Late April.
Sunlight shone brightly outside the window, and birds chirped nonstop.
A slanting ray of sunlight pierced the glass window and fell on the pothos beside the table, with dust motes swirling in the air beneath the Tyndall effect.
The air conditioner worked tirelessly, bringing a chilly contrast to the meeting room.
In a small conference room at the company headquarters, Jiang Miao had gathered the senior executives for their month-end meeting.
"...Boss, that concludes April's income and expenditure report." Ye Meijing sat down after finishing her report.
Jiang Miao lightly flipped through the financial statements.
Hai Lu Feng Company's core businesses had all seen nearly explosive revenue growth in April.
Revenue from eel fry sales reached 145.88 million yuan.
Revenue from eel products reached 2.77 million yuan.
Technology licensing fees reached 143.67 million yuan.
Revenue from strawberry sales reached 730,000 yuan.
Gross profit from directly operated product stores was 40,000 yuan.
Gross profit from the gold shop was 60,000 yuan.
The total came to 293.15 million yuan.
That was nearly double the combined revenue from the previous four months last year.
Of course, technology licensing fees accounted for the bulk of that income.
The rebound in eel fry prices after bottoming out in April had also been a major factor. Though the average price of each glass eel had only risen by twenty cents, those twenty cents had effectively added nearly 12 million yuan in revenue for Hai Lu Feng Company.
Jiang Miao continued flipping through the financial statements and turned to the month's expenses.
Aside from relatively fixed expenses such as salaries, performance bonuses, social insurance contributions, rent, utilities, gas, fuel, and office supplies.
The company's largest expense in April had actually been the purchase of gold raw materials, totaling 30 million yuan.
They had also spent