Chapter 550 — Guan Xuewen Goes Too Far
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"Yes! His price really is far too low!" Kang Guifeng had grasped the crux of the matter as well.
"So all we need do is sit back and watch how things unfold!" Kang Jinglong said with a cold laugh. "I imagine our opponent is either a very wealthy consortium, or has Guan Xuewen's backing. Naturally they want to make a splash with their first shot. But we occupied the market first, after all, so the only way they can take it is to attack with low prices. And if we want the market back, our only option is to cut our prices; then they will certainly cut theirs again, forcing us to keep cutting, and by then we will be locked in a vicious cycle! With them in the game, the raw materials market is bound to rise as well, and our costs will climb without pause. At that rate everyone simply loses more and more, and the moment the Kang family's cash flow runs into trouble, we are finished on the spot! It is a very crude tactic of market competition, but I have to admit it works; plenty of people have come to grief over it!"
"Zhaolong speaks the truth. If we cut our prices merely to hold the market for a moment, we will have fallen into our rival's trap, and then they will surely cut again and squeeze us to death! Since they are prepared to lose money, they must be deeply backed. All we have to do is sit by and do nothing," Divine Doctor Kang said, thoroughly in agreement. "We do not lower our prices. Let them play their own game, and see how long they can go on bleeding!"
"Son, your analysis is really thorough. I have to say, you are vicious! Running into a competitor like you, they must be out of luck for eight lifetimes!" Kang Guifeng truly admired his son.
"Dad, is that praise or an insult? Calling me vicious..." Kang Jinglong said, though inwardly he could not help feeling smug: he had seen through his opponent's scheme, and he felt like the fisherman waiting behind the curtain.
Of course, judged by ordinary circumstances, there was nothing wrong with Kang Jinglong's thinking; it was, in fact, quite correct. But this particular affair was anything but ordinary.
"This time, the product we are auctioning is the Deluxe Edition of Trauma, which is naturally not the same as what can be bought on the market." Fatty Lai continued from the stage: "This Deluxe Edition of Trauma naturally has extraordinary effects. Not only does it possess the basic effects of Trauma, it also beautifies the skin and nourishes the complexion! The wonder of our Trauma lies in its power to heal a wound swiftly without leaving a scar, while this Deluxe Edition can repair old scars of many years' standing and remove them completely! Of course, these are only the principal effects; there are many subsidiary ones besides, such as beautifying the face and nourishing the complexion, improving the skin and clearing away dullness, shrinking the pores, and so on..."
The moment Fatty Lai said this, the hall fell silent again, and in the next instant erupted into uproar!
This Deluxe Edition of Trauma actually had the very same effects as Divine Doctor Kang's Beauty-Nourishing Golden Wound Salve of the day before! What had become of the world? How could such a coincidence occur? Two days, two different pharmaceutical companies, and the showpiece products they put up for auction were astonishingly alike!
The faces of the Kang family changed in an instant! Divine Doctor Kang's expression turned terribly ugly. He was now certain that his elder brother must have stolen a look at the formula and then told Guan Xuewen! Otherwise, why would Guan Xuewen have the formula for the Beauty-Nourishing Golden Wound Salve too? Only he did not call it that; he called it the Deluxe Edition of Trauma!