My husband Can Cultivate

Chapter 384: Shoddy Craftsmanship

"Rest assured, Mr. Kong, we will definitely do a great job!" Denise was also somewhat excited. She wanted to make Ye Fei and the Qifei Group regret their decision.

Being fired by the Qifei Group was a humiliation for them. In all these years, they had never experienced anything like it. It was an utter disgrace, so they had to get revenge!

"Here's what I think," Kong Yue sneered. "Since you already have all the data on their four new drugs, just continue researching them. We'll take their path and leave them with nowhere to go!"

This scheme is absolutely brilliant. It will surely destroy the Qifei Group!

"Mr. Kong, that's a brilliant idea! All their research will have to start from scratch, while we already have a massive amount of trial data. Our new drugs will definitely be developed first. Plus, with our team's reputation, everyone will flock to our products. By then, the Qifei Group will be driven to bankruptcy!" Denise said with a sinister grin.

"Not only that," Fang Neng added with a cold laugh, "we should quickly patent these four new drugs. Then, we'll sue them for infringement. Sue them into the ground! HAHAHA!"

"It seems you really hate the Qifei Group. Stealing their research data only to sue them with it… but I like it!" Kong Yue chuckled. "I'm really looking forward to the day the Qifei Group collapses. I hope it comes soon! This is what they get for not accepting my takeover offer!"

On the Qifei Group's side, a new research team was formed. Jiang Yue proposed her own idea: rather than researching four new drugs simultaneously, it would be better to focus on just one. As long as they could successfully break into the market, the rest would be easy.

Yang Qi heard her out and agreed, investing the entire two billion Dragon Coins into the research of this single new drug.

It was a new drug for treating cancer, specifically leukemia. The previous four drugs were actually aimed in this direction, intended to fill the domestic gap for such medications and lower their prices. However, Jiang Yue felt those four drugs were impractical and unrealistically ambitious. In the end, it would have been impossible to lower the price. Even if they had been developed, the cost of raw materials would have made them just as expensive as foreign medicines.

Now, they had narrowed their goal to one drug and increased their investment. By concentrating all personnel and resources, they had a much greater chance of success. More importantly, Yang Qi also planned to get involved.

They not only wanted to develop a drug completely different from those abroad, but it also had to be more effective and cheaper. Similar drugs existed abroad, but they were too expensive. Most patients in the country simply couldn't afford them and could only wait to die. Therefore, this drug was crucial.

Those who stayed naturally hoped for success. Ye Fei had announced that as long as this new drug was successfully developed, the company would offer a bonus of one hundred million to reward the research team. There was nothing more motivating than a cash bonus. Everything else was just an empty promise.

Yang Qi considered that Kong Yue's side would definitely send people to spy on them. Therefore, he stipulated that during the development phase, all research personnel would work under a confidential lockdown. They could not go home or leave the company until they succeeded. They couldn't even call their families, so they were told to notify them in advance.

From then on, the research was conducted in secret. During this period, each researcher would receive a daily subsidy of one thousand Dragon Coins.

Kong Yue was very frustrated. He couldn't find out what the Qifei Group was up to, and he couldn't even bribe any of their researchers.

"Hmph, sneaking around. Do you really think no one knows what you're doing?" Kong Yue snorted in displeasure.

His company was still researching based on the data for the previous four new drugs, but they had no idea that those drugs had fatal flaws: they were expensive and required rare materials. That was a huge problem. They were effective, but not as good as similar foreign drugs, which was another issue.

Unfortunately, Kong Yue didn't understand any of this, and Denise certainly wasn't going to tell him. After all, Denise and her team were frauds, not genuine researchers. Every day, their "research" consisted of wining and dining while letting others handle the grunt work.

However, their side was drawing a great deal of attention. The news reported on them daily. Thanks to Denise, they generated a ton of buzz, making a legitimate research company look like it was just chasing clout.

Days passed one by one. Yang Qi didn't leave the company either. He developed the drug alongside everyone else, offering his own insights and making his own contributions. Of course, his daily training was essential; he would never forget that.

During this month, the Thunder Sect never stopped investigating Yang Qi and the Qifei Group.

"Dad, I've finished the investigation," Cao Geng said to Cao Shaqing. "The Qifei Group seems to have no significant connection with Jingzhou's Lin Family. As for Yang Qi, he only has dealings with the Lei Mansion and some business relations with Jingzhou, but the connections aren't strong. Should we wait for a response from Heaven's Net?"

Heaven's Net was an organization that specialized in gathering intelligence and carrying out assassinations. It was rumored to have been founded by Long Yan of the Dragon King Hall. As long as you had the money, you could buy any information you wanted or have anyone you wanted killed. Although the Thunder Sect had its own intelligence network, it was far inferior to Heaven's Net.

"Get ready," Lord Lei, Cao Shaqing, said, a cold gleam in his eyes. "The results from Heaven's Net should be similar to our own findings. Prepare to destroy the Qifei Group and capture Yang Qi!"

"Yes!" Cao Geng nodded.

I've been holding it in for a month. Are we finally going to make a move? This is so exciting!

"Success! We actually succeeded!"

After a month of dedicated, intensive work, with everyone putting in extra hours, the Qifei Group's research team finally developed the drug. The Qifei Group named it "Qifei No. 1."

During this period, the five young researchers had made a tremendous contribution. They applied everything they had learned to the drug's development, extracting a key ingredient from a very common plant. Then, through the efforts of Cao Zhendong's team, it was transformed into a pharmaceutical product and successfully passed three phases of clinical trials. The drug was remarkably effective—a medication that could truly eradicate leukemia.

Because the materials were cheap and easy to source, the drug's price would also be very low, even lower than the generic drugs from certain other countries.

"This is astounding! It's the best drug of its kind I've ever heard of anywhere in the world!" Li Qingyan couldn't help but exclaim. "Its effects might be comparable to similar foreign drugs, but the cost advantage is enormous."

She had once regretted driving Denise's team away and had distrusted this new, young team. But now, she was completely convinced. Yang Qi's judgment was just too sharp, his insight too profound.

Meanwhile, Kong's Pharmaceutical had also finished developing their four new drugs. However, in her rush to finish, Denise had even crippled the drugs' effectiveness. This resulted in a shoddy, slapdash product. Although the drugs still had some effect, it was highly ineffective.