Chapter 139 - The Situation on the Web Started Leaning Toward Li WangJin (1)

"Many of the netizens actually support Li WangJin, saying that it is a good thing that he allows them to buy the product for cheaper. It doesn't matter to them whether Cherry Blossom Pills was legitimate or not. Some of them even said that only someone who had never used pirated software in their entire life has grounds to criticize Li WangJin. Some even said that Li WangJin is a nice man with their best interest in mind."

The shamelessness of them enraged Yang MeiHua. She went on. "I don't know what goes through those people's minds. Li WangJin is someone who'd give forgeries to his own wife. How could anyone trust him? How'd we know that he didn't skim during the making of the Cherry Blossom Pills? Why else would he sell them at such a heavy discount? You always get what you pay for when it comes to skin care products."

Xu YuQi comforted her, "It's human nature to like bargains. Speaking of, how much of a discount are they offering for the Cherry Blossom Pills?"

Yang MeiHua continued to battle the pirate fans as she answered Xu YuQi's question, "I think as low as 50% off."

Hearing that, Xu YuQi started looking it up online and found the website where she could place a pre-order for the Cherry Blossom Pills. She took a quick look at Yang MeiHua, who was still working on battling with other netizens, and quickly paid for the deposit and exited the website.

She was not the same as Yang MeiHua. Yang MeiHua came from an okay family. A box of 888 yuan Beautify Pills was nothing to her. Xu YuQi, on the other hand, only has 2,000 yuan of allowance a month. If she wanted to purchase Beautify Pills, she'd need to really scrounge or look for a part-time job. Naturally, she'd go for the cheaper Cherry Blossom Pills now that they were available.

If their formulas were the same, the products shouldn't be too far off either.

Granted, she wasn't planning on letting Yang MeiHua find out about that. She didn't want uneasiness between the two of them in the future.

There were many others who very much had the same idea as Yang MeiHua's roommate. They knew about the issues between Li WangJin and Fang JunRong, but in the end, they still chose their wallets over it and quietly placed their orders. In fact, many of those who were on the fence had gone ahead and placed their orders after finding out that Fang JunRong was suing Li WangJin's employees.

In their eyes, Fang JunRong's action was doubtless the most concrete proof that Li WangJin had, indeed, gotten his hand on her formula.

The opinions on the net were beginning to lean toward Li WangJin.

Li WangJin, looking at the sales going up and up, had a big smile on his face.

Thanks to Fang JunRong, they were able to save a lot on advertising costs. He thought at most they'd be able to have pre-orders in the 500,000 range but they had already sold over 1 million boxes two days before the Shopping Festival. This had completely exceeded his expectation. He never thought that it would be so easy making money from women!

This was also the first time he felt that it was so easy to make money.

Fang JunRong had been working on this for months, and he was able to just barge in and reap the benefits. He was as happy now as he was down a while ago.

Li WangJin, ecstatic, had a video conference with Zhang Bi. The two of them decided to continue to have the factory work overtime to churn out more Cherry Blossom Pills. Then Li WangJin went and posted another message on Weibo.

[Celebrating over 1 million boxes in presale. Adding another 1 million boxes.]

The 1 billion yuan he had invested was already used up in the production of the first 1 million boxes. Producing more meant he had to invest even more money.

Li WangJin wasn't going to sell more stocks this time – he still wanted to maintain his position as the number one stockholder. Instead, he opted to take out a loan. If this was a month ago, when Li WangJin was at the lowest point of his life, never mind about 1 billion yuan, he wouldn't even be able to get a loan for 10 million yuan.

Chapter 140 - The Situation on the Web Started Leaning Toward Li WangJin (2)

Thing had since changed. The crazy number of pre-orders for the Cherry Blossom Pills was there for all to see. Everybody knew that Li WangJin would have no shortage of money going forward. Once words got out, many immediately reached out to Li WangJin. In fact, they were so passionate that one would never have thought they were the same people who had made fun of Li WangJin just a little while ago. As much as they frowned upon the fact that he had stolen proprietary information, they were also very envious of his chicken that could lay golden eggs.

"WangJin, we have been friend for many years. Your problem is my problem. It's just money that you need; I can loan it to you."

"Boss Li, just let us know what it is that you need. I am sure that we will be able to help."

Li WangJin couldn't be happier. He needed money badly so, without any hesitation, he borrowed some from each of them and quickly invested the money into production.

Fang JunRong could sue all she wanted! As long as she didn't have any concrete evident to nail him with, he had nothing to worry about.

The thought of her flustered made him feel that he could have three bowls of rice that night.

***

Fang JunRong, whom others assumed was very distressed right now, was, in fact, very happy. What could be better than watching one's enemy stepping into a trap step by step that was set for him?

Li XinYun, using the need to solicit Fang JunRong's opinions as an excuse, had been going home frequently. She had already started down the path of acquiring the beverage company.

Fang JunRong could, naturally, saw through her daughter. Li XinYun worried that Fang JunRong would find all the discussions online disturbing so she tried to distract her with this matter.

Fang JunRong stroked her daughter on her head and said, "Don't worry, I am fine. Do I look like I am bothered by them?"

Li XinYun didn't say a word. She worried that her mother was just putting up a front. Even she was infuriated by what her father had done, let alone her mother. She must work hard to make money. That way even if her mother's company no longer make money going forward, her mother could still count on her.

