Chapter 1794 — In Grave Peril, Part One

"Xiao Shu, if it weren't for you, Yaoyao and I truly wouldn't have known what to do!" The moment Tang Yun recalled the lewd gleam in those two men's eyes, she shivered despite herself. If those two had actually gotten their way, the consequences did not bear thinking about!

"Who told them to be so greedy? A million wasn't enough for them." Shen Yushu paused there, then suddenly cried out, "Oh no! We gave them all that money — how are we supposed to buy the Ice Spirit Fruit for Brother Jianpai now?"

"That's no problem. I'll just make a call and have Daddy wire me the money." Gu Mengyao breathed a quiet sigh of relief as well. "As long as everyone's safe, money is a small matter..."

"True enough. Uncle Chu has money!" Shen Yushu nodded.

Gu Mengyao did not dare stop the car again the rest of the way. Only when they reached a small town nearby and checked into a hotel there did the three of them finally set their hearts at ease. This time, at least, they had come through danger unscathed...

But Gu Mengyao and the others, far away in that little town, had no idea that a sensational piece of news had recently broken! Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company had undergone a complete overhaul: not only had the prices of all its old products been slashed across the board, but a whole array of new miracle remedies had hit the market!

Among them was Divine Physician Kang's All-Pain Relief, similar to Doctor Guan's Painkiller — but released at only half the price! What was more, at the product launch, Kang Guifeng declared that even this was merely the pre-mass-production price; once mass production began, it would be cheaper still!

In effect, this was a hint to everyone: our prices are the lowest, and should Doctor Guan's Painkiller undercut us, then Divine Physician Kang will certainly go lower still!

That was not all. Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company's flagship product, Divine Physician Kang Golden Wound Salve, had also begun cutting its price — again to half that of Doctor Guan's trauma medicine. And on top of that, a deluxe edition of Divine Physician Kang Golden Wound Salve had been released!

It retained every efficacy of the earlier Golden Wound Salve, and could even erase old, stubborn scars! Yet its price was merely on par with the old Golden Wound Salve. In one stroke, the name of Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company shook the world!

Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals' products had indeed been selling briskly of late, but Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company was, after all, a time-honored brand lodged deep in people's hearts. Now that its prices had come down, those patients who had always bought Doctor Guan's trauma medicine and painkillers saw the cheaper Divine Physician Kang Golden Wound Salve and painkillers, and naturally flocked into the arms of Divine Physician Kang!

Even though the Golden Wound Salve's formula had been changed — it was no longer the version containing rare medicinal ingredients — the consumers knew nothing of this. Moreover, the prescriptions the hidden You family had given the Kang family were the fruit of a pharmaceutical house's ceaseless refinement through countless trials; their effects might come a little slower than Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals' trauma medicine, but with prices so low, they would seize the market in an instant!

And besides, there was the still finer deluxe edition of the Golden Wound Salve standing there for comparison, capable of eradicating old scars completely, at a price merely equal to the former Golden Wound Salve. This great price-cutting promotion set the entire consumer market boiling!

What was more, with the powerful backing of the hidden You family, Divine Physician Kang Pharmaceutical Company rolled out new products one after another, and among them the Divine Physician Kang weight-loss pills were the most successful of all — they met with an excellent reception the moment they launched, and sales climbed steadily higher!

Watching the silver come pouring in day after day, Divine Physician Kang's mouth stretched so wide it nearly reached his ears: "Hahaha, Zhaoming, you've done well this time, truly splendid! That the hidden You family would give our Kang family such powerful support — that is all thanks to you!"

"Thank you for your praise, Grandfather!" Kang Zhaoming was just as surprised that the hidden You family should be so generous. In truth, how was this the You family's generosity? The Xuandan Sect had simply been delighted by that pill formula and told the You family not to stint the Kang family — and only then had the You family handed the Kang family so many benefits!

And compared with that pill formula, these prescriptions were utterly insignificant; otherwise the hidden You family could never have been so open-handed.

"Zhaoming, rest assured, the position of head of the Kang family will one day pass into your hands. Of everyone in the Kang family, you are the one on the best terms with the hidden You family. You must cherish this friendship and carry it forward in the years to come, so that even though our Kang family is no cultivation clan, with the You family's support we may endure without decline!" Divine Physician Kang said. "We are no cultivation clan; our chief aim is wealth, so that so-called Cultivators Association — better left unjoined!"

"I understand!" Kang Zhaoming was overjoyed. "By the way, Grandfather, Young Master You says he will give us several more miracle prescriptions in the next few days, chiefly for stubborn ailments like arthritis and stomach ulcers. Once they reach the market, I'm sure they'll set off a sensation and a buying frenzy!"

"Haha, excellent! This time our Kang family has completely crushed Guan Xuemin's pharmaceutical company!" Divine Physician Kang said smugly. "By the way, how has Guan Xuemin's company been faring lately?"

"Heh heh, utterly unsellable — plenty of pharmacies want to return their stock. Meanwhile our Kang family's Golden Wound Salve and All-Pain Relief can't keep up with demand!" Kang Zhaoming said.

"Mmm... For now, thanks to our connections with the You family, we've leased production lines from some other pharmaceutical companies, but that is no long-term solution. Our products are selling so explosively now that we ought to build more lines of our own; otherwise we are bound to hit a supply gap. And leasing other people's lines makes it hard to keep our formulas secret — if a formula leaked, we would lose everything!" Divine Physician Kang took the long view; he was not dazzled by the flourishing scene before his eyes.

"Grandfather, I thought of that long ago. I have a fine countermeasure!" Kang Zhaoming said.

"Oh? What countermeasure?" Divine Physician Kang was slightly taken aback.

"Hasn't Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals just built all those production lines? At the rate they're bleeding money now, they can't hold out a year at most before going bankrupt, and then those lines will have to be sold off cheap — and we can sit back and reap the harvest!" Kang Zhaoming said. "Of course, we needn't simply wait. We can start by acquiring a few small pharmaceutical plants!"

"Well said!" Divine Physician Kang nodded. "They've built so many production lines, expanding so blindly — they'll be staring in dismay when the time comes. Our costs are so low that we hold a completely overwhelming advantage! Do as you say!"

"Grandfather, small pharmaceutical plants are rather a nuisance to manage, aren't they? One here, one there. If that were workable, would Fatty Lai not have put his own money into building centralized production lines instead?" Kang Zhaolong cut in.

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