Faye Shangguan forced an awkward smile. "But I'm really bored. Can't you help me find a job that suits me?"
Ian Song thought for a moment and said, "Cynthia Murong's agent and assistant positions are still vacant. If you're interested, why not give it a try?"
Although the entertainment company has recruited several new agents recently, Cynthia Murong's agent is still temporarily handled by Tonia Tong.
Faye Shangguan hesitated slightly before speaking. "But I've never been an agent, and as for an assistant, that kind of errand-running job doesn't suit me either."
Ian Song said seriously, "You can always learn! If you're willing to be her agent, I can arrange for someone to train you. Anyway, Tonia Tong is still acting as Cynthia Murong's agent for now, so you can take over once you've learned the ropes."
This time, Faye Shangguan hesitated even longer. After a while, she finally said, "I can give it a try."
Ian Song smiled again. "Alright, just go directly to Tonia Tong. I'll call her and let her know."
A few days passed in a flash.
Faye Shangguan was already undergoing agent training under Tonia Tong's arrangement. According to Tonia, she has excellent comprehension and learns quickly—the only flaw is that she's too beautiful and has an amazing figure.
Meanwhile, over at the pharmaceutical company, the three miracle drugs had already been produced, and a batch of volunteers from society was selected for medication trials.
Actually, Ian Song was very confident in all three miracle drugs, but conducting trials was absolutely necessary.
The first batch of volunteers all suffered from extremely severe conditions—ones that current medical science could barely treat. There were 20 volunteers in total, and regardless of the outcome, the pharmaceutical company would pay each of them 500,000 yuan in compensation.
After a week of continuous medication, all 20 volunteers were completely cured. This news excited everyone in the medical field.
After that, the pharmaceutical company selected another batch of patients with moderate conditions for trials. They were cured in just four days. Then a group of mild cases was chosen, and this time it only took two days for their illnesses to be completely eliminated.
Once the trials were finished, the pharmaceutical company rushed to submit these trial reports and the three miracle drugs to the relevant authorities for inspection.
Now, the top leadership of the Yanhuang Republic all knew that Ian Song had started a pharmaceutical company, and as soon as the trial results came out, they learned about it. Since this was such a beneficial thing for the nation and its people, the approval process was fast-tracked. In just one day, all three miracle drugs were permitted for sale.
The three miracle drugs were officially named Ian Song Brand Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills, Ian Song Brand Heart-Saver Pills, and Ian Song Brand Cancer-Curing Pills.
The pricing for these three miracle drugs was personally set by Ian Song.
Ian Song Brand Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills: 1,000 yuan per box. Mild cases can be cured with at most half a bottle, moderate cases with one bottle, and severe cases with two bottles.
Heart-Saver Pills: Ian Song set the price at 2,000 yuan per box, with similar efficacy.
Finally, the price for the Cancer-Curing Pills was set at 5,000 yuan per box. Generally, mild cancer patients can be cured with one box, moderate cases need two, and severe cases require four.
In other words, even late-stage cancer can be fully cured for just 20,000 yuan.
"President Song, isn't that price a bit too low?" Gaopeng Shangguan asked cautiously.
Whether it's diabetes, heart disease, or cancer, these are all extremely difficult diseases to cure—especially cancer. Even in the early stages, after surgery, most people only live a decade or so longer. For the average person, surgery might only buy a few more years.
As for late-stage cancer, it's basically a death sentence.
A miracle drug that can cure cancer 100%—never mind 20,000 yuan, people would pay 200,000 or even 2 million if it worked.
So, in his view, as long as these three miracle drugs hit the market, there would be no shortage of buyers. And since nobody else has them—only us—you can't buy them anywhere else. In this situation, not making more money almost feels like a crime against common sense.
Even with Ian Song's pricing, the pharmaceutical company would still make a decent profit, but he still felt it was too little.
In his opinion, with the right strategy, this pharmaceutical company could easily be worth at least a trillion.
What he didn't know was that, aside from the hidden value of the three miracle drugs, the cost of producing them was almost zero. Ian only needed to provide some medicinal seeds, and countless demon cultivators would help him grow the herbs—he didn't even have to pay wages. It was basically zero investment.
So all Ian Song had to pay for were workers’ wages and various taxes.
The profit margin could easily exceed tenfold.
But the reason he released these three miracle drugs wasn’t to make money—it was to harvest Faith Power.
As for money, it really didn’t mean much to him.
If he wanted, he could sell a few spirit stones and instantly get hundreds of billions—far easier and more profitable than running a company.
So Ian Song waved his hand. "No need. Just launch them at this price!"
As for distribution, the Zhao Family owns over a thousand pharmacies nationwide, so they can handle all the sales.
However, Ian Song didn’t plan to release all three miracle drugs at once—he would start with the Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills.
Worldwide, there are at least 400 million people with diabetes. If even just these patients are cured by his miracle drug, he could easily harvest over 300 million Faith Power.
Seeing Ian Song refuse to raise the price, Gaopeng Shangguan could only sigh helplessly. He felt as if there were a gold mountain right in front of him, but Ian Song just ignored it—such a feeling was truly suffocating.
Three days later.
Advertisements for Ian Song Brand Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills began airing again on the national TV network and major provincial satellite channels.
The ad featured Jane Liang, a newly signed A-list artist at Song Entertainment. Not only did she appear in the commercial, but she also became the official spokesperson for the miracle drug.
The total endorsement fee was 120 million yuan for a three-year contract.
Having just joined Song Entertainment and landed such a major endorsement, Jane Liang felt lucky to have chosen the right company. Her revenue split was 20:80, meaning she would receive 96 million yuan from the 120 million fee, all for just cooperating on two ad shoots.
After the commercial aired, it caused a sensation, but even more, it sparked a wave of skepticism.
Although diabetes isn’t as deadly as cancer, there’s basically no hope of a cure.
So, a lot of discordant voices popped up online. Some even went to Ian Song’s Weibo to accuse him of being an unscrupulous profiteer.
Of course, all those calling him a profiteer were immediately bombarded by his fans, some even resorting to personal insults.
For a while, Ian Song’s Weibo was flooded with curses!
At that moment, Ian Song posted: "Let’s see the results. If the Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills don’t work, I’ll refund ten times the price—and donate one billion yuan to mountain children as an apology."
Even so, plenty of people still accused Ian Song of just trying to attract attention.
Just then, the Yanhuang Ministry of Health released a report documenting how twenty volunteer diabetes patients—mild, moderate, and severe—were all cured by Ian Song’s pharmaceutical company.
At the same time, the Ministry strongly recommended that all diabetes patients nationwide purchase Ian Song Brand Rapid-Acting Diabetes Pills, and praised Ian Song highly for developing the medicine.