The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 27
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Chapter 27: Taehong Bio Establishing Its System
Tae-ju completely shifted direction from elixirs to developing recovery medicines.
However, he planned to create a process so that recovery medicines could be produced even without him personally doing it. Baek Chang-hun and Jang Soon-cheol would take on the production role.
Of course, he would have to directly process and deliver the Giant Panda Bear gallbladder.
This was the most crucial part – no matter how much medicine you made with unprocessed gallbladder, you couldn’t achieve proper effects.
He also had to teach the penetrating technique.
The technique of crushing materials without opening the pressure cooker lid. There might be techniques that could be replaced with modern science, but it would be good to learn at least the penetrating technique.
“What is the penetrating technique? For example, if I gently place my palm on your armor, the armor remains intact but only your body gets hurt. If there’s a wall, it’s transmitting physical force beyond the wall.”
“Huh, how?”
“Please explain in more detail.”
Before telling them how to move their energy, he needed to establish the concept at least.
“You know ultrasonic shock devices, right? The ones that break up stones in the ureter, gallbladder, or kidneys. It’s about vibrating mana particles to create ultrasonic waves and transmit them to your target.”
“Ah!”
“The essence of the penetrating technique is vibration. Everything in the world is made of matter. Remember that mana is also matter when you look closely.”
“Um, I don’t understand it well, but… it must be matter, right?”
Then he taught them how to move mana.
“First, bring mana to your palm and block these blood channels here and here.”
“Bl-blood channels?”
“I mean mana roads.”
“Aha!”
“And like this…”
Zziiiiiii!
A tearing sound.
“Multiple mana particles collide with each other to create vibrations and ultrasonic waves. Originally there’s no sound. This is a sound I created to help you understand.”
“Oh!”
“Particle collision and vibration…”
The two practiced diligently.
But would it work that easily?
He wondered if they could actually master it.
The penetrating technique was quite an advanced skill, so it wouldn’t be easy.
But that was needless worry.
About a week after practicing the penetrating technique.
[Skill: You have acquired Sonic Crush.]
“Oh!”
[Skill: You have acquired Sonic Crush.]
“Got it.”
Baek Chang-hun and Jang Soon-cheol displayed system messages almost simultaneously.
“Sonic Crush?”
A skill suddenly appeared?
Tae-ju was not a system awakener.
He gained power through connection with the same soul and spirit from multiple universes.
So he couldn’t know what the status window looked like, and didn’t know well how the system granted skills.
Just hearing the skill name, it seemed somewhat similar.
“Well then, try it once to see if it produces the same effect as the penetrating technique.”
“I’ll try it.”
Baek Chang-hun put herbs in the pressure cooker and cast the Sonic Crush skill.
Woong!
Tspapapapapa!
The pressure cooker vibrated so fast it was invisible to the eye. When opened, the medicinal materials had turned to powder.
“…It’s exactly the same.”
Now he had to teach them how to make recovery medicines.
The method was the same as making elixirs.
However, the amount of gallbladder and mana crystals should be minimized, while increasing the amounts of Mana Three-leaf Clover, mutant ephedra, and mana barley powder.
Controlling temperature and time, bake in the oven nine times, crush nine times, then mix with honey and pine needle powder to form round pills.
“Got it?”
“…It’s too difficult.”
“Just try it first. If you run short of materials, I’ll keep getting them for you.”
“Yes!”
They would probably have to go through a lot of trial and error.
Still, how convenient it was.
Having someone else make recovery medicines for him.
Let’s work them hard.
They had to pay the price for being fed elixirs.
Time passed quickly.
Meanwhile, Jo Hun-seok’s body and car were discovered in the Artificial Lake in Front of the Castle.
The cause of death was accidental death due to drinking.
The Self-Defense Corps concluded it as such.
Was it really an accidental death?
Who might have killed him?
Lee Jeong-hak? Or the military might have intervened.
However, Tae-ju decided not to worry about it either.
There was nothing good about digging into it, and he had no authority to do so.
Taehong Biopharmaceutical Company was gradually establishing its corporate system.
The factory was completed, and equipment for mass production had also arrived.
These were machines for processing medicines and primary preparation.
Of course, the final preparation had to be done by Tae-ju himself.
But that was no big deal.
If he mixed the medicine and purified water and put them in a large stock solution tank, Tae-ju would go directly and use Honweonmusangdokryeongong to adjust the medicinal and poisonous energy and transform their properties – that was it. With the poison technique reaching 5-star level, the time had become very fast too.
