A change in mindset is important to know where you stand, and both often determine whether or not something can go on and succeed.
Even if one clearly sees one's position and changes one's mindset, this is a necessary element of success, especially when one is in a situation of struggle, struggle, or weakness.
As early as before liberation, the annual income of the Eight Mai Hall during its heyday had reached 130 thousand ocean, while during the whole period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Eight Mai Hall had contributed 400 thousand ocean to the War of Resistance against Japan. This was because the history of the Eight Mai Hall had been developing smoothly most of the time, with very little setbacks.
With such a history and an extremely high status in the industry, Zhang Jiaquan was already used to being strong.
Therefore, Zhang Jiaquan had to change his mindset. This was also the purpose of Zhao An's last words. Otherwise, such an old man could become stubborn and refuse to cooperate... Although this kind of situation had a small chance of occurring, Zhao An still hoped that the collaboration would be successful and there would be less hassle. Thus, he needed to give Zhang Jiqing some advice.
If it was doing business, Zhang Jiaquan would find it difficult to accept such an unequal cooperation. However, since this transaction was to pay for his health, it was much easier to accept.
It was not uncommon for a serious illness to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to cure. However, for someone who could afford it, he would rather spend several hundred thousand to cure his illness than spend ten million to buy a healthy one.
Although Zhang Jiaqing could not be considered a top rich person, spending ten million to protect his own health was not a problem. Not to mention the benefits brought by the Baji Pharmaceutical Group, just the income from the Baji Hall's medicine store was enough for Zhang Jiaqing to personally pay for the ten million.
Baji Hall sold a series of Chinese patent medicine. Other than many channels, Baji Hall's medicine stores that were spread throughout Hunan were the main force in the sales. Many people were used to buying Baji Hall's medicine stores.
In the dessert shop, Zhao An and Li Qingge were having dessert while Zhang Jiaqing asked for a glass of aloe juice. After all, he wasn't like a little kid.
"This is the first time we're discussing business in a dessert shop." Zhang Jiaqing drank a mouthful of the juice, but stopped. The juice was not natural, even with the name of natural aloe vera. With the taste of saccharine and aromatic aloes, aloe vera was also a common ingredient in Chinese medicine, so Zhang Jiaqing naturally knew what it felt like to drink real aloe vera juice.
"It's not really a business deal, now we're just chatting." He put down the dessert in his hand. Of course, Zhao An wasn't as picky or picky as an old man like Zhang Jiaqing, but he wasn't as interested in this kind of dessert as a girl. Zhao An then continued, "The improvement in the quality of your daily life by consuming Baohua Spirit Nurturing Pills is because the detoxification effect of Baohua's spirit is very strong. Therefore, in the future, you don't have too many taboos regarding your diet, Old Master Zhang, just eat whatever you want …" "Of course, the diet is mainly light and healthy, but occasionally eating and drinking too much won't put a burden on the body."
"I know this from the ancient book that introduced the Baohua Spirit Replenishing Pill." Zhang Jiaqing nodded and said with some emotion, "But medicine is still an external force. As you get older, aging of the body is inevitable. I'm really envious of you youngsters!"
"You can let Zhao An think about whether or not he'll make a pill that will make him look like a child again." Li Qingge saw that Zhang Jiaqing didn't eat and Zhao An also didn't want to eat anymore, so he was a little unhappy. This old man really didn't know any better, so if they wanted to eat together, they should eat together. Otherwise, it would affect the enthusiasm of others.
However, no matter how old Zhang Jiaqing was, he hadn't lost his mind. Baohua Spirit Restoring Pills were after all, a real medicine that had been refined before, and Li Qingge's words also reminded Zhang Jiaqing. Zhang Jiaqing looked at Zhao An with great interest, "I think you don't only know how to refine Baohua Spirit Restoring Pills, do you?"
Baohua Spirit Nurturing Pills were more difficult to concoct. Since Zhao An was able to concoct Baohua Spirit Nurturing Pills, he must be very knowledgeable in the art of concocting Chinese medicine, or he might have his own unique techniques. Thinking of the many pills that had been lost in the ancient books, Zhang Jiaqing's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"There are no other plans." Now was not the time to talk about such a topic. Zhao An obviously knew how to refine more than just this pill, but as far as he was concerned, he only needed to refine the Baohua Spirit Replenishing Pill.
The most important reason was that the real world was not as convenient as the system's space. It was not that Zhao An could obtain whatever he wanted, nor was there anyone who could interfere with him.
Zhao An didn't intentionally hide his edge, but he didn't want to show it either … Although in the eyes of others, he was already rather high-profile.
