Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 662 Passing on a Message
"Uncle Liao, don't be so polite about asking for help. Just tell me what you need me to do."

Upon hearing Deputy Leader Liao ask for help, Li Yancheng became even more certain that his guess was correct and that it was definitely because of the Cheng family's investment.

"That's right, Yan Cheng. This morning, our foreign affairs department, together with the commerce department, held a meeting with your brother, Cheng Jianwen, regarding the Cheng Group's investments in China."

The meeting was very successful, but just as it was about to end, your brother told us that the Cheng family wanted to buy a prescription from you that could remove skin blemishes.

He said that if they could successfully acquire the formula in your hands, the Cheng family would also invest in building a factory in China that produces daily skincare products, such as face cream.

Your brother also said that he brought it up with us because he knew our organization had discipline.

"Yan Cheng, the leader wants me to ask you if you do indeed have the prescription your brother Cheng Jianwen mentioned?"

"Yes," Li Yancheng hesitated slightly before giving an affirmative answer.

"That can't be called a medicine, it's just the formula for a skincare product."

"Whether it's a prescription or a formula, it doesn't matter. The fact that your brother brought it up with us means that you two brothers must have discussed it beforehand, right?"

"That's right, we did discuss the issue of this formula."

Actually, it's still uncertain whether the Cheng family will actually buy my formula.

"How to say?"

"It's not certain whether my formula is effective or not. They're in business; they'll only buy if it works. If it doesn't, even if I'm from the Cheng family, they won't give me money for nothing."

"I see. Yancheng, if, and I mean if, your formula or prescription is effective and they decide to buy it, how much do you think your formula could sell for?"

"My bottom line is no less than one million..."

Upon hearing this number, Deputy Leader Liao on the other end of the phone widened his eyes. Just as he was about to say something, Li Yancheng added from the other end: "US dollars."

!!!

Deputy Leader Liao was at a loss for words.

One million Chinese yuan was already surprising enough for him, but US dollars? You must be kidding!
Even using the domestic exchange rate, one million US dollars would be equivalent to two million Chinese yuan. But if you were to exchange it at the black market…

According to Deputy Leader Liao, if one were to exchange money privately at the "ghost market," one could exchange for at least eight or nine million Chinese yuan. The only downside is that the exchange process is slow because not many people can handle that much money at once.

Although he had just finalized an investment of over ten million US dollars with Cheng Jianwen together with the business department, the nature of that ten million was completely different from this one million. He couldn't quite imagine how an individual with so much money would spend it.

"Yan Cheng, you're not kidding, are you?"

"Uncle Liao, how could I joke about something like this?"

Have you spoken to General Manager Luo about this?

"Not yet. Cheng Jianwen and I talked about it yesterday morning; it was a last-minute decision."

"Yan Cheng, if I may ask, why do you suddenly want to sell that formula?"

"To be honest, Uncle Liao, I'm short of money."

"I heard that you gave a formula to a pharmaceutical company and the government awarded you 100,000 yuan?"

"I've spent all my money. It's too expensive to renovate that big courtyard in Ya'er Hutong. We haven't even officially started construction yet. I've only bought some materials, and all the money I have is gone. I really have no other choice."

Deputy Leader Liao was speechless. Ten thousand yuan! That's a lot! Even if you were to burn it, it would take a while, right? But you've already spent it all before you've even started cleaning up the yard.

However, after hearing the figure of one million dollars, he knew that he had no say in this matter at all.

He originally thought that the prescription that Cheng Jianwen mentioned that Li Yancheng had was probably similar to the first one, so after briefly reporting to his superior, he made the call.

The idea is to have Li Yancheng consult with his superiors as soon as possible, and then sell the formula to the Cheng family or whatever, the goal is to get the Cheng family to invest more in China.

But now it seems that's not the case at all. He wouldn't dare make that decision about a million dollars, nor is it his place to make that decision.

"Yan Cheng, since that's the case, you should consult and report to your superiors."

