Rise in Douluo Continent with the help of bean buns

After the start of spring, the ice and snow in Tiandou City completely melted, and the willow branches along the riverbank sprouted tender green buds, with the wind carrying the fresh scent of reviving vegetation.

Qinghetang's pharmaceutical business has long been on a track of steady growth.

Orders from over 200 partner pharmacies in the city are stable, and the distribution channels in the surrounding 14 towns continue to penetrate, with the customized business of the Soul Hunter Group and the Soul Master Guild steadily increasing.

The monthly net profit is stable at around 12,000 gold coins with minimal fluctuations, and the cash flow is ample, making the entire system operate smoothly and efficiently.

Old Chen and his group were already quite satisfied, feeling that if they continued to expand steadily at this pace, they would be able to join the ranks of top-tier medicinal herb merchants in Tiandou City in just a few years.

Lin Chen knew that the ceiling for the potion industry was already faintly visible. The three established companies had been entrenched for many years, and the high-end market had deep barriers to entry. If he continued to focus solely on potions, he could at most earn 30,000 gold coins a month, and it would be difficult to go any higher.

To truly expand the market, a new growth curve must be developed.

In the quiet room, Lin Chen gently tapped the table with his fingertips, and Doubao's industry projection model slowly unfolded in his mind.

The deduction of new business directions has been completed.

Candidate tracks: High-end medicinal herb trade, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and basic raw materials for soul guides.

Overall rating:

-High-end medicinal herb trade: 6.2/10, moderate profit, intense competition, heavily restricted by upstream resources.

- Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing: 5.8/10, good cash flow, but low added value and weak brand value.

- Basic raw materials for soul tools: 9.1/10. A blue ocean market with rapid growth, extremely high profits, and perfectly suited to the host's plant-type martial soul advantages.

Analysis of the prospects of the Soul Guidance Industry:

Soul guides are currently in the early stages of rapid development, with both civilian and military demand exploding simultaneously, resulting in a huge gap in the upstream raw material market.

core advantages:

1. Profit margin: The gross profit margin of special plant raw materials can reach over 70%, which is 3-4 times that of ordinary agents.

2. Competitive landscape: There are few practitioners, mostly scattered planting, with inconsistent quality, and no monopolistic giants.

  

3. Adaptability: The host can optimize the cultivation of plants through martial spirit, making the quality far superior to ordinary varieties on the market, forming a unique barrier.

Risk point: Downstream customers are concentrated in the Soul Guiding Workshop, making initial expansion slightly more difficult.

Expected: Once fully rolled out, the new business could generate monthly profits of 8-12 gold coins, becoming a core growth engine.

The results of the deduction were completely consistent with Lin Chen's prediction.

Soul tools are the inevitable trend for the next hundred years in Douluo Continent, and the period of high profits for upstream raw materials has only just begun.

His Blue Silver Grass martial soul, plant cultivation technology, and bean bun optimization capabilities are just right to create a dimensional advantage in this field.

"Let's make basic materials for soul guidance." Lin Chen made the decision and set the direction.

There was no fanfare or public announcement.

He first designated fifty acres of fertile land from the planting base as a dedicated area for cultivating soul-guided plants, which he kept secret from the outside world, only saying that it was a "special medicinal herb experimental field".

Two varieties were selected initially.

First is the Spirit Silk Vine. The fibers of this vine are extremely tough and have a high spiritual energy conductivity, making it the core raw material for making the conductive wires of low-level soul guides.

Ordinary Ling Si Teng products on the market contain many impurities, have unstable conduction, and have a high rejection rate.

Secondly, there is the Spirit Gathering Grass, whose leaves are rich in spiritual energy crystals. When ground into powder, it can be used as an energy storage substrate for soul tools and is an essential material for small soul tools.

Ordinary Spirit Gathering Grass has low spiritual energy purity and poor energy storage efficiency.

Lin Chen personally took charge of the cultivation.

He uses the natural vitality of his own blue silver grass to catalyze the seeds, and then uses a beanbag to precisely control water, fertilizer, light, and soil composition, optimizing the plant's traits step by step.

After three generations of seedlings, the optimized variety was finally cultivated, and its quality far surpasses that of the market.

[Optimized Spirit Silk Vine: Spiritual energy conduction rate increased by 42%, impurity content reduced by 65%, fiber toughness increased by 37%, and yield rate increased from 40% to over 85%.]

Optimized Spirit Gathering Grass: Spiritual energy purity increased by 38%, energy storage efficiency increased by 33%, and yield per unit area increased by 50%.

The data speaks for itself; that's the strongest evidence of our confidence.

