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Chapter 890 - 890 886 A Thief Within the Family is Hard to Guard Against

890: Chapter 886: A Thief Within the Family is Hard to Guard Against?

890: Chapter 886: A Thief Within the Family is Hard to Guard Against?

Counterfeit?

Wang Cong kept shaking his head.

“Jie, you’ve misunderstood.

How could I possibly spend a lot of money on fake knockoffs?”

Tang Xiao immediately asked anxiously, “How can you be sure they’re genuine?

And, just how powerful a background does that person have?

Long-term supply, and still good quality for a low price?”

Wang Cong explained, “Everyone knows that Detox Pills can’t be faked.

Once taken, their efficacy can quickly be tested.

And the reason he can offer a lower price than the free auctions attended by various countries is because his supply source…”

Wang Cong took out his phone, looked up a phone number, and then handed it to Tang Xiao.

“Is it because he’s an inside supplier for your group?

Could it be unstable?

Could it be cheap?”

Tang Xiao glanced at the phone screen and then tossed it to Wu Jie.

The name was Jun, clearly an alias.

The phone number didn’t need checking; it was definitely a burner, certainly not a work number registered with the group’s employee contacts.

“On September 1, our group issued salaries and benefits.

Each employee received three Detox Pills, totaling nearly 460,000 pills.

It can’t be ruled out that some employees would sell them privately to make money!”

“That in itself is considered a super benefit provided to employees, whether they use it for medical treatment or to make money is their own freedom.

If you bought them after September 1, then it’s completely reasonable!”

As he spoke, Wu Jie handed the phone back to Wang Cong.

“But…”

Wang Cong said with some embarrassment:

“To tell you the truth, I actually got some pills from him last month, but this month after your group distributed benefits to the employees, I could get more and for a cheaper price!”

Instantly!

Hearing this, Tang Xiao’s expression turned ice cold.

September 1 was a critical point.

From that day on, all Detox Pills issued to the group’s employees—over 460,000—entering the society was not too much to ask for, after all, isn’t the reason they go to work to make money?

By selling the Detox Pills, one could easily make a million, with more to come every month.

Even Chu Yunxuan openly admitted she had sold the pills she received and bought a house in Tongcheng, not to mention other employees.

But before the first…

The nature of the issue was entirely different.

The strictly controlled Detox Pills previously had only two legitimate sources available.

Countries returned lost cultural artifacts or participated in free auctions, which also meant considerable costs were incurred.

The Detox Pills sold by this Jun were priced even lower than the auction closing price.

That clearly wasn’t obtained through some country’s name, through legitimate channels.

The question was…

How did this ‘Jun’ manage internal supply?

Tang’s Pharmaceuticals was the only production base for Detox Pills.

Could it be that he stole the pills from the factory?

But there were detailed records of daily production numbers, storage amounts, and shipments—all monitored by multiple parties under constant surveillance by video.

Damn it!

Defend against it day and night, but it’s the insider that’s difficult to defend against, huh?

Who in the world could be this extraordinary, managing to steal the pills from a tightly controlled factory?

There must be demons at work wherever something is amiss.

Wu Jie immediately took out his phone, used a caller-ID-changing app, and swiftly called Jun.

Unfortunately…

This damn business seemed pretty busy, and the line was busy, not connecting.

“A person with the ability to get medicine internally must hold a high position.

I basically recognize all the mid-to-high-level people in the group.

Have you seen him?

Do you remember what he looks like?” Tang Xiao frowned and asked.

Without a word, Wang Cong immediately flipped through his phone’s photo album and produced a picture.

Tang Xiao looked at it and shook her head.

She clearly did not recognize him.

Wu Jie glanced at it and immediately was taken aback.

“Holy shit!

Isn’t this Sun Liang from my marketing department?”

“Jie’s old colleague?” Wang Cong laughed in surprise.

“I’ve only seen his employee ID, and I know he’s in the marketing department!”

Wu Jie immediately switched back to his original number and called Sun Liang from the phone’s address book.

The call connected quickly.

“Jie—no, Mr.

Wu, good evening!”

“The hell with your ‘good evening’!” Wu Jie said angrily.

“Are you sneaking around selling Detox Pills behind my back?”

