Chapter 26
On Sunday, Fu Le received her first payment of 200,000 yuan in cash, which was personally delivered by the empress's accountant, who also picked up the goods. Fu Le also gave them two bottles of the lowest grade of her product to promote.
I was originally going to give 20 ml of Fule, but I decided to be a shrewd businessman and just gave it to 10 ml instead. With a seven-day shelf life, 10 ml is enough to cover the whole face.
If Zou Qian knew what Fu Le was planning, she would definitely curse him: "You unscrupulous businessman!"
After getting the money, Fu Le's shopping became a hassle again.
Where can we get a large quantity of medicine?
"What? Inviting you to dinner?" Wang Jin was so surprised he almost dropped the phone. It was the first time he had received a call from Fu Le, and he hadn't expected her to hit him with such a bombshell right off the bat.
"Sister Fu, just tell me what's wrong. With our friendship, if I can do it, I definitely will. If I can't, then I really can't."
Fu Le: ...
Yes, she's still a child, and she asks for a lot; he can't handle it.
"That's all, I'm hanging up."
The dial tone came through the phone, and Wang Jin stared in disbelief.
Is this a case of using Wang Jin only when needed and ignoring him when not?
How can there be such a person?
"Ah Jin." A beautiful woman came down from upstairs.
"What?" Wang Jin asked, his voice tinged with anger.
"Have you eaten gunpowder? How dare you talk to your mother like that!" Wang Dong, who was standing a step behind, glared angrily at his unfilial son below.
"I'm sorry, Mom. Is there something you need?" Composing himself, Wang Jin quickly changed his tone.
"Go and buy ten more bottles of the honey you brought back last time, as a gift for Mom."
"Oh, give me 30,000 yuan in cash." Sleep-aiding honey that costs 1,000 yuan per kilogram isn't shameful to give as a gift.
"Honey, the honey test results are pretty good, right?" Otherwise, knowing his wife's personality, she wouldn't have asked for so much all at once.
"Yes, they say these honeys contain some natural sleep-aiding components, probably from some kind of medicinal flower nectar. The testers couldn't really pinpoint the exact reason, but there weren't any strange additives." Xu Rui was very satisfied with the honey her son had bought.
"Son, your classmate bought some medicine from you last time, what did he do with it?" He naturally wanted to know about the medicine that cost tens of thousands of yuan.
"I don't know, she didn't say. Maybe she's going to donate it somewhere."
"Oh." Since that's how it is, and it's not much, Wang Dong didn't ask any more questions.
At this moment, Fu Le was having a headache, wondering how to buy enough food and medicine.
A figure suddenly flashed through Fu Le's mind, and he paused in writing.
How could she forget this person?
Convenience road, at the end of the street.
In the dim and damp room, the man opened his eyes, feeling drowsy and unwilling to move, but the intense hunger in his stomach made him let out a muffled groan in discomfort.
After a few more moments, he finally sat up.
He stood up, unsteady on his feet, holding onto the bed. He didn't want to die; he had to live, to survive.
When Fu Le found the place, he immediately saw Lu Shi leaning against the wall, sitting on the steps by the door, looking like he hadn't woken up yet. His face was so pale it was almost blue. Well, he could go straight into the coffin.
"Lu Shi".
The person she was looking for, Lu Shi, had been in and out of prison twice in his previous life. The first time was for smuggling, for which he was imprisoned for five years. After his release, his family didn't accept him and kicked him out. He then started trading gold, and after doing so much, he smuggled it all overseas for profit. He was betrayed by a friend and went back to prison at the age of 25. This time, he was sentenced to seven years. After his release, he learned his lesson and started an honest business selling electrical appliances. Perhaps due to exceptionally good luck, he built a leading enterprise in China within just ten years. She still remembered him in his forties, using his numerous impressive patents to compete in the international market. With the support of the state, he had the power to suppress European and American countries. His glorious past was talked about for a long time and became the life goal of many ambitious young people. But at that time, no one knew what he had gone through before his success.
The only reason she was so impressed with him was that his autobiography mentioned his birthplace was Singapore, and it even included his former address. Later, some curious internet celebrities came to search for it, but by then, the area had already been demolished to make way for a hotel.
She's only sixteen years older than her. Think about it: she was a corporate slave at thirty, while she was already incredibly wealthy at forty. What is that? That's talent! A talent for business!!
A clear female voice reached Lu Shi's ears, and he squinted, not wanting to move.
He didn't care who she was, he didn't want to know.
"Lu Shi, work for me, make a fortune, earn big money." Fu Le walked to a spot two meters in front of Lu Shi and said with a smile.
