CHAPTER 1902: CHAPTER 898: TRYING A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP (PART 2)

"What kind of ideas can we have? If we had any, would we be lying around doing nothing?" He Qingzhi said somewhat dejectedly. "We’re all about the same, can’t make big money, and think little money isn’t worth it. Don’t you think so, Old Cui?"

Old Cui, the young man who spoke less, seemed slightly more mature than Xiaohe. He thought for a moment and smiled wryly, "That’s really true!"

Although the few people in the room were young, they weren’t actually spoiled rich kids. When they thought about it carefully, they realized that his statement wasn’t wrong at all.

What He Qingzhi said basically summarizes ninety-nine percent of young people, merely emphasizing the difference in amounts between big money and small money. Those with good family conditions think earning a hundred thousand or eighty thousand a year is small money and feel it’s unfulfilling; they’d love to earn a few million a year, but they don’t have the ability.

Those with poor conditions find even an eight hundred yuan a month job insufficient. Even if there are positions that can earn three to five thousand, they don’t have the skills for it.

It’s a matter of positioning. Young people are at an age where they are both ambitious and extremely sensitive and fragile, often encountering such problems. In laymen’s terms, it’s about not being able to achieve either high or low goals.

Xiaohe’s phone vibrated for a moment. He picked it up to take a look: "Yan Fei is coming over, he’ll be here in a little while. Speaking of which, if you guys don’t have any ideas, why not ask him later? This guy’s been traveling north and south for several years, and has even been abroad a few times, he might have some new leads."

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Yan Fei didn’t keep them waiting long. Shortly, he came up with a car, accompanied by his wife.

After getting acquainted with a few people, Xu Xiaoyan excused herself, saying she was too tired from the car ride and didn’t stay downstairs for long before going upstairs to rest—in actuality, Yan Fei sent her into the Dinosaur World to be a caring big sister.

As soon as Yan Fei came down, Xiaohe couldn’t wait to ask: "Brother Fei, we were just discussing what kind of business would be good to do! You’ve traveled a lot, do you have any good suggestions?"

Yan Fei was taken aback. The few people had just met, and they asked such a question, catching him off guard!

Only Xiaohe counted as familiar, but even they hadn’t known each other for long. Nevertheless, they were all young people, and since they were asking for advice, he had to think carefully about it.

During the introductions earlier, Xiaohe had spoken the most, and Yan Fei also learned that even though these people were young, their families had some influence. In his opinion, there were so many businesses that young masters from families with conditions like theirs could do.

But if they had to consider high profits and fool-proof businesses, then he’d have to really think it over.

Sitting down, he smiled and said, "With that question out of the blue, I really have to think this over. You guys carry on playing, I’ll let you know when I’ve figured it out."

Several of the young people had been playing for days and now didn’t quite have the mindset to continue. Seeing him not speak, they simply sat in silence, waiting.

After a while, Yan Fei said, "Do you guys know much about the pharmaceutical industry?"

Brother Le thought for a moment and replied, "I know a bit. It’s hard to get approval for new drugs right now, and resources are pretty tight. Medicines coming from abroad also require a large patent fee payment, so it’s like we’re working for someone else. Doing that doesn’t make much sense, right?"

"I’ve got it!" Yan Fei said with a smile. "A new medicine, but it hasn’t been patented yet. Now, don’t rush. I know it’s difficult to get medicines approved. What I mean is, if you’re in a hurry, you could first sell it as a health product!"

The other few people had no clue, but Brother Le understood a bit: "Can you guarantee that the new medicine is problem-free? I speak bluntly, don’t be surprised, Boss Yan. If it’s about making money with scam health products, I could do that myself, and making quick cash wouldn’t be an issue. But I think doing that is no better than me continuing to resell approvals or something. After all, it’s all about making money. No other benefits involved, not much difference."

With just this sentence, Yan Fei felt that this Brother Le could be someone to collaborate with.

Making quick money from health products is about those heavily advertised health products. Whether or not they can cure diseases is unknown, as long as they won’t cause harm when consumed. With aggressive advertising campaigns, like gifting ’brain-dead pills’ during the New Year or something, the money comes in really fast.

