Qi Tongwei brought Zhang Tianhua up to the stage, personally endorsing him, and asked for everyone's input. At that moment, no one dared to compete with Zhang Tianhua; they were all so intimidated by the 100 million in debt that they looked at him as if he were a fool. They thought, *Look at this idiot, a newborn calf unafraid of the tiger, taking on any burden that comes his way.*
But Zhang Tianhua was no fool. He had learned about the employee stock ownership plan one step ahead of the others and knew that Qi Tongwei had everything mapped out. He knew exactly what he was doing.
One person knew the truth, the others did not; this information gap determined their different choices. When the vote was called, with no challengers, Zhang Tianhua was successfully named the interim chairman of Longtai Pharmaceuticals. The researcher had successfully dived into the deep waters of business.
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