If asked about her favorite collaborators, Shen Mingzhi would say that her favorite are the distributors of this era.

Individual business owners in this era are truly hardworking and have business acumen.

They are also the group that faces the toughest challenges, and in the future...the group that will have the most comfortable life.

You suffer greatly at the beginning, but then you start to enjoy yourself.

Everyone followed suit and joined the ranks of those who had a fortune.

Shen Mingzhi picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said to them, "You are all trained by Baoli. No matter what happens, Baoli will always be there to support you. As long as you do a good job, I promise to sell as many Baoli products as you can handle."

"Huh? The department stores are all lined up behind us?" Qian Manguan asked, somewhat puzzled.

They are self-employed individuals, and in the business world, self-employed individuals have no security and are the most vulnerable to being bullied and driven away.

"Yes, you all came from Baoli, so of course you'll get priority. Besides, policies change every year, and I believe you'll definitely have a better future. So I hope you'll remain loyal to Baoli, work hard, and achieve not just 10,000 yuan, but 100,000 yuan, even 1 million yuan – we can do it all!" Shen Mingzhi tried her best to motivate them!

Qian Manguan's eyes sparkled as he listened.

“This road will definitely be tough. It’s great that you can persevere. If you can’t, come back to work in the factory. I’ll take you on. This is my guarantee for the ten of you,” Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.

After the meeting, they took Shen Mingzhi's note to the accountant to collect their money.

Finally, Factory Director Sun couldn't hold back any longer and slammed his hand on the table. "I'll give you the factory. I didn't say a word, but you said it all!"

Shen Mingzhi glared at him coldly, "Director Sun, then tell me, how are we going to resolve this now? Don't just bang on the table!"

When she first came in, it was agreed that she would make the decisions. What happened? Jiang Huanyu hasn't even made a move yet, and he's already panicking?

"I'll slam the table? Shen Mingzhi, those distributors are all individual business owners. Do you know what that means? They sell counterfeit goods, they play all sorts of tricks, and they might even take your 100,000 yuan and disappear without a trace. 100,000 yuan, what a sum!!" Factory Director Sun said angrily.

"If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them! If someone really runs off with this 100,000 yuan, I'll make up for it with all my future salaries, okay?!" Shen Mingzhi finished speaking and kicked the chair away. "Don't panic before Comrade Jiang has even started. So what if there are two German production lines? So what if there's a German team?!"

Shen Mingzhi is too arrogant.

Factory Director Sun was speechless.

“If Jiang Huanyu has a thousand schemes, I have a hundred; if he has high walls, I have a ladder to the clouds. Am I afraid of him?! Last year, he treated us so badly, but we still made it through. At the end of the year, everyone received six or seven hundred yuan in salary. That’s the best proof. If you’re afraid of taking risks, then don’t listen, don’t look, and don’t ask anything!” After saying that, Shen Mingzhi left the office directly.

She hates it most when someone tries to sabotage her when she's getting things done.

Seeing that she was truly angry, Director Sun could only sit in his office and sulk.

Shen Mingzhi didn't go to the cafeteria at noon; instead, she went straight back to the courtyard house.

The dumplings she made yesterday were still uneaten when Wang Sao steamed three for Shen Mingzhi when she returned.

"What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?" While Aunt Wang was tending the fire, Shen Mingzhi sat on a small stool by the kitchen door, staring blankly at the pot.

"No, I'm thinking about how to break this deadlock." Shen Mingzhi is unwilling to give up on the products she has developed, but the price can't be lowered. Although she wants to move these products to other places to sell, she doesn't know how capable Qian Manguan and his team are.

"Breakthrough? What new problem has arisen that's stumping our Deputy Factory Director Shen?" Aunt Wang joked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Shen Mingzhi simply smiled and said, "It's not a very big problem."

After she finished lunch, she went to Ren'an Pharmacy.

Ang Lee diligently took stock of the medicines; after all, it was the New Year, and they needed to restock...

Seeing Shen Mingzhi enter, he was somewhat surprised, "What brings you here?"

"Just you alone? Where's Shen Xiuzhu? He said he'd be in charge of this shop, but he's always running off and I can't find him." Shen Mingzhi smiled and walked to a chair to sit down.

When Shen Xiuzhu was mentioned, Li An's expression turned grim. "Something happened to him."

"What happened? Why didn't you tell me?!" Shen Mingzhi immediately pressed for an answer.

Li An marked the delivery slip before walking over to Shen Mingzhi and whispering, "It's hard to say, they've been retaliated against."

"Revenge?" Shen Mingzhi blinked.

"He offended people in the south in order to get medicine for me. In addition, he made a lot of money by buying a lot of goods each time. Those people leaked his information. Just before the New Year, he was robbed on his way back with the goods and was almost beaten to death..." Li An said, sighing.

Shen Mingzhi frowned unconsciously.

How could she forget that in this era, poorer areas were extremely chaotic?

No one dares to say who's making money... they might actually try to steal it and kill them.

“Where is he now? I’m going to go see him.” Shen Mingzhi stood up.

"He's still in a hospital out of town. My wife went there. By the way, is there something you want to talk to you about?" Li An asked calmly.

He had heard about this kind of thing many times.

His family used to be poor, and he had heard many stories like this.

A family bought a bicycle, and the next morning, the whole family was killed, and the bicycle was taken away.

Shen Mingzhi sat down, her tone serious, "I want to develop something new, cosmeceuticals."

"Cosmeceuticals? That's interesting. What exactly do you want me to do?" Li An asked with curiosity.

Shen Mingzhi looked at him, and after a while said, "I'm a little embarrassed to say it."

“What’s our relationship? Why are you so shy about saying it? I’ve invested in your PolyGram, so I’m one of the shareholders. I’ve been busy with this for the past six months, and you haven’t bothered me at all. It’s only right that you bother me now,” Li An said with a smile.

"I want to collaborate with the hospital, and... people who research drugs. Talk to your father-in-law and ask him to help me get in touch with people at the Medical Research Institute." Shen Mingzhi originally wanted to contact Jiang Shaozhen, but... she felt it wasn't a good idea to ask him.

After all, we had already troubled him a lot last year.

“This… Xiuzhu’s matter has really angered him. How about I give you the phone number of the hospital where your father-in-law is, and you can talk to him in person?” Li An looked troubled.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to help Shen Mingzhi, but rather that he was currently in dire straits himself.

After Shen Xiuzhu's accident, his sister ignored him throughout the Chinese New Year and went to another city to take care of him.

His father-in-law treated him rudely when he went to pay his respects for the New Year.

Even his mother-in-law gets angry at him.

He went there full of expectations, but returned home dejected and very depressed.