No Time to Lose! Establishing a Pharmaceutical Company

After saying goodbye to Lin Wei, Chen Feng returned to his room. He took out his computer and began searching for a place to buy a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

Before long, he found several medical institutions selling hyperbaric oxygen chambers online.

Some were expensive, while others were cheaper, with prices ranging from four hundred thousand to one million.

Xingfeng Mining had originally had over four million in working capital on its books.

The guns he had bought last time had cost two hundred thousand US dollars, which came to over a million when converted.

Although he was already working with the state, the authorities' rules generally required the first order to be completed before payment was made.

And the payment for the first order was only a little over a million.

Very little Blazing Sun Iron had been ordered. A large order would only be placed after it had been tested on a tank.

On top of that, the factory was still being expanded, which also required money.

Fortunately, he now had no trouble getting a bank loan, so keeping the factory running was no problem.

At that moment, Chen Feng felt he had grown poor.

Looks like I can't put off my plans to develop other industries any longer.

Chen Feng thought to himself.

Mining alone brought in too little money, and it couldn't be earned quickly.

Many things in the Painting Scroll World didn't exist in the modern world. Only by developing in multiple fields could he make sure he never lacked money and have more resources at his disposal.

Chen Feng then ordered a hyperbaric oxygen chamber online for one million. If he was buying one, he was naturally going to buy the best.

It concerned his own immortal cultivation, so he certainly couldn't skimp on it.

After placing the order, he called to ask when it would be shipped. The seller told him it would be shipped by air the next day and also asked whether Chen Feng wanted any other services, such as a dedicated assistant physician.

Chen Feng declined outright. He wasn't going to use the hyperbaric oxygen chamber to treat an illness.

After taking care of that, Chen Feng headed to the factory's production workshop.

Xingfeng Mining operated around the clock, and night-shift wages were twice as high as daytime wages.

Chen Feng offered very generous compensation and had always been generous to his workers.

The production workshop was brightly lit.

The workers were putting Blazing Sun Stone into a high-temperature furnace to smelt it and separate out the impurities.

At the same time, they added several other metals to it.

As soon as the workshop supervisor saw Chen Feng enter, he came over to greet him.

"Boss, what brings you here?"

The workshop supervisor was called Old Zhang. He had worked in ore processing for more than ten years and had joined Xingfeng Mining when it was founded.

"I came to check on production. Are you working the night shift too?" Chen Feng asked as he walked.

Old Zhang replied with a smile:

"Our factory's been expanding production lately, and we just hired a batch of people today. I was worried they wouldn't do a good job, so I came to keep an eye on them. It's still early anyway."

Old Zhang took his work seriously, and Chen Feng valued that enough to pay him twenty thousand a month.

Chen Feng hardly had to worry about the workshop. Old Zhang managed it well, and there had never been a problem with output.

"Boss, you have no idea how motivated our workers have been lately. Everyone knows now that the iron we produce is for the military."

Old Zhang's face was full of pride. In his eyes, contributing to the country was an honor.

Chen Feng nodded. "Have the people from the research lab visited the workshop?"

Old Zhang shook his head. "No. Whatever they need, we deliver it to them. Today they only asked for a little finished Blazing Sun Iron. Secretary Li told us not to give them any ore or anything else."

"Mm. If they ask for ore, tell them to come to me."

Chen Feng felt much more reassured. If Lin Wei were allowed to study the Blazing Sun Stone, she would certainly discover that the ore simply didn't exist in the modern world.

For now, the Blazing Sun Stone was transported from the Painting Scroll World to the workshop in secret. The workers didn't know what kind of ore it was either and simply assumed it was iron ore.

From the outside, Blazing Sun Stone looked no different from iron ore.

After making a round of the workshop, Chen Feng returned to the secret room and went back to the Painting Scroll World.

It was already late at night, and the Xingfeng Sect, like Xingfeng Mining, was working overtime.

The mortal miners placed the Blazing Sun Stone they had dug up onto the conveyor belt.

"Sect Master!" Wang Hu came over just then.

He had been watching the miners work at the Xingfeng Sect. Someone else could have done it, but Wang Hu hadn't felt at ease leaving it to them, so he had come himself.

He knew these ores were important to Chen Feng.

"Have the things in Black Wind Stronghold's treasury all been brought over here?" Chen Feng asked.

He had looked over the inventory of Black Wind Stronghold's treasury before. It contained many things, including wealth the stronghold had accumulated over the years and some valuable items plundered from passing caravans.

"Liu Qian has already had them sent over. They're at the sect headquarters."

"Mm, let's go have a look."

Chen Feng followed Wang Hu to the sect headquarters, which was currently being expanded.

People were working overtime here too, constructing new buildings.

Chen Feng and Wang Hu went straight to a room at the sect headquarters, where more than a dozen martial artists stood guard at the door.

When they saw Chen Feng approach, the martial artists immediately saluted.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

These people had all originally been bandits from Black Wind Stronghold, but they had now joined the Xingfeng Sect.

Chen Feng didn't know any of them. He couldn't even remember which martial artists had originally belonged to the Xingfeng Sect.

After all, they were all tools who could be discarded at any time, so he wouldn't bother remembering them.

Chen Feng nodded in acknowledgment.

Inside, the room was packed with chests. Several small chests on the left were filled with gold.

On the other side were various other things.

There were fine weapons, all kinds of cultivation methods used by martial artists, and pills in various bottles and jars.

Chen Feng didn't look at the gold or the cultivation methods used by martial artists. Instead, he went over to the cabinet holding the pills, where there were more than ten varieties.

The most plentiful were pills in small green bottles. Chen Feng recognized them as Healing Pills, among the most commonly used pills.

They were highly effective when taken for external injuries, and there were hundreds of bottles of them here.

At that moment, Wang Hu took out a black bottle of pills and said:

"Sect Master, these are Life-Prolonging Pills, the Xiantian-level pills we took before. I didn't expect there to be six bottles here!"

Chen Feng took the black bottle and sniffed it. Sure enough, they were the same as the ones they had taken last time.

There were ten pills in each bottle. They were valuable life-saving items.

Besides the Healing Pills and Life-Prolonging Pills, there were also pills for martial artists' cultivation and pills that strengthened the physique.

Chen Feng asked:

"How much do these Healing Pills cost to make? How are they made?"

Chen Feng had already decided to establish a pharmaceutical company in the modern world, starting by selling these Healing Pills.

He couldn't bring out pills that defied the heavens too much right from the start.

These Healing Pills were undoubtedly the most suitable, and their effects weren't too heaven-defying.

With his connections to Liu Mu and the others, he wasn't afraid of anyone making trouble for him either.

Wang Hu hadn't expected Chen Feng to ask such a question. He shook his head.

"I don't know about that. I can only recognize the pills myself. You'd have to ask the Alchemists how they're made. I think there are a few sects in Hengduan Mountain that make their profits specifically by refining pills and medicines. You could ask them."

"Mm. Tell Liu Qian to summon the masters of those sects tomorrow."

Since Chen Feng had decided to do it, he would take action right away. He had to get the new industry chain up and running as soon as possible.