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
Smith soon became nervous, and he interrogated Roger, “What do you mean?! My son is now waiting to be saved!” When Roger saw how very agitated Smith was, he immediately smiled and said, “Come, now. You don’t have to be so sensitive and nervous! What I meant is that if your son takes the medicine according to normal doses, he would only need to take one pill a day. Four boxes would be enough for a month!” As he was talking, Roger patted Smith’s shoulders and said, “And with our ability in pharmaceutical matters, we may even achieve complete imitation within a month. I’ll send a hundred boxes to your house at that time!” Smith immediately shouted in a frenzy, “No! What if you guys fail to achieve that in a month? Would I have to continue watching as my son waits for his death again?! I care about nothing else. I just want ten boxes of this batch of drugs, no more, no less!” As he was speaking, Smith said again, “Don’t assume that I’m ignorant about pharmacy. If you truly want to
Mick inspected every video to see who was getting the most views, and he then paid out of his own pocket to use paid advertising to get the video viral.It cost five thousand and it hurt, but reaching the trending page was definitely worth it.Mick was quite shrewd too, making sure that the paid advertising was focused locally. After all, he knew all too well that five thousand didn't buy many clicks, and clicks from elsewhere might be too sporadic to gain any worthwhile attention.As he worked in Antique Street, he naturally had to come up with a plan to promote himself in this place, ideally presenting himself as a master appraiser.That way, his fame would slowly extend throughout the province and perhaps Eastern Oskia, and eventually the country.As such, focusing on Aurous Hill was the best idea.Moreover, he also had another idea—if Jasmine Moore happened to see this video, she would see him in a new light.When that happened, he could look forward to getting really rich!
Soon, the video of Mick's staged act was uploaded to the online group, and everyone eagerly watched it as soon as it was done uploading.Mick certainly set a new bar with his acting as none of them could see that it was an act.Moreover, everyone could see that the bronze sculpture looked like the real deal, and they might have been swindled if it were them.As such, they couldn't help being impressed as Mick had easily seen through Billy's con, and he was the definition of a pro in that video.No matter how Billy had packaged it, there was no tricking real experts like Mick Crane. Just a quick glance and he had seen through that it was a postmodern replica, matched with a base from the Renaissance era to misdirect and beguile.With that, many fellow antique dealers changed their opinion of Mick.After all, Vintage Deluxe's business had been declining after Mick took over as manager, and people were presuming that his skills were lacking.But now, they were all shown that he had
"Amazing, Mr. Crane!""It's Mr. Crane who shines through, in the end! His eyes see through everything!""I guess Miss Moore made the right choice firing Raymond and appointing Mr. Crane! Mr. Crane is infinitely better!"Mick was immediately thrilled to see them fawning over him, and he laughed, "You flatter me—I'm merely sharing my personal perspective on this. In this trade, anyone who knows would understand how hard it is to get the good stuff in this age of technology.""There are plenty of people who hold ulterior motives and change their tactics knowing that there are always those scheming to get their hands on vintage treasures, so they just have to make it. That is how they started making counterfeits of everything, from scrolls to sculptures to statues, each of them so real just to trick those fools who think they could get rich overnight!""Exactly!" Someone promptly agreed. "There's never a lack of any such fools, and I just happened to meet one. I had this piece of jade
In groups like these, any gossip would immediately spread like wildfire as people share everything here with their other circles.Within minutes of these people's good work, Antique Street was abuzz even as the skies darkened: one of the antique traders had been swindled for 300 thousand, and it was Raymond Cole—the former manager of the Vintage Deluxe at that!Some of them wondered when Raymond had actually returned while others were laughing.He was supposed to be the former manager of the Vintage Deluxe, but he had messed up as well? You had to be kidding!Many were dumbstruck too—how would Raymond survive in Antique Street after losing so much money? It had been so long since such a major scam had been pulled!As such, all the antique dealers were asking one question: how did Raymond Cole get fooled?Meanwhile, Mick didn't leak the security footage right away, instead sending his people out to spread the news in other channels, claiming that Raymond thought he had won big by