Currently, he had no other plans, which meant that he really did have other plans. This was a satisfactory answer for Zhang Jiaqing. After all, he had yet to get his hands on many of these Baohua Spirit Restoring Pills, so any other matters were somewhat uncertain at the moment.
"I hope we can cooperate in the long term... In addition to my own needs, what do you think if I were to advertise the Bao Hua Mind Nurturing Pills? " Zhang Jiaqing was, after all, a businessman. It was one thing to own good things and make money by using them. It was also the nature of a businessman to share the cost of making money with Zhao An.
"That's your business." Zhao An didn't object, but he had to clarify a few points. "It's just that I don't have the ability to mass produce and rapidly produce Baohua Spiritual Brewing Pills. These things aren't as simple as she said they would be." Therefore, I hope that you can discuss the quantity of Baohua Breathing Pills with me before you sell them. As for the price and how much money you can make, I don't mind, and I don't need to share it with you. I only need you to promise me that if you take away one of Baohua Spiritual Enhancing Pills, I'll be able to keep one and five hundred thousand for myself. "
At the beginning, he felt that Zhao An was being a bit excessive, but now, he felt that Zhao An had some sort of rule in his work. First, there was one, then there was two, then there was two.
A win-win situation was the precondition for a stable cooperation.
Unlike true business cooperation, this conversation could be said to be an oral agreement. However, the verbal agreement with a high school student who had not reached the age of eighteen did not make Zhang Jiaquan feel completely at ease.
"You can provide me some materials now. I'll make a few as soon as possible and give them to you." Zhao An said to Zhang Jiaqing.
Zhang Jiaqing was pleasantly surprised by this. After eating the dessert, they arrived at the medicine store of the Occult Hall. Zhang Jiaqing had provided a total of ten batches of medicinal herbs for Zhao An.
The ten sets of medicinal ingredients filled Zhao An's empty bag to the point that even Li Qingge had to help Zhao An to split three of them.
Zhang Jiaqing did not accept any money from Zhao An. Since Zhao An was able to give him a Baohua Spirit Restoring Pill without any hesitation, Zhang Jiaqing would not show a less magnanimous attitude than Zhao An. He was waiting for Zhao An to send a Baohua Spirit Restoring Pill over.
As for watching and learning how to refine Baohua Pill, Zhang Jiaqing didn't need to mention it. With Zhao An's astuteness, Zhang Jiaqing knew that even the conditions that he could come up with were insufficient for Zhao An to agree to. Besides, Zhang Jiaqing himself didn't know what the highest requirements he would provide would be if Zhao An was willing to transfer the techniques used to refine Baohua Pill.
Zhao An and Li Qingge left after Zhang Jiaqing sent them to the door. Many people stopped at the entrance to watch. After all, all the old shopkeepers in the Eight Mai Hall were standing outside the door to send them off. This scene was quite eye-catching.
Who were these two young men and women? Could it be the young master or the young miss of the Eight Dragons Cloudcity? Many people could not help but have this thought.
Just now, Zhang Jiaqing didn't announce the agreement between him and Zhao An in the Eight Mai Hall. After all, this was just a personal matter. These shopkeepers probably only watched Zhang Jiaqing personally deliver the goods to them, and couldn't possibly sit still.
Zhao An turned around and looked at the black lacquered golden signboard under the setting sun that reflected light. Together with Li Qingge, they walked in the direction of her house.
"Why should I help you take the medicine?" Li Qingge felt the weight of her schoolbag.
"I'll take you home. You can give it to me after I leave. It's not convenient to take it now." Zhao An explained.
Walking home by himself was indeed a bit boring, but Zhao An accompanying him wasn't really a happy thing. Li Qingge didn't care about it from the start, but since the medicine bag was already in her bag, she might as well just give it to him now … On account of him treating her to dessert.
"You don't want to see my mother, do you?" Li Qingge said doubtfully as she suddenly thought of this.
Looking at Li Qingge's expression, which seemed as if she was going to commit adultery, Zhao An felt that it was ridiculous, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "That's your mom. Even if you think that my character has problems, you shouldn't drag her into these kinds of questions. That's too disrespectful."
"What is there to be disrespectful about? "I'm serious." Li Qingge didn't think so. In his eyes, Zhao An was a pervert who especially liked women who were older than him.
"Your mother is elegant, beautiful, and knowledgeable. She has a good temperament too, and when talking with her, I can learn a lot. Of course I'm willing to interact with your mother, but don't misunderstand her." Zhao An touched Li Qingge's shoulder, "Do you think normal people would have such wild thoughts like you?" Really, what are you thinking about? If your mom saw your expression and tone, she would beat you up. "
Zhao An really did not wish for Li Qingge to express her opinion in such a manner in his interactions with Tang Jun. If that happened, he and Tang Jun. would be in an extremely awkward situation and would have no way of interacting with each other.
