Waves (2).

Hao Ren was not someone who had a fortunate destiny that he could meet the targeted person by coincidence. This lady was the reason Xiao Mei got him the appointment for the day. When he was looking in the details of the Ye family business, that was the moment when he found out about their rivals also. 

Xiao Mei told him that Magnificent Cosmetics was the only company that could threaten them a bit. Empress International did not engage in cosmetics, because they did not see it as a risk free market. The bigger the company the easier to stain them. Han Lingshi did not want someone to raise any trouble for them with a cosmetic product that could cause harm to the customer. 

Hao Ren smiled at the lady and said, "Ma'am, my name is Hao Ren, and while I do have other business, I have been studying traditional medicine from the age of seventeen. My sister passed away from cancer, ever since then I have been trying to learn more about the traditional medicine. During my experiments I came upon a formula that could slow-down the signs of aging." 

The lady was called Dr. Wilma Fey, she was a specialist of skin diseases, and had a great command in her field. She was fifty years old but looked like she was in her late thirties. Hearing what Hao Ren said, she nodded and said, "When can you show this formula?" 

Hao Ren said, "We can head over to your lab and I am willing to create a formula right before your eyes." 

Wilma asked, "Aren't you worried that I might use your formula and burn bridges with you?" 

Hao Ren smiled and said, "I registered my formula today itself. It has been passed by the medical board. You cannot run away." 

Hao Ren was cunning, with the intelligence stat of 10 points he was far more smarter than the other people. Pairing the his intelligence with the knowledge of medicine, it wasn't difficult for him to come up with a formula. Then he also used Xiao Mei's capabilities to get in the medical board, and register his formula. Not only that, Xiao Mei even got him an approval.

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Wilma was not surprised, she smiled faintly and said, "Kid, tell me what do you want in return of sharing this formula?" 

Hao Ren sat down on the chair and took a sip of water from the glass before he said, "I want 5% royalty on the profit of every batch you sale, and make a fortune." 

Wilma was still not convinced and said, "You could have found some other company but why Magnificent?" 

Hao Ren smiled and replied, "My mother uses Magnificent face wash and she has been using it for as long as ten years. This shows that your customers are loyal and that your products are not harmful. At the same time, they are affordable." 

Wilma nodded and remarked, "You seemed to have done your homework. Are you a businessman?" 

She was getting curious in this young man. After all, how could she not? Hao Ren was handsome, and he was speaking logically and also exposed his emotional side. These were all in lines of a good businessman. 

Hao Ren did not hide it from her and said, "Yes, Ma'am. I have a small tech company called Thunder Technologies." 

Wilma asked, "Then why cosmetics?" 

She was confused, and Hao Ren said, "Women have a greater spending potential than men, and to be honest, I have invested everything in my company and now I need money to keep it afloat." 

The lady nodded in understanding, so this guy was here to expand his business without any expenditure. She thought and said, "Fine, come, lets go to my office, and then we will see what happens." 

Hao Ren followed behind her quickly, and they came to the parking lot. The lady was fiddling with her mobile and the young man said, "Doctor Fey, if you do not mind, you can ride with me." 

The lady nodded and Hao Ren led her to his car. Doctor Fey could not help but raise her brows and revaluate Hao Ren. The young man smiled and said, "This is something I bought by selling a few bitcoins. Do not look at me like that." 

Fey smiled and shrugged, "It is not my place to judge you, and I am only wondering how come a stable looking person like you drives a flashy super car." 

Hao Ren chuckled and the two got inside the car. The vehicle shoot off, and on the other side, Lynn Carter was dealing with a rather persistent person. A middle-aged man sat before her with spectacles on his nose. 

He had a refined aura but Lynn Carter was not buying it. This man was from Byte Technologies and had come over to buy the management license for the Horizon OS. His terms were pretty fair, as he thought, 10 million.

Lynn had refused to him and the man told her to call their boss, the lady said that Hao Ren was out for business. Then this man turned his gaze at the tech team. He went as far as blatantly offering them jobs and dig them away. 

However, Klaus and the rest knew that it was just a trap. Once they took jobs, Byte will put them on a bench and they would not have any opportunity to learn either. 

The man said, "Miss Carter, what sort of a person is your boss? Such a big business is at his door and he is not interested. This is not how companies work." 

Lynn had texted Hao Ren a few minutes ago, and was about to explode, when the intercom on her table rang. She picked up the call and then quickly placed the receiver back after pressing the speaker switch. She said, "Mister Wayde, you have been asking to see our Boss, right? He is on call you can talk." 

