In the following days, Shen Qiang and Bai Jiao stayed at Bai Zhuang, eating, drinking, meeting friends and relatives, playing cards. When they had time, they discussed with Bai Shiyi about the future development of Heshenghe. Bai Shiyi was insightful and experienced in this regard, and Shen Qiang greatly benefited from their conversations.

Meanwhile.

The issue that truly concerned Shen Qiang was still the matter of investing in his hometown.

The reason was simple.

With Ye Guyun by his side.

If Shen Qiang wanted to visit his parents, it would only take a dozen minutes, far more convenient than a regular person taking the bus to work. However, the trouble was if he kept appearing at home inexplicably, over time, the villagers would undoubtedly notice something amiss.

If the company had an investment back home, then everything would become convenient. Shen Qiang could use the company as an excuse and return whenever he wanted.

So, during these days, Shen Qiang deliberately called Bianyi several times to discuss this matter.

But Bianyi was not at all optimistic about Shen Qiang's investment in his hometown, believing there was more than a ninety-percent chance of failure.

However, after all, Shen Qiang was the boss. At his request, the Group's Development Planning Department held several meetings, discussed the matter for two days, and then suggested to Shen Qiang that: 1. Set up the planned sports school there for Heshenghe, 2. Invest in a film shooting base, 3. Construct a pharmaceutical factory.

When these three proposals were put forward, Shen Qiang laughed.

Establishing the sports school here was not a problem; a so-called sports school was merely an attempt to train some cultivators for Heshenghe, searching for promising talents among the students.

But the problem was that this would make the investment promotion office very disappointed.

Investing in a film shooting base was even more absurd since Shen Qiang was completely unfamiliar with that field. Building a film city like that would require a tremendous amount of money and couldn't possibly be achieved in the short term.

As for the pharmaceutical factory, Bianyi had always had deep grievances.

Because Tianyou Medicine was independent of the Heshenghe Group, meaning Bianyi could only look on, unable to touch it.

After reviewing the related analysis report, Shen Qiang found that indeed, setting up a pharmaceutical factory in the county town was feasible, but it didn't have great advantages. This was because the plot of land was indeed large, and acquiring land and building a factory was relatively cheap, but the crux of the matter was if current employees didn't want to leave the Provincial City.

Then recruiting staff would certainly be a problem.

So Shen Qiang instructed the Group's Planning Department to carefully study this issue to see if there were any other viable options.

Besides, in these days, Shen Qiang also halted the efforts of Cheng Xinyi and Wan Xin Hesheng in acquiring space magical treasures because the market was already saturated.

Ever since obtaining the Eternal Life Cabin.

Shen Qiang, to prepare for future ventures to the Immortal Realm, or to ensure he had sufficient resources elsewhere, had been acquiring storage rings and Qiankun bags.

Now, including acquisitions and battle spoils, Shen Qiang owned a total of fifty-three storage rings and more than three hundred Qiankun bags.

This short-term frenzied acquisition led to a surge in the prices of Earth Storage Rings and Qiankun Bags.

The most ordinary storage ring's price had risen to over eighty million now.

In the past, with this price, Shen Qiang could have bought an exquisite storage ring from Xu Nan.

Qiankun Bag prices had also soared from around three million to over five hundred for just one.

Under such circumstances, the significance of continuing to crazily collect such magical treasures was practically negligible.

Moreover, from the current situation, with fifty-three storage rings and more than three hundred Qiankun bags, after filling them with various materials, they could likely meet Shen Qiang's present needs. As for the future, if there was indeed a chance to go to the Immortal Realm, that could be discussed then, as these items had become absurdly expensive now.

Apart from this.

It must be mentioned that the elixir consignment shop of Shen Qiang's Dragon Group had also sold some elixirs during this period, earning nineteen thousand points, enough to exchange for two immortal artifacts after saving up a bit more.

However, there were no immediate needs, so Shen Qiang did not plan to exchange anything.

On the sixth day of the lunar New Year, Vice Principal Zhao of the Medical University's graduate school, also Shen Qiang's postgraduate mentor, called to briefly discuss Shen Qiang's upcoming semester as an exchange student in Beijing, essentially advising Shen Qiang not to feel burdened.

Exchanging ideas with other institutes was beneficial, after all.

This made Shen Qiang want to laugh.

But there was nothing much to say.

Since the entire semester, Shen Qiang had been "engaging in non-related business." Therefore, when the principal suggested that he transfer to another school, Shen Qiang had no objections.

After all, it was quite normal.

Meanwhile, Vice Principal Zhao instructed Shen Qiang to prioritize completing his studies since this was the foundation; despite the need to seize opportunities in business, academic opportunities were even more crucial.

Besides this, there was nothing else particularly important.

On the sixth day of the lunar New Year at noon.

Shen Qiang and Bai Jiao were preparing to return to the Provincial City because the Group had resumed normal operations, and Shen Qiang's new semester was just two weeks away from starting, so he needed to go back to make some preparations. After all, the company, home, pharmaceutical factory, and antique store all needed arrangements.

So they planned to leave immediately after lunch.

During the lunch banquet.

The already familiar Bai Shiyi suddenly asked, "Shen Qiang, regarding attending the Elixir Pills Conference, did you reply to Medicine King Valley?"

This question stunned Shen Qiang, who replied, "Not yet."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shiyi said, "Then I have a suggestion for you to consider; if you think it's feasible, you can do it, if not, just forget it."

This made Shen Qiang find it amusing: "No problem, go ahead."

Bai Shiyi smiled and said, "The quality of Timeless Beauty Pill and Ethereal Beauty Pill has definitely surpassed the category of ordinary pills. Although Xiao Jiao leaked some information online before the New Year, no one is paying attention now."

"In this case, rushing to market them might not bring suitable pricing, and currently online, many alchemists and cultivators doubt your qualification for the Elixir Pills Conference, so I was thinking, you could do this."

"First host a new elixir launch event for Heshenghe, focusing on the Ethereal Beauty Pill. After the announcement, declare that you will be carrying an even better Timeless Beauty Pill to participate in the Medicine King Valley's Elixir Pills Conference, this way, Medicine King Valley won't see you as arrogant, and attention from the Cultivation World towards you will increase."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang thought for a moment and said, "Sure, we can do that and also broadcast it live."

Seeing Shen Qiang agree, Bai Shiyi's eyes brightened instantly and added with a smile, "Remember, it has to be done perfectly and beautifully because the sixteenth of the lunar New Year is Cheng Xinyi's annual store celebration sales day, so you must complete everything before the fifteenth. By then, once the Ethereal Beauty Pill is launched, it will surely astonish the Cultivation World!"

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