Bai Ye feels that his head is full of ideas, but everything needs money! But... what he lacks most now is money... He can't do anything without money!
The first thing is to set up a feed factory. The raw materials for feed are corn flour, bran, rice, fish meal and the like. Jinxi Province is also an agricultural province, so there is no shortage of these raw materials.
Moreover, the investment is not very large, the raw materials are cheap, and the processing is simple. Its core technology is the formula, not anything else.
This is the most suitable thing to do, and it has high profits and small investment. It is what Bai Ye currently thinks he is best suited to do.
However... he carefully studied it and found that he only had more than 400,000 yuan in funds now, and the next month's rent would definitely not be enough.
Moreover, it costs tens of thousands a month to maintain his VIP3 level, and it costs a lot of money to run a mouse laboratory every day, which does not include workers' wages. Thinking of this, Bai Ye feels very stressed.
If you don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, doing business really can’t be done on impulse.
Bai Ye shook his head. If you do this kind of thing in the future, you have to plan carefully. You can't just do something when your head is hot.
Yang Guangdong had experience in patent applications, so he did it quickly. However, the approval process took a while, so Bai Ye was not too anxious.
After all, it was still early for the feed factory matter, and there were no big problems yet, but Bai Ye consulted with the patent company about applying for a foreign patent.
The real demand for Baiye's feed is abroad, so if you want to ensure that you own the patent, you must apply for multiple national or international technology patents.
Of course, applying for a patent is just a precaution and a warning to those who are interested.
The other party was obviously a little surprised by Bai Ye's idea. Applying for an international patent for a mouse feed? Are you sure you're not kidding?
However... they would not refuse this kind of money-making thing, and both parties left each other's contact information.
After all, Bai Ye is not very anxious to apply for an international patent, and... he doesn't have the money to do anything else now.
After a busy morning, Bai Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the chair. He was so busy, with a lot of chores.
Bai Ye sighed and was about to take a sip of water when Yang Guangdong walked in: "Little boss, there is not much feed stored in the warehouse recently. I am going to ask Lao He to purchase a batch of raw materials. There is no money in the warehouse..."
"Little boss, the mixer machine is broken. I called the repairman. They said that a part is broken. It costs more than 2,000. Can I replace it?"
"Little boss..."
Bai Ye didn't even have time to finish a sip of water when he heard at least five or six things that required money. Hey... a penny kills a hero!
Bai Ye leaned back on the chair, staring at the ceiling, hoping that the sky would drop some money... If not, just drop some fish...
How about borrowing some money from mom?
Thinking of this, Bai Ye was a little hesitant. In his heart, he didn't want to borrow money from his family, and it was not a small amount.
Just as Bai Ye was hesitating, the phone rang.
"Hello? Hello, are you Mr. Bai Ye?"
Bai Ye took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Manager Xu from the Ancient Books Publishing House who was responsible for printing his own books. He quickly said: "Hello, Manager Xu, what's wrong?"
"Oh! That's it. Our first batch of 20,000 copies has been printed. You can pick up the books as long as you pay the final payment!"
Bai Ye held his forehead and sighed, money... money... money again...
But the balance is only over 50,000 yuan, so I don’t have to worry about it, and the books are all printed, so it’s a huge sum of money after selling them!
Bai Ye said quickly: "Okay, please, Manager Xu, I will be there in the afternoon."
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In the afternoon, Bai Ye went to the printing shop and looked at 20,000 books neatly piled up there, like a hill.
Bai Ye took out a book and took a rough look at it. He was very satisfied. The paper and cover of the book were very beautiful. He flipped through it and felt quite satisfied.
Manager Xu, a forty-year-old middle-aged man, came forward, looked at Bai Ye and said, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"
Bai Ye nodded and gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! Very satisfied, worthy of being an expert!"
Manager Xu nodded with a smile: "Our ancient books publishing house has been popular for a while. During the founding of the People's Republic of China, we were responsible for printing the president's quotations. Simply speaking of experience and technology, our ancient books publishing house is very famous in western Shanxi.
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Manager Xu is telling the truth. As one of the older state-owned enterprises in Shanxi Province, they are also very high-level, but they have languished in recent years due to some institutional flaws.
After Bai Ye and Manager Xu completed the contract, they also paid the balance. It was a favor price at that time, and it was not expensive. According to the paper and cover, the price on the market was more than one or two yuan higher than this.
Is there just such a pile of books sitting there? You can’t keep them here forever, right?
As for the mouse breeding farm, Bai Ye did not consider it because the logistics there were not very convenient and it would be useless to put it there.
Moreover, it is definitely inappropriate to place the next sales, but can it be placed there?
Bai Ye looked at the books around him, and suddenly his eyes lit up. School! There is no shortage of space in the school.
So, Bai Ye asked Hu Fengyun for help. Principal Hu was leaving soon. The handover was almost completed and he was expected to leave at the end of May. He would temporarily handle some things with Zhang Hanlin.
Hu Fengyun was very happy when he learned that the printing of "Unconscious Chinese Medicine" had been completed. He directly found an empty classroom for Bai Ye and let Bai Ye put it in temporarily.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, a truck and a van arrived at the printing factory. After getting off, Fatty, Duan Yue, Lu Peiyi and several classmates came together.
There was strength in numbers, and the books were all wrapped, which was convenient. It took everyone less than half an hour to move them all to the car.
Fortunately, the classroom Hu Fengyun found was on the first floor, but it would take a lot of effort to find one.
In the evening, Bai Ye took everyone to have a meal and drink. It was about to graduate and there were many dinner parties.
When old classmates meet, if they talk too much, how can they drink less?
Everyone drank a lot and supported each other until after ten o'clock and returned to school.
Bai Ye was lying on the bed and wanted to sleep, but his mind was full of things and he couldn't stop spinning.
Now that the books have been printed, the next step is to sell them. Twenty thousand copies is not a lot, but it is a lot. As an introductory book on traditional Chinese medicine and popular science, it still has a large audience.
Moreover, after Bai Ye's "hype" of various things some time ago, he also made a fuss, and even the book "Ignorance of Chinese Medicine" also became popular.
However, as the popularity continues to grow, it is still uncertain how it will actually sell.
In fact, the original number of 20,000 copies of Bai Ye was not a random number, but a decision made after a discussion with Manager Xu based on the meager book request and Tieba book request posts, as well as some social responses.