After dealing with Zhao Kais, Long Xiao and Xiao Ming went to Xinglin Caotang to check on the cancer patients before returning to the Lin family.
Before they could even rest, Lin Hao came looking for Long Xiao.
Lin Hao wanted Long Xiao to find him a suitable job with good prospects and high income.
A job with good prospects and high income, yet without much ability from his end, was hard to come by.
Long Xiao thought for a while and couldn't think of a suitable placement, so he decided to have Lin Hao join Xuan Xiao Group in sales.
Xuan Xiao Group needed its own sales channels, so Long Xiao planned to set up a sales organization. This organization would include pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, as well as sales teams, advertising and marketing, and direct sales teams.
New drugs developed in the future would all be sold by this team.
"Lin Hao, how about this, your sister and I operate several pharmaceutical factories. How about you build a sales team for us?"
Lin Hao had always thought that Long Xiao was a security guard for some company and his sister was also working for someone else.
"What pharmaceutical factories do you operate, and what drugs do you produce?" Lin Hao asked.
"We have a total of five pharmaceutical factories, currently producing 'Mei Yan Dan', 'Scar Removal Cream', and 'Tai He Wei Shu'."
Lin Hao had never heard of 'Scar Removal Cream' or 'Tai He Wei Shu', but 'Mei Yan Dan' was a household name.
Recently, 'Mei Yan Dan' had been a hot topic in Donghai. The drug, originally priced at 1,000 yuan per box, was selling for over 3,000 yuan on the black market, and it was still hard to find.
"'Mei Yan Dan'? Selling for over 3,000 yuan on the black market, how could it be produced by your pharmaceutical factory."
Seeing Lin Hao's disbelief, Long Xiao said, "If you don't believe me, ask your sister. If you do, go out tomorrow and find a place to open a pharmacy. Also, find some people with good sales skills and have them join your department."
"Brother-in-law, are you serious?" Lin Hao asked.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Of course it's true. Xuan Xiao Group will open in a few days, and you will be the sales manager."
"Brother-in-law, how much is the annual salary for a sales manager?" Lin Hao asked.
Long Xiao thought for a moment and said, "We can't let Mom know about this, or she'll be bragging everywhere and cause trouble."
Lin Hao nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I definitely won't let Mom and Dad know."
When Xuan Xiao Company opened in a few days, Long Xiao knew he couldn't hide it from his mother-in-law, but the later she knew, the better, to avoid trouble.
"Lin Hao, your annual salary will be set at one million yuan for now, but we can't give it to you all at once, otherwise you'll spend too much and Mom will notice."
A million yuan annual salary, a company executive, Lin Hao was so excited he couldn't sleep at night.
The next day, Long Xiao and Lin Xuan went to inspect the Xuan Xiao Company building first.
The Xuan Xiao Company building was renovated, and the four large characters 'Xuan Xiao Group' were also installed.
The two walked through the building, and the signs for various departments were all hung up. Even office supplies for departments like finance were in place, and people were busy inside.
Seeing Long Xiao and Lin Xuan arrive, Xue Yanmei ran out and asked with a smile, "Chairman Long, do you think the preparations are satisfactory?"
"Don't call me Chairman Long, just call me Long Xiao," Long Xiao said politely.
Xue Yanmei nodded and said, "Okay, if not Chairman Long, I'll call you Brother Long, just like everyone else."
Xue Yanmei was wearing a sharp suit and her high heels clicked on the floor, her demeanor completely different from when she was in the small county.
After the two inspected Xuan Xiao Building, Long Xiao told Lin Xuan about letting Lin Hao be the sales department manager.
"You want Lin Hao to work in sales? He's never done it before and he's completely incapable."
Lin Xuan knew her brother well; he was idle all day and didn't understand sales.
Long Xiao smiled and said, "I know he's incapable too. If Bao Tie is his deputy manager, he'll be able to do it."
"Bao Tie? You want the Bao family to be in charge of sales?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "I had a conflict with the Bao family in the past. Although the Bao family allowed me to invest in their pharmaceutical factory, they still don't trust us."
