Seeing that Liam had started to get used to the new, temporary title, Charlie sat beside Liam and asked him, “Have you received the return receipt letter of the Apothecary Stomach Pill from The Food and Drug Administration?” “Yes, I did.” Liam said, “The Food and Drug Administration has even listed the Apothecary Stomach Pill as a medication for use in hospitals. We’ve now started the procedures of customs approval. We’ll soon send five million boxes to the United States.” Charlie then asked him, “Have you established the sales channel in the United States? After all, the Apothecary Stomach Pill is an oral drug. We can’t put it on sale on our own, right?” “Yes.” Liam explained, “Any item that is termed as medicine must go through the proper channel of drugstores to sell them. So, we have to start with Walgreens in the United States. There are more than eight thousand Walgreens in the United States, and it is a drugstore franchise that has the highest sales in the United States. I
He did not know Charlie, and he also did not know Charlie’s identity. Still, as long as he saw that Liam was there, he was half-relieved. Thinking of his wife’s advice, he got on his knees the moment he entered the place. Looking ashamed, he said to Liam, “Mr. Weaver! It was all my fault! Let me apologize to you!”After he had said that, he bent down and groveled before Liam. Liam was slightly bewildered by what Smith was doing, and he said awkwardly, “Mr. Smith, what are you doing...” Smith said remorsefully, “I was blinded before and offended you. I’ve also offended that amazing medicine, the Apothecary Restoration Pill. I’m filled with deep regret. So, I hope that you’ll forgive me for offending you previously!”Liam said helplessly, “Alright, that’s fine. We’ll forget about that for the time being. You’d better take a seat. Let’s talk business.” Only then did Smith stand up in utter gratitude. After that, he took the seat that was left vacant for him. At that time, Liam
However, the moment he thought that The White House was also extremely eager for this medicine, he felt that they might agree to it if he informed them about it. Therefore, Smith said to Charlie, “Mr. Wade, I can’t give you my word right now, but I can think of ways to help fight for it.” When Charlie heard his reply, he was soon enlightened. If Smith did not have the support of the federal government, he would not even have the ability to strive for this kind of promise. Since he claimed that he would think of ways to strive for it, his backer was most certainly the federal government. Hence, Charlie said again, “I also want to demand that the FDA give the green light to all future medicines of The Apothecary Pharmaceutical. I won’t make things difficult for you, asking you guys to approve our medicine quickly without any assessment. I just demand that you guys can give us the approval within one month when we file for the application.” Smith thought that he was able to de
The so-called “I don’t give a sh*t!” was a swear in American English. It roughly meant that someone did not f*cking care for something or they were not in the least f*cking bothered by it. The reason why Charlie had chosen an American swear was because he wanted to use a simple and harsh way to show his attitude in front of Smith. ‘You want to talk about your rules in front of the Apothecary Restoration Pill? Do you even deserve that?’ When Smith heard that sentence, he immediately understood Charlie’s attitude entirely. The Apothecary Restoration Pill was being discussed there. Although it was a life-saving amazing medicine, if it was faced with the rule, it would turn out to be a nuclear weapon even if it was stopped by God. It could conquer anything that stopped it. Besides, its production was rare. If that was the case, it would be all one could wish for. Under that kind of circumstance, everything would be purely the seller’s market. The seller was akin to the father.
The reason he produced such a type of medicine was not for the sake of earning money. Instead, he wanted to help Apothecary Pharmaceutical open up the markets in various countries. When Smith heard that, he immediately concluded inwardly. ‘The reason why the Apothecary Pharmaceutical can’t produce this kind of medicine in mass must be because the levels of their production and workmanship are insufficient. That’s why they can’t make a breakthrough in production!’ Thinking of that, he hurriedly said, “Mr. Weaver, Mr. Wade, I wonder if you gentlemen have the interest to sell the patent of this medicine to the pharmaceutical companies in the United States?” When Charlie heard that, he narrowed his eyes as he looked at Smith. For him, he felt that Smith had finally revealed his cunning self. Hence, he said resolutely, “That’s impossible. We’ll never sell this patent!” Smith hastily said, “What if the enterprises in the United States can pay a large sum of buyout fee? For exampl
Helplessly, Smith could only ask Charlie, “Mr. Wade, if we decide to import the Apothecary Restoration Pill at a million dollars per box for the time being, how many boxes can you provide us?” Charlie waved his hand. “We can’t put the price too low for now. If you guys want to import it, it has to be five million dollars per box. I can give you twenty boxes at a time.” Smith became very restless. Subconsciously, he asked, “Mr. Wade, didn’t you tell me just now that it wouldn’t be more expensive than Novartis’s medicine? It’s now three million dollars more expensive than Novartis’s medicine!” Smiling, Charlie said, “The price of a million dollars is the price of the medicine when it’s officially listed. I always mean my word. After it’s officially listed, I’ll give you the patent for free if the price is more than a million dollars. For the time being, however, the price will be five million dollars per box. It’s unnegotiable.” Smith no longer had the energy to complain about Ch
After that, the Mayo Clinic of the United States made a grand news report to the entire world. A medical enterprise from Oskia had produced an extremely special medicine that could cure all kinds of end-stage cancers. After Jimmy’s treatment condition had been made public, Mayo Clinic of the United States announced something to the entire world. That drug had unprecedented therapeutic effects on end-stage cancers, and it might entirely change the history of treating cancers. Through Mayo Clinic, that piece of news tremendously shocked the experts in the field of cancers globally almost immediately. It clearly showed that the Apothecary Restoration Pill had posed a strong therapeutic effect on end-stage cancers just by looking at Jimmy’s recovery in that one night. Hence, no one would doubt that there were any fabrications in the content published by Mayo Clinic. The news was soon spread all around the news media, making the entire world delighted for it. The Apothecary Phar
After a twelve-hour flight, Smith was finally back in Washington. Coincidentally, the plane that he took did not touch down at Washington Airport. Instead, it was guided by the air traffic controllers to an army airport in the suburbs of Washington. The reason why they guided the plane to land at the army airport was because he was carrying those twenty boxes of Apothecary Restoration Pill. For the United States, that medication was not as simple as an invaluable treasure, so much so that it might very much possibly be a great weapon of international competition in peacetime. After the plane had landed, it was immediately guided by a guiding vehicle to an army hangar that was specially used to store bombers. At that time, the hangar was entirely vacant. There were nearly a hundred people there, and they had waited for a long time. There were people in charge from the military, the senior management of the Ministry of Health, the elites from various major laboratories, as well
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl