These words stirred a shared emotion among the heirs.
Although the other heirs did not oversee the pharmaceutical system,
all of Cosmos Group's businesses, including its core crystal mining and smelting operations, faced the same problem.
Costs were soaring, yet the strategic materials subject to Unified Purchase and Marketing by the Superhuman Tower were still governed by outdated standards drawn up decades ago—standards with no practical feasibility whatsoever.
If they strictly followed the official prices for unified purchase and marketing, even throwing the entire Cosmos Group into the pit might not be enough to plug the hole created by the losses.
With the support of so many heirs, the waxen pallor of Shen Yuhe's sickly face seemed to gleam, as though a fresh measure of strength had been added to him.
He said, "Do the Gene Serum Factories under Cosmos Group have problems with manipulation, with sacrificing public interests for private gain? Of course they do.
"Are there people within the Shen family who pluck a feather from every passing goose and profit from the opportunity? Of course there are.
"But were these Giant Rats the ones who caused black-market prices to soar, making Gene Serum unaffordable for ordinary consumers? Or, if we uprooted these Giant Rats, could we completely solve Dragon City's shortage of cultivation resources? Of course not. Absolutely impossible!
"At the root of it all, the problem still lies with the Superhuman Tower and the Survival Committee.
"The Superhuman Tower and the Survival Committee do not produce Gene Serum themselves. They do not have to bear even a cent of the production costs. Any losses would never fall on their heads.
"And in order to win over the vast number of Mid-Low Level Superhumans, in order to establish a shining image among ordinary citizens as people who