Mick had already clipped the security footage and was waiting for Zachary's word.He had checked the footage repeatedly as well and was only getting more impressed with his masterful acting by the second. He looked just like a maestro, and every detail he mentioned was flawless and showed experience.Zacahry even said that Raymond had truly slipped up with that bronze sculpture, leaving him endlessly thrilled.The proverbial missing piece of the puzzle was here!Hence, calling all the staff he trusted, he told them excitedly, "Spread the word right away—Raymond Cole slipped up, spending 300 thousand on a fake Renaissance-era bronze sculpture!"His staff had no idea of the conspiracy involved, only that Mick had said that someone had tried to sell a counterfeit bronze sculpture but he had seen through it right away and chased him away, only for Raymond to end up buying the fake bronze sculpture soon after.Someone asked, "Mr. Crane, don't you think Raymond Cole bought from the man
Raymond had said everything he should and shouldn't and with complete sincerity exactly because Billy would never believe it.As Billy just wanted to swindle him, it didn't matter how sincere Raymond was—he wanted the 300 thousand whatever it took. The key here was that Billy had refused a better prospect when told it was possible, and there was evidence that would support Raymond if either he or Zachary realized the truth and came to start trouble.That meant Raymond had nothing to worry about—they could take this to the United Nations but he'd still win this case.Having been in the antique trade for so long, he had seen every form of oddity and was always cautious with people, considering every aspect of any issue.Hence, once he downloaded the security footage to his phone, Raymond decided that he needed to sell the bronze sculpture—not because he was in urgent need of money, but because he realized that there were those who wanted him out of Aurous Hill's Antique Street.Afte
There were those in Antique Street who made their living from swindling the average Joe while others swindled antique traders.In fact, it was already cliche for them to trick antique traders with forgeries, and it was not surprising that someone had tried their luck on the opening day of Raymond's shop.As such, it was strange that he had just started today without any hype or even a proper shop sign, but someone was already after him.That told him that he was being targeted, and Raymond was putting his money on Zachary.The sole reason for that was how Zachary had come earlier to ask Raymond about how much capital he had, and he had humbly said a few hundred thousand.The fact that Billy had come and immediately demanded 500 thousand made even more sense—he wanted to siphon all of Raymond's capital.Even losing money wasn't the worst part—the worst was being labeled as an amateur.When that happened, customers who wanted the good stuff wouldn't come to him, and he would find
Just as Jacob was celebrating fooling Raymond, getting his revenge, and earning 200 thousand on top of that, Charlie was left musing to himself on the second floor of the teahouse.He knew that Billy was a conman as soon as he saw him, but he didn't understand why Raymond would buy from Billy.Could the item really be medieval as Raymond stated?As soon as the thought occurred to him, Charlie was sure of it. Given Raymond's knowledge of antiques, there was no way he would mess up in Antique Street of Aurous Hill.While his father-in-law and Zachary had worked hard to weave this elaborate conspiracy, Charlie still wondered how they would take the news that Raymond had bought something worth millions for just 300 thousand.Meanwhile, Raymond watched as Billy left and locked the door from the inside before studying the bronze sculpture once more.He trusted his own judgment that it was a gilded bronze statue from the medieval era. He was playing down its importance since the bronze
Meanwhile, Raymond sighed unhappily. "I really can't afford four hundred grand—like I said, there's not much to offer here in my shop, which I've been investing a lot in. I'd have to pay rent to the owner soon as well, and everything would end terribly for me if I paid that much…"Billy blurted right then, "You said it's medieval and worth millions, didn't you? You'd make a fortune if you sold it!"Raymond sighed again. "Million-dollar antiques aren't that easily sold, and people would be especially skeptical with a small business like mine. I could sell it at an auction too, but that's only happening when someone decides to organize one, not to mention the troublesome appraisal processes it involves.""And right now, I just think it's medieval in terms of style, but I'm no authority in the matter. In the end, it's up to experts and specific groups that would verify it, and if I messed up, it's entirely my loss.""Even if I'm lucky and it's medieval, I'd still have to wait until th