Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

When others talk about acquiring companies worth tens of billions, they're just making grand pronouncements and bragging; but when Zhang San says this, he's not just talking nonsense, because he has a comprehensive plan.

Zhou Minmin took it as a joke, but Zhang San said he was already talking to the other party.

"Amin, once I've finished acquiring Baolijin, I'll make you the president of the Asian region." Zhang San, with a beautiful woman in his arms, was full of pride, but he was met with a glare from her.

In her opinion, this guy has a thicker face than a city wall, and the money in his pocket... must be quite a lot of money; but it's not quite at the level of tens of billions.

"Alright, you've already got me, don't say things like that. Do you think I'd believe that?" Zhou Minmin felt a little angry. Was she trying to fool her?

Zhang San was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, only muttering, "I, I, I..."

I hesitated for a while, but my silly look only made Zhou Minmin laugh. She said, "Forced love is never sweet..."

"But it can quench your thirst." Zhang San's words made Zhou Minmin pause for a moment. Perhaps she hadn't heard this joke before, because it actually made her laugh.

"You're so annoying..."

Zhang San said, "I don't know how to treat women well. All I can do is satisfy them materially. Sigh, I'm such a failure as a person."

For a moment, the two were speechless. Their relationship could be described as being based on mutual benefit. One was struggling in the entertainment industry and had not received any better opportunities, while the other had money and resources and could fully meet the other's needs.

With a mix of reluctance and acceptance, Zhang San got what he wanted, and Zhou Minmin got everything she desired; it was a match made in heaven.

In Zhou Minmin's view, the other party was just the boss of one of the seven major companies, an American of Chinese descent; as for the rest, she didn't know, and Zhang San wouldn't tell her either.

While he was deepening his relationship with Zhou Minmin here, his pharmacy in mainland China also experienced a boom.

During the period of disorderly development in the pharmaceutical industry, Zhang San's Dahua Pharmaceutical Group took advantage of the expansion of supermarkets to establish many pharmacies. These pharmacies expanded very quickly, and unlike supermarkets, these pharmacies were to penetrate into the communities and streets below.

Therefore, the speed of opening stores is very fast. Moreover, a pharmacy college was jointly established with a university in Shanghai. Because it was jointly established with Dahua Pharmaceutical Group, the college is called Dahua Pharmacy College. The fresh graduates enrolled are on a commissioned training basis.

The entrance exam score for this university was lowered to the third-tier university cutoff. After admission, all fees were waived, but a contract had to be signed. Within ten years of graduation, the applicant was required to work for Dahua Pharmaceutical Group and obtain a pharmacist's license within five years. Undergraduates also needed three years of work experience to take the pharmacist's license exam.

Unlike other pharmacy majors, these students study only the material for becoming licensed pharmacists, existing solely to prepare for the exam. Of course, they also learn some of the production processes in pharmaceutical companies.

In 1996, before universities expanded their enrollment and education was industrialized, and unlike other schools with so many restrictions, the number and scale of students enrolled in the university's pharmacy school was arguably the largest in the country, reaching 10,000.

This number alone would put many schools to shame, given the strict regulations. Yet, many are still willing to attend, after all, it's a legitimate four-year full-time undergraduate university.

All the expenses and teaching facilities were provided by Dahua Pharmaceutical Group, while the teachers were provided by the university.

It wasn't that Dahua Pharmaceutical Group had too much money to burn. At that time, medical college graduates wouldn't work in pharmacies. The reason was that after graduation, most of them were sought after by pharmaceutical companies, and there were also pharmaceutical representatives and pharmaceutical salespersons. Their income was very high.

In the future, pharmacies in mainland China will need licensed pharmacists to obtain GSP certification; similarly, pharmaceutical companies will also need licensed pharmacists.

Zhang San had long ago provided these people with promotion channels. Those who obtained their licensed pharmacist qualification within five years of working could be in charge of managing several pharmacies, and those who worked for more than ten years could become district managers, in charge of pharmacies in a certain county or district...

In Zhang San's view, people he has trained himself have a greater sense of belonging.

Since its establishment, Dahua Pharmaceutical Group has already acquired a pharmaceutical company next to Dahua Pharmaceutical College, which produces some common drugs. In the future, it will acquire many more pharmaceutical factories.

These pharmaceutical students also had another job: working at a nearby pharmaceutical factory, ostensibly as an internship. They usually worked half-day shifts, two shifts a day, without pay, but with a stipend. This was supposed to deepen their production experience; however, this arrangement had already caused discontent among some students.

"We came here to study, why do we have to work as laborers?" one of the girls complained.

Another male student said, "They also gave us subsidies. Although it was less than what we get for regular jobs in Shanghai, it was still a lot. It was much more than what my parents received when they were farming in the countryside."

"Yes, this Dahua campus is much better than the main campus. They are so envious of us because we get a salary, not just a subsidy."

"Yes, I heard that other schools aren't as good as our campus. We have four people in a dorm room, and we even have desks; while on this campus, six people share a room, and it's very basic. People on that campus have complained to the school, but they say that our school is different from theirs."

"We have computers, movie theaters, and dance halls here, but they have nothing over there."

"My family lives in the mountains, and I have to send half of my monthly allowance back home. That half is equivalent to several months' income there," a student from the mountains of southwest China said with some longing. "It will allow my younger siblings to go to school and also ease the burden on my family."

"Hey, I've heard that if you really don't want to work in a factory, you can work in a pharmacy. It's not like you study for a day and then study for a day, but the pay isn't as good as here."

"The requirements are different over there. When we reach our senior year, we will all have to do internships there, and some of us will even be sent to our future workplaces. The higher-ups said this is to help us get used to it as soon as possible."

"I feel like we're not like students from our own school. When they hear we're from the Dahua campus, they sometimes look up to us; it's really infuriating when they say we're like a vocational college within an undergraduate program."

"Ignore them. We'll earn money while we're in school, and we'll have jobs after graduation. As long as we don't make mistakes, we won't be expelled for ten years."

"Yes, many factories near my home are unable to pay wages and I heard they're about to go bankrupt. My mom was laid off, and my subsidy is more than my dad's salary."

In the cafeteria area, everyone fell silent.