Chapter 1311 — Don't Cry, My Dearest: Wei Zhao Raised His Head and Looked at Feng Xiaoxiao
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The Kang family was thrown into chaos. News had struck like a bolt from the blue, leaving Kang Guifeng and Kang Zhaolong gaping at each other, gazing at a warehouseful of Dr. Guan's Trauma Ointment with tears they could not shed.
Dr. Guan's Trauma Ointment had changed its packaging! The whole market had switched to the new version, printed with Xu Shilan's endorsement photo; the old version had all but vanished from the shelves — yet in the Kang family's warehouse it still lay heaped like a mountain.
"That old fossil Guan Xuemin — changing the packaging for no reason at all! Isn't this just screwing us over?" Kang Guifeng stared at the packed warehouse, not knowing what to do.
Kang Zhaolong thought: he's not wrong about that — they are screwing with your dad. With my grandpa!
"The urgent thing is to dump the goods at a low price. Even if it means going ten points below the market's wholesale rate, we push them out as fast as we can. While the market is switching from old packaging to new, we can still sell; wait much longer and they really will be stuck in our hands!" Kang Zhaolong said after a moment's thought.
"That's the only way, then. Do we tell your grandfather about this?" Kang Guifeng asked.
"Tell him — we can't hide it... Only, this blunder has put that Zhaoming kid further ahead. One wrong step and every step is wrong! The wrong step we took back then has cost us this much now!" Kang Zhaolong said with a bitter smile.
Divine Doctor Kang was at home listening to a storytelling program when Kang Guifeng's report came in — and the old man was so furious he very nearly passed out.
What? They had already been taking a five-point loss to dump the goods, and now he was supposed to take ten? How much money would go down the drain? And that was not even the whole of it — once their own shipments could not keep up, they might well end up stuck holding all this medicine at a loss.
"You two good-for-nothing bastards!" Divine Doctor Kang was shaking all over with rage, jabbing a finger at Kang Guifeng and Kang Zhaolong. "Look what you've done! Had you listened to Zhaoming from the start, we would never have come to this. You've ruined the Kang family!"
"That..." Kang Guifeng wanted to say: true, the idea was ours — but wasn't it you yourself who gave the final word? You approved of our view back then, too. Had you simply sided with Zhaoming's view, none of this would ever have happened!
But he could not say it; saying it would only make Divine Doctor Kang angrier. For now Kang Guifeng could do nothing but keep his head down and endure the tongue-lashing.
"Go and fetch Zhaoming, you hopeless cases!" Divine Doctor Kang was a coarse man, and when he was angry his mouth turned filthy: "Son of a bitch — you little wretches!"
"..." Kang Guifeng and Kang Zhaoming were at once covered in black lines. Kang Guifeng thought: my grandma? Isn't that your mother? If we're little bastards, then doesn't that make you an old one?
"Yes, sir! I'll call Zhaoming right now!" Kang Zhaolong nodded and said. All he could do now was bide his time: Zhaoming was in the ascendant for the time being, and even if he wanted to turn the tide there was nothing to be done about it. He had to wait for the right opportunity, and then reverse his disadvantage in a single stroke.
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