“Economic value?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Shouhai immediately perked up, "Okay, I'll call the military region right away."
He picked up the phone on the table and said, "Please connect me to the military district political commissar's office."
This was the first time Jiang Yan had seen a telephone of this era. From what Lu Shouhai said, it seemed that today's telephones still used very primitive manual connections.
Soon, the call was connected.
"Political Commissar, Jiang Yan is here with me. She recently developed a new drug and thinks it has economic value, but she's not sure. She asked me to call you and ask for your opinion."
Hearing this, Yang Zhongmin put down the documents in his hand and became serious. "Tell me what kind of medicine it is?"
Lu Shouhai looked at Jiang Yan, who replied, "Strictly speaking, this is not a medicine, but a beauty product because it has no actual medicinal value."
“Beauty products?”
Yang Zhongmin frowned, he didn't know much about this industry.
"Yes." Jiang Yan nodded and continued, "The effect of this medicine can keep people beautiful, such as making the skin better, whiter, more transparent, and making people look younger and more beautiful."
"But this medicine has to be taken for a long time. Once you stop taking it, your skin will quickly return to its original state."
Yang Zhongmin asked: "Does this medicine have serious side effects?"
“There are no side effects.”
"Its side effect is that it has no real effect, and the longer you use it, the more severe the skin rebound will be."
"Of course, this rebound is not caused by the drug on the skin, but is due to changes in the environment, body and age, which is the state the skin should be in."
Yang Zhongmin understood a little, "You mean, this medicine is like a painted skin. If you don't take the medicine, your true colors will be revealed. It will remain the same as it should be."
"Yes."
On the other end of the phone, Yang Zhongmin fell silent. He was not sure whether this drug had market value.
But looking at it from the perspective of the future, Jiang Yan felt that this medicine had a market, so she chose a compromise.
"Commander, in order to know whether this drug is valuable, we can first produce a small batch and then have someone take it overseas to try to sell it."
"If you can't go overseas, why not try going to Hong Kong or Macau? Aren't there quite a lot of people there?"
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Jiang Yan's words enlightened Yang Zhongmin that he could launch the drug into the market first, and then decide whether to increase investment based on the market reaction.
Jiang Yan reminded:
"The initial promotion can start with the middle- and low-income groups. These people will definitely experience significant changes after taking the medicine. If a person suddenly becomes younger, he or she will definitely attract other people around him or her."
"Our ultimate goal is to attract the middle class and the top wealthy people who have enough financial support to take this drug for a long time."
"These are the people we are targeting with this drug."
“So what’s a suitable price?”
Jiang Yan thought for a moment and said, "If you want to maintain the effect for a long time, you need to take at least one pill every three days, which means ten pills a month. I might as well just price it at $10 per pill."
"How many?"
"10 dollars!"
Lu Shouhai and Yang Zongming were shocked. 1 US dollar was exchanged for 2 RMB, which meant that this pill would cost 20 RMB!
"Isn't the price too high? Will anyone really buy it?" Yang Zhongmin was very skeptical. If it were him, he would definitely not buy it.
Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Yes, if I were not a pharmacist, I would definitely buy it if I had the financial means. After all, who doesn't want to be young and beautiful?"
"Moreover, the client base of this drug is not limited to women, men can also be targeted."
Lu Shouhai also asked curiously: "How much does this medicine cost?"
"As for the cost of the medicinal materials, each pill is about ten cents."
When these words came out, Lu Shouhai and Yang Zhongmin took a deep breath.
200 times profit!
Regardless of whether it would work or not, Yang Zhongmin decided to give it a try. Even if he couldn't sell one for 20 yuan, selling it for a few cents would be good.
Stimulated by huge profits, Yang Zhongmin's efficiency is extremely high.
After getting Jiang Yan's prescription, he went to the pharmaceutical factory in person to supervise production, and sent someone to pick up Jiang Yan and asked her to check this batch of medicine.
Yang Zhongmin was determined to make the first shot a success.
Ten days later.
The first batch of beauty pills has been produced, with a total of one thousand pills.
During the production process, Yang Zhongmin tested the drugs on thirty people in three age groups, namely thirty, forty, and fifty, with five men and five women in each age group, for a total of thirty people.
The effect is very gratifying.
Take one pill every three days. After taking three pills, the effect is very obvious. The people who tried the pills looked several years younger.
That night, a few clever soldiers changed into ordinary people's clothes and quietly left under the cover of darkness.
…
There are people coming and going on the dock.
Cai Siming held up a wooden sign with Zhang Shu and Wang Lin written on it.
After a while, two young men in simple clothes came over carrying boxes and looked at Cai Siming.
"Cousin, have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Not long, not long. I only waited for four hours."
After exchanging secret signals, both parties secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Cai Siming smiled and said, "It's not easy to come to Xianggang. Come on, come on, let your cousin treat you well today."
Cai Siming led the two of them out to the dock, saying as they walked, "I received a letter from my cousin's aunt. Don't worry, your cousin fully supports your cause."
What you mean by this sentence is that I have received the above message and I will fully support your mission.
"Thank you, cousin. My brother and I took the risk to come out here to earn some money. Life at home is so difficult."
Cai Siming understood what Zhang Shu meant. The country's economy was not good and the higher-ups wanted to make more money.
"I understand."
Cai Siming sighed and said no more.
After eating something outside, Cai Siming took Zhang Shu and the other person back to where he lived.
After entering the house and closing the door, Cai Siming turned around and looked at the two of them and apologized, "It's a little shabby, please don't mind."
Zhang Shu and Wang Lin shook their heads. Cai Siming was here on business, so their accommodation had been arranged for him.
Asking the two to sit down in the room, Cai Siming asked quietly, "My cousin said you are here to sell products?"
Zhang Shu nodded, put the suitcase in his hand on the table, and then opened it. Inside were small blue and white porcelain bottles with three small words "Xiu Yan Dan" on the bottles.
Seeing the words on the bottle, Cai Siming asked in confusion: "Medicine?"
Wang Lin explained: "It is medicine, but it is not medicine. My family thinks it is a beauty product."
Like Yang Zhongmin, Cai Simin frowned when he heard about the use of this medicine and reminded: "I'm afraid this medicine is not easy to promote."
Zhang Shu smiled, took out a porcelain bottle from his suitcase, poured out three pills and handed them to Cai Siming, "Cousin, you are 39 this year, right? Take one pill every three days, and you will find its magical effect."
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