1275: Chapter 1276: The Zhou Family Closes the Net 1275: Chapter 1276: The Zhou Family Closes the Net “Hahaha, serves them right!”

Zhou Shangkun laughed heartily, clearly delighted: “However, although making money is nice, our fundamental purpose is to make Xinmeng Group go bankrupt.

Now, it’s time to close the net.”

“No problem, I’ll issue the order to close the net and completely tarnish Xinmeng Group’s reputation, making them a joke in the history of pharmaceuticals.”

Zhou Wei, although reluctant, still decided to obey.

After all, the five veins are now powerless to confront the main family; it’s better to just listen obediently to the Family Head’s words.

Immediately after, Zhou Wei issued the order to close the net.

At the same time, in every major city in the North, where there was a Xinmeng Pharmaceutical counter, several strangers appeared.

They revealed a scheming smile.

“Listen up guys, proceed according to the plan.”

They moved towards the counter together.

The reason for choosing Xinmeng Pharmaceutical counters is very simple.

If the medicine sold at your counters or direct-sale drugstores have issues, then surely the drugs sold elsewhere must be problematic as well.”

After issuing the order, Zhou Wei laughed excitedly, “Second Uncle, there is also a Xinmeng Group counter in Tonghua City, selling all of Xinmeng Group’s pharmaceutical products.

How about we go there to watch the show?”

“Sure!”

Listening to reports is fine, but nothing beats the feeling of watching Xinmeng Group’s misfortune happen live.”

Zhou Shangkun smiled, as this was his happiest day since the loss at Jincheng City Port, so of course, he wanted to enjoy it even more.

Since ancient times, counterfeits have trapped many businesses, including well-known firms, which ultimately get eliminated by the market due to the overflow of fakes.

Soon after, the five Family Heads and Zhou Shangkun, along with their bodyguards, arrived at a pharmaceutical supermarket in Tonghua City.

Because Xinmeng Pharmaceutical’s medicine sells exceptionally well, there was a special counter set up to sell Xinmeng Group’s pharmaceutical products.

The hottest selling item recently, of course, was the Xinmeng Health Pills.

Upon arriving at the supermarket, they saw many people in line.

Zhou Shangkun sneered, “This Xinmeng Pharmaceutical really has some capabilities, to have so many people believe in their medicine!”

“Hehe, too bad, they don’t know that they’re lining up early in the morning for counterfeit goods.”

Zhou Wei sneered, “I can’t speak for other places, but at Tonghua City’s counter, basically everything is produced by us, and about ninety percent of it is counterfeit.”

Counterfeit medicine, as long as it doesn’t kill people, is very difficult to detect.

Unless with professional testing tools.

As for ordinary consumers wanting to know they’ve been deceived, they can only realize there’s no effect after spending a substantial amount of money.

“Hehe, it’s been half a month now; I guess the smart ones would have discovered by now.

Just light a spark and we can set Xinmeng Group ablaze.”

Zhou Shangkun also began to smile.

“Anyway, by that time, it will have nothing to do with us, and the one to suffer will always be Xinmeng Group!”

Zhou Wei sneered.

At that moment, a voice rose from the crowd: “How can you prove that your medicine is real?

I’ve heard that there has been a lot of counterfeit medicine recently, made to look exactly like the real thing.

I’m buying this for my father, it can’t be fake.

We are all ordinary people; earning money isn’t easy.”

“Yeah, how can you prove it’s real?

It’s not easy for us common folk to buy medicine.”

Someone echoed along.

Zhou Wei and the others exchanged smiles; these were the people they had deployed, ready to expose everything in front of the consumers.

The pharmacy boss glanced at those few people and said, “Rest assured, everyone, we are authorized by Xinmeng Group, and all the goods are shipped directly from Xinmeng Group, there’s no possibility of them being fake.”

“I’m afraid that’s not necessarily true, haven’t there been fakes found before in Xinmeng Group’s authorized drugstores?”

Zhou Shangkun said loudly.

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“Exactly, the gentleman is right, we are not here to cause trouble, at the very least, we should have a chance to verify, right?”

The young man who spoke earlier continued.

“The counterfeit incident has already passed; Xinmeng Group even voluntarily suspended sales to prevent consumers from purchasing counterfeits.

I can guarantee with my life that everything here is authentic.”

The pharmacy boss’s face turned ugly; it was clear someone was deliberately causing trouble.

“How much is your life even worth?”

Zhou Shangkun sneered, “I’ve heard that these counterfeits often have a mark left on them for identification, though the location of the mark is very concealed.

Luckily, I have a friend who used to make counterfeit medicines; he is now in prison, but I learned this secret from him.

Don’t be deceived, everyone.

He told me that he collaborated with insiders at Xinmeng Group to produce these cheap counterfeits for profit.

Xinmeng Group would sell half genuine and half counterfeit medicines; even if you discover the medicine isn’t working, they’d just say it’s because it doesn’t suit your constitution.

This company is the epitome of deceit.”

“Sir, you’ll have to take responsibility for your words, be careful or I might call the police.”

The pharmacy boss frowned and warned.

“Call the police?

Haha, you can call them right now; even if you resent me, I can’t let people continue to be deceived.”

Zhou Shangkun spoke righteously and managed to intimidate many people.

“What exactly do you want to do?”

Asked the pharmacy boss.

“Nothing much, do you have the guts to let me check it right here, right now?”

Zhou Shangkun stated.

“This box of medicine costs dozens of yuan; you want to just tear it open?

If you do that, how can I sell it?”

Such an attitude from the pharmacy boss made Zhou Shangkun and the others even more convinced that the boss must know these goods were fake, hence his reluctance to allow an inspection.

Zhou Shangkun sneered.

If it could be proven in front of these people that the medicine was fake, coupled with actions taken elsewhere, it would trigger a ripple effect, potentially causing Xinmeng Group to collapse.

“Can’t I just buy it to check?”

Zhou Shangkun waved his hand, and someone immediately paid for the medicine and took a box.

“My friend said, the external packaging of the counterfeit is almost indistinguishable from the real ones; they even have security codes and serial numbers.

It’s basically impossible for ordinary people to spot the difference.

Even Xinmeng Group’s staff cannot tell with the naked eye.

However, the counterfeit usually has an additional identification code on the security label, which allows them to identify it themselves.”

Zhou Shangkun laughed, “I’ll now tear off this security label; careful everyone, the identification code underneath will be revealed.”

Zhou Wei had prepared for today’s crackdown when he was involved in the production of counterfeit medicines; thus, the most direct method was needed to prove the medicine was fake on the spot.

And this identification code was their tactic.

Everybody’s eyes were fixed on Zhou Shangkun’s hand.

The pharmacy boss was also extremely anxious.

If it turns out to be counterfeit medicine, he’s finished, and so is his store.

Zhou Shangkun triumphantly tore off the security label.

However, at that instant, his smug smile instantly transformed into utmost embarrassment.

“How is this possible!”

He froze because there was nothing underneath that security label.

“Tsk!”

The crowd, tense for so long, saw none of the counterfeit identification codes Zhou Shangkun mentioned and immediately started giving him the middle finger.

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