These health products relied on consumers in big cities a few years ago, but in recent years they’ve started to head to the countryside—because of pricing issues, rural areas couldn’t afford them in the past. Nowadays, with more people working as migrant workers, more people can afford them. Of course, this also relates to fewer people buying them in big cities over time, ultimately because they don’t really heal ailments. After selling for a while without being able to deceive people, they could only move to the countryside.

Yan Fei chuckled, "Definitely no problem. If Xiaohe doesn’t contact me these days, I would reach out to him in a few days. I’ve got a clone cow project underway in my lab, and the results are out. Right now, the technology is leading in the country. In some time, after the paper is published, I’m planning to organize a press conference and would like Xiaohe to help me contact a few reporters from the Capital then!"

"Those are minor issues. To broaden the impact, newspapers big and small should run this story for better effect," Xiaoning, with dark circles, chimed in. "I know some reporters, so I can help contact them when the time comes. But Boss Yan, what’s the intended impact of this conference?"

"I don’t really have any specific expectations," Yan Fei shook his head. "I just feel, why should missile manufacturers be less recognized than those selling tea eggs? There’s not much else I can control, but since my lab has achieved results, I want more people to know the names of those working in the lab. Beyond that, I haven’t really thought about it."

That question of "why" made the eyes of everyone shine with a different look.

"A real man!" Xiaoning’s eyes lit up with a bit of admiration for Yan Fei, and he pointed his colorful thumb at Yan Fei in approval.

Even though the others didn’t express it outright, their facial expressions clearly said that Xiaoning’s words represented their thoughts. A real man is someone who does what others either can’t or won’t do.

They didn’t know about Yan Fei’s subsequent plans. From their perspective, publicizing a lab didn’t actually serve much purpose. But having this idea and ultimately implementing it, from the viewpoint of the young people, was indeed worthy of being called a real man’s move.

Yan Fei smiled and continued talking to Brother Le, "There’s definitely no problem with the medicine; I can vouch for that. Has anyone in your family ever drunk the medicinal wine bought from the Meng Family? Now they’re selling a small pill too; I haven’t thought of a name yet. Let me think... no, let’s call it Morning Glory No.1 for now. The next two medicines I’ll apply for patents on, let’s call them No.2 and No.3."

"No.1 is a non-warranty product, but I’ve sent it to Old Master Meng, and I’ve received payment. However, I’d estimate that he won’t sell it immediately. He’ll need someone to experiment and verify it first. Only after ensuring there are no issues will he sell it. For No.2 and No.3, I plan to apply for a patent first; manufacturing and such are almost ready to prepare now."

Brother Le was puzzled, "Wait a sec, Boss Yan, I think I know a bit about the medicinal wine you’re talking about. But your No.1, No.2, and No.3, what exactly are their effects?"

Yan Fei almost smacked his own head and quickly explained, "No.1 is essentially a health product, and it can slightly slow down aging! This effect has been tested by someone I know, and once Old Master Meng tries it, he’ll know. It’ll probably sell for quite high. No.2 mainly targets cancer. It can’t cure it, but it can help control it a bit. With additional auxiliary medical solutions, the effect should improve. No.3 is... for treating rheumatism and arthritis."

No.3 was initially something else, but Yan Fei changed his mind at the last minute—he’s more confident about this one.

The laborers used ranch cow bones instead of dinosaur bones, producing a drug slightly less effective than the medicinal wine. Although the effect was weaker, once the raw materials changed, it immediately became something that could be brought into the light.

It’s worth noting, for those researchers and laborers, Yan Fei provided them with a research environment on Earth that was absolutely impossible to achieve. Without needing to consider any external factors, focusing purely on research; it’s no wonder outcomes would emerge over the years.

The cow bones in the ranch worked, and so did the bones from the Sancha River cattle farm. The difference being, future cattle may need to be raised a bit longer, but this issue doesn’t really pose a major problem.

Yan Fei had already thought it through and planned to later introduce higher-quality beef, raising the price once. In the future, the premium beef from the Morning Glory Cattle Farm would be considered ordinary premium, and the real premium price would double again—the key being that the bones could be used as raw materials for drug manufacturing. With the cost of raising them longer easily made back several times.

Thinking about this, he added, "But as for the pharmaceutical factory, it will need to cooperate with me. I have to supply some of the key raw materials. As for the profits, rest assured, we can discuss that easily. For me, it’s just something I came up with while on the side..."