Seven days after June 1st, Ang Lee and Shen Xiuzhu came to divide the profits.
The old lady was chatting with people in the courtyard when she saw them. She immediately came over and struck up a conversation with Shen Xiuzhu, "If your pharmacy is going to have any appliance raffles next time, please let us in the residential compound know. We're very familiar with Comrade Shen's family. You can reserve the prizes for people in our compound."
Ang Lee ignored the old lady.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xiuzhu smiled casually, "How come this old comrade's skin is thicker than my wall?"
The old lady's face immediately fell. "We all live in the same compound. Drawing a prize is all about luck. You just made the paper different colors and told everyone in the compound. Isn't that an easy thing to do?"
"That old geezer is shameless." Shen Xiuzhu sneered, rolled his eyes, and went into Shen Mingzhi's main room.
Ang Lee sat down at the table in the main room, first handing the account book to Shen Mingzhi, and then said with a worried look, "I made an unexpected amount of money on June 1st, but I can't get the approval slips anymore, and it's very difficult to buy medicine. I don't know if the policy is going to change again. There were already few types of medicines that could be sold, and now I can't even get traditional Chinese medicine."
Shen Mingzhi, who was looking at the ledger, glanced up at him and said, "It's not like you have to take it here. Go and see if there are any other hospitals that are willing to sell it to you. Especially the big hospitals."
Shen Xiuzhu sat down next to Shen Mingzhi and yawned.
“Go ask around at hospitals in other cities; you’re sure to find one that’s willing to provide the medicine,” Shen Mingzhi said, immediately turning to him.
"Me?" Shen Xiuzhu perked up, but his voice lacked confidence. "I'm afraid I don't have the ability."
"To tell you the truth, your brother-in-law won't make it this time, and the pharmacy will basically go out of business. The Song family is targeting me and the Jiang family; they don't intend to make things easy for us," Shen Mingzhi said apologetically as she looked at them.
Ang Lee certainly knew who the Song family was and what kind of people they were.
If they just ask, no pharmacy in the entire city of Beijing will give them the medicine.
"Wouldn't this be against the rules?" Li An asked with some concern.
“Then there’s another way: wait until the Song family steps down.” Shen Mingzhi paused for a moment, then continued, “Or you can come with me and switch to making women’s beauty products.”
"Cosmetic products also have to come with the factory. Do you know who's in charge of the factory?" Li An's eyes were murmured.
Although he could simply surrender to the Song family and abandon Shen Mingzhi, he knew very well that doing so would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
In just over a month, she helped his pharmacy earn nearly 300,000 yuan, something he never dared to imagine before. Therefore, he would rather listen to Shen Mingzhi's opinion than abandon her.
"Is there a specific time when the Song family will step down?" Shen Xiuzhu leaned back in his chair, his tone tinged with annoyance. "I really don't understand why these people in China would pass up money when they have it."
“China has its own national conditions, so of course we can’t compare with Western countries.” Ang Lee explained to his brother-in-law, “It’s not that I can’t switch to making beauty products, but the Ren’an brand was left by my father, and I don’t really want to give it up like this.”
"Okay, I'll run around for you and get as much as I can." Shen Xiuzhu had received a lot of money in these two installments, all thanks to Shen Mingzhi. So, he naturally had to listen to her.
"We'll do our best to help your brother-in-law. The local hospital and the supply and marketing cooperative are working together to crush him. He won't last a month; he'll have to close the shop," Shen Mingzhi said to Shen Xiuzhu with a hint of guilt in her voice.
Shen Xiuzhu initially thought it wasn't a big deal, that it was just a change in policy as his brother-in-law had mentioned, and that things would be fine in ten days or half a month once the policy was implemented. But now, listening to Shen Mingzhi's words, he gradually realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Okay," Shen Xiuzhu replied softly.
Shen Mingzhi smiled again, "You brought out your personal charm; speaking of which, sales were indeed quite good this time."
"Well, this time it's more than 60,000 more than last time... When I came here today, I was thinking, maybe I've been too lucky lately, so God is trying to balance things out for me." Li An had a wry smile on his face.
"No matter what, the pharmacy has to keep going." Shen Mingzhi actually really liked the Li An brand.
Ren'an, what a wonderful name.
“Okay, we’ll listen to you.” When Li An came over, he was worried that Shen Mingzhi might choose to switch to another company after encountering this difficulty. He didn’t expect her to choose to stand with them through thick and thin.
Shen Mingzhi took her share of the profits and returned the ledger to Li An. "You can hand over the matter of procuring medicines for the pharmacy to Comrade Shen first. In your spare time, you can come with me to the factory. It's not impossible to do both."
"Of course I agree, but Xiuzhu has never done this kind of thing before, and I don't know if he can handle it." Li An had to talk himself hoarse to get the drug quota and finally get the pharmacy open.
"This happened so suddenly. I'll think of a solution later," Shen Mingzhi reassured Li An.
"Thank you very much." Li An's face showed gratitude. With Shen Mingzhi's suggestion, he felt relieved.
Shen Xiuzhu looked at Shen Mingzhi with a mournful expression, "If I can't get the medicine back, you won't think I'm useless, will you?"
“If you can’t get the medicine, the pharmacy should hire two doctors to work in shifts 24 hours a day, making sure you become an indispensable presence here. When your pharmacy benefits ordinary people, their voices will naturally reach the ears of other leaders. At that time, policies will change because your pharmacy has become a new breakthrough in the medical field,” Shen Mingzhi told him.
Currently, all industries are learning as they go, and each industry is changing and improving to meet the daily needs of ordinary people.
It's not impossible for them to proactively change and improve these steps.
Ang Lee once again felt that Shen Mingzhi was truly daring to think big.
After they left, Shen Mingzhi inevitably felt worried about Jiang Shaozhen.
I wonder how things are going at the construction site...
As dusk approached and Jiang Shaozhen still hadn't returned, Shen Mingzhi couldn't sit still any longer. She told Wang Xinian and then rode her bicycle to his construction site.
When Shen Mingzhi arrived at the construction site, she saw Jiang Shaozhen and a young-looking man sitting together in a small tin shack, discussing something.
Shen Mingzhi walked over, stood at the door of the tin shack, and knocked on the door.
When Jiang Shao Chen saw him, all the seriousness on his face vanished. He immediately stood up and introduced the young man, "This is my wife, Shen Mingzhi. I guess she was worried about me since I didn't come home so late!"
"Hello, Comrade Shen, my name is Ye Jianhua." The man stood up and said politely to Shen Mingzhi.
He had a very scholarly air about him; he looked like a college student.
Shen Mingzhi nodded, "I just came to take a look. You guys chat, I'll just sit here and wait."
Jiang Shaozhen's face was filled with undisguised joy. He sat down again, his gaze occasionally drifting to Shen Mingzhi.
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