Chapter 882 — Wei Zhao Borrows Money
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By current calculations, thirty or forty million in working capital would be enough to successfully launch Dr. Guan Pharmaceuticals' first flagship product, Dr. Guan Wound Medicine. They might not even need all thirty or forty million, since the earlier poisoning incident at No. 1 Middle School had already made the company's name known — no advertising was necessary.
And once the product hit the market and sales climbed, it would instantly generate profits in the hundreds of millions.
Wei Zhao knew Fatty Lai had planned everything around the company's current situation and could not have anticipated a sudden need for cash, so he bore him no grudge.
"Boss, how about I borrow some from my brother?" Fatty Lai, sensing that Wei Zhao was in urgent need of money, suggested.
"No need," Wei Zhao said. He knew Fatty Lai and his elder brother did not always see eye to eye, so he declined the offer. "You have Liu Tianyi's cell number, don't you? Give it to me. I'll borrow a bit from him."
"I do. Hang on a moment — his number is 139..." Fatty Lai recited a number for Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao noted down Liu Tianyi's number and dialed it.
Liu Tianyi had saved Wei Zhao's number back then, but Wei Zhao had never saved his. When the call came through now, Liu Tianyi was startled — he had not expected Wei Zhao to phone him of his own accord.
As the young heir of the Liu family, Liu Tianyi naturally understood how important Wei Zhao was to the family. He had tried every means to forge a connection with Wei Zhao but had never found the opportunity. Earlier, some unpleasantness had occurred between him and Wei Zhao, and their relationship had been far from smooth. Then the affair of his wife's nephew, Wu Chengtian, had offended Wei Zhao further, plunging the Liu family's ties with him to a freezing point.
Fortunately, he had since been humble and low-key enough to thaw things slightly.
Liu Tianyi was filled with endless regret. If not for his spendthrift wife, how could he ever have fallen out with Wei Zhao? Watching Wei Zhao's life-extending detox pills become a hot-ticket auction item, watching his own father transform from a dying old man into someone brimming with health, Liu Tianyi felt ever more keenly just how important it was to stay on good terms with Wei Zhao!
That was why he envied Lai Changshan. This fat Lai had started out as nothing but a small merchant, his business hardly worth mentioning, yet now he had remade himself overnight into Wei Zhao's lackey - and what a lackey! The man was practically riding high enough to punch a hole in the sky!
When Liu Tianyi had spoken with Fat Lai before, he had been polite, yes, but he had also held the upper hand. Now the two of them had neatly traded places, and Liu Tianyi had to tread on eggshells whenever he talked to Fat Lai. What choice did he have? The man's boss was formidable!
Yet Liu Tianyi did not feel the slightest bit humiliated by this. True, not many people were currying favor with Fat Lai at the moment, but he was confident that as the great families came to recognize Wei Zhao's marvels, those who could find no way to reach Wei Zhao himself would scheme and scramble to get on good terms with Fat Lai!