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Chapter 168

Author: Lana Mora
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-29 18:02:58

"It was too late, the Ellerker Medicine Group press conference was about to start."

"You just did as I said."

"It would be a disaster." The male classmate was extremely worried.

Something happened, I will take responsibility for it. I still have my dad, what are you afraid of?

"But..."

"Noel, I would give you two hundred thousand."

The boy looked at Haylie in astonishment. The Shelley family was indeed wealthy, as Haylie, a college student, could easily come up with two hundred thousand.

"I knew your family needed money." Haylie knew what she was doing was despicable. Noel was a student from a poor background, but he had always excelled academically and received scholarships. Recently, she also heard that his sister needed a kidney transplant and they needed a sum of money. So, she approached him, offering money to win him over.

"Haylie, you..."

Although Noel needed money, he still didn't want to do anything against his conscience.

"Noel, please, I beg you."

"I really wanted to impress Mr. Ellerker, can you help me?"

"Just this once, okay?"

"We were not necessarily going to fail, there was a fifty percent chance to take a gamble."

"What if it succeeded?"

"But in case of losing the bet, it might lead to fatal consequences."

"We were studying medicine, you know how serious the consequences could be." The boy still persisted.

"Noel, I really wanted to cry in a hurry."

Haylie instinctively reached out to grab Noel's arm.

But such intimate contact instantly made the boy's face turn red.

He did indeed have a secret crush on Haylie, but it was different from others.

He liked Haylie, not because she was the principal's daughter, but because she had a cheerful personality and a sweet smile.

Noel never intended to confess his feelings to her because he felt that it was absolutely impossible for someone like him, who was born into a humble family, to be with a lady of her status.

"Noel, they arrived shortly after, it was too late."

"You were the person I trusted the most."

"Can you just promise me that you will be the group leader in the future, okay?"

Haylie shook Noel's arm, making the already budding Noel's heart waver.

"I can agree with you, but I have a bottom line."

"You said." Haylie was instantly overjoyed.

"I needed to explain to Mr. Ellerker that after this thing was synthesized into medicine, we also had to find a few people to try it first. We couldn't produce it in large quantities to sell. If something went wrong, a few people could still salvage the situation, but if a group of people were harmed, Mr. Ellerker would also go to jail."

"Oh? Is it that serious? I thought even if the medicine had side effects, it wouldn't be life-threatening," Haylie expressed a slight surprise.

"Normal people, of course, have no problem, but don't forget that there are also many people who already have underlying illnesses."

"If you don't agree to this, I won't cooperate with you, even if you hate me." Noel still stuck to his last bottom line, fearing what might happen.

"Sure, then let's do it as you said."

When the two of them reached an agreement, Jaden also arrived.

With two elite individuals from the research and development team.

After the two of them were identified, it was also unbelievable.

Looking at Haylie, "Ms. Shelley, is this really something you developed?"

"Yeah, I named myself N9. So, can it replace OL12?" Haylie confidently retorted.

"No wonder she is Mr. Shelley's daughter, she is truly a genius."

"How did we not think of it, indeed this thing is powerful."

The two researchers were also extremely surprised and began to explain to Jaden the similarities between these components and the previous OL12.

"Are there any clinical trials?" Jaden asked.

"Yes, this medicine is fine," Haylie said.

The glasses-wearing academic genius eagerly spoke up, "But Mr. Ellerker, although our team leader Haylie has conducted clinical trials on this medication, we feel that the amount of trials conducted is not sufficient. Therefore, we strongly recommend that after incorporating it into traditional medicine, you first administer it to a small number of people for observation, just to be absolutely sure, before proceeding with mass production."

"That was the right thing to do," Jaden nodded.

Even without being reminded, he would never dare to play with the lives of consumers.

Although it is said that the upcoming new product cannot be delayed, it does not mean that the new product will start making money after the interview.

The Ellerker family had already achieved great success and would not be lacking in this product.

"Those who tested the medicine, please contact the seven individuals."

"Send it out tonight."

"See the response within three days," Jaden instructed.

"Okay, Mr. Ellerker."

"You helped me a lot this time, what do you want?" Jaden gratefully looked at Haylie.

"I would be the happiest if I could help Jaden, I don't want anything."

"No, that won't do. This is a big deal, and I have publicly offered a reward for it."

"I really don't want anything, oh well, we are so familiar with each other, I won't be polite with you."

"What do you want, I will tell you."

"When I finished the new product launch, I would allocate funding from the foundation to your research and development team. How many people are there in your group?"

"There were only six core characters for the time being."

"Well, then at that time, each person will receive a bonus of 500,000, with your contribution being significant, you will receive 3 million."

"Jaden, I didn't want money..."

"No, this was your reward."

Jaden was not short of money and has always been clear in rewarding and punishing, but he is not foolish either. He could tell that this thing could not have been done by Haylie, her abilities and talents, he naturally knows.

Most of it was developed by the team, but Haylie picked the peaches.

But all of this is not important, as long as this medicine can be used.

And Haylie, being the teacher's daughter, couldn't be directly exposed, so Jaden still saved face.

In order to allow the truly dedicated developers to also benefit, it was proposed to award bonuses to the entire team.

The nearby elementary school overachieving boy was dumbfounded.

What a capitalist! They talk about millions as if it's nothing.

"Then I hoped Jaden would accompany me to the amusement park for a day, is it possible?"

"I don't want money, three million can be exchanged for you to accompany me to the amusement park," Haylie had her own little plan.

"Sure, but three million still had to be given."

"We also went to the amusement park."

"Jaden, you were super amazing," Haylie was about to cry with gratitude, she had always known how gentle this man was.

Afterwards, Jaden left with the people.

Noel looked at Haylie in disbelief, "Did Mr. Ellerker just say that everyone had five hundred thousand?"

"Yeah, I, Jaden, have always kept my word."

"But don't worry, I will also give you your two hundred thousand," Haylie lowered her voice.

"You must keep this secret for me, it is our secret, okay?"

"No problem, but I didn't want your money, I could keep the secret."

Noel was still not used to Haylie being too close.

The crisis on the Ellerker family's side was temporarily alleviated...

On the other hand, Sienna was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

After she pulled her father and left that day, she began to walk among various big shots and sell the piece of land.

But unexpectedly, no one dared to make a bid.

The few people who had previously made offers also reneged and said they didn't want it.

Sienna was so angry that she wanted to curse.

Taking a calm analysis, it becomes clear that Dawson must have been playing tricks in the middle.

But unfortunately, Dawson was still someone they couldn't afford to offend.

"Sienna, why don't we go find Lorraine and ask her to help us speak?" Eleanor suggested.

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