Chapter 544: Plan to Develop Gui Province

Boss, you finally came back!!!" Shen Anna saw Chen Yang appear at her doorstep and immediately complained, "Your ex-wife has been mooching off me these days, pretending to be crazy after drinking, she's about to drive me insane!"

Chen Yang hurriedly apologized to her.

Shen Anna invited Chen Yang into the house and poured him a cup of plain water. Then she continued complaining: "Do you think this girl is sick? She's the one who wants a divorce, she's the one unwilling to remarry, yet she still demands you stay pure for her. What kind of deal is that!"

Chen Yang gave Shen Anna a thumbs up; those words hit right at his heart.

"Anna sis, if she could be as reasonable as you, my life would be much easier."

Shen Anna immediately gave Chen Yang a glare and said angrily, "You're no good either. Relying on your good looks and a few bucks in your pocket, you fool around everywhere. Lin Wei divorcing you was absolutely wise!"

Chen Yang gave an embarrassed laugh. Upon reflection, Shen Anna was right. If he hadn't gotten too close with Liu Qingqing and Su Mingyue, maybe none of these later troubles would have happened.

"Alright, I don't want to meddle in your affairs. Let's talk about work instead..." Shen Anna didn't want to put Chen Yang on the spot, so she shifted the topic: "Our business in Dongjiangsheng is nearing saturation; shouldn't we continue expanding the out-of-province market this year?"

Chen Yang strongly agreed with Shen Anna's opinion. After over two years of rapid expansion, the development of Old Hundred Surnames Agricultural Products Trading Company in Dongjiangsheng has indeed hit a bottleneck.

The biggest problem is that the product line is too monotonous. Although the company also purchases products from a few southwestern provinces, the share is too low, accounting for only thirty percent of total sales.

In other words, seventy percent of the company's products come from Dongjiangsheng.

For a company striving to capture the national market, this is a highly inadequate phenomenon!

"Anna sis, let's strive to develop the markets in those several southwestern provinces this year. Especially, Gui Province's climate is very suitable for growing fruits and vegetables. If we develop that market, we can greatly reduce the company's product import costs."

"Good!" As the company's actual manager, Shen Anna clearly knew that fruit procurement costs in Gui Province were lower than in their own province. If they could activate the Gui Province market, the company's bottleneck would be instantly resolved.

"Boss, do you want to personally go to Gui Province for a trip?"

Chen Yang immediately rejected Shen Anna's proposal. He is now a billionaire boss, not the head of the market development department. If everything required the boss to personally handle it, what would the market department be for!

"Anna sis, let the market department handle it! We just need to ensure logistical support is adequate."

Seeing Chen Yang unwilling to go to Gui Province, Shen Anna didn't press him. After all, the company has developed to this point, and Chen Yang basically acts as a hands-off manager.

"Then how should we arrange the IPO?"

"First prepare the materials, then apply when the time comes. Whether it succeeds is left to fate!" Chen Yang didn't care whether Old Hundred Surnames Agricultural Products Trading Company could go public this year. Because the company's performance speaks for itself, going public is just a matter of time.

If it really doesn't work out, going public by borrowing the shell of Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical is just as good.

After finishing the talk with Shen Anna, Chen Yang went to Starlight Financial Investment Company the next day.

He directly sought out the person in charge of the company, Yao Xia, and expressed his intention to invest in Gui Province.

Regarding Chen Yang's proposal, Yao Xia hesitated a bit. She told Chen Yang, "Dongjiangsheng is currently developing everywhere; there's no need to invest our money outside the province."

Chen Yang clearly understood Yao Xia's inner thoughts. For Yao Chunming's career, she would rather pour all of Starlight Financial Investment Company's funds into New Peace City.

However, since Yao Chunming has no hope of reconciling with Yexin, Chen Yang had no intention of indulging Yao Xia. He said, "Director Yao, investing in Gui Province is the most important step for the company's provincial expansion. If we don't develop that market now, by the time we finish handling Dongjiangsheng's business, others will have already seized the opportunity."

Yao Xia said indifferently, "Securing the Dongjiangsheng market is enough; there's no need to consider outside matters."

Upon hearing that, Chen Yang felt deeply disappointed. A company general manager actually abandoning the company's future development plan for personal gain—if Yexin weren't still in detention, he would have already exploded.

"Mr. Yao, why not gather all the shareholders to the company to discuss a countermeasure!"

"Good!" Yao Xia appeared very confident in herself and readily agreed.

Thus, Chen Yang called Huang Baiming and Zhao Feiyang to come to the company together.

"Chen Yang, I think we can invest not only in agricultural products but also in other industries." Huang Baiming strongly supported Chen Yang's suggestion. Their family's company has actually already begun expanding beyond the province.

Chen Yang then asked Zhao Feiyang, "What do you think?"

Zhao Feiyang hesitated a moment and said, "We personally currently have no intention of expanding beyond the province. Our current focus is still completing the project in New Peace City."

Seeing that the support and opposition were tied at 2:2, Chen Yang could only temporarily abandon the idea of developing Gui Province.

After the meeting ended, she called He Wanqiu to inform her that the company was about to invest in southern medicinal herb cultivation and fruit and vegetable planting projects.

"Boss, we're a pharmaceutical company; our own problems aren't even solved yet, and now we're investing in other projects—isn't that a bit chaotic?" He Wanqiu raised doubts about Chen Yang's suggestion.

Chen Yang dismissed the concern, saying, "As long as it brings profit to the company, it's the best choice."

He Wanqiu is just an employee; since Chen Yang insists on investing in Gui Province, she can only silently accept.

However, she also has her own demands.

"Boss, I'm preparing to bring back a few experts from Beautiful Country to develop medicines; you won't have any objections, will you?"

"Good, as long as it benefits the company, I support it." Chen Yang didn't care much whether Heavenly Initiation Pharmaceutical could make money. After all, pharmaceuticals are the future's big direction; as long as they achieve some unique major breakthrough, the stock price will keep rising steadily.

Upon hearing that, He Wanqiu exclaimed delightedly, "Boss, could you allocate some more funds for product R&D?"

"I gave you a hundred million, and it's already gone in no time?" Chen Yang looked at He Wanqiu with surprise; the spending speed is way too fast!

"No!" He Wanqiu said somewhat embarrassedly to Chen Yang, "Before you took over, the company had collaborated on several projects. Suppliers came to the company's door every day before the year. To avoid affecting the company's reputation, I took part of the R&D funds to pay off debts."

Chen Yang originally thought that establishing the Securities Investment Department and turning a profit would win back some customers' confidence. Now he realizes he was overthinking it.

The aftereffects left by Su Zhichao are unlikely to heal in the short term.