Changing the Plan

I switched to WeChat and checked my balance. I had 26,000 left.

This wasn't enough to get the factory set up. He had to go to Loguetown again, but not now. Rushing into a deal would only make people think he was desperate.

He followed his usual routine and checked the superpower information. The information from the group chat friends was still fast. Many things that hadn't made the news yet would spread in the group first. But Zhou Qi wasn't confident about finding any superpower users.

It was better than nothing.

He went to the previous Tongfu Hall and bought five boxes of Amoxicillin.

This was one of the reasons Zhou Qi wanted to produce it himself. Amoxicillin was a prescription drug, and it was impossible to buy it at major pharmacies. If he didn't produce it himself, he wouldn't be able to get that much medicine.

However, as a nationwide chain pharmacy, Tongfu Hall could easily deduct a small amount of anti-inflammatory drugs, but too much was not feasible.

He threw away the original bottles and replaced them with glass bottles he had saved from canned goods. The advertising on the caps was also ground off with spatial threads, ensuring no information could be seen.

Money was no longer the problem. Zhou Qi started to worry about the qualifications.

After all, a pharmaceutical factory was different from a general manufacturer. People could die from what they produced, so the required procedures and qualifications were not ordinary.

According to the "Drug Administration Law," to establish a pharmaceutical factory, one needs:

1. Pharmaceutical technicians, engineering technicians, and corresponding skilled workers who have passed the qualification certification according to law. 2. Factory buildings, facilities, and environmental hygiene that are suitable for the production of drugs. 3. An organization and personnel capable of quality management and quality inspection of the manufactured drugs, as well as necessary instruments and equipment. 4. Rules and regulations to ensure drug quality. 5. Required documents include a drug production license, business license, organization code, national and local tax registration, and a GMP certificate for the refinement process.

This was completely different from his idea of setting up two production lines and starting in a small workshop...

What should he do?

Zhou Qi thought for a moment and decided to ask the almighty group members.

He clicked into a QQ group called Nanhai Gundam Model Group and directly asked, "I want to open a pharmaceutical factory, but I don't have the qualifications. What should I do?"

People in Nanhai who could afford Gundam models usually had good family backgrounds, so they were naturally knowledgeable and could give him advice.

"Simple, just buy an existing one!"

"You can also find agencies that handle qualifications. It doesn't matter if you don't have qualifications; as long as you pay, they can get it done for you. Coincidentally, I'm in this line of work. Brother, want to chat privately?"

"Uh, sorry, the factory I want to open isn't in Nanhai..."

"As long as it's in Dongguang Province, it's no problem!"

"Nanhe Province, is that okay?"

"...Goodbye!"

"Is opening a pharmaceutical factory in Nanhe Province reliable?" someone asked.

"I think it's quite reliable. Nanhe has so many people, and the market potential is huge. Bro, what are you planning to produce, Sildenafil? Count me in? I have some spare cash..."

"Spare cash?"

"Not much, just around thirty to fifty million..."

"Uh..." Zhou Qi watched as the entire thread veered off into health-related drugs within a dozen seconds. He could only helplessly exit the chat group.

However, the group members actually gave him a solution, and it even opened up a new path to wealth for him!

That's right, Sildenafil was also a great product!

If the One Piece World had anything, it had plenty of nobles. They didn't engage in production and could only indulge in nightly revelry. But they didn't like to exercise, so how could their bodies hold up over time?

And unlike anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs made money from Marines and army soldiers. In the end, this money was still the World Government's money.

If he sold them at a high price, he would have to worry about the World Government reverse-engineering his drugs and kicking him out.

But Sildenafil made money from the nobles.

Since the World Government didn't have to pay, they wouldn't care.

Oh, what if other countries copied it?

Don't be ridiculous. This world only had one Vegapunk. Without Vegapunk, how could you reverse-engineer Sildenafil?

First, let's see if anyone is selling a factory...

With the task at hand, Zhou Qi realized the importance of connections.

He often saw people online talking about the importance of connections, but he never really felt it.

After all, he was just an employee. Even if he knew some CEOs or directors, what use would it be? Could it increase his salary?

But now he understood.

Even if his hometown was upgraded to a county, it was still just a small county town. The manufacturers there didn't even have official websites, so there was no way to know who was selling a factory.

Without someone in that industry, the result was that he had the phone number in his hand but didn't know who to call...

"Ding dong..."

His phone suddenly lit up.

Yan Yun Chong Chong: Bro, you there?

"Uh, I'm here!" Zhou Qi recalled that this was the person from the group who could handle things even within Dongguang Province.

"Bro, can I ask why you insist on opening a factory in Nanhe Province?" Yan Yun Chong Chong asked.

"There's nothing I can't say!" Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "The people in my hometown are poor. I thought about opening a factory to help them achieve common prosperity..."

"I see!" The young girl sitting in front of the computer clenched her fist. Hope!

She thought there was someone from Nanhe's side.

"Bro, if that's what you think, then I don't think you should open the factory in Nanhe. You should open it in Dongguang..." Yan Yun Chong Chong said.

"Oh? Why?" Zhou Qi asked. He really didn't understand. Before he got his cheat, he was at the bottom of society.

He still is, actually.

"First, your original intention to help your fellow villagers achieve common prosperity is good, but if you can't even guarantee your own profits, how can you have money to distribute to them! Nanhe Province is located in the Central Plains, with convenient transportation and a large population, but it lacks supporting industrial chains. The transportation costs of raw materials are bound to be higher than those of other manufacturers. Your production costs will be higher, and your ex-factory price will naturally be higher. How can you compete with other factories?"