The man named Wayde sat up and was about to speak when Hao Ren cut him off, "Mister Wayde, my name is Hao Ren, right now I am not at work, but let me tell you a few things about professional courtesy. 

One, you came to my company without an appointment, I am not obligated to see you. 

Two, if Byte Technologies can send you over with a price of ten million to buy me out. I have two responses for you, thank you for affirming the fact that my OS is good. Second, the opening capital of my company is ten million and I have already earned back three million from the product sale, so let's not waste each others time. 

Third, if you did not get out of the office, then I will sue you and your company for harassing my employees and hindering work by your actions. We have video monitoring inside the office, and everything you have said and done, it has been recorded. Please see yourself out, or Miss Carter, see if Mister Wayde needs security assistance." 

The call was disconnected and Hao Ren had literally shocked everyone by his stance. Wayde's face was twisting so much that Lynn Carter was about to laugh out loud. She did not expect Hao Ren to shut down this guy so ruthlessly. 

Lynn Carter took a deep breath to calm down and said, "Mister Wayde, did you get the answer?" 

The man clenched his jaw and stood up from the chair as he said, "This dump is not worthy of us to take an appointment. Just wait, you and your company will go out of market soon enough." 

...

Wilma was shocked to hear the way Hao Ren talked to the guy while driving. At this moment, she saw another side of this young man, a ruthless businessman, who was not afraid of flying off the handle. 

They reached the building where Magnificent Cosmetics office was. Wilma led Hao Ren, and his arrival caught a lot of attention. She did not waste anytime and came to the laboratory, the young man concluded that her status in the company was not shallow. Wilma found three people in inside the lab and said, "Guys, take a break." 

The people were surprised but they did as she told. She turned to look at Hao Ren and said, "Take a look at the herbs that we have, if you want anything else then I will get them to bring it over." 

Hao Ren nodded and looked at the herbs placed inside glass containers on the wall. He picked up seven of them and said, "If possible, can I get some saffron?" 

The lady nodded and gestured for a technician to bring saffron. Hao Ren fiddled with herbs and worked diligently. He quickly made a paste by grinding and mincing the herbs together with help of some water. Then he took the saffron and mixed it with water. On the table were two different forms of the herbs. 

Hao Ren said, "The powder can be mixed with water and consumed. It will amplify blood cleansing effect, while the paste can be applied on the face for twenty minutes and the effect will be immediate." 

Wilma nodded and said, "Shall we test it now?" 

Hao Ren nodded and said, "Please take the powder first, and then after ten minutes apply the paste on your face. The internal effect will take a complete digestion cycle." 

Wilma nodded, and called for a staff member. Hao Ren shook his head and said, "Doctor Fey, I suggest an older lady try this first. The effect of age effecting products will not show as prominently on a young face as it will on the mature face." 

Wilma smiled at his choice of words and then called for an older lady, she was in her thirties and had dark circles and crowfeet on the corner of her eyes. Under Hao Ren's direction, the lady consumed the powder and applied the paste. After half an hour, she went to wash her face and when she returned, the people were shocked. 

Wilma Fey had her eyes opened, the effect on the skin was indeed evident. She asked Hao Ren, "We have also tired this formula, or a version of it, but the effect was not good, how did you do it?"

The young man replied, "I only mixed some saffron in it to turn the paste into an extracting agent. The cold dew orchid petals prevent the burning sensation from raw turmeric root. Mixed with honey and saffron the nature changes and they clarify the skin like nothing else." 

Wilma nodded, and brought him to the conference room. She asked, "What do you want?" 

Hao Ren thought for a bit and asked, "Can you make decisions?" 

Wilma nodded and said, "This company belongs to my daughter. I can take the decision. Tell me." 

The young man replied, "I will sell you the formula management right for 2 million a year, and five percent profit from the sale of every batch as my royalty. I am not asking for too much, you know very well that you will be hoarding money in the coming days as soon as you start selling it."

Wilma and Hao Ren deliberated for a couple of hours and when she saw Hao Ren did not budge from his five percent profit, she had to give in, because this ruthless guy could also sale the formula to some other company. 

... 

Hao Ren signed the agreement with Wilma Fey and got it sealed by the company's notary stamp, and was returning to his own office in the evening when Xiao Mei said, "Boss, someone from the Han Family is linked with the contract on Miss Han's life." 

Hao Ren asked with shock, "What did you say!?"