Chapter 142: Preserving Property Requires Support
At the entrance of the gift packaging wholesale market.
The Lin family's father and son were discussing something as they walked.
"Dad, not only do we need to register a trademark, we also need to set up a pharmaceutical company. I looked it up online and found that if you want to engage in the Chinese herbal medicine business, you need to apply for a "Drug Business License" so that you can legally sell precious Chinese herbal medicines. If we really investigate the Chinese herbal medicines we sold before, we will be in big trouble."
Lin Musen nodded after hearing this:
"You're right. We're already in a no-cost business, and the profits are high enough. There's no need to get caught. Besides, we have to pay the taxes in full. We have to be careful of those who are treacherous. After all, the Cordyceps trade is monopolized by certain people, and we're essentially taking advantage of their pie. If they catch us doing something wrong on the tax front, we could end up in jail for years."
Both father and son nodded heavily at the same time, determined to be law-abiding citizens.
"Oh, Dad, my female classmate said she wants about 50 kilograms of Cordyceps. That's a huge amount. It would be too tiring for our family to handle it all. Should we hire some help?"
Lin Musen thought about it and realized that the Cordyceps his son brought back was still relatively primitive. It was either stained with dirt or had weeds, mosses, etc., and needed to be cleaned, dried and preserved.
In addition, Lin Sanqi's Cordyceps are all packed in plastic boxes and have never been weighed. Each Cordyceps needs to be sorted according to weight.
Therefore, collecting 4.5 tons of Cordyceps is definitely a huge project, and the 3.5 people in the Lin family are simply not enough. (Lin Bingqiao has to go to school and cannot be counted as a laborer)
"Son, here's what I'm thinking: Cordyceps is too precious. If we recruit workers from the community, what if they slip a few handfuls into their pockets and take them home? Even metal detectors can't detect it, so we can't just search them, right?
Furthermore, Cordyceps is quite fragile. If you're not careful, it can easily break in the middle or the tips can fall off. This would ruin the Cordyceps and make it worthless, so workers must have a strong sense of responsibility."
Lin Sanqi nodded slightly. Instead of hiring some workers, it would be better for the 3.5 people in the Lin family to collect the Cordyceps themselves.
"Dad, what should we do?"
Lin Musen said calmly, "Why don't we go ask Grandpa? He has many ideas and knows many people."
The Lin family's background was too shallow. Even though they became rich overnight, they had almost no connections in society and no trustworthy business partners.
In the Lin Family Ancestral Hall:
After hearing this, Uncle Lin looked at Lin Musen and his son with a bit of contempt:
"You two are just crazy. Isn't this kind of thing easy to solve? Collecting Cordyceps isn't like making chips. Does it require high-level talent like engineers?"
Lin Musen and Lin Sanqi both shook their heads in confusion.
"Yes, to sort and organize Cordyceps, one needs to be responsible and careful, and also not steal. Tell me, there are over 3,000 people in Shilou Village. Wouldn't it be easy to find some free women at home?"
Lin Sanqi slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, of course the people in our own village are the most trustworthy. Outsiders are definitely not as reliable as our own people."
Uncle Lin was pleased when he heard this, and raised his chin a little higher: "Right, it's right to listen to Grandpa."
Lin Musen also nodded heavily: "Grandpa, I'll do as you say. How about I go and post a job advertisement?"
Uncle Lin waved his hand and said indifferently:
"It doesn't have to be so complicated. I can just shout it out in the WeChat group. By the way, how many people are you planning to hire?"
Lin Musen seemed to have thought it through long ago and blurted out:
"Twenty workers are enough. Since they are my family, I will pay them 1,000 yuan a day."
Uncle Lin looked at Lin Musen with satisfaction:
"Okay, okay, your family has become rich and you are not stingy with your own people. Grandpa is very happy. We Lin family members should unite."
After listening to this, Lin Musen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, obviously everything was under control.
After a while, Uncle Lin sent a WeChat message in the Lin family group:
"Lingnantang Asen's family is now hiring 20 female workers. Their job is to clean and sort the Cordyceps sinensis, dry it, and then package it. The work is easy and the salary is 1,000 yuan a day, paid daily. Women aged 30 to 50 who are careful and dexterous are required. Applications will be accepted in a chain until all applications are accepted."
There are 3,600 members of the Lin clan in Shilou Village, and there are more than 10,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan around the world.
For these Lin clan members, the "Lin Family Group" is definitely pinned to the top, and they will not set the message to "do not disturb". After all, when there is something happening in the clan (village), everyone is used to asking for help in the group.
Not long after Uncle Lin sent the message, countless replies came in below with a ding-dong sound.
I make 1,000 yuan a day, and all I have to do is sit there and pick and organize Cordyceps like wild vegetables. This job can only be described as easy.
There are so many women in Shilou Village who become full-time housewives after marriage. In less than 2 minutes, all 20 spots were taken up, causing many latecomers to complain repeatedly.
