Shen Mingzhu rested her chin on her hand and stared at the brilliant night view outside the window, absorbed in it. Pei Yang came in from outside, walked over and sat down opposite her, following her gaze to look out the window.

"If you can't bear to leave, we'll stay for two more days so you can see enough."

Shen Mingzhu glanced at him and asked, "Are Guoguo and the others asleep?"

"Well, it's almost eleven o'clock." Pei Yang tapped his watch and asked her with a smile: "Don't you want to sleep yet?"

Shen Mingzhu sat up straight, opened the notebook on the coffee table and handed it to him.

It details the cost of setting up a freeze-drying production workshop, which would total just over one million.

Pei Yang looked at the total amount and joked, "You were being modest when you said there was no 500,000 left."

Shen Mingzhu folded her hands, held her chin and looked at him, "What do you think?"

Pei Yang closed the notebook, patted the surface of it twice with his big hands, and smiled gently.

"You tell me what to do, and I'll listen."

"loan."

Although the two have their own careers and have agreed not to interfere with each other, they have not signed an agreement on marital property independence, so both wealth and debt are shared by the couple.

She should have obtained Pei Yang's support for her plan to borrow money to set up a new workshop.

"What if I don't agree?"

"What is your objection?"

"I didn't object."

"That means I agree. OK, it's settled. I'm going to take a shower."

Pei Yang reached out and grabbed her, pulling her to sit on his lap, with his arms around his waist, a rare seriousness on his face.

"I'm not against you, but we just invested in a Chinese character paging system, and your factory is about to upgrade the potato chip production line and also want to build a new product workshop. Isn't this a step too big?"

Shen Mingzhu stared at him for two seconds and nodded, "Then I'll think about it."

After she finished speaking, she tried to get up, but the man's arms were like iron clamps tightly around her waist, making her unable to move.

"Let go."

"Angry?"

The two spoke almost at the same time.

"No, I admit that your concerns are reasonable."

Pei Yang smiled and pinched her cheek, "I haven't even finished talking yet, and you're already anxious and angry. Are you stupid?"

Shen Mingzhu slapped his hand away in annoyance, "If you have anything else to say, hurry up and say it."

Seeing that she was really angry, Pei Yang also became serious. "The people at the General Equipment Factory said that this freeze-drying equipment is the first of its kind in China. The disadvantage of being at the forefront of the industry is that it may have technical defects and deficiencies, and new iterations may be released at any time. You bet your entire fortune to buy such an imperfect production line. Isn't it a loss?"

After hearing what the man said, Shen Mingzhu's mind slowly calmed down.

The development of freeze-dried food had been in her plan for a long time, but she was reluctant to give up.

“There are other ways to save money.”

"What method?"

"We can rent their freeze-drying equipment and pay the rent annually. When they release a new model, you can return the old equipment and replace it with the latest model. This greatly reduces the cost investment and you don't have to worry about the obsolescence of productivity. You can also ask them to make targeted adjustments and upgrades to the equipment based on your usage."

It has to be said that the man's proposal opened up a new idea for Shen Mingzhu.

"Are you still angry?"

Shen Mingzhu glared at him, her beautiful eyes rippling under the light.

"Your merits and demerits will be offset."

"Thank you, my lady, for your kindness."

"No need to be polite, little one."

"Does the master need a little help to wash up?"

…

Following the ideas provided by Pei Yang, Shen Mingzhu negotiated the lease terms with the General Equipment Factory without much effort.

Rent a full set of freeze-drying equipment at an annual rent of 200,000 yuan.

Generally speaking, the life of a production line can be as short as ten years or as long as twenty years.

Shen Mingzhu pays 200,000 yuan in rent a year, and in five years she can buy the entire production line, which seems extremely uneconomical.

However, freeze-drying technology is just starting to take off in China, and will certainly continue to innovate in the next few years.

She spent one million to buy the production line, which seemed like a good deal, but once innovations and breakthroughs in freeze-drying technology occurred in two years, she would be in a passive and embarrassing situation.

If we continue to use old equipment and the technology cannot keep up, the competitiveness of our products will definitely be greatly reduced.

If we replace the equipment with new one, we will have to sell the old equipment at a loss, and then we will have to invest a large sum of money to introduce new equipment, which is simply a loss of both the wife and the army.

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After agreeing on the details of the cooperation, Shen Mingzhu happily returned to Fengcheng with her family.

The car was still some distance away from the front door when she saw a lot of people gathered outside the gate. Shen Mingzhu's first reaction was that her house had been robbed again? After getting off the car, she realized that these people were all from Shenjiagou.

"Mingzhu, you are finally back!"

As soon as they saw Shen Mingzhu, the villagers gathered around.

Shen Mingzhu subconsciously protected the two children, while Pei Yang protected her behind him.

"Everyone, please don't push us. Let's talk it out."

Under Pei Yang's guidance, everyone expressed their demands one after another, and it turned out that they all wanted to borrow money from Shen Mingzhu!

In order to make things difficult for Shen Mingzhu, Liu Cuihua and her daughter spread the news that Shen Mingzhu had taken 500,000 yuan from Zhou Shuhuan, and even exaggerated by saying that Shen Mingzhu had earned tens of millions in business in recent years.

In the eyes of some narrow-minded and conservative rural people, you have more money than you can spend in several lifetimes. I just want to borrow a little money from you. If you don’t lend it to me, you are wrong.

Knowing that it was Shen Baolan who was spreading rumors and causing trouble behind her back, Shen Mingzhu really wanted to use a kitchen knife to chop off this crazy woman's tongue and feed it to the dogs!

Little German Shepherd: Forget it, I’m a picky eater.

Although she was angry, Shen Mingzhu remained calm and composed on the surface.

She took these people to a nearby restaurant, ordered two tables of good food and wine, and waited until everyone was full and satisfied, then she asked them one by one what they wanted to do with the money they borrowed.

Some said they were building a new house, some said they were getting married, and some said they were taking their family members to see a doctor and buying medicine.

In short, every family has its own difficulties.

Shen Mingzhu first expressed her understanding and gave verbal comfort and encouragement, and then made plans for these people.

Borrowing money is easy, but what should you do after you borrow it? You can't always borrow money from others to make ends meet, right?

For those who grow crops, we guide them to plant different crops according to the season to improve the cost-effectiveness of farming. During the slack season, they can go to the city to do odd jobs to increase their income.

If there is extra labor at home, she will help introduce or arrange suitable jobs.

Rather than borrowing money, finding ways and methods to make money will undoubtedly make these people more excited.

After all, borrowing money can only meet temporary emergencies and cannot solve their poverty fundamentally.

The problem was solved and everyone left happily.

However, before leaving, Shen Mingzhu asked everyone to write a certificate for her and sign and put their fingerprints on it.

…

It was already evening when Shen Mingzhu finished sending the villagers away. She returned home exhausted and found Shen Hongmei waiting for her.

Shen Hongmei brought her good news.

The verdict for Liang's mother came out. In addition to apologizing to Shen Hongmei in person, she also had to publish an advertisement in the newspaper to clarify Shen Hongmei's reputation and was fined 200 yuan.

Shen Mingzhu was very happy after hearing this and asked Shen Hongmei for the contact information of her attorney. (End of this chapter)