Chapter 525 — Shocking News
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"I'm just here for the soy sauce — Xiaolin and I came along with Fatty Lai." Guan Xuewen actually cracked a rare joke, and out of long familiarity his way of addressing Lai Changshan had become "Fatty Lai."
"Haha, Professor Guan, you really do know how to joke!" Yu Shuixing laughed too. "President Lai, is there something we can do for you?"
Because of Guan Xuewen, Yu Shuixing was very courteous to Lai Changshan as well; it was only Wei Zhao's identity that he could not quite fathom. Yesterday he had sent Xiaokun to follow the man, only to have Wei Zhao spot him.
"Nothing of great importance. Our Divine Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals intends to add one more item to tomorrow's auction!" said Fatty Lai.
"Oh? Another item for auction?" Yu Haitian's eyes lit up at once.
The sensation caused by yesterday's Longevity and Toxin-Cleansing Pill had been utterly unprecedented. If Fatty Lai truly had another item to put up for auction, it would be a considerable boon to the auction house as well.
"There is one — I held it back earlier for fear people would say we were copying Divine Doctor Kang. But among the products we mean to launch, there is indeed a wound salve much like the Jinsheng Medicine. So what we shall auction tomorrow is a deluxe edition of our wound salve," said Fatty Lai.
"Oh? You mean to auction a deluxe edition of that as well?" Yu Haitian's expression turned a little odd, though he went on: "Tonight the Kang family has already prepared a hundred deluxe editions of Divine Doctor Kang's Jinsheng Medicine for auction. I daresay that will be enough to satisfy the market..."
Yu Haitian said no more, for he was sure Fatty Lai understood what he had left unsaid: if they auctioned theirs tomorrow, there would likely be no market left for it — everyone who meant to buy would already have bought.
Their Longevity and Toxin-Cleansing Pill might have caused a sensation, but a deluxe wound salve would not fare the same.
"Heh, what virtues their deluxe Jinsheng Medicine possesses I could not say, but ours has no small efficacy!" Fatty Lai waved a hand and spoke carelessly. "Good goods need no worry about finding buyers — that much does not trouble me!"
"How can the products of Doctor Guan's Pharmaceuticals be mentioned in the same breath as Divine Doctor Kang's junk?" Yu Shuixing had caught the drift by now, and he waved a hand. "Haitian, spare yourself the needless worry! Let us first hear what this deluxe wound salve can do!"
"Yes, Second Uncle!" Yu Haitian started, thinking to himself, true enough — how formidable are the products of Doctor Guan's Pharmaceuticals, and how could they be compared with that stuff of Divine Doctor Kang's?
"Heh, this deluxe edition of our wound salve not only has the basic virtues of a wound salve but also beautifies the skin and nourishes the muscles! Not only does it make wounds heal swiftly without leaving scars, it can also repair old scars of many years' standing and wipe them away entirely! Of course, those are only the principal effects; there are many secondary ones besides — beautifying the complexion, for instance, improving skin tone, banishing dullness, tightening the pores, and so on..." Fatty Lai spoke on without pause.
"Gah?" Yu Haitian's eyes went wide, and Yu Shuixing looked as though he had seen a ghost.
What Fatty Lai said was almost word for word what Divine Doctor Kang had said before! What was the matter today? How had these two houses brought out the very same medicine at the same time?