"Uh..." He was about to say he sold to Africa, but what Yan Yun Chong Chong said made sense. Maybe he should listen more?

"Second, have you considered the issue of future expansion? Nanhe Province is a major agricultural province, and land approval is ten to a hundred times more difficult than in other provinces. If you want to maintain the status quo, then any pharmaceutical factory will do, but if you want to grow bigger and stronger, and create more brilliance..."

She didn't really think Zhou Qi could grow bigger and stronger, but who among entrepreneurs doesn't think they can succeed? Nine out of ten want to be the next Foxconn!

"This is indeed a problem!" Zhou Qi nodded again. How could a pharmaceutical factory supplying an entire world be small?

If he could grow bigger and stronger, the province probably wouldn't be stingy with land, just like Foxconn back then. But he couldn't compare to Foxconn!

Foxconn had a traceable process from production to transportation to sales, but his medicine disappeared without a trace once it reached Africa.

If he were in Dongguang, there were too many large enterprises. Even if he developed into a Fortune 500 company, he wouldn't even be a fraction of Huawei, and no one would care where his medicine went. But if he were in Nanhe, he might become the largest pharmaceutical company in Nanhe with just a little development. Wouldn't that put him under a spotlight for research?

"There's also a third point!" Yan Yun Chong Chong continued, "Have you ever thought about what would happen if you put your relatives and fellow villagers in the pharmaceutical factory?"

"What would happen?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Jealousy!" Yan Yun Chong Chong said, "You want to achieve common prosperity with them, so you'll probably have to pay quite a bit in salary. When people from ten miles around see that, won't they all be begging to work in your factory? They're all related one way or another, how can you refuse?"

"But opening the factory in Dongguang is different. If you bring your fellow villagers over, they won't know what they're doing or how much they're earning here. They'll probably think they're suffering here! Even if your fellow villagers tell the truth, they won't believe it..."

"You make so much sense..." Zhou Qi clicked his tongue.

"Right? This is called 'making a fortune in silence'!" Yan Yun Chong Chong said, "How about it, want to consider Dongguang?"

Zhou Qi was silent for a moment and asked, "What should I call you?"

"Uh, my surname is Yan, and my given name is Yun. Here's my business card..." Yan Yun Chong Chong sent an image.

"Linlang (China) Information Consulting Co., Ltd., Client Manager."

"You're a woman?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Yes..."

"Then why did you call me 'bro'?"

"All men are brothers within the four seas!" Actually, it was the chat environment of the QQ group, and this address was more suitable.

On Bilibili, it would be UP Master or Bilibili friend; on Zhihu, it would be Zhiyou; on Taobao, it would be 'dear'.

For salespeople, these are all basic operations.

"Alright..." Zhou Qi nodded, searching for information about the company online while asking, "What can you do?"

"Company registration, qualification application, talent scouting, market planning, consumer research, company planning, and various other matters required for starting a company..."

Zhou Qi had already found it. Linlang International, founded in 1967, headquartered in Singapore, founder Li Shanghe. A photo of a balding old man was attached next to it. There was no more specific information.

He didn't know if it was true or not, as it wasn't difficult to set up an offshore company these days.

"Can you help with purchasing a pharmaceutical factory?" Zhou Qi asked.

"No problem!" Yan Yun was overjoyed. Fortunately, she hadn't made any typos.

"Do you have any requirements for this pharmaceutical factory?"

"Other than that, it doesn't matter. The land area must be large, and it must have the equipment and qualifications to produce Amoxicillin and Sildenafil, the kind that can be put into production immediately after I take over!" Zhou Qi said, "Also, it must have foreign trade qualifications."

"No problem, these are common medicines, and their patents have expired..." Yan Yun replied, "I'll help you investigate, but regarding the cost..."

"What do you mean?"

"Regarding the information consulting fee, let's consider it as making a friend, and I'll waive it for you. As for the intermediary fee for purchasing the factory, I'll apply to my supervisor, and it can also be waived..."

"Then aren't you working for me for free?" Zhou Qi was stunned.

Yan Yun smiled, "How can that be? In the future, when your pharmaceutical company recruits, advertises, we still have opportunities for cooperation!"

Besides, just because I don't charge you doesn't mean I won't charge the other party! If I can't charge openly, I can charge secretly!

If your factory sells for 200 million, and I get 10 million, that's not too much, right!

If your factory sells for 200 million, and I negotiate the price with the buyer to 300 million, then that extra 100 million, isn't it ours?

"By the way, how much money would I need to spend to acquire such a pharmaceutical company?" Zhou Qi asked.

"A medium-sized pharmaceutical company is actually around 30 to 80 million yuan, but you specifically mentioned a large land area, and pharmaceutical companies with large land areas are generally not too small in scale. It is estimated to be around 200 million and above..."

"..."

"If this pharmaceutical company gets involved with products related to the past two years, it'll probably cost at least eight hundred million to a billion..."

"..."

"Of course, you don't need to pay such a large sum all at once. As for the exact amount needed, I'll need to investigate further before I can let you know..."

"OKOK, I got it. Go ahead and investigate. I'll be waiting for your good news!"

"Alright. Oh, right, let's add each other as friends. That way, I can notify you promptly when I have the results!"

"I've added you. Is this A Linlang Consulting Yan Yun you?"

"Yes, yes!"