Chapter 519 No One Complains About Having Too Much Money

"This matter..."

Chu Jinnian lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised his head and replied, "I don't have any familiar and reliable businessmen to introduce to Miss Zhuang."

"It's okay. I'm just asking Lord Chu. If you have it, that would be great. If not, that's also okay." Zhuang Qingning replied with a smile, and the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

As she said, she originally just wanted to give it a try. If there was any result, that would be the best. If not, that would be a very common thing.

After all, Chu Jinnian's background is obvious, and the people he makes friends with on a daily basis are probably the powerful and wealthy. To them, businessmen have a very low status and are not worth their attention.

Zhuang Qingning had already made sufficient mental preparations, so he put the thought aside for a while.

All things are difficult at the beginning, and no matter what you do, fate is the key. Just take it slow and don't rush.

Seeing that Zhuang Qingning's smile had not diminished at all, Chu Jinnian's own smile grew even wider. "Although I don't have anyone suitable to introduce to Miss Zhuang, I am very interested in Miss Zhuang's soap business."

"To be honest with you, Miss Zhuang, I also have some land and shops in Beijing, and I also have some capable managers who can manage the business. If Miss Zhuang doesn't mind, would you be willing to partner with me in this business?"

"Doing business with Lord Chu?" Zhuang Qingning really didn't expect Chu Jinnian to say this, and her eyes widened in shock.

"What? Before, when we were in Cuiwei Mountain, you mentioned that if we had the chance, you wouldn't mind doing business with me. Have you forgotten it now, or have you changed your mind?" Chu Jinnian joked.

"That's not the case..."

"I'm just a little surprised that Lord Chu is also interested in business matters." Zhuang Qingning told the truth somewhat embarrassedly.

She always thought that someone like Chu Jinnian, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, could not be said to dislike the smell of money, but he would definitely not be interested in such things. The previous chat was just superficial talk.

I never thought that Chu Jinnian was actually interested in this.

"In this world, no one thinks that money is too much." Chu Jinnian smiled, "And in the eyes of many outsiders, many people are rich and glorious, but how they live inside is only known to themselves."

"Besides, relying on the emperor's reward is like living by the sky, sometimes there is no reward, so it is more practical to hold something in your hands."

This is true. Many royal nobles are nothing but empty shells if they do not have their own private property. They may look glorious on the surface, but they actually live a tight life. If their own property can flourish, they will be prepared for any eventuality.

After all, no one complains about having too much money, especially when it is money earned honestly.

Zhuang Qingning understood this very well and nodded immediately, "Master Chu is right. If Master Chu is interested in this business, then this matter can be discussed easily."

"Regarding this soap business, I have two ideas. Let's see which one Lord Chu prefers."

"Miss Zhuang, please speak." Chu Jinnian raised his hand.

"The first idea is that I will open a soap workshop and sell soap to Lord Chu at a fixed price. I will not be involved in how much Lord Chu sells to the outside world, and I will not interfere with how much profit Lord Chu makes in a year. I will only take the portion I deserve. But if you do business this way, Lord Chu must ensure that he purchases a certain amount of soap from me every year to ensure that there is no inventory in the workshop."

"The second way is that we open a soap workshop together. I will provide the recipe, and Lord Chu will provide the money and capable people to manage the workshop. Lord Chu will be responsible for selling the soap in Beijing and other places. We can both negotiate and solve any problems we encounter during the process, and pool our wisdom to make the business bigger and stronger. The final profit will be split 30% to 70%, with Lord Chu taking 70% and me taking 30%."

Zhuang Qingning said.

"I remember..." Chu Jinnian paused, "Miss Zhuang has already opened several workshops."

“If I open another workshop, I will probably be even busier.”

"It will indeed be busier." Zhuang Qingning nodded and answered truthfully, "But this is only the case in the early stages of the workshop. Once the workshop is built and everything goes smoothly, it will be much better."

"Master Chu, don't worry that because there are too many workshops, we won't be able to ensure the quantity and quality of soap. I will manage the workshops well and ensure that we can supply Master Chu with soap of guaranteed quality and quantity."

Chu Jinnian drooped his eyelids.

"Then, let's go with the second option Miss Zhang mentioned. There is an extremely capable steward in the capital, and it would be appropriate for him to be in charge of the workshop. In this way, Miss Zhuang would not have to worry too much about the small matters in the workshop. Instead, she could help steer the workshop and do more important things."

"Then let's do as Lord Chu said, the second way. I just don't know where Lord Chu plans to open this workshop?"

Zhuang Qingning said, "If Lord Chu plans to go to the capital, I have many other businesses on hand, so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Lord Chu to send a few smart and studious craftsmen to learn how to make soap from me."

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"Not only now, because of this soap, in the future we can make scented soap, flower petal soap, medicinal soap, etc. Every time we want to make a new soap, we need someone to come and study it carefully."

"In the early stage, people need to come to me to learn the production method. If I have time in the future, I can teach in the workshop. However, if I do so, there will be a lot of variables."

"If that's the case, then the workshop should not be opened in the capital, but in the county town."

Chu Jinnian said slowly, "Now, Shopkeeper Zhuang is close to here, so he can go to the workshop to check it out at any time. If there is anything wrong, he can correct it at any time."

"Secondly, as Shopkeeper Zhuang said, there are many different soap making methods that need to be carefully studied. This will also make it easier for craftsmen to learn and for Shopkeeper Zhuang to teach them."

"To be honest with you, Manager Zhuang, officials all have their own businesses in private. They are very secretive about them, but they never bring them up in public. So it is very appropriate to put them here, far away from the capital."

"As for this matter, I am just like everyone else. I don't want to reveal too much to the public, so I will say that this business is yours, Miss Zhuang, and it has nothing to do with me directly. I hope Miss Zhuang will agree to this."

The purpose of doing business is to make real money in the end, not for the so-called reputation. It doesn't matter to Zhuang Qingning who the business belongs to.

She nodded and agreed, "That's no problem."

"In that case, let's make a deal about the soap business."

Sprinkle sugar tomorrow~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)