Chapter 308: Xu Qingmu knew that Ji Pianran was actually not dead

This seed was given to him by the system, and if you talk about the growth cycle, Gu Chen knows it better than anyone else.

But in order to make the seed grow better, he secretly sprinkled a lot of Spirit Spring Water in the seed.

Originally, he just wanted to use it as an experiment, but now it seems to have had a very pleasing effect.

Even if the spring water is diluted a hundred times, it is still effective when placed on land outside the system space.

Although the effect has been greatly reduced, it is still many times stronger than any farm fertilizer or compost.

Once he has confirmed this, he can then legitimately package a batch of spring water.

As long as it is declared to be a nutrient for crops that he has formulated himself, it will definitely not arouse suspicion.

And not only can he use it himself, he can also sell it to the villagers. Anyone who wants it can buy it from him!

In this way, his greatest secret, the spring water, has been legitimately packaged as the trade secret of his company.

In the future, if anyone wants to pry this secret,

Gu Chen will even have sufficient reason to send those with ill intentions to jail.

However, what Gu Chen did not know was that at this moment, on the other side,

a slender man with a sinister expression was standing in the hall of a manor.

He was wearing a suit that was cut to perfection, and his expression was cold, exuding a special temperament that was different from others.

It was just that the indifference and malevolence in his eyes made people look at him in awe.

'Haha, you say she's still alive? That bitch, she even gave birth to a child?'

A cold laugh echoed through the luxurious hall, and the many bodyguards and servants in the hall stood trembling in fear.

Their eyes were fixed on the floor, and they didn't dare to breathe.

'Pop!'

At that moment, the man slapped the table hard, and the butler, who had been silent until now, was startled and his body trembled.

He quickly stood up respectfully, bowed his head, and said in a trembling voice:

'Young master...'

Xu Qingmu snorted, his tone even colder than before.

'You worthless idiots, you're all worthless! I told you to send someone to investigate, and you told me she was already dead! Do you know what mistake you've made?'

If it wasn't for Ji Changming telling him that Ji Pianran was still alive and had even gotten married and had a child, he really would have thought she was already dead.

'Young master, please spare my life!'

Hearing this, the butler hurriedly knelt down in fear, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

'Heh, spare your life?'

Xu Qingmu's mouth curled into a cruel smile.

'I told you to bring her to me at all costs. You deceived my people. You know what the price should be.'

The butler trembled with fear and hurriedly said,

'Young master, please let me live. I, I am still useful. I can go find this bitch for you. And maybe this is just false information. After all this time, maybe Ji Pianran is already dead.'

As soon as the words fell, there was a crisp sound of 'pop!'

Another loud slap landed on the butler's cheek, and the five red fingerprints looked a little scary.

The butler, who had just been talking non-stop, suddenly felt stars in his eyes and blood dripping from the corners of his mouth after being slapped.

'Now, immediately, go and verify for me, I want her exact location! And, I want to see the fool who dares to marry the one I, Xu Qingmu, fancy!'

Xu Qingmu's face was full of a sinister look.

The butler did not dare to resist, and kneeling on the ground, he bowed his head repeatedly in response.

'Yes, yes, yes!'

Xu Qingmu shouted angrily.

'Get out!'

Hearing this, the butler on the ground hurriedly got up and stumbled out of the hall.

'You bitch, I will make you pay for everything you've done!'

Xu Qingmu gritted his teeth, his face extremely distorted.

It was clear that his anger had reached its peak.

Then his cold gaze turned to the group of trembling servants next to him, and he could not help but snort and say.

'Clean this place up, and if I find any traces of this, you'll all be out of a job!'

'Yes, young master, we'll clean it right away!'

A group of servants hurriedly ran up to him and began to clean the bloodstains on the floor of the hall.

...

Three days later, Gu Chen received news from the Ji family that the batch of wolfberries he had previously loaded onto the truck had successfully arrived in Chuansheng.

