Chapter 49 - Marketing Problems

And so, Li Han was led by Chen Yang all the way to the back kitchen.

Meanwhile, the waiters on the second floor, as well as the receptionists on the first floor, were shocked to see their usually icy General Manager being led by the hand without any resistance.

They all wondered, “Who is this rich young master who can just walk holding the General Manager’s hand like this?”

Chen Yang was unaware and did not understand the thoughts of the onlookers.

All he cared about was to see what a wild mushroom variety costing over seven hundred dollars per pound looked like.

After arriving at the back kitchen, Chen Yang finally let go of Li Han’s hand and turned to look at her.

Seeing Li Han’s face already flushed with embarrassment, Chen Yang realized what he had just done.

“Hehe, my apologies, Li Han.

I was just in a hurry to see the wild mushrooms…” Chen Yang said with an awkward smile, scratching the back of his head as he tried to explain.

But before he could finish, Li Han interrupted him.

“Come on, I’ll take you to see the wild mushrooms,” said Li Han, her face still red, and she directly walked into the kitchen.

Seeing this, Chen Yang had no choice but to shut up and follow her.

The busy kitchen staff straightened up as soon as Li Han appeared, greeting her very respectfully.

Li Han nodded to each of them and then led Chen Yang straight to the deepest part of the back kitchen.

There, Chen Yang saw the wild mushrooms that cost seven hundred dollars per pound.

They were a bunch of mushrooms with bizarre appearances.

There were all kinds of colors, and they were indeed very strangely shaped.

Compared to ordinary mushrooms, these wild ones could be considered the ugliest.

Out of curiosity, Chen Yang casually picked one up and sniffed it.

Although the mushroom looked unappealing, it smelled more fragrant and seemed fresher than regular mushrooms.

“These wild mushrooms are not only delicious and high in nutritional value, but the most important point is that they only grow in the deep mountains during the summer, and they are extremely difficult to harvest, which is why their price is inflated this high,” Li Han explained from the side.

“I see,” said Chen Yang thoughtfully, nodding his head as an idea formed in his mind.

“Li Han, how much of these kinds of mushrooms does your hotel buy per day?” Chen Yang suddenly asked.

Li Han was taken aback by Chen Yang’s question.

Although unsure of his intent, she still answered him.

“About a hundred pounds a day, but that’s only during the summer.

There’s none to be found in other seasons even if we wanted to buy,” she said.

“I see,” Chen Yang became agitated upon hearing this.

If he could get his hands on these mushrooms, he would truly strike it rich.

Over seven hundred a pound, ten pounds would be seven thousand!

A hundred pounds would be seventy thousand!

If he could get a hold of a hundred pounds every day, wouldn’t life be wonderful?

Thinking this, Chen Yang wished he could rush back immediately and climb the mountains to see if there were such wild mushrooms to be found.

“Chen Yang, what are you thinking about?” While Chen Yang was deep in thought, Li Han seemed to notice that he was pondering something.

“Hmm, nothing much.

I was just thinking, if I could find such mushrooms and cultivate them, I’m sure I’d make a fortune,” Chen Yang replied with a smile.

Li Han covered her mouth and giggled: “I’m finding you more and more elusive.

You have such amazing medical skills, yet you want to sell wild game, and now you’re even thinking about dealing with wild mushrooms.”

“Hehe, whatever earns money, I’ll do it, as long as it doesn’t interfere with my work as a village doctor,” Chen Yang also laughed.

“That makes sense.

There aren’t many sick people in your village every day, so it’s normal to have a side business.

However, I would advise you not to set your heart on these wild mushrooms,” Li Han said earnestly: “These wild mushrooms have extremely high environmental demands, which ordinary people simply cannot meet for cultivation.”

“Moreover, even if the environmental conditions are met, the cultivated wild mushrooms won’t taste as good as the wild ones.”

Li Han was very knowledgeable about wild mushrooms since nurturing such expensive delicacies naturally attracted many interested parties.

Their Lintianxia Hotel had also attempted to cultivate them, but the taste was far from that of the wild ones, so they had given up.

Seeing Chen Yang with such an idea today, she naturally felt the need to dissuade him.

However, she could never have imagined that the more she said about the difficulty of cultivating wild mushrooms, the more curious Chen Yang became.

