CHAPTER 1128: CHAPTER 1127: THE BANKRUPT PERFUME COMPANY

Ye Qiu knew that collaborating with other companies was less favorable than doing it himself. This way, he could protect the secret formula and wouldn’t have to be controlled by large companies in other aspects.

"Acquire a company on our own. Check if there’s any perfume company going bankrupt recently. If not, we’ll start a studio ourselves."

Ye Qiu said.

Louise understood. If they had their own studio and laboratory, they wouldn’t need to cooperate with big companies. With the secret formula alone, it should be as successful as Viscount Red Wine.

"Let me check."

Louise said.

As the three headed towards the seaside, it was still overcast and cold, not as warm as usual. After roaming around the beach, Ye Qiu and the two women returned to the Eastern Castle.

Upon returning to the Eastern Castle, Ye Qiu was surprised to see that there were indeed more and more wine merchants coming here.

The red wine wasn’t enough for sale!

At around four in the afternoon, Housekeeper Eugene came to Ye Qiu’s room and said, "Young Master Ye, most of the wine has been sold. The lowest price was 10,000 Euros per bottle."

"So, how much was it sold for?"

"Nearly around five hundred million Euros, with a little left now."

"Don’t sell the remaining ones, and the wine from Count Charley should be delivered to him. However, since it’s valuable, it needs to be couriered by professionals."

Housekeeper Eugene agreed.

After all, a thousand boxes is no small amount.

After Housekeeper Eugene left, Ye Qiu was in his room, looking at the books on his desk.

Soon, Louise came over and said, "Qiu, I just asked. There’s a perfume company in the suburbs of Paris and a perfume research laboratory, both about to go bankrupt. Now, both companies are looking to sell."

In a fashion capital like Paris, there are many such perfume companies and research labs every year, but since they can’t sell the perfumes they develop, they end up closing down.

Moreover, with large perfume companies having their own laboratories now, small labs can’t compete with big companies.

"Let’s go and have a look in the afternoon."

After lunch, Ye Qiu, Louise, and Zhou Wenting got into Ye Qiu’s Bentley Bentayga and drove towards Paris.

First, they came to the perfume factory in the suburbs of Paris that was about to go bankrupt. As soon as they arrived outside, they could smell the perfume scent.

Of course, Ye Qiu knew that these were just perfumes developed through chemical research.

But those women just love it, the more it smells, the more they like it.

Ye Qiu would rather prefer girls who don’t wear perfume than those who frequently do.

Getting off the car, Louise made a call.

Soon, a tall, bald middle-aged man in a suit came out from the perfume factory.

In the morning, someone contacted him, saying they wanted to see if his perfume factory was worth acquiring.

"Hello, Mr. Bale."

"Hello, you must be Miss Louise."

After greeting each other, Louise didn’t bother introducing Ye Qiu’s identity and followed Bale into the factory.

Once inside, Ye Qiu found the various pungent perfume scents even stronger. The perfume factory was much larger than he had imagined, covering an area of over a thousand square meters.

However, it had long stopped production.

"Mr. Bale, where are your workers?"

"They resigned long ago. The perfumes produced couldn’t be sold, and wages were already issued."

Bale said helplessly.

Bale led Louise, Zhou Wenting, and Ye Qiu on a tour inside. They found the perfume factory’s various aspects to be quite good, with some perfume production equipment being new.

"Is this the perfume your factory produces?"

Bale took out a few bottles of transparent perfume. As he opened them for Louise and Zhou Wenting to smell, both felt uncomfortable due to the strong chemical scent. Although it could cover up many odors when sprayed on, most girls probably wouldn’t like this perfume.

"The competition in perfumes in France and Europe is too fierce. There’s no way. The perfumes produced are no match for big companies."

Bale said.

"Are you the owner?"

Ye Qiu asked.

"Hello, I’m just one of the investment shareholders."

Bale said.

"How much are you looking to sell for?"

"We just want to recover some equipment costs. As for this factory, it’s leased."

Bale said.

Clearly, the situation was similar to when Ye Qiu bought that restaurant before, with obvious operational issues leading to bankruptcy and loss.

So, they just wanted to recover some costs.

As for this set of equipment, it’s uncertain whether it’s usable.

Ye Qiu valued the manufacturing factory and workers, but all the workers here had left, and calling them back might require compensating their previous wages.

"Have the employees’ salaries been paid?"

"Yes, they’ve been paid. French law doesn’t allow wage arrears."

Bale said.

If that’s the case, Ye Qiu thought it might be viable.

However, the factory was secondary; he needed to see the perfume lab and research room first.

"You don’t have a lab and research room here?"

"Of course, they’re here."

Bale led Ye Qiu and the two women to see separate labs, research rooms, testing rooms, and so on.

"Those relevant employees have left too?"

"They’ve all left."

If they hadn’t left, it would still hold some value. But now that the useful research staff has left, he’ll have to check the second perfume studio.

Louise and Zhou Wenting weren’t sure what Ye Qiu intended.

Ye Qiu said, "Let’s check out that perfume studio first and see how things are there."

"Miss Louise, what’s your stance?"

"We can stay in touch and decide later if it’s necessary."

Ye Qiu said.

The value here wasn’t significant, besides the factory, there was no added value. As for the equipment, it was unclear if it was usable, so it was better to check out the studio first.

Louise also felt the same.

Upon leaving the perfume factory and getting back into the car, Bale realized that the young man just now must be the real boss.

Ye Qiu drove away from there, heading towards the Paris city center.

The perfume studio was located in the city center of Paris, primarily a studio dedicated to researching perfumes.

Following the address provided by Louise, Ye Qiu drove to a nearby parking lot and parked the car. The three got out of the car.

"The studio is upstairs."

"Really? Aren’t they afraid of explosions or such?"

Chemicals like perfumes are flammable and explosive, which made Ye Qiu surprised that the studio was located on the upper floors of a building.

Of course, many university labs are separate and on ground floors.