There was silence on Sun Liang’s end for two seconds.

“Hey, Jie, look at what you’re saying.

I haven’t been selling in secret!

I’m almost doing it blatantly!”

“Buying from colleagues and then selling it off, letting everyone make a big profit, while I also make some modest money!”

“What’s the matter?

Has the Supervision Garden of our group caught onto me?”

Wu Jie said angrily, “I won’t meddle with your selling after September 1, but where did you get those Detox Pills before that?

How could you even sell them to Wang Cong for less than the auction price?

Are you telling me you can infiltrate Tang’s Pharmaceuticals and steal pills?”

Sun Liang laughed, “Damn!

How would that be possible?

They have an entire mechanized infantry battalion stationed there.

Do you think I can turn invisible and walk through walls?

Besides, the production, storage, and transportation of Detox Pills are all under strict control.

How could I have possibly made a move?”

“The supply is actually in the Tianyuan Medical Center.

Didn’t you transfer me there initially to hand over duties with those work teams from other countries?

Those people aren’t saints either; they also conduct private transactions with Detox Pills!”

Wu Jie spoke gravely, “I’m aware of that, but why so cheap?

Cheaper than the auction price?”

Sun Liang explained,

“Isn’t that simple?

They exchange cultural relics for Detox Pills, which is essentially zero cost!

For example, if the auction closes at 300,000 and they sell 100 pills for 290,000, that’s more than twenty million!”

“You know my family isn’t wealthy.

I’m just a poor guy with no car, no house, and no savings.

The only thing I’m good at is speaking multiple languages.

Running errands for them, I just wanted to earn a bit of extra money!”

“As the ancients said, ‘For wealth, man will die; for food, birds will perish.’ Let me tell you this, before there were twenty-nine countries, but now there are over a hundred countries.

Many inside these work teams are completely corrupt.”

“As long as the cultural relic exchange and free auctions continue, they can keep supplying Detox Pills endlessly.

It’s truly using their taxpayers’ money for their personal benefit!”

“However, also because of this, plus collecting from group colleagues, I can acquire quite a few Detox Pills.

That’s why I dare to tell my customers that I can supply them long-term and at low prices…”

…

Wu Jie was utterly speechless.

Tang Xiao likewise sighed.

Some problems seem complex and mysterious but often have a very simple explanation.

Just like this matter.

It’s blatantly the work teams from those hundred-plus countries, internally corrupt and profit-driven.

The auction hall of Tianyuan Medical Center has quietly become a wholesale market for Detox Pills.

Sun Liang, this broker, is probably just their “domestic agent.”

The vast majority of their embezzled Detox Pills were surely flowing continuously into the international black market.

It’s no wonder that the price on the international black market fluctuates with each auction completion, with immediate price correlations…

It’s no wonder that some countries are disqualified from the auctions due to falling into turmoil and chaos, with the working groups particularly frustrated…

And at this moment.

Wang Cong was naturally as awkward as can be.

Detox Pills used to be called “national treasures,” medicines of significant strategic value.

To avoid embarrassing Tang Xiao, and to owe fewer favors, Wang Cong did not ask her to sell him some pills on the side.

And now…

Tonight was really the case of jinxing by mentioning something.

“Hey Jie, I… Did I do something illegal?

Did I violate company policy?”

On the other end of the phone, Sun Liang was anxiously inquiring.

Wu Jie could understand his feelings.

In fact.

Wu Jie and he were alike, both from remote rural areas working hard in the big city.

No money, no power, no background, not exceptionally skilled, and not good at brownnosing the boss.

Seemingly glamorous urban white-collars, but in reality?

Besides rent, water, electricity, condiments, and instant noodles, their wages were indeed “white-collared.”

Dreaming of buying a house, a car, and getting married?

Prop up your pillow and have a nice dream!

Wu Jie had an incredible encounter, a system possession that changed his destiny.

And Sun Liang?

He certainly also wanted to seize the opportunity to make a fortune and turn his life around.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Jie held back his anger.

“I know it hasn’t been easy for you, which is why I transferred you to work at Tianyuan Medical Center, responsible for communicating and liaising with various countries’ work groups.

