At this time, another wealthy man asked, "Mr. Qiu, can you give us an estimate of the price of this ginseng? How much can it be sold for?"
Chairman Qiu laughed:
"It's hard to estimate the price. According to Chinese medicine, this kind of ginseng king definitely has the magical effect of regenerating flesh from withered bones and bringing the dead back to life. I guess Lingnan Hall is using it as a treasure of the town hall and will definitely not sell it.
If I had to estimate the price, you are all big shots in both the province and Hong Kong. If I asked you to buy it, how much would you be willing to offer? 50 million? Or 500 million? If Lingnan Hall offered 500 million, I would be willing to pay it now.
Lin Tianhua also came over at this time, smiling and making invisible advertisements:
"Everyone, this thousand-year-old ginseng is not for sale. Our boss intends to keep it as a family heirloom. Although thousand-year-old ginseng is not for sale, to celebrate the opening of our Lingnan Hall Chinese Medicine Clinic, we have prepared 50 hundred-year-old ginsengs today. If you need them, please go to the second floor to place your order."
When the various wealthy people heard this, they acted quickly, either ordering their secretaries to go upstairs quickly, or taking out their phones to call their assistants. There were more than one million wealthy people at the scene, and there were only 50 pieces of century-old ginseng, so they were definitely going to grab them.
In order to prevent the wealthy from gathering in the center of the hall, Lin Tianhua guided them:
"We at Lingnan Hall don't just have thousand-year-old ginseng; we also have numerous other natural treasures. Look, the dragon-shaped plant in this display case is a thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, and there's also this chopstick-sized Cordyceps King.
These two jars contain preserved dried tangerine peel from the Daoguang era, this counter is filled with 1980-year-old small-bearded golden croaker fish maw, and this box contains wild musk. This small box alone is worth 50 million yuan."
These wealthy people are quite knowledgeable. Although they are not top-tier wealthy people, who doesn’t have assets worth tens or hundreds of billions?
But today, when we arrived at Lingnan Hall, we all felt like country bumpkins. What did it mean to be truly wealthy? Look at the Lin family. A small box of medicinal herbs would cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
At this time, Maxim's Group's boss Zhou Ruili suddenly sniffed the air:
"Why does it smell so good? Is this the smell of rosewood?"
Lin Tianhua smiled and led everyone out of the herbal medicine store. He pointed around and proudly introduced:
"Look, everyone! All the furniture you see is made of small-leaf red sandalwood. And look at the medicine cabinets across the way. They are the only remaining medicine cabinets from the Imperial Hospital of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the world, also made of red sandalwood.
"In a moment, you'll enter Doctor Lin's office. The furniture inside is even more extraordinary, all made of golden nanmu wood. These precious woods are all used by the Qing Dynasty royal family, and their origins are extraordinary."
Wow~~~
Mr. Qin from Coopers & Yong Holdings exclaimed:
"I have a set of red sandalwood furniture at home, and I treat it like a treasure. I don't bring anyone else around except the most distinguished guests. Wow, you can actually sit on the red sandalwood furniture at Lingnan Hall Chinese Medicine Clinic?"
Kingfa Technology boss Mr. Yang also agreed:
"Yes, it's so hard to buy a complete set of rosewood furniture on the market now. I have a set, but unfortunately it's missing two armchairs. I spent a lot of money to buy them but couldn't get them."
Merchants value money the most. At this time, someone in the crowd asked:
"Boss Lin, how much did you pay for this room full of rosewood furniture?"
Lin Tianhua raised his hand and stretched out five fingers:
"500 million?"
“5 billion!”
"Oh my god, 5 billion yuan can buy most A-share companies."
Seeing that the wealthy people were so excited that their mouths were dry, Lin Sanqi signaled the female receptionists to serve tea immediately.
"Bosses, come on, come on, everyone, please sit down and rest for a while. What we provide is Bingdao Laozhai Maocha, all of which are tea leaves from old tea trees."
Several wealthy people who knew the business immediately turned around and stepped forward quickly.
"Iceland Laozhai Maocha? This is the best Yunnan Pu'er Mengku tea."
"Yes, I bought two cakes last year and spent more than 100,000 yuan."
At this time, several wealthy people heard this and hurried over to find a seat:
"Iceland Laozhai's raw tea production is only 1,000 kilograms a year. It's a treasure. I have to try it."
"Give me one, too."
Lin Sanqi quickly signaled the five Kung Fu tea beauties to start working and supply drinks to these wealthy people.
The Bingdao Laozhai raw tea was obtained by Lin Sanqi in 1961. The quantity was not large and it was specially given to him by Leader Jing.
Pu'er tea was not considered a precious tea in the 1960s, and there was no capital speculation at that time. Yunnan was really too far away, and the fact that people sent it from thousands of miles away was definitely a token of great sentiment.
But ordinary tea in 1961 has become a treasure in 2014.
Hundreds of bosses began to gather in groups of three or four, drinking tea and chatting, and many wealthy people also began to walk around and visit casually.
At this time, the pretty medical guide had already started calling out numbers in the registration order, speaking softly:
"Next, please invite Mr. Zeng Chengye to see Dr. Lin in Clinic No. 1."
Zeng Chengye stood up as soon as he heard it: "Haha, I'm here, I'm here."
Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Clinic currently has five clinics open, and the registration fee is 500 yuan. Isn't that shocking? But rich people are so cheap. The more expensive you are, the more people trust you.
If you are charged 10 yuan for registration and 200 yuan for a course of seven prescriptions, believe it or not, rich people will just turn around and leave.
The 500 yuan registration fee is a special opening price, and it will increase in the future, possibly up to 5,000 yuan.
We invited so many wealthy people here today, and naturally not all of them are patients. We just want them to get familiar with the environment and show the strength of Lingnan Hall.
Look, the wealthy people who are strolling around have made a new discovery.
"Oh my god, is this chicken cup real or fake?"
Lin Sanqi flashed and thought, "You finally discovered it? Everything in this row of cabinets is real antiques."
"Mr. He, this Chicken Cup is as authentic as it gets. Our Lingnan Hall's motto is to prefer lacking to inferior. All of our medicinal herbs and antiques are genuine, and we never use fakes."
This is another wave of invisible advertising.
These wealthy people may not know much about medicinal herbs, but when it comes to antiques, they are very excited. After all, in 2014, hot money was pouring in, the economy was on the rise, and the antique market was quite prosperous.
In order to show off their taste, rich people have to get some antiques to play with, right?
"Look, is this Ru kiln porcelain? Wow, it's so beautiful! It's true that a fortune is not as good as a piece of Ru porcelain."
"Wow, this is Qi Baishi's 'Pine and Cypress Standing Tall, Four-Character Couplet in Seal Script II'? Wow, 400 million."
"There's a Qianlong light yellow ground gilded enamel long-necked gourd vase here. How come there's another one here? I spent 220 million to buy one."
"This Jade Guanyin is... Oh, the description says it's carved from glass-type imperial green jadeite, and it's even used by the Buddha himself."
"But there's more than that. There's also a jade ring that Emperor Qianlong wore. It's incredible."
"Look at this, a piece of Hetian jade seed the size of a soccer ball. It must be worth hundreds of millions of yuan, right? It's a rare treasure."
Zhou Shuili was among the crowd, and he was also amazed. At the same time, he had a lot of questions in his mind:
How did the Lin family, who were just an ordinary family in the urban village last year, suddenly become rich overnight this year? Just looking at this room full of medicinal herbs, antiques, and furniture, even the Zhou family with a fortune of over 20 billion yuan couldn't afford it.
Chairman Qiu of Xiangjiang Miaochuntang also has doubts.
The old man was the first big customer of Lingnan Hall. Last year, Lin Sanqi was still complacent about selling 500 million Hong Kong dollars in one go, but looking at the situation this year, it is possible that the Lin family's assets will exceed 50 billion.
Is it so profitable to sell medicinal herbs in mainland China?
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Uncle Lin was drinking tea with Lin Tianhua at this time.
Uncle Lin looked at the room full of priceless antiques and felt a little worried:
"Ahua, don't you think you're being too high-profile today? As the saying goes, don't show off your wealth. You're easily targeted."
Lin Tianhua personally made tea for the clan leader and said helplessly:
"Grandpa, we have no other choice. As you can see, our Lingnan Hall has no foundation at all. If we want to become famous overnight, we must flex our muscles and show our strength. These rare treasures and antiques that others can't get are the best proof of this.
People always judge people by appearances. If we don't have a room full of treasures to intimidate these wealthy people, do you think they will believe how amazing our Chinese medicine clinic is? Can we attract more high-end patients to seek treatment?
Many people would rather eat fermented tofu and rice at home, but insist on driving a luxury car and wearing a high-end suit when they go out. So, when it's time to be high-profile, be high-profile; when it's time to be low-profile, be low-profile. In the business world, truth and falsehood are intertwined.
Uncle Lin actually understands this theory, but he still has concerns:
"I'm saying, if domestic investors want to take action against you, are you prepared to deal with it? Or are you looking for a backer? But if you do find a backer, you'd better be careful not to be eaten."
The ones who really get something for nothing are these so-called "backers". You want to borrow their power, but they turn around and want to kill you.
Lin Tianhua lowered his voice and told a secret that he had hidden in his heart:
"Grandpa, Qizi is actually quite shrewd. Although he handed the company over to me to manage, he still controls all the medicinal materials. He never told me about the money he earned, but I know that he secretly transferred it overseas.
Our Lingnan Hall is actually an empty shell. If someone wants to take action against us, first of all, we do not evade taxes, secondly, we do not produce or sell counterfeit goods, and thirdly, we do not break the law knowingly. We are not afraid of anyone coming to investigate, nor are we afraid of others taking action against us.
There was no way to escape. According to Qizi's thoughts, he would definitely cut off his tail to survive, abandon Lingnantang Company and run away. After all, he had medicinal herbs and various jades in his hands, so where could he not make a fortune?
Uncle Lin seemed to be thinking:
"No wonder Qizai didn't invest in large-scale real estate after he became rich. He didn't even build a company headquarters, nor did he buy large-scale real estate. It turns out he was planning to run away at any time."
In fact, Uncle Lin and Lin Tianhua were wrong. Lin Sanqi was really planning to invest heavily in building a pharmaceutical factory. (End of this chapter)
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