Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 388 The Bride of the Sea God (47)

Si's Group conference room.

The shareholders held a meeting all morning, which angered the chairman so much that he fell ill, and they all went home to rest.

But shortly after I got home and lay down, I was called back to the company by a phone call.

The resentment in the meeting room was heavier than that of ghosts.

Yan Zhen sat in the main seat of the conference room and instructed Wei Shucheng to distribute the informed consent forms for disbanding the New Territories Research Institute and closing the mermaid industry chain.

The shareholders looked at each other, but no one made a move.

Yan Zhen asked, "What, nobody's signing?"

One of the shareholders, who was over seventy years old and whom Si Xia should call "uncle" according to seniority, sneered, "We already told your father our opinion this morning: we won't sign it. It doesn't matter who comes instead! We won't sign it!"

Yan Zhen looked at the others and asked again, "Do you all agree with him?"

With one person taking the lead, others echoed: "Yes, don't sign!"

"The mermaid industry is a matter of life and death for the group, and we cannot agree to its closure."

"Exactly! If you insist on shutting down the mermaid industry, you might as well resign from the board!"

Yan Zhen leaned back in his chair and clapped his hands.

The next moment, the conference room door was kicked open from the outside, and a group of bodyguards wielding iron bars rushed in. One of them swung an iron bar at the shareholder who jumped the highest, knocking him to the ground on the conference table.

Others were stunned.

A few seconds later, the shareholders realized that Yan Zhen was not joking and screamed as they fled.

But Nolan blocked the meeting room door, and he slapped anyone who tried to escape to the door.

Today, not a single person here will escape from his clutches!

Half an hour later, the noisy conference room returned to silence.

Tables and chairs were overturned on the ground, the large display screen used for the meeting was broken, and more than twenty shareholders with bruised and swollen faces were all herded into a corner, where they huddled and trembled.

Yan Zhen stood up from his chair, walked slowly to them, and looked down at them: "Now? Sign or not?"

Everyone looked at each other.

A young man, not yet thirty, had two bloody streaks under his nose after being beaten, and his hair was a mess like a bird's nest. Facing the aggressive Yan Zhen, he was certain that the other party only dared to teach them a lesson and wouldn't dare to really hurt them, so he said defiantly, "I won't sign. Whoever signs is a coward!"

Yan Zhen recognized this person as the one who had pointed at Si's father's nose and cursed him that morning, causing him to faint.

Without saying a word, she reached out to the bodyguard.

The bodyguard handed over an iron rod, which Yan Zhen took without hesitation and smashed onto the man's head with a "bang".

Headache and bleeding!

The man's eyes widened as he fell to the ground.

This scene terrified the others, turning them pale.

"Sign it?" Yan Zhen asked with a smile, holding the iron rod.

The uncle who had been jumping around the most earlier suddenly wilted and raised one hand: "Sign, I'll sign!"

It's important to save your life.

With his uncle taking the lead, the others lined up one after another to sign the consent form.

After signing your name, you can leave the meeting room and go home.

In the end, only the young man lying unconscious on the ground remained.

Yan Zhen glanced at him, ordered the bodyguard to drag him up, grabbed his hand and pressed his fingerprint on the consent form, and then had someone take him to the hospital.

Upon receiving the signed consent form, Yan Zhen immediately began working on disbanding the New Territories Research Institute and shutting down the mermaid industry chain.

The New Territories Mermaid Research Institute has been disbanded.

Several fish farms under the Si Group have been shut down.

These two pieces of news immediately caused quite a stir online.

Some immediately realized that the recent "mermaid products causing allergies" incident was not a rumor.

Amidst the online uproar, Si's Group issued an apology statement.

In its statement, the Si Group said that after research, the New Territories Institute found that due to the continuous deterioration of ocean water quality, the mermaids' physical condition is constantly changing, producing toxins that are harmful to humans.

Allergies are just the beginning; these substances are no longer suitable for use as food or skincare ingredients in human products.

To ensure consumer safety, the Si family decided to close the New Territories Research Institute, stop hunting mermaids, and withdraw from the mermaid industry chain.

Under Wei Shucheng's manipulation, this message topped the trending charts on major platforms in less than ten minutes.

For many loyal consumers of mermaid products, the sky has fallen.

"I just bought fish oil last week, 170,000 yuan a bottle, and I stocked up on ten bottles. Now you're telling me the mermaids are poisonous?"

"Ah, skincare products using mermaid as a raw material have been around for over a decade. What alternatives should I look for?"

"It's a bit of a shame that we won't be able to eat mermaid meat anymore."

The online discussions are intensifying, affecting other industries that use mermaids as raw materials.

"Did you know that the New Territories Research Institute issued a statement saying that mermaids are poisonous?"

"I suspect they knew, but they're just hiding the truth for money."

"I dare not buy any products related to mermaids anymore, it's too scary."

Within 72 hours of the announcement by the Sis Group, more than a dozen companies around the world that produce various goods using mermaids as raw materials were affected, and their stock prices plummeted.

Some companies reacted quickly, immediately issuing relevant test reports and public announcements to refute the claim that "mermaids are poisonous".

However, ordinary consumers cannot understand complex test reports, and those who can understand them suspect that the test reports are fake.

"Still being stubborn. The Si Group has already shut down its research institute and supply chain. If the mermaids weren't poisonous, why would they give up such a lucrative business?"

"Avoid these unscrupulous companies!"

"+1, avoid lightning!"

……

Yan Zhen has been so busy these past few days that he hasn't had time to pay attention to online public opinion.

The New Territories Research Institute is still going through the dissolution process, and the question of what to do with the hundreds of mermaids in the institute has become a problem.

Other companies involved in the mermaid industry have contacted us, expressing their willingness to purchase this batch of "discarded raw materials" at a low price.

Yan Zhen refused without even thinking.

She had all the mermaids loaded onto an ocean-going vessel, and together with Nolan, she personally sent them back to the seas where the mermaids lived.

After three days and four nights of sailing, the ocean-going vessel stopped 500 kilometers away from the waters where the mermaids lived, just to be on the safe side.

At Yan Zhen's command, all the mermaids were thrown back into the ocean.

These DC-class mermaids, who had lived in the pool for a long time, were initially a little uncomfortable when they entered the water, but soon they began to thrash about in the seawater, which was filled with the breath of freedom.

The release lasted for more than two hours, and all 127 mermaids returned to the ocean.

This commotion attracted the attention of the mermaids in their nest, and many of the mermaids living in the ocean peeked out from afar, secretly observing the ocean-going ship's reaction.

Nolan leaned against the railing on the third floor of the ocean liner, looking down at the released mermaids as they quickly merged into the ocean. A knowing smile appeared on his face, and he looked up and let out a long howl at them.

The mermaids in the sea received the message and surfaced one after another, responding from all directions, centered around the ocean-going ship.

This was the first time Yan Zhen had ever heard a mermaid's voice; it sounded like a whale's cry, distant, ethereal, and mysterious.