“Well, the Ancient Formula Returning Heart Pill is so effective that people are willing to buy it even at a price of thirty thousand each.”
“Even if the cost of the medicinal ingredients doubles, the production cost won’t exceed five hundred, and you’ll still make a huge profit.”
“So, if I raise the price a bit, there shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
After saying this, Kendal wore a confident expression and elegantly sat down on the sofa.
“Ms. Roy, my family’s business is not solely focused on profit but also on benefiting the region. It’s our ancestral tradition.”
“Besides, the price has already been set during the press conference. The Ancient Formula Returning Heart Pill is bundled with the Blood Stasis Abolition Soup and sold at a price of around fifteen hundred.”
“For those three medicinal ingredients, I can only increase the price by twenty percent on the existing basis,” Rose pondered for a moment and said calmly.
The production of a new medicine requires a significant investment of manpower and resources in the early stages. Large pharmaceutical companies invest millions of dollar in research and development each year, with a high possibility of failure.
Therefore, the price of new medicines tends to be high, especially life-saving anti-cancer drugs, which can cost tens of thousands of dollar per box.
Ordinary people simply can’t afford them, but it’s not fair to just condemn pharmaceutical companies as unscrupulous businessmen. They also need to recoup their research and development costs.
The improved version of the Ancient Formula Returning Heart Pill didn’t require any research and development costs and was priced at one thousand five hundred dollar per box, with a profit of over a thousand dollar.
Rose didn’t want to raise the price any further.
“Ms. Sharp, you are truly benevolent,” Kendal shook her head with a hint of mockery.
“But you have forgotten one word: business.”
“In the past, when the Bone-Cleansing Pill was priced too low, you failed to recover your costs in a timely manner, leading to a tight cash flow and multiple failures when facing the three alliances.”
“In the end, the Sharp’s Group, with a market value of several tens of billions, collapsed, and the five pharmaceutical companies were acquired.”
“Now that you’re setting sail again, aren’t you afraid of repeating the same mistakes?”
Rose’s mother, Tinley, had gone through tens of thousands of experiments and invested billions of dollars to develop the formula for the Dragon Bone Pill, which had remarkable effects on rheumatic bone diseases.
The board of directors set the price at eleven thousand dollar per box, and they would recover the research and development costs and make a profit in six months.
Tinley, coming from a prestigious medical family, had witnessed the suffering of the common people and believed that the price of eleven thousand dollars was unaffordable for the poor elderly.
Against strong opposition, she set the price at four thousand dollars per box.
It was that very meeting that changed the fate of the Sharp’s Group. The three alliances clashed with the Sharp’s Group six months later.
Tinley was killed, Kevin was falsely accused and imprisoned, and the Sharp’s Group experienced internal turmoil and a sharp decline in stock prices.
Rose took over in a time of crisis, but it was precisely then that the three alliances launched a financial war against the Sharp’s Group.
The Sharp’s Group couldn’t raise such a large amount of capital and suffered repeated defeats.
Even with Rose’s iron-fisted ruthlessness, she couldn’t save the crumbling building; she only delayed the death of the Sharp’s Group.
If the Dragon Bone Pill had recovered its costs early on, the outcome might have been different.
“At first, I was very afraid,” Rose’s expression turned complex, and her gaze swept subtly over Flynn before she smiled slightly.
“But now, I’m not afraid anymore.”
Kendal couldn’t help but be taken aback.
From Rose’s eyes, she saw a strong self-confidence.
Just like someone who firmly believes they will win, fearless and completely different from when they went bankrupt.
“Great, it’s good that you’re confident. I accept the price increase of twenty percent. However…” Kendal smiled lightly and said, “I also want to monopolize the herbal supply of Radiant Pharmaceuticals.”
Rose furrowed her eyebrows involuntarily.
Radiant Pharmaceuticals, a medium-sized pharmaceutical company she recently acquired, specialized in cold and gastric medicine.
The annual import volume of medicinal ingredients was around eight hundred million dollar.
With the three medicinal ingredients that Energence Pharmaceuticals was providing to Kendal, she can earn over a hundred million dollar a year. And now she wanted to monopolize the supply of Radiant Pharmaceuticals?