This time, Lu Shi opened his eyes and saw a delicate, fair-skinned face; it was a little girl.
Lu Shi raised an eyebrow in surprise. Work for her? Do homework?
Just as he was about to make a sarcastic remark, he saw the girl take her backpack off her back, pull out five stacks of hundred-yuan bills, place them in front of him, and then look at him with a smile, saying, "Brother Lu, work for me, and I'll give you twenty percent of the shares."
Two minutes later, Fu Le followed Lu Shi into the dimly lit room, pulled back the curtains made of dusty, old bed sheets, and let the sunlight stream in.
"You know me." Lu Shi squinted as he looked out the window.
“I know you, but you don’t know me…” Fu Le recounted Lu Shi’s two entries and exits. “I don’t care what you were like before, but your business acumen is undeniable, and that’s exactly what I need. I’m just starting out here, doing small-scale business, and I’ve made a few dozen yuan. I want to expand and strengthen my business, but I’m short of people. By chance, I learned about you, and thinking that you should be out by now, I decided to try my luck. Fortunately, I was quite lucky.”
Lu Shi listened in silence, his face looking dejected, his chin and lips hidden under his beard, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.
"Lucky? Ha... because you found me?" After saying that, Lu Shi raised his eyes, his cold gaze meeting the girl's dark eyes. Deep down, he felt a strong sense of mockery. How ridiculous that he was being regarded as lucky, especially since she was a stranger.
“Yes, because I found you.” Fu Le nodded sincerely and continued, “Brother Lu, I want to set up a cosmetics company, producing and selling my own products. The factory doesn’t need to be very big for now, ten workers will be enough. As for the production tools, start with…”
"Wait, did I say I wanted to work for you? How old are you? Are you even an adult? You want to be my boss? Do you think doing business is child's play?" Lu Shi laughed, raising her hand to interrupt Fu Le. "I have always..."
“Brother Lu,” Fu Le interrupted his harsh words this time, “your two failures were both orchestrated by your own people. Their goal was to drag you down into the mire. Your family doesn’t want you, your friends betray you, and no one around you wants you to become strong. And they’re about to get what they want, aren’t they? Are you willing to let those who harmed you get what they want? And then let them laugh and say, ‘Look, Lu Shi is just a lump of clay; I can mold him into whatever shape I want…’”
"Enough!!" Lu Shi stood up from the stool in a fit of emotion, knocking over the round iron stool and making a loud thud.
His fists were clenched, his dry eyes were bloodshot, and the veins in his neck bulged. He exuded a murderous aura that seemed to emanate from his entire body, shouting, "I'm not reconciled! I'm just not reconciled!! I'm not going to die! I'm going to make money, make money!!"
Amid Lu Shi's furious roars, Fu Le smiled; this was exactly the kind of angry young man she needed.
When she got home, Fu Le's backpack was empty. Her supplies had been provided, and she no longer needed to do everything herself.
A month later, the midterm exams arrived.
Fu Le, who was completely overwhelmed by his studies, faced an exam he hadn't taken in a long time. He dared not relax for a moment, and after the exam, he felt as if a layer of skin had been peeled off his body.
"Fu Le, how did you do on the exam?" As soon as Huang Ting returned to the classroom, she went up to Fu Le. She always wanted to compare herself with Fu Le, and the two of them were always alternating in the rankings. Either she was in front or the other was in front, and the difference was never more than two or three places.
"Didn't do well on the test." Xiao Sen, who had just entered the classroom, heard Fu Le's words, sneered, and deliberately sat down heavily with a thud.
Fu Le ignored her completely. During this time, the madam had been acting strangely, occasionally sneering and snorting, becoming even more sarcastic than before. She no longer cursed and swore at her like before, nor did she try to match her up with other men. But that was fine, as it made things easier for her.
"Hey, Xiao Sen, you're back! How did your exam go?" Huang Ting was happy to hear that Fu Le hadn't done well on the exam, and when she saw Xiao Sen, she asked him again.
"None of your business!" He threw his pencil case on the table, ignoring everyone.
Huang Ting's face scrunched up. "Why are you like this? I was just asking. Pah!" she said, and returned to her seat.
Xiao Sen, who was lying face down on the table with his head in his hands, was silent.
Fu Le glanced at him sideways, and roughly knew why he was acting this way.
Tsk... It has nothing to do with her.
At the school gate.
"Fu Le, do you want to come to my house to play games?" Wang Jin and Fang Ge rode their bikes and stood at the school gate, attracting some girls who lingered and were reluctant to leave.
"No, I'm going home to sleep, I'm tired." Being tired was out of the question; she simply preferred staying home.