And under the auspices of Ji Guangsheng, it was put on sale in the Ji family's stores across the board.

After receiving the wolfberries sent by Gu Chen, Ji Guangsheng even specially launched a large-scale marketing campaign to coincide with the sale.

He even used a lot of connections to notify the heads of various medicinal herb trading companies.

He also sent someone to contact the specialists from various medicinal herb markets in Chuancheng to come together, which was an unprecedented level of attention.

This kind of situation could only be handled by a wealthy family like the Ji family.

After all, the family clans in Sichuan City are now entangled with each other, and this is especially true of the most profitable proprietary Chinese medicine business.

Without the personal presence of the Ji family patriarch, no one dares to easily touch this minefield.

After all, if someone with insufficient qualifications somehow provokes the suppression of some big shot, then it will be bad.

And all of this was seen by Gu Chen.

In particular, he was quite moved to see that the Ji patriarch attached such importance to his business.

But at the same time, he was inevitably a little uneasy. After all, he had made such a big fuss, and if sales were poor, it would be a disgrace to his father-in-law's face.

Although he was confident in the quality of the wolfberries he sold, in this world,

there were cases where something was not accepted even though everyone knew it was good.

Copernicus insisted that it was still the truth, but that did not prevent him from being sent to the stake.

After all, sometimes the market does not make sense.

If it really loses money, Gu Chen can afford to lose it himself, but if it costs the Ji family face, it will not be good after all.

'Dad, is this time a bit too big a scene? In fact, the wolfberry thing doesn't make much money. I also have better medicinal herbs here. You just give me some time in the future, and when the production goes up a bit more, it won't be a waste of the human and material resources you've used,'

Gu Chen said over the phone.

However, after hearing this, Ji Guangsheng over there seemed to take it completely in stride, and just said with a smile:

'It's fine, it's fine. Besides, I've also seen the wolfberries you took out, and the quality is very good, absolutely top-notch. Plus, sales of this batch of your goods have also been very good, so just put your mind at ease.'

'Although I am old now, I am not yet blind. I know what is really good.'

Now Ji Guangsheng really loves his son-in-law to the bone. As long as it is his business, even if it is substandard, he will definitely sell it for him, not to mention the wolfberries, which he has eaten and are really good.

He has confidence.

Gu Chen on the other end of the phone was a little between laughter and tears, but at the same time, he felt a sense of relief.

But then, Ji suddenly changed the subject, and his tone became much gentler.

'Gu, once things settle down here in Sichuan, I'll be going back, and I'll be able to meet your parents.'

For some reason, when it came to business, it was fine, but when it came to this, Gu suddenly felt a little nervous.

'Ah, this...'

After all, meeting his father-in-law and his parents was the first time he had experienced this in his two lives.

Grandpa Ji seemed to sense Gu Chen's nervousness over the phone and couldn't help but tease him on the other end of the line, saying, 'Is it inconvenient? Or are you afraid I might eat you?'

'How could that be? The main reason is that my parents have been in the village for a long time, and I'm afraid they won't get along with you. But if you really want to meet, then I'll pick them up in advance.'

However, when Ji Guangsheng heard this, he grunted in dissatisfaction.

'You brat, everything else about you is fine, but you are too thoughtful. Your parents have saved Piran's life no matter what, and they are the saviours of our Ji family!'

Why would he dislike the fact that they are from the countryside?

Besides, who hasn't had farmers in their ancestors three times over?

Farmers are the easiest people to deal with in society.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen laughed bitterly.

My goodness, the cool and aloof father-in-law you promised me has now become like Auntie Zhang next door.

A warm-hearted old lady!

Ji Guangsheng thought of something else and couldn't help but sigh.

'But it's also a good thing that Pyan married someone with your personality. After all...'

Ji Guangsheng stopped here, but he wanted to say more. Eldest son Ji Changming has now completely broken with the Ji family.

