At Xiang Mantang, they went to settle accounts with the Wang Family, who had owed them money without repayment.
In River City, Gu Xiyan and Wen Rou, along with several other women, were still busily engaged with matters concerning the Jinyu Group.
It had been nearly ten days since Mu Jinyu went into deep slumber.
Initially, both Gu Xiyan and Wen Rou were deeply grieved and had no heart for work, but they knew Mu Jinyu would never want to see them in such a state. Knowing that Mu Jinyu wasn't truly dead and that Xiang Mantang was making efforts to revive him, they gradually suppressed their yearning and sadness. They returned to River City and resumed work.
After all, Jinyu Group was currently in a phase of development, and because of the threat from the Nameless assassin, the senior management had taken refuge in Capital City, leaving most of the work to their subordinates. Although they could work remotely, their efficiency had greatly suffered.
Now that the crisis posed by the Nameless assassin had been resolved, they naturally could not afford further delays.
But when it rains, it pours.
During Mu Jinyu's absence, they had planned to launch new products like the Jianti Pill and Minghui Pill, which were no less effective than the Beauty Pill.
Unfortunately, without Mu Jinyu to inscribe the so-called "Spirit Attraction Formation" runes, the production line equipment was not able to manufacture the true Jianti Pill and Minghui Pill, despite their knowledge of the prescriptions.
The finished products were no different from the health supplements sold on the market, nowhere near the immediate worldwide sensation they would have created upon launch.
According to the genuine effects demonstrated by Mu Jinyu, the Jianti Pill could enable elderly people suffering from muscle atrophy and paralysis to jump and bound after taking several courses of treatment, climbing up five flights of stairs without running out of breath.
As for the Minghui Pill, it was meant to enhance the brain development of children, making it faster and more efficient.
Following Mu Jinyu's original plan, the easiest money to earn in this world was from women, followed by the elderly and children, then pets, and lastly, men…
Therefore, after establishing the Jinyu Group, he first launched the Beauty Pill to tap into women's wallets, then planned the Jianti Pill and Minghui Pill to target the elderly and children.
Once successful, he could become the Richest Man in Huaxia, and even the wealthiest man in Asia was not an impossibility!
However, due to the unexpected incident with Mu Jinyu, the production lines for the Jianti Pill and Minghui Pill lacked the Spirit Attraction Formation and were unable to produce truly effective Spiritual Medicine.
This plan naturally had to be temporarily shelved by Gu Xiyan and her colleagues.
Unable to launch new products, Gu Xiyan could only continue to expand the market for the Beauty Pill. They had already started preparing to set up branches and sales points in major cities across the country.
At the same time, they were also breaking into the overseas market!
However, just as they were frantically busy dealing with these affairs, a troubling issue had recently emerged causing them headaches.
Some people had taken the Beauty Pill and ended up disfigured!
And, there was more than one case.
With this news breaking out, the online situation has been escalating, and the business of the Beauty Pill has suffered greatly as a result.
It was only because Xiang Mantang had been traveling around and not paying attention to online matters during this time that they were unaware of the recent troubles at Jinyu Group.
Gu Xiyan and her team wouldn't bother asking Xiang Mantang for help over such a trivial matter, there was simply no need.
They could just go directly to Mu Hongchen.
Therefore, for them, this was just a slightly vexing nuisance.
The reason it was vexing was that dealing with this matter would be a bit of a waste of their time.
"General Gu, it's almost noon, the press conference is about to start,"
Sitting in her office dealing with paperwork, Gu Xiyan heard her secretary's voice at the door. She looked at her wristwatch and replied, "Hmm, I'll tidy up and be right there."
"Okay," the secretary acknowledged and then left.
Afterward, Gu Xiyan sorted through the paperwork briefly and left the office. She took the elevator down to the first floor of Jinyu Tower, where the press conference venue had already been set up.
After all, with such an incident occurring, even though they knew it was a setup, the whole country was watching. If Jinyu Group didn't provide a valid explanation upfront, there might be few women daring to buy the Beauty Pill henceforth.
For those unaware of the capabilities of Jinyu Group, this incident could almost shake its foundations.
But for Gu Xiyan, Wen Rou, Xu Qingya, and Lin Qiaoxia, it was merely a minor inconvenience, not something to be overly concerned about.
They hadn't even returned to River City and were still inspecting new company locations in various major cities.
Dressed in a black business suit, Gu Xiyan, with her beautiful appearance, looked somewhat haggard and her brows furrowed with a hint of unresolved gloom. As she entered the venue, the journalists' eyes lit up, and they quickly grabbed their cameras to start taking pictures.
These reporters believed that Gu Xiyan's haggard and gloomy appearance must be due to the major issue Jinyu Group was facing, leaving her burnt out and unable to sleep.
Gu Xiyan paid them no mind and walked straight to the podium, took the microphone, tested it a few times, and then, with a calmly composed expression, said, "I've been very busy lately. I'll only give you fifteen minutes to ask questions at this press conference. If you have any questions, go ahead and ask them now."
No sooner had her voice fallen than a short-haired female reporter, holding a microphone, asked, "General Gu, the latest expose online alleges that Jinyu Group used substandard ingredients to produce the Beauty Pill, causing the disfigurement of more than a dozen people. Is this true?"
Gu Xiyan glanced at the female reporter, scoffed, and said, "It's true!"
The room instantly erupted into commotion.
The female reporter hadn't expected Gu Xiyan to admit it so openly and, looking excited, she quickly asked another question, "General Gu, your candid admission of the truth implies there has been a serious oversight within Jinyu Group. Will you be conducting a thorough investigation into this incident, recalling the Beauty Pill, giving the public an explanation, and what about compensation measures for the several victims involved?"
Gu Xiyan didn't answer the woman's question and simply stated, "Why are you so agitated? I haven't even finished talking yet…"
Seeing the woman turn red with embarrassment, she continued, "As I was saying, the disfigurement is real. However... those dozen or so people did not become disfigured from using our Jinyu Group's Beauty Pill, but rather, they purchased counterfeit pills which led to their disfigurement. Now, to seek compensation, they're deliberately framing and defaming our Jinyu Group!"
These words caused an immediate uproar among the audience.
The female reporter's eyes flickered and she continued to press, "General Gu claims that this incident with the Beauty Pill is a setup against Jinyu Group. Can you then provide conclusive evidence to prove your innocence? Or is it that General Gu is just trying to shift the blame to the counterfeit pills to avoid trouble?"
"You want evidence?" Gu Xiyan looked coldly at the female reporter and sneered, "I'll give you evidence!"