Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

We need someone specifically assigned to guard the premises 24 hours a day, someone to handle the distribution and preparation of ingredients, and someone to cultivate the mushrooms; we also need to hire someone at the vegetable shop to manage daytime sales and store operations. You can discuss their wages, but they should be slightly higher than those of ordinary workers.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Wang gasped, "Goodness, so many people for this? I thought the few of us could handle it?"

As soon as Aunt Wang finished speaking, Chen Xiuer had already picked up a pen and started calculating, then shook her head:

"Dr. Su, the rent for this place alone cost at least six thousand, plus the rent for the vegetable shop there, and the mycelium costs at least two yuan per test tube when sold to customers. You offer unlimited investment here, and the investment in mycelium alone for each cycle is several thousand yuan, not to mention the auxiliary materials..."

I think taking 25% is a bit too much; 10% would be more reasonable.

Guo Mingyuan nodded: "We haven't invested anything here. Dr. Su, you've already invested so much in the early stages. We can't take so many shares without contributing anything."

Su Wanqing smiled and said, "At first glance, it seems like I'm at a disadvantage, but it's actually a very profitable business."

I only invest money once and won't be involved in anything after that. If we cooperate for ten years, I only need to invest capital in the first year and won't need to invest anything after that. And given our scale, the returns will double in the second year, and I'll make a killing for the next ten years.

You all have to put in time and effort every day and every month. I don't mind that you haven't invested any money now, but in ten or twenty years, don't complain that I only give you dividends and don't manage anything.

Guo Mingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Dr. Su, that's true, but it's too much for the three of us to take 40%."

We still have a few thousand yuan here, and we want to invest three thousand yuan as working capital. This will be considered the extra 10% share that Xiuer will take.

Su Wanqing hadn't expected Guo Mingyuan to be such a good man, so she nodded: "Okay, then let's officially set up a company. Xiuer will have to work hard on all of this from now on. We'll sign a contract later. But what should we name the company? Our main business for the next few years is mushroom cultivation, so let's name it something related to that..."

Su Wanqing thought about it carefully. Now that the reform and opening up has begun, all industries are waiting to be developed. In fact, you can make money no matter what you do. Whether it's reselling trinkets, importing goods from Shenzhen and Hong Kong, or even reselling small watches, it's all very profitable. This is a tried-and-true method for time travelers.

However, she didn't just want to make money by reselling.

Instead, she wants to build some real businesses and make a real contribution to the people, rather than just reselling things. Otherwise, all her great financial resources would be wasted.

Chen Xiuer said, "Dr. Su, you think about it. You're educated."

Su Wanqing thought for a moment: "How about 'Gu Xiang Yuan'? Or 'Bai Gu Yuan'? Which one do you think is better?"

Chen Xiuer said, "Let's go with Gu Xiang Yuan, it has a good meaning."

Guo Mingyuan nodded: "That's really good. I'll have someone make a sign tomorrow. The cannery will be called 'Gu Xiang Yuan Planting Base,' and the market will be called 'Gu Xiang Yuan Store.' If we want to add other things later, like if Dr. Su wants to promote poultry, we can call it 'Chicken Xiang Yuan'..."

While eating, everyone casually decided on the company name.

No one could have imagined that in the next few years or even a decade, this would become the national name for the edible fungus industry, and later extend to chicken farms, egg farms, fried chicken farms, cattle farms, hay processing plants, cotton companies, the country's largest milk and yogurt brands, and so on...

Now that the cooperation model has been set, Su Wanqing, as a time traveler, has rich business experience, while Chen Xiuer has a keen business sense.

Su Wanqing would often give a hint, and Chen Xiuer would understand which direction to take next. Guo Mingyuan was more like a quick-thinking sales champion. The three of them quickly agreed on a plan for the next ten days.

Chen Xiuer said, "Dr. Su is right, Mom. Tomorrow you should be in charge of planting the first batch of mycelium, and we also need to plant more mushroom bags."

The most time-consuming part of growing mushroom bags is preparing the auxiliary materials; you need several people, otherwise you simply can't handle it all by yourself.

I'll look around the area tomorrow and recruit a few more people.

I inquired around the meat cannery and found out that some older workers want to give up their jobs to their sons and daughters. I'll go ask them if they're willing to come.

The salary is a bit higher than what ordinary people at the cannery earn, and since they live nearby and their children also work at the factory, they'll definitely be willing to come. Once we've hired people, we'll have the old man move in to watch over the place 24/7, and my mom will be in charge of teaching people how to grow mushrooms—these kinds of jobs are better suited to women's delicate skills. I'll think about the vegetable market situation later.”

Su Wanqing nodded and gave a thumbs up.

Guo Mingyuan said, "These past few days, while I've finished renovating my new home, I've also had the contractor do some simple renovations on the vegetable shop."

I looked at several places today, and they had metal-framed containers covered with white cloths, which looked clean and tidy.

I want to paint the walls of our vegetable shop white, pave the floor with smooth cement, build a row of wooden shelves against the wall, and put two tables in the middle. Fresh oyster mushrooms will be placed in bamboo baskets on the shelves, while dried shiitake mushrooms and white fungus will be placed in glass jars on the shelves.

Hang another sign at the entrance with the three big characters "Gu Xiang Yuan" written on it, and paste a red paper next to it with the price listed.

You can also put up a sign saying "Delivery to your door" on the window so that passersby can see it. It should be open in about ten days.

Then I was responsible for taking the mushroom packets and the two signed contracts to other supply and marketing cooperatives and restaurants to negotiate for regular customers. From now on, we'll focus on selling large orders; small, individual orders are just for market expansion.

Su Wanqing gave him a thumbs up again—Guo Mingyuan is really shrewd when it comes to business.

With two people like that around, it would be an injustice if she didn't become rich.

All she has to do is put in the initial investment. Oh, and she might need to invest more in the medium term to expand the scale, but that's okay. As long as she needs to buy houses, she just needs to buy, buy, buy.

Wow, that's really exciting! Leading a team requires knowing how to lead.

Otherwise, if she did everything herself like every other transmigrator, she would be working herself to death. With such a powerful cheat ability, if she didn't enjoy the good life and make money while lying down, wouldn't that be a waste?

As Uncle Ding ate, he listened to Su Wanqing and the others talking, watching the young people with a smile. He thought to himself, "This is what life should be like! Having aspirations and drive is better than anything else. Wanqing is smart, and Xiuer and her husband are hardworking and reliable. Their future will only get better and better."

As everyone was eating, there was a knocking sound at the door outside the courtyard.

Zhou Yanshen went out to open the door, and after a while he poked his head back in, "Wanqing, come out for a moment, I want to apologize to you."

Su Wanqing raised an eyebrow, knowing in her heart who it was, and then took the bowl, added a few more pieces of meat, and went out.