They stockpiled 500,000 kilograms of Isatis root!

100,000 kg of honeysuckle, 300,000 kg of Dryopteris crassirhizoma, 400,000 kg of Forsythia suspensa...

There are more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials, and the purchase price is very cheap. For example, Banlangen is 2 yuan per kilogram. If it is sold at the highest price next year, these 500,000 kilograms can conservatively earn 20 million yuan.

This warehouse full of medicinal herbs will be worth hundreds of millions of yuan when it is resold.

However, the market for Chinese medicinal herbs is currently somewhat sluggish. In short, there has been no news about SARS so far, and the market has not seen any fluctuations.

Therefore, under these market conditions, even in Bozhou, no one dares to stockpile such a huge amount of inventory all at once.

Although Shen Nansheng tried to keep a low profile, he still attracted the attention of some people.

Sure enough, a middle-aged man wearing a black nylon suit and with half of his hair bald crept his head in through the crack in the warehouse door.

Then he exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, so much stuff!"

Shen Nansheng turned around and looked at him with an unfriendly expression: "What are you looking at? This is a restricted area, no entry allowed!"

The man wasn't scared off; instead, he grinned, pushed open the door, and came in, pulling out a cigarette.

"Boss, don't be so formal. I'm from the warehouse next door. My surname is Diao, and my given name is Luan. I haven't seen you before. Are you a new merchant?"

"Soft?" Shen Nansheng was taken aback and did not take the cigarette.

"It's 'Diao,' the 'Diao' in 'stubborn,' not 'diao,' and the 'Luan' in 'mountain range,' not 'soft.' What are your names, gentlemen?" The man wasn't angry; he smiled and offered Chu Yang a cigarette.

Chu Yang shook his head: "This is a warehouse, smoking is prohibited. Boss Diao, you can't be so ignorant of this basic common sense, can you?"

"Oh right, right, right, look at my brain!" Boss Diao slapped his forehead.

Then, being naturally friendly, he wanted to explore further.

Chu Yang raised his hand to stop them: "We're closing down, Boss Diao."

"Excuse me for being so forward, I'll head out now." Boss Diao said as he walked towards the door.

Chu Yang and Shen Nansheng exchanged a glance.

"Let's go out too."

"Yes, make sure the door is locked."

But Boss Diao was still standing outside the door. After they locked the door, he leaned over and whispered, "Have you two heard something? Give us a hint, let's make money together!"

"Mr. Diao is joking. I have other uses for these stocks. It's a low-profit, high-volume business, not a money-making venture," Shen Nansheng said calmly.

"What purpose would require several hundred tons of goods?" Boss Diao naturally didn't believe it, but seeing that the other party was unwilling to say, he didn't press further.

After watching the three leave, he quickly mobilized his connections to inquire about the recent market situation, but after asking around, he didn't get any useful information.

Instead, because winter is approaching, they were told that the market would continue to decline.

"That doesn't make sense. Why are they stockpiling so much inventory when the market is so bad? Have they lost their mind?"

"Could it be that some major pharmaceutical company is making some new product?"

Boss Diao was completely baffled by Sister Qi's situation.

I racked my brains but couldn't figure it out.

"No, I must investigate this thoroughly!"

…

"An investigation is definitely going to happen."

Walking through the medicinal herb market, Chu Yang saw that Shen Nansheng was a little worried, and said with a smile, "But they probably won't be able to find anything, and will just conclude that we two are idiots."

"Now we just need to make sure about one thing: the storage and safety of this shipment, since it will be sitting there for several months," he added.

“Second brother, you don’t need to worry about that. I rented the best warehouse here. Ventilation and dryness are not a problem. As for security, there’s even less to worry about. As the top of the four major pharmaceutical cities, the warehouse security will definitely not be a problem,” Shen Nansheng said.

Chu Yang nodded: "That's fine then. Let them guess what we're doing."

"Oh, by the way, second brother," Shen Nansheng leaned closer and asked, "Have you found that scoundrel yet?"

Chu Yang was taken aback: "What 'diao mao'?"

"Is that Xiaoli's boyfriend? Did you get a picture?"

"Uh, not yet. I'll keep a close eye on it when I get back."

"Yes, you're Xiaoli's second uncle, so you need to pay more attention to her, you know?"

"Understood, brother..."

"..."

The three of them left after browsing the medicinal herb market for a while.

Of course, he didn't leave empty-handed. Shen Nansheng bought a donkey penis to soak in wine. Chu Yang didn't need it, so he bought Lou Chunyue a Korean ginseng to nourish her and improve her complexion.

Then Shen Nansheng suggested visiting several of the companies he had invested in.

The closest city to Bozhou is Hangzhou, so let's go see Brother Ma first, since it's closer.

When we met at the lakeside community, Brother Ma had dark circles under his eyes, but he was in great spirits, talking non-stop about his achievements in the private room of the hot pot restaurant.

He was very excited because the development of the online store platform had reached its final stage and it would definitely be launched after the New Year.

Then he raised his glass and solemnly expressed his gratitude to Chu Yang and Shen Nansheng.

In his view, the investment from the two individuals gave him enough confidence, and Chu Yang's proposal to establish an online store platform coincided with his budding ideas, guiding him towards a broader horizon.

After finishing his meal, he couldn't wait to open his laptop and show off their newly completed Taobao website homepage.

Chu Yang glanced at it and said, "Why does this page look like a porn site?"

Little Ma's smile froze: "President Chu, doesn't it look good?"

Chu Yang nodded: "It's not good-looking, it's not high-class enough."

Indeed, the newly launched Taobao website not only had simple functions, but its page design was also quite outdated.

Even setting aside Chu Yang's aesthetic sense from twenty years in the future, this page design would be considered substandard even by today's standards.

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