Chapter 056 Modern Society 17
The internet was flooded with spontaneous promotions for hair growth drinks, but fortunately, Shire Tea Shop had enough employees to withstand the temporary pressure.
Xie Yunsui had been busy in the store for more than half a month. Although the enthusiasm had not subsided, both new and old employees had gotten the hang of it and would not make mistakes in a hurry. Everyone was in an orderly manner, and he finally found time to meet with the people from the Central Research Institute.
A three-person team came from the Academia Sinica. One of them was Yu Jianmin, the institute's external affairs officer. He was about forty years old and looked honest and steady.
The other two are Song Lengyun and her assistant.
Song Lengyun is fifty years old this year. She is well maintained and looks only in her thirties. She is intelligent and elegant.
A few people agreed to meet in a deserted coffee shop next door. They exchanged pleasantries for a while before getting down to business.
Yu Jianmin asked, "Let's be frank. I wonder if Mr. Xie is willing to cooperate with our research institute?"
"Make money from cooperation?" Xie Yunsui asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Hahaha, we won't stand in the way of Boss Xie making money. If Boss Xie wants to use our institute's name to make more money, we can discuss it." Yu Jianmin said cheerfully, "...It's just a coincidence. Our Dr. Song's daughter came to Donglin on a business trip and bought a few boxes of your concentrate. Dr. Song drank it and it was really effective. So we took it to the institute for detailed testing. It's strange. Some of the herbs can detect genes, but for some... we're still not sure."
"We came here this time to learn about these Chinese herbal medicines. I wonder which Chinese herbal medicine manufacturer Boss Xie is working with?"
Xie Yunsui asked in return, "What Chinese herbal medicines did you find?"
Yu Jianshi took out a stack of documents from his briefcase. Xie Yunsui took them and saw that they had tested all four types of drinks currently available in the tea shop.
While Xie Yunsui was reading the report, Song Lengyun and others were also looking at him. He still looked very young, handsome and stylish, and looked gentle, polite and easy to talk to.
"These reports are very comprehensive. Aside from the cherry juice, they've all thoroughly analyzed the three main drinks in my shop. I just have one question: if I tell you the remaining herbal varieties, wouldn't that mean I'm also giving away the drink recipes for nothing?"
Xie Yunsui put down the documents with a half-smile.
Song Lengyun said: "We are not interested in your formula, we just want to identify other herbal genetic varieties."
Their research institute has the largest Chinese herbal medicine gene bank in the world, collecting herbal varieties from all over the world. However, even they have more than a dozen uncertain genetic varieties of Shire's drinks. How terrifying is this? This means that without their knowledge, perhaps the genes of more than a dozen herbs have mutated, or are they new varieties?
Xie Yunsui smiled faintly and shook his head: "You have already determined the quantity of herbs. Once we know the specific herbs, the formula will only take a few experiments to come up with. How can I trust you?"
"As you can see, the Shire Tea business is booming right now, bringing in considerable profits every day. If my formula gets leaked, the business will go away, and I won't even be able to pay the rent. I'll have to live with debt forever."
He sounded pitiful, and with his good looks, it looked like he was unwilling to reveal more because of the money.
Yu Jianmin said, "So we can cooperate. Our research institute has cooperated with many Chinese herbal medicine merchants and also knows many large manufacturers. Once we cooperate, we can provide a series of supporting services such as herbal cultivation, beverage research and development, and factory processing. You can collect stock dividends while operating offline sales and don't have to worry about supply shortages."
He wanted money, so Yu Jianmin promised him benefits, such as cooperating with the institute to make money and expand its scale. No matter what he said, it was impossible for him to refuse.
Fortunately, Xie Yunsui's goal wasn't money. He adjusted his posture and smiled, "I don't have such big ambitions. As long as I keep my formula, I'll never have to worry about running out of business."
Yu Jianmin: “…”
It’s rare to find such a fresh and unconventional businessman.
Song Lengjun raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Xie agreed to meet us this time, it's not like he would reject us personally, what do you want?"
