Seeing Wang Bingxia's expression, Ling Tian asked with concern, "What's wrong, Bingxia?"
"Um, I didn't sleep well last night, and my eyes have dark circles. I'm really sorry, Ling Tian, I can't go out with you today. How about you go out by yourself?" Wang Bingxia replied a little embarrassed.
"It's fine, I can read at home. If you don't want to go out, we won't. You eat first. As for your eyes, I'll help you figure something out after we eat."
Although the breakfast was simple, made by Ling Tian using the few ingredients in the refrigerator, it tasted very delicious. Wang Bingxia, who usually ate very little for breakfast, surprisingly had two extra bowls today.
After breakfast, Wang Bingxia proactively went to wash the dishes, while Ling Tian went out by himself. When he came yesterday, he had seen a fairly large pharmacy outside the residential area.
A while later, Ling Tian returned. He had bought dozens of medicinal herbs and a dry powder mixer.
Wang Bingxia was very curious, "What is this, Ling Tian?"
"I'll make some medicine for you. It can make your dark circles disappear quickly."
Ling Tian got straight to work. He processed these medicinal herbs, categorizing them. Some were washed clean and ground into powder using the mixer, while others were directly made into a paste, and the juice was filtered. He mixed these medicinal juices and powders together, then filtered them into a liquid. Finally, he added some glycerin, mixed it with these liquids, and heated it slightly to form a viscous gel.
When the gel had cooled, Ling Tian put it in a small bowl and approached Wang Bingxia. "Bingxia, apply this ointment evenly around your eye sockets and massage for two minutes."
Wang Bingxia looked at the ointment, feeling a bit apprehensive. To be honest, the appearance of this ointment was not great. However, Wang Bingxia really didn't want to continue with these panda eyes. Based on her past experience, it would take three to four days for these dark circles to fade.
She went to the vanity table and applied the ointment to her eye sockets. Instantly, a cool sensation permeated her skin around her eyes. The feeling was incredibly refreshing. She massaged and rubbed a few times, even feeling the coolness penetrate deep into her eyes. The soreness in her eyes immediately disappeared.
Half an hour later, a sudden shout came from Wang Bingxia's room. Ling Tian quickly pushed the door open and rushed in.
"What's wrong, Bingxia? What happened?"
It turned out that after applying the ointment to her eyes, Wang Bingxia had taken out her phone and was messaging her mother, Gao Yalian. The mother and daughter exchanged some private words. Gao Yalian even teased her daughter, asking if she had taken protective measures, which embarrassed Wang Bingxia immensely.
After chatting for about half an hour, Wang Bingxia put down her phone and then went to the vanity table to look in the mirror again. The scene before her stunned her. The dark ointment had been completely absorbed by her skin! Not only that, but her dark circles had now completely returned to normal!
Lack of rest causing dark circles was a common problem for women. Wang Bingxia had also used many imported concealers, eye creams, and similar products, but the effect of those cosmetics was far inferior to the eye cream Ling Tian had concocted. Thus, Bingxia let out a happy shout, drawing Ling Tian in.
"Ling Tian, this effect is too magical! You know, even imported eye creams from Japan, costing over a thousand yuan a tube, take at least a whole day to remove dark circles."
Upon hearing this, a flash of inspiration struck Ling Tian. "Bingxia, what do you think? If this eye cream were launched on the market, would it sell well?"
Wang Bingxia nodded happily, "Not only would it sell well, it would be a sensation. The efficacy of such a product wouldn't even need advertising. If you let customers try it at the counter, they would unhesitatingly pay. You know, girls are willing to do anything for beauty. Spending a little money is nothing."
Ling Tian nodded in agreement. His fifth master, the business prodigy Gu Tianxi, had once told him that in this world, it was easiest to make money from women. To become more beautiful, to have better taste, women were not stingy with their money. Of course, another reason was that there were many sycophants willing to pay for women.
"Can pharmaceutical factories also produce cosmetics?"
"Naturally. In fact, many cosmetics are produced by pharmaceutical factories. The equipment for producing cosmetics, including the production environment, is similar to that for producing pharmaceuticals."
"What if I take out the formula and let our Baijin Pharmaceutical produce this eye cream..."
"That's great, what a brilliant idea! With this product, it won't be a problem for the pharmaceutical factory to turn its losses into profits!" Wang Bingxia was so happy she almost jumped.
"By the way, Brother Ling, what is the cost of producing this medicine?"
Ling Tian calculated in his mind and then said, "These herbs can all be bought at the pharmacy. A 100-gram package can be used more than ten times. The cost of the herbs is about thirty yuan. Of course, this is the price of buying medicine at a pharmacy, and I used manual, traditional methods. If modern high-tech extraction is used, along with wholesale herbs, the cost would be even lower."
Wang Bingxia's eyes were shining, "Brother Wang, do you know that even if you sell this eye cream for five hundred yuan a box, it would still sell without any trouble!"
Ling Tian was a bit dumbfounded. This was too profitable, almost comparable to selling illicit drugs.
"Um, Bingxia, I have formulas for several other cosmetic products. Once I make them, I'll let you try them. If the effect is good, we'll take them to the pharmaceutical factory to produce!"
"Okay, let's go buy medicine later! Oh, right, Ling Tian, how do you know so many cosmetic formulas?"
Ling Tian gave a helpless wry smile and came up with a simple excuse. In fact, the root of this matter lay with his sixth master, Yan Yu. Yan Yu's Yan Yu Pavilion was a place of pleasure, where the girls relied on their looks for a living, in other words, they were in a profession that consumed their youth. Therefore, the girls at Yan Yu Pavilion paid great attention to their appearance and maintenance. Yan Yu possessed many beauty and skincare formulas passed down from their sect. When Ling Tian's third master saw these formulas, he was inspired and personally improved them, then passed the modified formulas to Ling Tian. Ling Tian didn't know if they were useful, and he learned them somewhat haphazardly. After all, having more skills never hurt. He never expected that what he learned would actually be useful; this was an unexpected joy.
The pair of man and woman went out again. Unlike other young people who went to the movies or cafes, they went to pharmacies. They visited many pharmacies but couldn't find the desired herbs, as Ling Tian needed fresh ones, not pre-processed ones.