Chapter 145: The Fearsome Mountain Stronghold!

  To be honest, Qin Luo had always thought that Lian Qingcheng was a woman with a story. Of course, this may have come from the impression brought to him by the same female protagonist image in some of the films and TV shows he had seen.

  In those domestic or foreign stories, there is a type of woman. They dress sexily, behave wantonly, wear bright red lipstick, and apply purple eye shadow. They hold men's or women's cigarettes in their hands. Their demeanor is elegant, yet they won't easily yield. Clever and charming, they toy with men at their fingertips.

  Lian Cheng's image is similar to those fictional characters in film and television, as if he had walked out of the screen alive.

  What kind of hardships must one endure, what kind of harm must one suffer, in order for a woman to be reborn and reach this state?

  Lian Cheng didn't say it, and Qin Luo wouldn't ask either.

  But he knew that the Lian Jing City just now was a bit off. A person's expression can deceive, their eyes can deceive. But her heart won't deceive.

  When Lei Qingcheng just got angry, Qin Luoming clearly felt that her heartbeat and pulse were much more intense than usual. This shows that things are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

  Qin Luo was unwilling to get entangled in this matter, otherwise, even a day and night would not bring a result. He simply said: "You asked me to come over just to discuss this with me?"

  Lijin Cheng glanced at Qin Luo and said: "First drink the wine in your cup, then I'll talk to you about serious matters."

  Qin Luo reluctantly took a small sip, as if tasting poison, and swallowed it slowly. He said, "I'll drink it slowly. Can't drink too much in a hurry."

  Lian Qingcheng found it difficult to deal with Qin Luo, but she didn't make things difficult for him anymore. She said: "You're really not interesting. Drinking and singing wildly is the ultimate pleasure in life. You can't sing, you can't drink, how boring!"

  "How did you know I wouldn't sing?" Qin Luo asked. He seemed to have never gone out with Lian Qincheng before.

  "Nonsense, you'll sing a song when ghosts appear." Lian Qingcheng said. "I called you over because there's something big and joyful to tell you."

  "What's the good news?" Qin Luo asked curiously.

  "You've become rich." Lian Qingcheng stared at Qin Luo's face, waiting for his reaction.

  "Get rich? What kind of rich?" Qin Luo still hadn't reacted yet.

  "Don't you read newspapers at all?" Lei Qingcheng asked irritably.

  "Look." Qin Luo nodded. "What does this have to do with me getting rich?"

  Lijun City patted Qin Luo's head and asked, "Haven't you noticed that our Lijun International has been appearing on the headlines of major newspapers for the past two days? And it's also being frequently reported on TV - didn't you notice?"

  Qin Luo smiled and said, "Note that. I had expected this advertisement to be popular before, but I didn't expect it to be so popular. But what does this have to do with me getting rich? Our product has just started accepting national reservations, right? Except for the beauty salon under Jingcheng International, other beauty salons don't even have our products. Isn't it too early to get rich?"

  Lijun Cheng smiled and said, "Isn't it easy to make money? To be honest, I didn't expect an ad to have such a wide impact on society. It's also the reason why our product's popularity and company's brand reputation have skyrocketed. My previous preparation was still somewhat insufficient, especially in terms of supply chain, which cannot meet market demand at all."

  "I think you must have a way to solve it." Qin Luo said with a smile.

  Since Lethal Fairy has already said she's rich, how could she not have thought of a way to solve this problem?

  "The prepayment policy." Lian Qingcheng smiled and lifted the veil. "Anyone who wants to take goods from Qingcheng International must pay 5 million yuan in advance into our account."

  "So many?" Qin Luo asked in surprise.

  "Is that a lot? I originally wanted 10 million." Lian Qingcheng smiled lightly. "But, I think we need to expand more, at least first ensure that every first-tier city has one agent. So, we lowered the prepayment price and chose several agents to help us promote. In our production capacity can't keep up with before, can only adopt this limited policy."

  "Will the agent have an opinion?" Qin Luo asked worriedly. In fact, now is a era of channel is king. Some companies' products want to expand market, often adopt the policy of first paving goods and then collecting money. Moreover, the rebate given by each company to agents is quite astonishing.

  It's rare for a company like Jingcheng International to receive a huge prepayment of 50 million yuan before shipping out the goods.

  "Do you have any opinions? Why would there be any opinions? We've received thousands of calls from clients who want to cooperate with us in the past two days, but less than a hundred can actually work with us. If anyone has an opinion, it should be those clients who are willing to pay the deposit but can't get the agency. Those who got the agency will only feel lucky." Lei Qingcheng's expression was calm and serene, as if nothing could go wrong when things reached her level.

  Qin Luo nodded slightly. Suddenly, he thought of a very frightening question.

  "You said it's possible to reach cooperation with a hundred households?"

  "Yes, that's the maximum. If we give more, the supply quantity for each household can only be compressed once." Lei Qingcheng said.

