Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 89 Su Yu: I've invested in Mei La's construction team...

Su Yu played frisbee with Growlithe until evening.

The Growlithe was panting heavily after playing, and Su Yu was also exhausted.

Even with his newborn Pokémon-level physique, he was still a little exhausted after playing with Growlithe for most of the day.

As for Growlithe, it goes without saying that Su Yu was only responsible for throwing the frisbee, while Growlithe had to run out to retrieve it, resulting in a huge difference in the amount of exercise required for the two.

Leave Growlithe behind to rest, and then Alcremie returns with the ducklings.

Frosty Fairy led the ducklings back to the duck house, and Su Yu, seeing this, went to fetch a bucket of water and filled the water trough in the duck house.

Things like duck feed are usually just placed by Su Yu next to the duck shed, and Frost Milk Fairy feeds them when needed. However, Frost Milk Fairy can't lift the water, so Su Yu has to do it himself.

Once the ducks were all inside the duck house, Frosty Fairy took today's feed from the shelf next to the duck house and poured it into the ducks' feeding trough.

Seeing this, the ducks all crowded around, vying to peck at the feed in the bowl.

Su Yu and Alcremie stood by and watched; the ducks had clearly grown a lot since they first arrived. However, Su Yu wondered if they should also raise some chickens on the ranch.

Su Yu prefers chicken eggs to duck eggs. He also prefers to be self-sufficient on the ranch, so he doesn't have to go to town to buy eggs.

"Let's talk about it another day. Besides, even if we bring the chickens back, there's no one to take care of them on the ranch. It's too early to raise them now."

"These ducks are still too young; they need Alcremie to look after them all the time. Once they're a bit bigger, we'll see if we should raise some chickens on the ranch."

Su Yu thought to himself.

Just then, Mela, with her Pokémon, passed by Su Yu's house. Seeing the enormous exercise equipment placed at the entrance, Mela exclaimed in surprise:

"Did you buy this all-in-one fitness machine, boss?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Su Yu asked, puzzled.

"Ah...no, this thing is really expensive, it costs tens of thousands of Alliance Coins, I've always been reluctant to buy it."

"Boss, you're so rich! You can buy all this gym equipment so easily, unlike me who's so poor," Mela replied.

Su Yu glanced behind Mela and noticed that she usually only brought out Fighting-type Pokémon, with no other types at all. This indicated that Mela specialized in Fighting-type Pokémon.

Therefore, Mela should be the trainer who needs this kind of fitness equipment the most.

This also piqued Su Yu's curiosity, as he had felt something was off before. Every time he hired Meila to build a house, she charged him almost the cost price. At this rate, could Meila and her family really afford to live on?

Therefore, taking this opportunity, Su Yu raised his question.

"Boss, do you really want to hear this?"

Upon hearing this, Meila asked. After Su Yu nodded in confirmation, she recounted her previous tragic experiences to him.

After listening, Su Yu: ...

It was awful, truly awful...

The boss running away, unpaid wages—those were all minor issues compared to Meila's situation. How could anyone be in such dire straits?

"Do you have any plans to take on more construction projects? You can't keep doing this. The money you earn is barely enough to make ends meet, it's not enough to live on at all."

"I have had that thought, but as you know, boss, almost every time I start my own business, something goes wrong. So I simply don't dare to..."

"Moreover, I absolutely cannot be the boss of a company. If I become the boss, the whole company will suffer along with me."

Mela said dejectedly.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu also fell into deep thought.

Meila and her team's ability to clean up messes is beyond question. They always get the job done quickly and efficiently. What they lack is simply client resources and a boss who won't run away and is willing to invest money.

And Su Yu had all of these conditions met. He knew almost everyone in the pastoral area, and those he didn't know would also be friendly and want to befriend him.

After all, who would willingly offend a rancher who can help cure Pokémon's illness for no reason?

As a result, Su Yu has access to customer resources throughout the entire pastoral area. He even knows many customers in the town who buy goat milk.

As for investing money...

"No matter how much we lose, it shouldn't be more than tens of thousands, right? As long as there are no major accidents, the cost is at most just maintaining Meila's construction team."

Although Meila has a bad luck constitution, she doesn't encounter the same kind of bad luck every day. Besides, with Su Yu keeping an eye on her, nothing serious should happen.

Meila came to his ranch to collect ashes more than once or twice, and nothing serious ever happened, right?

"Then let's invest! I, Su Yu, will invest in this construction team!" Su Yu said through gritted teeth.

Let's just assume that Su Yu was helping a friend.

Anyway, he still has more than 200,000 yuan in savings. No matter how much he squanders, he can't possibly squander all my savings, right?

Moreover, if this succeeds, it can bring considerable income to the ranch, which can be considered an investment.

……

……

When Meila heard that Su Yu wanted to invest in her construction team, she was stunned. She hadn't expected that after hearing her tragic story, this boss would actually be willing to invest in her.

Looking back, this boss really is my benefactor, from the project that helped me when I was almost starving, to the investment in and establishment of my company.

"Boss, you're so kind! I'll definitely work hard from now on and try my best to keep the company from losing money!" Mela said.

"Cough... Don't start talking about losses right away." Hearing this, Su Yu said speechlessly, "Don't let your bad luck really come true."

After finalizing some details about setting up the company, Su Yu took out his phone and sent a message in the pastoral area group to help promote Meila.

Next, we'll see if people in the pastoral areas will come to us when they need construction services.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

After seeing the message sent by Su Yu, Uncle Yang was taken aback. He said strangely:

"Hey, Su Yu has already started venturing into the civil engineering industry?"

"His ranch, I remember, already has enough business as it does, yet he's still expanding into new areas... Is he even managing to keep up?"

As he spoke, Uncle Yang looked in the direction of Su Yu's ranch. There, Su Yu's ranch had undergone earth-shattering changes compared to two months ago.

"That's perfect, I'm planning to build a pigpen for the fragrant pigs. I finally managed to buy a technique from a professor that allows me to painlessly extract meat from them, I'll have to make good use of it."

Scented Pokémon is a Pokémon from the Padina region, with delicate, translucent skin and a pleasant fragrance. Its meat is also highly valued.

What's frustrating is that these Pokémon, which look so delicious, can only be looked at but not eaten. This was a problem that had troubled the gourmets of the Eastern League for a long time.

Just recently, a professor at a university in Shanghai successfully developed a technique to painlessly extract meat from hogs and allow them to recover quickly, making it possible to artificially raise hogs and obtain their meat.

Uncle Yang spent a considerable amount of Alliance Coins and sought help from many people to acquire this technology, all in order to be among the first to try it out.

(End of this chapter)