Chapter 55: The Company Gets on the Right Track

Wang Hai glanced at Wu Cai, thinking to himself that the only decent thing on his entire person was his Daoist robe; everything else was tattered and torn, and he wanted to go to Great Shanghai with just that?

Wu Cai instantly understood the look in Wang Hai's eyes and immediately raised his head, saying proudly, "It was Master who told me, letting me go to work at Junior Martial Brother's company."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hai immediately perked up; he had heard from his cousin and fellow apprentice, Daoist Qianhe, that his Junior Martial Brother was highly skilled and also very wealthy.

Since it was a matter instructed by Master, plus the fact that it involved the rising star Junior Martial Brother Zhang Cheng, he immediately believed it.

He deliberately provoked Wu Cai, saying, "Ha, how much of a salary can Junior Martial Brother pay you? Is it enough for you to live in Great Shanghai?"

Wu Cai immediately retorted indignantly, "Hmph, Master has already said, going to work for Junior Martial Brother, five hundred silver dollars a month!"

"What, five hundred!"

Wang Hai couldn't hold it together; he worked hard all year and only made one or two thousand silver dollars, yet Wu Cai could make six thousand a year—he was unconvinced!

He immediately said, "No way, I'm going too!"

Wu Cai said smugly, "Hehe, Master only told me."

Wang Hai said with dissatisfaction, "I'm going to ask Master right now!"

Having said that, Wang Hai returned home to set up an altar and consult Master.

After a conversation, Wang Hai also obtained the opportunity to go to Shanghai.

Wu Cai was just packing his things when Wang Hai walked up to his door and said, "Junior Martial Brother, Master has agreed to let me go too."

Wu Cai frowned and said, "How could Master agree to you?"

Wang Hai said triumphantly, "I told Master that I would have the same treatment as you, but I have my apprentice A-Fa to help out, and A-Fa doesn't want money, hahaha."

Wu Cai looked at A-Fa in disbelief and asked, "A-Fa, you're actually willing?"

A-Fa said excitedly, "Junior Martial Uncle, we get to go to Great Shanghai, so of course I'm willing.

Master said he would give me some pocket money, so I agreed."

Wu Cai glared at Wang Hai with resentment and went to pack his things in a sulk.

The next day, Wang Hai and Wu Cai left the small town together, and Wang Hai said smugly, "Junior Martial Brother, let's travel together, we can look out for each other."

"Hmph!" Wu Cai snorted coldly and turned away.

Seven days later, Wang Hai and Wu Cai arrived at the North Station in Great Shanghai and got off the train.

Just then, a young man was holding a sign; Wang Hai, who was wearing a suit, was the first to greet him, while Wu Cai and A-Fa were both wearing short jackets.

The young man immediately smiled and stepped forward, saying, "Hello, gentlemen, my name is Xie Yunhui. The car is waiting outside, please follow me."

Xie Yunhui was a salesman recruited by Zhang Cheng; they mainly looked for medicinal herb dealers, while Wang Hai and Wu Cai were there to identify the herbs.

The vehicle that picked them up was a Ford Model T, which Zhang Cheng had bought for the company's use; there were two in total.

It was the first time Wang Hai, Wu Cai, and A-Fa had ridden in a sedan; Wang Hai smiled and said, "A-Sheng has really accomplished great things, he even has a sedan."

A-Fa chimed in, "That's right, even the masters in our town don't have one."

Xie Yunhui smiled and said, "The boss has a good relationship with an American. This car is quite good; it only cost over a thousand silver dollars. If you bought it yourself, it would be at least two thousand."

"Goodness, one or two thousand!"

The group was very surprised and sighed one after another that Zhang Cheng was truly wealthy.

A moment later, they arrived at the Citibank building; their company was in the building next to the Citibank building.

Jiujiang Road gathered most of the banks and foreign firms in the concessions; it could be called the Wall Street of Shanghai.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng's company naturally rented a floor in a building here as their office space.

Currently, Zhang Cheng's company had ten salesmen, two clerks, one assistant, and a cleaner.

Now they had to count the two medicinal herb appraisers, Wang Hai and Wu Cai. With just over ten people, the company scale was quite decent.

