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After Wang An finished speaking, the two idiots were stunned for a moment, then their eyes widened, their faces filled with undisguised excitement and agitation.

It has to be said that Wang An, as the older brother, went to great lengths to deal with the troublesome matter that his two younger brothers had been keeping in mind.

Suddenly, Wang Li clapped his hands together forcefully, producing a crisp "smack," and said:

"I think it's great, I think it's absolutely fantastic! Fourth Brother, you always have such great ideas, hahaha!"

Mu Xueli, beaming with joy, immediately echoed:

"Brother-in-law, we still have to rely on you! You manage to arrange everything so perfectly. Brother-in-law, you're so amazing, hahaha."

Wang An looked at Mu Xueli speechlessly, truly at a loss for words.

The main problem is that Mu Xueli is Wang An's brother-in-law, yet he's actually planning to go find women with his brother-in-law. What kind of behavior is that? It's clearly aiding and abetting evil.

Wang An waved his hand and said:
"Alright, alright, you two, shut up already. Grab the money, and when you get on the bus later, stuff it all under the seats. Let's go, let's go check out Han Xiaomin's shop first."

After Wang An finished speaking, the three of them put another layer inside the sack containing the money, then each carried a backpack, or lifted or shouldered the sack, and turned around and left.

Before leaving, Wang An originally intended to cancel the room reservation. In any case, apart from the watches, all the goods that needed to be sold had been sold, and he could go home at any time.

But considering that the room fee was only a few dollars, he led Wang Li and Mu Xueli out of the guesthouse.

They each stuffed their money under the car seat and covered the sack with several layers of other tattered bags, making sure the money sack was firmly under the seat and couldn't be pulled out even if they tried. Only then did the three of them feel much more at ease.

Of course, the purpose of doing this is also to prevent people from looking under the car seat as soon as they open the car door.

Immediately afterwards, Wang An drove to Han Xiaomin's shop.

When Wang An and his two companions entered the store, Han Xiaomin was sitting behind her desk, fiddling with an abacus, making a loud "clattering" sound as she did so, clearly calculating accounts.

However, Han Xiaomin now has staff at her shop, so she doesn't need to do everything herself when it comes to serving customers.

When someone enters the store, Han Xiaomin, as the owner, naturally glances up at them. Just as she's about to look down and continue calculating the accounts, she suddenly looks up again. Then, Han Xiaomin quickly stands up, her face full of surprise, and says:

"Xiao An, Xue Li, Lao Wu, what brings you here? Hehehe."

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Xiaomin suddenly patted her head and said:

"Please wait a moment, I'll call Wenjing and Hongmei right away. They've been coming over a lot lately to ask when you're coming."

Although most shops in the medicinal herb wholesale market in Anguo have telephones, telephones in those days were just so-so. Making a call was extremely difficult; you had to be lucky enough to be transferred by the operator who had time to do so.

If it's a call within the same province or city, it's relatively quick to get through. But if you want to make a call across provinces, it takes a long time and requires multiple transfers before you can get through.

Fortunately, people of this era are used to it and don't find it too troublesome.

It took Han Xiaomin more than 10 minutes to finally get through to Tao Xiaojing and Yuan Hongmei on the phone, while the three of them just stood there waiting.

After hanging up the phone, Han Xiaomin happily said to Wang An and the other two:

"They said they'd be here in about half an hour. Once they're here, we'll go eat."

It's clear that not only do Wang Li and Mu Xueli want to chat with Tao Wenjing and Yuan Hongmei, but Tao Wenjing and Yuan Hongmei also miss Wang Li and Mu Xueli even more!

To put it bluntly, Mu Xueli and Wang Li, those two young men, really did a pretty good job arranging things for those two divorced women!

Wang An smiled and nodded, saying, "Sure, no rush. Let's talk about the shop first. I also need to find out how much money I can get from you this year, hehehehe."

When the topic turned to the store, Han Xiaomin became very cheerful and started talking non-stop, a stark contrast to the Han Xiaomin who was when Wang An came to Anguo last year.

As Han Xiaomin searched for the account book, she said to Wang An:
“Your pharmaceutical factory has been increasing its orders, with an increase of about 20% every two months. Now, it’s more than double what it was last year.”

Immediately afterwards, Han Xiaomin said with a mixture of admiration and surprise:
"Your brother Qiao Xiaohu is amazing. He's brought in most of our store's business this year."

Wang An smiled slightly and said:

"How much did he sell in total? How much money did he make for us?"

In order to survive, Han Xiaomin sold medicinal herbs, and after deducting various expenses, the net profit was only 7% of the sales revenue. It can be said that this business was essentially a waste of money because a huge amount of capital was tied up there.

After Wang An invested, he immediately restored the price of medicinal herbs to the normal wholesale price, and the net profit remained at about 13% of sales revenue.

Regarding the 5% commission on sales to Qiao Xiaohu, Wang An had previously discussed this with Han Xiaomin. Therefore, for every batch of goods Qiao Xiaohu sold, he would earn 5% of the sales revenue, while Wang An and Han Xiaomin, the two bosses, would only earn 8% of the sales revenue together.

For example, if Qiao Xiaohu sells 100 yuan worth of goods, then Qiao Xiaohu will receive 5 yuan, Wang An will receive 2.4 yuan, and Han Xiaomin will receive 5.6 yuan.

Although Wang An received the least amount of money from the goods sold by Qiao Xiaohu, he was very satisfied with it.

Because Wang An is the type who doesn't do any of the trivial things but just waits to get his share of the profits, and since Wang An takes 30% of the shop's profits, the more medicinal herbs Qiao Xiaohu sells, the better, because that way Wang An will earn more.

Han Xiaomin flipped through the ledger before saying:
“He sold 40 yuan worth of goods this year, and his commission alone was more than 2 yuan. As for us, we earned 3 yuan.”

Wang An nodded and said:

"That's good, that's good. By the way, did he get his share of the commission?"

Han Xiaomin said:

“I gave it to him, and we settled the accounts one by one. As soon as the payment came in, I transferred it to him immediately.”

In this day and age, not only do the senders have to pay transaction fees when sending money, but the recipients also have to pay extra if they withdraw money from a branch of another bank or from a different bank.

Wang An then asked with a smile:
"It's almost the New Year, so how much money have we made in total? More importantly, how much of our share will I get?"

Han Xiaomin flipped through the ledger again, then fiddled with the abacus beads a few times before saying:
“算上乔小虎给赚的3万二，咱们一共赚了5万8，你能分1万7千多”

Wang An never expected that he would not only make back his principal in less than a year after investing 2500 yuan without taking it seriously, but also make so much more money. Qiao Xiaohu even made more than him!
Of course, the biggest beneficiary is undoubtedly Han Xiaomin. After all, Han Xiaomin used to earn only about 10,000 yuan a year, but this year she earned a full 30,000 yuan.

After settling the accounts, Han Xiaomin discussed various issues related to the shop with Wang An, who naturally offered a variety of advice.

After all, for a seasoned businessman like Wang An, a small medicinal herb wholesale store was a piece of cake.

Just as Wang An and Han Xiaomin were discussing various issues related to the shop, Tao Wenjing and Yuan Hongmei appeared gracefully at the shop entrance.

It must be admitted that although these two women are not particularly outstanding in appearance, they have long necks, long and straight legs, and perfectly curvaceous figures.

She has that allure that attracts men, and she's especially captivating to them—that's no wonder.

After a brief greeting, Han Xiaomin gave a few instructions to the shop assistant, and then everyone walked out of the shop together. (End of Chapter)