Chapter 1131 — Causing Trouble Again

Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine was not the same as Miracle Doctor Kang's Golden Wound Medicine. Because its formula was ordinary, it was not bound by any shortage of raw materials, and its production capacity could be expanded without limit—so there was as much as anyone could want. Wei Zhao was not worried about supply falling short of demand.

This sort of everyday medicine was different from the Life-Extending Detox Pill; there was no need for any artificial scarcity. They could simply flood the market.

Kang Zhaoming stood amid the crowd, watching the bustling launch with cold eyes, envy and resentment gnawing at his heart. So many reporters had come—and many of them uninvited! That a newly founded company should draw such attention truly left Kang Zhaoming feeling sour.

Hmph, just wait—you'll get yours soon enough! Kang Zhaoming spat a thick gob of phlegm onto the ground. The purpose of his visit was to sabotage Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company's new product launch. Though the Kang family had already begun buying up the supply channels for several rare raw materials in bulk, paying exorbitant prices to corner them, the Kang family reckoned that Doctor Guan's company must still have some stock on hand; otherwise they could not have held a launch at all—what would they be launching without product?

"Is everything arranged?" Kang Zhaoming turned and asked Wang Shubin.

"Don't worry, Young Master Ming. Everything's been arranged. The patient is ready, and the reporters are ready too," Wang Shubin said with a nod.

"Mm, good. Well done!" Kang Zhaoming nodded, turning over in his mind how he might get his hands on the formula for Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company's Life-Extending Detox Pill. Only then would the Kang family soar.

At nine o'clock sharp that morning, Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company's new product launch officially began!

Guan Xuemin, Fatty Lai, and Kang Xiaobo filed onto the stage and took their seats, and the hall immediately erupted in warm applause!

"Damn it! That Kang Xiaobo really is putting on airs—he actually gets to be a vice president? It makes me sick!" Kang Zhaoming cursed sourly. In his eyes, this cousin of his was utterly useless, a ragpicker, and yet here he was, with a day like this!

"Heh heh, in a moment he'll have his hands full," Wang Shubin said with a dismissive laugh.

"Distinguished guests, welcome, and thank you all for coming to our Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company product launch. I am Kang Xiaobo, executive vice president of Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company." It was Kang Xiaobo who spoke; this too had been Fatty Lai's deliberate arrangement, to give him experience.

Such occasions were routine for Fatty Lai, and Guan Xuemin, as an authority in the medical world, naturally attended all manner of events frequently; the only one who had never been tempered by such things was Kang Xiaobo.

Yet though Kang Xiaobo was nervous, he knew this was a test for him, and so many days earlier he had begun preparing his speech for the launch.

Kang Xiaobo began slowly introducing the product of this launch, Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine. Though everyone had long heard of the medicine's marvels, said to be no less remarkable than Miracle Doctor Kang's Golden Wound Medicine, it was only now, with the product truly on the market, that people marveled at just how cheap and worthwhile Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company's product was!

A bottle of Miracle Doctor Kang's Golden Wound Medicine cost two hundred ninety-nine, while Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine cost only one hundred ninety-nine—a full hundred yuan difference. For ordinary folk that was no small sum; how many hundred-yuan notes did a person earn in a month?

So it was believed that as long as Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine worked just as well, people would go straight into its embrace. For everyday consumables, customers had little loyalty: whichever was cheaper and worked well was the one they used—unless they didn't care about money.

"One hundred ninety-nine? Selling at cost?" Kang Zhaoming was briefly stunned. He had not expected Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine to be priced so low. Counting production costs and distribution fees, there was almost nothing to be made. Did Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company intend to smash the market with a low price?

He had to get this news to his grandfather as quickly as possible so they could prepare a response. So Kang Zhaoming sent his grandfather a text message directly, telling him the price of Doctor Guan's Trauma Medicine.

Watching Kang Xiaobo speak so smoothly on the stage, introducing the functions and properties of the trauma medicine, Wei Zhao nodded slowly. After a period of tempering, Kang Xiaobo had matured a great deal; at the very least, in matters of business, he was now far better than before.

Next came the question-and-answer session with reporters. Most of the reporters present knew Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company through the mass poisoning of the First High School students, and their impression of the company was very good, so their questions were all positive, none too tricky.

But there are always exceptions. Among them was one reporter attending the launch who had come with the attitude of making trouble! That man was Crippled Wolf. He had previously been hired by Zhao Qibing to ruin Pengzhan Group and First High School, only to have Doctor Guan's Pharmaceutical Company step in and wreck his scheme; he had nursed the grudge ever since.

This time, he had come up with every possible way to stir up trouble, and as it happened, a man named Wang Shubin had sought him out, given him fifty thousand yuan, and asked him to cooperate in making trouble. Crippled Wolf had agreed with delight.

This launch did not check press credentials and allowed anyone to enter, which conveniently suited a ragtag sort like Crippled Wolf.

When the others had asked most of their questions, Crippled Wolf raised his hand and asked: "I've heard that similar medicines on the market all sell for two hundred ninety-nine yuan, yet yours costs only one hundred ninety-nine. Isn't there something wrong with it? They say the cost alone is more than that."

Kang Xiaobo had answered many positive questions before, which had put him off his guard; now, hearing Crippled Wolf's words, he tensed up again. Fortunately, he had simulated similar scenarios during his rehearsals, so he did not lose his nerve now. He only smiled slightly and replied: "May I ask how you know the cost is more than that? As far as I know, that is a trade secret, known only to the core staff of a pharmaceutical company, is it not?"

Though Kang Xiaobo did not say so outright, he had already implied that Crippled Wolf had been sent by a competitor to make trouble. Everyone present, surely, could understand.

Originally, Crippled Wolf had thought that Kang Xiaobo, being young, would have little experience and be easy to bully, which was why he had raised the question; but he had not expected the boy to answer so sharply, and now he found it somewhat hard to respond.

The reporters present all looked at Crippled Wolf with contempt, waiting to see what he could say.

"I don't know. I merely suspect there's something wrong with your medicine. With such a price gap from the others, it can't be anything good!" Crippled Wolf said.

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