But… I really never expected you to collude with them!”

Sun Liang heaved a heavy sigh.

“Jie, hand on heart, tell me the truth.

For us men, isn’t it all about making more money?”

“You have skyrocketed to success, and you are loyal and supportive of your brothers, but brother, I have to stand on my own two feet!”

“Being their middleman, earning a little difference, in just over a month, I’ve made millions!”

“How long would it take me to make that much with an honest job?

How long to afford a house, a car, a wife?”

After a slight pause, Sun Liang laughed and said:

“Besides, Jie, you’ve been delaying making Detox Pills an official pharmaceutical product, which has been a huge help to me!”

“Because if they were drugs, it would’ve been illegal for me to sell them, so Jie, you’re the real genius!”

“Indirectly helping out the brothers, helping all the associates in the company, make a fortune!”

“To say something you won’t like to hear, I’ve even thought about making a statue of you and worshipping it like the God of Wealth!”

Wu Jie immediately flared up.

“Worship your sister!

I’m not dead yet!”

Sun Liang laughed playfully: “Haha, just a joke, just a joke!

But seriously, Jie, you are truly incredible, Detox Pills are so profitable, and yet you always say they’re not medicines!”

“And you sell them to other countries as voluntary trial medicines, completely free from their legal control.

Coming up with such a brilliant strategy, you definitely deserve the title ‘King of Tricksters’!”

Wu Jie laughed coldly: “You think I want to do this?

I also have my own compelling reasons!”

Sun Liang teased him immediately: “Ouch, you’re on top of the world now, what kind of crap reasons could you possibly have?

Afraid you won’t be able to spend all the money?”

“Enough, be careful, and don’t get double-crossed by someone,” Wu Jie solemnly reminded: “Also, you have to update me regularly on who you’re working with and the specific details of your dealings.”

Sun Liang hurriedly said: “No problem!

I thought you wouldn’t care about such small things, that’s why I didn’t tell you before.

But thanks to you looking out, allowing a brother to make a bit of money, I’ll definitely treat you to a big meal one of these days!”

“Sure!

I won’t eat you out of house and home!”

After a laugh and jest, Wu Jie hung up the phone.

Meanwhile, Wang Cong, who was beside him, widened his eyes and asked:

“Is that it?

Just like that?”

Wu Jie laughed heartily: “That’s it!

He’s an old colleague of mine, almost like a brother.

As long as it’s not illegal, why should I care about what he does?”

“At the end of the day, it’s those countries’ working groups who aren’t disciplined.

The Detox Pills aren’t drugs, so what’s wrong with Sun Liang helping to sell them and making a profit?”

“Damn!”

Wang Cong slapped his forehead and cursed at his misfortune:

“Had I known Jie was so loyal and generous, why would I have sneakily approached him for a sale?

Going directly to you would have been simpler and cheaper!”

“So, Jie, if I give you ten billion, could you wholesale me fifty thousand Detox Pills?”

“To be honest, the real estate industry is down, and our Wanda Group is in desperate need of cash flow.

Brother, I too want to make some money!”

Wu Jie chuckled:

“Didn’t I tell you before?

I never meddle in business matters!”

Wang Cong immediately looked toward Tang Xiao, his eyes burning with desire.

“Fifty thousand Detox Pills for only ten billion?

That’s only twenty thousand per pill?”

Seeing Wang Cong’s embarrassment, Tang Xiao sighed, stood up, and laughed:

“If I had that many Detox Pills, why wouldn’t I take them to open auction?

I could easily fetch fifty billion.

Selling them to you at such a low wholesale price…

You might as well outright say your family’s group is about to go under and ask me for forty billion!”

Wang Cong also immediately stood up and said with an apologetic smile:

“It was just a joke, I don’t know a thing about selling medicine anyway.

Plus, our Wanda Group could cash out a few hundred billion simply by selling some assets, we are not going down just yet!”

“You guys keep chatting, I’m off to walk the dog!”

Wu Jie shook his head with a smile and walked off with Da Huang.

As for the gift left on the coffee table, of course, he did not take it with him.

Tang Xiao picked up the invitation from the coffee table and returned it to Wang Cong.

In an instant.

Wang Cong was bewildered…