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Chapter 1287: Money is not spent
Liu Meilan was quite shocked: "We've achieved such good results! We can start testing now. If it works well, we can develop it into a product and promote its sale!"
If they don't catch up in the domestic market, it will be dominated by foreign companies.
Although foreign products have excellent packaging and marketing, their effectiveness is not necessarily better than that of domestic products.
Most importantly, they sell at exorbitant prices, targeting wealthy people in China.
Faced with the impact of foreign culture and economy, many people with higher incomes in China generally believe that foreign products are better than domestic ones.
This was extremely disadvantageous for them, but Liu Meilan persisted. Even in the face of adversity, they managed to gain market share through effective product performance and advertising.
Professor Xie nodded: "Okay, later my research institute will connect with your skincare research center to work on this research! We'll develop something suitable for our people!"
Xu Chongyang urged, "Aunt Meilan, you'd better hurry! Otherwise, I can't help but pick at the little bumps on my face!"
Liu Meilan patted his head, ruffling his hair just like she did when he was a child: "Wash your face with plain water in the morning, don't use regular soap! That will make your skin worse!"
Xu Chongyang nodded: "Understood, Aunt Meilan!"
Liu Meilan and Tang Xiaoyu planned these things: "With the successful experience of the Seven White Pearls series, our Liangliang brand and its sub-brands should be able to succeed once we find the right market positioning and develop products that meet the needs of this group!"
Tang Xiaoyu wholeheartedly agreed: "Okay! I understand. I'll start preparing for this right away! I'll set up a dedicated team to handle the follow-up work. The problem now is that we earn a lot of money every year, but we also spend a lot! There are still many projects requiring significant investment in R&D, especially in semiconductors. Our funds are running low!"
Liu Meilan pondered for a moment: "Ye Qiang said some time ago that he wanted to short US stocks, I think it's worth doing!"
Hearing this, Tang Xiaoyu became a little nervous: "Meilan, is there any danger?"
Liu Meilan smiled and said, "I don't operate it myself. I only operate it through funds and brokers. My small team here is only responsible for giving orders!"
Tang Xiaoyu smiled sweetly: "If Ye Qiang knew, he probably wouldn't be running outside right now, he would come over immediately!"
Liu Meilan replied, "There's no need to have him come now. Just tell him later! I'll either contact him by phone or by email!"
Tang Xiaoyu carefully put away her notebook, which contained records of what Liu Meilan had said that day, the requests she had made, and the subsequent arrangements.
After returning home, Ye Qiang learned that Liu Meilan had agreed to short US stocks and excitedly shook his fist: "Finally, we can take action! Is Meilan short of money?"
Tang Xiaoyu nodded, filled with emotion: "Yes, technological research and development is really expensive! Sometimes even if you burn through money, you may not get results, but you still have to keep doing it!"
The country's research and development funds are limited, and the amount distributed to each professor and expert is actually not much.
The government also has various stringent requirements, prioritizing the research and development of the most urgent and needed projects. Therefore, the projects Liu Meilan invested in were not within the scope of the government's strong promotion, and thus received very little research and development funding.
For research and development to continue, private companies will have to spend more money.
Tang Xiaoyu and Liu Meilan have known each other for six years. Since the fifth year, Tang Xiaoyu has invested in various technological research and development projects, spending countless sums of money.
The phrase "spending money like water" perfectly describes how quickly Liu Meilan spends her money.
However, Tang Xiaoyu believed in Liu Meilan's abilities and vision, because from the very beginning, Liu Meilan's demonstrated abilities had already greatly impressed Tang Xiaoyu.
The next day, Ye Qiang came directly to Liu Meilan to discuss the relevant issues.
Liu Meilan explained the general idea, then handed him a well-organized notebook: "It's all in here. You can discuss it with the person in charge of finance! Don't get too involved. Just keep an eye on these things, make sure the actual transactions go smoothly, and transfer the money back in time!"
“Okay!” Ye Qiang nodded. “I have many financial experts under my command, and I’m sure we can do all this without leaving a trace.”
Liu Meilan smiled and said, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
When Ye Qiang arrived, he solemnly told Zhang Xiufang about the progress of the search for relatives: "Xiufang, I have given all the materials to my clansmen and relatives! They will use their influence in various countries in Southeast Asia to do their best to find them!"
Although there is still no news, Zhang Xiufang is very grateful to Ye Qiang: "Ye Qiang, thank you!"
Ye Qiang waved his hand: "Hu Jian and I are good friends and comrades-in-arms. This is what I should do! Don't worry, leave the outside matters to me."
After Ye Qiang left, Liu Meilan also went to the pearl mining and purchasing site to take a look: "We must protect the pearl oysters. If the bumps look very small from the outside, don't collect them. Leave them for now, and they will grow bigger next year!"
Liu Meilan repeatedly urged the person in charge here to take it seriously.
Manager Wang nodded: "Mr. Liu, don't worry! Every pearl mined by our employees is recorded. If the size is too small, we will warn the employees!"
After inspecting the area, Liu Meilan was relieved to find that the pearls were being treated properly.
The larger the pearl oyster, the more pearls it can produce, which reduces input costs and achieves sustainable development.
Meanwhile, the pearl harvesting workshop and sterile processing workshop in Hai Province were also bustling with activity.
The local people made a lot of money by cultivating pearls, and the news reported on it for several days. Leaders also came to inspect the work and check the results.
The news quickly spread throughout the entire Hainan Province, and many places began to organize young cadres to come here for study and inspection.
As the main person in charge of pearl farming, Zhang Fengming was also entrusted with the important task of receiving these inspection personnel and answering their questions.
Secretary Xu instructed: "Fengming, the province now attaches great importance to pearl farming, considering it one of the important measures for poverty alleviation and wealth creation, comparable to seafood farming! As one of the people in charge who knows this project best, you will be given more responsibility. Do you have the confidence?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fengming was very excited: "Leader, the achievements we have made are the result of the joint efforts of all our cadres under your command! I dare not take credit for it!"
Secretary Xu smiled, quite satisfied: Young people should be humble.
Although Zhang Fengming was the main person in charge when the project was launched, the subsequent funding support, technical support, and coordination work were all completed jointly by various departments.
Therefore, it is only right to distribute more credit among the contributors.
Secretary Xu smiled again: "We recognize your achievements! The city and the province also recognize them. Now many people are coming to inspect and want to apply for pearl farming. You have the closest relationship with the Sifang Island pearl farming base. Do you have any good suggestions?"