Chapter 55: A Bountiful Harvest

Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals, inside the office.

Li Xiaorou was on the phone.

"I'm sorry, Dean Hu, we cannot take any new orders for the time being. Our factory orders are already full."

After hanging up, Li Xiaorou gave a helpless smile; this was the eleventh call she had received today from someone wanting to place an order.

She had rejected them all one by one.

"How much stock is left in the warehouse?" Li Xiaorou asked the management team standing before her.

The production manager replied, "President Li, there are only a thousand pills left in stock, and they are about to be packed and shipped out. Furthermore, our production can barely keep up; the factory only has two production processing units right now."

The faces of the other Xingfeng management members standing nearby were filled with irrepressible smiles.

They had not been with Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals for long. Originally, they thought starting a new pharmaceutical company would be extremely difficult, as the domestic market share was limited and long since occupied by major industry leaders.

They never expected that Xingfeng's very first product would become this explosive. Production could not even keep pace with the speed of sales.

Li Xiaorou immediately commanded, "Go purchase ten more pieces of production equipment, and then expand our recruitment. Starting today, we will operate twenty-four hours a day."

Under these circumstances, the only option was to expand the scale of production.

When she first started, Li Xiaorou had only ordered two pieces of equipment, thinking it would be enough. She never imagined that "Healing No. 1" would be this popular.

Li Xiaorou did a rough calculation. From yesterday to today, they had sold over twenty thousand capsules. At a price of 200 yuan per capsule, their daily revenue was four million yuan.

This made Li Xiaorou incredibly excited—four million in revenue in a single day! And that was only in Shancheng. If they opened national sales channels, she couldn't even imagine the revenue figures.

The only thing Li Xiaorou didn't know was the cost of the raw materials for Healing No. 1, so she couldn't calculate the net profit. Chen Feng had provided the raw materials but had not told her their price.

Li Xiaorou then dismissed the executives to go about their business. She picked up the phone to call Chen Feng, intending to share the good news and ask about the raw materials.

However, she couldn't get through despite several attempts.

"The boss has disappeared again," Li Xiaorou could only sigh helplessly.

Chen Feng tended to disappear and become unreachable every once in a while, even though this was a critical period for Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals' listing. Their boss was still acting like a hands-off manager. Sometimes, Li Xiaorou felt Chen Feng was far too carefree.

However, this also proved that Chen Feng trusted her enough to believe she could handle things well.

"I absolutely cannot let the boss down!" Li Xiaorou resolved to herself, then buried her head back into her work.

***

Huirui Pharmaceuticals, Dragon Country Branch, Laboratory.

Several researchers in white lab coats were analyzing the components of Healing No. 1.

As the largest pharmaceutical company in Eagle Nation, the drugs produced by Huirui Pharmaceuticals had high sales volumes all over the world. After Healing No. 1 appeared, they immediately had some purchased from pharmacies and rushed them to the lab for component analysis.

"Well? Have you analyzed it yet?" a man in a suit asked the researchers.

He was Lu Mingze, the General Manager of Huirui Pharmaceuticals' Dragon Country branch. Lu Mingze placed immense importance on the newly released Healing No. 1. The efficacy of this medicine completely crushed the drugs Huirui produced for treating external injuries.

According to feedback from their marketing department, if this medicine were sold nationwide, it would undoubtedly snatch away their company's market share.

The current remedy was to quickly analyze the components of this drug and then rapidly produce a similar type of medication. As for patent infringement, Huirui was not afraid; they could drag out a lawsuit for several years. That time would be enough for them to improve upon the drug and produce a version unique to Huirui.

"This... this isn't in the component database," one researcher said, looking at the computer data in shock.

"The components are unknown?" Lu Mingze frowned.

They had encountered drugs with unknown components before, but it usually required time to conduct a detailed analysis based on chemical composition.

"Send a batch to the Eagle Nation headquarters and let the experts there test it," Lu Mingze ordered.

He was only a branch manager, and the researchers here were average, but the researchers at the group headquarters were world-class.

At that moment, a subordinate asked Lu Mingze, "President Lu, are we just going to wait like this?"

Lu Mingze raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course we can't just wait. Go tell the legal team to prepare the materials. We will sue Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals under the pretext of industry monopoly. Also, look into Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals for me and find out who the boss is."

Lu Mingze's method was simple: burden Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals with lawsuits. Afterward, he would contact the boss to attempt an acquisition. If an acquisition failed, they would take a stake; this was a common practice for Huirui. Some companies might have technology, but their connections and resources could not compete with an established giant like them.

***

One day in the modern world was equivalent to five days in the Scroll World.

During these five days, Chen Feng had been in secluded cultivation within the Scroll World. He did not concern himself with the affairs of the sect.

After the battle at the Hengduan Mountains ended, the warriors of the Jiang family had died in droves. Hundreds of Jiang family warriors had surrendered to the Xingfeng Sect and had all joined the sect.

Currently, the Xingfeng Sect had a total of about seven hundred warriors, including over a hundred warriors at the seventh level of the Houtian realm or higher. These people had been handed over to Wang Hu for management.

Today, Chen Feng emerged from seclusion. His cultivation had not increased much, as he had nearly sucked all the spiritual energy out of the Hengduan Mountains.

He emerged because Liu Qian had returned with his men.

In the sect's main hall, Liu Qian bowed to Chen Feng and said, "Sect Master, I have taken over all of the Jiang family's industries. Those industries have now been replaced by our people. Here is the recorded list for your review."

Liu Qian had been running around for the past few days; the Jiang family's assets were simply too vast, with some industries located in other towns.

Chen Feng took the thick list and glanced at it. Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the Jiang family's wealth.

According to Liu Qian's list, the Jiang family possessed over a million taels of silver and a full sixty thousand taels of gold. There were thousands of various pills for Xiantian experts alone, and an innumerable amount of pills for those below the Xiantian realm.

In terms of martial arts manuals, there were over a hundred; there were only three Xiantian-level manuals: the Profound Yellow Art, the Body Tempering Decree, and a palm technique.

Furthermore, the Jiang family owned over a dozen industries in Liuyang Town and had assets in surrounding towns. Their largest asset was the four great mountains located fifty miles from the Hengduan Mountains. These four mountains were rich in medicinal herbs and ores, and they were the primary source of the Jiang family's revenue.

"As expected, exterminating a clan is the fastest way to make money," Chen Feng mused to himself.

With this harvest, his problem regarding the 500 million yuan in capital was directly solved. He no longer needed to take risks selling heaven-defying pills in the modern world.

Simply by taking this sixty thousand taels of gold to the modern world, he could solve his current financial issues. Based on a modern gold price of approximately 400 yuan per gram, sixty thousand taels of gold could be sold for roughly 1.4 billion yuan.

The only problem was that selling such a large amount of gold would certainly attract attention domestically, so he would have to sell it abroad. Although the price might be slightly lower, it would be safer.

The Golden Triangle, where Jack and the others were located, was the best choice; there were specialized places there for money laundering.

(End of Chapter)