“Heather, what on earth do you mean by that? Initially, we agreed on an exclusive agency, but now it's available for everyone to buy?”
“Exactly, and what's the meaning behind this extra two hundred million you're asking for? Do you think we're fools? Would we just hand over two hundred million for a drug that hasn't even been approved?”
Indeed, many of these wealthy merchants had already witnessed the effects of the D1 Life Pill.
They simply thought that the price offered by Heather at that time was quite reasonable.
Although the price was a bit steep, all they needed to do was mark it up, and they could resell it to others, recouping the cost.
However, things took a turn now. If they wanted to buy medicine, they'd first need to spend two hundred million to acquire agency rights. Moreover, the price of these pills was also determined by Heather and her team.
This essentially set a limit on the profit of each pill.
While it was possible to recoup this profit in the long run if they were to do business over a long period of time, there were many projects in this world where they could make quick money as long as they had cash on hand. So why would they waste their time on this D1 Life Pill?
Seeing the growing excitement among these wealthy merchants, Heather sighed and said, “What am I to do with you all? If you still haven't understood my point, then I'll explain it to you again in detail right now. You can interpret it this way. This two hundred million is not for buying pills but for buying your lives. Now that I've said this, does anyone still think that two hundred million is too much?”
Before that, Heather thought that everyone was a person of dignity, so she didn't fully express her intention, hoping to save face for both parties.
What she hadn't anticipated was that these wealthy businessmen were playing dumb despite knowing better.
If Heather hadn't made things clear, they might actually have thought this was a business deal open to negotiation and continued to discuss business ethics with her.
Now that they had done that, they'd completely ticked Heather off.
So, to put it bluntly, two hundred million was for buying their lives.
Would any of them feel their life wasn't worth two hundred million?
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