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Indeed, Wen Xinya won the top spot for the Four Belles of the freshn at the Lan Feng Institute. Although it was just a superficial title, it greatly boosted Wen Xinya’s reputation in the Lan Feng Institute.
As for the voting for the Queen of Lan Feng, Wen Xinya was just placed at the seventh position. However, for a freshman to stand out among almost a thousand female students in the whole Institute within slightly a month of entering the Institute, it was a big deal. It was worth noting that the senior students occupied the first four placings, followed by two sophomores, and she was the highest-ranked freshman.
And Xia Ruya was just placed beyond the first hundred positions.
Of course, these were all told to her by Zhou Tianyu and Xu Tongxuan. She did not care for these superficial titles at all.
Today, she had an appointnt with Li ngjie and Yan Shaoqing to check on the progress of the renovations of the shop front. After getting out of the Institute, Wen Xinya flagged down a cab by the roadside and went to the shop front.
Once Wen Xinya alighted from the cab, she was totally astonished by the brilliant architecture before her eyes!
The entrance sloped up leading to a nine sapphire steps. Mounting the steps, nine wooden pillars engraved with dragons paired with phoenixes stood tall. Green glazed tiles, red pillars, golden roof, and white railings—the vintage imperial palace styled architectural design could already be seen.
Wen Xinya entered the inner hall. Yan Shaoqing and Li ngjie were already there!
Li ngjie brought Wen Xinya around the inner hall and said, “At the mont, the external renovations are already complete. As refinents are needed for the internal renovations, the progress has slowed down. However, everything is expected to be completed within two months.”
“Not bad. Seems richer than the designs on paper.” Wen Xinya couldn’t help but nod in approval after seeing the rough renovations inside. The renovation company recomnded by Gu Junling was indeed extraordinary.
Li ngjie nodded and said, “The renovation staff that you brought over is very experienced. The senior workers were able to tell the imperfections on paper right away and raise better suggestions. Not only did it hasten the renovation progress, but it has also saved quite a bit of resources, which resulted in massive savings for us.”
“These are the financial statents for the renovation budget at the mont.” Yan Shaoqing handed the financial statents over to Wen Xinya in a tily manner.
Wen Xinya looked through it carefully. There were two financial statents—a set of forecasted expenditure previously and a set of actual renovation spendings. Indeed, a huge sum was saved.
“Just nice, I have sothing to discuss with you. The renovation senior worker suggests that we use fired golden bricks for the flooring of our grand hall. Not only are they compact in terms of quality, but they’re also thick and grand, and can be fired with all sorts of prints according to our requirents. Most importantly, they’re relatively more cost-effective. The senior worker has given a set of price list and samples of the golden bricks—see what you think!” Li ngjie passed the prepared materials to Wen Xinya.
Wen Xinya knew that golden bricks were not gold. Instead, they were a special kind of stone material fired to be densely knitted and compact bricks, reputed to be golden rocks and thus, known as golden bricks. The flooring of ancient imperial palaces was mostly made of golden bricks, but that technique had already been lost. Currently, golden bricks in use were mostly imitation.
She examined the golden bricks closely. All sorts of prints like clouds, flowers, and birds were fired on them. Also, they were compact in terms of quality and did not pale in comparison to marble—indeed a qualified choice. She then looked at the price list again—indeed, they were a few tis cheaper than marble. “Okay, we’ll use golden bricks.”
Li ngjie smiled and said, “I’ll inform the renovation company in a bit.”
Wen Xinya looked towards Yan Shaoqing again. “Regarding the supply of dicinal herbs haven, are the details settled?”
Previously, Grandpa Du had introduced a few more influential dicinal herbs havens within the country to her. With Grandpa Du as the middleman, she had linked up with the other party very quickly. She had already briefly negotiated the collaboration with them. However, as she was underage, it was inconvenient for her to co forward to handle the specifics. Thus, it was handed over to Yan Shaoqing.
Yan Shaoqing replied, “The details are more or less settled. Lawyer Qiu is currently preparing the contract. When the ti cos, I’ll let you take a look first.”
Wen Xinya asked again, “How’re the arrangents over at the factory?”
Yan Shaoqing said, “Renovations for the factory are also in progress and are expected to be completed at the sa ti as that of the shop front. Additionally, so equipnt and staff have already been ready for so ti. Currently, I’m discussing the related training courses with the Traditional Chinese dicine physician that you sourced.”
Wen Xinya nodded. She had chosen the costics factory to be situated on the outskirts of Jin City. Although Jin City would be rapidly developed in the future, it was also the first city in the country to propose environntal protection and excelled at it. The place that she had chosen was serene, close to the mountains and rivers, and would substantially elevate the value of her costic products in the future.
Wen Xinya looked towards Li ngjie. “The preparations on Yan Shaoqing’s end are more or less completed. How’s the staff training going on for your side?”
As they were going for the the of a grand banquet in an ancient palace, the staff in the shop was all required to learn the etiquette of the Tang dynasty. Also, they needed to understand the philosophy and foundational knowledge of the Traditional Chinese dicine skincare as well as the related ssages of the products.
Li ngjie answered, “Staff training is going on well and is expected to be completed in another month.”
Wen Xinya smiled and said, “In that case, I can set out to prepare the related docunts regarding the manufacturing of products as well as the Center for Prevention of Diseases and the Drug Administration Authority.”
As if Yan Shaoqing predicted Wen Xinya’s move, he whipped out so related docunts and passed them to her. “It’s best if we can obtain the GMP drug manufacturing standards license—it’s the highest certification required for the major costics brands both locally and abroad. With Traditional Chinese dicine skincare products, this certification is even more important for us. I’ve prepared the related docunts here—you can have a look.”
“Okay, I’ll go back and study it carefully.” GMP was the manufacturing standards that the World Health Organization recomnded that all countries in the world employ, aning “Good Manufacturing Practice”. It was a kind of autonomous managent standards focusing on the production quality and safety standards during the production process.
Li ngjie said, “We also need to start designing the packaging for our products. Product aesthetics directly affect the intuitive and subjective impression that the products give you and can’t be taken lightly. If we start preparing earlier, we’ll have more ti.”
“I’ll take care of this part. You guys don’t have to worry!” Wen Xinya intended to design herself and already vaguely had many leads in her mind.
Hearing which, Li ngjie felt assured. “Regarding sales, are we only doing store sales?”
Wen Xinya said, “I’ve agreed on a formal sales line cooperation with the Floral Lingo Pavilion. The products of Lanxin Costics would be placed at the Floral Lingo Pavilion on consignnt and they’ll draw a 20% commission. Additionally, our custors will need to have the Floral Lingo Pavilion’s VIP card in order to purchase products at the shop front. So beauty-related products will form a sales chain with the Floral Lingo Pavilion—we’ll do our best to make custors understand that the effects of our products will be further enhanced when paired with the beauticians of the Floral Lingo Pavilion!”
The 20% commission given by Lanxin to the Floral Lingo Pavilion seed insignificant. However, once custors knew that the effects of the Traditional Chinese dicine skincare products would be enhanced when paired with all sorts of top-grade treatnts at the Floral Lingo Pavilion, the Floral Lingo Pavilion would profit greatly from the provision of their services.
“Got it!” Li ngjie gasped. Before the opening of the shop front, she had already found the Floral Lingo Pavilion to ensure the products of Lanxin Costics. With the affirmation of a top beauty salon like the Floral Lingo Pavilion, all the more they wouldn’t need to fret over sales once their products were launched.
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