Xie Yunhui brought Wang Hai and Wu Cai to Zhang Cheng's office.

After bringing them inside, Xie Yunhui left.

Zhang Cheng immediately cast a spell to isolate the possibility of others eavesdropping.

He quickly reached out his hand and said, "Two Senior Martial Brothers, please sit."

Wang Hai and Wu Cai sat down quickly, while A-Fa naturally stood behind Wang Hai and greeted Zhang Cheng, "Junior Martial Uncle."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "A-Fa, sit wherever you like."

Having said that, he said to his two Senior Martial Brothers, "Senior Martial Brother Wang, Senior Martial Brother Wu, I believe Master has already told you about my situation.

From now on, you can just call me A-Sheng, and I will call you Brother A-Hai and Brother A-Cai.

What you need to do in the company is to identify medicinal herbs. If they are precious herbs over fifty years old, we won't sell them; if they are younger than that, we can sell them."

Wu Cai asked in confusion, "A-Sheng, why do you want to do that?"

Wang Hai smiled and said, "You really are stupid. This is called 'scarcity makes things expensive'; precious herbs should naturally be auctioned off."

Zhang Cheng quickly explained, "That's not necessary; I want to collect the precious herbs."

Wu Cai said with a hint of smugness, "Does Junior Martial Brother need so many herbs for cultivation?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Preparing for the future; I worry that these good herbs will become fewer and fewer."

Wang Hai nodded quickly and said, "Ah, A-Sheng, your foresight is truly profound, good idea!

A-Sheng, if you only sell herbs, you won't make much money. Maoshan has many medicinal pills that can strengthen the body and consolidate the foundation; they can be sold as commodities."

Zhang Cheng asked, "This matter still needs to be asked of Master first."

Wu Cai nodded and said, "That's right, A-Sheng is correct."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Alright then, Brother A-Hai, Brother A-Cai, I will advance you this month's salary first; you should go and rent a place to settle down."

After seeing off Wang Hai and Wu Cai, Zhang Cheng finally thought carefully about the suggestion Wang Hai had made.

Ordinary people certainly couldn't afford these pills, so they could only be sold to the upper class.

That's fine too; some people make fortunes from national disasters, and some rely on exploiting their own people. Making money off them is also robbing the rich to help the poor.

High prices, they must be super high prices; I'll fleece them hard.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly left the company and returned to his villa, immediately contacting his master, Perfected Jinbao.

Perfected Jinbao ran off to discuss the matter with his sect leader and decided to agree to it.

Therefore, Perfected Jinbao sent a message to Zhang Cheng with the formulas for several medicinal pills.

These were all ordinary medicinal pill formulas; one was mainly for tonifying the kidneys, called the Water-Nourishing Pill.

Another was called the Foundation-Cultivating Pill, and there was also one for the Essence-Solidifying Pill.

Although there were only three pill formulas, for Zhang Cheng, this was already enough to use.

He wrote down the three pill formulas and then handed them to Wang Hai and Wu Cai, letting them handle the matter.

Among the three, only A-Fa was the most attentive; after all, as a young man from a small town who had seen the bustling world of Shanghai, he naturally wanted to work hard to stay there.

Now that the person to identify the medicinal herbs was in place, the ten sales representatives he had recruited also began to get busy.

After the sales representatives secured orders, they naturally reported to Zhang Cheng first.

The orders were first handed to the assistant, Huang Yuqin.

Huang Yuqin was a local from the outskirts of Shanghai who had attended one year of university, but due to a family crisis, she had been forced to drop out and worked at a foreign firm for two years.

Because she detested her superior's misconduct, she resigned and happened to be hired by Zhang Cheng.

Huang Yuqin was pretty and had a slender figure, but what Zhang Cheng valued was her work ability.

Don't be fooled by Zhang Cheng being busy in the office; he was actually cultivating, and most matters were handled by Huang Yuqin.

This time, Huang Yuqin brought the orders to Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng didn't even look up as he said, "Once there is a source of goods, just let Brother A-Hai and the others handle it; there is no need to show me, as long as you keep a good record."

Although Huang Yuqin was a bit puzzled, she still replied, "Very well, Boss."