  "Each household collects 50 million in advance?" Qin Luo felt his own voice trembling.

  "Yes. Each household collects 5 million." Lian Qingcheng nodded in satisfaction. This idiot finally thought of the key to the problem.

  "That's a total of..." Qin Luo was bad at math and struggled to count on his fingers.

  "Five hundred million." Lian Qingcheng directly gave out the answer.

  Five hundred million? How much money is this?

  No matter how Qin Luo thought about it, he couldn't think of a specific picture of ten billion piled together.

  Qin Luo's family was wealthy, and he also had a bank card with 1 million yuan in cash on him. From childhood to adulthood, he had never been short of money.

  But when he heard such a huge number, he was still surprised and speechless.

  "Removing costs and expenses, if you calculate it based on your 70% stake in Qian Cheng International, you can at least get 300 million." Lian Qian Cheng sighed and said: "Indeed, it's good to lean against a big tree and enjoy the cool breeze. In the past, my Qian Cheng International's annual total profit was only over 30 million."

  "It's really going to make a fortune." Qin Luo thought.

  In the future, when he accepts media interviews, can't he also say with a pretentious tone: "Money is just a set of numbers to me?"

  "Getting rich? We're just getting started." Lei Qingcheng said with a smile. "With the huge influence brought by this successful advertisement, we dare to propose such a sky-high prepaid gold agency plan. Later, when our goods production can keep up, we can lay out a wider range of goods. That's when we'll really make money."

  "I don't understand business. Just sitting and collecting money is fine." Qin Luo said with a smile.

  "But we also need to prevent other businesses from taking advantage of the situation and disrupting the normal order of the market." Li Jiancheng said with some concern.

  "Only we have the formula, how did they get in?" Qin Luo asked.

  "They casually produce a product and claim it's used by Tang Dynasty princesses and Ming Dynasty noblewomen, calling it something like 'Golden Silkworm Skin Nourishing Water', they just pick a random name and quickly push it to the market - how can the public distinguish? I'm not afraid of them taking our market share, but rather that they'll make a mess and ruin the entire market."

  Even a company as technologically advanced as Microsoft is afraid of shanzhai and piracy, let alone others.

  Guan Xiu put down the newspaper in his hand, felt for a pack of cigarettes on the table, first threw one to Li Angxi sitting opposite him, then lit one himself and handed the lighter over.

  "Now you should know how great the market potential of this piece is, right?" Guan Xi puffed out a mouthful of smoke and said with a smile.

  "Yes, this is not making money, it's like robbing a bank!" Li Lingxi said indignantly. "Before, I was still quite proud of ourselves, thinking that we were doing very well. But compared to them, what we're doing is simply not up to par. Manager Shao, we must speed up our pace too."

  "Yes, accelerating the pace is necessary. But it's also important to find the perfect entry point. This time, it just so happened that their advertisement sparked heated debate in society, which led to such an achievement. Who can guarantee we'll have such good luck?"

  Li Lixi smiled and said: "Guan Shao, you just returned from America and still don't understand our national situation."

  "Huh?" Guan Xiao asked with some confusion.

  "We don't need to rack our brains thinking of new products and advertising ideas, we just need to follow the path of Qicheng International and it will be fine. This time, their advertisement has become so popular, with their production capacity, can they meet the market demand?"

  "Even if they were well-prepared and had a very sufficient supply of goods. However, they are targeting the high-end market. Aren't those mid-to-low end markets still empty? We can totally go occupy that space."

  "Isn't that an infringement of rights?" Guan Xiao's eyebrows furrowed and then relaxed as he asked.

  "What kind of infringement is this? We can create our own product using our own formula. Besides, we don't have to follow some weird name like Golden Cocoon Nourishing Powder. Just pick a random name like Golden Bug or Golden Fish and package it up. Leave the details to the planning department. We just need to provide the direction."

  Guān xì chōu zhe yān, xiǎng zhe zhè zhǒng shì qíng de zhǒng zhǒng lì bì.

  Translation: Guan Xi puffed on his cigarette, thinking about the pros and cons of this kind of thing.

  According to the popularity of Jin Yun Yang Rou powder, they are making a fortune by quickly following up at this time.

  Moreover, Huaxia Mingyitang is not short of traditional Chinese medicine or market promotion expenses. As long as he nods his head, the goods with their logo on them may soon be circulating in the market.

  He stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said, "Making money is fine, but we also need to consider the image of our Mingyitang. Let's do it this way: since we're going to make products in this area, let's plan them carefully and make sure they're done well. We can't ruin our reputation."

  "Don't worry, Director Li. Absolutely nothing will go wrong. I've got the planning department working overtime to think this through carefully. If they can come up with 'A Lifetime of Drawing Eyebrows for You', we can do 'A Lifetime of Massages for You' and 'A Lifetime of Washing Feet for You' - it'll be even more sensational than theirs!" Li Lingsi smiled smugly.