A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 225 Old Roland, do you want to be a man again?
"Tsing Yi Island is an outlying island, but it is only a few hundred meters away from the New Territories. This sea area is actually under the jurisdiction of Hong Kong Island."

"The bridge is scheduled to be repaired in [-]. By then, transportation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be greatly facilitated, and Qingyi Island will also usher in major development. Li, your five hundred acres of land will be valuable by then."

Taking the ferry across the sea, Lao Luolan pointed at Qingyi Island and said loudly to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan also shouted back: "Old Luolan, I'm not interested in money!"

"..."

Old Roland glanced at him, then gave a thumbs up and smiled: "What a coincidence, so do I!"

Li Yuan: "..."

This old man is really interesting.

After arriving on the other side in 3 minutes, Old Roland suggested: "When the bridge is not yet built, you can buy or rent a small ferry. The Kadoorie family's pier can be used for free."

Li Yuan said with emotion: "Old Roland, this is the most beautiful thing I said today."

Old Roland laughed.

The two of them chatted and laughed on the pier. Someone drove over to pick them up. They drove north along the seaside for a while and stopped near a construction site. There was no road ahead. Old Roland said: "This is the land. It's just a short distance away." The Tsing Yi Island Bridge is not far away, and the terrain is relatively flat. It is actually a very good place to build a park, and it is yours now."

If Li Yuan had a map of Hong Kong Island in later generations, he would have discovered how vicious old Roland's vision was, because this would be Tsing Yi Park in later generations.

There are mountains, water, forests, and lakes.

It is the early winter, and the large cypress trees have changed into red, and the scenery is very beautiful.

In such a cramped place on Hong Kong Island, there is such a large area of ​​land to build pharmaceutical factories and manors...

Earned!
Seeing a few white-faced tits flying by, Li Yuan said sincerely: "Old Roland, you are a good man."

Old Roland smiled and said: "Thank you, you are not bad. But, Li, you need to quickly write down the drawings of the pharmaceutical factory you designed, at least the requirements. Also, the warehouse and cold storage must be equipped with supporting equipment, right?"

Li Yuan nodded and said: "These are infrastructure facilities. It would be best if we could build a constant-temperature sterile laboratory. Money is not an issue."

Made money today!
Old Roland shrugged and said with a smile: "This is the time to reflect our friendship."

What people with high emotional intelligence say is easy to listen to. Didn't they say that you are dating me just for the convenience of doing these things?

This kind of statement is too utilitarian. If you change it to old Roland's statement, it will be full of force in one go.

Li Yuan praised him and learned.

But then, old Roland lost his ability to speak. He chuckled and said, "Li, you must have never done business, at least, you haven't run a technical factory."

Li Yuanqi asked: "How to say?"

Old Roland laughed and said: "Do you think that the biggest expense in running a factory is the cost of building the factory? No, no, no, you are wrong. Building a factory is just a trivial amount of money, and then hiring senior engineers, pharmacists, and various other Senior skilled workers, maintenance of factory equipment, and water and electricity costs are a huge expense every month. Compared with these, infrastructure costs are nothing.

Do you think this is all?

No, in the West, the real basic expenses of a pharmaceutical giant company do not even account for 20.00% of the annual expenses. The largest expense is research and development expenses.

Among R&D expenses, the largest proportion is actually public relations expenses.

For each type of new drug to be marketed, if it wants to be approved by the FDA, it needs to find many well-known authoritative experts to endorse it. As long as an FDA scholar raises objections to the drug trial, the company needs to re-test and conduct public verification.

The European Medicines Agency EMA is similar.

Every year of delay means starting from scratch the next year, and all the money spent is in vain.

Therefore, every pharmaceutical giant has the world's top lobbying group and spends countless dollars every year. Even in my opinion, it is an astronomical amount.

A new drug that can recover its cost within ten years means a huge profit.

Li, with HK$500 million a year, it is difficult to afford the expenses of your pharmaceutical company, let alone lobbying.

Unless you are planning to set up a handmade workshop instead of a modern pharmaceutical factory. "

Li Yuan glanced sideways at Old Luolan and said, "Then what do you mean..."

