Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 652 Lack of Money
"Are you done?"

Seeing her husband hang up the phone, Luo Min walked over and sat in his lap, raising her hands to wrap around his neck and resting her head against his chest.

She took a day off, but her husband was busy all day and she didn't even get to see him. When he finally got home in the evening, he had to call her to talk about the case, which made her a little depressed.

Li Yancheng embraced his wife's soft waist and kissed the top of her head.

"It's over!"

"Dacheng, Guan Wanchang, the eldest son of the Guan family, came over this afternoon. I gave him 20,000 yuan. He wanted to show me the preliminary purchase list, but I didn't look at it. I told him to come back to you and talk to you about it."

When Boss Guan came over, Ms. Fu, Grandpa Cheng, and Cheng Jianwen were all there. I didn't try to hide it from them. When Ms. Fu heard that she was going to pay, she tried to take out the money, but I stopped her.

Regarding how she addresses her husband, Luo Min follows his lead. After so many years of marriage, the sudden appearance of a mother-in-law who asks her to call her "Mom" is a bit hard for her to accept.

"You did the right thing." Li Yancheng nodded after hearing his wife's words.

"We really have no choice but to avoid using their money."

“I understand what you’re saying, but Da Cheng, I have to tell you that our family is out of money. Next time Boss Guan comes over, I won’t have any money to give him.”

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No money!
Upon hearing this, Li Yancheng, who was stroking his wife's soft waist, paused in his actions, and the look of enjoyment on his face quickly vanished.

I spent 50,000 yuan to buy that yard, and with the 20,000 yuan I spent on wood and building materials today, I've already spent 80,000 yuan, and I still have no end in sight.

The key point is that this is only the initial procurement; construction hasn't actually started yet.

For a courtyard of more than 20,000 square meters, even in this era when prices are still very cheap, it would cost 100,000 or 200,000 yuan to restore it to its original appearance, and the result would be difficult to see. The final cost would probably have to be doubled.

hiss……

Thinking of this, Li Yancheng grimaced, feeling a bit of toothache.

Seeing her husband grimac when he heard they were out of money, Luo Min curled her lip and said with a cold laugh, "Heh... so you know you've spent too much, huh!"

"Of course I know."

"I told you not to buy it, but you insisted on buying it anyway. Now that we're broke, let's see what you do. Before, you were bragging to Boss Guan that everything had to be the best, that we weren't short of money. And now look at you."

They've been married for ten years, and Luo Min imitated her husband's way of speaking so perfectly that Li Yancheng laughed heartily for a while before stopping.

After stopping laughing, Li Yancheng composed himself and shared his thoughts.

"It's alright, honey. I'll sell another prescription later."

"Still selling?"

Upon hearing her husband say they would continue selling the prescription, Luo Min's face immediately scrunched up. It wasn't that she was reluctant to part with the prescription, but rather...

"Dacheng, you're a member of the organization and a cadre of a certain rank. Last time, the government gave us so much money for that prescription from the pharmaceutical company; that was a material reward for your previous merits. Now you're planning to sell it again? Isn't that a bit..."

"What? Are you implying that I lack ideological awareness?"

"Yes and no." Luo Min nodded: "You are my man, and I can accept you no matter what. What I'm worried about is how others will see you. Will doing this make others think you're a bit greedy? Everyone talks about selfless dedication, but you still want the country to pay for you. This can easily give others a handle to attack you."

intellectual property?

People these days simply don't have that concept.

Most people would think that it's an honor for the country to use your things, and asking for money is a big deal.

It should be said that in this era, people's values ​​are really very simple and honest; they haven't reached the point where everything they do has to be linked to money.

Just as Li Yancheng opened his mouth to say something, Luo Min, who was sitting on his lap, spoke first.

"Actually... Da Cheng, I have something to tell you, but you have to promise me you won't get angry first."

“Uh…” Li Yancheng was slightly taken aback by his wife’s words, but then said with a smile, “What is it that I can’t get angry about? Tell me, and I promise I won’t get angry.”

