Chapter 92: The Great Conspirator!

  "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" The lobby service girl of Yanyuan Hotel asked enthusiastically when she saw the two handsome men coming.

  Guan Xian showed his most charming smile, his eyes filled with emotion as he looked at the female greeter, and said with a smile: "May I ask which floor are the experts attending the Huaxia Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference staying on? My father is ill and I'd like to find a famous doctor to help take a look."

  The receptionist was already enchanted by Guan Xiu's smile, and upon hearing that he had come to find a doctor for his father, she was moved by his filial piety. She said softly, "Most of them live on the sixth floor. A small portion also lives on the seventh floor."

  "Then trouble you ----- give us a room on the sixth floor." Guan Xi said with a smile.

  "Sorry sir, the sixth floor is fully occupied."

  "Then it's on the seventh floor."

  "Alright. Please wait a moment. Could you please let us scan and register your ID card?"

  Guan Xiu smiled and pulled out his ID card. The female greeter took a look at the photo on it, then memorized the name "Dan Hang Shu".

  "Mr. Shan, your room is ready. Here's your room card."

  "Thank you. Hope to have a chance to drink tea together." Guan Xiao smiled at the female greeter, then led Li Lingxi towards the elevator entrance.

  "Guanshao, how did you use a fake ID?" Li Lingxi asked in puzzlement.

  "In some unimportant matters, I don't want to use my real name." Guan Xi explained calmly.

  "Haha, Guan Shao is really a cautious person." Li Lingxi praised.

  Opening the door to their newly assigned room, Li Lingsi took a glance at the layout and sniffed the air, saying: "These conditions are really poor. The country has so much money, they should put people up in five-star hotels."

  "You're too used to high standards. You've stayed in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, how can you stand this kind of hotel? This is at most a three-star hotel. Just sit down for now and bear with it for a bit. After they finish their meeting, we'll go over there and visit them one by one."

  "Visit one by one? We're not going to visit over a hundred people, are we?" Li Lingxi asked in surprise.

  "No need. Just visiting a few famous ones is enough. We don't need that many people." Guan Xiao smiled and shook his head.

  "Less talk, I still don't quite understand. How did you suddenly think of practicing traditional Chinese medicine? Is there any profit to be made in this line?"

  Guan Xie looked at Li Lingxi, his childhood bosom friend. After not seeing each other for several years, he had become much more mature and knew how to express his own doubts and opinions.

  They used to be obedient to themselves.

  Even he is like this, how can others possibly trust themselves 100%? If they don't get their trust, this trip to Yanjing will add a lot of variables.

  I hope I can complete the tasks assigned by the laboratory myself.

  Guan Xiu pulled out a metal cigarette case from his pocket, tossed a cigarette to Li Lingxi, then lit one himself and took a drag before smiling and asking: "You don't think highly of traditional Chinese medicine?"

  "I'm not being pessimistic. I just think... there are no successful cases, right? How many people have made money with traditional Chinese medicine?"

  "I know that the hottest fields right now are real estate and high-tech. If you enter these industries, even if you can't become extremely wealthy, at least you won't starve to death. But how many people are fighting for a share of these two markets? And out of those, how many will actually get a piece?"

  "Does Guan Shao have a mature thought?" Li Lingxi nodded in agreement. They were not top-notch princes, so they couldn't get the best land.

  Moreover, after deducting the cost of land acquisition and various expenses, the money they made was not as frightening as the legend had it.

  Of course, this is still a terrifying number for ordinary people. But are they ordinary people?

  "This is why I brought you to visit the famous doctor. I plan to gather all the most renowned Chinese medicine practitioners in Huaxia and establish a Huaxia Famous Doctors' Hall." said Guan Xiu with a smile.

  "What's Huaxia Mingyitang?" Li Lingxi was puzzled. "Then what?"

  "We first need to hype up a concept, that is 'TCM is harmless'. We must keep telling the public that TCM has no harm at all."

  "If the first step is successful, then we can decide how to make money. Famous doctors see patients, famous people give lectures, famous teachers teach, develop Chinese patent medicines and health products, develop Chinese medicine beauty products, develop Chinese medicine household products. We can fully integrate traditional Chinese medicine, systematize it, we have the most complete supply chain. At that time, wealth will naturally come pouring in."

  Li Lixi's eyes lit up and said, "Right. The Chinese medicine health care products market and the beauty market are two emerging markets, with annual market share increasing exponentially. If we can do well in these two areas and become the leaders in these industries, it would be hard not to make money. Take Yunnan Baiyao and Wanglaoji Beverage for example, they are also speculating on Chinese medicine concept, how much profit do they make every year? And other Huaxia soft-shelled turtle essence and countless health care product names, the annual market is no less than 50 billion. The bigger this market gets, the more opportunities we have to make money."

  Listening to Li Lianxi's self-justification, Guan Xu just smiled and listened.

  If it were really that easy, he wouldn't be thinking of taking a shortcut.