Old Roland smiled like a fox and said, "So, are you willing to accept my investment?
Li, no matter how effective your medicine is, given your background, it will never be possible to break into the Western world.

Western pharmaceutical giants will do everything possible to obstruct and slander an Eastern pharmaceutical company from entering their territory.

Not only that, they will also steal, plunder and fight for your patent.In the face of huge interests, the so-called patent law is like a piece of waste paper.

Let me give you a very simple method, such as your Jiuxin Pill, which is very useful. After they take a fancy to you, even if you have applied for a patent, they will apply for invalidation of the patent in the lawsuit, because they can find a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in China. Let that Chinese medicine doctor stand up and declare that the prescription belongs to him and you are the thief.

This can drag you into a lengthy lawsuit, and with their team of lawyers, you can't beat them. "

Li Yuan lamented: "Sure enough, shamelessness is the essence of the West."

Old Roland's scolding was much more gentle: "Yes, they are shameless!"

Li Yuan laughed. This old man really understood the hearts of the Chinese people, but he shrugged and said, "My medicine does not need to be sold to the West."

Old Roland smiled and said: "Even if you don't sell it, they will get your recipe through various methods and then sell it back to the East. Instead of doing this, why don't we form a partnership to earn foreigners' dollars?"

A foreigner called "foreigner, laowai", and Li Yuan laughed again.

He was also thinking while laughing. Thinking about it, he really wanted to be simple before.

Even Viagra, the gospel of hundreds of millions of men, will be taken away in minutes without a strong supporting background...

but……

Li Yuan's eyes suddenly rolled. Sildenafil citrate, a pure chemical compound, was not difficult for Western pharmaceutical giants to synthesize.

But I put sildenafil in Chinese medicine pills, and they can detect it!

It would be 30 years before the West would recognize this completely new chemical compound.

Wrapped in traditional Chinese medicine, it will only make them more confused.

Moreover, if you don’t sell to ordinary people, you sell to rich people.

Instead of asking for billions of dollars in annual sales of sildenafil, only 500 million dollars a year is enough.

Is it difficult?

It's not difficult at all!

And that number will only grow, as more men and women become obsessed with it.

"Old Roland, do you want to be a man again?"

Looking at Li Yuan with a solemn expression, Old Roland fell into deep thought for a moment.

When did he become a woman?

Li Yuan further explained with a smile: "Old Luolan, where do you think the name of the Li family's Longhu Hall comes from? The Li family is not from Longhu Mountain and has nothing to do with Longhu Mountain. In fact, the reason why Longhu Hall is It’s called Longhutang because of Longhuwan.”

Old Roland said attentively: "Longhu Pill? What is that?"

This young man has brought him so much magic.

Li Yuanjian said clearly: "Even after taking it, an 80-year-old man can become like a 20-year-old man, as strong as a dragon and a tiger, full of energy. Old Roland, apart from career and family responsibilities, what a man yearns for most in his life is Yes, she must be a beauty, right? After all, not everyone is a wonderful man like me. Loyal and dedicated."

"..."

Old Roland said sincerely: "Please state the key points and be more objective."

Li Yuan was tired, and he said: "There is no basis for what you say, and you can't intuitively understand it with words alone. In this way, I have three Longhu Pills here. After you take them back, find a 50-year-old, 60-year-old, and 70-year-old. Of course, men over the age of 80 are also fine, as long as they don’t have high blood pressure and aren’t taking nitroglycerin tablets.

After giving them Longhu Pills, and then arrange for a younger Lou Feng to seduce and stimulate them, you will find that magical things happen... Old Roland, believe me, meeting me is the greatest blessing God has given you.

In Chinese terms, smoke is billowing from the ancestral graves of your Kadoorie family! "

Old Roland took the three gold-coated pills from Li Yuan and said doubtfully, "I don't doubt the efficacy of the medicine you said, but...will it have any serious side effects?"

He is an extremely shrewd person, and Li Yuan dares to let him find someone to test it, which shows that he is fully confident about the efficacy of the medicine.