Thus, they established mass production systems for the mutant three-striped mosquito poison and Spore Poison Antelope Deer antidotes and began test operations.
Large water tanks lined up along the factory walls.
Ladders were attached so you could climb to the very top.
Tae-ju opened the tank lid and put his hand in the prepared stock solution to check it.
“Hmm, this ratio combination failed. Throw it all away.”
“…Can’t we add more materials to adjust the ratio?”
“A chemical reaction has already occurred. It can’t be reversed.”
“Ah! I’m sorry.”
The factory worker bowed his head deeply to Tae-ju.
“Haha, why bow your head over this? It’s your first time. And even when skilled, anyone can make mistakes anytime. Feel free to fail like this hundreds, thousands of times.”
Though it would be troublesome if they really did that.
On to the next tank.
“This one turned out well. The medicine will come out good.”
“Thank you.”
The stock solution from the failed tank would be discarded, and the stock solution from the passed tank would be finished later with Honweonmusangdokryeongong.
The finished stock solution would go through dilution process and then bottling. Then it would be officially released with product names like 【Taehong Mosquito Poison Antidote】 and 【Taehong Spore Antidote Kit】.
However, he established a principle.
All medicines except military supplies would only be sold within Gurye.
If outsiders wanted to buy medicine, they had to come to Gurye to purchase it.
The problem this created.
There was only one place to sell medicine.
Should he build another Drug Shop too?
“Chairman.”
“….”
“Chairman?”
“Huh? Did you call me?”
“Yes. Chairman Kim Tae-ju!”
Ah, what an unfamiliar title.
Being called Chairman at such a young age. The pretentiousness is oozing out.
As the factory was completed, positions were also decided.
Baek Seo-yeon, CEO and General Manager.
Baek Hong-pyo, CFO and Chief Financial Officer.
Kim Tae-ju, he himself is the Chairman.
When he said what kind of chairman was he with just one company, asking for a research director or factory manager title instead, they stubbornly insisted it would soon become a major conglomerate, so what could he do.
“I have something to tell you about the on-site sales matter.”
Baek Seo-yeon showed Tae-ju the tablet screen as she spoke.
“The JH Pharmacy store acquisition matter?”
“Yes, the pharmacies owned by Jo Hun-seok who died in a car accident.”
“Ah… are they on the market?”
“Actually, business wasn’t going well and they were on the verge of bankruptcy, so the bereaved family says they’re selling the stores and buildings and leaving Gurye.”
Currently, there are 11 JH Pharmacy stores on the market.
“Do we have the capacity to purchase them?”
“We could take out loans for the money we lack, but the variable is that the legal issues are complicated.”
“Legal issues?”
“Ownership disputes among the bereaved family.”
“Ah!”
For example, multiple people’s rights would be entangled in one store.
Jo Hun-seok’s bereaved family and the puppet presidents he had put forward as proxies.
Anyway, expanding stores was a good idea.
The Taehong Drug Shop employees were already suffering from overwork and couldn’t even take vacations.
If drug sales were distributed, there would be more breathing room.
“CEO Baek Seo-yeon.”
“Please speak.”
“Go to Nogosan Guild and meet Guild Leader Lee Jeong-hak.”
“Pardon?”
“If you say you need help with legal issues, he’ll probably help you kindly.”
Baek Seo-yeon looked surprised.
Lee Jeong-hak was one of the three standing committee members who ruled Gurye City.
Moreover, he was an awakened master.
“R-really? B-but I know that you and Lee Jeong-hak don’t have a very good relationship…”
“Just go for now, I’ll call ahead. And let’s try to pay fair prices for the properties.”
Baek Seo-yeon tilted her head.
‘Didn’t they have a big fight?’
She had already heard about the incident that happened just before she came to Gurye.
She also knew there had been a knife fight between them.
But now they call each other and ask for favors?
Friendship between tough guys bonded through life-or-death combat, something like that?
Baek Seo-yeon finished her meeting with Tae-ju and immediately went to Nogosan Guild.
When she said she wanted to meet the guild leader, they naturally guided her to Lee Jeong-hak’s room as if they already knew.
“Nice to meet you for the first time, Guild Leader. I’m Baek Seo-yeon from Taehong Biopharma.”
“Welcome. We’re both busy, so let’s get straight to business. I heard you’re considering acquiring JH Pharmacy?”
“That’s right. All of what’s currently on the market.”
“How should I help you? Should I make Jo Hun-seok’s bereaved family write waivers for the stores? Or should I beat down the prices?”
“…Pardon?”