Xie Yunsui said, "I can't introduce you to the Chinese medicine merchants I work with, but I can give you a portion of the Chinese herbal medicine you want. After you get it, you can research, cultivate, or even plant it on a large scale. I can even give you the recipes for several drinks in my store..."
Yu Jianmin and Song Lengyun were both very nervous.
As we all know, there is no free lunch in the world and pie will not fall from the sky.
They were not afraid that Xie Yunsui would open his mouth too high, but they were afraid that he would not open his mouth. Now that he opened his mouth, he spilled so much information, which was even more frightening than opening his mouth too high.
Xie Yunsui said frankly: "I want to visit the institute's gene bank."
Yu Jianmin and the other two: "..."
They thought a lot at once, and Yu Jianmin said slowly, "We need some time to think about it."
Xie Yunsui was a little confused. He didn't want all the herbal seeds, so it should be a very profitable deal.
Who knew that these three people would think about it for a whole night and agreed to give an answer at noon the next day.
Xie Yunsui was puzzled, but agreed anyway. That night, Little Bee told him that someone was checking his information records.
The little bee was created with a higher level of technology. It could not only fabricate an identity for Xie Yunsui out of thin air, but also follow the clues to find the instigator of the tea shop. It usually connects to the Internet to pay attention to the reputation of its owner.
The fact that someone was looking for Xie Yunsui's personal information could not be hidden from it, and naturally it could not be hidden from Xie Yunsui either.
Although the relations between countries in this world seem peaceful, in fact the relations are turbulent, and some countries are always trying to steal confidential information of other countries.
The gene bank of the Academia Sinica is the largest in the world and has always been coveted.
In fact, the Academia Sinica has a cooperative museum of common medicinal herb gene specimens. Their gene bank has only added some gene varieties that have disappeared or are about to disappear. Most people will not go out of their way to look for these gene varieties. It was Xie Yunsui's attitude that made the three people from the Academia Sinica suspicious, so they thought of using their power to investigate Xie Yunsui.
Only then did Xie Yunsui understand why the three of them had taken so long to consider this. It turned out that they were afraid that he would be bribed by other countries.
The three people in the hotel looked at the personal information faxed over, which was as clean as it could be.
Yu Jianmin: "He doesn't look like a spy."
Song Lengjun frowned: "How did an orphan get the herbs that even we don't know about?"
The assistant had a different opinion: "Not only do we not have it, but neither do any other countries. If they were spies, they wouldn't be able to prevent us with these herbs, so how could they sell the medicine in our country and make it known to the whole country?"
Song Lengjun: "..."
That does make sense.
Yu Jianmin: "But why does he want to see the gene bank? The content in the museum is already enough for the public to understand Chinese herbal medicine."
The assistant thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that these herbs were actually researched by Boss Xie himself? He was an orphan and couldn't go to a good school, but he had a strong desire for knowledge. Isn't there often news about experts being inferior to amateurs?"
In recent years, there have been frequent news reports of protected animals being on the verge of extinction in the hands of experts. However, some unknown country men and women raised the animals for two or three years and bred a whole population from two of them.
Yu Jianmin: “…”
Song Lengjun thought about it and relaxed a lot: "Xiao Li is right, I think I can agree to it."
Yu Jianmin: "You..."
Song Lengyun continued, "But we have to make him sign a confidentiality agreement, just like us, to restrict the conditions for going abroad..."
Xie Yunsui had no objection. This country had a vast territory and abundant resources, with mountains, rivers and lakes of varying appearances. One could never get tired of the scenery in all four seasons.
Moreover, safety abroad is difficult to guarantee. Even if Lin Xiran wants to travel abroad, he still has to think carefully.
After signing the confidentiality document, Xie Yunsui did not ask to go to Zhongjing City to visit the gene bank immediately, but directly took out two packets of seeds and gave them to them.
Song Lengyun's eyebrows jumped, and she carefully opened one of the packages: "This is... seeds? What kind of seeds?"
"Two raw materials for making hair growth drink."
He didn't need to say it explicitly, Song Lengyun and the other two already knew that these were the two herbs they were missing. However, the seeds looked ordinary, so they had to take them back for testing and research to know the details.
