Chapter 2558 — Solving the Problem
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Pills of this kind, once refined by the hidden You family, were beneath the family's dignity to sell themselves, so they simply left it to the Kang family to handle. Do not scoff at these first-grade pills—their value was by no means small. In many cases, a single first-grade pill could fetch even more than a second-grade one.
The reason was simple. The mundane world held no shortage of the wealthy, but in the cultivation world, though wealthy families were hardly rare, they all knew the true worth of things and would never bid too high for such pills. Naturally, the bulk of the profits on these first-grade pills still went to the hidden You family; the Kang family shared only a small portion.
Even so, the profits from a year of auctions were enough to let the Kang family look down on many a corporation—no less than what Miracle Doctor Kang Pharmaceutical Group had once earned, and perhaps even more. After all, the cost of auctioning pills was very low, far lower than running a company.
Wei Zhao parked in front of the Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals tower. As he stepped inside, a security guard stopped him. "Good day, sir. Might I ask whom you've come to see?"
Wei Zhao smiled faintly, recalling a time some while ago—his first visit to Pine Mountain City, when he had entered the Gu Group and met with a similar scene. Still, it showed that Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals had grown far more formal than before; in the old days one could simply walk in.
"Is Kang in?" Wei Zhao asked. Fatty Lai was abroad, so he had come straight to Kang—and in fact, it was Kang he had come to see this time.
Since graduation, Wei Zhao had not seen Kang, his old sworn brother, for a long while. Each had been busy with his own affairs, and neither had much spare time.
"You're looking for Vice President Kang. Do you have an appointment?" the guard asked at once, hearing that Wei Zhao wanted Kang.
"An appointment? No. Just let him know I'm here," Wei Zhao said.
"I see... Then how should I address you, sir?" The guard was not the sort to simply turn a man away; he asked politely.
"Wei Zhao," Wei Zhao said.
"Wei Zhao... all right!" The guard turned and headed for the front desk to notify Kang's secretary. Halfway there, though, he suddenly came up short, swung around, and stared at Wei Zhao in astonishment. "You said—your name is Wei Zhao?"
"That's right..." Wei Zhao looked at the guard, somewhat baffled, unable to guess what was the matter—why stop halfway and turn back to ask such a thing?
"Mr. Lin, please come in..." The guard hurriedly turned back and gestured him forward, saying respectfully, "I'll take you to Vice President Kang!"
"Oh? All right..." Wei Zhao was perplexed. "Why aren't you going to notify him anymore?"
"It's like this: the first article of our security department's regulations states that Mr. Lin and Doctor Guan may enter the company without being announced. President Lai set that rule himself," the guard explained. No wonder the name Wei Zhao had sounded a little familiar to him—thank goodness he had suddenly remembered.
Nor could he be blamed for being slow. Guan Xuewen did not come to the company often, but now and then he did, to discuss the company's future direction with Fatty Lai, so the guards all knew him.
Wei Zhao, however, was a different matter. Since the tower's completion, this was the first time Wei Zhao had ever appeared, so it was only natural the guard did not recognize him. (To be continued)
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