“Don’t worry about legal issues. As you know, this is a Free City, and Jo Hun-seok’s bereaved family are birds of a feather – they have many shady aspects.”
Baek Seo-yeon looked at Lee Jeong-hak with a dismayed expression.
“N-no, I just need to eliminate any potential for disputes and receive clean ownership transfer.”
“Hmm, then let’s do this.”
“How?”
“Buy all the current properties at half price.”
“That… I can’t agree to that. Chairman Kim Tae-ju’s principle is to pay fair prices.”
“Half price is the fair price. They’ve all inflated the prices by double. And who would buy pharmacies that aren’t doing business anyway.”
“Ah!”
“If you go out now, Vice Guild Leader Park Jung-tae will be waiting. He’ll handle everything, so trust him and leave it to him.”
Baek Seo-yeon nodded and left.
Lee Jeong-hak leaned his head back deeply in his chair.
His heart seemed to sink slightly.
He felt grateful that Kim Tae-ju had spared his life.
So his determination to repay that debt was firm.
But the phone call from Kim Tae-ju just earlier.
The moment he heard his voice, his hair stood on end.
Pounding heart, cold sweat on his forehead, instinctive fear.
‘Haah,’
It seemed the aftereffects would last a long time.
It wasn’t aftereffects from the poison.
Aftereffects left by the human being called Kim Tae-ju.
Could he escape from him?
His body damaged by poison had healed completely thanks to the recovery medicine Kim Tae-ju had put in his pocket.
This was also something he couldn’t help but be amazed by.
A recovery medicine that worked immediately upon consumption.
‘I should buy several when they’re sold on the market.’
And in just 3 days, all 11 JH Pharmacy stores were sold to Taehong Biopharmaceutical Company and changed their signs.
Another week passed.
Taehong Bio factory finished its trial run and entered full commercial sales.
The reaction was enthusiastic.
Enough to stir up the entire Three Han Empire.
People flocked to Gurye.
A lineup of 3 types of pharmaceuticals began selling at a total of 12 Taehong Drug Shops including the main store.
50,000 won, Mutant Three-Stripe Mosquito Poison Antidote.
500,000 won, Camel Gorani Spore Poison Antidote.
5,000,000 won, Taehong Recovery Medicine with internal injury healing and mana increase effects.
The spore poison antidote sold out instantly since people had been eagerly waiting for it, and the problem was the Taehong Recovery Medicine.
At first, it didn’t sell well.
The expensive price of 5 million won each. When there were many cheap 100,000 won mana recovery products available, why bother?
And internal injury healing?
Awakened and compatible individuals basically had high recovery abilities to begin with.
When injured, they could just stop hunting and rest at home for a while to heal quickly, so why spend 5 million won on recovery medicine?
But they soon realized.
The true value of Taehong Recovery Medicine.
That they could buy an extra life for just 5 million won.
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The long line of people waiting for Taehong Drug Shop’s opening run.
There was always an awakener standing at the front of the line.
A long-time regular customer who had personally demonstrated the effectiveness of mosquito poison.
“Mr. Baek!”
“Hey, Pro Park! You’re here.”
It was Regular-grade awakener Park Jin-su.
“I heard new medicine came in today? Please give me 2 sets of everything!”
“Hmm, take a look at the price list first.”
“The price? How much… Huk! 5 million won?”
“It’s called Taehong Recovery Potion. The effect should be decent. If you take it quickly when injured, you’ll heal right up.”
“…”
Park Jin-su pondered.
The spore poison antidote was worth buying and keeping.
He could take it after finding Gorani.
500,000 won?
How could that be a waste?
How much was one Gorani worth!
‘But a recovery potion…’
Should he buy it or not?
Looking around, he noticed not a single person was buying the recovery potion.
When they ran low on mana, they’d spam 100,000 won mana recovery potions.
Would it really heal injuries completely?
If this were any other pharmacy, he would have scoffed and ignored it…
Ah, whatever! I don’t know.
“Mr. Baek! Please give me just one bottle.”
“Hehe, good thinking.”
Park Jin-su boldly paid 5 million won and bought the recovery potion.
He returned to the pharmacy that very evening.
His face was wounded in several places, and he came wearing armor covered in blood.
“Mr. Baek! Mr. Baek!”
“Hey, Pro Park!”
“Well, it’s nothing special, but…”
“You want one more recovery potion?”
“Yes!”
“Just pay 4 million won. For Pro Park, there’s a special 20% discount.”
“Thank you!”
Following the mosquito poison, Park Jin-su was also the first awakener to personally experience the effectiveness of the Taehong Recovery Potion.
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