But...just give it to them like this?
Yu Jianmin thought that Xie Yunsui would have to argue with them for at least two more rounds before he was willing to give them anything.
When I first saw him yesterday, I thought he was gentle and easy to talk to, but after chatting for a few minutes, I realized that this young man had a lot of ideas.
Xie Yunsui's goal has never been just to take a look at the gene bank. If possible, he also wants to take a backup copy of all the contents of the gene bank away.
Having acted too aggressively yesterday, Xie Yunsui changed his approach today: "I went back and thought about it, and I found that the cooperation method Mr. Yu mentioned earlier is not bad. I can get dividends based on my shares, and I can earn money just by lying at home. But I don't feel comfortable handing it all over to you..."
Xie Yunsui’s meaning was very simple. The two parties should first use the hair growth drink to see each other’s sincerity in cooperating.
Xie Yunsui took out the materials for two hair-growing drinks and waited for the Chinese Research Institute to successfully research and grow them before handing over the formula to them. If the hair-growing drinks could be successfully developed, they would then discuss the research and development of other products.
If the Chinese Research Institute really has the ability to replicate and research those two herbs, it is not impossible to sell the hair growth drink on a large scale.
However, the people in this world do not have magical powers to harmonize, and the hair growth drink made by machines may not be able to fully exert the activity of the herbs.
In other words, the hair growth effect will be reduced, which is similar to the effect of its diluted solution.
But it's better than nothing.
If the formula of the hair growth drink is accidentally leaked during the cooperation between the two parties, all subsequent cooperation will be terminated immediately.
Yu Jianmin could understand his concerns. Hair growth drink is now the main product of Shire Tea Shop. Just like the goose that lays golden eggs, using hair growth drink as the first product for cooperation shows great sincerity.
Seeing that the two had reached a preliminary cooperation intention, Song Lengyun nodded and said nothing more.
The assistant smiled and said, "Thank you, Boss. You can come visit us when you have time."
Xie Yunsui smiled and shook hands: "It's a pleasure to work with you."
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The cooperation is still in its infancy and not many people know about it. Shire Tea Shop is still being reminded eight hundred times a day about opening a chain store.
"Is your boss away again today?"
The new store has a larger space for customers to rest and is almost always full from morning to night.
Many people are waiting here specifically for the boss. Some want to admire the boss's beauty, some want to know from the boss in person whether the chain store can be opened, and some want to jointly organize activities with their own IP.
There are also people who want to inquire about partners. Nowadays, hair growth drinks are so popular that people from all walks of life come here because of the taste.
When shop assistant Zhang Shuangshuang is faced with such questions, she usually gives a template answer: "I'm not sure, but the boss sometimes works in the store in the university town. If you want to find him, you can go there and have a look."
Of course, Yao Huan, who works in the university town, also said this.
Of course, the customers looked disappointed, but they still chose an empty seat and sat in the store to wait.
It’s not that they are so persistent, but they feel an indescribable comfort sitting in the store.
The chairs look similar to those in other fast food and beverage restaurants. They fit the waist curve very well and don’t make you feel tired.
The wall-sized star map in the store is also very photogenic, and some girls come here specifically to check in and take photos.
"It's really beautiful. Is this gem real? It feels very textured."
"Is there any pattern to the scattered placement of the gemstones?"
"It always feels mysterious..."
Seeing that Shire Tea Shop was so popular and that it was endorsed by the Chinese Research Institute, Zhou Anguo from Guibai was extremely angry.
With the hair growth drink, his company spent so much on marketing for its newly launched shampoo, but has not made back even a fraction of the profit so far.
Also, because the video of Dali reviewing and criticizing the hair growth drink was too popular, it was discovered to be a hidden advertisement, which aroused public anger.
He had clearly discovered it so early. If he had been able to take down Xie Yunsui earlier, their products might have been the hottest now.
Damn it, where is the Ciel family’s supplier?
Zhou Anguo searched all major medicinal herb bases at home and abroad but still couldn't find it.
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