"I will, Uncle Liao. I originally planned to make a batch of finished products by hand first and give them to them to see the effect. After Cheng's Group confirmed that they wanted to buy it, I would ask my superiors for instructions. That way, I wouldn't make empty promises before anything was even made. I didn't expect that the second young master of the Cheng family was in such a hurry that he even went to you."

"Hehe, I guess your younger brother was worried that there were some things you couldn't say, so he..."

“I understand. Now that he has said so, I will report to my superiors as soon as possible. Uncle Liao, please rest assured that if the Cheng family intends to acquire it, I will inform you immediately.”

If we can get the Cheng family to continue increasing their investment, that would be a political achievement, and it doesn't matter who gets the benefit.

"Okay, thank you, Yancheng."

"You're welcome."

After placing the telephone receiver back on the landline, Li Yancheng let out a soft sigh and smiled faintly.

Cheng Jianwen's early exposure of this matter actually helped him in a way. Now all the leaders who needed to know know, saving him the trouble of explaining to them one by one later.

However, there is a downside to doing this: it might make some people think that he is using the Cheng family's investment to seek personal gain.

Some might even believe that his sale of the prescription to the Cheng family was just a pretext, and his real purpose was to get money from the Cheng family. He simply used the pretext of selling the prescription to make the money legitimate.

Li Yancheng wasn't worried about the latter, because he knew that the relevant leaders wouldn't misunderstand him, and that even if he wanted to get money from the Cheng family, he wouldn't do it this way. As for what other people thought, that didn't matter.

But the former...

He still has this idea, even if he doesn't want to say it.

For example, he told Cheng Jianwen to make sure to meet Luo Yang during the inspection. Although he did not explicitly require the investment to stay in that new city in the south, he believed that his younger brother would understand his meaning.

His goal was to leverage the Cheng family's investment to help Luo Yang quickly establish himself and gain a foothold there.

That's selfishness.

If the Cheng family plans to invest further, he will also recommend them to Shanghai and have them contact Su Xiaotong. Although Su Xiaotong is currently only the first deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Supervisory Commission, and his job seems unrelated to economic development, Li Yancheng is very clear that it won't be long before attracting investment becomes the top priority for all provinces and cities.

Although cadres not in the investment promotion department will not have this kind of work task, if they can bring in high-quality investment, it will earn them points in the eyes of their superiors.

He also introduces several friends who he often meets with and who are now working in local positions to him, whenever possible.

At this time, only Li Yancheng knew what kind of returns the Cheng family would receive in the future as one of the first businessmen to invest in China. Not to mention that since the War of Resistance against Japan, they had been quietly doing what they could for the country, which would benefit the Cheng family in the future.

Although Li Yancheng didn't entirely accept his identity as the eldest son of the current head of the Cheng family, he had, after all, transmigrated back in time and taken over the body of the Cheng family's son. Therefore, he was willing to provide the Cheng family with some reasonable and legal benefits.

What he offered was to work hard to get the Cheng family to invest in and build factories in China as early and as much as possible, so as to reap countless benefits in the future.

Aside from him, no one knows what miracles will happen on this land in the future. Those who can make plans ahead of time, as long as they do business honestly and don't do anything messy, will reap rich rewards in the future.

"Jingle Bell"

Just then, the phone on the table rang again, and this time he picked up the receiver of the black landline phone directly.

"Hello, this is..."

"Yan Cheng, it's me." Before Li Yan Cheng could finish introducing himself, the other side interrupted.

"Dad, did you make this call because of what Cheng Jianwen mentioned?"

Upon hearing that the call was from his father-in-law, Li Yancheng immediately guessed his intentions.

"That's right, it looks like someone called you before I did."

"I just hung up the phone with Deputy Director Liao from the Foreign Affairs Department."

"What, does he want you to agree to sell the prescription you have to the Cheng family so that the Cheng family can invest in building another factory?"

"Yes, but after I explained the value of that prescription, Deputy Leader Liao didn't bring it up again."

"The value of the prescription?" came a slightly surprised voice from the telephone receiver.

