Chapter 284: The Fat Sheep Awaiting Slaughter

When the old folks heard that Li Xian was actually charging for the pile of health products he brought, they were outraged!

"Heartless little Li! Did I not treat you well before?"

"Exactly! Damn it, last year you tricked us into buying those coffins, causing us so much trouble. Now you've taken over the berry research institute and are charging us for the products, you're really something else!"

Li Xian did not take kindly to this.

Is that so?

Even though I was the one selling coffins, you all had a genuine need back then. How can you say it was trickery?

"Stop!" Li Xian immediately raised his hand and indignantly said, "Old Chu, how was I tricking you into buying coffins? The coffins were perfectly fine, so how did they cause trouble for you?"

Hearing this, Old Chu took off his hat and threw it on the ground in frustration. "Damn it! Last month, we had a break-in at the institute. There wasn't much valuable stuff, so the thief couldn't steal anything. But that fool entered through the back wall instead of the front door, and at night, he saw a yard full of coffins and went crazy with fear!"

"That's a good thing!" Li Xian blinked, thinking the coffins had protected you from thieves, saving you from needing guard dogs!

"Good my foot!" Old Chu was furious. "At night, we didn't know we were being robbed. The loud noise made us think it was a haunting. It scared Uncle Liu and Uncle Qi so much their heart problems flared up! When we called the police, the officers who saw the row of coffins and the thief scrambling around fainted on the spot!"

Li Xian scratched his ear and remained silent.

"And it's not over yet!" Old Chu was clearly enraged, pointing at Li Xian and scolding, "Just half a month ago, the leader from the provincial forestry bureau came for an inspection. He was too shy to say he needed to use the toilet, so he went to the back yard. Seeing all the coffins, he wet his pants and caused a major embarrassment!"

Pfft!

Li Xian thought to himself that putting the coffins in a shady backyard wasn't a good idea.

He sighed, spread his hands, and said with a forced smile, "Old Chu, this has nothing to do with me. It's clear that your reception work was inadequate!"

The crowd was not listening to his explanations.

The coffins were something Li Xian had insisted on buying himself, so he could only complain but had no real response. However, when it came to the 399 yuan health products, they were highly resistant.

"Get this stuff out of here! We're all in good health and don't need it!"

"Moreover, what's with the price? 399 yuan per box, why don't you just rob us?"

"Exactly. How much is gold per gram? Little brat, you've gone too far. You want to sell to us without even a friendship discount? You've forgotten your roots! How many bottles in a box?"

"Thirty bottles. One bottle a day lasts a month," Li Xian answered.

"That's way too expensive. A single bottle costs over ten yuan. What family can afford this? Our monthly pension isn't even that much."

"Little Li, you've miscalculated. My pension is only one hundred seventy yuan a month. I can't afford your stuff."

Nearby, Wang Lin and the others who had been watching for a while chimed in, causing everyone to agree.

Li Xian clicked his tongue. "Hey, my lord Wang, you've got the wrong idea here!"

Wang Lin squinted. "What's the wrong idea?"

Li Xian crouched down with a box of the health product and said, "Ten yuan, and it's just a dead thing sitting there. It creates no value. But this health product is different! It's extracted from various local specialties…"

"Enough!" Wang Lin waved his hand. "I don't believe a word you're saying."

Hey?!

Li Xian opened and closed his mouth, momentarily at a loss for words.

How could trust collapse so quickly?

He thought for a moment, smacked his forehead, and then turned to pull over Wang Lin and Xu Mao and Wang Hongfei, who had been watching the show from behind.

He took Wang Lin's hand and brought him in front of Wang Lin. "Lord Wang, if you don't believe me, here's our expert from the berry research institute. Let him give you an unbiased explanation of the benefits of this health product! Wang Gong, explain to the old folks how effective this health product is!"

Wang Lin knew Wang Lin and was a bit apprehensive in front of the old director. However, since the berry research institute was now under Li's name and relied on the sales of health products for its revenue, he braced himself and introduced it to the scrutinizing Wang Lin.

"Director Wang, this health product is indeed extracted from ingredients like Schisandra and Siberian Ginseng. In our previous animal experiments, the Schisandra extracts were found to lower elevated ALT levels caused by substances like carbon tetrachloride and thioacetamide. Schisandra's lignans have hepatoprotective effects. The aqueous and ethanolic extracts can strengthen myocardial contraction and increase vascular tension. The decoction has an inhibitory effect on myocardial ATPase activity in rats and has antihypertensive effects in anesthetized dogs. Additionally, the ethanol extract has inhibitory effects on anthrax bacillus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Salmonella, and Vibrio cholerae, enhancing the body's defense against non-specific stimuli. Overall, this health product is effective for elderly conditions like lung and kidney deficiencies, cough and shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, and nocturnal sweating, thirst due to fluid loss, diabetes, dry mouth due to yin deficiency, and symptoms of heart palpitations and insomnia. It also helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, and boosts immunity."