"Huh? Such a beautiful day, wouldn't it be too boring to go back to sleep? It's only noon." Wang Jin pointed to the bright sun in the sky. "Are you planning to go out and have fun during the May Day holiday?"
"Don't you seniors have extra classes?" Fu Le pushed his bicycle closer. Since the Wang Juan incident, the school had issued a notice of expulsion, and the other two had received a series of punishments. Now, even if some people disliked her because of those two, they only dared to talk about it. The three dung beetles were gone, and that girl should not get into any more trouble.
"We just had our monthly exams, we only got one day off, and then we have to come back the day after tomorrow," Wang Jin sighed. They only have a few months until the college entrance exams, and every day is like living hell, so exhausting.
"Go back and rest. I need to go back and rest too. I have other plans for my vacation."
"Fu Le, don't forget to give me that face cream tomorrow, my mom's finished it." Fang Ge said. This was the fourth time he had asked Fu Le to buy face cream. The effect was amazing. His mom went crazy for it and had to use it every day, even though it was ridiculously expensive.
"Should we switch to the cheaper one? The scars have already healed, so using such a good one now wouldn't be cost-effective. Both have skin-repairing and repairing effects." Fu Le was genuinely thinking of Fang Ge's mother. The first one had a strong repairing effect and was good for skincare, but it was still just for daily skincare, so using it would be a waste.
“Fu Le, you don’t need to save money for Fang Ge’s family. His grandfather is in foreign trade and has plenty of money. He doesn’t need these pittances. I’ve seen the effects of your face cream. If I didn’t have too little pocket money, I would have bought some for my mom to try.” Wang Jin joked.
"If you really want it, I can give you a bottle."
"Wow, really?" This stingy woman gave away 10,000 yuan worth of things, could it be that she needs his help again?
"Don't overthink it. I'm just here to boost sales. That's all. I'll deliver it tomorrow at the entrance of your complex at eight o'clock. Remember to come out and pick it up."
"Can we do it earlier? I want to sleep in." Wang Jin hesitated; he wanted to sleep in.
"I have other plans for tomorrow. How about I deliver it to the security guard? Remember to pick it up in the morning, or it will spoil."
"No, I'd better not. It's getting hot now, what if it really spoils?" Fang Ge chimed in.
...
When Fu Le got home, he received a call from Lu Shi informing him that 300 tons of old rice, one ton of new rice, and one ton of new flour had all been delivered to the warehouse.
Fu Le witnessed Lu Shi's remarkable efficiency over the past month. He handled virtually everything related to face cream, from renting a factory to buying machines to manufacture the cream, designing the trademark and bottles, and registering the company. He also put the company under his name for easier operation.
She has no need to worry about being sidelined or expelled; once she leaves the Green Grass, her beautiful face will be worthless.
"Can we proceed with the recruitment now?" Lu Shi asked in a deep voice on the other end of the phone.
"Okay, let's start with ten people. You'll personally lead the team to handle the purchase of aloe vera and artemisia. Character is more important than anything else," Fu Le instructed.
"I know. We have enough money."
"Come and collect it." Fu Le handed over the cash directly. As for keeping evidence, there was no need. He trusted those he employed and did not employ those he did not trust.
There was a pause on the other end, followed by a sneer, "You always give me cash, aren't you afraid I'll run off with the money?"
"It's not much money. If you want it, you can take it. Besides, you should trust those you employ and not employ those you don't trust. When I approach you, it's because I trust you completely and have no other intentions." Lu Shi had suffered a lot in the first half of his life and had few true friends. So, even though he was let down again later, his way of dealing with people was still recognized. His character was the guarantee that he reached the top. She had nothing to worry about.
Furthermore, she would be crazy to seek out Lu Shi if she didn't approve of his character.
The person on the other end chuckled, "President Fu is a man of great courage." To trust someone who has been in and out of jail twice like this, you could probably only find one fool in the whole world, Fu Le. I don't know whether to say she's bold or just incredibly wealthy.
However, he will not betray her trust.
On the other end of the phone, Fu Le was unaware that Lu Shi's eyes were already red, and his sneer was an attempt to cover up the sob in his throat.
Zou Qian has already taken 600,000 yuan worth of goods from her, and she even came to pick them up in a luxury car. In just one month, those goods have already boosted her beauty salon's sales several times over. If it weren't for the short shelf life and insufficient funds, she would have taken even more. Judging from her triumphant appearance, you can tell that her ambition has swelled to the extreme, and she is determined to put it into action.
"Isn't this a bit too much?" Lu Shi looked at the pile of cash on the table, his facial muscles twitching. He knew that the boss's cosmetics business made money quickly, but he hadn't expected it to come so fast.
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