Charlie perceived Tanaka as a clever and observant individual. With his expressions relaxed, Charlie said, "Tanaka, do give me your contact number so I can reach you if there's anything."
Without hesitation, Tanaka drew out his name card and passed it to Charlie respectfully.
"Mr. Wade, this is my name card." s
Charlie nodded, took the card, and slipped it inside his pocket effortlessly. 5
He bowed to Charlie. "Mr. Wade, please excuse me,” he said, before walking out of the meeting room.
Yahiko's two bodyguards were like warriors with broken arms, clutching their twisted limbs and running amok.
The meeting room fell into dead silence.
Everyone felt nervous as they looked at Charlie and Ichiro, not knowing what kind of fate awaited them. 2
Ichiro cleared his throat then spoke, "Let me tell you, I, as the legal heir of Kobayashi Pharma, hold the absolute right for this company. As such, the signed share transfer agreement is also valid. From this moment on, Kobayashi Pharma is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apothecary Pharmaceutical. So, if all of you still want to earn a living here, please abide and
obey!"
At that moment, some began to have doubts. "The elder has given us thirty percent of dry stocks before this. Now that you have transferred ninety percent of shares to other people, how will we know if we will profit from ours?!” 7
Ichiro answered coldly,
"In the future, you can all get three out of my ten percent of shares. This is my guarantee to all of you!'
"From thirty percent to three percent?!”
Many became furious and started questioning in panic and anxiety. "That’s such a drastic drop!! How are we supposed to feed our families?" 3
"Exactly, it's like taking away our lives!!"
"Correct! We will starve to death if this continues!"
Another person chimed in agreement. "Exactly! The leaving of Makawa from Kobayashi Pharma will cause the entire Pharma to lose its innovation!"
Charlie nodded slowly, then replied with a smile.
"Ahhh, that's good. I was just thinking after the merge with Kobayashi Pharma, there must be an evolution to this organization. The first and foremost step taken will be to eliminate the R&D department! That is
because the R&D department in Kobayashi Pharma
has been nothing but trash to me." 2
Makawa fumed and spat furiously, "Excuse me, I have a postdoctoral masters, majoring in biopharmaceuticals from the prestigious Tokyo University. I am also one of the top pharmacists in Japan and the department under my lead is one of the strongest in the entire Japanese pharmaceutical industry. How dare you say I am trash?!" 5
Charlie said in great disdain,
"Eighty percent of the prescription from Kobayashi Stomach Pill developed by you was stolen from ancient Chinese ancestry, and you only made minor improvements to the balance of the twenty percent of the prescription. That makes it an act of plagiarism. Yet, you call yourself its creator? I'm ashamed to even call you trash!”
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