"

Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory is a supplier of Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical, and also one of the two Xingcheng pharmaceutical companies that teamed up with Wang Haifeng to trip up Chen Yang.

The last time Chen Yang came with evidence to complain to Liu Jianghua, the chairman of Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory was taken away by the relevant authorities for investigation. Up to now there has been no news.

"Governor, does Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory's internal finance have no problems?"

Liu Jianghua understood Chen Yang's meaning, with a solemn expression he said: "Chen Yang, if you're worried about their chairman being taken away, you can first send someone to investigate."

"Alright, I'll immediately arrange people to do the preparations." Seeing that Liu Jianghua wasn't joking, Chen Yang immediately became interested. Setting aside his grudge with Wang Haifeng, acquiring Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory would greatly ease the supply pressure on Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical.

Moreover, merging the two pharmaceutical companies would also allow strong collaboration in technology and management.

Seeing Chen Yang agree to acquire Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory, Liu Jianghua's mood also brightened. He shifted the topic: "Chen Yang, I helped boost Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical's strength; shouldn't you also help me resolve a small trouble?"

Chen Yang had long guessed Liu Jianghua wouldn't let him get a free benefit, so he asked directly: "Governor, what trouble is there that you can't resolve?"

Liu Jianghua sighed: "Do you still remember my secretary Yan Feng?"

Chen Yang nodded. Yan Feng is the former Party Secretary of New Peace County, now transferred to serve as mayor of Lian Prefecture.

Liu Jianghua continued: "Yan Feng has been in Lian Prefecture for over a year, and his work has made no progress. Besides lacking financial support, the more important reason is that he hasn't found a development direction suited to Lian Prefecture's characteristics."

Liu Jianghua paused, then with a serious face said to Chen Yang: "In economic matters, you're an expert. Could you, for my sake, go serve as his advisor?"

Chen Yang didn't expect Liu Jianghua's request to be so troublesome! He said somewhat embarrassed: "Governor, I'm just an ordinary businessman; serving as an advisor to Mayor Yan wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"

Liu Jianghua dismissed the concern: "There's nothing inappropriate about it; Comrade Yan Feng proposed it himself. After you go, as long as you do your best, even if you don't succeed, I'll still be grateful."

Seeing he couldn't refuse, Chen Yang simply agreed.

After returning to Jiangmen Dao, Chen Yang called He Wanqiu, told her the company planned to acquire Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory, and asked her to arrange personnel to first conduct due diligence.

After finishing, Chen Yang sent an email to Lan Qiyun.

"Junior sister, prepare to build a position in Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical."

"Senior brother, your company has made another big move lately?"

"Don't ask too much; just build the position."

"Okay! But does this count as a violation?"

"What's there to fear? The matter hasn't even materialized yet—first hype the expectations. When it's time to finalize, you can withdraw early."

"Got it! I'll have people write a short essay right away."

Chen Yang used email to contact Lan Qiyun mainly to avoid being investigated afterward. Phone calls are easily monitored; emails, once deleted, may not be recoverable even by the service provider after a long time.

Meanwhile, the process of Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical acquiring Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory will surely be lengthy. It requires investigation, board approval, fundraising, and various negotiations regarding the acquisition. Even to reach a final agreement will take at least several months.

Lan Qiyun can fully exploit this time gap to make a quick profit.

As long as they don't create consecutive limit-ups, the Securities Regulatory Commission might not investigate.

In my previous life, so many capitals manipulated stock prices, yet only a few got investigated. As long as one doesn't oppose the national team like that certain big shot, basically everyone lives quite comfortably.

To provide cover for Lan Qiyun, Chen Yang also used Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical's stock account to buy shares of another local listed company, Xingcheng Heavy Industry.

Since Wu Junhui and Zhou Zhixin successively ran into trouble, Xingcheng Heavy Industry's share price has been in a downtrend. Compared to other mechanical engineering stocks, its enthusiasm has always been low. When the sector rises, it rises a little; when the sector falls, it falls a lot; recently its share price is down to only six yuan!

But Chen Yang clearly remembers that Xingcheng Heavy Industry is about to receive a huge order of one billion yuan. Such a major positive news, achieving consecutive limit-ups is absolutely no problem.

As long as Chen Yang successfully buys the dip in Xingcheng Heavy Industry, it will count as real fiscal income for Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical. Lan Qiyun can completely use this information to lift Heavenly Opening Pharmaceutical's stock price. Combined investment profits and the acquisition of Oriental Pharmaceutical Factory, the room for shareholders' imagination shouldn't be too big. Who would still suspect Lan Qiyun of insider trading?

So, Chen Yang without hesitation bought 30 million shares of Xingcheng Heavy Industry.

Since the positive news hasn't come out yet, he only needed an average price of 6.2 yuan to buy enough shares.

Moreover, when Chen Yang made his move, the CEO of Xingcheng Securities, Qi Yunxiang, immediately followed suit, directly pushing the price up another three points.

With the entry of the two major funds, Xingcheng Heavy Industry's stock enthusiasm surged, and everyone rushed to buy its shares.

Before market close, Xingcheng Heavy Industry's share price hit a limit-up again—a rare occurrence!

After market close, Chen Yang began recalling the economic development of Lian Prefecture in his previous life. But after searching his memory, he found not a trace of an answer.

On one hand, Chen Yang is not from Lian Prefecture and has no acquaintances there. On the other hand, Lian Prefecture indeed lacks any industry that leaves a deep impression.

Under these circumstances, serving as an advisor to Yan Feng is truly a major challenge for Chen Yang.

A company, with a few hundred million, or several billion, can be built into a nationally renowned enterprise.

A city, even with tens of billions, let alone hundreds of billions, may not create much of a splash.

That's just Liu Jianghua speaking. If it were Yan Feng, Chen Yang would definitely refuse without hesitation.

Of course, Chen Yang dares to take on this task mainly because he is a Reborn Person. Among the many successful models of the next decade or so, there will surely be one suitable for Lian Prefecture.