Before the Fifth Pharmaceutical Centralized Procurement, the normal market price for a ten-vial package of Sodium Esomeprazole for Injection, with each vial containing 40 mg, ranged from approximately 100 to 200 yuan in different regions.
Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group had always maintained a stable price of 120 yuan per ten-vial package of 40 mg Sodium Esomeprazole for Injection in the Shengqing region.
During the Fifth Pharmaceutical Centralized Procurement, Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group quoted 59.8 yuan, which amounted to a price cut of more than 50%!
That price reduction was already extremely substantial.
Although products had previously seen price cuts of more than 90% before centralized procurement, those products had originally been hugely profitable. Even after a 90% price cut, they still generated profits.
However, Sodium Esomeprazole for Injection had never been a hugely profitable product. After a 50% price cut, its profit was already negligible.
Yet Caimai Pharmaceutical had actually offered a quote of 44.3 yuan!
If the 44.3-yuan quote were handed to Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group for production, Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group would definitely lose money.
After all, Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group's overall costs were relatively high. Its human-resource costs, production and operating costs, raw-material costs, and so on all remained at fairly high levels.
That was not to say that Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group was terrible at controlling costs.
Could it be that Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group was simply more humane and had not ruthlessly squeezed every last bit of surplus value from its employees?
Perhaps Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group also followed higher production standards during manufacturing?
At the same time, perhaps Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group used better raw materials?
Regardless, for Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group, selling each ten-vial package of 40 mg Sodium Esomeprazole for Injection at the quoted price of 44.3 yuan would definitely mean working for nothing!
There were taxes to consider too, you know?
"If Tsunamura Pharmaceutical and Caimai Pharmaceutical are collaborating behind the scenes, then targeting us in this round of centralized procurement is probably only the beginning. If we refuse to cooperate with Tsunamura Pharmaceutical, Caimai Pharmaceutical will definitely make more moves," An Huchun analyzed.
At this point, An Huchun looked at An Wuyang again. "Wuyang, let me explain the group's situation to you again."
"If we choose to hold out to the end, we'll probably be left with only Tianjingyan Medicinal Herb Planting Base, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, and the old factory district," An Huchun explained.
"The new factory district will inevitably be sold to repay the debt, and the group headquarters may also have to be sold to cover employee severance compensation," An Huchun added.
"Besides, our family's assets will also suffer substantial losses. That includes your marital home, and even the house we're currently living in. Whether anything will ultimately remain is a serious question," An Huchun continued.
"But if we choose to cooperate with Tsunamura Pharmaceutical, we'll first receive 100 million yuan in cash—and it'll be 100 million after tax. We could even negotiate to transfer the funds overseas," An Huchun proposed another possibility.
"Second, we can obtain two equity stakes. After you graduate, whether you want to join the board of directors of the joint-venture group or the board of supervisors of Tsunamura Pharmaceutical will be entirely up to you," An Huchun added.
"Your mother and I will follow your choice this time. After all, you've grown up, and our future will be entrusted to you as well." An Huchun looked at An Wuyang, waiting for him to make a decision.
'Ding!' 'Major Choice: Turn the Tide or Lie Flat Completely?' 'When faced with the chance to retire early and lie flat, how should you respond?' 'Although the host has already made a choice of fate, the host possesses the privilege to choose again.' 'Whether you choose to turn the tide or lie flat completely, either is a good choice.' 'Please make your choice!'
There were no specific requirements?
And no related rewards?
An Wuyang examined the information displayed by the Happy Life System in his mind. Without the slightest hesitation, he made his choice.
"Dad, my choice hasn't changed. I don't want to hand Wugengtian over to the Japanese, and I don't want Wugengtian to be strangled by the Japanese." An Wuyang spoke without any hesitation.
"Aren't you afraid that Caimai Pharmaceutical and Tsunamura Pharmaceutical really are in league with each other, and that they'll continue targeting us, making it impossible for us to move forward?" An Huchun asked in return.
"Afraid!" An Wuyang answered without concealing it.
"But I'm even more afraid that I'll regret it." An Wuyang continued.
"Although cooperating with Tsunamura Pharmaceutical seems better on the surface, and I could even lie flat for the rest of my life, I'd be unwilling to accept it. That unwillingness would grow stronger with time, eventually tormenting me day and night," An Wuyang added.
"So I choose to take another road!" An Wuyang stated solemnly.
"Also, there's something I need to confess to you." An Wuyang prepared to come clean.
"Hm?" An Huchun looked at An Wuyang suspiciously.
Li Wenya also looked at An Wuyang. "What do you want to confess?"
"Dad, after Spring Festival, when you went to the Federation of White Eagles on a business trip, I went with you. You remember, right?" An Wuyang asked in return.
An Huchun answered firmly, "Of course I remember!"
How could he possibly forget something so significant?
An Huchun continued, "At the time, negotiations with Pfizer had reached an impasse. We stayed in the Federation of White Eagles for a while longer and even missed your coming-of-age birthday."
An Wuyang nodded. "The day after my birthday, I opened an account in the US stock market in the Federation of White Eagles and filed a W-8BEN form, registering a US stock market account as someone who wasn't a citizen of the Federation of White Eagles."
"I exchanged my New Year's money for 50,000 US dollars and entered the market. I've already made quite a bit of profit in the US stock market," An Wuyang explained.
"I used the profits I made in the US stock market to buy myself a BMW M3," An Wuyang added.
Li Wenya frowned and asked, "You said you bought a BMW M3. Did you buy it overseas or domestically?"
"Of course I bought it domestically. Shipping it back from overseas would've been a hassle," An Wuyang replied.
"Then how did your money get in?" As a lawyer—even a family lawyer—Li Wenya was highly sensitive to overseas funds.
An Wuyang took out his phone. He first opened his US stock market account, whose information had naturally been provided by the Happy Life System.
"You actually still have nearly 200,000 US dollars in the US stock market?" Li Wenya asked in astonishment.
That money did not belong to An Wuyang!
At least, it didn't for the time being!
Because it was the principal provided by the Happy Life System.
"Mom, are you worried that I transferred the money into the country through illegal means?" An Wuyang asked in return.
Li Wenya nodded.
"Don't worry. I transferred the money into the country through legitimate channels, and I paid a 20% Dividend Tax." An Wuyang pulled up the tax filing records and showed them to Li Wenya.
"That's good!" After examining the filing records in the tax system, Li Wenya let out a sigh of relief.
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