Chapter 32
Chapter 32: I Take Seven, You Take Three
The technician went on for a long time.
In the end, he summed up excitedly, “In short, Miss Su’s herbs have an overwhelming advantage compared to medicines with similar effects!”
A wave of astonished exclamations burst out in the conference room.
The senior executives’ pupils practically shook. They stared at each other, at a complete loss.
Factory Director Zhao’s face flushed red with excitement.
He stood up and walked to Su Qian, voice trembling. “Miss Su, these herbs…”
Su Qian was not surprised by the results.
“I can invest the herbs.” Su Qian smiled slightly, then shifted her tone. “But-”
Factory Director Zhao froze and listened closely.
“I don’t like people asking too much about where the herbs come from. These things are absolute secrets!”
Her gaze swept across everyone, and her eyes carried unquestionable authority.
Factory Director Zhao hurriedly nodded. “Don’t worry, Miss Su. Other than the factory’s core senior executives, we absolutely won’t allow anyone to come into contact with them!”
The other senior executives quickly echoed him.
Su Qian nodded, satisfied. “Also, bring in a professional lawyer to draft the contract. Since I’m an investor, I’ll be taking shares.”
Zhou Ran added from the side, “Of course. There’s no way we’d let you pay and work and still take a loss.”
He leaned in and muttered, “So how do we split the shares between us?”
Su Qian’s lips curved. “I take seven, you take three.”
Zhou Ran’s eyes went wide. “Tsk, isn’t that a little too ruthless? I’m the owner of this pharmaceutical plant, and I’m investing too. You’re only giving me thirty percent?”
“Then how about I take eight and you take two?” Su Qian shot him a look.
Zhou Ran looked like he wanted to cry. Who negotiated shares like that?
Su Qian was way too good at “opening her lion’s mouth.”
“Relax. I won’t let you lose out.”
Su Qian smiled. “Once the name goes out, the one on the signboard is your Zhou Family enterprise. And the one that rises with the tide is the Zhou Group.”
“You’ll have fewer shares, but in the long run, the Zhou Group’s benefits won’t be small. Besides, I’m not just investing money. I’m investing those precious herb resources too.”
With that, Zhou Ran felt it made sense.
“Fine! Seventy-thirty it is!” Zhou Ran clenched his teeth. Either way, he was not losing.
Su Qian raised her brows. Zhou Ran really did know how to play along.
“Three days from now, I’ll transfer the investment funds. At that time, I’ll personally deliver the herbs as well.”
Su Qian continued, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”
With that, she stood up to go.
The senior executives hurriedly stood to see her off.
“Oh right. Don’t forget those names I told you earlier. Send me the addresses later,” Su Qian said to Zhou Ran.
“Tsk, don’t worry. No problem,” Zhou Ran replied.
Only then did Su Qian turn and leave with confident steps.
She had plenty of pills. Keeping them for herself was impossible. Naturally, she would squeeze out their greatest value.
The people Zhou Ran was contacting were magnates from various industries and wealthy madams with influence.
These people had wide networks and spread news fast.
If they witnessed the pills’ effects and talked about it, that would be huge publicity for the auctions.
After leaving Ze Zhong Pharmaceuticals, Su Qian did not stop.
She bought several incubators, wanting to see if she could hatch the spiritual beast eggs Xia Meng Meng had sent over.
Su Qian opened the chat group.
Ever since Shen Meng Qi joined, it had gotten even livelier. From time to time, she and Jiang Xiao Yu would “drive” in the group.
Lin Yue and Xia Meng Meng quietly lurked.
Su Qian (Modern Metropolis): “Can spiritual beast eggs from the cultivation realm hatch in an incubator? @Xia Meng Meng (Cultivation Cannon Fodder)”
Xia Meng Meng (Cultivation Cannon Fodder): “A normal incubator probably won’t work. Spiritual beast eggs need a specific spiritual energy environment to hatch. Even without spiritual energy, they at least need a purely natural, unpolluted environment.”
Su Qian frowned.
A purely natural, unpolluted environment?
That was not easy to find in Modern Metropolis.
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “A purely natural, unpolluted environment? I have that here.”
Su Qian’s eyes lit up.
She had almost forgotten Shen Meng Qi was a Beast World transmigrator.
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “This is Beast World. It’s natural and unpolluted everywhere. It’s perfect for hatching spiritual beast eggs.”
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “I see there’s a trade function in the group. Wait for me – I’ll send this whole patch of environment over to you.”
Su Qian (Modern Metropolis): “An environment isn’t a physical object. Can it be traded?”
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “I’m not totally sure, but we can try. Even if it’s not a physical object, it still counts as a special resource, right?”
Su Qian thought it over and felt it made some sense.
Yun Jin Villa had a big backyard. With walls on all sides, it was relatively isolated and independent.
If she really could trade in Beast World’s environment, placing it there would be a good option.
Su Qian said in the group, “I’m ready.”
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “Alright, I’m starting.”
Su Qian stared at the chat interface, a little tense.
After a while, a prompt popped up:
[Detected that Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling) wants to trade a patch of unpolluted environment to Su Qian (Modern Metropolis). Do you agree to this transaction? Please note: since the traded item is a special resource, once the transaction succeeds, it cannot be reversed.]
Su Qian took a deep breath and clicked “Agree.”
A strange light instantly covered the entire backyard.
Su Qian watched in shock as tender green sprouts grew and spread at a visible speed, lush and vibrant. The trees around them became thick with branches and leaves, swaying gently in the breeze.
The walls became covered in climbing vines, green leaves woven together with small purple flowers.
The whole backyard looked like a hidden, mysterious fairyland inside the city.
“This air is way too fresh, isn’t it?”
Su Qian could not help taking a deep breath.
It was completely different from the murky air of modern society. The fresh air seemed to carry a faint sweetness as it filled her lungs.
Su Qian (Modern Metropolis): “[Envious] I just realized you’re living so well in Beast World. Even the air is sweet!”
Shen Meng Qi (Beast World Darling): “Of course. Sister eats even better in other ways.”
Su Qian: “…”
Ahem.
That old driver could not go three sentences without “driving.”
At that moment, the spiritual beast eggs seemed to be nourished by the new environment.
A faint halo spread over the eggshells, and their originally dull color became brighter.
Su Qian poured the fish eggs from the fish tank into the pond.
With this purely natural environment, she believed it would not take long to hatch koi.
As for Xia Meng Meng’s “master,” Su Qian thought about it and carried it into the yard. She piled up plenty of spirit herbs and spirit plants around it.
On top of that, with this environment, his injuries should recover much faster.
“It’s only one week. It shouldn’t be that easy for him to take human form, right?” Su Qian murmured.
After she finished everything in the backyard, night had fully fallen.
Su Qian stretched and went back inside.
After she left, the black egg wrapped in spirit herbs and spirit plants released a faint glow.
The glow seemed to seep out from inside the eggshell.
It flickered in the darkness, blending with the spiritual energy of the surrounding herbs and plants.