Chapter 213 Turning the Tide
One month later.
The pharmaceutical factory has completed preparations.
The resort has also been converted into a production plant, and the first batch of employees are ready to start work at any time.
Because the resort was converted into a state-owned enterprise, the relevant certificates there were quickly processed.
After expanding the factory, she borrowed another 200,000 yuan from the bank to purchase equipment.
Now with a debt of 700,000 yuan, Meng Shuyue feels under tremendous pressure every day and his hair is falling out in clumps.
Now that everything is ready, we still cannot attract partners and orders, which also leads to the inability to attract investors.
If she fails to secure orders and raise funds within this month, her factory will be stillborn before it even starts.
Meng Shuyue, Song Shijing and others waited at the door of the office of the head of the state-owned drugstore's headquarters for a whole day, until the evening, when they blocked Director Lai, who was responsible for putting drugs on the shelves, for the countless times.
"Director Lai, our medicine has been approved and can be put on the shelves of pharmacies. Why don't we see our Lingquan cough syrup on the shelves?"
As soon as she saw Director Lai, she asked the same old questions again.
Director Lai glanced at her and responded impatiently: "We have already put your products on the shelves. It's because your products are too expensive. Who can you blame for not being able to compete with others?"
After saying that, the director pushed Song Shijing away and wanted to leave.
Meng Shuyue clenched his hands hanging at his sides and clapped his hands towards the corner behind him. Five or six bodyguards instantly blocked Director Lai's way.
Director Lai's face changed drastically. He looked at Meng Shuyue and shouted, "What do you want to do? Do you want to send someone to arrest me?"
"How dare we arrest you, Director Lai," Meng Shuyue approached him slowly with a fake smile, imitating Bai Qingfeng's smile of deep meaning, "It's just because I offended the wrong people, and my enemies are always looking for me to settle accounts. Recently, someone either dropped a flower pot on me from a high altitude, or a car hit me for no reason, so I have to have bodyguards around me every day."
"But you know, now your pharmacy is pretending to obey you but secretly refusing to let our products on the shelves. I can hardly pay my bodyguards' salaries, and I can't even save my life. So I can only stay by your side and ask you to solve the problem!"
The smile on Meng Shuyue's face remained unchanged, but his words were full of threats.
Director Lai was now stunned and his heart began to beat fast.
The fact that this woman has been having accidents recently has long been known throughout the city. She is threatening him that if he doesn't solve her problem, she will follow him wherever he goes and drag him down with her. One day, a vase might fall from the sky and hit him on the head.
Director Lai felt a chill on his head, as if blood had already flowed from it. He was a little scared, but also a little helpless. He said, "I'm really not trying to embarrass you. I have indeed put the medicine on the shelves, but you have to follow up on the sales of the specific medicines at the pharmacy yourself!"
Seeing Meng Shuyue and Song Shijing looking confused, Director Lai also understood that these two people had no idea about the unspoken rules.
So he took the two of them to the state-owned pharmacy.
Ignoring the salesperson trying to sell me something, he walked straight to the innermost corner of the pharmacy and finally pointed to the Lingquan cough syrup at the bottom of the shelf, "Look, I put it on the shelf for you!"
Meng Shuyue looked at the several bottles of cough syrup in the corner for trial sale in disbelief, and was full of doubts. "We have been promoting our products in newspapers for more than a month. How is it possible that no one comes to buy our products after they are put on the shelves?"
Director Lai pointed at the salesperson at the door and smiled. "When you entered the pharmacy, did you ask the salesperson if they had Lingquan cough syrup? What did the salespersons answer?"
"They said this medicine is not on the shelves yet, and they also introduced me to another Qingquan syrup..."
Meng Shuyue stopped talking halfway, and then she remembered the scene when she came to the pharmacy to inquire immediately after receiving the drugs for inspection and putting them on the shelves.
Immediately, she thought of something and whispered something in Song Shijing's ear.
Director Lai was waiting outside the pharmacy with the two men.
Not long after, an old lady hired by Song Shijing came out and handed him another type of Qingquan syrup that the salesperson had introduced.
The old lady readily followed suit and told us what the salesperson had just said, "Just now I did as you said and went to the shelf and insisted on buying Lingquan brand syrup, but the salesgirl insisted that this Qingquan brand medicine was more effective and the price was 10 cents cheaper. I just bought the medicine and chatted with the girl for a while. She said that they do get a commission from selling the Qingquan brand medicine, but she assured us that the effect of this medicine is absolutely the same as Lingquan brand cough syrup."
As Song Shijing listened, he took the syrup, took a sip, and his expression became gradually solemn.
Meng Shuyue also poured a few milliliters and took a sip, carefully chewing the medicinal ingredients with the tip of his tongue.
It is exactly the same as their Lingquan syrup in terms of the prescription, licorice ratio and sugar addition ratio!
Just as Meng Shuyue guessed.
Without their knowledge, someone secretly stole their pharmaceutical formula and launched a business war specifically targeting Lingquan Pharmaceuticals!
After paying the money to the old lady, Meng Shuyue bowed and apologized to Director Lai with a guilty look on his face.
"Comrade Lai, I'm so sorry for blaming you wrongly. We don't understand these things in the business world, and we still blame you."
Director Lai waved his hand to show forgiveness, and seeing that she understood immediately, he kindly gave her some advice.
"We are all impartial. As for the placement of medicines, it is decided by the store manager of each store. When they are first put on the shelf, they are usually placed in the bottom corner. If sales are good, they will be slowly moved to more conspicuous places."
"But the Qingquan brand passed the review and was put on the shelves earlier than yours, as I remember. When it was put on the shelves, I came to this store to inspect it. It was placed in the most conspicuous position at that time. It was obvious that the manufacturer had established a relationship with the store manager. Do you understand?"
After hearing Director Lai's words, Meng Shuyue and Song Shijing were enlightened and expressed their gratitude repeatedly.
After seeing Director Lai off, Song Shijing looked at the pharmacy with the largest customer flow on Central Street and hesitated, "How about we give gifts as well? And set the price lower and give the salesperson some extra commission?"
Meng Shuyue shook her head, untied the pigtails draped over her shoulders, took out a hairpin from her briefcase, and put her hair up high again, looking at the drugstore opposite, her eyes becoming more and more determined, "We can't do this. Lingquan only speaks with its products, and we must not be defeated by these counterfeits!"
Song Shijing didn't understand what was going on, and tilted his head to ask her what her plan was, but then he saw her rolling up her sleeves and striding towards the drugstore.
"I'm the factory manager of Lingquan Pharmaceutical, and I want to see your store manager!"
Several sales clerks gathered together glanced at Meng Shuyue indifferently, but still went to the back to find the store manager.
After half an hour, the store manager came out slowly, looking very busy, and urged: "You are Director Meng, right? I'll give you one minute to tell me what's going on. I have to go to the branch store for a meeting later!"
Meng Shuyue stared at the store manager without even raising her head, not wanting to look at her. Her eyes and eyebrows also showed impatience. She pointed to the most conspicuous position in the middle of the pharmacy shelf and said, "Well, I'll give you a minute to change your mind. If you don't put our medicine here today..."
Then he turned his finger and pointed at the shop that was for rent opposite the pharmacy, "Then I will open a pharmacy that specializes in selling our Lingquan medicines and compete with you!"
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