But as far as he knew, the so-called aphrodisiac drugs in today's world, both Chinese and Western, were all drugs that forcibly excited people's spirits and even caused hallucinations, which were very harmful.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Not only is it harmless, it is actually beneficial. Old Roland, how could I fool people with those vile things?"

Old Roland took a deep breath, stopped showing off his sense of humor, looked at the pills in his hand, then looked at Li Yuan, and said: "If what you say is true, Li, you will make a fortune, you You’ll make a fortune!”

If Li Yuan hadn't been so skilled, he would have asked Harrell to kill him and seize such a prescription.

This is not a prescription, it is an inexhaustible golden mountain!

……

"Wow! Such a big check, is it real?"

At dinner time, Li Yuan took out the remaining check and handed it to Lou Xiao'e. After Lou Xiao'e counted the numbers on the check, she asked in surprise but a little worried.

Lou Xiu took a look, and there was only worry in her eyes.

Lou Xiao'e is worried about the authenticity of the check, while Lou Xiu is worried about the origin of the check.

Unlike her sister, Lou Xiao'e has blindly believed in Li Yuan and followed him blindly, and he did whatever he said.

Lou Xiu still retains independent thinking to some extent. Li Yuan had just arrived that day, and not even a chicken in the Fu Yixing main hall was alive that night. However, Li Xing, who was taught by Li Yuan, was only eight years old and could defeat the ten-year-old son of the leader of Ngee An.

So how good is Li Yuan's kung fu?
I don’t know who destroyed Fu Yixing’s family.

Fu Yixing died naturally, but she was worried that if Li Yuan used this method to make money, something would happen sooner or later.

Fortunately, Li Yuan said with a smile: "Old Luolan introduced me to a rich family and helped his old lady solve a big problem. Her son's heart disease was also diagnosed and he made a lot of money. In addition to paying Apart from the money I paid for old Roland to buy land to build a pharmaceutical factory, the rest is all here, 500 million."

Lou Xiao'e smiled in surprise and said: "My husband is the best! But, Yuanzi, why did you give me the check? You have to open a pharmaceutical factory and build a laboratory, and there are many places to spend money. My sister and I are in Longhu There is no shortage of money to do things in the church.”

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "You told me that doing business is your dream. A small Longhutang is what I want, not necessarily what you want. Besides, such a small drug store, with your You can do it well just by playing. So you can use this money as start-up capital to start a business. Of course, I can give you an idea."

Lou Xiao'e was so moved that she asked, "What do you think?"

Li Yuandao: "I have talked with old Luo Lan and his family is extremely optimistic about the future of Hong Kong Island. Therefore, in addition to energy companies such as electricity, they have also invested a lot of energy in hotels and real estate. We have too little funds and poor connections. If you are not in place and are not from various chambers of commerce, you will not be able to compete with those who are sitting on the ground in front of you, but you can accumulate from the side.

Although housing prices on Hong Kong Island have recovered somewhat compared to last year, the improvement is limited.You can use this money to register a property company that specializes in acquiring houses in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and then conducts leasing business.

Real estate is only bought, not sold, and profits are made by renting.Just like Kadoorie Mountain, which has been run by the Kadoorie family for decades, the entire Kadoorie Mountain mansion belongs to their family. They only rent it out, not sell it, and rely on the rent to generate abundant cash flow every year.

This can be a long-term strategy. Buy more properties when house prices plummet, stop selling when house prices are high, and wait for the next wave of opportunities, so that you can save more and more houses.

Of course, this is just a doorway. There is still time to do other things. Is there anything in particular you want to do? "

After Lou Xiao'e carefully remembered what her husband just said, she said with a smile: "I still want to open a restaurant!"

Li Xing revealed the secret: "Mom likes to eat delicious food."

"Go! Go! Go!"

After driving her son away, Lou Xiao'e became more serious and said: "I feel that no matter what time of year, no matter what status a person has, they must have four things: food, clothing, housing and transportation. Among them, there is a saying that food is the most important thing for the people. As long as the restaurant has business, The profits are very high.”

