Chapter 634: Is Luo Yue Easy to Mess With?

Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter

But what truly shocked everyone was the two women's reply. One woman said, “It’s because someone gave us 50 million won and told us to buy a box of pills here and then switch the pills with the fake ones they gave us. We not only got the 50 million won in exchange, but also the beauty pills.” “Yes, that’s the case,” the other woman said.

Right after they spoke, however, the women realized the incredible blunder they had made. They quickly covered their mouths, but it was too late.

“Are you crazy? How can you admit to that?” the man yelled.

They really had admitted it! People looked at them like idiots. These three had just claimed the shop sold fake medicine, then immediately admitted to lying.

Only Shen Qianqian suspected Ye Mo's involvement, wondering, “What can’t Ye Mo do?”

The police could no longer arrest the store owner and instead took the three troublemakers away.

“Hmph, we won’t leave it at that,” the store owner said.

Ye Mo frowned. He found the whole thing very odd. Which idiot would do something like this? What possible benefit could they gain?

Shen Qianqian also found it abnormal. She looked at Ye Mo and said, “Ye Mo, I didn’t know you were so patriotic. I know Luo Yue came from China, but why do I feel like there’s more to it?”

Ye Mo ignored the store owner and pulled Shen Qianqian into a meeting room. “I’m just looking after my own interests—I am from Luo Yue, look,” he said, producing his ‘Luo Yue Head Engineer’ identification. He didn’t show his presidential badge.

“Huh, you’re really from Luo Yue?” Shen Qianqian asked in shock. But soon she thought, ‘No wonder Ye Mo could produce a face-preserving pill.’

Ye Mo plugged in his phone to charge and then said to Shen Qianqian, “If you don’t want to stay in Jin City, why don’t you come to Luo Yue? With your capabilities, you could easily secure the Head of Commerce position.”

Shen Qianqian stared at Ye Mo with wide eyes, then pointed at him. “So you’re a high-ranking official of Luo Yue! You said you came to find me before. It must have all been a plot! You want me to work for you, right?”

Ye Mo approved of her quick thinking. She had connected the dots. He smiled bitterly. “Yes, when I saw you weren’t living well in the Shen family, I wanted to convince you to go to Luo Yue. Of course, it’s fine if you don’t want to.”

Shen Qianqian excitedly jumped up and grabbed Ye Mo’s hand. “Who said I don’t want to go—I want to go very much! Please help me, I must go. You really are my lucky charm. You gave me the face-preserving pill, and now you’ll help me find work in Luo Yue. I’m too happy!”

Shen Qianqian was genuinely overjoyed. She had long planned to go to Luo Yue but lacked the means. Now that Ye Mo offered the opportunity, how could she refuse?

“Okay, don’t be so hasty.” Ye Mo unlocked his phone, preparing to call Xu Yuehua, but received a call instead.

“Second Brother, what’s up?” It was Xu Ping. He rarely called, so Ye Mo was concerned.

As soon as the call connected, Xu Ping said, “Third Brother, if we hadn’t reached you, I would have had to declare war on Indonesia.”

Ye Mo smiled. “Second Brother, stop joking. Things are different now; we can’t casually start wars. We aren’t strong enough to fight whomever we want. We need a reason to fight—”

Before Xu Ping could continue, Xu Yuehua took the phone.

“President, it’s me, Yuehua.”

“What’s up, Sister Yuehua?” Ye Mo sensed something was wrong.

Xu Yuehua remained calm. “Over the last two days, our outlets in different countries have experienced problems. Stores in more than ten countries reported being framed, accused of selling fakes. A few have even been destroyed.”

Ye Mo’s eyes turned cold. Things were clearly more complex than they initially seemed. Someone was definitely behind this. Those unaware of the truth would believe Luo Yue had a genuine problem.

“What’s the exact situation?” Ye Mo asked.

Xu Yuehua replied, “Three stores were raided in three countries; workers weren’t harmed. But in Indonesia, six people died. We’ve closed the store there, and the personnel have returned. Brother Xu favors attacking Indonesia. Although I’m also angry, I don’t think declaring war is appropriate.”

Ye Mo sneered. He knew some parties didn’t want Luo Yue’s rapid development. These tactics might work against other countries, but not Luo Yue.

Therefore, Ye Mo said, “Sister Yuehua, in countries that haven’t acted in our favor, immediately remove all our products from circulation and sever all military and commercial ties. Simultaneously, shut down any of their businesses in Luo Yue until they acknowledge their mistake and pay sufficient compensation.”

“Okay,” Xu Yuehua agreed without hesitation. Luo Yue never worried about marketing. When Luo Yue withdrew from a country, that country should be worried, not Luo Yue. Xu Yuehua knew halting military and commercial relations meant those countries wouldn’t receive their interference machines, even if already paid for.

“What about Indonesia?” Xu Yuehua knew Ye Mo wouldn’t let that country off easily. Although Luo Yue had almost 300,000 immigrants, it was still far from densely populated, and citizen solidarity wasn’t strong. Therefore, Xu Yuehua didn’t want a military solution.

“As for Indonesia,” Ye Mo’s tone hardened, “Halt all our businesses there and expel their businesses from Luo Yue. Simultaneously, cut off all relations and demand 70 billion Luo Yue dollars in compensation.”

Xu Yuehua took a deep breath. The Luo Yue dollar was roughly equivalent to the euro—this was 90 billion USD! Xu Yuehua was certain Indonesia wouldn’t pay.

“I don’t think they will compensate that much,” Xu Yuehua said worriedly.

Ye Mo sneered, “Of course I know they won’t. Make a global announcement that during Luo Yue’s early development, Indonesia conspired with pirates to attack Luo Yue. We have evidence and many people still held captive. We’ll show their faces on TV. Say that Luo Yue has strived for harmony with Indonesia, didn’t take things personally, and even sold them technology, yet this is how they repay us. They destroyed our stores and killed our employees, yet their government not only refuses to punish the criminals but blames Luo Yue. And even under these circumstances, Luo Yue still seeks a peaceful resolution and only demands compensation.”

Xu Yuehua understood Ye Mo’s plan and immediately asked, “What about the Union?”

“We’ll report our losses to them and tell them our 20 billion dollar research project was destroyed in Indonesia,” Ye Mo said.

“Of course, everything we do needs to be reported globally. Also, I want you to say that if Indonesia doesn’t respond within a week, Luo Yue may use military force to resolve the issue.” Ye Mo’s tone was frigid.

“What?!” Xu Yuehua’s hands trembled, nearly dropping her phone.

“What?!” Shen Qianqian was dumbfounded.