  Besides, if he really did it, the lab would definitely make sure he'd die without a burial place.

  They would not be willing to see traditional Chinese medicine rise. The profit for them lies in the monopoly of Western medicine in the world.

  "So, before others realize the huge profits in this market, we should occupy the upstream resources first?"

  "Yes, if we were to make a deal with several influential doctors in society today. Then they would be the golden geese."

  "Haha, Guanshao this metaphor is vivid. When are we going to go find them to talk?"

  "Let's wait another half hour. They should still be having their celebratory dinner now. Although I've been in the US for many years, the habit of holding a celebratory dinner regardless of whether the meeting is successful or not isn't that easy to change, right?"

  "Not bad. This habit is probably unchangeable. When succeeded, we celebrate; when failed... isn't it even more necessary to celebrate to cover up the failure?"

  Wang Xiushen was overjoyed today, his apprentice made a stunning debut in front of the nation's top doctors and received praise and recognition from all the medical professionals. Even Vice Minister of Health Cai Gongmin concluded at the end of the meeting by saying 'I'm glad that this conference wasn't a complete waste of time, because we discovered a dark horse like Qin Luo'.

  Due to the apprentice's outstanding performance, Master Wang Xiuren also gained face. The number of people urging him to drink was countless, and even Cai Gongmin came over to toast him a cup. He, who usually didn't drink much, thoroughly let loose today, drinking until he was dizzy and disoriented. If no one had stopped him, he might have really drunk himself into unconsciousness.

  "Qin Luo, you have never disappointed me. No matter when, I have always been full of confidence in you. Before, I had some doubts about whether you could bear such a heavy burden. Now, I don't worry at all. If you can't do it well, who else can?"

  "Master, you're drunk. Why don't you go back to your room and get some rest?" Qin Luo supported Wang Xiu's body, smiling as he advised.

  "I'm drunk, but my heart isn't. I understand everything." Wang Xiu said with a wave of his hand.

  "Old Wang is happy. We're also happy for him." Old Zhuo patted Qin Luo's shoulder and said, "Qin Luo, in our line of work, it's not easy to find an apprentice with qualifications. It's even harder to teach a good apprentice."

  "Yes. At that time, you finished speaking, Minister Cai was the first to stand up and applaud, followed by a burst of applause from the whole audience ----- Hehe, I thought at the time, if this apprentice were mine, old Guo's would be even better? Unfortunately, you didn't think much of my fire-toting skills."

  Gu Bai Xian patted Qin Luo's shoulder, his face also showing a hint of intoxication, and said expressionlessly: "Work hard."

  He is a famous black-faced spoonbill, able to actively pat someone's shoulder, which is already extremely rare.

  "I will." Qin Luo nodded seriously.

  Qin Luo was supporting Wang Xiu and was about to enter the room when he coincidentally ran into an acquaintance in the corridor.

  It was Guan Xu who had met him before, and another person Qin Luo also knew. The guy who had dinner with Guan Xu at the Triumph Western Restaurant back then.

  What are they doing here at this grand gathering of traditional Chinese medicine?

  Is it just a coincidence that I moved into Yanyuan?

  Guan Xiu, who was chatting with others, seemed to have a spiritual connection and sensed that someone's gaze was on his face.

  Following her feelings and looking back, she coincidentally met Qin Luo's eyes.

  Although Guanxu still maintained a gentle and elegant smile on his face, he was somewhat puzzled in his heart.

  What is he doing here?

  It seems that the decision not to let Li Lingsi investigate this guy was wrong. Hopefully, it won't be too late when we're in deep trouble.

  Guan Xi nodded at Qin Luo and then turned his face away to busy himself with his own affairs.

  Qin Luo was still skeptical in his heart, but he didn't take it to heart. He supported Wang Xiu's body and entered the room together.

  The second encounter between the two people passed silently and quietly.

  Because Wang Xiuren got drunk, Qin Luo, as his apprentice, couldn't just leave his master and go back to sleep. So, he also stayed overnight at Yanyuan.

  Worried about Lin Qingyuan's worry, he specially made a phone call back to explain the situation.

  Lin Qingyuan thought Qin Luo didn't go back because he was quarreling with Lin Huanxi, so he went to the other side to persuade him sincerely. After Qin Luo explained for a while, he finally dispelled his doubts.

  The next morning, Qin Luo had just gotten out of bed when the hotel's internal phone rang.

  "Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. Qin Luo?" The male voice on the phone asked politely.

  "It's me." Qin Luo said.

  "I'm Minghao, Secretary of Minister Cai. Minister Cai invites you to have breakfast together, I don't know if you have time?"

  "Alright, I'll go right away." Qin Luo said. The Minister's invitation to breakfast was an honor that not everyone could have.

  To support the Chinese team, Lao Liu specially went to watch the World Cup last night. However, the Chinese team was too busy and didn't have time to go to South Africa. I won't be watching anymore, and will continue updating during the World Cup period.