Chapter 117 Why Are We Still So Poor? What Should We Do With These Medicinal Materials?
With A-Ze's identity question now in the hands of the Big Boss, Shen Jiang felt relieved. The Black Dragon, Godwin, was both intelligent and powerful. If A-Ze had a problem, it would be difficult for him to slip through the Black Dragon's "truth" loophole.
What the outcome will be, we will know when we wake up tomorrow. Speaking of which, Shen Jiang is really curious about the true identity of this young man.
I opened my eyes in the dark and saw the luminous hands of my watch pointing to five o'clock.
Shen Jiang walked to the window with ease and drew back the curtains. It was already daylight outside, but the yard was quiet; grandma probably hadn't gotten up yet.
Shen Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, packed up quickly and went out to meet Lin Yunqing.
Lin Yunqing's small restaurant has been doing incredibly well lately, so naturally, they need more fresh ingredients. Previously, Chen Houkang brought some of the ingredients from the village that day, but the variety was limited. The rest was sourced by Shen Jiang and her from several nearby markets.
"Doctor Shen, thank you for your hard work. You have to get up early every day to accompany me to buy groceries. I have recently learned some skills in picking vegetables. I will do the picking later and you just need to help me check." Lin Yunqing had a beaming face and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood.
Shen Jiang nodded: "Okay."
She teased, "Boss Lin is now even planning to pick the dishes himself. It seems like I'm about to lose my role in your restaurant."
Lin Yunqing subconsciously retorted: "How is that possible?"
Lin Yunqing looked up at Shen Jiang's face and found that there was nothing wrong with her expression. Then he explained, "Doctor Shen, please don't misunderstand me. I don't have any other reasons for wanting to learn how to select vegetables. I just think you are tired enough seeing patients every day, and you have to get up early and accompany me to several vegetable markets to select vegetables and meat. It's really too hard. When I first asked you to invest, I didn't think of asking you to do this kind of thing."
Shen Jiang was stunned. Lin Yunqing's nagging explanation actually meant only one thing: she didn't want her to be too tired.
Shen Jiang felt warm in his heart and accepted this rare concern.
"Then I have to teach you so that I can sleep in at home every day."
Lin Yunqing was amused by her: "Yes, you can just sit at home and study medicinal food. This way you won't waste your skills. Then you can just wait to count the money."
After returning from shopping, Lin Yunqing suddenly asked mysteriously, "Doctor Shen, guess how much money our restaurant made this month?"
Shen Jiang thought about the customers queuing up these days. Lin Yunqing had borrowed all the unused benches in their clinic. Although the small restaurant had only been open for half a month, its popularity had made all the businesses on Mingxin Road jealous. Many people had come to ask why the small restaurant's business was so prosperous.
She held up five fingers. "There should be at least this many."
Lin Yunqing burst out laughing and shook her head. "Doctor Shen, it seems you don't have enough confidence in our restaurant."
Lin Yunqing imitated Shen Jiang and made a hand gesture, "Guess the number upwards. Our restaurant's ingredients are mainly vegetables. Excluding labor, water, and electricity, the profit is much higher than my previous restaurant."
Shen Jiang was stunned. Does this mean a minimum of 100,000? Lin Yunqing's management skills were truly impressive. Such a small restaurant actually made so much money in just two weeks?
Lin Yunqing didn't care: "But this little money of mine is just a drop in the bucket for you. I see that Mingxintang's business has been getting better and better recently."
It had to be said that Lin Yunqing was quite sensitive to this. Shen Jiang smiled bitterly. Thanks to the patients brought in by Director Chen and Elder Lu, and the recent advertising, many people came to her for treatment of their melasma. Her store's turnover was quite impressive, nearly 300,000 yuan. Yet, she only had a balance of less than 100,000 yuan on her card.
Shen Jiang isn't a money-grubber, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want to make money. After what happened a few days ago, Shen Jiang deeply understood a truth: money can actually help her resist risks at certain times, and it can also make her choices easier at certain times.
Thanks to Godwin's supply of herbal medicine, Mingxintang's herbal costs have plummeted, but labor costs have skyrocketed. The costs of the pharmacists and the preparation of the herbs are essential, and the hard work of the veteran Chinese medicine practitioners is well-deserved. Shen Jiang calculated the salaries she had to pay Ellis and the others and was surprised to find that this was the largest portion of her recent expenses.
Shen Jiang paid Ellis and the others based on a minimum wage of 3,000 yuan a month. The five bags of refined white flour were their internship wages, not much money, but later she bought them a lot of daily necessities, which were all deducted from their wages.
Of course, she could deduct their wages, but even then, Ellis and the others would work tirelessly for Shen Jiang. But Shen Jiang didn't want to do that. Ellis and the others had followed her through life and death, taking high risks to accompany Long. If she wanted to become a skinning boss at this time, it would be a shame to their trust.
This further convinced Shen Jiang that having money made choices easier. If she were richer now, she would be thinking about distributing year-end bonuses to these alien natives instead of worrying about the wages that should have gone to Ellis and the others.
But spending a lot of money also has its advantages. For example, she can explain to her grandmother that she bought these herbs at a high price.
Sure enough, grandma couldn't help but ask at the dinner table that morning.