Because Chen Yang believed that if he could cultivate them successfully, wild mushrooms would be even more valuable!

“Hehe, you always have to try, right?

What if I actually succeed in breeding?” Chen Yang said with a smile.

“Hehe, what you’re saying makes sense.” Seeing Chen Yang put it that way, Li Han didn’t continue to say much more.

Afterward, the two of them returned upstairs and continued their meal.

During the meal, Chen Yang told Li Han about his plans to start breeding animals and even expressed his desire to partner up with her.

As soon as Li Han heard this, she immediately nodded and agreed.

She even stated that as long as Chen Yang’s breeding farm was up and running, the Lintianxia Hotel would purchase as much wildlife as he could provide.

With Li Han’s words, Chen Yang was completely reassured.

With the biggest issue of sales channels solved, setting up a wildlife breeding farm wasn’t hard for him.

“Then it’s settled.

All of my farm’s sales channels will be entrusted to you,” Chen Yang said as he picked up a cup of tea and looked at Li Han.

Seeing this, Li Han immediately understood Chen Yang’s intent, also picked up a teacup, and clinked it against Chen Yang’s.

“Great!”

Afterward, they both drained the tea in their cups.

The meal was finished, and the issue of sales for the breeding farm was resolved, so Chen Yang immediately stated his intention to leave.

“Alright, I’ll see you out.”

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Han didn’t say much, but directly accompanied Chen Yang to the underground parking garage, then started the car and began to drive him back to Liuhe Village.

Upon arriving at Liuhe Village, they happened to run into many widows from the village who were coming back from working in the fields.

Seeing the luxury car that had taken Chen Yang out that day returning to the village, the villagers started chattering and gossiping again.

Looking at the aunties and sisters-in-law gossiping, Chen Yang felt a headache coming on.

But he didn’t say much while in the car.

Eventually, the car stopped outside the entrance to Chen Yang’s medical clinic.

Chen Yang got out and then turned around to wave at Li Han.

“Bye.”

After waving at each other, Li Han drove the luxury car away from Liuhe Village.

Watching Li Han leave, Chen Yang finally pulled up the shutter door of the clinic and went back home.

Chen Yang had just walked from the clinic into the house when he immediately heard the shrill cry of the golden eagle from the backyard.

Hearing this sound, Chen Yang hurried to the pigsty in the backyard to see what was going on with the golden eagle.

Upon arrival at the pigsty, he found the golden eagle standing on a skeleton of a wild chicken, continuously screeching.

Seeing the way the golden eagle was screeching, and the carcass of the wild chicken reduced to a skeleton, Chen Yang knew that the golden eagle was hungry.

“One wild chicken a day…

You’ve got quite the appetite,” Chen Yang muttered, then he directly opened the large door of the pigsty.

As soon as the pigsty door was opened, the golden eagle flapped its wings and jumped out, landing on Chen Yang’s shoulder and making some ingratiating sounds from time to time.

“Hungry, huh?

But I don’t have anything for you to eat right now!

Why don’t you try to fly and hunt for yourself?” Chen Yang tentatively said to the golden eagle.

Without a word, the golden eagle immediately spread its wings and soared into the sky!

Watching the golden eagle take off into the mountain, Chen Yang shook his head helplessly, then turned around to start feeding the rabbits and wild chickens.

Since he had been out all day, these little guys were probably hungry too.

After adding some fresh tendons grass for the wild rabbits and scattering some corn kernels for the wild chickens, Chen Yang left the backyard.

“Chen Yang, are you at home?” Just as Chen Yang was idly relaxing, Wu Kexin’s voice suddenly came from outside the door.

“I’m at home, Mayor.

What’s up?” Chen Yang walked out from the inner room and asked with a smile.

The moment Wu Kexin saw that Chen Yang was home, she didn’t hesitate to walk up the steps and went straight through the medical clinic to the inner room’s bathhouse.

After looking around the bathhouse, she came to Chen Yang with her face flushed, about to ask if he had seen the private garment she forgot to take the other day, when Chen Yang spoke first.

“Are you looking for this thing?” Chen Yang asked, pointing to two lace garments hanging on the clothes rack.

Wu Kexin followed the direction Chen Yang pointed and her cheeks, already flushed, turned even redder as if they were on fire.