Seeing Wang Lin, who was about the same age as himself, looking serious and professional in his white lab coat while explaining, Wang Lin glanced at Li Xian with surprise.

"You really are doing serious business?"

Receiving a compliment, Li Xian patted his chest. "Of course!"

With the expert's detailed introduction, the effectiveness of the health product was recognized, and the elderly were suddenly very curious.

Seizing the moment, Li Xian picked up one of the boxes and said, "Moreover, everyone misunderstood me! Given our relationship, would I sell something to you without a discount? That's impossible!"

Li Xian sighed deeply, showing 12,000 percent of grievance, and said, "Right now, our product is just launched and in the promotion phase. So, I thought I'd let everyone try it out early and still get some benefits."

When benefits were mentioned, Zheng Weishi sneered, "Do you really have such good intentions?"

Li Xian slapped his thigh and explained the direct selling policy of earning commissions from pushing products and recruiting salespeople. Although it was a bit complex, the retired officials present understood quickly, except for Wu Shengli, who had trouble with ten fingers.

Especially Zheng Weishi.

Seeing Li Xian blink, Old Zheng said, "So, if I recruit twenty-five people, I get this product for free every month and make two thousand yuan?"

Li Xian nodded vigorously. "That's right! That's why I'm here to bring you all benefits. Now, if you buy ten sets of products, you can become the first batch of direct sellers for our company, enjoy a 35% discount on purchasing and all direct selling privileges. What do you think? Don't say I didn't take care of you!"

"Get lost!" "Forget it!"

Ten sets of health products mean 4,000 yuan!

Hearing Li Xian's offer, the elderly, who had just become interested, turned against him again.

However, Zheng Weishi, standing in front of Li Xian, was thinking differently.

While others were criticizing Li Xian, Old Zheng approached him. "Kid, the effectiveness of this stuff is real, right?"

"Definitely! Zheng Grandpa, this is something ingested. Even if I were to deceive, I wouldn't deceive you first," Li Xian said honestly.

Seeing his face still sincere, Old Zheng raised his eyebrows. "Then give me ten sets. I'll be your first batch of direct sellers!"

Hey!

Li Xian gave him a thumbs up.

Look, look! What's a discerning person? This is it!

He immediately took out ten boxes from the pile of products and handed them to Old Zheng.

"Zheng Grandpa, how about the payment?"

As Old Zheng took the health products and wiped the excited sweat from his forehead, Li Xian asked.

Old Zheng waved his hand. "Not right now, owe it for now. I'll pay you when I make money."

Li Xian, who was waiting to receive payment, had his mouth twitch a couple of times.

Direct selling doesn't work this way!

…

With no one else willing to pay, only Old Zheng expressed support. Li Xian could only accept Old Zheng's terms and made his first direct selling deal on a post-payment basis.

After selling for a while, and seeing that the other elderly people were not interested, he gave up completely.

Only then did he notice that Old Wu hadn't gone home yet.

Even though Old Wu had Su Ma by his side now, he still returned to the retirement home every morning and afternoon to report and hang out with his old buddies.

It was mealtime now, so he should be back at the house to help Su Ma with cooking. However, Old Wu had no intention of going back

.

This was strange.

Li Xian approached and learned that the old couple's relationship was in trouble due to the wedding.

Lately, Old Wu had been eager to get married and have a wedding with Su Ma, but Su Ma was reluctant, either due to shyness or something else.

Old Wu, now in the throes of love, couldn't be comfortable without marrying Su Ma and living together. To show his dissatisfaction, he moved back to the retirement home to protest.

Hearing that Old Wu was upset over this, Li Xian was amused.

He thought, you old rascal, Su Ma's children are living in the house. Just holding hands with her is good enough, and you're still hoping to share a bed with her? How shameless!

But since it was about Old Wu's happiness in his later years, Li Xian decided to support him.

"Hey!" He waved his hand. "This is easy."

"How so?" Old Wu asked, immediately coming over when he heard Li Xian had a plan.

Li Xian grinned, "I'll go to the house later, find a reason to get Su Ya and Su Hui to the Eight-Nine Forest Farm. That way, in the house… cough cough, with just a man and a woman left. If you still can't handle it, that's your own problem."

Realizing the connection, Old Wu excitedly pumped his fist.

He pushed Li Xian out of the yard. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up!"

Under Old Wu's urging, Li Xian bade farewell to the elderly in the retirement home and left.

As Li Xian's car disappeared at the gate, Zheng Weishi chuckled and turned to look at the old folks in the institute.

His gaze was like looking at a group of fat sheep awaiting slaughter.