Li Yuan reminded: "To open a restaurant, you have to have a chef. You can't drag me to be the chef, right? Let me explain in advance. It is my pleasure and interest to cook for you. Let me go That’s not what I want to do when I’m a master!”

Lou Xiao'e chuckled and said, "You don't need to. Have you talked to Ah Qing in the store?"

Li Yuan thought of the female clerk who was always immersed in work and could not hear a word all day long. He shook his head and said, "No, she is too shy... What's wrong?"

Lou Xiao'e showed sympathy in her eyes and whispered: "She and her father also escaped from the north in [-], it seems because of family background. But their family followed the path of snakeheads, but those people are so bad , not only collected the money, but also robbed her family's property. Her mother was killed in order to regain the family heirloom, and A Qing... must have been bullied. Her father was seriously injured, and it was fate that he happened to beg me. .

Her father's name is Wang Shoucheng, and she has an older brother, Wang Shoushan, the chef of Mr. Mei Lanfang's family.Our ancestors had royal chefs, and Huaiyang cuisine has been passed down from generation to generation.Ah Qing said she could do it, but generally no chef would use women because women are Yin and conflict with the stove.

I'm not afraid, I dare to use it!It's strange that women and stoves are in conflict with each other, and women in other families also cook less.That's pretty much what you said! "

Li Yuan smiled and said: "It seems that the master has solved the problem. With such talents at hand, no wonder you want to open a restaurant... But when doing business, you have to deal with all kinds of religions. Hong Kong Island has such a gangster atmosphere, and there are clubs everywhere, and you are a woman , how to face it?"

Lou Xiao'e smiled slyly and said: "If my husband was not here, I would not dare to show up and do business casually."

Li Yuan: "..."

No, not a single fool!

He thought for a while and said: "From the current point of view, there should be no obstacles. On the opening day, I sent invitations to the children of the three leading... families. The one in Ngee An is two grades older than his son, and the one in Tiaosi is two grades older than his son. The prince's son is about the same size as glutinous rice balls, so he can just come forward to receive him. Hutchison Hu Xukun seems to be a daughter? I'll ask someone. In this way, they will understand what we mean. "

Lou Xiao'e happily patted her son on the back of the head and said, "Finally, I don't want to eat free rice anymore!"

Li Xing: "..."

Li Yuan asked Lou Xiudao again: "Sister Xiu, Xiao'e wants to open a restaurant and become a restaurant owner. What about you?"

Lou Xiu was surprised: "Do I need it too?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "It's not about needs, it's about whether you have something you want to do. If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. It's up to you. But I personally recommend you to do something you like. What you want to do. Women are more attractive when they have their own career. Of course, you are already very attractive."

Lou Xiu glanced at him with disdain, then hesitated. Lou Xiao'e had an idea: "Sister, don't you like drawing clothes?"

Lou Xiu hurriedly clarified: "I was just drawing randomly for fun."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Sister Xiu, you like fashion design? That's great. Open a design company. When you become proficient, I will open a clothing factory for you to specialize in producing the clothes you design..."

Lou Xiu said with a smile: "Who are you selling it to?"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "At least there are so many people in our family, so we don't have to buy clothes in the future."

Lou Xiu spat and said: "Go to hell!"

The family laughed loudly. After dinner and washing, Lou Xiaoe suggested going down the mountain for a walk on the beach.

Li Yuan then took his two wives and two children to watch the sea view at night.

The only fly in the ointment is that after the riots in Hong Kong in [-], the Hong Kong government announced a ban on citizens setting off fireworks.

Otherwise, I can take my wife and children to set off fireworks...

But even so, the family had a great time.

Thanks to the intensifying Annan War, Hong Kong Island, as an emerging industrial city, has received a large number of orders, allowing the economy to quickly recover from last year's collapse and downturn.

People's wages continue to rise. Once they have money, public security will be better and there will be more smiles on their faces.

The overall environment is relatively good.

Seeing the joy and laughter on the faces of their two sons, both Li Yuan and Er Lou smiled.

This is the biggest reason why he tried every means to get his wife and children to come to Hong Kong Island.

In such a cheerful atmosphere, [-] gradually came to an end...

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