The Super Rich: Start from when the family business is about to go bankrupt!

Chapter 145 WPG0144: Industry Insider! Investing in Longevity Factors? 154K [Subscribe]

It is no secret that the raw materials for the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products are indeed rising in price.

Many people in the pharmaceutical industry know about this and some even get involved to seek profits.

"For example, the [bitter orange essential oil] in the ingredient list only cost 10 yuan per gram at the beginning," An Wuyang explained in detail.

"Then when the news of our Ningzhi Ruoxue Awakening Essence Repair Cream was leaked, the price of [Bitter Orange Essential Oil] rose rapidly. In just a few days, it rose to 100 yuan per gram." An Wuyang added.

"The current market price of bitter orange essential oil has reached 190 yuan per gram, and there is no sign of price reduction, and it is even rising slowly." An Wuyang added.

The magical effect of the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products has driven up the price of bitter orange essential oil. As for the real bitter orange flower essential oil, it is no longer a question of price, but it is simply not for sale.

All companies that own bitter orange tree plantations are now prohibited from selling bitter orange blossom essential oil. These companies have cooperated with international cosmetics giants to research bitter orange blossom essential oil, in an effort to create a repair cream similar to the Gel Repair series of products.

After all, how much does it cost to sell bitter orange blossom essential oil?
If something like the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products were really developed, it would probably increase the company's market value tenfold and create a long-term cash cow.

"So expensive?" Xia Yuqing was surprised.

"It's all because the effect of Ningzhi Ruoxue Awakening Essence Repair Cream is too good!" An Wuyang sighed.

Xia Yuqing rolled her eyes at An Wuyang. Was he bragging?
"In fact, in addition to the price increase of bitter orange essential oil, the second item in the recipe list, [aloe vera gel], is also increasing in price like crazy." An Wuyang added.

Xia Yuqing was puzzled, "There should be a lot of aloe vera, right?"

"I remember that aloe vera is also easy to grow. We have aloe vera at home, and it stays alive even if we forget to water it for months." Xia Yuqing added, pointing to the flowerpot outside the windowsill.

An Wuyang responded, "There is indeed a lot of aloe vera, but not much high-quality aloe vera, and even less that meets our requirements."

"In addition, there are many businesses that engage in fraud and deliberately pass off inferior products as good ones," An Wuyang added.

"Is there such a thing?" Xia Yuqing was surprised.

An Wuyang responded affirmatively, "Indeed, there is such a thing."

"Especially in the field of herbal medicine, there are too many cases of fraud!" An Wuyang added.

"For example, the common medicinal herb [Danggui] is a hotbed of counterfeiting," An Wuyang explained with an example.

He was too embarrassed to say that Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group was deceived when purchasing bitter orange essential oil from outside. In fact, it was not a deception, but just an unwritten rule in the industry. Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group did not pay attention to this point, so it kept making things worse.

"Are all angelica root fake?" Xia Yuqing expressed surprise.

"Not only are there fake angelicas, but many people have been fooled." An Wuyang responded affirmatively.

"The most common way to counterfeit angelica is to use [Duhuo], and the price of high-quality [Danggui head slices] starts at 300 yuan per pound, but the price of [Duhuo] can be as low as 8.8 yuan per pound, including shipping," An Wuyang added.

With such high profit margins, it’s chilling to think about what merchants can do.

"However, [Duhuo] and [Danggui] are easy to distinguish. You can tell the difference just by tasting them, because [Duhuo] will numb your tongue, and [Danggui] has a slightly sweet taste." An Wuyang added.

Xia Yuqing continued, "Such fraud is easy to detect."

"No, no, no!" An Wuyang denied the answer. "In fact, Danggui used Duhuo to fake the drug, which was just to deceive outsiders and some people who knew only half of the knowledge, so as to make huge profits. It is still easy for real insiders to identify it."

"But what if this matter itself is a trap?" An Wuyang added.

"It's a trap in itself?" Xia Yuqing was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that using Duhuo to impersonate Danggui was originally a trap set by the supplier of the medicinal materials, so as to create a [distinguishing point] so that everyone knows how to judge the difference between Danggui and Duhuo." An Wuyang explained.

"For example, after I have explained to you the differences between Duhuo and Danggui, can you easily judge the difference between them?" An Wuyang asked.

Xia Yuqing answered affirmatively, "Well, the identification method is too simple, I should be able to identify it."

"That's the problem!" An Wuyang sighed.

"Medicinal material suppliers deliberately create such identification points to make people ignore other problems. For example, if they use [Angelica sinensis] to impersonate [Danggui], then they naturally cannot identify [Angelica sinensis] in the same way as identifying [Duhuo]." An Wuyang explained.