"Really?"

"Of course, I lied to you when."

"That's true." Luo Min thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. After so many years of marriage, this man really hadn't lied to her about anything.

Li Yancheng hadn't lied to her; he was just keeping some secrets from her.

"So, honey, what exactly do you want to tell me?"

"What I want to say is that I told the Cheng family today how we got so much money. After listening, Cheng Jianwen said that if the prescription you provided is really that effective, it can also be sold to the company controlled by Cheng's Holdings."

He said that Cheng's Holdings also has companies that make skincare products, and he asked if my skin was so good because I had used that medicine. I told him that I did drink the medicine you brewed, but I didn't know if it was the one on the prescription.

Cheng Jianwen added, "If the formula you provide is truly effective, the Cheng family can also invest in building a factory in China to produce daily skincare products."

At this point, Luo Min raised her head and looked at her man cautiously: "Da Cheng, I... I don't think I'm being nosy, am I?"

Of course not!
Li Yancheng lowered his head and kissed his wife's forehead, saying very seriously, "Of course, I should thank you."

"Thank me?" Luo Min looked at the man in front of her blankly. "Why should I thank you?"

"You're right. If I sell that formula to the government for a fee, people will definitely use it to attack me in the future. It will have a bad impact. If you hadn't mentioned the Cheng family, I wouldn't have even realized that I could sell it to them."

"Selling it to them will get us a better price. We actually lost a lot of money selling that formula to the Beijing Pharmaceutical Factory last time."

In fact, Li Yancheng didn't want to sell the formula to domestic companies. To be precise, he didn't want to sell it to anyone, at least not now, because even if he sold it to a foreign company, he would still suffer a loss.

In terms of purchasing power alone, it's not necessarily a loss. The purchasing power of one dollar now is many times greater than it will be decades later.

Looking at the numbers alone, it is indeed a significant amount of money lost.

Suffer a huge loss?
Luo Min blinked her big eyes curiously and asked, "Losing out? You mean that formula can be sold for more money?" "That's right. If you sell it to a foreign skincare company, let alone 100,000 Chinese yuan, you could multiply that by ten and then convert the units to US dollars."

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The numbers that Li Yancheng uttered left Luo Min completely stunned. She stared blankly at her man, seemingly trying to gauge his expression to see if he was joking.

100,000 Chinese yuan was an astronomical sum for her, and now she's being told that if she sold it to a foreign company, it could fetch a million US dollars... This...

Wait, how much exactly is one million dollars? She felt like she couldn't even count it.

Seeing his wife's blank and dazed expression, Li Yancheng knew what she was thinking. He tightened his arm around her waist, pressed his forehead against hers, and whispered something.

"Don't overthink it. Even if you sell it to a foreign company, getting the money won't be that easy. First of all, they won't just believe whatever I say. They'll definitely need to confirm whether the formula I provide actually has the effect I'm talking about."

This isn't something that can be determined overnight; it requires a long process, possibly at least six months to a year.

"Oh, I understand what you mean. You mean, even if they get your prescription, they'll still want to confirm its effectiveness before deciding whether to buy it, right?"

"right"

"Well... now that they've got the formula and know what to do, what can you do if they refuse to buy from you?"

"Good question. So there are many issues involved here. I certainly can't give them the recipe directly. At most, I can make it into a finished product, and I need to protect the finished product."

For example, adding other things to it would prevent them from detecting the ingredients, or even if they could detect them, they wouldn't be able to recreate it themselves.

"Oh, I think I understand. In other words, although you can get a high price by selling to a foreign company, there are still many problems. It's impossible to have a straightforward cash-on-delivery transaction. There's still a possibility of losing everything."

"That's about it." Li Yancheng nodded and gently kissed his wife's nose.

"So if the Cheng family's company accepts your prescription, there will be far fewer problems. At the very least, they shouldn't cheat you."

"Yes, that's what I'm thinking too."

"Phew..." Luo Min breathed a sigh of relief: "I was worried that you would be angry if I told them about this."

