Chapter 566 - 348: A Chorus of Uncles
The message was, of course, sent to Xu Qinghe. Lin Qi had no intention of giving up the profit share she had promised just because he’d suddenly been "promoted a generation."
Xu Qinghe felt her terminal vibrate in her pocket and immediately took it out to check the message.
She then gave Lin Qi a speechless look.
’Is he in that much of a hurry?’
’The Gentleman’s Race just ended!’
’Am I, the great Xu Qinghe, the type of person to go back on her word?!’
Xu Qinghe immediately opened a website she had personally built specifically for this bet.
She accessed the back-end and entered the results of the bet.
The server automatically processed the data and calculated the total profit.
There were 442 participants, with total funds of 1.026 billion.
Almost all participants were S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers, and the vast majority of the funds had been bet on Lin Qi losing.
However, a considerable number of people had also bet on Lin Qi to win. These, of course, were the senior members of Nanyun Potion.
They had bet with restraint; they didn’t cause Xu Qinghe to lose money, but they did walk away with more than half the profits.
Among them, the one who hit the hardest was Xu Zhengming!
After Xu Qinghe finished her calculations, the net profit was just over 140 million Credit Points, and she still had to give half to Lin Qi.
Agonizing!
Heartache!
It felt like her heart was bleeding!
’Whatever, whatever. It’s not like we S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers from the Eastern Alliance have many ways to make a quick buck on the side. I’ll just consider it a gift to my elders. Next Spring Festival, I’m definitely going to make my rounds and pay them all a proper visit...’
After consoling herself for a moment, Xu Qinghe went ahead and settled the payment with Lin Qi.
Lin Qi was walking with Xu Zhengming toward the elevators of the S-Class Pharmacy Society Mansion, laughing and chatting, when he suddenly received a transaction notification from his Intelligent Brain.
[Your personal account has received a transfer from "Xu Qinghe." Amount: 73,200,000 Credit Points...]
’Over seventy million?’
This amount was far beyond Lin Qi’s expectations. He hadn’t thought this group of S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers would casually bet so many Credit Points. They were certainly lavish with their spending.
What made Lin Qi even more gratified was that these Credit Points came from a legitimate source, so he could spend them without any reservations.
Now, counting the Credit Points on his anonymous chip, Lin Qi’s total balance had surpassed one hundred million.
This amount of money gave Lin Qi an immense sense of security.
"Little Brother Lin, as it happens, we at Nanyun Potion are holding an internal ’Seed Guidance Meeting’ on the 66th floor. Most of our people who’ve arrived in World City are gathered there, including many from your Lin Family. Let me take you over to meet them."
Xu Zhengming pressed the button for the 66th floor. The Eastern Alliance had deliberately chosen this floor number; it was the designated floor for their S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers within the S-Class Pharmacy Society Mansion.
"I appreciate it, Brother Xu," Lin Qi replied with a smile.
"We’re all family here, it’s no trouble at all!" Xu Zhengming said with a wave of his hand.
The major pharmaceutical families of Nanyun Potion had been close since the time of the second-generation Pharmacy founders, even living on the same street.
They addressed each other as brothers and sisters, and many families had even intermarried.
Thus, even though Lin Qi was meeting Xu Zhengming for the first time, Xu Zhengming already treated him like family because of his blood ties to the Lin Family.
Watching Lin Qi and her own father calling each other brothers, a pouting Xu Qinghe, standing off to the side, thought to herself: ’What kind of "uncle" cons his "niece" like this? Forget a gift for our first meeting, he went and took over seventy million right out of my pocket! That was over seventy million!’
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S-Class Pharmacy Society Mansion, 66th floor, Circular Experimental Field.
The whole area was laid out much like an indoor arena. Outside the central experimental field, a ring of seats encircled the space, just like spectator stands.
In front of the seats was a circular conference table, and each seat was equipped with a virtual imaging device for conference purposes.
There weren’t many seats—only three hundred in total.
But it was more than enough for the Eastern Alliance’s needs.
As Lin Qi followed Xu Zhengming onto the field, his expression immediately showed a hint of surprise.
There were far more people present than he had imagined—nearly four hundred in the entire field.
"Brother Xu, are these all researchers for the meeting? Does Nanyun Potion have this many S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers?"
Something about this number felt wrong to Lin Qi. If Nanyun Potion had a full four hundred S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers, the production capacity of S-Class Potions in the Asian Administrative Region couldn’t possibly be so low.
Back then, King Arthur wouldn’t have needed to risk going to Greenfield City just to rob a single Potion from the Si Clan.
Xu Zhengming shook his head. "Of course not. Nanyun Potion received a total of only 86 invitations, and of those, fewer than 40 people came to World City."
As he spoke, Xu Zhengming gestured to a group of young people bustling about on the field and explained, "Only a third of them have the Talent to become S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers, but their current Abilities aren’t sufficient for certification. The rest are mostly fifth- or even sixth-generation researchers, brought here by their elders simply to broaden their horizons in World City."
Lin Qi was still taken aback for a moment when he heard the numbers Xu Zhengming mentioned.
Eighty-six invitations meant eighty-six S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers. That number was still quite a bit higher than Lin Qi had imagined.
"Still have questions?" Xu Zhengming could tell what Lin Qi was thinking just by looking at his expression.