“Ms. Roy, I have already signed a supply contract with Corbin for Radiant Pharmaceuticals,” Rose said indifferently.
“Already signed?” Kendal’s displeasure was faintly visible as she said, “Then breach the contract and I’ll pay the penalty.”
Flynn, upon seeing this, furrowed his brows.
Who did they invite? This is no ally but a downright bandit!
“Ms. Roy, I have prepared the contract for the three medicinal ingredients. Once the secretary makes two copies, we can sign them,” Rose ignored Kendal’s remark and spoke coldly.
Kendal’s face darkened, and she felt extremely displeased.
At that moment, the door to the CEO’s office opened again.
Molly followed the young secretary inside, and when her gaze met Kendal’s, both of their expressions turned grim.
“Kendal,” Molly spoke first, her voice devoid of any emotion.
“Are you deliberately disgusting me?” Kendal’s voice turned icy.
Flynn and Rose were both taken aback.
They knew each other?
“I didn’t know you were in Niarak,” Molly’s voice was soft, her aura clearly lacking.
“Then why don’t you leave?” Kendal snapped angrily.
Her voice was loud, filled with boundless anger, causing the young secretary to startle.
Rose’s eyebrows furrowed, and she asked, “Ms. Roy, what is the meaning of this?”
Kendal ignored her and stared fixedly at Molly, as if she had encountered an archenemy.
Molly opened her lips slightly, a hint of sadness in her voice. She said, “It’s been three years. Haven’t you let go yet?”
“Let go?” Kendal burst into laughter upon hearing that, her eyes sparkling with clarity. She gritted her teeth and said, “You killed our senior brother, my boyfriend! You want me to let go?”
“Then have you let go of the George family’s extermination ten years ago?”
“Molly, you’re a jinx. Whoever treats you well will meet a bad end!”
Upon hearing these words, a flash of killing intent appeared in Molly’s eyes, but it quickly dissipated when she met Kendal’s gaze.
“What’s wrong? Angry? Want to compete with me?”
“Unfortunately, you can’t. You can’t win against me even once!” Kendal said coldly, her face filled with disdain and contempt.
Molly said, “I didn’t want him to die. After he passed away, I was also very sad.”
“If you’re sad, why don’t you just die?” Kendal nearly went mad and said, “An eye for an eye, I’ll forgive you!”
“If you hadn’t gone up the mountain that day, or if you hadn’t slipped and fallen off the cliff, he wouldn’t have sacrificed himself to pull you up with his last bit of strength, only to be buried in the valley!”
“His death was entirely caused by your pitiful pride. Every time there was a competition, you had to come in first. If you couldn’t, you would go up the mountain to practice, and in the end, you caused his death!”
“Good! Since you like coming in first so much, I won’t let you have it. That’s why I’ve been suppressing you!”
“I want you to suffer forever, to live your whole life in guilt for him, until you can’t bear it and take your own life!”
Upon hearing these words, tears instantly covered Molly’s clear eyes, and her lips trembled with excitement.
“Yes! Once I’ve avenged the family, I’ll pay with my life!” After Molly finished speaking, she turned around abruptly and ran out.
Flynn’s expression turned serious.
He understood the general meaning.
So, Kendal and Molly had trained together in the Alwood Mountains when they were young.
Molly was fiercely competitive. After losing a match, she went up the mountain to train in a fit of anger, causing their senior brother to worry and go looking for her.
Due to certain circumstances, Molly slipped and fell off the cliff, and their senior brother ended up in a dangerous situation while trying to save her. They both ended up hanging on the cliff.
Using all his strength, their senior brother managed to throw Molly to safety, but he slipped due to a slippery hand or exhaustion and fell off the cliff, losing his life.
Kendal resented Molly.
Molly resented herself.
No wonder this girl was so stubborn. Even though she knew the terrifying power behind the extermination of the George family, she still pursued vengeance without fear.
She wasn’t afraid at all.
It turned out that besides hatred, all that remained in her life was guilt.
For someone who sought death with all her heart, naturally, she wasn’t afraid of death.