Chapter 255: All Efforts Wasted [Update 1 on the 14th]
Everyone looked over.
The elderly man shouted, "Dear Sun, I have succeeded! I've figured out all the medicinal components in this medicinal powder!"
Sun Kang was overjoyed and quickly went over to check, only to see a string of text on the elderly man's table, but because the handwriting was too messy, he couldn't make it out.
He hurriedly asked, "Mr. Smith, have you really figured it out?"
"Of course!"
Smith was obviously very proud; they were all well-known pharmacologists, and their usual hobby was studying medicine.
But none of these people normally conceded to others, after all, in literature there is no first, and in martial arts, no second.
However, the research activity on medicinal components organized by Sun Kang this time had also become a great opportunity for them to compete in strength.
Therefore, each of them took a little bit of the powder and conducted independent research, not communicating with anyone, all engrossed in their studies, striving to be the first.
And Smith being the first to figure it out naturally meant that he was stronger than everyone else!
However, Smith's face didn't look very good, and he said with a somewhat heavy tone, "Mr. Sun, I think you are playing games with us."
"How could that be!" Sun Kang laughed, "I'm paying a lot to bring you all here to conduct research—how could it be a game? I would have to be really idle to do such a thing!"
Smith looked around and frowned, "I think, what I want to ask might be what everyone else here is wondering too?"
Almost everyone nodded in agreement without prior arrangement.
Sun Kang suddenly felt something might be wrong and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Smith, what exactly has happened?"
Smith sighed, "Actually, we figured out the components of this medicinal powder a long time ago, but I guess we were all scared to say it. After discussing it among ourselves, we felt we couldn't deceive you, so we thought we should tell the truth. The medicinal powder you provided might be fake."
"Ah? Impossible!"
Sun Kang firmly denied, "That medicinal powder was personally scraped off the ground by me; how could it be fake? I clearly saw Xu Hao use this medicinal powder to cure that girl's old scar!"
After making eye contact, Smith and the others instantly understood Sun Kang's plan.
He wanted to figure out the formula of the opponent's medicinal powder and then produce it himself!
Strictly speaking, this was an unethical act!
However, that Xu Hao's medicinal powder, which could actually heal old scars?
This made everyone feel quite astonished—what kind of formula could be so miraculous?
They quickly questioned Sun Kang, who knew he had no way to figure these things out in advance, so he no longer concealed the matter and told them about what happened that day.
"Hiss!"
After hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.
Sun Kang did not seem to be lying; if that was true, then Xu Hao's medicinal powder could definitely cause a huge sensation in the near future!
Even more, it could represent a revolutionary breakthrough!
This would also be a fatal blow to the traditional cosmetics industry.
Having developed in the pharmaceutical industry over the years, they knew a lot, but this also made them more keenly aware of the dramatic changes such a product could bring.
The potential was simply immeasurable!
Sun Kang sighed, "It's a pity, a great pity. The fake powder I got, once Xu Hao's Xu Liu Group registers the trademark and officially starts producing cosmetics, we will be powerless to do anything. Otherwise, you all could have shared a piece of this pie with me."
Everyone was very regretful and saddened.
But what no one had noticed was that, in a corner, a young man with somewhat of a pretty-boy appearance, who didn't seem regretful but was rather gleeful in secret.
When everyone finished grieving and gradually left the laboratory, he silently followed them out, not drawing any special attention.
He met a young man who had been waiting for a long time at a hotel, received a small bottle of something from him, hurriedly booked a plane ticket, and left Huadu overnight, flying directly to the capital of Fusang Country.
Upon reaching the capital of Fusang Country, he immediately found his father, and the two schemed together for a while.
His father patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "Haha! Well done! With this secret formula, we won't have to worry about rising to power! That foolish Huaya People, he didn't even think to apply for a patent up to now, what a fool!"
The young man laughed as well, "That's of course thanks to the protection of the great king! Heaven has favored our Zheng family, especially bringing us such a wonderful gift! Those people didn't get the real formula, but I did! Hahaha! Mr. Sun probably wouldn't even dream of this!"
The young man's father wondered, "Something's not right; based on what Sun Kang mentioned, the stuff Xu Hao scattered on the ground must have been fake."
The young man laughed, "Haha! I realized that the very next day I went to research it. I've always maintained a distrust of those Huaya People, so I immediately thought it was a scam. But then I thought, maybe there was something wrong with what Sun Kang himself provided?"
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