The vice minister was delighted.
Extremely delighted.
At the critical moment, Lu Chengwen dared to speak up and take a stand, and this move was ruthless!
You want to haggle with me? Then I won't sell! The panic on the other side was immediately obvious, and their trump card was exposed at once.
They needed it! They desperately needed it!
Moreover, Lu Chengwen's logic was perfectly sound, and his blow landed hard!
So you didn't care about the lives of your people? Fine, then I won't play that card either. I'll go after your power!
Public outrage was boiling over. As President, you couldn't come up with a solution or control the situation. You had even botched the deal for a useful miracle drug! How were you going to explain that?
What Tianzhu's President feared now was not whether the people lived or died, but whether he could keep his "throne" secure.
He needed this medicine more than anyone!
The vice minister saw the anger on the other side, saw their hand and their limits. The timing was right.
It was time for him to step in.
So he turned around and said gently, "Cheng Wen, this is business. We can't abandon cooperation just because the terms aren't right!"
Lu Chengwen said, "It's fine if I don't do this deal. Let Tianzhu's wealthy people go to Huaxia and buy it themselves. I'll just become a personal shopper. But it definitely won't be sold at this price then—it'll be priced like a life-saving medicine. I could make a thousand per box, which would be far more satisfying than making a few bucks per box now." (Lu Chengwen was inflating the figures.)
"And I wouldn't even need to expand production or add new lines. I'd immediately cut production! Within a week, I