Six months ago, under Ding Yun's insistence, Ding Junya was forced to move out and live alone. His dream of selling his house to start a business also fell through.
He had no choice but to find a job first.
Because his house was quite far from Ding Yun's place, and his workplace was even further, he couldn't even return frequently to mooch meals. So, he stubbornly refused to come back, throwing a tantrum.
Ding Yun, on the other hand, wasn't worried that anything would happen to an adult man like him, and she had her own matters to attend to.
She simply put him out of her mind.
She didn't even inform him about Zhou Pinjuan's recovery.
Therefore, he remained unaware of many things.
It wasn't until half a year later, when he could no longer stand the company atmosphere and angrily quit his job, intending to return home for a few days, that he learned his mother, Zhou Pinjuan, had recovered and Ding Yun had mortgaged two properties for a loan.
Naturally, he became dissatisfied:
"Mom, what do you mean by this?
Everyone else favors sons over daughters, but you're favoring daughters over sons? You won't give me a house to start a business, but you're giving my sister two!"
"I don't care, it has to be fair. Give me my house. I'm sick of being an employee; I want to be my own boss. You can't play favorites like this!"
Zhou Pinjuan, now in perfect health, rolled her eyes at him: "How dare you compare yourself to your sister?
How did your sister convince me? She presented something, I personally tested it, confirmed its effectiveness, and then planned to mass-produce that oral liquid.
I'm very confident that what she's doing will never lose money, which is why I agreed to let your sister mortgage the properties.
And you? What do you have for me?
You can't even produce a business plan. No, forget the business plan; you haven't even told me what kind of business you want to start or in which direction you want to develop. How can I trust you? Any company trying to scam investors prepares more thoroughly than you do.
You're just a shell company, a fraudulent one.
They prepare more thoroughly than you!"
"Mom, who told you I haven't prepared anything? I just haven't had the chance to tell you yet. As long as you agree to give me a house to start my business, I can immediately tell you the business plan, business goals, and everything else."
Slightly guilty from his mother's words, Ding Junya bit his lower lip and blurted out whatever came to his mind, fabricating a lie.
He really didn't want to work for someone else anymore.
If his sister could succeed in starting a business, why couldn't he?
He was definitely not lacking in brains or intelligence; all he lacked was capital. As for what specific business to start, he'd figure that out once the funds were in place.
No need to rush.
"Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think I have Alzheimer's and am easily fooled? I know what you're going to say before you even open your mouth. If you had any ideas or goals already, wouldn't you have said so earlier?
You are my son.
I know your personality!
It's impossible, so don't even think about it. If you really want to start a business, rent a storefront, and have your sister give you authorization to exclusively sell the oral liquid she produces.
That way, people who don't know how to shop online can stop bothering me daily to help them buy it."
Having given birth to him, raised him, and spent over twenty years with him, Zhou Pinjuan knew Ding Junya's character like the back of her hand. She knew without even thinking that her son had no plans in his head.
However, out of concern for his future and his inability to settle down, Zhou Pinjuan eventually relented, stating that while she wouldn't support his entrepreneurial endeavors, she would allow him to sell his sister Ding Yun's products as an authorized dealer.
This was a path that had already proven successful.
Currently, many people were willing to buy.
It was a sure win, a risk-free venture, and others couldn't even get authorization to sell the Peiyuan oral liquid.
Ding Junya was initially unwilling because he felt it was no different from running a small convenience store, or rather, even worse. At least if he ran a convenience store, he wouldn't owe his sister a favor.
But if he were to exclusively sell his sister's products...
Wouldn't he owe his sister a favor?
Not only would he owe his sister a favor, but he'd also have to live under her thumb, forever just a regular distributor.
This was too far from his dream of starting his own business and reaching the pinnacle of life, a chasm of difference.
However, since Zhou Pinjuan was adamant about not agreeing, Ding Junya was helpless. After some deliberation, he finally agreed. Firstly, he had indeed seen the excellent sales of the Peiyuan oral liquid. Secondly, he genuinely didn't want to go through any more job interviews. Running a shop, while not the same as starting a business, was still being his own boss and not having to bow to anyone.
At worst, he could run the shop for a few years, make some money, and then.
Think about starting his own business.
However, even though he agreed, he didn't have the money to rent a storefront because he had been living paycheck to paycheck for the past half-year. He was lucky if he wasn't in debt, let alone having the money to pay a full year's rent upfront.
So, in the end, he didn't even manage to become a distributor, as he had envisioned. He could only work for Ding Yun.
After all, Ding Yun paid the rent.
What else could he be considered if not an employee?
However, out of consideration for his mother, Ding Yun didn't truly consider him an employee. She only paid him a salary and treated the rent as a loan to him. Once he repaid the rent money, all the profits thereafter would be his.
With this, the matter was finally settled.
Ding Junya actively began selling health supplements, even proactively leveraging his connections for promotions and the like.
Unsuspecting classmates thought he had become a WeChat vendor.
He didn't sell much.
Instead, he was blocked by many of his ordinary classmates.
...
At the end of the year, in mid-January.
Qian Ya and Qian Wen were on winter break. Ding Yun, considering she had also been busy for a semester, decided to give herself a break and stopped going to the factory every day. She planned to focus on staying home to accompany her children.
To celebrate the New Year with her children.
However, she had only been resting for a few days when.
The orders for Peiyuan oral liquid exploded.
The reason for the sudden surge in orders was primarily due to a joint announcement issued by the National Association of Physicians and the National Association of Pharmaceutical and Health Products, in conjunction with the national health and pharmaceutical departments, at this critical juncture.
The core content of the announcement was simple: it called upon the general public, especially patients with severe illnesses, to purchase and consume Peiyuan oral liquid.
It affirmed that the oral liquid had no toxic side effects.
Furthermore, it stated that it was highly beneficial for the body.
Although the announcement did not explicitly claim that Peiyuan oral liquid could cure diseases, the underlying implication was quite clear. Most importantly, the associations and departments issuing the announcement were not private organizations but genuine official bodies.
Therefore, once the news broke, how could the orders not skyrocket?