Chapter 216 - 217: Leaving the City for Business Talks

Chapter 216: Chapter 217: Leaving the City for Business Talks

"What’s up?" Qin Susu asked Li Yang cheerfully as she sat down.

"I want to build a water treatment plant for the village..." Li Yang said after a moment’s thought. "We could build it right at Cold Water Lake, run pipes to our village, and connect it to every household. But the money... our company would have to pay for it. What do you think?"

Qin Susu was stunned for a moment. She hadn’t expected that.

"Not enough money, right?" Li Yang gave a wry smile. "The money... I’ll figure something out."

Qin Susu suddenly burst out laughing. "So you were thinking the same thing as me."

Li Yang was taken aback.

"Actually, I was thinking about this over the past couple of days in the city. You know, we’ve already captured a huge share of the bottled water market, and our clients are all big factories and the like. I was thinking, this is your village’s water, and I’m really grateful to your village. I was wondering how to repay you all. I didn’t expect you to bring this up yourself. I think it’s a great idea."

Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He really hadn’t misjudged Qin Susu. She talked tough, but had a good heart.

"And you won’t have to come up with the money. Do you know what our revenue has been these past few days?" Qin Susu asked mysteriously.

"How much?" Li Yang was a little curious.

He had signed the initial orders, but he hadn’t paid attention to the business after that. Now, seeing how mysterious Qin Susu was being, his curiosity was piqued.

"Take a look!" Qin Susu proudly handed a report to Li Yang.

Li Yang glanced at it and nearly jumped to his feet. "One... over one point eight million!"

That’s right, over one point eight million in water orders!

He would have never dared to imagine this before.

"How about that?" Qin Susu chuckled, looking extremely pleased with herself. "People are ordering our water like they’re crazy. I don’t know what’s gotten into them. And they’re ordering thousands of bottles at a time, saying how great our water is. Oh, right, the commercial helped... but it wasn’t just the commercial. Some people said they know you, that you recommended it."

Li Yang understood. Some of them were people he had met while giving massages at the hotel, like Sister Wu. He had indeed recommended the water to them.

It had worked!

"That’s great!" Li Yang began to laugh. "But that’s not the only reason. It’s probably also because you’re an honest businessperson, and people are willing to work with you."

"Really?" Qin Susu said happily.

"Of course it’s true!" Li Yang said with a smile. "Why else would they work with you? Look at me, I don’t even show my face at the company anymore, right?"

Qin Susu looked a little smug. "Well, you can’t put it all that way. You still deserve some of the credit."

Li Yang smiled and asked, "So what now? About building the water treatment plant?"

"It’s a go. I’ll find people to do it!" Qin Susu said. "Our business is still expanding, so we should be bringing in a lot more. Besides, we’re getting paid upfront before delivery. There are no accounts receivable to worry about."

"That settles it, then! By the way, if you’re staying the night here, you’ll have to share a room with Sister Gao."

After talking with her, Li Yang himself felt a weight off his shoulders.

Qin Susu was quite efficient. The very next day, she had already hired professionals to scout a location for the water treatment plant. She also brought in designers to inspect the site and figure out how to plan the pipe layout.

Because of this, the villagers were all thrilled.

But Li Yang felt a pang of emotion, as he knew what Qin Susu was really thinking.

According to their original plan, the first thing they were supposed to do once they had the money was to pave the mountain road from Cold Water Lake to their village. That would make transportation easier and benefit their entire business. But when Li Yang made his request, Qin Susu instead invested the money in the water treatment plant first. This made Li Yang feel like he had wronged her.

In the afternoon, Qin Susu returned to the village. "Oh, I’m exhausted..."

Running around every day, Qin Susu looked like she had lost some weight and gotten a bit tanner.

Li Yang thought for a moment and said, "What are your plans now for the market in the city?"

"I feel like things are going great right now..." Qin Susu said happily. "A lot of people have placed advance orders with us, and these are for recurring deliveries. But I don’t know what to do next. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Target residential communities!" Li Yang said. "In the city, most people can’t drink the tap water raw. We can go into residential complexes to do promotions and make our water a part of people’s daily lives. Plus, when it comes to personal choice, they’re more likely to choose this kind of high-end water to drink."

Qin Susu’s eyes lit up. "Of course! Why didn’t I think of that before?"

Li Yang chuckled. ’Your intelligence is on par with Dahuang’s.’

"How about this, I’ll go." Thinking that he didn’t need to rush to make his medicine and that Zhang Rong’s shop wouldn’t be opening so quickly, Li Yang said, "I’ll give it a try and see if I can open up the market."

"I’ll go with you!" Qin Susu said excitedly. "I want to see how you close a deal."

To be honest, Qin Susu hadn’t really closed many deals herself. Li Yang had gotten the ball rolling at the beginning, and later success was also due to Li Yang’s connections. Even the commercial they ran was because Director Song was doing Li Yang a favor.