Chapter 1283 — The Kang Family's New Decision: "Is... Is There Something Wrong With That?" Kang Jinglong Was Stunned.
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Divine Doctor Kang's affected air of mystery and unfathomable depth no longer served its purpose. Over the years he had indeed honed some of a leader's thinking and way of doing things, but his foundations were lamentably poor, so the moment a problem arose within the Kang family, he was the first to lose his nerve!
"This... this brings me to the second matter I want to raise! You must let me finish!" Kang Jingming's eyes darted, and he actually linked the first matter to the second. He was enormously pleased with himself - he really was a genius, to be able to connect the two like this!
"Oh? Then tell us quickly - what is the second matter?" Divine Doctor Kang harbored no suspicion at all and asked eagerly.
"The second matter is this: I intend to track down the formula for the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill as quickly as possible! Once our Kang family possesses the formula and can produce the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill, that will be tremendous good fortune for us. When the Xiao family learns that we are capable of manufacturing the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill, would they keep up this attitude of theirs? I dare say they would take the initiative to make peace with us! With the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill in our possession, the other great families would certainly have requests of us - and would securing our own elevation to a great family not then be well within our grasp?" Kang Jingming declared in a single breath.
When he had finished, he was half impressed with himself. He was simply too brilliant, too remarkable - to deliver speech that flowed so smoothly, he was nothing short of a genius!
"A splendid idea! A splendid idea! That our Kang family has Zhaoming - Heaven itself is blessing the Kang family!" On hearing this, Divine Doctor Kang slapped the table repeatedly in delight and roared with laughter.
"But Grandfather, Guan Xuewen has a formula too. If it goes like this, the formula won't be ours alone, and our advantage won't be at all obvious!" This time Kang Jinglong came out playing the contrarian. Though he knew Kang Jingming was talking sheer nonsense - everyone knew all these things - the fact remained that Kang Jingming had actually tied them together, and there was nothing for it but to concede: this worthless playboy of a younger brother of his possessed a silver tongue capable of arguing black into white!
"Not so!" Kang Jingming replied. "It is said that the Life-Prolonging Detox Pill is compounded entirely from rare Chinese medicinal herbs, and the annual yield of these rare herbs is strictly limited - they are seldom seen. So it all comes down to competition: whoever secures those rare materials first seizes the initiative! I think that, given our Kang family's many years of dealings with those herb merchants, even if we cannot buy up every last portion of the rare herbs, we can certainly obtain some part of them. And possessing even a part of them gives us a measure of clout, for this stuff yields so little - only so much each year - and scarcity is what drives up value. When the time comes, we shall still have the advantage!"
"Good! Zhaolong, look at your brother. When it comes to scholarship and research he is no match for you, but when it comes to scheming and intrigue he is formidable! You have to admit it! Yet a bookish sort of man can never head a family - the family head needs a mind for strategy. I think Zhaoming's plan is entirely workable. Let us do it this way!" Divine Doctor Kang said, in high spirits.
"Yes, Grandfather!" Kang Jingming agreed, elated.
Kang Jinglong's heart was bleeding. He had a mind too, and he had his share of schemes and stratagems! And he knew everything Kang Jingming had just said! It was only that in his eyes these were all tasks beyond accomplishment - yet this brat Kang Jingming had linked them all together, turning them into an unbroken chain of interlocking stratagems!