Chapter 576 - Opening a Company? (1/2)

Chapter 576 Opening a Company?

“Where in the world could you find a way to get all you what?”

The keeper of Yaowang Mountain shook his head and said, “What I mean is that it’s better to count on yourself rather than others.”

“Myself?”

Fang Qiu was confused.

“Yes.”

The keeper nodded and explained, “In fact, it has been many years since the property of the traditional Chinese Medicine began to decline due to the pesticide residues. I can’t change this fact because everyone is eager for quick success and instant profit. The purpose of those pharmaceutical factories and dealers is simply to make money. They will naturally produce whichever kind of drug that can bring them great profit. Even though your report restrains them from continuing the business for the time being, the deterring effect will only be temporary. As long as there are profits to make, people will kill to get into the business.”

Fang Qiu nodded.

He also knew that the calmness at the moment was temporary, and some people would eventually start to produce medicine of sub-quality again.

It was impossible to expose every kind of defective medicine in the market.

“So,” the keeper of Yaowang Mountain stated, “instead of relying on other people’s conscience, it’s better to run up a new flag and cultivate genuine herbs, allowing the public to reject the bad products instead of letting the bad products ostracize the good ones.”

He sighed when speaking of this. “Alas.”

Then, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain continued, “I’ve thought about it for a long time. Compared with cracking down on these fake and inferior drugs, it’s better to plant more genuine herbs in various provinces following the ancient methods and let the herbs grow in a natural way. That will fundamentally improve the quality of medicine. Unfortunately, I have no money or power. No one wants to listen to me. Even though I have this idea, it’s impossible to carry it out.

“Of course, the market of Chinese patent medicine, even the whole Chinese Medicine market, is the same.

“It’s utterly impossible to really wake up those mean-spirited businessmen with the spasm of pain this time. It’s just a scare to them. It can’t really make them come to realize their mistakes and change their mind. When the heat wears off, they will continue to do it.

“However, if there is one pharmaceutical producer who really produces good herbs and traditional Chinese Medicine and really puts the benefit of the folks before anything else, he will be able to openly defeat those wicked merchants in the market and become a flag and benchmark of the industry. He will let all the other major producers know that only by producing genuine drugs can they earn more money. And only then can a virtuous cycle be formed.”

Hearing the words of the keeper of Yaowang Mountain, Fang Qiu nodded feverishly.

It was true that the keeper of Yaowang Mountain was right.

At present, this kind of blow was of little use to those black-hearted drug merchants.

If he wanted to change the current situation of the Chinese Medicine industry, he had no choice but to count on himself!

“The reason why I said these to you is that I can see that you really care about the development of Chinese Medicine.”

The keeper of Yaowang Mountain continued, “My plan requires someone with money, fame, and technology. If you want to completely change the Chinese Medicine market, this is the only way. You are now short of money, but you are famous enough. So, other than money, the only thing you don’t have is technology.”

“Technology?”

Fang Qiu was bewildered.

“Yes, technology.”

The keeper of Yaowang Mountain nodded and then added, “Producing ordinary Chinese patent medicine is very simple. But if you really want to do this, you must have a sufficiently good ‘competitive product’, because only really good medicine can be quickly sold out and become famous in the Chinese Medicine market. Only in this way can you make a stir in the entire layout!”

“Professor Zhao, how to make this ‘competitive product’ then?” asked Fang Qiu earnestly.

“It’s hard.”

The keeper of Yaowang Mountain gave a brief answer, then, continued to say, “It’s too hard to develop a new drug. Here is a slightly simpler way—search in the vast sea of ancient prescriptions. Today, many of those prescriptions are still very valuable, but the production methods have been lost. If we can find the production method of one of them, then we’ll have the ‘competitive product’!”

Speaking of this, the keeper of Yaowang Mountain gave a wry smile and added, “Sadly, we, living in this world, are strong in will but weak in power most of the time!”

Fang Qiu, however, took all his words seriously.

“To develop a new drug?

“Is it really that difficult?

“What if with the help of some special things?

“For example, the Earth Treasure?”

At this thought, Fang Qiu felt his heart skip a beat.

“Even if I could, it would require that many Earth Treasures!”

Fang Qiu had asked the keeper of Yaowang Mountain about the cultivation of Earth Treasures before but was told that the way to cultivate Earth Treasures had not been found yet.

If the cultivation method of Earth Treasures could be discovered, given its special property, it would definitely make a cure with an excellent health-improving effect even if coupled only with a single kind of herb.

Moreover, Earth Treasures themselves were actually Chinese herbs.

Fang Qiu remembered clearly that according to the Scroll of Heaven and Earth Treasures, the one ranked 25th was Fairy Desert Cistanche. Since Desert Cistanche was a kind of Chinese herb, this Fairy Desert Cistanche was also a kind of mutated Chinese herb.

If Fang Qiu could find the reason for the mutation of Desert Cistanche, as well as the necessary conditions and environment the mutation required, he might really succeed in cultivating Fairy Desert Cistanche.

The most crucial thing was that Desert Cistanche was actually one of the nine magic herbs in Huaxia.

Of course, Fang Qiu did not only think about that but also the ancient prescriptions mentioned by the keeper of Yaowang Mountain a moment ago.

Although by far, he had not encountered any ancient prescription in books.

Nevertheless, he already had a plan in mind.

He had never seen any ancient prescription before probably because of his lack of knowledge.

Ancient prescriptions must be very precious, and they were something that ordinary people could not easily attain.

Then, what about the treasure books possessed by those craftsman doctors, doctors of brightness, and highly-skilled doctors?

Those treasure books were not something that ordinary people could get.

Moreover, each one of them was an ancient medical book!

Who knew if there would be surprises hidden in those treasure books?

With that in mind, Fang Qiu immediately thought of Xu Miaolin.

He had to consult Xu Miaolin about those treasure books before he could know the answer.

Next to him, at the sight of Fang Qiu’s thoughtful look, Sun Hao patted Fang Qiu on the arm lightly and asked, “What are you thinking about? Do you have an idea?”