Chapter 643
Arrangement for Liu Quan
In fact, the reason why Li Qingjiang spoke up for Wang Guifen and Li Erhu was not because the imperial power occupied a great deal of importance in his heart.
On the contrary, he took the exam several times and put in a lot of effort, but failed every time. After failing several times, his spirit was almost broken.
You have to know that their journey to take the exam was very difficult, as it was far away from Kyoto, and they often had to travel half a year in advance.
The children of wealthy families had enough money to travel with carriages, servants and book boys, but some poor scholars even had to find ways to earn money and beg for food to support themselves.
Moreover, there are many sparsely populated areas and difficult roads along the way. They have to brave all kinds of dangers and unpredictable hardships to move forward. It is possible that an accidental encounter with bandits or a sudden illness can defeat them. Many people stay on the road to the exam forever.
Even so, Li Qingjiang kept persisting. He always held on to a lucky mentality, thinking that it would be his turn to pass the exam next time. However, he tried again and again, and failed again and again.
Some others became poor due to illness, some became poor due to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, but in his case, it was because of exams that he became poor!
In fact, he had been cynical when it was late at night, but his many years of study had deprived him of the opportunity to learn other skills. He plunged headlong into this path, like a donkey pulling a millstone, not knowing why, only knowing that he wanted to persevere a little longer.
Thanks to the timely appearance of the Mountain God, who arranged for him to be a teacher, giving him a place in Kaoshan Village. He also allowed him to take off his camouflage gown and regain his lost confidence, and gradually walked out of the shadow of his past failures. Now Li Qingjiang seems to have been reborn, and has become the confident and high-spirited young man again.
He has studied the military book given to him by the Mountain God several times over. Now he is not only talented in literature, but his knowledge of military tactics has also reached an upper-middle level. He feels that if some time passes, he will be able to reach the level of commanding operations.
Li Qingjiang felt that he was the biggest beneficiary of the Mountain God's great kindness, and Wang Guifen and Li Erhu were also people that the Mountain God valued very much. He was reminding them now, but he was afraid that someone with ulterior motives might hear it and bring disaster upon them, thus affecting Kaoshan Village, which would be a big trouble.
Although he knew that even if the government officials came to call for punishment, the Mountain God would be able to easily settle the matter, he reminded Wang Guifen and her husband because he did not want to cause trouble for him.
Li Qingjiang walked into the school with the toothpaste and toothbrush given by the Mountain God, and said loudly to the children: "Children, today, the Mountain God has given me some toothpaste and toothbrush. If anyone performs well, I will give you these precious things as rewards! How about it? Do you have the confidence to get it?"
When the children in the school heard that there were things bestowed by the Mountain God as rewards, and then saw the colorful things on the teacher's desk that looked very pleasing to the eye, they immediately felt very happy.
The children loved this brightly colored thing the most. They all excitedly shouted in unison: "Have faith!"
Li Qingjiang nodded with satisfaction and began the day's teaching. The children had a goal in mind and were full of energy. They listened to the lessons very attentively, which made Li Qingjiang very satisfied.
On the other side, after Wang Guifen and Li Erhu returned home and closed the door, Li Erhu could not help but complain to Wang Guifen: "It's all your fault. I could have enjoyed the toothpaste and toothbrush given to me by the Mountain God, but now you've given them all away!"
Wang Guifen looked at Li Erhu and said, "How dare you say that? If you hadn't been talking nonsense, why would I be angry? If I hadn't been angry, I would have left you a portion of the money since you are the pillar of our family. After all, it's all your own fault, isn't it?"
Li Erhu said, "Haha, you are a woman who is really good at making excuses. I don't think you are afraid of offending the royal family by talking nonsense. It's obvious that you are a petty woman who must be jealous."
Wang Guifen saw that Li Erhu had guessed her thoughts correctly, and immediately said unhappily: "Qingjiang reminded you just now, stop talking nonsense here!"
