Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this, and immediately his face turned serious as he said:
"What exactly happened? Even the six of you can't solve it?"

Ma Guoqiang picked up the conversation and said:

"The foreign exchange is getting tighter and tighter. In the end, we will need foreign exchange to buy the motorcycle parts and production lines we want to buy. It's okay to buy second-hand production lines. These are all discarded by others. They are just scrap metal in their hands. We can buy two or three of them first, and then buy others when we have more money. That's fine."

“But these motorcycle parts are all new, and the key is that we need a lot of them. If we do this, we simply don’t have that much foreign exchange.”

Wang An clicked his tongue, only then realizing how precious foreign exchange was at this time. Although Wu Dong and Wang Shuai had great influence and could obtain some foreign exchange, it was definitely not enough for them to buy whatever they wanted at will.

Asking Wang An, an ordinary citizen, to figure out foreign exchange matters is pure nonsense.

Wang An did have some foreign exchange certificates, which he had obtained from Ninth Brother.

可那些外汇券加一起还不到500块钱呢，可500块钱能顶个屁用啊？关键是里面有2张79版100的和2张79版50的，王安还想珍藏起来等以后卖高价呢。

Of course, the most important thing is that the 500 foreign exchange certificates are just a drop in the bucket and cannot solve any problems.

So after Ma Guoqiang finished speaking, Wang An immediately fell into deep thought.

Without resolving the foreign exchange issue, motorcycle parts cannot be purchased, and without motorcycle parts, motorcycles cannot be assembled and sold.

As for the issue of imitation, that's even more impossible.

The most ridiculous thing is that if you want to do motorcycle sales, you always need foreign exchange certificates. Every time you buy parts, you need foreign exchange certificates. Only when your own motorcycle factory can completely copy the new motorcycle can this situation be completely reversed.

No matter how you think about it, this is a dead end, a dead end that can't be any worse.

The most fundamental reason is that Wang Anhe and his ilk are unable to generate foreign exchange.

For a moment, all three of them fell silent.

After a while, Wang An pondered and said:

"Looking at it now, we really need to find a way to generate foreign exchange, right? Besides generating foreign exchange, what other methods do we have?"

He Liang nodded and said:

"Well, our friends at the Harbin Foreign Exchange Bureau are also powerless to help, but they have agreed that as long as we can generate foreign exchange, we can control 8% of it ourselves and only need to hand over 2%."

The situation described by He Liang is a helpless measure at this time, because all industries need external technology and equipment to develop and progress rapidly.

If we wanted to buy foreign technology and equipment, we could only use foreign exchange. So at that time, it could be said that the whole of China was short of foreign exchange, extremely short, and every industry was short of it.

Therefore, this involves the issue of foreign exchange management, since many industries are very important, but they lack the ability to generate foreign exchange.

As for He Liang's statement about "handing over 2%", it wasn't handed over for nothing, but rather an operation of converting foreign exchange into RMB according to the exchange rate.

Wang An nodded and said:

"We still need to find a way to sell our scar removal cream overseas. If we can open up the market abroad, all our foreign exchange will come in!" Ma Guoqiang said, looking quite annoyed.

"Hey, don't even mention it. It's just that we've been unable to supply enough ointment to sell, and we never even considered selling it overseas. We've been making a huge miscalculation every day."

Wang An said subconsciously:

"And now? After all this time, haven't any foreign pharmaceutical companies set their sights on our scar removal drug?"

He Liang said with a straight face:
"Yes, of course we have them. They're all from the Japanese side. They just can't supply the ointment, so Qiangzi and I ignored them."

Wang An clicked his tongue, suddenly unsure of what to say.

While He Liang and Ma Guoqiang's actions can be considered correct in terms of national righteousness, it's important to understand that the pharmaceutical factory sells finished ointments, not prescriptions. So they should just sell them, day after day!
After thinking for a moment, Wang An said:

"Then do you think it's possible that we didn't sell the ointment to them, but those distributors resold it to them, and then they made a profit on the foreign exchange?"

He Liang and Ma Guoqiang exchanged a glance, their faces filled with shock.

To be honest, these unprofessional people got together on a whim and built a pharmaceutical factory, which grew and thrived entirely on the strength of its products.

Because apart from launching a massive advertising campaign for several months at the beginning, this pharmaceutical company had no other sales strategy.

Besides its poor sales performance, the pharmaceutical company is also completely incompetent in terms of management.

Of course, the main responsibility for management lies with Fang Xiuying, the factory director, because she is incompetent.

In short, the pharmaceutical factory's continued growth and expansion were due to the efforts of its shareholders in terms of external factors. The factory's own development had absolutely nothing to do with them; it was entirely because the scar removal drug was so effective that people with scars on their bodies or faces had no choice but to buy it.

Looking at the expressions on their faces, Wang An immediately realized that these two had absolutely no idea about the sales data from each sales channel.

You can't really blame them, after all, they're less professional in the development of pharmaceutical companies than Wang An is.

Ma Guoqiang glanced at He Liang, then said rather awkwardly:
"That's really hard to say. We've only been focused on how much money we made, and we haven't really thought about where the ointment went."

He Liang continued:
"What's the point of talking about this now? The key is that it's too late to start researching the export of ointments. Even if we find a buyer, they can't possibly import that many ointments at once. Our foreign exchange deficit is still quite large."

Wang An nodded, then hesitated before saying:

"We're communicating with the Japanese about the ointment, and at the same time, we're contacting pharmaceutical companies in other countries."

"Oh no! I have a batch of Ming Dynasty plates, bowls, vases and such. Let's sell these porcelains to foreigners under the guise of handicrafts to earn foreign exchange. We have to get through this initial hurdle. Damn it, I was thinking of waiting for the price of antiques to go up before selling them."

After Wang An finished speaking, Ma Guoqiang and He Liang immediately showed expressions of shock. He Liang said with disbelief:

"From the Ming Dynasty? Or a batch? What does 'batch' mean?"

Wang An was still preoccupied with the plates and bowls when he heard He Liang's question, and subconsciously replied:
"Each batch consisted of several boxes, but nothing particularly valuable; just ordinary plates and bowls and the like." (End of Chapter)