Chapter 878: Both Boss and Employee

After Wang An shouted a couple of times and waited a short while, he heard two words from the courtyard: "Coming." A moment later, following the "clang" of a wooden door, Wang An saw Wu Dong appear in the courtyard through the gateway.

At this moment, Wu Dong was shirtless on top, wearing a pair of large green shorts on the bottom, and shuffling along in a pair of flip-flops, walking toward the gate with sleepy eyes.

As soon as he saw Wang An, Wu Dong said irritably

"It's early morning; why aren't you staying home and sleeping soundly? You just can't let me get a good night's sleep, can you?"

Hearing this, Wang An said with a grin

"I just missed my Brother Wu, so I came to see you as soon as I woke up."

Wu Dong squinted and gave Wang An a sidelong glance, saying

"Cut the crap. If you've come to see me without some business, I'll eat three pounds of shit raw."

It had to be said that Wu Dong understood Wang An—and understood him thoroughly.

Mainly, every time Wang An came to Wu Dong's place, there was inevitably something he wanted. If there was nothing, Wang An wouldn't come.

Hearing this, Wang An continued to grin and said

"How could I let my Brother Wu eat shit? And three pounds is way too much; what if it makes you too full, Brother Wu? Hehehehe."

Wu Dong couldn't help but laugh as well, then cursed jokingly

"Get the hell out of here. I knew you wouldn't come for nothing. Get inside first, we'll talk in a bit."

As he spoke, Wu Dong opened the main gate from the inside.

Together with Wu Dong, they pushed the gates open to the sides, and Wang An followed him into the house.

Just as they reached the door, Wang An suddenly asked

"Is Sister-in-law up? Is it convenient for me to enter the house now?"

Wu Dong replied casually

"We sleep in the west room; you just go to the east room as usual. By the way, have you eaten? Should I have your sister-in-law make an extra portion?"

Wang An waved his hand

"Don't make one for me, I ate before I came."

Wu Dong didn't stand on ceremony and turned to leave the room to wash up.

With nothing to do, Wang An sat on the kang, his eyes darting around as he scanned the room. Suddenly, a piece of paper on the kang table caught his eye.

To be precise, it was a small stack of documents. The top sheet read: *DJ County Pharmaceutical Factory Share Distribution and Corresponding Explanations.*

Consequently, Wang An picked it up and flipped through it.

Surprisingly, there was a fair number of legitimate names on it.

Besides Wu Dong, Zhang Shuya, and the other four, there were Wang An and the two sisters, Fang Xiu'e and her sibling. Finally, there was a name called Chen Tianyu.

If Wang An guessed correctly, this so-called Chen Tianyu was the "Brother Yu" mentioned by Wu Dong and Zhang Shuya, and the "only one" in Sun Nian's heart.

Wang An felt it was normal for Chen Tianyu's name to appear, as he had heard from Wu Dong and the others that Brother Yu was the initiator of the pharmaceutical factory.

But what Wang An didn't expect was that Sun Nian's name was also on the list.

This indicated that although a rift had appeared between Sun Nian and Wu Dong's group, the impact wasn't significant.

Of course, this might have been the result of Zhang Shuya's influence; after all, the relationship between Zhang Shuya and Sun Nian was obvious to everyone.

Continuing to flip through, the next part was the share distribution. There were exactly ten people, so each person held a ten percent share.

To be honest, from Wang An's perspective with his future knowledge, having so many partners in an enterprise—especially with this method of share distribution—was actually not very healthy.

It was fine in the early stages, but once they started making money, that would be the beginning of the trouble.

Fortunately, on the last few pages, Wang An saw supplementary explanations.

Simply put, everyone except Fang Xiu'ying only had dividend rights and no decision-making power, unless Fang Xiu'ying made a major mistake in the future.

Overall, Wang An felt this explanation was relatively reasonable. Although some parts were overlooked, in this era of "crossing the river by feeling the stones," this was the best they could do.

After all, starting a factory now was completely different from the future.

While Wang An was examining the documents, Wu Dong entered the room holding a bowl of noodles in his left hand, continuously slurping them into his mouth with chopsticks in his right.

Chewing the noodles, Wu Dong asked

"How is it, Xiao An? Is this share distribution for the pharmaceutical factory okay? Is there anything else you want to add?"

Wang An replied

"I think it's actually quite good. But is there any arrangement with the Bingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory? They can't just let us affiliate for free, can they?"

Hearing this, Wu Dong said somewhat indifferently

"We hand over five percent of the total annual profit; consider it an affiliation fee."

Immediately after, Wu Dong added

"Right, once this scar-removal medicine is produced, do you have any good suggestions for the sales side?"

Wang An replied without hesitation

"Advertise. Advertise like crazy. Radio, TV, newspapers, magazines—use them all. I think our scar-removal medicine will soon be known by everyone in all of Huaxia."

Wu Dong said thoughtfully

"Radio and newspapers here in the Northeast are easy enough, but we can't reach out to other places."

Wang An fell silent upon hearing this. Mainly, if Wu Dong and the others had no way to do it, Wang An had even less of a way.

After thinking for a moment, Wang An said

"Then just collaborate. Collaborate with the second-generation rich over in 8J. Let them find ways to advertise and sell the medicine. Before the 'Big Claw' incident, didn't they come visit?"

Hearing this, Wu Dong's eyes lit up

"That's a great idea! They'll definitely be eager for a way to make money like this."

Wang An nodded

"As long as the formula doesn't leak, how they operate is their business."

Following this, the two discussed the production and sale of the medicine for a while longer before ending the topic.

Of course, it was mainly Wang An talking and Wu Dong listening.

It had to be said that people of this era were indeed a bit simple-minded when it came to doing business; they didn't know how to be flexible at all.

Of course, this was because business had been forbidden for so long, leading to a great deal of cognitive limitation regarding commerce.

Finally, Wu Dong said to Wang An

"When you have time, tell that Fang Xiu'ying that we bought a large courtyard on the roadside for the pharmaceutical factory. Tell her to go there and be the factory director; she'll have the final say on hiring people and everything."

Subconsciously, Wang An asked in surprise

"So, in this pharmaceutical factory you've cooked up, you guys aren't handling anything regarding production at all?"

Wu Dong replied righteously

"Yup, definitely. The ten of us are each responsible for our own part. You can't just give me a formula and call it a day, right?"

Wang An's lips twitched, and in the end, he nodded helplessly.

There was no helping it; this was actually quite reasonable.

Because everyone was a boss, but everyone was also a worker!

(End of Chapter)