Li Erhu saw that his wife was still angry and said, "Okay, I won't mention this anymore. But you took my toothbrush and toothpaste away today, which was wrong of you! But since you gave the toothbrush and toothpaste to the children, I am not so angry anymore. But you have to listen to me tonight! Only then can I calm down completely!"
Wang Guifen looked shy when she heard Li Erhu's words, but she still said unyieldingly: "Tsk, I won't listen!"
Li Erhu could see that Wang Guifen was no longer angry, so he gave her a light kiss on the face, then walked out of the house and said, "I'm going to work first!"
Wang Guifen looked at Li Erhu's leaving back and couldn't help but smile happily.
In this world, there are not many people who can express their love so openly. Li Erhu and Wang Guifen are an interesting couple.
In the bonsai world, local rich people can bring happiness by squandering money, while the lower-class people living in mountain villages, of course, also have their own unique way of happiness. Moreover, the feelings of the latter can hit the deepest part of the soul, and the happiness they bring is long-lasting and far-reaching.
At this moment, Xu Boan was still paying attention to the bonsai world. Seeing Li Erhu's actions, he couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. He felt that he had really eaten a lot of dog food.
Xu Boan simply decided not to bore himself here, and immediately shifted his attention to the large open space in the bonsai world where the little ones were learning to drive. At this time, the little ones who had already signed up for driving lessons had already begun practicing driving in an orderly manner under the accompaniment of Gao Tieqiang and a group of coaches.
The seedlings planted in the fields with the seeds that Xu Boan gave to the little people some time ago have grown very tall. Some little people are watering the crops in the fields. Niu Junfeng's animal taming skills have improved greatly under the guidance of Li Wufu. Now he can work on his own and even has several younger students under him. In short, there is a peaceful scene in the bonsai.
Xu Boan was very satisfied with the scene, and left the bonsai world after nothing happened. Thinking that he was now the largest shareholder of "Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory", it was time to arrange the jobs of Liu Quan and Tang Xiaotong. After all, they resigned because they wanted to work with him, so Xu Boan had been thinking about their jobs. It had been about half a month since Liu Quan resigned, and now he had a place to go, so he wanted to arrange them quickly to save them from feeling uncertain.
Then he picked up his phone and called Liu Quan first. Liu Quan, who was helping out in his wife's clothing store, quickly answered the call. Then Xu Boan heard Liu Quan's hearty laugh on the phone and said, "Mr. Xu, are you not busy these days?"
After so many days, after Liu Quan resigned, although he was full of confidence in Xu Boan's ability, who can predict the future of the world? What if Xu Boan is unable to work alone due to some uncontrollable factors, then his resignation from Dongjiang Erjian will be the biggest regret of his life. At that time, he will not only worry about not being able to face the problems of the elderly at home, but more seriously, his future livelihood will face severe challenges.
Liu Quan, who received a call from Xu Boan at this time, was full of expectations.
Xu Bo'an didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Liu Quan, this is what I mean. I recently bought a stake in a pharmaceutical factory in Dongjiang City. It's called Kangtai Pharmaceutical. You should have heard of it, right? Do you want to work there? If you are willing, I can take you there today to report and find a suitable position for you."
When Liu Quan heard Xu Bo'an's words, he suddenly felt very incredible. He stopped ironing the clothes in his hands and showed an expression of some acceptance on his face.
Liu Quan, the office director of Dongjiang Erjian, is in charge of the roster information of all the company's employees. He had read Xu Bo'an's resume before and knew that he majored in civil engineering in school and had been working in this field since graduation. When Liu Quan resigned and planned to follow Xu Bo'an, he believed that if Xu Bo'an worked alone, he would most likely work in an engineering-related industry, and in that case he would not have to face the discomfort brought about by a career change.
But he never expected that Xu Bo'an would get involved in the pharmaceutical industry. He was a civil engineering major who had nothing to do with medicine, but he actually switched to a pharmaceutical factory. And the extent of this switch seemed a bit too big! So Liu Quan found it difficult to accept the news for a while.