"[European Angelica] also tastes sweet, and using the experience of identifying [Duhuo], doesn't it naturally make sense that [European Angelica] is [Angelica]?" An Wuyang added.

The price of European angelica is much lower than that of Chinese angelica. Even when searching for European angelica on shopping platforms, there are rarely any finished products for sale. The reason is naturally that the finished products are used to impersonate Chinese angelica. Why should they be sold as European angelica?
Xia Yuqing exclaimed, "Are those people's tricks so deep?"

An Wuyang nodded slightly, "The tricks in the field of herbal medicine are indeed very deep. For example, when [Ou Danggui] impersonates [Danggui], even a veteran with 20 years of experience in the industry can be easily deceived. It is simply impossible to guard against it."

In fact, even a professional pharmaceutical group like Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group was deceived by bitter orange essential oil. Where can they seek justice?

"There are many similar scams, such as using platycodon slices to impersonate American ginseng slices, using March bubble to impersonate raspberries, using cassava or kudzu root to impersonate Poria cocos, and so on." An Wuyang revealed the industry secrets.

"Are there any other sulfur fumigation techniques? Please don't use too many of them, okay?" An Wuyang complained.

An Wuyang didn't want to say more about the industry insider information. He could only say that what was revealed at the March party was just the tip of the iceberg.

No wonder the authentic herbal medicine industry is in Japan. The herbal medicine industry has been corrupted by these people!
This is also the reason why Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group has its own medicinal material planting base. Because the quality of herbs on the open market is indeed uneven, only by operating the entire industrial chain can absolute quality be guaranteed.

After Xia Yuqing finished listening, she asked inquiringly, "Then no one is taking care of these things?"

An Wuyang gave Xia Yuqing a slap on the head and said, "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity."

"Oh!" Xia Yuqing responded, and then asked with concern, "Then the price of these raw materials has risen. Has your family been affected?"

An Wuyang responded, "We have stockpiled goods in advance, so we will not be affected for the time being."

As for what happens next?
When other companies fail to achieve research and development results using bitter orange blossom essential oil, that is when the price of bitter orange blossom essential oil drops.

Besides, only the bitter orange blossoms from the Tianjingyan medicinal materials planting base have the effect of eliminating dullness and awakening fair skin, not the bitter orange blossom essential oils from any random origin!

It is very common that the same medicinal material has different effects in different places of origin.

Take the famous Salvia miltiorrhiza as an example. It has many places of origin, but the effects of different places are different. The Salvia miltiorrhiza on the market prefers to be dyed and impersonated as Salvia miltiorrhiza from Dongshan, followed by the Salvia miltiorrhiza from Xichuan, which is also very famous.

The situation is similar with the bitter orange blossom essential oil used by Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group. Although it is also bitter orange blossom essential oil, the bitter orange blossom essential oil from the Tianjingyan medicinal material planting base meets the requirements of the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products.

This has been certified by the Happy Life System, and An Wuyang is not worried at all that others may develop something similar to the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products.

If the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products is so easy to develop, and bitter orange blossom essential oil can really be easily made to eliminate dullness and awaken fair skin, then why has Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group achieved nothing after more than seven years of research and development?
Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group's R&D capabilities are indeed a bit weak, but that does not mean they do not exist.

An Wuyang did not believe that other cosmetics companies could accomplish what Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group had not accomplished in more than seven years in a short period of time.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

There was a knock on the door.

Lin Xin once again gave An Wuyang and Xia Yuqing time to react. Xia Yuqing quickly stood up and broke away from An Wuyang's hand around her waist, then went to open the door. An Wuyang just received the message sent by Li Shiyu.

'Li Shiyu: I'm fine, good news!'

'Li Shiyu: All registration problems of bank-level security companies have been solved.'

'Li Shiyu: If you have time tomorrow, I will accompany you to handle it.'

'An Wuyang: OK, thank you, Brother Shiyu.'

'An Wuyang: I have time tomorrow.'

'An Wuyang: Have you got your overseas channels ready?'

An Wuyang had asked Zhu Guanghao this question before. Zhu Guanghao said that this matter would be handled by Sun Kairui's family. An Wuyang had not asked Sun Kairui yet, so he asked Li Shiyu again.

'Li Shiyu: Sun Kairui's family has already dealt with it. They are very capable in this regard.'

'An Wuyang: That's good.'

'An Wuyang: Regarding your batch of goods, we packaged them according to the configuration of the official mall. Brother Shiyu, do you think there is a problem?'

