âSo Miracle Doctor Kang doesnât sell just one box of limited edition Golden Creation a year, does he?â Lin Yi questioned.
âA box? Thereâs at least twenty boxes every year, but it can only be sold 500 thousand yuan max. Those who offer 500 thousand first will instantly get it, eliminating the tedious bidding process. Itâs all about speed and first come, first serve basis,â said Fatty Lai.
âIf thatâs the case, can i assume that each box can be sold for 500 thousand?â Lin Yi nodded and continued asking.
âNot really. The first few boxes can easily reach 500 thousand, but as the bidding goes on, competitors lessen, and the price will fall to 400 thousand or even 300 thousand naturally,â Fatty Lai explained.
â500 thousand is good, letâs look for pharmacies nearby. I gotta buy some herbs.â Lin Yi nodded as he felt that the profit wasn't bad at all. It might not sell as much as the Pill of Life Extension and Toxic Cleansing, but it was still very beneficial for building up the companyâs reputation and fame.
âUhâ¦â Fatty Lai was almost getting used to Lin Yiâs ability. Only Lin Yi could pull off the trick of making the medicine just a night before the next dayâs auction. âIâll order some exquisite items for the wrapping and have people send it here in no time?â Fatty Lai asked.
âNah, just get me a bottle to fill them up. I shall leave belief in the effectiveness of the medicine for the bidders to decide,â LinYi said as he waved his hand.
âIndeed, good medicines naturally sell out; we donât have to wrap them up so nicely!â Fatty Lai nodded and said, âWheee, another chunk of money saved!â
âUgh.â LinYi felt that Fatty Lai really was meant for business. Letting him manage the company wasnât a bad idea at all. âOh yeah, before I forget, whatâs the market price for Miracle Doctor Kangâs normal version Golden Creation?â Lin Yi asked.
âItâs normally 299 RMB, but Iâm thinking of selling our injury medicine at 288 RMB. But Iâve no right to decide the price of the medicine if I donât know the cost of the medicine, do I?â Fatty Lai replied.
âWhat? Weâre selling it at 288?â Lin Yi eyes went wide. Miracle Doctor Kang was selling a mere normal Golden Creation at nearly 300 RMB. This was way too much. How could normal people be able to afford such price? Wasnât this a little too greedy?
Lin Yi would always find ways to rob those rich assholes who thought they were big shots looking down on the people, but the idea of robbing the peopleâs money had never crossed his mind.
âToo cheap?â Fatty Lai asked after observing the stunned expression on Lin Yiâs face. âBoss, Miracle Doctor Kang is selling it at just 299. Even though we donât have enough supply, I donât think itâd be a good idea to set the price higher than theirs! Yes, I know that our medicine is obviously more effective than theirs!â
After listening to Fatty Lai, Lin Yi knew that he mustâve gotten the wrong idea. âI think that weâre pricing the product way too expensively. The cost of this medicine isnât even considered expensive in the first place, just a few yuan!â LinYi said with smile.
âGah! A few yuan?â Fatty Lai tripped, almost slamming into the cold, hard ground. âBoss, may I beg your pardon? A few yuan? Howâs that even possible? That makes Doctor Kangâs Golden Creation a few yuan too, right?â Fatty Lai asked in surprise, clearly in shock.
ââI have no idea; Iâve yet to see it.â Lin Yi shook his head. âI would suggest that we sell it cheaper so even the average person can afford it since the cost isnât expensive!â
âSure, weâll be a caring and generous company then!â Fatty Lai grit his teeth and said with an aching heart, â199 it is then!â
Fatty Lai was a profiteer, but since Lin Yi had spoken up, he couldnât do anything against it, could he? So he stepped back and accepted the adjusted price since selling at 288 might not fully satisfy the buyers either.
199? To tell the truth, Lin Yi felt that it was still a little expensive, but he didnât know much about managing business and setting prices, so he decided to accept the price after seeing Fatty Laiâs pained face. âSure.â
Fatty Lai let out a sigh of relief after Lin Yiâs agreement. He was afraid that Lin Yi might not be content with the price and would reduce it to 99 RMB. They would lose a lot of profits if that was the case. Itâd be a huge loss!
âIâll make a plan for the next auction then and announce the retail price to the public.â Fatty Lai nodded and added, âBoss, what do you think the price of the painkiller should be?â
âThe cost is around five yuan per usage, and of course, the cost is going to lower if we mass produce. How high do you think we should set it?â Lin Yi asked.
âOk, one box for five usages, setting it at 199. Is that alright?â Fatty Lai asked, testing his bossâs limits.
âMake it ninety-nine,â LinYi said after giving it some thought.
âSure, weâll accept your decision, Boss!â In fact, Fatty Lai had already predicted that his boss would reduce the price, so he set the price higher in advance.
After setting the prices of the two medicines, Fatty Lai felt relieved and very delighted because Lin Yi did not hide the cost of the medicine from him, meaning Lin Yi treated him as a partner, telling him one of the big secrets.
After a while, the trio went into a fairly large pharmacy. Lin Yi did not take out any prescriptions and just told the staff what he wanted.
Even though Lin Yi had built up trust between Fatty Lai and him, he still did not fully trust Faty Lai, so he would naturally blurt out some useless herbs. The amounts of the herbs were random as well. There were a few main constituents yet to name, but he didnât. Instead, he asked for some rare herbs only to find out they werenât available.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Itâs okay, Boss, there are a lot of pharmacies in Yanjing. I can also ask people to buy it for you,â Fatty Lai said after finding out the herbs werenât available.
âThereâs no need; we can check the other pharmacies,â LinYi replied with a smile.
After packing the herbs, Fatty Lai charged forward to pay. It wasnât much, just a few hundred yuan.
Xuemin was an honest man. He didnât pay much attention to memorizing what Lin Yi bought in there unless Lin Yi offered the prescription to him. Otherwise, Xuemin wouldnât even budge into peopleâs business.
Not long after the trio left, the young man Kun hesitated a little and sneaked into the pharmacy they had just left.
There was only one long route in and out of the pharmacy so Kun had confidence he wouldnât lose track of them. So he went in the pharmacy.
âHallo there, would you please tell me what the three of them bought from the store?â Kun politely asked the employee in the shop.
At this late hour, there werenât many customers so one employee was all they needed. Kun had it lucky since he didnât have to ask around since there was only one target to prey on.