Uncle Lin smiled proudly again:
"Asen, Grandpa has already thought of a site for you. Your house was destroyed and hasn't been repaired yet. So, you can start work in the east wing of the ancestral hall. You won't be responsible for the water and electricity bills. It's safe here. The village protection team is right next door. No one would dare to cause trouble in the ancestral hall."
Lin Musen quickly stood up and lit a cigarette for Uncle Lin himself: "Grandpa, thank you so much, you have helped my family a lot."
"What? We are all family, hehe~~~"
On the way home, Lin Sanqi was a little confused as to why his father, who was very independent-minded, now had to trust his grandfather in everything?
"Dad, isn't it bad for us to always trouble Grandpa? He has so many things to do in the village and the tribe."
Lin Musen smiled lightly and nodded at his son:
"You, do you really think your father can't even handle such a trivial matter as recruiting workers? I did it on purpose. Our family was an ordinary family before, and it is still an ordinary family now. We have no strength and no foundation. Now that we have so many treasures, how can we protect them?
Think about the Angong Niuhuang Wan incident. Boss Zhou brought several cars of people to threaten our family and even smashed our house. If it weren't for Grandpa and the clan members' help, I'm afraid we would have suffered in silence, and even the Angong Wan was stolen.
Now that we're starting to sell cordyceps and ginseng, and you might even be able to get all sorts of rare Chinese herbs in the future, we need a backer. Grandpa is the perfect person.
Don't be fooled by Grandpa's simple attire and his tendency to scold people. He's actually quite capable and can handle any situation, whether it's fair or foul. As long as Grandpa supports us, our Lingnan Hall can flourish without fear of being targeted.
Lin Sanqi suddenly realized:
"Oh, I see. No wonder you always ask Grandpa for permission and help. You're deliberately trying to drag Grandpa into this pirate ship of ours... Oh no, it's our ship."
"Do you understand now?"
"I understand," Lin Sanqi was convinced. It turned out that the adult world was so complicated.
Three days later, the first batch of gift boxes ordered by Lingnan Hall arrived, and 20 female workers in the village were in place and immediately began cleaning and packaging the Cordyceps.
Since it was in the village ancestral hall, Lin Sanqi was not afraid of anyone stealing it, so he quietly released 1,000 kilograms of Cordyceps, which was enough for the workers to clean up for a while.
Lin Musen was teaching the female workers how to clean and sort Cordyceps.
"Aunties, each of you now has a miniature electronic scale and a box of Cordyceps. Your main job is to first clean up the dirt and weeds, and then weigh each Cordyceps.
If you're looking for something larger than 1 gram, place it in this tray. Remember to place it gently, spread it out straight, and don't pile it up. If you're looking for something smaller than 1 gram, place it in this tray. Don't make any mistakes.
The dried Cordyceps will be packaged by the next group of ladies. They will put one Cordyceps into a glass tube, then put it into this gift box, and then put it in the warehouse. Do you understand?"
The 20 female workers are all around 30 years old and have all been to school. Many of them married and moved to Shilou Village, and some of them are college graduates.
"Uncle Sen, I understand. This job is quite simple."
"Asen, don't worry. If you pay us such a high salary, we will definitely treasure it like our own."
"Yeah, Asen, don't worry. With the air conditioning on and Cantonese opera playing, don't take your work too easy."
"Haha, even if I were asked to work outside now, I wouldn't go. It's not as comfortable as working in my own village, and the salary is higher."
Seeing that everyone was satisfied, Lin Musen felt relieved.
Wang Wenjuan no longer opened her rice shop. She had more important business to run, and she was always worried and had to keep an eye on it:
"You don't have to go home for lunch. I've asked Qiaotou Restaurant to send two tables of food every day. If you need herbal tea or drinks, they're all in the cabinet over there. If you have any other needs, please let me know."
The Lin family is not from a capitalist background, so they don’t know how to exploit others and their thinking is very simple:
The employer should try his best to meet your requirements and the workers should do their job better.
By the evening, the first batch of packaged first-grade Cordyceps was ready. Lin Sanqi opened them one by one to inspect the goods and found that they were exactly the same as the Cordyceps sold in high-end shopping malls.
Even better.
The wholesale price of each gift box is 200 yuan, and it is a high-end product. The packaging alone is unmatched by ordinary Cordyceps, and it is absolutely high-end and classy.
The key is that the Cordyceps provided by Lin Sanqi is large enough. Even if it is not 1 gram of the Cordyceps King level, there are still 0.9 grams and 0.8 grams. It is definitely not inferior.
Of course, there are larger ones, and Lin Sanqi is not going to give them to XX Bank. Anyway, the wealthy people are not short of money. The purchase price of more than 1 gram and less than 1 gram is the same, so why give a larger one?
After preparing the Cordyceps, Lin Sanqi immediately called his old classmate Yin Lianyi:
"Hey, Yin Bastard, what are you doing? Oh, is the clerk out doing business again? Hey, okay, I've got the Cordyceps ready. Can you help me make an appointment with your bank president so we can do the transaction?"
(End of this chapter)
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