Chapter 771: 766. Since You Don't Want to Live a Good Life, Then Don't Blame Me

It could be said that within the entire conference room, only Zhao Feng was slightly better off, because his attention was not on this aspect.

"Mr. Zhang, I recall that when the company underwent restructuring, it seems it was your decision?" Zhao Feng did not explain the problem first, but instead asked Zhang Ran a question.

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "That is correct."

"The company increased the intensity of inspections for manufactured products, and also established a comprehensive destruction process?" Zhao Feng asked again.

"That is correct," Zhang Ran continued to reply.

Zhao Feng said, "However, as far as I know, some people have already secretly swapped out some of the company's substandard products, intending to resell them as qualified products."

Once these words were spoken, many people in the conference room revealed looks of horror; they had not expected that anyone would dare to go to such lengths.

Feng Hui was even more incredulous; he did not know about this point either, and had not even heard of it.

This was also normal, as after all, such matters were far more serious than the previous incidents of passing off inferior goods as quality ones.

When medicinal materials are passed off as inferior, there are still other inspection processes after they are made into medicine, and at that time, if they are substandard, they are substandard.

Therefore, this would at most only result in the loss of the company's assets, and some medicinal materials, while said to be substandard, could actually still be used.

Especially for things like cold granules, the difference is actually not that great; it was just that Zhang Ran required them to be strictly compliant.

But taking the company's substandard products and selling them again is of a completely different nature.

As for this matter, Lin Xiong and the others had only just taken action, merely temporarily storing some of the medicine, and had not yet gone to sell it.

After all, the quantity of substandard products is vastly different from that of qualified products, so it was not much at one time.

However, it was also because they had frequently tampered with the medicinal materials during this period that the quantity of the company's substandard products began to increase.

Or perhaps they had long harbored this intention, or maybe this idea emerged after seeing the sudden increase in substandard products.

But regardless, the negative impact of this matter is already self-evident; once a problem arises and it is exposed, the entire company might suffer unprecedented questioning and blows.

It is not impossible that the company could even be devastated because of this.

Feng Hui truly did not expect that Lin Xiong and the others would be so bold as to set their sights on this; truly, wealth moves the heart—as long as the profit is sufficient, there is nothing they would not dare to do.

Lin Xiong was already drenched in sweat at this moment; he wanted to argue, but discovered that Zhao Feng had even found the location where they were hiding the medicine.

This was all thanks to Zhao Feng's apprentice, Tao Liang; it was he who found it.

Zhang Ran still had no expression on his face at this moment, but the anger in his eyes had already been revealed, making everyone even more cautious, fearing that they would be caught in the crossfire.

Zhang Ran did not speak, only signaling for Zhao Feng to continue; he actually wanted to see what other insane things these people could possibly do.

At this moment, Zhang Ran had already decided: if any of these people ended up with a good outcome, then it would be his, Zhang Ran's, incompetence.

Zhang Ran looked at Feng Hui; his disappointment was already very obvious. If it were not for the poor timing, Zhang Ran would have removed him this time; this was simply an unforgivable mistake.

Although it could be said that Feng Hui was also one of those kept in the dark, as the person in charge of the company, this was inherently his failure.

At this time, Feng Hui was also shocked and furious. He looked at Lin Xiong, then thought of his nephew Feng Guiyu, and hated Feng Guiyu to death in his heart.

He did not expect that his own nephew would dare to sabotage him like this.

If it were the previous matter regarding the medicinal materials, he could have slightly shirked some responsibility, but he could not shirk this matter, nor did he dare to.

At this moment, he could only sit silently in his seat, not daring to move a muscle.

"By the way, I also heard about one more thing, though it is only hearsay for now; I don't have any evidence yet, at least not found as of now." Zhao Feng had already gone all out at this point; since he had already said so much, a thing or two more wouldn't matter.

Zhang Ran said, "Say whatever you have to say. Rest assured, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter."

Hearing Zhang Ran say this, Zhao Feng's last bit of hesitation vanished, and he said directly, "I heard that someone is targeting the formula for our company's main product, 'Yong Ge', and has already made some moves, though it seems there hasn't been much effect."

After finishing, Zhao Feng did not say anything more; he had already said everything he knew, and as for how to handle it, that would depend on Zhang Ran.

Of course, if Zhang Ran was all thunder and no rain, then even if he had given Zhao Feng the position of Minister of the Supervision Department, Zhao Feng would not just let it go.

Zhao Feng had not come here for a promotion or a raise in the first place.

However, Zhang Ran would not let him down; he was not that angry about the matter of targeting the 'Yong Ge' formula.

This matter was also quite normal; it was just that because high-level executives within the company wanted to make a move, it was a bit unpleasant.

If it were at a normal time, Zhang Ran would certainly be angry, but compared to the first two matters, this really did not count for much.

Zhao Feng stopped talking, and the conference room became deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop—there was truly not a sound to be heard.

Some people already felt uncomfortable all over, their scalps tingling, but they did not dare to move.

"I, Zhang Ran, should be considered to have treated you all well, right?" After a long silence, Zhang Ran suddenly said.

No one replied; no one dared to reply at this moment.

Zhang Ran spoke to himself, "Your salaries, bonuses, dividends, and so on—I, Zhang Ran, have never lacked in any of them.

And it can be said that your salary levels are considered high within the same industry and at the same level; this is also the treatment I, Zhang Ran, have given you.

I don't demand that you be extremely dedicated to your posts; I only need you to do your own jobs well, or even if there are some minor problems, I can pretend I didn't see them.

After all, you are considered to be making money for me, Zhang Ran, and I don't have the energy to manage the company."

"But now, tell me, isn't this going a bit too far?" Finally, Zhang Ran's voice was very soft, but everyone felt a tremor in their hearts upon hearing it.

Was it going too far?

Of course it was going too far, and it was going quite far indeed!

Especially the second point Zhao Feng mentioned—it was practically trying to destroy the company!

The more this was the case, the more they worried that Zhang Ran would let his anger spill over onto them.

"Since you don't want to live a good life, then I don't need to worry for you anymore," Zhang Ran said coldly, not giving anyone a chance to answer.

He looked at Lin Xiong and the others, "Do you still intend to keep hiding it now, or do you think I, Zhang Ran, am truly a fool?"

Lin Xiong stood up immediately and said urgently, "Mr. Zhang, I was wrong. I admit that I participated in the matter of the medicinal materials, but I absolutely did not know about the matter of the substandard products, nor did I participate. You must uphold justice for me on this point."