"You're doing this to reassure the Bao family?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, we must reassure the Bao family. The Xuan Xiao Group in Donghai is just the beginning. In the future, I want to hand over all the branches of Xuan Xiao Group in Donghai to the Bao family."
"Long Xiao, aren't your ambitions a bit too grand? Xuan Xiao Group hasn't even opened yet, and you're already thinking of making it a nationwide conglomerate."
"If you don't do it, don't do it at all. If you do it, do it big."
The two spent the morning at the Xuan Xiao Group building. As they were preparing to go out for lunch, Long Xiao received a call from Zhao Tongxiang.
Zhao Tongxiang told Long Xiao that the battery had been successfully produced and was undergoing power consumption tests.
"Really? That's great."
"However, Brother Long, yesterday two people, claiming to be from the Long family, came to see me and wanted to discuss cooperation."
"Did you agree to them?" Long Xiao asked.
"Of course I couldn't agree. Brother Long has shown me great kindness, and this battery belongs to Xuan Xiao Group."
"You might be in trouble. I'll send someone over to protect you immediately. Also, if anything happens, call me at the first opportunity."
Once the battery test is complete, patents can be applied for. While conducting the experiment, Zhao Tongxiang had already recorded all the data, preparing materials for the patent application.
This battery, once released, could revolutionize the entire battery market and was of epoch-making significance. Therefore, at this critical juncture, there could be no mistakes.
Long Xiao called Xin Sihai and asked him to bring Xin Yifei along to protect Zhao Tongxiang and the battery.
After making the call, he still felt uneasy, so he called Luo Tianshui and asked him to provide covert protection.
The factory where the experimental batteries were manufactured belonged to the Xue family. The appearance of people from the Long family now indicated that the news had leaked.
The Long family hadn't directly seized it. If people from the Island Nation or other families found out, they might act directly.
"Lin Xuan, Yanmei, Shao Yu, you three go have lunch. I'll go see Zhao Tongxiang first, I'm a bit worried," Long Xiao said after making the calls.
When Xue Yanmei heard Long Xiao say he was worried about Zhao Tongxiang, she quickly asked, "Brother Long, is Tongxiang in danger?"
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "Don't worry, he's at the Xue family's factory, no one will dare to cause trouble."
After seeing the three beauties off in their car, Long Xiao took a taxi himself to the factory where Zhao Tongxiang was producing the batteries.
It was Long Xiao's first time there. After some inquiries, he finally arrived at the workshop for the experimental batteries.
Zhao Tongxiang, dressed in work clothes, was sitting on a chair, drinking tea. Not far from him, two workers were recording data from the instruments.
On the test bench, four palm-sized batteries were connected to ten electric motors, running at high speed.
Seeing Long Xiao arrive, Zhao Tongxiang put down his teacup and stood up, saying, "Brother Long, the experimental data is basically out."
Long Xiao smiled, walked to Zhao Tongxiang's side, looked at the test bench, and said, "Tell me about it."
Zhao Tongxiang told Long Xiao that these four batteries had been running ten 20-kilowatt electric motors at high speed for twenty-four hours. According to the data displayed on the meter, only five percent of the power had been consumed.
Upon hearing the data reported by Zhao Tongxiang, Long Xiao asked, "What is the motor power of a regular electric car?"
"About a little over twenty kilowatts."
This data shocked Long Xiao. It was too incredible.
This meant that ten electric cars running at high speed for a day would only consume five percent of the power from these four batteries.
Long Xiao expressed his surprise, "Zhao Tongxiang smiled and said, 'Brother Long, it's not calculated like that. These motors are not under load. Once they are under load, their operating time will be halved.'"
"No electric car would travel at high speed for twenty-four hours."
Zhao Tongxiang nodded and said, "The finished battery is three times larger than this, and its capacity is four times that of this battery. Calculated at an average of four hours of high-speed driving per day, my battery should last for a year on a single charge."