Genius Agent

Chapter 118 Thinking of Opening a Pharmacy

"Kawamura, call a meeting."

The next day, upon arriving at the newspaper office, Su Yuncheng instructed Huang Chuanming to gather everyone together and tell the reporters not to go out for the time being, and to wait until later if there was any news.

The newspaper wants to expand, which is a good thing, and everyone is happy about it.

This time, Su Yuncheng plans to recruit fifteen people, bringing the total size of the newspaper to thirty-five, and quickly increase the newspaper's sales to twenty thousand copies, and then move towards thirty thousand copies.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier, and people in newspapers also hope that their newspapers will grow in size and become big newspapers, so that they can be proud to talk about it in the future.

"Editor-in-chief, if the newspaper expands further, you should become the editor-in-chief."

Xiao Wang said with a smile, and the others were slightly taken aback, because their newspaper only had an editor-in-chief, not an editor-in-chief.

The main problem is that the scale is too small. If it expands to a certain size in the future, Su Yuncheng may indeed be promoted to editor-in-chief.

"We'll talk about the future later. We're going to expand now, so you all need to work hard. You'll all get your wages."

Su Yuncheng chuckled and shook his head, then glanced at He Wenyuan.

He Wenyuan had previously betrayed information about him to the Special Higher Police. Muto Tomohiro's idea was to keep him around so that he could be used to pass on false information to the Special Higher Police in the future. However, after Mizuno was transferred to Nanjing, no one from the Special Higher Police contacted He Wenyuan.

He Wenyuan himself had forgotten all of this.

Su Yuncheng was not in a hurry. He Wenyuan would be dealt with sooner or later, but not now.

The newspaper expanded its recruitment, which pleased not only them but also the printing plant.

Su Yuncheng made it clear that they would not start their own printing business and would continue to rely on printing plants unless the newspaper's print run exceeded 50,000 copies.

A newspaper that can maintain a daily circulation of over 50,000 copies is a truly major newspaper and must have its own printing plant.

To prevent anyone from holding them back in terms of printing.

"Editor-in-chief, should we set up separate editorial departments?"

Su Yuncheng invited them to a meeting very casually, and anyone could speak, Xiao Hu asked with a smile.

"This time, we'll divide things up. Huang Chuanming will be in charge of the news section, and Xiao Hu, you'll be in charge of the story section from now on."

As the newspaper expands, division of labor and cooperation become essential to maintain sales.

Even if Xiao Hu doesn't say anything, Su Yuncheng will make the arrangements.

This is inevitable as the newspaper grows larger.

The meeting ended quickly. Apart from Huang Chuanming, Xiao Hu and Xiao Wang were essentially promoted, and their salaries would increase accordingly.

Many people urged them to treat them to a meal. Although the monthly salary increase was not much, their salaries could be raised as newspaper sales increased, so the future prospects were definitely promising.

Huang Chuanming currently has the highest salary, earning over thirty yuan a month with various subsidies, which is definitely considered a high salary.

Huang Chuanming was very happy, but unfortunately Lao Meng wouldn't let him hand the money over to the organization.

The organization is short of money, but it will find ways to obtain funding from other sources.

With such a high salary, if he didn't have any money on hand, it would easily arouse Su Yuncheng's suspicion.

Huang Chuanming is now a formal member of the organization, a comrade who has gone undercover.

His safety is of utmost importance.

"Chuanming, keep an eye on things, I'm going out for a bit."

In the morning, Su Yuncheng went out on his own initiative. You Tiao and Chen Ming had already established themselves in the police station, and Horiuchi Sōsuke's business was expanding.

Su Yuncheng needs to think about his business.

Based on his previous understanding of future dreams, Su Yuncheng knew which things were more profitable.

Especially when war breaks out, these things will become incredibly expensive.

However, he currently lacks sufficient capital to operate on a large scale, and can only start with small businesses.

It's okay to have a small business; you can grow it gradually.

Before long, Su Yuncheng found a storefront he liked. The location wasn't great, but the price was cheap.

In the early stages, Su Yuncheng did not plan to make too much money. His main goal was to establish the business first, let the noodle shop come and get familiar with it, and then stockpile goods on a large scale before the war broke out.

After renting the storefront and getting the keys, Su Yuncheng returned without even cleaning the premises.

"Today is your last lesson. You have learned enough words for your daily use."

That evening, Su Yuncheng told Mian Tiao and Chen Ming directly that after teaching them for so long, they now both knew more than 800 characters.

Watching ordinary things is enough.

Even if there are unfamiliar words, they can deduce the meaning by using the words they know, and they have learned to look up words in the dictionary themselves, so they can learn unfamiliar words on their own.

"Teacher Su, are you busy and don't have time?"

Noodles asked first, and Su Yuncheng nodded: "That's right, Chen Ming, from now on, you should take some time every day at the police station to learn to read. Noodles, tomorrow tell the people at the cart company that you won't be pulling carts anymore."

"Not pulling the cart anymore?"

Noodles paused for a moment, then quickly became excited: "Teacher Su, can I join the police station too?"

"You're not going to the police station. I have a place for you that's no worse than the police station."

Su Yuncheng shook his head. He knew that Mian Tiao had been envious of Chen Ming lately. Mian Tiao had run into Chen Ming on the street several times. That black uniform was usually something he was afraid of, but he felt that Chen Ming looked particularly handsome in it.

He also knew that Chen Ming's current team leader was also one of Teacher Su's people.

His greatest wish was indeed to work in the police station like Chen Ming. It would be best if he could be with Chen Ming, so that someone could take care of him.

"Noodles, congratulations."

Chen Ming offered his congratulations, even though he didn't know where the noodles were going, but Teacher Su had said that they were no worse than the police.

In other words, the noodles have a better chance of going to the market than the noodles themselves.

Chen Ming wasn't jealous at all about Su Yuncheng taking care of the noodles. He met the teacher through the noodles, and the teacher not only taught them to read every day, but also arranged a job for him that he never dared to dream of before.

In his eyes, Su Yuncheng was the most capable person and also his benefactor.

"Teacher Su, I'll go anywhere you want. I'll go to the car dealership tomorrow and tell them I won't be pulling cars anymore."

Noodles nodded quickly. Su Yuncheng didn't say much to him, but told him to wait for him at the newly rented store at nine o'clock the next morning.

First, establish the business, and then gradually expand it.

Su Yuncheng had already decided what to do.

When war breaks out, food and medicine are the most profitable commodities, but food is monopolized by grain merchants, so he can't stockpile much food with his limited funds.

Medicines are different.

Medicine can save lives in critical moments, it's equivalent to a human life, so his plan is to open a pharmacy first and slowly stock up on medicine.

He would stock up on both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

"Open a pharmacy?"

The noodles arrived at the store early at nine o'clock the next morning. When Su Yuncheng came and told him the truth, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Teacher Su, I don't know anything about medicine, and I don't know anything about drugs."

The noodle shop owner said with great difficulty that he hadn't expected Su Yuncheng to open a pharmacy and specifically ask him to be the manager.

He was happy to help Su Yuncheng; being a shopkeeper was much better than pulling a cart, and Su Yuncheng paid him a good salary. However, he really didn't know anything about medicine.

"It's okay if you don't know anything. Just find someone who does. You can take care of the shop for me."

Su Yuncheng felt that the noodle shop was genuinely looking out for him. He wasn't concerned about how much money the business would make, but he was determined to find a reliable person to help him oversee it.

It's better to avoid people with ulterior motives.