Chapter 227 Who Instructed You
Chapter 227 Who Instructed You
"Stout, did you find something?" Upon hearing Stout''s words, Harleen Knight''s eyes lit up.
Others in the conference room turned their attention to Stout as well, their faces filled with curiosity.
"Yes!" Stout nodded in response. "There''s an additional ingredient in the problematic pill."
"Although this ingredient has some effect on very specific cancers, its side effects are significant. At
a certain dosage, it can lead to death." He continued to exin, "If I remember correctly, this
ingredient should have been banned a few years ago. I don''t understand why it''s present in Wild
Swan Pharma Solutions'' product."
The people around them gasped in shock at his revtion.
"I have a question, sir," the department manager responsible for testing at Wild Swan Pharma
spoke up after a while. "Ourpany conducts sample testing on all products before they are
stored. If what you said is true, why couldn''t we detect it?"
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"This ingredient is very simr tomon targeted therapy drugs, and the amount in each pill is
minimal. It''s difficult to detect through routine testing alone." Stout exined.
As he spoke, he quickly jotted down a note on paper and handed it over. "Try testing it using this
method."
The department manager looked at the note, surprise evident on his face. Experts could recognize
each other''spetence at a nce, and the note Stout had written revealed his expertise in the
field. Moreover, the method he suggested was indeed something they had overlooked.
"Mr Hall, you should personally take your team to try this method!" Harleen spoke up.
"Alright!" The man nodded and walked towards the testing area.
"Boss, it might not be that simple," Stout said to Billy after a while. "I can''t yet figure out the motive
behind this."
"This ingredient requiresplex processes to refine. If their goal was simply to sabotage Wild
Swan Pharma, it wouldn''t be necessary to go through all this trouble."
"Yeah," Billy nodded thoughtfully.
In less than twenty minutes, the manager returned with a shocked expression and looked at
Harleen.
"Ms Knight, it''s true. The batch of problematic pills indeed contains an extra ingredient.
Furthermore, following the method provided by this gentleman, I also checked the three main raw
materials of ourpany''s products. In the end, we found this ingredient in the most important of
those semi-finished materials."
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man sitting at the conference table copsed to the
ground in panic, sweat drenching his face. He continued to mutter, "How could this happen... it can''t
be..."
Everyone turned to look; the middle-aged man was Johnny Stephenson, the Deputy General
Manager responsible for procurement.
"Mr Stephenson, do you have something to say?" Harleen looked at the man.
"... Ms Knight, I... I''m sorry for thepany..." Johnny Stephenson struggled to get up from the
floor.
"What''s going on?"
"It''s... it''s Ashton Erickson..." Johnny Stephenson trembled as he spoke.
"Who is Ashton Erickson?"asked Harleen.
"He''s the owner of thepany that supplies the semi-finished materials ourpany recently
started using..." Johnny Stephenson said shakily.
"Why did you suddenly change suppliers?" Harleen''s brows furrowed again.
"Ashton Erickson offered prices one-third lower than our previous supplier''s, and... and I had the
quality control department test their products and didn''t find any issues, so I..." Johnny Stephenson
continued.
"Just because of the lower price?" Harleen Knight''s tone turned stern. "Did you take bribes from
them?"
Johnny Stephenson dropped to his knees, trembling all over.
"I''m sorry, I... I had no idea this would lead to such severe consequences..."
"You''re despicable!" Harleen responded angrily.
"Ms Knight, use this prescription to make medicine and prepare a concoction for patients with mild
symptoms. It will counteract the toxicity of this medicine." Stout said, handing over a written
prescription to Harleen Knight.
"Really!?"
"Yes!" Stout nodded.
"Thank you, Stout." Harleen was full of gratitude.
"Don''t mention it. Even if I''m not here, boss can handle it." Stout smiled.
"Wife, you stay in thepany to deal with the aftermath. Stout and I will pay a visit to Ashton
Erickson''spany." Billy said at this point.
This incident had caused such serious consequences; he naturally needed to get to the bottom of it.
"Alright, you two be safe." Harleen nodded.
Five minutester, after learning thepany''s name and address, Billy and Stout set off in a car.
Ashton Erickson''spany was located in an industrial park in the southern suburbs of the city.
After about an hour, the two of them parked the car in front of apany.
"Whom are you looking for?" Inside thepany lobby, the receptionist asked as they entered.
"Ashton Erickson!" Stout answered.
"Mr Erickson? Do you have an appointment..." Before the receptionist could finish, Billy and Stout
were already heading for the staircase.
"Hey, you can''t go up yet. I haven''t informed Mr Erickson..." The receptionist hurriedly shouted,
"Security, stop them!"
Seven or eight security guards rushed over. "Stop right there!"
"You have nothing to do with us. Don''t cause trouble for yourselves." Stout turned around and said.
"Are you two looking for trouble?" the head of the security guards waved his hand. "Stop them!"
Bang!
Stout''s hand swept out, and a gust of palm wind sent several guards tumbling to the ground, their
faces showing shock as if they had seen a ghost. No one dared to approach them anymore. A few
minutester, the two arrived on the third floor, asked an employee, and proceeded towards arge
office at the far end.
At the door, Stout kicked it open.
"Ah..." A woman''s scream sounded, and then a disheveled woman hurriedly got up from the couch
and rushed out of the room.
"You scoundrels, who are you? Are you tired of living?" A middle-aged man stood up from the
couch, ring at Billy and Stout angrily.
"Are you Ashton Erickson?" Billy asked.
"Who are you people, and what do you want?"
"About the matter concerning Wild Swan Pharma, who instructed you to do it?" Billy sat down on
the couch.
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Ashton Erickson''s eyes flickered with panic.
After steadying his emotions a bit, he spoke in a low voice, "What Wild Swan Pharma matter? I
have no idea what you''re talking about."