"Xiao Gu, didn't you say our store was out of money? How come we were able to import so many medicinal herbs?"
Shen Jiang remained calm. "We have three experts working in our store. They came here just for our herbs. Thanks to them, we've made a lot of money. But to keep them, I spent the money on herbs, so we don't have much left in our account."
Shen Anlian smiled and said, "So that's how it is. It seems our Xiaogu has really grown up. Don't worry about the money. Grandma is in very good health now. I plan to start seeing patients in the store again today."
Shen Jiang was a little surprised. She had originally planned to let her grandmother rest at home for a while before going out to see patients. However, given her grandmother's personality, once she made a decision, it would be difficult to change it easily.
Shen Jiang thought about it and decided to quietly set up a light magic circle in grandma's room and the clinic. In this way, the dark energy around grandma could be expelled and purified to the greatest extent, effectively reducing the impact of the patient's illness on her, and she would feel more at ease.
Shen Jiang had managed to fool his grandma, but there was still a problem that had not been solved.
Shen Jiang was more worried about the unprocessed herbs in her possession than making money. She had to know that the time in her storage space would also pass with her. If this continued, these herbs would become too wet and easily spoil.
But she couldn't afford to hire someone to process the herbs right away. It all came down to money.
Shen Jiang: My head hurts. My head hurts.
Before Shen Jiang could come up with a solution, Wang Qiang, a student of Mr. Lu, arrived.
"This is the invitation card that the teacher asked me to give you."
Wang Qiang had previously had a misunderstanding with Shen Jiang, and seeing her expression now was a bit uneasy, he wondered why he had been asked to come over today to deliver the invitation. Shen Jiang took the card from him and realized it wasn't the kind of free clinic invitation the hospital had given her grandmother, but an invitation to a Traditional Chinese Medicine seminar.
Shen Jiang was a little confused: "Why did Mr. Lu think of letting me participate in this?"
"He didn't say it, but he might have thought you were pretty good and wanted to give you a hand. After all, those who can attend this kind of seminar are all big shots. It will definitely not hurt to make more connections." Wang Qiang thought that this was probably the reason.
Shen Jiang glanced at the time. It was this afternoon. The address was a banquet hall in a five-star hotel in the new city district. She had heard of this hotel; it seemed to be the most luxurious restaurant in Nanze City, famous for its expensiveness. It looked like the organizer was quite wealthy, Shen Jiang thought to herself.
Shen Jiang didn't hesitate much. Her grandmother was in the store today, so she actually had time to attend the seminar.
In fact, Wang Qiang didn’t know that in addition to many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, some pharmaceutical companies would also participate in this seminar.
As soon as Shen Jiang arrived at the venue, he found that the banquet hall was divided into two parts. In addition to high-level famous Chinese medicine experts like Mr. Lu who had separate nameplates, the other area directly had the name of the pharmaceutical company written on it.
The invitation card Mr. Lu gave Shen Jiang didn't have a nameplate on it, so Shen Jiang randomly found a seat without a nameplate and sat down. The seminar hadn't even started yet, and she was already thinking about how to deal with the batch of medicinal herbs.
People continued to trickle into the venue, many of them already acquainted with each other, and the moment they met, they began exchanging pleasantries. Of course, no one paid any attention to Shen Jiang. Fortunately, Shen Jiang paid no attention, letting his words go in one ear and out the other, contemplating the situation in a corner with his hands in his hands.
At this moment, she finally heard some information that was useful to her.
"There's a Chinese medicine factory in the west of the city that's up for sale. Did you know about it?"
"You're talking about Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory, right? I know the owner. I heard he regrets not selling it sooner. The market for Chinese medicinal materials is so bad right now. Even if he lowers the price by one million, no one will buy it."
"The main thing is, who could have imagined that the raw materials for traditional Chinese medicine are becoming increasingly expensive. Ordinary people are worried that traditional Chinese medicine, which used to cost only a few dozen yuan, has suddenly become hundreds or thousands of yuan. Who would still want to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor?"
A million-yuan price reduction? A Chinese medicine factory?
Shen Jiang's ear radar suddenly stood up.
Unfortunately, these people just started talking and the conversation turned to lamenting the overall environment.
Shen Jiang searched online and quickly found information about the transfer of Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory.
"Transfer fee..." Shen Jiang looked at the zero behind the number and lost his voice, unable to control his voice.
"Thirteen million!?"
Even if she didn't eat or drink, it would take her decades to earn the money. She was also very bold, she didn't even have a hundred thousand in her card balance yet she dared to search for such a deal worth tens of millions.
The people around her heard her gasp and the words "13 million" and turned to look at her. Seeing that she was a young girl, they guessed that she was a student of some big shot, and turned back to chat without paying any attention.
"This is the Doctor Shen I mentioned to you."
A warm and familiar male voice sounded not far from Shen Jiang. Shen Jiang subconsciously looked up and saw Mr. Lu walking towards him with a smile. Following him were several old gentlemen who looked about the same age as him.
Shen Jiang clearly saw the look of surprise in the eyes of those around Mr. Lu, the kind that had turned from expectation to deep disappointment. She was a little confused.
She didn't do anything, why did everyone look at her with such disappointment?
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