1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 1841 Happy Cooperation
Chu Xue smiled and nodded. In her past life, besides loving adventures with her best friend, she spent a lot of time learning these handicrafts online when she was alone.

Since she was cooperating with them and would get a share of the profits, why not lend a hand? "Yes, this doesn't require machines; the ingredients can be prepared by hand. I see there are some unused factory buildings, and these don't require much manual labor. We can start the business by hiring some women."

Jiang Wenyue looked at the others: "What do you think?"

Bai Yaru spoke first: "I have no objection, but I don't know what raw materials are needed to make lipstick, and whether they are easy to obtain?"

Chu Xue took out paper and pen from her bag, wrote down three recipes, and handed them over: "Look, the most difficult thing to get here is pure yellow beeswax, which is yellow wax."

Currently, beekeeping is scattered, and beeswax, being a light industrial raw material, is mostly allocated to candle factories and state-owned daily chemical factories.

So it all depends on connections. She didn't elaborate, but they all knew.

Zhang Yueyue and Bai Yaru exchanged a glance, and Zhang Yueyue said, "We could find someone to help with this."

Chu Xue also offered her suggestion: "Of course, with your capabilities, we can also find someone to raise bees. Once it reaches a certain scale, this problem will be easily solved."

Bai Yaru clapped her hands: "Yes, that's what I was thinking too, and this isn't difficult to solve."

After saying that, they all looked at Chuxue, waiting for her to continue.

Chu Xue continued, "There's also a lot of castor oil. Ordinary sesame oil and lard are prone to oxidation and odor, making lipstick sticky and prone to rancidity. To make lipstick shiny and long-lasting, you must refine castor oil, which is not something ordinary people can get. It depends on whether you have any connections here."

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Yueyue said, "I'll remember this. I'll ask someone about it later." Bai Yaru also said, "It's okay. As long as we have the formula, we can start from the source if we're missing anything. It's just a matter of time."

Seeing their reaction, Chu Xue continued, "Finally, there's the main ingredient for coloring. Common alkanet root is easy to find, but cinnabar contains mercury and can't be used in large quantities. If you want to make a true red or rose red, you'll need high-quality natural color powder."

At this moment, Bai Yaru spoke up: "I do know someone in Anguo who is in charge of selling medicinal herbs. If we decide to make Pin Hong, I will make a trip there myself. At worst, we can cooperate with the local government and have them help us grow it. Then we can purchase it in the name of the main factory."

Then, with each person contributing a sentence, the matter was settled at the dinner table.

Zhang Yueyue and Bai Yaru first used their connections to get a batch of materials to the factory to try it out. If the samples turned out to be feasible, they would immediately begin the next step.

Chu Xue didn't hold back and wrote down all three prescriptions she knew.

There's a common lard-based one, a classic one with purple gromwell and sesame oil, and a more upscale, refined safflower rouge cream.

It has to be said that Zhang Yueyue's thinking is very advanced. She said with a smile, "Women's money is the easiest to earn. If we can make this lipstick well, then our factory's future development will definitely be good."

The food was served at this time, and Jian Feifan said, "Come on, everyone, let's drink beverages instead of alcohol to wish us a happy cooperation and a prosperous opening of the new factory."

A meal helped Chu Xue get to know the others better.

After that, Chu Xue was free. Apart from Jian Feifan having to keep an eye on the factory, Zhang Yueyue, Bai Yaru, and Jiang Wenyue were extremely busy.