Chapter 549 — Where Did the Formula Come From?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"The standard version of Wound will be fully launched on the market within a month, and there will be no shortages! The retail price is one hundred ninety-nine yuan." Fatty Lai slowly drummed up advertising for his company's forthcoming product, confident that before long its price and efficacy would spread from these people's lips and be known to more and more. Word would pass from person to person, one to ten, ten to a hundred, and soon Doctor Guan's Wound would be a household name!
Moreover, its advantages over Divine Doctor Kang's Golden Wound lay in its low price and ample supply! When people could not buy Divine Doctor Kang's Golden Wound, they would settle for the second best and choose the untried Doctor Guan's Wound—and once they had used it and found its efficacy no inferior to Divine Doctor Kang's Golden Wound, whether they would come back for more went without saying.
"No shortages? Big talk!" Kang Guifeng sneered. "All the raw material suppliers in the country have been sewn up by our Kang family. Where are they going to buy their materials? Even with Guan Xuewen's reputation, that won't get them far!"
"That much is true. If we had enough raw materials, we wouldn't be running out of stock either—who would leave money on the table? Unless the materials are too expensive and the cost doesn't add up... But then, if they bought raw materials at high prices and still sold at one hundred ninety-nine, wouldn't they lose even more?" Divine Doctor Kang shook his head, unable to work it out. Even the Kang family could not guarantee nationwide supply without gaps or delays—so on what grounds could Guan Xuewen?
"Big talk? I doubt it," Kang Jinglong said, shaking his head. "First, they've already made the claim publicly. If they can't keep up supply, their reputation will suffer—and for a newly founded company, that could be fatal! If they lie about one link in the chain, they'll lie about the others too, and once the media seize on a weakness and attack, their name will be ruined! Second, if they couldn't keep up supply, why advertise on an occasion like this? Insufficient capacity naturally means little profit—especially at such a low price, when it's hard to say whether the cost is even covered. With an opportunity like this, wouldn't it have been better to advertise their other products?"
Hearing Kang Jinglong's words, Kang Guifeng nodded as well. His son was right—but the more so, the more puzzled he became.
Divine Doctor Kang, meanwhile, looked at Kang Jinglong with gratification. "Zhaolong still sees things most thoroughly! So then—they really do have stock?"
"I'd guess they do!" Kang Jinglong said. "Either they bought up a large store of raw materials at high prices, enough to squander for a while, all to lose money and build a name—or they have some other channel for acquiring materials."
"Yes, well said!" Divine Doctor Kang nodded. "It seems our opponent is formidable indeed. We underestimated them."
"Heh, there is no need to worry." Kang Jinglong, however, shook his head.
"Oh? How so?" Kang Guifeng looked at his son with some astonishment.