Mr. Hawthorne, Your Wife Wants a Divorce Again-Chapter 951: Isn’t It Nice to Be a Couch Potato?
"A few days ago, when I was testing the purity of the pharmaceutical, I suddenly found that after extracting the essence from the herbs, the purity of the resulting pharmaceutical could reach an extremely pure level," Ann Vaughn said with delight in her eyes.
Looking at the data analyzed from the instrument, Sherry couldn’t help but click her tongue.
She had personally watched Annie demonstrate the essence extraction steps dozens of times, and knew them by heart.
But the difficulty in extracting pharmaceuticals lies in the fact that even if you know the exact steps and ingredients, mimicking them won’t produce the same result.
After experiencing several setbacks, Sherry comforted herself by thinking it was due to lack of experience and resolved to keep trying.
But seeing this today, she realized it wasn’t about experience at all—it was purely a matter of talent...
"But how did you come up with this method?" Sherry looked at Ann with hopeful eyes. "Did you remember something?"
Ann shook her head helplessly. "No, I just instinctively felt this way might be better, so I gave it a try."
Hearing this, Sherry felt a bit disappointed but comforted her anyway, saying, "It’s okay, you might remember it someday, don’t worry too much."
"Don’t worry, I know." Ann’s clear eyes curved slightly as she took off her gloves. "By the way, last night when I was reviewing the list, I saw that the clinic had launched products like Heavenly Fragrance Dew and Snow White Cream before."
"So I looked into the ingredient lists and found that their effects are quite similar to the Lockwood Family’s rejuvenating pharmaceuticals, and they even came out earlier than the Lockwood Family’s. These two products may not absolutely crush the Lockwood Family, but they’re not inferior either, are they?"
Sherry nodded. "That’s true. But there’s one important issue, Snow White Cream is a collaborative product with Kressiel, and its formula was adjusted according to the skin type of their country, so it’s not suitable for ours."
"What about the other one?"
"That one is a collaboration with a certain group, and it became a new favorite in the overseas elite circles shortly after its launch, so much so that supply couldn’t meet demand. Because of its market positioning, this product isn’t as famous domestically as it is overseas. Compared to the Lockwood Family, it’s indeed at a disadvantage."
Even though the monthly sales royalties from these two products are enough for Ann Vaughn to just lie back and count money every day.
However, as things stand, the fame of these two products domestically is far less than that of the Lockwood Family’s pre-sold rejuvenating pharmaceuticals.
Sherry finished and wanted to comfort Ann Vaughn, in case she felt a sense of disparity.
Unexpectedly, Ann exclaimed—
"Since I’m already so rich, why fight tooth and nail with the Lockwood Family? Isn’t it nice to be a salted fish?"
Sherry: ???
Your mindset is dangerous, young lady!!
Sherry was choked, feeling a bit stifled, and said, "This isn’t about money! It’s a matter of pride, wake up!!"
"Hmm, having money keeps me awake." Ann gave a slight nod, "There’s something strange I noticed, compared to the Lockwood Family’s previous pharmaceuticals, the rejuvenating one is quite average. If they really wanted to use this opportunity to trample us, they wouldn’t use such a substandard pharmaceutical as filler."
Sherry sighed, "Maybe it’s because, for the Lockwood Family, the rejuvenating pharmaceutical is the best they can come up with right now?"
Although there was some logic in that statement, Ann Vaughn thought for a moment and still found it strange, "Why do I feel... the Lockwood Family seems to be deliberately forcing us to retaliate?"
To retaliate, one must inevitably offer a better pharmaceutical than the Lockwood Family to prove the Vaughn Clinic’s strength.
But by doing so, the Vaughn Clinic would completely be led by the nose by the Lockwood Family. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Moreover, Ann Vaughn faintly sensed that the Lockwood Family’s intentions were not solely to suppress them.
Perhaps... they wanted to get something for nothing.
Sherry was startled at heart, "Are you saying they want to wait for us to release a new product and then plagiarize it?"
In this case, whether they retaliate or not, the Lockwood Family would profit.
"But as long as we don’t cooperate, their plan won’t work." Ann Vaughn casually picked up a magazine to press down. "Since business isn’t great these days, you all can take a few more days off, taking the opportunity to rest is a good thing."
Sherry: "..." Are you really not just using this as an excuse to be a lazy fish because you’ve made enough money?
Ann Vaughan wasn’t just being a lazy fish for no reason; right now, any counteraction the Vaughn Clinic made would, inevitably, be led by the Lockwood Family’s pace.
Until they could think of the best counterattack strategy, maintaining their current stance was the best strategy.
...
After picking up the information that Josiah Keaton mentioned at the meeting place, Ann Vaughn received a text message from Assistant Reese Lynch.
A whole page full of dense text almost made Ann Vaughn want to immediately log out of WeChat and never come online again.
Eventually, she forced herself to open it, despite the creepy feeling on her scalp.
——Assistant Tate: Miss Vaughn, you wouldn’t believe how bizarre that scumbag is, getting involved with the daughter of a rival company’s boss! From the evidence I’ve gathered, their affair has lasted for almost two years! Goddamn it, Miss Lynch has only been married to him for less than five years!
Seeing that, Ann Vaughn’s mouth twitched briefly, thinking that not slapping that scumbag couple that day was too merciful.
All of a sudden, Ann Vaughn’s head flashed back to what Joyce Chancellor had said before—
"There are just too many romantic entanglements, I spend most of my workday dealing with the boss’s girlfriends."
"As outsiders, we can’t really say much about it, but who knows what the boss’s wife and kids would think if they found out."
Thinking of this, Ann Vaughn suddenly felt a difficult-to-describe depression in her heart, no wonder she felt something wasn’t quite right somewhere.
Upon reflection, was her previous situation quite similar to Reese Lynch’s?
——Rose Cloud: All those scumbags deserve to be struck by lightning! So what’s next?
——Assistant Tate: Then I also discovered that the scumbag has been leaking business secrets to the company of that homewrecker! Huh, and he dare say he’s making great efforts for a promotion, his boss would kill him if he knew!
Jude Halloway’s boss?
Ann Vaughn was stunned, recalling that yesterday, Mark Joyce seemed to call Jude Halloway "Manager Halloway?"
Which means Jude Halloway is also a Vance Company employee?
Damn, she couldn’t tolerate that!
Switching out of the chat interface, Ann Vaughn found Cyrus Hawthorne on WeChat and sent him a message.
——Rose Cloud: Do you remember yesterday when you threatened to punch that guy?
It wasn’t long after the message was sent that Cyrus Hawthorne replied.
——YG: Did he bother you again?
——Rose Cloud: No, it’s just that I heard from a friend that he’s been leaking business secrets to a rival company, and I remember he’s apparently from your company, so I wanted to remind you to be careful.
Seeing this message, the bad mood of Boss Cyrus, who was frustrated with the unproductive meeting earlier, suddenly took a turn for the better.
The little one knew to worry about him now.
Not bad, making progress.
