"Is this true?"
"Wow, Chen Xia, your family must be rich."
"This medicine is too expensive. Why is it so expensive?"
The students started to quarrel like a group of ducks again, talking about all kinds of things.
Chen Xia was unhappy when he heard this.
"This Weitai is not simple. It's a secret recipe passed down from our Chen family. I've made it after years of research and improvement. The ingredients are very precious, such as wild ginseng from the Northeast, winter grass and summer grass from Qinghai, wolfberry from Ningxia, donkey-hide gelatin from Dongshan Province, honey from Nanyun Province, and so on. There are also natural bezoars and musk. Listen, listen to these herbs. Do you think 4 yuan a pill is too expensive?"
"No, isn't this pill 8 yuan?"
"Hey, ours is 6 yuan."
“Is there a different price?”
Chen Xia rolled his eyes. "Stupid, we sell our products at a uniform price of 4 yuan. As for other people buying them and selling them elsewhere for a few yuan, that's not something I can control, right?"
Chen Zhenwu, who was listening nearby, suddenly understood. No wonder this guy had so much money. Things were sent to his house all day long as if they were free. It turned out that he was confident.
I opened a pharmaceutical factory at home. The prices are so high and the sales are so good, so it means I will make a lot of money.
Xu Dahong patted Chen Xia's shoulder and said, "Brother Chen, I want to discuss something with you. Can you give me a Sanliu Weitai pill? My husband has been suffering from stomach problems, and I want him to try it."
Chen Xia directly stuffed a whole bottle of medicine into Xu Dahong's hand.
"Captain Xu, why are you being so polite? Take this bottle of medicine and just help me advertise it in the future. All of my production of this medicine has been exclusively bought out by Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company. Anyone in your unit who wants to get this medicine doesn't need to look for scalpers, they can just go directly to the pharmaceutical company."
Xu Dahong was excited when she heard this. "Good boy, I'm grateful for your kindness. Don't worry, I'll recommend this medicine to our department director when I get home. This medicine is exactly what our gastroenterology department needs. I guarantee that sales in our department alone will be great."
Chen Xia said embarrassedly: "It's useless to have good sales. The country doesn't allow private factories now. Our family is just a small workshop. We can only produce 300 pills a day at most, no more."
At this time, several classmates came out and asked if they could also get a few pills. Chen Xia simply gave each of them a bottle, 10 pills for 40 yuan, and gave them away immediately. It was equivalent to everyone's monthly salary.
This made everyone feel grateful to the youngest student in the class.
Chen Xia has his own plans. Even good wine needs no bush. Now he can't advertise on TV, so the best way is to rely on word of mouth.
These 30 students in the class come from different hospitals. If we give each of them a bottle of Weitai, they will definitely become the best free promoters. This business is worth losing money.
At this time, our homeroom teacher, Mr. Jin, walked into the classroom and asked, "Wow, why is the atmosphere so lively today? Did something good happen?"
Chen Xia immediately ran up and took out a glass bottle.
"Teacher Jin, these are stomach medicine pills produced by our family. They are very effective for stomach problems. You can try them when you need them."
Teacher Jin took the bottle and looked at it.
"Oh, 666, isn't this Sanliu Weitai? I know. Teacher Wang in our office just bought it. It's said to be very effective, but it's very expensive, 8 yuan per pill. I can't take it for free, I'll give you the price."
"Teacher Jin, you're slapping me in the face. Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers, you're just like my mother. Asking me for money is making me fail as a filial son."
Hahahaha, the whole class burst into laughter.
Xu Dahong laughed the loudest: "Chen Xia, you flatterer, actually want to be Teacher Jin's son, hahahaha."
Sanliu Weitai became popular all of a sudden.
This incident was beyond the expectations of everyone at Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company. It became a hot topic not only in Yuezhou, but even major pharmaceutical companies in the province contacted them directly about drug procurement.
Many large hospitals even come to inquire about the manufacturer's location so that they can directly contact them to purchase goods.
"Hello, Manager Huang, this is Sanliu Weitai... Hey, I'm telling you, we're really out of stock right now... Yes, if it's available, I'll be the first to send it to you. Yes, yes, yes... What's our relationship?"
Zhang Guozhi had just put down the phone when it rang again.
"Zhijiang First Hospital? Hello, hello, I'm from Yuezhou Pharmaceutical Company... The Sanliu Weitai you mentioned is out of stock right now... Okay, okay, we'll supply it to your superior hospital as soon as it's available..."
Just as I put down the phone, there was a knock on the door. It was the company's deputy general manager, Cai Hongjun, who came in.
"Lao Zhang, what's going on with this Sanliu Weitai? The government agencies and hospitals are waiting for it, why are they out of stock?"
Zhang Guozhi sat down on the chair, almost foaming at the mouth from exhaustion:
"Manager Cai, look at me like this. How can I possibly get anything like that? Comrade Lin Jianjiang, Deputy Head of the Purchasing Department, is always watching over us in Ke Town. He absolutely has not let anyone else get a single grain of the goods."
At this time, the manager Bao Yong also came in. "Oh, Lao Cai is here too. Guozhi, the manager of the provincial pharmaceutical company called directly and asked us to urgently allocate 200 bottles of Sanliu Weitai to them. You have to hurry up."
When Zhang Guozhi heard this, he almost fell down on his chair.
"Manager Bao, Mr. Bao, please fire me. I'm really at my wit's end. We can only produce 300 pills a day at most. They say we're short-staffed these days, so we can only produce 200. How did this happen?"
After all, Bao Yong is the top leader, so he looks at problems more critically and thinks about them.
"Guozhi, Lao Cai, tell me, since business is so good and demand is exceeding supply, why don't they expand production? What's the problem? Is it a shortage of raw materials or a lack of manpower?"
Zhang Guozhi said, "There are reasons for both. Section Chief Chen has a huge demand for precious Chinese medicinal materials. I've already sent him wild ginseng and cordyceps twice. According to him, Weitai requires the addition of multiple precious Chinese medicinal materials, which is very expensive."
Cai Hongwei said, "The raw materials are not simple enough, so we can help him get them. It's just wild ginseng and cordyceps or something. As long as he pays, we will always find a way to get them."
"The lack of raw materials is one reason, but another important reason is a shortage of manpower. The last time I visited, they only had six rural girls making the pills. The process involves chopping, grinding, boiling, rubbing, packaging, and so on. They are already working at full capacity."
After hearing Zhang Guozhi's explanation, Bao Yong asked in confusion, "If there aren't enough people, then just hire more. There are so many girls in the countryside, and they'll probably all rush to work if there's a job opening."
Zhang Guozhi smiled bitterly:
"Manager, the higher-ups won't allow it. The rules for individuals opening factories are very complicated these days. I heard from Section Chief Chen that he was once reported to the Health Bureau because of this pill, and they even set up an investigation team to look into him. So if you want him to expand production, you're just pushing him into trouble."
When Manager Bao heard this, he became thoughtful...
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