Chapter 548 — The Same Fine Edition
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"Dad, how did Guan Xuewen also come up with something like our wound medicine? Could he have the formula for it too?" Kang Guifeng frowned as soon as he heard the name "Trauma Edition."
"They call it trauma, so it should be different from our wound medicine, and whether it even works is hard to say!" Divine Doctor Kang was not especially nervous. His family's wound-medicine formula was a closely guarded secret; no one could possibly analyze it. And even if someone did, many of the raw materials were scarce and could not be mass-produced—the Kang family had a monopoly on most of the suppliers of those few materials nationwide.
"They're definitely copying us!" Kang Guifeng cursed in annoyance. "Shameless! And it's still called Doctor Guan? They've imitated it quite closely!"
"Imitation is imitation in the end, and it will never amount to much!" Divine Doctor Kang shook his head and laughed carelessly. "Putting out a Trauma Edition for auction at this particular moment, all mysterious like this—he has truly picked the wrong time!"
"Exactly," Kang Guifeng said with a nod. "We did auction the deluxe edition of Gold Wound yesterday, and it pretty much satisfied the demand for the whole auction. Who are they going to sell to at this point? And they call it the grand finale. I expect when nobody bids in a moment, they'll lose face badly."
"Let's watch the show," Divine Doctor Kang said with a smile. "Seems we were right not to leave early. This way we still get to see a fine piece of theater."
"Grandfather, I can't help feeling that Fatty Lai isn't that reckless," Kang Jinglong said, somewhat puzzled. "If they're putting out the same kind of product, they should have thought of this too. Aren't they afraid of the humiliation?"
"Hmph, not that reckless? If he weren't reckless, why would he have spent twenty million on a worthless box yesterday?" Divine Doctor Kang was dismissive. "Has he never heard the tale of buying the casket and returning the pearl? And yet he bought it anyway! That proves the man's intelligence is truly lacking!"
"Yesterday he was forced by circumstance and had no way out, so of course he had to pay up. But my impression is that Fatty Lai isn't that kind of fool." Kang Jinglong shook his head. Seeing that his grandfather would not be swayed, he said no more.
The auctioneer was well pleased with the reaction from the crowd. He had intended to introduce the effects of this trauma edition himself, but on second thought, it would be better to let Lai Changshan do it in person. So once the murmuring had more or less died down, the host said, "I imagine everyone is eager to know what curative effects this deluxe trauma edition has. Then let us invite Mr. Lai Changshan, chief executive officer of the Guan Clan Medical Group, to the stage, to introduce their company's new product, Trauma, and explain the effects of this deluxe edition."
Though everyone guessed that Trauma and the deluxe trauma edition were probably much the same as Divine Doctor Kang's Gold Wound and its deluxe edition, their concern over Guan Xuewen kept them quiet now, waiting for Fatty Lai to take the stage.