After the first batch of trial-planted plants matured and were harvested, Lin Chen had the workshop process them into semi-finished raw materials, which were then packed in simple wooden barrels without any labels.

When it came to expanding his customer base, he didn't have Lao Chen make a big fuss about it. Instead, he selected three medium-sized soul-guiding workshops in Tiandou City with decent reputations, sent each of them a small bucket of samples, and simply said that it was a newly produced raw material, offered for free trial, and that they would discuss cooperation if it worked well.

The Soul Guidance Workshop values ​​the quality of raw materials the most. At first, the managers didn't take it seriously, treating it as just an ordinary supplier coming to sell, and casually handed it to the craftsmen for testing.

But when the test results came out, the craftsmen from all three workshops were astonished.

"What's the deal with this Spirit Silk Vine? Its conductivity is incredible! It's reduced the scrap rate by more than half!"

"The purity of the Spirit Gathering Grass powder is so high? The energy storage array made with it can have its operating time increased by 30%!"

"This is several levels better than what we're using now! Contact the supplier immediately and ask about the price!"

The three workshops sent people to our door almost on the same day, their tone urgent, wanting to supply goods on a long-term basis.

Lin Chen set a very reasonable price – it was 30% more expensive than ordinary raw materials on the market, but it was far from matching the improvement in quality.

For workshops, although the raw materials are a bit more expensive, the yield rate is higher, so the final cost is actually lower and the product performance is better, making it a sure-fire way to make a profit.

Soon, all three companies signed long-term supply agreements, making fixed monthly purchases.

Initial production capacity was limited and supply was small, but profits were extremely high.

At the end of the month, when it came time to do the accounting, the accountant stared at the profit statement for soul-guided materials for a long time, completely bewildered.

"Master... this is such a small amount of soul-guiding materials, yet the net profit is over eight thousand gold?"

He was used to calculating the profit margins of medicinal herbs in cents and fractions, and had never seen such a high gross profit.

Lin Chen nodded calmly.

This is just the beginning.

Three small workshops, with a production capacity of fifty acres, contributed nearly eight thousand gold coins in profit.

As we expand cultivation, connect with more workshops, and even supply directly to large-scale soul guide merchants, the profits will only become more and more terrifying.

"Expand the planting area by another 100 acres, specifically for planting Spirit Silk Vine and Spirit Gathering Grass," Lin Chen instructed. "In addition, optimize two more varieties and start trial planting next month."

He takes a steady approach, not rushing to achieve instant success. He first focuses on two core products to open up the market and establish a foothold, then gradually expands his product range and penetrates the market step by step.

The entire new business is under a separate name called "Qinghe Seedlings," which is separate from Qinghetang's pharmaceutical business. Few people outside the company know that the two belong to the same owner.

The principle of concealing one's strengths and keeping a low profile applies equally to the business world.

Making a fortune quietly is always safer than being high-profile and ostentatious.

Two months later, the number of cooperative workshops producing soul-guided materials increased to seven, and the planting base expanded to two hundred acres.

The new business has maintained a stable monthly net profit of over 25,000 gold coins. Combined with the original medicine business, Qinghetang's overall monthly net profit has exceeded 40,000 gold coins, more than tripling since the end of the business war.

The growth momentum is extremely rapid.

According to Doubao's calculations, once the planting base is fully expanded next year, the variety of products is increased to more than five, and full connections are established with medium and large-sized Soul Guide merchants, the overall monthly net profit will definitely exceed 100,000 gold.

Soul-guided materials, this entirely new sector, has become Qinghetang's most powerful growth engine.

And all of this was accomplished quietly.

While the medicinal herb circles in Tiandou City were still talking about Qinghetang's remarkable success in medicine, no one knew that this mysterious little owner had quietly entered another, more promising blue ocean market.

Lin Chen continued to follow his daily routine.

I practice meditation in the morning, refine the formula and optimize the plants in the afternoon, and meditate in the evening to nourish my spiritual energy.

His vision has long since moved beyond the stage of earning tens of thousands of dollars a month, and has been set on something much more distant.

The Soul Guidance Material is just one move in the game. The layout of the Soul Devouring Carving Blade, the preparation of the third Soul Ring, and the future path of Shrek Academy are all part of his plan.

The April breeze swept through the planting base, and the swathes of Spirit Silk Vine swayed gently in the wind, shimmering with a faint spiritual light.

The boy stood on the edge of the field, dressed in plain clothes and a blue shirt, with gentle features, gazing calmly at the swathes of plants.

The game has only just begun; even more exciting moves are yet to come.