EFB Chapter 79: If it were me, I would run to him too.
Chapter 79: If it were me, I would run to him too.
Inside the greenhouse, Jiang Qiu selected 300 pots, then contacted Yang Zhilan to replenish the nutrient soil in time, and purchased a batch of special seeds from the logistics department, including 100 pots of wood edge disease, 100 pots of fire blaze disease, 100 pots of water lily disease, 100 pots of golden bud disease, and 100 pots of soil cocoon disease.
All five most common level 1 spiritual plants are sown to produce the five elements of spiritual energy (metal, wood, water, fire, earth), making up for the previous lack of spiritual energy types and the high-loss conversion process. However, the latter two are not promoted.
Metal and earth elemental auras are not used very often in the current cultivation of spirit plants. The spirit plants that produce them can grow slowly. Wood elemental auras are mainly used to promote the growth of [Fire Radiance Flower] and [Water Flower].
Even so, with 200 pots of diseased spiritual plants "starving for nourishment" and only 100 pots of diseased wood-edged flowers to help them grow, it is still difficult to keep up with the demand. It is expected that the output of wood-related spiritual energy will be halved by the end of this month.
Only wood-elemental spiritual energy can "grow" and its reduced production means that there will be fewer opportunities to extract rare traits through crossbreeding, which will slow down the entire crossbreeding process and affect the preparations before the "battle of reproduction" arrives.
With this in mind, Jiang Qiu spent time consulting with Wu Shan and others to re-plan the cultivation program. They decided to purchase inferior pots for 100 diseased wood edge flowers to further promote their metabolic rate and increase yield.
Although the recent arrangements had cost several hundred thousand in just a few days, leaving the balance almost empty, Zhao Nan quickly transferred over a share of the profits from the high-grade [Golden Spirit Cage] and [Wooden Fate Flower].
The funds have returned to over a million.
Unfortunately, the graded pottery was relatively expensive, and the local production was low and the quality was poor. So he had to contact Jiang Qiao and ask her to help order a batch from the distant pottery capital. The process was very complicated, but fortunately Director Jiang was able to approve it.
More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
It was the end of the month again. In courtyard number 17, the roar of a truck approached from afar. The employees busy in the flower stand area looked up curiously and saw a vehicle from the logistics department parked at the entrance. "What are they transporting?"
Zhang San wiped the sweat from his face, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Didn't we already deliver a batch of nutrient soil to everyone yesterday? Why do we need to replenish it?"
Li Si looked up, frowned, and said, "It doesn't look like it's for our centralized soil maintenance... Holy crap, it's ceramic pots!"
"What?! Holy crap, so many!" Zhang San's eyes widened. "They're all... all low-grade pottery, at least tens of thousands of yuan a pot!"
"Hiss, this quantity must be worth millions. Who would order so many low-grade pots and pans at once? The demand is so huge. Could it be Wang Baisheng? Didn't you say he had started hybridization?" Li Si exclaimed in amazement.
"Sigh, it's not Brother Wang. If it were his, he would have notified me to help move and replace it long ago. It's probably Jiang Qiao. Her father is Director Jiang, and she's not short of money." Zhang San shook his head and sighed.
"That's not right. Jiang Qiao's flower stand area is right next to Brother Jiang's. I saw before that all her potted plants already have low-grade pots, so there's no need to buy more... Wait, did Yang Zhilan go up to help?" Li Si was taken aback.
"Holy crap, it's Brother Jiang's!" Zhang San stood there, stunned, water hissing from the kettle. "Didn't he just rent 300 pots in the greenhouse a month ago to expand his planting, spending almost 200 million yuan in total? How does he still have so much money to arrange this batch of new pots?!"
"That's right, Brother Jiang's most valuable achievement is the dual-attribute superior-grade Wood Edge Flower Fruit. A single plant can produce up to 30 fruits, which are quite valuable, but even that can't withstand spending so much money." Li Si was shocked and felt her scalp tingling.
"Maybe Brother Jiang is too talented and has someone supporting him behind the scenes, just like Lu Changming back then. He came from an ordinary family with the surname Lu, but later became famous and became the principal's personal disciple. At that time, his cultivation cost millions, and he relied on the support of the Lu family." Zhang San's eyes shone.
"You mean, Brother Jiang has the Jiang family backing him?" Li Si asked thoughtfully, her eyes flickering. "I think I've also heard Brother Du mention that Brother Jiang and Jiang Qiao have a close relationship. Miss Jiang is usually indifferent to everyone, but Brother Jiang is the only one she can keep in touch with. Maybe..."
"What else is there to say? I've finished my work for Brother Wang. Go help Brother Jiang move some low-grade pots and pans!" Zhang San tossed down the kettle, waved, and ran off.
Li Si's eyelids twitched. "Wait for me."
The two walked through the flower stand area and approached Yang Zhilan.
"Hmm?" Not far away, on the second-floor balcony, Du Ziyue, who had just failed to pollinate again in the breeding room, came out to catch his breath. He leaned on the balcony railing, wondering why he had failed to hybridize again in one generation. He suddenly turned his head.
"Damn it, he ran away again!"
Du Ziyue felt a dull ache in his heart and could only sigh. Over the past two months, Li Si had taken very good care of his flower stand area and had not neglected it. He couldn't very well not allow her to take some time to do private work.
However, if Jiang Qiu just changed the soil and spirit seeds yesterday, what else could she possibly be busy with today?
He lowered his voice, squinted, and peered into the distance. His heart skipped a beat. "What the hell? He bought a whole bunch of diseased spiritual plants in low-grade pots?"
Du Ziyue felt a sweat bead on his forehead from the heat, and he couldn't help but recall how he had asked his parents to chip in to buy him a low-grade pot so he could grow his first ever [Wood Edge Flower] in order to win the internship assessment.
That one low-grade basin, worth tens of thousands of yuan, has been carefully preserved to this day, and no new ones have been added. It will probably be used in the [Propagation Realm] in the future.
Jiang Qiu had just spent a fortune renting 300 potted plants, and then immediately ordered a large batch of low-quality pots worth millions...
Du Ziyue's eyes gradually became confused, as if looking at flowers through fog or the moon's reflection in water. Finally, he smiled helplessly, "If it were me, I would have run to him too."
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"Manager Jiang, I've delivered 100 portions of low-grade pottery, a specialty of Taodu, to you. I have other goods to deliver, so I'll be leaving now."
"Alright, take care, Lao Liu."
After the move was finished, driver Lao Liu drove away. Jiang Qiu turned around and saw Yang Zhilan, Zhang San, and Li Si still busily helping her replace the flower pots. Soon, several rows of flower stands looked brand new. "Thank you for your help."
"Brother Jiang asks Yang Zhilan to help us sell our produce every month, so we can only do what we can," Zhang San said with a smile, wiping his sweat.
"As long as it helps Brother Jiang," Li Si echoed.
Jiang Qiu saw this and knew that spiritual plant masters always had assistants and employees around them. When she went to the front line for training next year, she would also be qualified to recruit a few direct employees to share the eternal night at the front-line base.
Jiang Qiao, for example, would have experienced and efficient senior employees arranged by her father, while most trainees would have to select their own colleagues.
However, having a direct supervisor is not mandatory. Many long-term trainees do not actually have a direct supervisor and have just gotten by until today.
After all, you'll have to pay your own salary then.
Sending people to the front lines at the risk of their lives is also a significant cost.
Jiang Qiu had no intention of just getting by; he wanted to expand and develop the front lines. He couldn't always be alone. Zhang San and Li Si were reliable and hardworking, making them good candidates. At least, he had known them for longer than others.