Fang JunRong had no idea why Li XinYun became so proactive all of a sudden but her daughter being ambitious was a good thing nonetheless and she was happy to help in any way that she could.

The Shopping Festival arrived quickly.

Li WangJin sold a total of 190,000 boxes of Cherry Blossom Pills.

Fang JunRong smacked her lips. That would certainly be a big loss for Li WangJin. The more he lost, the happier she would be. As for the consumers who were tricked, they could always ask for a refund later on.

Sun Mei come looking for her that same day as well.

Fang JunRong was quite surprised when she saw Sun Mei showing up. Sun Mei had always been the type who'd gravitate toward whichever side that could benefit her more. As such, Fang JunRong had fully expected her to lean toward Li WangJin at this point in time. That would only make sense.

When Sun Mei arrived, her main purpose was to snitch to Fang JunRong.

"Let me tell you, JunRong. You don't need to give any more Beautify Pills to Bai ShiYuan and her lot anymore." She listed out a few individuals. "They were all white-eyed wolves. They placed orders for Cherry Blossom Pills with Li WangJin already.

"Especially that Bai ShiYuan. She even said that it is a matter of time before you go running back to Li WangJin. She was waiting for that day to come.

"You might as well have tossed those Beautify Pills that you have given them into a pool of water. At least that way you'd have seen the splashes it made."

Sun Mei went on and on and backstabbed quite a few others. Her main point was that she was the only trustworthy friend of Fang JunRong and that she was the only one that Fang JunRong needed to gift Beautify Pills to going forward. All the others were traitors.

Fang JunRong couldn't help but busted out laughing. "I thought you'd gravitate toward Li WangJin and buy some as well."

"I can't believe that's how you think of me!"

Under Fang JunRong's gaze, Sun Mei finally said reluctantly, "Truth was I don't trust Li WangJin. With his personality, he very well might skim on the ingredients. I am in no shortage of money so, naturally, I'd want the best product that money can buy."

Chapter 141 - The Situation on the Web Started Leaning Toward Li WangJin (3)

More importantly, from her observation in the last few months, Sun Mei had noticed that whenever Li WangJin was involved, Fang JunRong had never lost a battle. And, what was even more impressive was that her reputation was still up and up in their circle. Everybody still thought of her as a virtuous and ideal wife. Li WangJin was the idiot who didn't know what he had. Had he been half as capable as she, he would not have such a reputation today. Fang JunRong was just someone mean with words but gentle inside.

Fang JunRong must say that Sun Mei might not be a good person, but she was definitely an interesting person. Nevertheless, Fang JunRong didn't trust Sun Mei's ability in keeping a secret so she couldn't possibly divulge anything to her. "What if I lose this round?"

Sun Mei's face froze. "Then I'll go leave one-star review under Li WangJin's shops! A lot of them, just to annoy him!"

Fang JunRong: No, that would only annoy the salespeople in the shops. Li WangJin wouldn't care about something so minor.

That being said, Sun Mei did remind her of something else.

After hearing Fang JunRong's suggestion, Xu WeiWei's eyes widened. "Wait. You want morepeople to place orders for the Cherry Blossom Pills?"

As part of the team who was privy to the plan, Xu WeiWei knew very well that Cherry Blossom Pills were not as effective as they've claimed.

Fang JunRong nodded and said casually. "If I remember correctly, in the event of fraudulent marketing or fraud in the goods and services provided, the maximum amount of compensation can be up to three times the amount paid, right?

"We'll order a lot of them so he will go bankrupt just from paying the compensations."

Xu WeiWei's lips twitched. "This idea of yours... was ruthless beyond words."

Li WangJin was working with Zhang Bi's family this time so the Cherry Blossom Pills were sold through the Zhang's flagship store platform. They have been in this area of business for years and now is a good time to make them bleed.

"I must say... you are becoming more and more sinister."

As much as Xu WeiWei was giving Fang JunRong a hard time, she gave the order right away, arranged for a team who'd each register hundreds of accounts. They wanted the Zhang's to pay through their noses.

Fang JunRong merely said nonchalantly, "Just consider it bonus for our employees."

***

Li WangJin had returned home with a few boxes of Cherry Blossom Pills.

He had been running around like a chicken with its head cut off at the office the last few days and just now had time to come home and take a breather. The Cherry Blossom Pills in his hands were meant for Wang SiXian, who had been resting at home since the surgery.

This Cherry Blossom Pills of his were not only the original formula, but the Zhang's had added something extra after some research. Zhang Bi did not elaborate on exactly what he had added but he did mention that it was very effective when it came to scar removal, even though they have yet to carry out any clinical trials.

Remembering Wang SiXian, Li WangJin brought home a few boxes of them for her to try out. The Zhang's had been a pharmaceutical company for hundred of years, whatever that they have come up with would doubtless be better than Fang JunRong's.

Sure enough, Wang SiXian looked very happy after he told her about them. Not knowing that she had just been turned into a test animal, she smiled for the first time in a long time. "That's wonderful."

"Let me give it a try right away." She would only leave her room with a thick layer of makeup nowadays in an effort to cover up her scars. She was deadly afraid of seeing the resentful look on Li WangJin.

She took a Cherry Blossom Pill in front of Li WangJin. It didn't taste exactly the same as the Beautify Pills, with the Cherry Blossom Pills tasted more bitter. The bitterness lingered in her mouth after she had swallowed it. Unlike the Beautify Pills, where there'd be a bittersweet after taste.

She thought the formula was identical. So why did they not taste the same?