"What's there to be angry about? We don't steal or rob, every penny we spend is clean, there's nothing we can't tell others."

"No, I mean tell them that we're broke."

"That's fine, we weren't planning on asking them for money anyway." Li Yancheng shook his head nonchalantly.

“I can provide the Cheng family with finished products made according to my formula, and let them test them themselves. If they feel that the effect meets their expectations and are willing to buy my formula, then we will have money again. The money from this sale will definitely be enough to support the complete repair of that courtyard.”

“By the way, Da Cheng…” Luo Min suddenly sat up straight and looked at her husband, saying, “Old Master Cheng told me today, uh… I’m not sure if he was joking or serious, that he asked if we could transfer that courtyard in Ya’er Hutong to the Cheng family.”

The Cheng family has built a factory in China, and they will definitely establish a Cheng Corporation company in China in the future. If nothing unexpected happens, the headquarters should be located in Beijing. In that case, they will definitely need to find a way to acquire real estate here. People need to have a place to live; they can't just stay in hotels forever.

Grandpa Cheng also said that if possible, he would like to retire in Beijing and not go abroad.

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Damn! They actually dared to target his yard!
Luo Min's words made Li Yancheng's eyes widen in surprise.

"Impossible," he blurted out without even thinking.

Even excluding those that will definitely be demolished in the future, there are actually quite a few courtyard houses that will be preserved intact in the end. However, the courtyard house in Ya'er Hutong, which covers an area of ​​more than 26,000 square meters, is unique.

No, that's not quite right. There are still some, but they're not privately owned anymore. No one lives in them; they've become tourist attractions, like the even larger Prince Gong's Mansion.

Moreover, Li Yancheng bought that courtyard as a fallback plan for his children. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of buying it and spending a lot of money to clean it up and restore it to its original state.

In his mind, it would be best if his children could all make something of themselves in the future, but if they grew up to be ordinary, or even became spoiled brats who just lived off others, then the rent from that courtyard would be enough for them to live a carefree life.

He left two options for his descendants: one was the courtyard, and the other was the pile of old objects he had stored in the warehouse.

Those old items, like the rare furniture in his home, were purchased wholesale from a trust store a few years ago.

The furniture currently displayed in his home is just the tip of the iceberg of what he has collected.

At the time, he had Zhu Yongyang find people to help him practically empty the old items and furniture from the trust stores in Beijing.

Once the courtyard is tidied up, he will find a suitable opportunity and reason to take out all the old objects and furniture and put them in the courtyard.

That is the land he conquered for his descendants.

Now someone wants to buy his "empire," to buy the Li family's way out. How could he possibly agree to that, even if that person is his own grandfather?

“Let me tell you, honey, that courtyard, unless some policy is introduced in the future and the government forcibly takes it back, I will not sell it to anyone, no matter how much money.”

Seeing her man's excited expression, Luo Min smiled gently.

"I know. I already made it clear to them this afternoon that our family can't sell that courtyard. Besides, they're not Chinese citizens now, so they can't buy houses here."

I also told the old man that if he really wants to retire here and live in a courtyard house, I can ask someone to find him another courtyard house that's about the same size as ours.

Hearing his wife say that, Li Yancheng chuckled and gently patted her plump thighs twice.

This woman is getting more and more mischievous; she only said half of what she meant, which made him a little nervous.

"It startled me. I was thinking that the old man was bringing it up again, and I was wondering how I should refuse."

It would be best for Luo Min to refuse. As far as the old man of the Cheng family was concerned, she was the eldest grandson's wife. He, Cheng Huaigu, and Fu Shuyi all felt guilty towards their eldest son (grandson) who had been lost for decades.

Needless to say, he was extremely grateful to this daughter-in-law (his eldest grandson's wife), especially because of her illustrious family background.

Given the Cheng family's mindset, it was particularly appropriate for Luo Min to say some of the refusals, as the Cheng family didn't want to say much to her.

(End of this chapter)