'Li Shiyu: Of course no problem!'

'Li Shiyu: The approval of vitamins is also very simple in other countries. We just want vitamin sets.'

In the online store of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group, the set combination of Ningzhi Ruoxue Awakening Essence Repair Cream includes vitamins B/C/D/E, as well as folic acid tablets and lutein tablets. These things are very basic medicines and are easier to handle in terms of review.

'Li Shiyu: Our cooperation this time was initiated by Tianfu Group, which is equivalent to Tianfu Group cooperating with your Wugengtian, and then Tianfu Group will export this batch of goods to Coria and Neon.'

'An Wuyang: OK.'

An Wuyang and Li Shiyu talked about some details again, but they were limited to delivery matters. An Wuyang neither asked Tianfu Group how to distribute the profits among the three parties, nor did he instruct the other party on what selling price should be set overseas.

Because these issues should not be the concern of An Wuyang!
Sometimes, caring too much about other people's affairs is not a good thing.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, An Wuyang and Xia Yuqing finished their walk, and An Wuyang drove home.

An Wuyang had just arrived home when he found An Huchun still in the living room. He greeted him and said, "Son, come here for a moment."

"Is there something?" An Wuyang walked over and sat down opposite An Huchun.

An Huchun took a sip of tea before speaking, "I encountered something today."

"Taikang Jiuhe Company, do you have any impression of it?" An Huchun asked.

An Wuyang answered affirmatively, "I have some impression. It seems to be diagonally opposite our R&D center. I remember that they should be doing research in the field of life science and technology, right?"

"Yes!" An Huchun answered affirmatively, "To be precise, they are doing research on delaying aging."

"Then what?" An Wuyang asked doubtfully.

Although Taikang Jiuhe Company and Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group are both companies in the pharmaceutical field, their business areas do not overlap.

The products of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group are more pragmatic, while Taikang Jiuhe Company's research tends to explore the boundaries of life science and technology.

An Huchun responded, "Their capital chain is about to break!"

"They have not made any progress in their research on delaying aging, and their behind-the-scenes investment shareholders have had disagreements and currently have no intention of continuing to invest. Taikang Jiuhe's boss Wang Bo hopes to get our investment," An Huchun added.

An Wuyang complained, "That bastard still wants to cheat us?"

"Dad, Taikang Jiuhe is a total scam company, okay?" An Wuyang reminded.

This company has a bad image!

"On the surface, Taikang Jiuhe seems to be doing cutting-edge research in the field of life science and technology, but you don't know what they are actually doing?" An Wuyang added.

An Huchun was silent.

An Wuyang continued to add, "What has Taikang Jiuhe been doing for more than five years?"

"They only did one thing, which was to continuously study ginseng and try to extract the so-called 'longevity factor' from ginseng. But we all know that there is no essential difference between ginseng and white radish." An Wuyang mocked Taikang Jiuhe Company without any hesitation.

……

'Ding! '

'The incident of hoping his father would become a dragon: Is the longevity factor a scam?'

'There is no difference between ginseng and white radish? Maybe it is true, but maybe the research is not thorough enough?'

"An Huchun is willing to take a gamble, is the host willing to support him?"

'Event Rewards: The rewards will be determined comprehensively based on An Huchun's input.'

……

???

Can this also trigger the [Hope My Father Will Become a Successful Man] incident?
He first launched a violent attack on Taikang Jiuhe Company and their research projects, and then actually triggered the incident surrounding An Huchun's father wanting Jackie Chan to succeed. This was simply a slap in the face, wasn't it?
An Wuyang is too tired to complain!
An Wuyang was now suddenly worried that An Huchun would listen to his complaints and give up this investment.

Fortunately, An Huchun is a stubborn and ambitious rich second generation.

"I want to try it!" An Huchun expressed his idea.

"I think there is something to the 'longevity factor' theory proposed by Taikang Jiuhe. It is not just pure nonsense. Even if it cannot delay aging, I think it can alleviate the loss of collagen," An Huchun added.

An Wuyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he still said with some resistance, "How much do they want?"

"Only 2 million." An Huchun responded.

"." An Wuyang looked at An Huchun speechlessly.

Even though An Wuyang has already received the tip from the Happy Life System, he still has to think twice when faced with an investment of 2 million yuan.

However, An Huchun, a rich second generation, actually talked about 2 million as if it were 2 yuan, and even said "as long as". Isn't this rich second generation too outrageous?
"Dad, have you calculated the profitability of our group this year and the expenses you have arranged this year?" An Wuyang reminded.

(End of this chapter)