Moreover, as a local, he is of course familiar with "Kangtai Pharmaceutical", one of the three major pharmaceutical factories in Dongjiang City.
Liu Quan knew that the market of pharmaceutical factories had not been very good in recent years. Moreover, the news that a pharmaceutical factory as large as Kangtai Pharmaceutical was going to be sold had already reached his ears. He did not understand why Mr. Xu invested in such a mess. Wasn't this just a random investment? When the money was wasted, there would be no place to complain.
Liu Quan did not answer Xu Boan's question in time. His thoughts were wandering for a while. Xu Boan on the other end of the phone heard that Liu Quan did not answer his question in time, so he guessed why Liu Quan was hesitating. After all, Liu Quan did not know that Xu Boan had the hangover liquid in his hands. Xu Boan could understand the existence of such a market-leading product.
Seeing that Liu Quan hadn't spoken yet, Xu Bo'an asked knowingly, "Old Liu, are you still here? If you have any questions, just ask directly."
After hearing what Xu Bo'an said, Liu Quan pulled his thoughts back and said to Xu Bo'an very politely: "Mr. Xu, I'm here. I am indeed very confused. I want to tell you about my doubts. I hope you don't think too much about it."
Xu Boan said with a smile: "We have such a relationship, if you have any ideas, just tell me directly, I won't think too much about it."
After hearing what Xu Bo'an said, Liu Quan couldn't hold back his inner thoughts and spoke directly to the question in his mind: "Mr. Xu, I really can't understand. You have such a great natural advantage in the civil engineering industry. Why don't you do civil engineering related to your major, but jump into a completely unknown industry? And... and it's a company that is on the verge of bankruptcy?"
Liu Quan didn't make his words clear, because there are some things that everyone understands. Not only does Xu Boan have extensive experience and connections in the civil engineering industry, but Liu Quan himself is also from this industry. Under normal circumstances, if the two of them want to start a business, it should be related to the civil engineering industry.
Xu Boan didn't beat around the bush and said to Liu Quan with a smile, "Right! That's right, tell me your doubts so I can answer them for you! To be honest, I have developed a hangover sobering product that is unique in the market. After being tested by professional institutions, it has exceeded the efficacy of all hangover sobering products on the market. I originally planned to directly acquire a pharmaceutical factory.
I didn't expect that after I went there, I saw that the boss of Kangtai Pharmaceutical Factory was reluctant to part with the business he had founded, and offered to give me 90% of the shares. I thought this was a good idea.
I provided the patent to help his company revive, and he gave me shares, which was much less troublesome than if I bought it directly and ran it myself, so I agreed. It was not just yesterday that this was finalized, and I notified you today!"
Liu Quan's trust in Xu Boan has always been immense. When he heard that Xu Boan could develop a hangover solution that was more effective than any other hangover product on the market, he was immediately shocked.
He is also a character who has to deal with alcohol abuse, so he knows the importance of sobering up.
However, he never knew that Mr. Xu actually had such extraordinary skills. He was afraid that Xu Boan’s investment would fail, so he reminded him. It seems that he was overthinking it. At this moment, he felt that Xu Boan’s ability seemed to be beyond his imagination.
You can definitely go no wrong by following him.
Thinking of this, Liu Quan said directly to Xu Bo'an on the phone: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Xu. It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm afraid that your investment will fail and I won't be able to complain. Now that you said that, I suddenly feel that my knowledge is too shallow. I hope you can understand. If you have time now, I'd like to go with you now!"
Xu Boan said, "I'm free now and have plenty of time. Where are you now? I'll drive over and take you to the factory later, so you don't have to drive."
Liu Quan said politely: "Mr. Xu, I should pick you up in person!"
Xu Boan said disapprovingly, "Old Liu, don't be polite to me. Besides, I have something to do at the pharmaceutical factory today, so I'll just take you with me. Don't be so fussy. It's settled, I'll be there right away."
When Liu Quan heard that Xu Bo'an had made up his mind, he stopped being polite and said, "Okay, Mr. Xu, thank you for your help!" (End of this chapter)