In the future, there will probably be a lot of bloodshed, and there is also Xu Qingmu lurking in the shadows.

The two sides are already at odds, and once the other side learns that their daughter is still alive, I'm afraid the Xu family will never let it go.

Ji Guangsheng didn't want these grudges to affect his daughter and son-in-law, and in the future, he would try his best to resolve all these grudges.

But before that, if his daughter has someone like Gu Chen to look after her, at least she won't suffer because she is too naive.

If he can't resolve it, then when Gu Chen has enough power in the future,

even if he's not there...

at least he can protect his daughter's safety when facing the Xu family's wrath.

If not, how would Ji Guangsheng be personally sitting in Chuancheng and go to great lengths to help his son-in-law's business?

All parents feel this way, nothing more.

Gu Chen couldn't help but worry when he heard no sound for a long time on the phone.

After all, the last time he saw Ji Guangsheng, the other party's health was not good, so he couldn't help but ask out loud.

'Dad... are you... are you okay?'

'It's fine, Dad is getting old and a bit tired, you should get some rest too.'

Ji Guangsheng rubbed his forehead, his tone carrying a hint of fatigue.

...

Half a month later, Gu Chen's fruit store in Haicheng finally opened for business.

Although it was only the first store, it was actually quite large, with a floor area of more than 300 square metres. It was prepared to sell mid-to-high-end products.

After all, the vast majority of the products were produced in his system space, so their quality was absolutely guaranteed.

For this reason, Gu Chen invested almost all of his current savings in this store.

He took charge of staff recruitment and store decoration himself.

The opening ceremony was also quite grand, and even with reference to various marketing theories before the rebirth, many activities were launched to attract customers.

Not only that, he even did an online publicity, which made Gu Chen's fruit shop become famous overnight, and even became famous in Haicheng because of this.

Computers were not yet fully popular in this era, and there were not even a few Internet cafes. Internet fees were even as expensive as two yuan an hour.

This was the price in 2000, and ordinary people simply couldn't afford it.

At this time, the least you could say about someone who could surf the internet was that they could advertise their furniture.

Gu Chen took a different approach, not only getting someone to take various photos of his shop in advance.

He also asked Qiao Hua to find several computer science students at their university.

They helped him post and upvote posts on various forums, bragging about himself.

These days, there aren't many netizens, and their minds aren't as complicated as they were before the internet. Many people haven't even come into contact with the concept of online marketing.

After seeing all the praise and posts about Anli Gu's fruit shop, many people felt a little itchy.

Although they didn't come from poor families, they didn't lack for high-end imported fruits.

But they were still curious, and the photos in Gu's posts were just too beautiful.

It was as if the pictures told the truth. People in this era had never seen anything like it.

Many people couldn't help but want to buy some to try, to find out if they were really as delicious as everyone said, praising them like they were fairy peaches.

Gu Chen's original idea was just to give it a try, regardless of the outcome.

After all, he had been through the baptism of the great explosion of the Internet in later generations, and his philosophy was that you could never have too much marketing.

But he never expected that on the opening day, this move of his would turn out to be a stroke of genius.

As it turned out, the act of planting seeds is ageless.

Those were hard-core advertisements that would have made the administrators of the forums in the future hate them enough to delete the posts and block the IP addresses.

But they really attracted a lot of local netizens to him, and even a few idle second-generation rich kids who bought plane tickets directly.

They flew from other cities to Haicheng just to come to his fruit store to see if it was really that delicious.

For them, they have nothing better to do every day, and the cost of a plane ticket is not much different from taking a bus for these second-generation rich kids.

It's worth it for them to spend a little money to satisfy their curiosity and sense of novelty.

And most importantly, after they tried it for themselves, they were surprised to find that although Gu Chen's fruit is expensive,

But they were damn delicious!

Plum-sized cherries!

Apple-sized strawberries!

And crystal grapes, grapes the size of a fist, sweet and delicious.

It was an eye-opener!