"What, is this prescription very valuable?"

“Dad, my idea is that if the organization agrees to let me sell that prescription to the Cheng family, then my bottom line is no less than one million US dollars.”

"No wonder!"

Compared to the man surnamed Liao from before, Old Luo seemed much calmer after hearing this number.

Money has lost its meaning for people of Luo Lao's social class; what they want more is for the country to be wealthy.

"Dad, selling it to the Cheng family is just talk for now. If the country needs it, I can do the same as the previous prescription."

"No, no, no, you misunderstood me. Nobody wants the prescription you have. I'm calling you to relay a message from that person."

That one?!
Li Yancheng jumped off the table and onto the floor, standing properly in front of it, as if he were not on a phone call but a video call, and the person on the other end, especially the one his father-in-law mentioned, could see him.

"Dad, tell me."

"That person told me to tell you that what is yours is yours. Although our country does not have intellectual property rights now, it does not mean that we will seize it by trickery or force, nor will we take our comrades' hard work for nothing."

The last prescription already took a huge advantage of you. This one, and possibly others in the future, are all yours to do with as you see fit.

The last person even suggested that you sell it to the Cheng family so they could continue investing in and building factories in China, and you could decide how much to sell it for.

That's all that he has to say. Yan Cheng, I'd like to add one more thing: if you really did sell it to the Cheng family for one million US dollars, then I hope you can convert it all into Chinese yuan at the official exchange rate.

Upon hearing this, Li Yancheng grinned. The official exchange rate was 1 to 2, while the unofficial rate could reach as high as 1 to 10. Due to the large volume of transactions, the lowest rate he could get was 1 to 5. How much had he lost!

But he also understood why his father-in-law wanted him to do this, to silence the gossip.

If he dares not exchange at the official rate, he'll be facing criticism, since private exchange is not allowed.

"Dad, I understand what you're saying, and I definitely won't make a mistake on this."

"Yes, I know you consider things very thoroughly, and I trust you completely. Okay, I called to discuss this matter. Let's bring the kids back for a visit this weekend."

“Okay, Dad, I plan to have Huansheng and Xiaoyu stay with you starting from the winter break, and have my mom help us take care of the kids.”

Li Yancheng's words caused Old Luo on the other end of the phone to pause for a moment before his voice came through after three to five seconds.

"You have a heart."

Luo Yang's wife, Sun Yiqing, and their two children, Mingrui and Mingzhi, will go to the south after this semester ends and spend the Spring Festival there.

The elderly couple was certainly reluctant to let their two grandsons leave, but in order for the children to grow up in a healthy family environment and be with their parents, they had no choice but to agree.

Li Yancheng had previously discussed with his wife that after Luo Yang's two children left, Huansheng and Xiaoyu would go and keep their grandparents company. This would alleviate the old couple's longing for their two grandchildren and prevent them from becoming heartbroken.

As soon as he said that, Old Luo immediately understood what his son-in-law meant, which led to the following words.

“I was thinking of inviting you and my mother to stay with us for a few days, but that would be too much trouble for the security personnel. Plus, the Cheng family members are staying with me now, so it's really inconvenient for you and my mother to come over.”

"No need, no need. We can have Huansheng and Xiaoyu come back to live with us when the time comes."

The elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Luo, can no longer just choose where to live, even if it's their son's or daughter's house.

The old man was extremely satisfied with his young son-in-law. Given his current status, anyone who became his son-in-law would definitely take special care of the elderly couple. However, the old man could tell whether this care was motivated by ulterior motives or genuinely considered them family.

Over the years, Mr. Luo has often wondered what would have happened if he had firmly refused to allow his youngest daughter to marry Li Yancheng.

No one can know the correct answer to something that hasn't happened yet. The only thing that Old Luo is certain of is that even if his son-in-law hadn't become his son-in-law, his future would have been limitless.

He might have achieved even greater success than he does now, because two years ago he stepped forward to argue that Li Yancheng was too young, thus delaying the organization's plan to promote him for two years.

(End of this chapter)