Hiring Lynn Carter as a manager was not a difficult thing for Hao Ren, he gave her the same terms as Markus Bourne. The lady also wanted to explore her possibilities. No high level company would give her the chance to make policies from scratch.
Hao Ren promised her a free hand, and told her that while he demanded profit, he would not put the employees through stressed times. Lynn Carter did not even wait to sign the contract and began to call people before him to work.
She was a smart person, and did not call any big-shots, but freshers who caught her eye and had the potential to do better.
Hao Ren was gratified, because with this half of his work load was taken away. The young man took off to fulfill his lunch duties and without any trouble two days passed away quickly. The small office of Thunder Technologies was working with full capacity, and at this moment they were holding a product review meeting.
The office was small so the five key players were gathered in the bull pen, where most of the employees would work in tandem. Other than Hao Ren, the rest of the people did not even have an office.
Hao Ren asked, "Klaus, how are we looking?"
His tone was calm but his heart was indeed uneasy. After all, who would want to have their company lose and dreams drive down in a ditch. Hymn Klaus said, "Boss, we are close to one million downloads. The response is crazy."
Hao Ren was surprised, he asked, "What happened?"
Klaus said, "The credit goes to Mister Bourne, he was the one who came up with this marketing strategy."
Markus smiled and shook his head, "Without a convincing product we would not have been able to garner such a response."
He had contacted a few well established tech reviewers to provide feedback for the Horizon OS, people were skeptical but when they used the product, they were stunned in a daze.
Markus said, "The people were impressed, and many of them expressed the intention to be our spokesperson. They also provided some feedbacks that I have handed over to Mister Klaus. So on today's agenda you need to decide..."
The meeting continued for four hours, and afterward Thunder Technologies released a demo version of their office tools and other such auxiliary programs, however, they were going to charge for this. Markus Bourne had contacted a few people in the business and after a trial they have all placed orders for the products.
Thunder Technologies accepted the orders with grace. After the meeting Hao Ren said, "Now that we know what the people want, let us release this."
He placed a storage drive on the table and said, "A mobile assistant, that is compatible with all the OS, and also can do anything that you might want it to, for example, calling a cab for you, and you would not need to move a thumb."
The people were stunned, Hao Ren said, "Now, the tech team has to come up with ideas on how to upgrade it."
The meeting continued, while Hao Ren was planning to gather the attention of as many customers as possible, somewhere on a big cruise ship, five people sat inside a luxurious room. However, the expressions of their faces were anything but pleasant.
One of them asked, "Vincent, what is going on? Why did you call us all so urgently?"
This guy had a gash on his forehead, which was stretched down to his cheek and it was red and tender. Yet this did not seem to bother him in a bit. The rest of the four people were all strong and had a ruthless aura. Vincent appeared to be the strongest of them, he said, "Red Banner is under attack."
The four people around him were surprised and one of them asked, "What is going on? Who dares to attack us? Is it the Wolf Fang? Are they itching for death?"
Others also asked who could attack them, after all they were one of the top five mercenary groups in the world. Vincent shook his head and said, "A few weeks ago, a client placed a seventy million dollar worth kill contract on Han Lingshi, a Han nation citizen and the boss of Empress International.
Hao Ren was driving, heading back to the office, he said, "I have to study a few things for the meeting tomorrow so I will be using the lunch time. What happened? Are you missing me?"
Han Lingshi replied, "Bleh, who is missing you? Go study. But make sure to eat something."
The two of them chatted for a few minutes before Hao Ren disconnected the call. The truth was that when Hao Ren had driven the car to the Empress International, Xiao Mei told him that it was Ye Shiling's brother who had placed a contract to kill Han Lingshi. The young man was thinking about what he could do to deal with them, when the system issued a task.
*Ding: Shadow Master. You are in the shadow while your enemies are in the light. Deal with them thoroughly and ease the troubles of your wife.*
This was basically a killing order for the guilty people of the Ye family. So, Hao Ren asked Xiao Mei what was the biggest strength of the Ye Family, and the reply was, Cosmetics, and mobiles. The mobile plan has already kicked off, and since he needed money he was going to come up with something that broke the back of Crown Internationals.
Hao Ren had the superior knowledge of traditional medicine so he was going to the traditional medicinal association to get a certificate and then he would be allowed to collaborate with big companies to earn from the royalty in sales.
Xiao Mei said, "Boss, you can take the exam today itself, I have fixed it."
Hao Ren nodded and said while driving, "Xiao Mei, pay attention to Red Banner, if they make any move, inform me immediately. Okay?"
Xiao Mei replied, "I have set that up as a priority task boss."
Hao Ren nodded and head toward the Traditional Medicinal Association. Capital had all the big offices, and Traditional Medicinal Association was a place that regulated recipes, and also the personnel. The big shots of the medicinal world in Han History founded this place to make sure that only the worthy could practice medicine.
Otherwise, everyone who knew one or two household remedies would call themselves a doctor. Hao Ren arrived at the building, and after confirming that he had an appointment, the lady on the reception counter bought him inside a room, where a few computers were set up.
She placed his cellphone in a locker and said, "According to the rules, you have two hours to answer all the questions here, and only then you will pass the beginner's license requirements."
Hao Ren nodded, his presence did not cause a fuss because he was going to acquire a trainee license. He did not wish to get a high level master license because he did not want the people to pay attention to him. The reason was the benefit of staying in the shadows.
Hao Ren was able to take down the mercenaries because they did not know about him. He wanted to deal with the Ye Family and not have them hunt him down. Quickly, two hours passed, and Hao Ren achieved the above average score for the test. He deliberately controlled his scores to not raise any alarm.
The lady was not surprised, because many people were self taught and there would be at least a few who would come to try their luck at the association. She looked at the scores and said, "Please wait, a senior doctor will call you to swear in."
Hao Ren waited for few minutes, while he checked his phone to see if anyone contacted him. He also checked a few things about the trending cosmetics. As the young man was reading, the reception counter lady said, "You may go in now."
Hao Ren followed her direction, and entered the room. The swearing process was simple, he had to express his intent that he would always hold the patient's safety above all else, and that he will never misuse his authority. The senior doctor also did not make things difficult and they were soon finished.
Hao Ren suddenly recalled something and asked, "Ma'am, would you be by any chance related to the Magnificent Cosmetics?"
The lady doctor was surprised and said, "Yes, why do you ask?"
Hao Ren smiled and said, "Ma'am, I have a few herbal recipes that have been passed down my family. I wonder if I could present you some sample and ask you to appraise them?"
The lady doctor raised her brow and asked, "Do you know that if you wasted my time I can cancel your license?"
Hao Ren nodded with a faint smile and said, "I can understand your frustration, but if my sample worked, then you would not lose anything. I am willing to stake my license, but are you willing to take a no-risk chance?"