Chapter 1970: Chapter 1958: An Incident at Linghe Village

"Oh, I see."

Chen Yang nodded with a smile, and started chatting with General Manager Qi while eating.

After the conversation, Chen Yang roughly understood the operating model of the other party’s factory.

They’re just an intermediary for drug collection.

They originally bought medicinal herbs from villagers in the surrounding areas and then sent them to large pharmaceutical factories in the city or province.

They make a bit of profit in the process.

Unexpectedly, this year something changed, and some pharmaceutical factories in the city and province have less demand, which led to many medicinal herbs in their factory being unsold.

This sparked the idea of finding new collaborators.

After some twists and turns, they found the intermediary Niu Ming, thereby getting to know Chen Yang.

"Boss Chen, the province suddenly reduced its demand, which doesn’t affect our factory too much, but the folks in our town are suffering. That’s why I’ve come out to explore options."

"If you could collaborate with us, the elders and locals in our town would be really grateful."

After explaining the situation, General Manager Qi added this statement.

This remark showed his cleverness.

On one hand, he described the situation, on the other hand, he acted like it didn’t affect him much, ultimately trying to gain Chen Yang’s sympathy while also not wanting Chen Yang to exploit their weakness and lower the prices.

Chen Yang noticed but didn’t mention it, directly skipped the topic, and started asking some other questions: "Haha, there’s no need for thanks, I just wanted to know what kinds of medicinal herbs are mostly found in your town?"

"Boss Chen, there are many of them. Our town has been collecting herbs for years, almost all the popular herbs on the market can be found here." General Manager Qi immediately explained seriously to Chen Yang.

During the meal, the two discussed various topics.

It took two to three hours to agree on an initial intention to collaborate.

Chen Yang genuinely wanted to collaborate with them to expand the pharmaceutical factory.

General Manager Qi just wanted to sell more herbs, so both sides were quite agreeable.

However, discussing herbal business isn’t something that can be settled in one meal. After the meal, General Manager Qi warmly invited Chen Yang to visit when he had time, and then thoroughly research the collaboration.

Chen Yang naturally agreed.

Having said all that, General Manager Qi and Manager Wu left first.

"Yang Zi, what do you think? My two friends are quite trustworthy, aren’t they?" After they left, Niu Ming smiled and asked about Chen Yang’s impression.

Chen Yang nodded: "Seems okay, but I’ll have to find time to visit and see for myself."

"Yes, then call me along, I’m familiar with them, it’ll be easier to talk when meeting." Niu Ming said.

"Sure, I’ll definitely call you, but I need to go now, let’s contact later."

After finishing the discussion, it was not early, around two or three in the afternoon.

Chen Yang had no intention to stay longer here, thinking to return first, and while the pharmaceutical factory hadn’t closed yet, he could discuss this matter with the technical and leadership team of the pharmaceutical factory.

If feasible, he could quickly handle the expansion.

"Alright, I’ll see you off."

Niu Ming didn’t hold them back, smiling as he sent Chen Yang and He Xiran downstairs to leave.

"Chen Yang, when are you planning to visit?" As they were nearing the village, He Xiran suddenly spoke.

Chen Yang immediately understood her meaning upon hearing this, and gave her a playful look.

"I’ll go once everything is discussed, don’t worry, I’ll definitely call you along."

"Hehe, good."

That was exactly what He Xiran was waiting to hear, her face showing genuine happiness.

Returning to the village, He Xiran went back to the dojo.

Due to her special status, He Xiran also lived in the dojo, rarely coming out for activities.

After seeing off He Xiran, Chen Yang went to the pharmaceutical factory.

The pharmaceutical factory had been operating steadily, without any incidents, so Chen Yang rarely worried about it, having not visited for a long time.

Visiting today suddenly, he found that the factory’s efficiency was becoming more regulated, with uniformed workshop workers looking very professional.

Chen Yang roughly checked and confirmed there were no issues, and immediately found the technical staff, the factory director, and others to discuss the matter.

After hearing Chen Yang’s explanation, the factory director was the first to express his stance.

"Chief Chen, this issue is exactly the biggest one our factory faces. The factory collects medicinal herbs by itself daily, and the speed is really too slow. Now that you’ve found a source for raw materials, that’s really great, I support it." The director stated.

"Yes, if we no longer waste time on collecting herbs, our factory’s efficiency can be greatly improved, it’s completely feasible."

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The other technical staff also expressed their support.

It seems they had long wanted to expand the pharmaceutical factory to solve the source of herbs, but hadn’t addressed it to Chen Yang.

Now Chen Yang proactively brought up the topic, and everyone was eagerly speaking up.

Seeing everyone being of one mind in agreeing to the expansion, Chen Yang naturally didn’t need to say much, and immediately made the decision.

Expand.

However, expansion isn’t something settled in just a sentence, a thorough plan is needed.

Since all the leadership was present and the technical team was there too, Chen Yang simply took advantage of it to hold a coordination meeting.

The meeting decided on how to expand and other related matters.

By the time the meeting ended, it was already seven in the evening.