Chapter 323 Rotten Pearl Turns into Divine Frost?
"It's on the truck outside the warehouse, it hasn't been unloaded yet. What, are you interested?" Huo Wenxuan asked suspiciously. "That thing is useless except for grinding your teeth."
Su Yue ignored him, quickly walked to the window, and glanced downstairs. Sure enough, there was a military green Liberation truck parked there, with several sacks piled in the truck bed.
“Mr. Huo, I’ll take this batch of ‘garbage’.” Su Yue turned around and held up one finger. “I’ll give you a 10% bonus based on the feed price.”
Huo Wenxuan stared wide-eyed at Su Yue as if she were an idiot. "Su Yue, are you alright? This is a pharmaceutical factory, not a pig farm. What do you need this pile of junk for?"
"Never mind what you're doing, are you selling or not?" Su Yue was too lazy to explain.
"Sell! Of course I'll sell!" Huo Wenxuan was afraid she would change her mind. "You said it yourself, add 10% to the feed price. Don't come crying to me if you lose money later."
Su Yue smiled. Losing money? She could never lose money in her lifetime. Pearls, no matter how ugly they look, are made of calcium carbonate and various amino acids. If ground finely enough, they're a miracle product for whitening and fading blemishes.
"Unload the goods into Lab 3. Also, find me two fitters; I need to modify a machine."
For the entire afternoon, the No. 3 laboratory was filled with constant clanging and banging.
Su Yue directed two experienced workers to dismantle a discarded small shredder into pieces. What she was going to do was to create a simple airflow shredder.
In those days, the production process of pearl powder was still very primitive, mostly using water-milling or ordinary mechanical grinding, resulting in a coarse powder that was difficult for the skin to absorb.
But Su Yue had 22nd-century blueprints in her mind. She used high-speed airflow to cause violent collisions between material particles, thereby achieving the effect of ultra-fine pulverization.
Huo Wenxuan stood there watching for a long time, completely baffled as to what this bunch of pipes and air pump could possibly do. "President Su, are you making a bomb?"
"Make a money printing machine." Su Yue picked up a wrench and tightened the last screw.
Power on, turn on the machine. The machine emits a low rumble.
Su Yue grabbed a handful of cleaned, low-quality pearls and threw them into the feed chute.
A few minutes later, the cloth bag at the discharge port bulged. Su Yue turned off the machine, untied the cloth bag, and poured some powder onto the black velvet cloth.
White. Extremely pure white. The powder is so fine it's like smoke; it floats up with the slightest breath.
When you touch it, there's no grainy texture; it instantly blends into your fingerprint.
"This..." Huo Wenxuan leaned closer, picking up a bit with his finger. "These are those rotten pearls from earlier?"
“This is nano-grade pearl powder.” Su Yue patted the dust off her hands. “Although it’s limited by the equipment and doesn’t quite reach the true nano-grade, it’s at least twenty times finer than those so-called ‘ultra-fine pearl powders’ on the market.”
Chen Xinyue happened to come in carrying a glass bottle and stared at the sight before her eyes. "Sister-in-law, this powder is so fine! Is this for making that kind of..." She pointed to her face, "...a face cream?"
"Smart." Su Yue poured the pearl powder into the aloe vera gel in the beaker, and added a few drops of the vitamin E oil she had previously purified and a squalane extracted from deep-sea fish oil.
Stir rapidly with a glass rod. The pale green aloe vera gel gradually turned milky white, its texture becoming as creamy and dense as cream, emitting a faint, elegant fragrance.
The fragrance is not from artificial flavoring, but rather a natural scent resulting from a blend of several plant essential oils.
Su Yue scooped out a little with a small spoon and applied it to the back of Chen Xinyue's hand. "Try it."
Chen Xinyue gently pushed it away. The white cream instantly turned into water and was absorbed by her skin.
The back of my hands, which were originally dry and rough, immediately became moist and shiny, and visibly whiter.
