Chapter 242: Beautiful Prairie
The enthusiasm of the Mongolians is irresistible, with fragrant roasted lamb legs, stewed wild rabbit, wild pheasants, mare’s milk liquor, and Mongolian girls singing and dancing.
That night, everyone, including Yusuf Zuck and a few women, got drunk, with the only sober one being Faye Webb, who can hold her drink to the point that she outdrank all the Mongolians.
Early the next morning, Yusuf Zuck woke Marlon Shepherd, Jerome Hart, and Faye Webb up, then took them and Sonny King and his wife to the pharmaceutical factory. As for Sara Zuck and the others, having drunk too much and feeling exhausted the night before, Yusuf Zuck let them sleep until they woke naturally, and had arranged for someone to accompany them on a tour upon awakening.
Hinggan Pharmaceuticals is located in the suburbs of Ulan Chabu, covering an area of about fifty acres. The factory has production workshops, assembly lines, both manual and mechanical working areas—it’s well-planned, with workers’ dormitories, a canteen, a R&D department, among others.
However, the factory was currently shut down, with the sales department working overtime. This was due to a large number of distributors returning various categories of medicines, and some of the factory’s workshops and warehouses had been sealed by the quality inspection department.
"What we are facing now are hefty fines and compensations but, of course, the factory has not closed down. As long as we get through this rough patch, everything will be alright," Sadie Blevins said, walking and introducing everything in the factory. She detailed the founding of the business, how they expanded operations, established a good reputation, and how the business collapsed overnight due to quality issues—leaving nothing unsaid.
No one dared to take over or invest in their pharmaceutical factory now, or else they wouldn’t have had to seek help from strangers in the capital, reaching out to Everest Zuck.
"The local government, in principle, is pushing for rectification and only after everything is dealt with will they discuss the resumption of work. However, resuming work should not pose a major issue, given that we are also one of the city’s major taxpayers."