It was nighttime. In a warehouse next to Haicheng Railway Station, Gu Chen was standing in front of an operating table, busy at work.
Soon, he heard the sound of the door being pushed open behind him.
When he turned his head, he saw Bai Guang, the Ji family butler, who was wearing a grey leisure suit.
He was wearing a cap and looked tired as he stood in front of him.
'Master, I'm here,'
Bai Guang asked curiously, looking at the reagents in Gu Chen's hands and the many neatly arranged pots of flowers in front of him.
'Miss said that you have a way to deal with the Xu family, is this it?'
Gu Chen's face revealed a smile upon hearing this, and he then waved the tube in his hand.
The tube was crystal clear in the light, and he said with confidence,
'Exactly!'
Bai Guang couldn't help but shudder in alarm, and he couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, 'You...you don't mean you want me to poison Xu Qingmu, do you?'
Gu Chen was a little speechless by his words, and then explained with a helpless look on his face as he put his arm around his shoulders.
'Uncle Guang, don't worry, I'm not that crazy. When I say deal with the Xu family, I naturally mean it in a business sense. As the saying goes, if you don't return a favour, it's considered impolite. He made my father-in-law so angry that he's bedridden, and my wife is worried sick.
If I don't show him some colour, won't I become a coward?'
He paused for a moment, then placed the tube of reagent in Bai Guang's hands and continued.
'You are looking at something that, well, Uncle Guang, you can understand as a kind of super nutrient. The reason I was able to grow those high-quality wolfberries and medicinal herbs before, and the various high-end fruits that are being sold in the fruit store, is all thanks to it.'
What Gu Chen was holding in his hands was nothing more than the Spirit Spring Water.
When Gu Chen said this, Bai Guang's expression could not help but show some surprise.
At least so far, this should be Gu Chen's greatest secret to making money, right?
Now he has even brought this out, it seems that although he is still smiling at the moment,
his heart is probably already seething with anger.
However, thinking about this, Bai Guang still feels a little hard to understand and cannot help but ask out loud,
'But young master, even if you bring out this super nutrient solution now, what good will it do? The Ji family factory has been shut down, and the credibility crisis has not yet passed. There are media outlets all over the place attacking the Ji family, and even though we have already done some damage control, in the short term, even if you grow a lot of high-quality medicinal herbs, there is no way we can help you sell them.
Gu Chen shook his head and looked at the butler Bai Guang next to him.
'Uncle Guang, you are wrong. I want you to help me sell not the medicinal herbs or wolfberries, but this nutrient solution.'
As soon as the words fell, Gu Chen picked up another tube of reagent.
Then, in front of Bai Guang, he poured it directly into a flowerpot in front of him.
However, after only about a minute, Bai Guang was shocked to discover that the flowerpot, which had only had a layer of loose soil,
was suddenly sprouting seeds that were rooting and sprouting at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.
After that, he just watched as the nutrient solution was poured in.
It only took less than five minutes for the seed in the pot to grow into a shoot more than an inch high.
Bai Guang watched this almost miraculous scene in front of him and was so shocked that he could hardly speak.
Gu Chen explained from the side:
'The one in my hand can be understood as the undiluted original solution. Its effect is very strong. Apart from making plants grow better, another important function is to accelerate growth!'
'And I've already done an experiment today. Even if you dilute a standard reagent 300 times, it will still be effective on plants, and it will only take one to two months from sowing to harvest.'
Upon hearing this, Bai Guang seemed to have grasped something from it, and a flash of inspiration came to his mind.
He couldn't help but look at Gu Chen with a shocked face, and said in a trembling voice, 'Sir, do you mean...'
Gu Chen nodded, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He then said to Bai Guang,
'I have five tons of this reagent in my warehouse, and you can take it all tonight. Then I want you to use the Ji family's connections to sell all this super nutrient solution to the Xu family's competitors as quickly as possible. In this way, in less than a month, the entire market in Chuancheng will be full of just-harvested, top-quality medicine.'
'Isn't Xu Qingmu's medicinal herb base very large? Doesn't the Xu family occupy a large market share? This time, I want to completely disrupt the entire medicinal herb market in Chuancheng. Once this new batch of medicinal herbs hits the market, I want him, the Xu family, to not make a single penny!'
Hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Bai Guang's heart trembled.
This is some serious business!
He now finally understands what Gu Chen really wants him to do.
This move to remove the root of the problem is nothing but a straightforward conspiracy.
After all, Bai Guang has seen the quality of the medicinal herbs in Gu Chen's hands.
If Gu Chen dares to say that he is second to none, then I'm afraid no one in the whole country dares to claim to be number one.
In that case, even if Xu Qingmu's medicinal herbs are cultivated even better,
there is simply no way they can compete with such high-quality medicinal herbs.
By the time these medicinal herbs cultivated from these medicinal herbs really hit the market in Sichuan City,
Then Xu Qingmu will not only not be able to make a single penny, but he will even be unable to sell the large amount of medicinal herbs he has hoarded.
If this plan really succeeds, then I'm afraid the entire Xu family will lose everything.
What's more important is that once the market share is lost, if the Xu family wants to get it back in the future,
they will have to pay ten or even dozens of times the resources and connections to do so.
Gu Chen's move is simply uprooting the Xu family!
Bai Guang looked at the reagent in his hands and his spirits were invigorated.
Especially when he thought about Xu Qingmu's arrogant expression during the day.
It made him hate to the extreme.
However, he then thought about the disadvantages of this matter and couldn't help but speak out.
'But young master, if this batch of super nutrient solution really goes on sale, then I'm afraid that your wolfberries and subsequent medicinal herbs will also not be able to sell.'
Gu Chen waved his hand nonchalantly and said carelessly.
'As the saying goes, those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters. If I lose 100,000 next, then Xu Qingmu will lose at least a few million. In that case, I will be the one who wins. And I don't just have one business dealing with medicinal herbs. But the Xu family is different. This time, I will make them pay a sufficient price.'
'Besides, China is a big country, and there is more than just Sichuan Province. If Sichuan goes, there is still my Haicheng, isn't there?'
He is only selling this batch, and it is not endless. As long as he squeezes the Xu family, Gu Cheng will immediately stop.
Having said that, Gu Chen couldn't help but let a confident curve form at the corner of his mouth.
He flicked the Lingquan water in his hand lightly and said faintly, 'Who says... that an ant can't bring down an elephant?'