"My God!" Chen Xinyue exclaimed, "This is amazing! And it's not oily at all!"
Huo Wenxuan, being a man, wasn't particularly sensitive to skincare products, but seeing such immediate results, his businessman's radar went off instantly. "How much does this stuff... cost?"
“If we don’t count equipment depreciation, this bottle…” Su Yue pointed to the glass bottle in Chen Xinyue’s hand that weighed about fifty grams, “costs less than fifty cents.”
Huo Wenxuan gasped. "Five cents? Do you know how much Friendship face cream costs these days? And you need coupons! If you sold this bottle, you could get at least five dollars! Ten times the profit!"
"Five yuan?" Su Yue scoffed. "That's Friendship Snow Cream. This one is called 'Deep Sea Pearl Aloe Vera Repair Cream.' Don't even think about taking it for less than ten yuan."
Huo Wenxuan swallowed hard. A shrewd businessman. This is a real shrewd businessman.
“However, we can’t sell it yet.” Su Yue divided the prepared ointment into several small bottles. “This is just the first batch of test products. We need to find people to test the effects first.”
"Me! Me! Me!" Chen Xinyue raised her hand. "Sister, I'm willing to be a guinea pig!"
Su Yue handed her a bottle. "Here, use it. Use it once in the morning and once at night. This bottle is a reward for you."
Chen Xinyue held it in her hands with great care, as if it were a precious treasure.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Zhu Cuihua was cracking sunflower seeds, chatting animatedly with several military wives. "Have you heard? That Su Yue is up to her old tricks again! Instead of researching proper medicine, she had a truckload of rotten pearls brought back!"
"Rotten pearls? What would you need that for?"
"Who knows! Probably just burning money! I heard he's still fiddling with some powder in the lab, making the machines deafening. Isn't that just indulging in frivolous pursuits? Using government funds to make jewelry for himself, isn't he afraid of overdoing it!"
A military wife standing nearby hesitated. "Really? Comrade Su has made great contributions."
"Honors are honors, but that's in the past!" Zhu Cuihua scoffed. "People change. I think she's gotten too cocky, thinking no one dares to mess with her. Let me tell you, even though Deputy Commander Ma has fallen, there are still people watching her from above. This kind of conduct problem will be exposed sooner or later!"
These words quickly reached Su Yue's ears.
Chen Xinyue ran back angrily to complain.
"Sister-in-law, that Zhu Cuihua is gossiping again! She's saying you embezzled funds to play with pearls! Should I go and tear her mouth apart?"
Su Yue was busy packing the last bottle of cream and didn't even lift her eyelids.
"Let her talk. Free advertising is free, why not take it? Once our product comes out in a few days, even if she wants to buy it, I'll make her wait in line."
Seeing Su Yue's calm and composed demeanor, Chen Xinyue's anger miraculously dissipated. This was true mastery.
Evening, the Gu family courtyard.
Su Yue carried several unlabeled glass bottles home.
Zhang Huilan was picking vegetables in the yard with Gu Ningjing. When she saw Su Yue return, she quickly got up.
"Yueyue is back? You must be exhausted. Sit down and rest."
"Mom, I'm not tired." Su Yue proudly presented a bottle of cream, "This is a new skincare product from the lab. You and Grandma should try it."
Hearing the noise inside, Old Mrs. Chen came out, leaning on her cane. "What strange thing is it now?"
Su Yue unscrewed the cap, scooped out a dollop, and smeared it on Old Mrs. Chen's wrinkled hands. "Smell it, doesn't it smell good?"
Grandma Chen leaned closer and took a sniff. "Oh, this smells wonderful! Unlike those perfumes that give you a headache, this smell is elegant."
Zhang Huilan tried a little, and her eyes immediately lit up.
"It absorbs so quickly! My skin feels so smooth and relaxed. Yueyue, did you really make this yourself?"
"An exclusive formula." Su Yue blinked. "You two can use it first. If it works well, we'll provide plenty more later."
The two elders held the bottle, clearly delighted with it.
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