Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 829: Chinese Medicine Must Be Sold at a Premium to Foreigners (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

When we arrived at Fang Yan's house, it was already dinnertime.

So everyone ate and chatted at the dinner table.

To prepare for lunch today, Lao Hu first arranged for someone to order food from the Yanjing Hotel, and it was all delivered to Fang Yan's house just now.

Fang Yan had to attend classes, so he definitely didn't have time to cook. Eating at the Peking Union Medical College cafeteria seemed a bit too informal for such a large business, so he had no choice but to order state banquet dishes.

Anyway, it's just a matter of calling Director Liao for help. He's a shareholder, and since Fang Yan and the others are discussing business, it's only natural that Director Liao should lend a hand.

This was Li Chengzhu's first time meeting Fang Yan's family. He greeted them warmly and chatted with a few of them before getting down to business with Lao Hu and Fang Yan.

Since Lao Hu is the one discussing this matter, he should be the one to set the cooperation model.

Lao Hu plans to initially cooperate with Li Chengzhu. Lao Hu and Fang Yan will provide policies, funding, technology, and products, while Li Chengzhu will provide channels and branding. In other words, Lao Hu and Fang Yan will only be responsible for domestic matters, while Li Chengzhu will be responsible for European matters.

Each person should manage their own area of ​​expertise and not meddle in areas they are not good at.

Do whatever is most efficient.

We'll start by cooperating using this model. Once we've made some money and everyone feels it's suitable, we can then discuss setting up a dedicated joint venture in Europe.

Lao Hu's purpose was very clear: everyone should evaluate each other.

Regardless of whether Li Chengzhu is suitable or not, his and Fang Yan's ultimate goal is to establish a subsidiary in Switzerland, gradually build their own brand, circumvent policy restrictions through the "Sino-European joint research and development" label, and replace their reliance on Japan as a transit point.

Li Chengzhu then promised to use the resources sponsored by the Tour de France to promote Chinese medicine products to enter the European market under the name of "sports medicine partner".

Fang Yan then took out the product list he had selected for athletes.

This product, like red wine, follows the luxury route, packaged as a royal recipe or a secret royal court formula, and sold at a premium.

We will differentiate our sales approach from Chu Qiaonan's.

As for the profit-sharing mechanism for the cooperation, it is still the dynamic profit-sharing that Lao Hu likes the most, that is, the more you buy, the more profit you get, which incentivizes Li Chengzhu to work harder on this matter.

In short, Lao Hu's ultimate goal is to "stabilize shareholders with short-term profits and establish a solid foundation for the brand in the long term." This is the same strategy that Fang Yan had previously set.

Fang Yan then promised to continue providing Li Chengzhu with heart disease treatment plans until he was fully cured.

Furthermore, as long as there is cooperation, Fang Yan can be given priority in providing her with medical services.

This is actually something Lao Hu said before; health is also a factor for Li Chengzhu.

Li Chengzhu originally wanted to say something, but after hearing Fang Yan's words, he immediately agreed.

We'll do everything according to the local dialect, and not argue with Lao Hu. We'll just consider it an investment in our own health.

To some extent, this can be considered an exchange of benefits.

"Then let's do it your way and get my signature!" Li Chengzhu reached out and asked Lao Hu for a pen and a contract.

Old Hu didn't expect Li Chengzhu to be so decisive.

They didn't offer any opinions.

However, he immediately realized that the reason was Fang Yan. Having been sick before, Li Chengzhu knew the importance of health, especially since her heart disease was still not cured.

And so the contract was signed.

"It's a pleasure to cooperate!" Li Chengzhu left one copy of the contract and handed the other two to Lao Hu.

Then he shook hands with Fang Yan Lao Hu.

This matter was successfully resolved over a meal today.

Li Chengzhu took the product list given to him by Fang Yan and then prepared to notify his manager in Europe to help him with the matter.

The only problem now is communication. Europe is indeed a bit far away, unlike in later times when you can simply make a phone call or video call to reach anywhere in the world.

After finalizing the business plan here, we still need to take the time to contact them there.

Fortunately, the dialect group isn't in a hurry these next few days.

