Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
But what truly shocked everyone was the two womenâs reply.
One woman said, "Itâs because someone gave us 50 million Won and told us to buy a box of pills here and then switch the pills with the fake ones they gave us. We did not only get the 50 million Won in exchange, but also the beauty pills."
"Yes, thatâs the case." The other woman said.
Right after they said this though, the women recovered and thought it incredible that they had admitted that. They quickly covered their mouths, but it was too late.
"Are you crazy, how can you admit to that?" the man yelled.
They really admitted it! People looked at them like they were idiots. These three idiots just said this shop sold fake medicine, yet immediately afterwards, they admitted that they were lying.
Only Shen Qianqian knew that it had something to do with Ye Mo, and she wondered âWhat canât Ye Mo do?â
The two policemen could no longer take the store owner away and could only take away the three who caused trouble.
"Hmph, we wonât leave it at that," the store owner said.
Ye Mo frowned. He found the whole thing very odd. Which idiot would do something like this? How would it benefit them?
Shen Qianqian also felt like it was abnormal. She looked at Ye Mo and said, "Ye Mo, I didnât know you were so patriotic. I know Luo Yue came from China, but why do I feel like thereâs more to it?"
Ye Mo ignored the store owner and pulled Shen Qianqian into a meeting room and then said, "Iâm just looking after my own stuff - I am from Luo Yue, look." Then, he took out a proof of identity as âLuo Yueâs Head Engineerâ.
He didnât take out the presidential badge.
"Huh, youâre really from Luo Yue?" Shen Qianqian asked in shock. But soon she thought, âNo wonder Ye Mo could take out a face preserving pill.â
Ye Mo took out his phone to charge it and then said to Shen Qianqian, "If you donât want to stay in Jin City, why donât you come to Luo Yue. Iâm sure that with your capabilities you could get your hands on the Head of Commerce position."
Shen Qianqian stared at Ye Mo with her big eyes and pointed at him after a while, "So youâre a higher up of Luo Yue! You said you came to find me before. It must have all been a plot! You want me to work for you, right?"
Ye Mo approved of her brains. She had already connected the dots. He smiled bitterly, "Yes, when I saw that you werenât living well in the Shen family, I wanted to convince you to go to Luo Yue. Of course, itâs fine if you donât want to."
Shen Qianqian suddenly got up excitedly and grabbed Ye Moâs hand, "Who said I donât want to go - I want to go very much! Please help me, I must go. You really are my lucky charm. You gave me the face preserving pill and now, you will help me find work in Luo Yue, Iâm too happy."
Shen Qianqian was very happy indeed. She had long since planned to go to Luo Yue but didnât have a way, so now that Ye Mo gave her the opportunity, how could she reject?
"Okay, donât be so hasty." Ye Mo unlocked his phone and was preparing to call Xu Yuehua, but as soon as he opened his phone, he received a call.
"Second Brother, whatâs up?" It was Xu Ping. He rarely called, so Ye Mo cared about him calling.
Seeing that the call had gone through, Xu Ping immediately said, "Third Brother, if we still hadnât reached you, I wouldâve had to declare war on Indonesia."
Ye Mo smiled, "Second Brother, stop joking. Now is different to before, we canât just casually start wars. Weâre not strong to the point where we can fight whomever we want. We need a reason to fight-"
Before Xu Ping said anything, Xu Yuehua took the phone.
"President, itâs me, Yuehua."
"Whatâs up, Sister Yuehua?" Ye Mo felt that things didnât seem right.
Xu Yuehua was rather calm as she said slowly, "Over the last two days, our outlets in different countries have been experiencing some problems. The stores of more than ten different countries have reported that people were framing us, claiming that we were selling fakes. A few of them have even been knocked down."
Ye Moâs eyes went cold. Things werenât as simple as it looked at first glance indeed. There was obviously someone behind this. Those who didnât know the truth would think that there really was a problem with Luo Yue.
"Whatâs the exact situation?" Ye Mo asked again.
Xu Yuehua replied, "Three stores were cracked down in three countries where the workers werenât hurt, but in Indonesia, six people died. Weâve closed the store there, and the personnel has come back. Brother Xu is in favor of attacking Indonesia. Although Iâm also very angry, I donât believe it very suitable to declare war for just that."
Ye Mo sneered. He knew there were parties that didnât want Luo Yue to develop too rapidly. These means would be effective against other countries, but not against Luo Yue.
Thus Ye Mo said, "Sister Yuehua, concerning the countries that didnât deal with the situation in our benefit, immediately take all of the products we sell there out of circulation and shut down all military and commercial relations with those countries. At the same time, if they have any businesses in Luo Yue, shut those down too until they realise their mistake and pay us enough compensation."
"Okay," Xu Yuehua agreed without hesitating. Luo Yue never had to feel troubled about marketing. When Luo Yue pulled out from a country, the one that should be worrying was that country and not Luo Yue.
And Xu Yuehua knew that halting military and commercial relations meant that those countries wouldnât be getting their interference machines even if they had payed for it already.
"What about Indonesia?" Xu Yuehua knew that Ye Mo wouldnât let that country go easily. Although Luo Yue had almost 300.000 immigrants, it was still far from well-populated, and the citizens didnât have enough solidarity. Thus, Xu Yuehua didnât want to solve things through military means.
"As for Indonesia," Ye Moâs tone went cold, "Halt all of our businesses there and kick their businesses out of Luo Yue. At the same time, stop all relations with them and ask them to compensate 70 billion Luo Yue dollars."
Xu Yuehua took a deep breath. The Luo Yue dollar had about the same worth as the euro. This was 90 billion USD! Xu Yuehua was sure that Indonesia wouldnât pay that.
"I donât think they will compensate that," Xu Yuehua said worriedly.
Ye Mo sneered, "Of course I know they wonât. Make a global announcement that when Luo Yue was in the beginning of its development, Indonesia conspired with pirates to attack Luo Yue. We have evidence and many people who are still in captivity. Weâll show their faces on TV. Say that Luo Yue had been trying to keep harmony with Indonesia, didnât take things personally, and even sold them some technology, yet this is how they repay us.
They trashed our stores and killed our employees, yet their government not only refuses to punish the criminals, but instead it points the blame at Luo Yue. And under such circumstances, Luo Yue still chooses to resolve things peacefully and only asks for compensation."
Xu Yuehua understood where Ye Mo was going, and she immediately asked, "What about the Union?"
"Weâll report our losses to them and tell them that our 20 billion dollar research project was destroyed in Indonesia," Ye Mo said.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Of course, everything we do needs to be reported to the world. Also, I do want you to say that if Indonesia does not respond within a week, Luo Yue might use military means to resolve the issue." Ye Moâs tone was very cold.
"What?!" Xu Yuehuaâs hands shook, and her phone almost fell.
"What?!" Shen Qianqian was dumbfounded.