Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven

Long Xiaoshan had convened a meeting with the company employees.

At the meeting, he announced that Miss Li Jialin from Hong Kong Island would take over as the CEO of Longyang Group, while he would step down from the CEO position and only serve as chairman from now on.

Li Jialin was an extremely resolute and decisive person.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She immediately got to work.

And she made some adjustments to the company structure, allowing the newly arrived batch of employees to join various departments.

Li Jialin was clearly someone who valued ability; she made several immediate position changes, believing that no amount of experience was as important as capability.

Long Xiaoshan didn't say anything.

Since he had chosen Li Jialin, he would trust her abilities; moreover, he wasn't afraid that Li Jialin would mess things up. He had that confidence, and as his cultivation level and status increased, he understood more clearly the importance and power of strength.

In the presence of absolute power, any scheme is groundless.

That's why he dared to hand over the company to Li Jialin.

"The finance department needs adjusting too. I plan to hand it over to Feng Zhilin; she has the qualifications of a certified public accountant and has had a year's worth of experience at PwC, one of the big four accounting firms. I think she should be more suitable for this role than Manager Jin in every aspect..." Li Jialin said. Having reviewed Jin Lian's resume, which was just that of the village accountant, she was absolutely not willing to entrust such an important department to Jin Lian.

Moreover, as a woman, upon seeing Jin Lian's extremely large breasts tightly wrapped in a sweater, even someone as proud as Li Jialin felt a hint of inferiority. She herself wasn't small, possessing a C-cup size, which already qualified her as full-figured in Asia. However, compared to Jin Lian, she was like a Great Witch meeting a grand witch—is this the legendary G-cup?

We're all women; do you need to be this imposing?

Out of an unspeakable aversion between women, Li Jialin was even more intent on replacing the finance department manager.

"This won't do," Long Xiaoshan, who had not interrupted so far, suddenly spoke up.

Li Jialin turned her head, her eyes flashing with a profound meaning as she said, "Chairman, the company's current business is rather monolithic, but after I join, there will be a major expansion of our business. Right now, the company has too much liquid capital—over ten billion sitting unused on the books, which is inconceivable for a large company. No large company has this kind of financial structure. The future financial structure will only become more complicated and will require an extremely professional individual. I'm afraid Manager Jin might not be up for the task. Manager Jin, what do you think?"

Jin Lian, seeing that everyone's gaze was focused on her, looked a bit nervous and quickly stood up, saying, "Mr. Li is right; my abilities are too poor to take on such an important position. Chairman, it's better to leave this managerial role to someone more capable."

Long Xiaoshan tapped his fingers lightly on the table and smiled slightly, "A lack of ability can be learned, after all. Everyone starts from not having enough ability. How about this, Zhilin, you can be Manager Jin's assistant. Help her out with the day-to-day work, and as for the annual salary, I'll give you the same as Manager Jin. What do you say?"

Feng Zhilin, a tall and slim woman with glasses in her thirties, inherently didn't want to be an assistant to Jin Lian, a rural housewife. But she wasn't a fool; she looked at the beautifully hot Manager Jin.

Long Xiaoshan would rather raise her salary to the manager's level than ask Manager Jin to step down.

Isn't the implication obvious?

Feng Zhilin said, "I will comply with the company's arrangements. Whatever the company decides, I will follow."

Li Jialin wanted to say something else.

Long Xiaoshan made the final call, "That's settled then. The financial manager will still be Jin Lian and Zhilin will be the manager's assistant."

Li Jialin frowned, but at that moment, Gu Jingheng, who sat beside her, quietly kicked her and gave her a meaningful look.

Li Jialin huffed softly.

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Seeing a busty beauty, they're like stray dogs that have spotted a juicy bone.

They can't even separate public from private matters.

She thought less of Long Xiaoshan; however, as it was her first day in control of the company, she didn't want to fall out with him, besides, the guy was stinky and tough, and she had already experienced his obstinate temperament, so she didn't continue the discussion.

Jin Lian felt warm inside, looking at Long Xiaoshan and wanting to say something.

But she knew now wasn't the time to say anything.

She sat down quietly.

After the company assembly was over, Long Xiaoshan gave the CEO's office to Li Jialin and no longer involved himself with the company's affairs; he went back to the farm, first checking on Wang Chao and seeing that his injuries were healing.

Then he ran to the yard and took out the Pill Furnace from the Space Ring.

He began to study it.

Whack!

After igniting a piece of wood carved with a talisman and throwing it into the pill furnace, the interior gradually turned red as Long Xiaoshan manipulated the device without stop.

The reason he didn't use True Qi to ignite the fire was that he was currently only at the Third Layer of Qi-Refining, and his True Qi was far from sufficient to support alchemy for an extended period.

Therefore, he still used an external flame.

Wood, after being carved with talismans, would absorb spiritual energy, and the temperature of its flames was much higher than that of ordinary mortal fires.

Following the alchemy techniques recorded in the Pharmacopoeia.

Long Xiaoshan kept exploring.

After familiarizing himself with the structure of the pill furnace, he began refining using a large number of herbs gathered from the mountains.

Boom!

The first attempt lasted only three minutes before the entire pill furnace violently shook.

Plumes of green smoke billowed out, carrying the scent of something scorched.

Looking inside the furnace, Long Xiaoshan saw nothing but pitch black; all the herbs had turned into charred ash.

The first attempt at alchemy had failed.

Long Xiaoshan tidied up and started the second attempt at refining.

Boom!

This time it lasted longer, five minutes, before the furnace exploded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

That afternoon, Long Xiaoshan's furnace exploded eleven times.

However, by the eleventh attempt,

he had reached the final stage of refining, and just as the elixir pills were about to form, he was a moment too slow to gather them, leading to another explosion.

"This alchemy really is a technical task!"

Long Xiaoshan had succeeded in alchemy before using a large iron pot.

But with the pill furnace, he had failed eleven times in a row.

And he wasn't even attempting the Lesser Qi Nurturing Pill.

It was just an ordinary Blood Yuan Pill for treating internal injuries.

"I refuse to believe this!"

Long Xiaoshan concentrated, holding his breath with his eyes shut tight, his eyelids quivering slightly as he replayed each failure in his mind, extracting lessons from each mishap. Ten minutes later, he opened his eyes, which shone like the depths of a secluded valley.

He ignited the pill furnace once again.

And added the herbs one by one.

This time, his actions were smooth and flowing, with hardly any need for thought.

Once all the herbs were in the furnace, the flames surged fiercely.

With meticulous care, Long Xiaoshan managed the flames, the golden fire in his eyes seeming to dance wildly along with the flames inside the furnace, refining, liquefying, and condensing the elixir...

After eleven failed attempts, each step had been fully integrated into his mind with every detail considered.

When a strange fragrance wafted from the furnace, his Heavenly Eye had already seen that the elixir pills within were ready.

With a forceful slap on the furnace, he bellowed, "Gather!"

The furnace lid flew up, and dan pellets flew out, landing neatly in the palm of his hand.