"What is it?" Lan Guiwei grew even more puzzled.
"Dad, Tang Yan paid to build this base himself," Fire Phoenix said helplessly.
"How is that possible?" Lan Guiwei was quite startled. "Where did he get the money?"
"That Reach the Summit you mentioned is the organization Young Master Tang founded. It has a Reach the Summit Pill Shop under it, mainly responsible for selling pills.
"The day you told me to follow Young Master Tang, he spent forty-five million taels of silver buying two storefronts in the city center.
"Then, that very same day, he placed an order for eight hundred million taels' worth of medicinal ingredients with the Xiao Lineage.
"Reach the Summit's shop opened a few days ago. It has only opened for business twice so far, and its revenue has already exceeded three hundred million."
At this point, a teasing look appeared on Fire Phoenix's face. "Dad, how much do you think you'd have to offer before he would even give it a second glance?"
"Well... I..." Lan Guiwei was tongue-tied. He had thought Tang Yan was merely a divine physician with nothing up his sleeves and not a penny to his name. Who knew that whenever he made a move, the sums started at a hundred million taels of silver?
As though she felt the blow had not been thorough enough, Fire Phoenix continued, "Before the Reach the Summit Pill Shop opened, it ordered another forty billion taels' worth of medicinal ingredients from the Xiao Lineage."
Lan Guiwei's face went blank. For the first time in his life, he felt that the mighty Lan Family was actually somewhat shabby.
"Speaking of pills, Dad, let me tell you..." Fire Phoenix leaned close to Lan Guiwei's ear and whispered away, and the astonishment on his face grew stronger.