"This won't work, that won't work, so what do you suggest we do?!" Jiang Shaozhen said, frowning.
"What should we do? You shouldn't have let her get pregnant in the first place. You didn't raise the child, and you even took that factory with you..." Jiang Qing said angrily.
Jiang Shaozhen immediately interrupted her, "That's something for wiping your face. If it were poisonous, those people's faces would rot. That's just prejudice on your part."
"Just take them over for a few days," Shen Mingzhi said to Jiang Qing.
Jiang Qing turned her head away and remained silent.
“Look at you two, so young, and you’ve already made your family angry,” Jiang Shaozhen said helplessly to Zhouzhou.
Zhouzhou pouted and fell silent.
“Niannian, how about letting Mom go to work?” Jiang Shaozhen then said to Niannian.
Niannian loosened her grip on Shen Mingzhi's clothes, turned her head away, and fell silent.
They can sense the anger between adults.
Shen Mingzhi felt a pang of sadness, and her nose felt terribly stuffy.
She kissed the children, then picked up her bag and rode her bicycle to the factory.
Upon arriving at the factory, Shen Mingzhi immediately convened a meeting with the heads of various departments.
She told the distributors, "For now, don't worry about the department stores. Focus on developing hospitals, cosmetics stores, pharmacies, and small clinics as distribution channels. Qian Manguan, you're in charge of talking to the big hospitals and explaining our product concept to them. But remember, don't reveal what our products look like. Just show them our previous sales records."
The meeting had just ended when Director Sun came in carrying a water glass.
Seeing her sitting at her desk working on documents, he said, "I heard that Manager Su and Manager Gao invited you out last night with Jiang Huanyu?"
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Shen Mingzhi looked up at him.
"You should know what they mean," said Director Sun, his face full of worry.
Originally, Baoli had such a good working relationship with them, and Director Sun was extremely proud. Who knew that only a few months later...
Poly is going back to its original state.
“Director Sun, has no one told you that you’re overly reliant on others? If they’re unwilling to sell our goods, we’ll find a way to carve out a path for ourselves. Even without the department store, we still have many other options. When they want to sell to us in the future, I won’t let them.” Shen Mingzhi said, tossing the document she had just finished reading aside.
"Go and put up some job ads. They need college graduates, either majoring in business administration or applied chemistry," she said to Director Sun again.
Factory Director Sun immediately asked warily, "What are you doing? Are you resigning?"
Shen Mingzhi was speechless. "From today onwards, I will leave work at five o'clock every day. If there is an emergency, I will call home directly. My two children are almost one year old. They cry for their mother every day. If I don't go home in the afternoon, they cry and make a fuss. Their voices are almost hoarse from crying. My mother-in-law is nagging about it."
Factory Director Sun's eyes widened. "At this critical juncture, you..."
“So I can’t handle it all by myself, you need to find someone for me right away.” Shen Mingzhi said firmly, “I will not change my mind. The factory is very important right now, but my child is growing up and becoming more intelligent. I need to spend more time with him. You also have a family, and you know very well how important a child’s education is.”
Factory Director Sun frowned. "Then I'll go and post the job notice."
On Tuesday afternoon, Peking Union Medical College Hospital informed Shen Mingzhi that the research results were in.
It took a day longer than expected.
Shen Mingzhi rushed to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, where Professor Wang entered the office with several boxes of samples.
"Thanks to the improved data you provided, the research and development is much faster than last time." She handed the finished samples to Shen Mingzhi. "Look, these are all test samples with different effects, and they are all very stable."
Shen Mingzhi picked up the first box, and Wang Derong explained to her, "This is for sensitive skin, which you requested. We had many volunteers try it on, and it didn't cause redness or breakouts. They all said it relieved skin itching, and the contouring effect was indeed very good."
"Okay, thank you, Professor Wang." Shen Mingzhi said, staring at the product, her heart filled with barely suppressed joy.
“We’ve added extra moisturizing to this dry skin product, but there’s a drawback: it’s not very suitable for people with large pores. We’ve considered improving it, but we haven’t figured it out yet. So, for those with large pores, this lightweight and moisturizing contouring product is better, although the coverage will be a bit weaker,” Wang Derong continued to tell Shen Mingzhi.
"I'll listen to you," Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.
“And this one for oily skin, as you said, has a better makeup-lasting effect.” She explained to Shen Mingzhi step by step.
Shen Mingzhi nodded.
The product also comes with matching lotions and creams.
“Although this was made by Poly, it was developed by our Xiehe Hospital. Could you please write on the packaging that it was jointly developed by Xiehe and Poly? This is very important to Xiehe.” Wang Derong said before making her request.
Shen Mingzhi had been wondering what their demands were, but it turned out they were such reasonable demands.
"Of course!" she exclaimed, delighted. "When can our factory start production at the earliest?"
“Give us three more days to do the final testing, then we can hand over the formula to you.” Professor Wang adjusted his glasses. “However…”
"What's the problem?" Shen Mingzhi pressed.
"This formula costs 10% more than expected," Professor Wang said, looking troubled. "We've tried everything, but we haven't been able to reduce the cost."
“Actually, we are also waiting for Jiang Huanyu’s prices for German products… If they are very low, we must also try to lower them; if they are more reasonable, we will also take the appropriate approach and match their prices,” Shen Mingzhi told her.
"Is that so? This is what a duel is like?" Wang Derong was confused as to why this was necessary.
They're all state-owned factories, why bother?
“Well, Jiang Huanyu wants to take over our factory, but Baoli wants to build its own reputation, so this is the only way.” Shen Mingzhi shrugged helplessly. “You can focus on the research and development. I’ll figure out the packaging.”
As she left Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Shen Mingzhi glanced at her watch—4:20.
She breathed a sigh of relief; she could finally go home on time today.
Passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, she specially bought peach shortbread that Jiang Qing liked and small toys for the two children.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard Niannian's giggling laughter.
Shen Mingzhi felt a warmth in her heart and quickly walked into the yard. "Niannian, Zhouzhou, Mommy's back!"
The two little ones were playing with yarn in the yard. Hearing the sound, they turned their heads at the same time. The next second, Niannian came running towards her with her short legs, stumbling and falling.
Aunt Wang followed behind her, reaching out her hand as if afraid she would fall.
Shen Mingzhi squatted down, opened his arms, and hugged her.
Seeing that Zhouzhou was about to cry while clinging to the stroller, she reached out to him, "Come here too."
Jiang Qing came out of the kitchen and saw this scene. Her expression softened. "You're back so early today. Didn't the factory manager say anything to you?"
Shen Mingzhi handed the snacks and toys in her hand to Aunt Wang, saying, "No, Mom, I bought you peach shortbread."
Jiang Qing strode over, took the bag from Wang Sao's hand, and saw the peach shortbread inside. She snorted, "At least you still have some conscience."
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