This bastard Zhao An, he really couldn't believe what he just said. He was still talking to me at noon on the football field, and in the afternoon, he actually praised another woman so blatantly in front of me!
"Zhao An, forget about my mom. Tell me, do you like my sister?" Li Qingge was about to die from anger, but Li Qingge wasn't willing to say anything to her mother. But if Zhao An also saw Tang Ya Wei in this way, then Li Qingge wouldn't be able to accept it. It was the same thing if he and his sister were close, but if Zhao An had too much good an impression of his sister, Li Qingge would definitely not care about him anymore!
"Your sister?" "There must be a limit to how jealous you are, right? I didn't even say a few words to your sister, much less interact with her in private. How could I fall for her? No matter how I look at it, Zhang Dongfang is more suited to her."
"I'm jealous?" Li Qingge felt like her nose was about to spew fire. This was simply too humiliating. Li Qingge would definitely not fall in love with a boy. How could she be jealous? Furthermore, he was jealous of the person he hated the most. The premise of being jealous should be that he had a favorable impression of someone, right?
Li Qingge hated Zhao An from head to toe. His heart, mouth, eyes, and every corner of his body were filled with the feeling of loathing towards Zhao An. This feeling was as if it was going to explode at any moment!
"If you say that again in the future, I will understand it as you being jealous." Zhao An knew that this was the only way Li Qingge would stop spouting nonsense. To the proud Li Qingge, it was an unacceptable humiliation to be thought that she was jealous.
"I'm not jealous, I'm just asking for my sister. If you like her, I must remind her to stay away from you so that she won't be tainted by you. " Li Qingge explained loudly.
Zhao An held back his laughter. He really wanted to say that he didn't see you move away from me. Could it be that I have tainted you right now? That was all he said. Li Qingge would definitely run away, far away from him, so it was better not to have such a cheap mouth.
"It's not what you think, anyway. Look, I didn't even go to her clubhouse. If I go, I'll only be playing with you. " Zhao An denied it in a straightforward manner. Li Qingge just liked to think too much and it didn't make any sense at all.
Li Qingge was rather satisfied with this answer, so he didn't stop. He turned his head and stared at Zhao An with wide eyes. "If you say that I'm jealous in the future, I'll fight with you."
Zhao An smiled and nodded. He knew very well that even though Li Qingge wouldn't admit it, she could feel that he cared about her. People would choose the details of their interactions based on how they were treated, especially girls. People who cared about them would often express their emotions in unreasonable and reckless ways.
For example, if two men were to interact, one of them would not be able to defeat the other and would even threaten to fight, and that was to make it seem like he was a little foolish, threatening the other with things he lacked confidence in … But girls are different, she would think. I can't beat you, but you're definitely afraid of fighting me.
"My sister and Zhang Dongfang don't match well either. My sister is much stronger than Zhang Dongdong, and Zhang Dongdong hates it. My sister wouldn't accept not being able to beat her boyfriend. " Li Qingge said affirmatively before staring at Zhao An, "You can beat my sister …" Do you think my sister will like you? "
"How is this possible?" He knew that he wasn't the type of person who everyone liked. "Your sister is a lot older than me, and we're both students, so your sister is already someone who works. With her experience and mentality, it's basically impossible for them to like a high school student who's still on campus."
"In any case, in order for my sister not to like you, you should minimize your contact with her. However, what I mean isn't that you're outstanding, so my sister will definitely fall for you. Anyway, this is your problem, you can do whatever you want, I don't care. " Li Qingge raised her head and spoke without even looking at Zhao Anshi.
"A girl with such an awkward personality like yours must be even rarer than a giant panda." Zhao An had to sigh with emotion. Although girls were more or less reserved, awkward, or unwilling to be frank, Li Qingge's extreme was truly too rare. She was like a hedgehog, constantly raising her spikes, as if the entire world was filled with malicious intent.
"What's so special about a giant panda? Sooner or later, I'll get a giant panda to eat. " Li Qingge disdainfully said, "There's only one Li Qingge in the world, who do you think is more valuable?"
"Alright, I was wrong. You're more curious about it." Zhao An was dumbstruck as he looked at Li Qingge. People who wanted to eat a giant panda were truly rare. Those who had such thoughts were probably much rarer than the giant panda.
"It's good that you know this." Li Qingge increased his pace and walked forward arrogantly with an impressive posture. For some reason, he felt especially relaxed and happy when he returned home with Zhao An.
It must be because the sunlight penetrated the wutong tree and the dazzling light was emitting an exceptionally beautiful light, Li Qingge felt so.