Ruan Qiushui remembered that the Patent Law was not passed until 1984 and implemented until 1985. She had to apply for the national secret formula as soon as possible.

Before that, the only way to keep it a secret was through our own means.

"Don't worry, Sister Qiu, all the workers who come to the factory will sign a confidentiality agreement. Moreover, for the Yunnan Baiyao and Compound Ginseng Pill workshops, I will arrange for fixed workers to work in only one position."

"As long as all processes are independent and kept secret, there is no need to worry about the secret formula being leaked."

The workers who make these two medicines only know one of the steps involved.

Besides Sister Qiu, only he, Gu Changshu, and Gu Xiaoxiao knew the complete process.

Have you contacted all the medicinal herb suppliers?

The medicinal herbs from the Hongqi Brigade will take some time to arrive.

Ruan Qiushui asked Zhou Yi to contact some other reliable medicinal herb merchants to deal with the situation for a while.

As for the medicinal herbs in her space, she had already fabricated a pharmaceutical merchant identity and successfully sold all the herbs to Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory.

"I contacted several suppliers, and there are no problems with the supply of goods."

Zhou Yi personally inspected all those medicinal herbs with the help of professionals.

"But the quality is still far inferior to the batch of goods in our warehouse."

The medicinal herb merchants that Zhou Yi contacted had herbs that were considered to be of extremely high quality by domestic standards.

However, compared to the batch of medicinal herbs that Sister Qiu obtained, it was simply incomparable.

I wonder if Sister Qiu will be able to buy another batch of medicinal herbs from that person.

"Those medicinal herbs in the warehouse are extremely rare. The suppliers you showed me the samples from are already quite good."

After all, it's produced by the space itself, so it can't be compared to ordinary medicinal herbs.

"I'll leave the details of equipment and dormitories to you."

Ruan Qiushui gave a few instructions and then told Zhou Yi to get back to his work.

Right now, she still has to draw up design drafts and come up with some ingenious and widely applicable prescriptions to build a reputation for the pharmaceutical company.

…

Two months later, Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory and Renshan Pharmacy were established.

Zhou Yi, together with Gu Xiaoxiao and Gu Changshu, formed a management team to jointly manage and operate Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory and its pharmacy.

The big boss, Ruan Qiushui, stayed behind to handle emergencies that they couldn't resolve and was responsible for developing plans.

As for Peking University, Ruan Qiushui has become an honorary professor, and all she needs to do is show up on payday to teach one class.

Of course, Ruan Qiushui did not forget to recruit outstanding talents. Currently, five students from Beijing University have joined Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory and officially started their internships.

The first batch of traditional Chinese medicine preparations issued by Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory included granules for treating colds caused by wind-cold or wind-heat, two kinds of syrups for treating cough with phlegm or dry cough with itchy throat, and an antipyretic with Bupleurum as the main ingredient.

These medications are affordable, fast-acting, and have no side effects.

It also has very few contraindications and is suitable for the vast majority of people.

Of course, the most important ones are Yunnan Baiyao and Compound Ginseng Pills, whose ingredients and formulas are kept secret.

These Chinese medicine preparations can all be purchased at Renshan Pharmacy.

As requested by Ruan Qiushui, Renshan Pharmacy will be open for trial operation for three days. Except for Yunnan Baiyao and Compound Ginseng Pills, all other medicines can be taken by the public free of charge to experience their effects.

"Sister Qiu, this is already the third day of the pharmacy's trial operation. We haven't made a single penny in revenue yet, what are we going to do?"

Zhou Yi had just finished inspecting four pharmacies in Beijing and was sighing anxiously.

With huge costs invested and a large amount of medicine provided for free, this is the result. Who can stand it?

"How about our factory focus on producing Yunnan Baiyao and Compound Ginseng Pills?"

These two drugs received a large number of orders from the military region as soon as the pharmaceutical factory started production.

Their Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory could easily become an industry leader with just these two drugs.

Why would there be a need to produce time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inexpensive cold medicine?

"No matter what industry you're in, you can never limit yourself. Only through diversified development can you create new glories."

Ruan Qiushui shook her head in disagreement.

Their Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory could indeed live off Yunnan Baiyao and Compound Ginseng Pills for the rest of its life, but was that the kind of situation she wanted to see?

Although the revenue from cold medicine is not as high as that of Yunnan Baiyao and ginseng pills, it is better able to open up the market, reach the general public, and gain a good reputation.

What she wanted was for Ren Shan Pharmaceutical Factory to become famous throughout the world, so that ordinary people could afford medicine; only then would she be worthy of her grandfather's teachings.

"But we can't keep dragging this on like this."

"There are quite a few customers trying out the drugs in the store, but none of them are repeat customers. Even though the cost of the drugs we offer for free is low, we can't keep using them up."

Zhou Yi glanced at Ruan Qiushui's expression, unsure whether he should speak or not.

Ever since Sister Qiu founded Xueji, established Gujin Auction House, and opened Yushanfang, the eyes of the people in the capital have been on her.

Now that the pharmacy has opened, it's not only failed to achieve any success, but is also operating at a loss. People are secretly saying that Sister Qiu has fallen from grace and become a laughing stock.

"You need patience to do business."

"We agreed that the medicine would be free for three days during the trial operation, so we can't just stop halfway through."

"Don't worry, we'll be open for business as usual tomorrow, and lots of patients will come to buy medicine."

Zhou Yi was simply out of touch with the sales tactics of later generations and lacked understanding of customer psychology.

She offered free medicines during the three-day trial operation of the pharmacy, firstly to let people personally experience the efficacy of the medicines produced by her Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory, and secondly to build the pharmacy's reputation through word of mouth.

The first three days are free medication; only a fool would pay for it.

"I believe in Sister Qiu."

Even though Zhou Yi wasn't entirely sure himself, he was willing to unconditionally believe what Ruan Qiushui said.

As expected, after Renshan Pharmacy officially opened for business, a large number of customers lined up at the pharmacy entrance, waiting to buy medicine.

Patients with symptoms buy medicine to treat their illness, while those who have recovered buy medicine for self-defense.

In just three hours, all the medicines in the four stores were sold out, and they had to close early.

In short, Ren Shan's medicine, after three days of fermentation, has become a sensation throughout the entire capital city.

Renshan Pharmacy has largely solved the problems of difficulty in seeing a doctor and high cost of medicine for ordinary people.

Not only are ordinary people scrambling to buy them, but hospitals, the military, and schools are also vying to purchase them.

For a time, Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory was inundated with orders, and was on the verge of being overwhelmed with orders.

"Hello, yes, yes, this is Renshan Pharmaceutical Factory."

"I'm sorry, our order book for this month is already full."

"Reservations? The waiting list is already six months in advance."

Zhou Yi and his colleagues were constantly busy, and the office phone kept ringing.

Meanwhile, the factory started producing medicine in three shifts, and the workers received high wages, which strengthened their sense of identity and belonging to Renshan Factory.