Chapter 494 — Kang's Pharmacy
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These people promptly beat their chests and stamped their feet in regret, wishing they had acted sooner! Now it was too late—there were only five pills, and every last one was gone!
Of course, the most embarrassed of all was Miracle Doctor Kang, whose old face was burning! He had just told Xiao Ji that this Life-Extending Detox Pill was a lost, unique treasure from ancient times, and now it turned out to have been refined by Guan Xuewen!
And more than that—someone had even presented him with one of these Life-Extending Detox Pills at his own birthday banquet! How could he have had the gall to call it a unique treasure?
Still, though Xiao Ji felt a measure of contempt, he did not voice it, for he and the Kang family were now on the same side; if Miracle Doctor Kang was humiliated, they would not fare well either.
But Fatty Lai's next words put Miracle Doctor Kang somewhat more at ease: "So these three are, as far as we know, the only three in existence. Though I serve as the chief executive of Kang's Pharmacy, I am not even entitled to possess a Life-Extending Detox Pill myself. That is why, once I learned of its effects, I could not resist joining the bidding! In the end, though, I failed to win one—which is a great pity!"
"So that's how it is!" Hearing Fatty Lai's explanation, the guests below the stage came to understand his earlier behavior. The man had genuinely wanted to buy the pill; he had not been there to make trouble. If they did not want it, he certainly would.
As for why Fatty Lai had driven the price up so boldly right from the start, that too was simple: he knew the pill's true value, and so he dared to name his price.
"However, after I go back I'll have a talk with Professor Guan, and see whether we can bring out some other fine things for the third auction!" With that, Fatty Lai bowed to the crowd. "Thank you all for your great affection for our Doctor Guan Pharmaceutical. Our products will hit the market right after the auction!"
Then Fatty Lai stepped down from the stage, and everyone's interest was thoroughly roused by the things he had said would appear at the third auction. They all fell to discussing among themselves whether this Doctor Guan Pharmaceutical might bring them some surprise!
The name of Guan Xuewen had always rung loud among these great families and wealthy merchants, and his skill with the acupuncture needle was nothing short of extraordinary! Only, Doctor Guan was a man indifferent to fame and profit; even when people had deliberately sought his acquaintance in the past, they could never forge any great connection with him.
But who would have thought that Guan Xuewen had actually gone into business with others and founded Doctor Guan Pharmaceutical! Was this a move against Miracle Doctor Kang's Medical Group? Or had Guan Xuewen suddenly taken it into his head to start making money?
Be that as it may, if Doctor Guan Pharmaceutical could supply some fine medicinal ingredients, that was something everyone would be glad to see, the Life-Extending Detox Pill being a case in point! Though people had previously guessed whether Doctor Guan Pharmaceutical had anything to do with Guan Xuewen, it had been no more than guesswork; and now that Fatty Lai had confirmed it, those great families that had held back their bids out of doubt were filled with regret! For Guan Xuewen was a man of upright character and strong principle, who called a thing a thing and would never deceive anyone!