After finishing his meal, Li Chengzhu went to attend to his own business. Lao Hu breathed a sigh of relief and then prepared to send a notification to Japan.

Next, not only Li Chengzhu, but also Chu Qiaonan will need to use a Japanese shell company.

Fang Yan discovered that she had become the least busy person.

I can still go to class and study in the afternoon.

"Seriously, I need to get you another car." Old Hu brought up the new car again as he was leaving.

The dialect sounded somewhat inexplicable, and the speaker said:
"You've been driving my car just fine, there's no need to be in such a hurry to drive a new one."

Old Hu shook his head and said:
“You could drive this car perfectly fine as a doctor, but it’s just not appropriate for business use.”

"For example, if one of our shareholders wants to take a ride, there are only two seats in the car."

“Now that we have more shareholders, it’s not good for you to drive yourself every time. It would be a good thing to let them hitch a ride.” “I was just planning to get a car anyway, and I’ll get you a slightly more business-like four-door sedan while I’m at it.”

Fang Yan understood what Lao Hu was thinking after hearing this.

It's not just for the sake of the dialect itself, but also for the sake of others.

Fang Yan nodded:
"Then I'll trouble you to spend the money."

Old Hu waved his hand:
"Hey, why are you being so polite with me?"

"So it's settled then. I plan to bring back two W116 450SEs from Hong Kong. Although this model doesn't look as good as the 300SL Gullwing, there are many dealers in Hong Kong, so it should be well-received here. Besides, it looks more understated."

Keep a low profile...?

The dialect simply couldn't reconcile Mercedes with the idea of ​​being low-key.

But if he says to keep a low profile, then so be it.

"About how much?" Fang Yan asked Lao Hu.

Old Hu scratched his head. He hadn't paid much attention to commercial vehicles, so he turned to his assistant and asked:
"By the way, Xiaolin, how much does a Mercedes-Benz W116 450SE cost again?"

Assistant Kobayashi said:

"In Hong Kong, two years ago, the equipment we provided to the senior management of our company was imported from Germany and cost about 6800 German marks."

These days, the international exchange rate is roughly 1 US dollar equal to 2.005 German marks.

The two Rolexes that Mr. and Mrs. Zhou gave them at the time were worth about $13000.

Old Hu bought a 300SL Gullwing for over $7000.

So Lao Hu essentially gave away half a Rolex of the dialect.

Or a small half of a 300SL Gullwing.

Considering this, Fang Yan suddenly doesn't think Mercedes-Benz is expensive anymore.

"By the way, if that woman surnamed Li offers you another car, don't accept it. It's fine for a woman to offer some wine, but she doesn't know how to offer a car. She'll probably just offer a Beetle or something." Old Hu said to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan laughed when he heard this:

"Okay, I told you you've already given it to her, so don't let her spend any more money."

……

After finishing tidying up at home, Fang Yan drove to school.

This sports car can still be driven for a while, after which it will only be able to be maintained and parked as a collector's item.

Fang Yan plans to wait until it becomes possible to buy a large courtyard house and convert it into a garage for parking.

When housing prices rise, I won't lose out.

When I arrived at the school by car.

Fang Yan had just arrived at the dormitory when she heard Xiao Chengzhi and the others say that their class teacher, Liu Duzhou, was walking down the stairs at the hospital that morning when he was bumped into and injured.

So Fang Yan couldn't find him today.

At this point, Song Jianzhong proposed:

"By the way, our Brother Fang is an apprentice of Old Lady Luo from Shuangqiao."

"Why don't you go and have the teacher take a look?"

Others also echoed:

"That's right, Brother Fang is Grandma Luo's personal disciple."

"That's right, Brother Fang, this is the time for us to build a good relationship with Teacher Liu!"

"Brother Fang, since class hasn't started yet, let's go visit him as class officers?"

Fang Yan thought about it and realized it made sense. He and Lao Liu usually got along quite well, and Lao Liu was also one of the shareholders. He should go and visit him, and if he could get treatment, he would.

So Fang Yan asked:

"Where exactly is he injured? Where is he now?"

P.S.: I still owe you 80000 words after finishing this chapter.

That's all for today, please come early tomorrow.

Lao Feng is working hard to write tomorrow's code.

(End of this chapter)