Chapter Five: Control for One Yuan

“We accept the license,” he said, “but not your collateral condition. Lancheng will issue restructuring shares at open auction in the Evernight Court. The Gu family is free not to bid.” If Gu stayed out, it admitted its earlier interest was predatory. If it bid, it would inflate Shen's new equity. Within two hours, ten million became sixty-eight million. Shen invested all 3.07 million in a junior class with tenfold voting rights. Pei paid the license fee but gained no control. That afternoon, investigators found all five patients alive at White Reef. Each had recovered from temporary liver injury. The fatality ruling was withdrawn, and Lancheng could reopen the next day.