25. What a Top-Tier Operation
What was Murong Yun’s purpose for coming here?
It was actually quite simple.
The Lingxiao Pavilion, as the Youhan Dynasty’s direct administrative department, handled relatively dangerous matters.
Although the Lingxiao Pavilion also had its own pharmaceutical company for direct supply, it seemed to have encountered some problems with raw material procurement recently, and the supply could no longer keep up with the demand.
And since this batch of goods was very important, the shortage couldn’t be filled with goods from the major pharmaceutical companies in the Youcang Court.
Therefore, the Lingxiao Pavilion’s intention was to terminate the cooperation with this pharmaceutical company and reopen the bidding to find a suitable partner.
Although it was an open bidding, the royal family wouldn’t be so bored as to choose from all the pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Therefore, the ones with the bidding qualifications were those major pharmaceutical companies, and some old-fashioned medical families that were not as ostentatious and had not developed into pharmaceutical companies.
But in fact, the previous partner was an old-fashioned medical family, and its decline seemed to indicate that the other major pharmaceutical companies had already united to exclude outsiders.
And the Murong royal family, wary of the influence of these pharmaceutical companies, was naturally unwilling to simply hand over the initiative.
Therefore, this conversation.
“Does Your Highness mean to entrust this matter to us?” Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but turn around and stroke her chin.
This small action, besides being a genuine consideration, was also to see if Gong Yiling had any opinions.
After a brief internal voice communication, Yan Chuyue didn’t rush to agree, but instead asked, “This is not a mutually beneficial matter.”
This was what Gong Yiling had told her to say.
In Miss Gong’s view, the royal family was clearly using them as a shield to block all the illegal ideas of the commercial firms.
As for who benefited from this, it was a matter of opinion.
“There will naturally be an extra reward.” Murong Yun said, “As long as you say what you want, as long as it can be bought with money, we will deliver it to you as soon as possible.”
As expected of a rich person, this kind of wealth was quite cute in a way.
“Then it’s settled.” After receiving the internal voice message from Miss Gong, Yan Chuyue agreed very readily.
Hearing this, Murong Yun and Yuan Qin looked at each other with a hint of joy. Murong Yun immediately replied, “How about this? I’ll have Brother Yuan inform you of the specific bidding time, and I’ll also tell you the assessment and test questions in advance—”
“No need for the test questions.” Yan Chuyue shook her head. “It’s just a matter of winning this contract with strength. Your Highness doesn’t need to do such a superfluous thing.”
“Then what about the raw materials?” Murong Yun also asked, “Since those pharmaceutical companies will move against these old-fashioned families, they will also move against you. If you need anything, you can contact me at any time.”
“About that…”
Yan Chuyue rested her chin on her hand, said half a sentence, and then smiled without saying a word.
As for Miss Gong, she had already thought of how to make a big deal out of this.
As the saying goes, one good turn deserves another. Since these pharmaceutical companies wanted to give them a big gift, then… this big gift, naturally, had to be returned.
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That night, Miss Gong had already drawn up a plan.
Actually, she already had a prototype of this plan. She was just waiting to see if those pharmaceutical companies would make any small moves.
Since they had really made a move, Miss Gong’s counterattack was so smooth.
The next morning, the new pharmacy, which had already become a top-tier one in the capital due to the previous events and various flying rumors, finally decided on its name—Yuanlin Residence.
The meaning was that the mandarin ducks brought the life-giving rain. Although these two things had nothing to do with each other, but who cared? They just had to throw the author’s own name on it to get some attention.
And the official opening time of this shop was set for six days later.
During these two days, the major pharmaceutical companies were not idle.
Discounts, promotions, and new pills.
Of course, they also repeatedly confirmed the various raw material shops, confirming more than a dozen times a day whether any strangers had come to buy herbs. No matter how much they bought, they had to be informed in advance.
In the end, even the private pill materials of their own families were questioned. This was a lot of trouble.
Besides that, they also used their connections in the Youcang Court to ask the royal family if they had opened a back door for them.
But the result was always… no, no.
Nothing.
They seemed to have no intention of considering this matter at all, with no demand for raw materials.
This was the most crucial thing for a pharmaceutical company to get started. If it were just an ordinary pharmacy or medical hall, it would be fine, but the Yuanlin Residence they had declared was on the same scale as a pharmaceutical company.
What were they planning to make pills with? Air?
Even if they had prepared a large amount of herbs in advance, how long could they last? It was impossible to last long.
And just as they were focusing on this matter, a major event suddenly happened.
The news came out exactly three days before the opening of Yuanlin Residence.
First, the Heartflame Empire publicly announced that from now on, all pills from major pharmaceutical companies such as Huaxu Pharmaceutical, Yaoqin Workshop, and Baicao Hall were banned.
This ban was an absolute ban from top to bottom. Any pills from these pharmaceutical companies that entered the Heartflame Empire through the Youcang Court or other channels would be confiscated on the spot and then sent back.
The cause of the incident was very simple. Someone had failed their tribulation, their strength had regressed, they had become ugly, and the pills had no effect after taking them.
Actually, these things happened occasionally. After all, pills were not effective for everyone, and even after taking them, various practical effects would be produced due to the problem of circulating the qi.
These things were within an acceptable range in the past and did not mean that these pills were definitely a problem.
But this time, I don’t know if the Heartflame Empire did it on purpose. They just gathered all these things from the past few years and then filed a lawsuit directly with the Youcang Court.
The next thing was that before the Youcang Court could react, the Heartflame Empire had completely banned all the pills from these pharmaceutical companies within a day and then packed them all up and sent them out of the Heartflame Empire.
And these banned pharmaceutical companies happened to be the big shots in the capital of the Youhan Dynasty.
Wasn’t this a coincidence?
