Chapter 1136 — Tang Zhi's Inferiority
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Wei Zhao naturally spotted An Liwen's Ferrari at the curb, though he found it faintly comical. Driving a sports car on a self-guided trip to the beach? Were they sick? Could that chassis even manage the sand? Still, Wei Zhao was not good-natured enough to go and warn them.
Once Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Feng Xiaoxiao had finished carrying everything in, they went back into the villa's living room to wait for Tang Zhi, and Wei Zhao followed them and settled down in front of the television as well.
He had barely sat down when the phone rang - Fatty Lai calling.
"Hello? Fatty Lai, the launch event went off without a hitch, I take it?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Boss, the launch ended smooth as could be - you can rest easy!" Fatty Lai said. "We were lucky you spotted Zhang Gongzi's problem at a glance today, Boss, or the launch would have been in trouble!"
"Have you found out who sent him?" Wei Zhao knew perfectly well who the mastermind behind the scenes was, but he had no intention of wasting too much thought on company affairs. After this, he planned to wash his hands of it and leave the running to Fatty Lai and Kang.
"We've got a bit of a lead - it should be our competitor, Dr. Kang Pharmaceuticals, who sent him. According to our staff on site, someone recognized Dr. Kang's grandson, Kang Jingming, at the launch, and he made contact with Mutilated Wolf afterward..." Fatty Lai said.
"So what do you intend to do about it?" Wei Zhao countered.
"Boss, our strength isn't yet enough for us to go after Dr. Kang Pharmaceuticals, and we don't have the energy either. My thinking is that we note this down for now and revisit it when the chance comes!" Fatty Lai ventured carefully.
"Mm. Do as you say." Wei Zhao thought Fatty Lai had the right idea. The company had only just been founded - where was there time to go fencing with competitors? Whatever time there was would be better spent on their own marketing.
"Right." Fatty Lai let out a breath, then said with a wry smile: "Boss, there's one more thing. After the new product launch, the number of orders we've received is far larger than we expected - and they differ enormously from our projections! We had originally projected stocking within the province only, with a small-scale rollout into the neighboring province as well, but people from large pharmacy chains and hospitals all across the country have come to us to negotiate and place orders... I'd guess it's the effect the auction produced..."
"Oh? Isn't that a good thing?" Wei Zhao had not expected the wound medicine to catch on so fiercely. He had assumed that the smooth resolution of the mass poisoning at No. 1 High School would have some impact within the province only, and that the initial stocking volume ought to be small.
"It is a good thing, yes, but first of all our production capacity is limited - the plant and equipment can currently supply only two or three provinces' worth of demand, and that's just the opening volume. If the market responds well, distributors will increase their orders, and our capacity will fall seriously short!" Fatty Lai explained.
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