Chapter 99: Improvements Needed
After finally arriving at the conference room, Yang Yunxi let out a sigh of relief and gazed at Chen Tianlong with her sparkling eyes, saying, "Luckily you’re here. But speaking of which, with your skills, why would you willingly work here?"
"Forced!" Chen Tianlong didn’t reveal the truth; he just happened to come here today.
"Ah? Who would dare force you? You must be joking." Yang Yunxi exclaimed in surprise.
"Life, it’s life that forces me."
"Pfft!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Yunxi burst out laughing. Chen Tianlong really is humorous.
"I knew it, who would dare force you." Yang Yunxi said, then found a chair to sit down, beckoning Chen Tianlong to sit beside her, as if he were her personal bodyguard.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man full of imposing aura came straight towards them; this was none other than Lin Batian, the CEO of Lin Group.
Following him was Liu Mei, head of the planning and promotion department, Li Juan, head of the research department, and the last person was Lin Batian’s former secretary, Mr. Hu.
Yang Yunxi looked up and glanced around; this man’s temperament was extraordinary. Although his physique appeared somewhat stout, it couldn’t hide his regal aura.
"Miss Yang, I am Lin Batian, CEO of Lin Group." Upon spotting an incredibly beautiful woman sitting upfront, Lin Batian hurried over and extended his hand, "I shall take you to see the cosmetic products for our collaborative project; I hope you will be satisfied."
"Yes. I also hope that the products from this collaboration meet my expectations." Yang Yunxi smiled charmingly, extending her hand to shake Lin Batian’s, then quickly released it.
Only then did Chen Tianlong realize Yang Yunxi’s intention.
From the corner of his eye, Lin Batian noticed Chen Tianlong standing aside, and frowned immediately. However, as Yang Yunxi stood up at this moment, there was no time to speak with Chen Tianlong, except to give him a look, as if saying, go wait for me in the office.
"You should come along." After taking a few steps, Yang Yunxi suddenly turned back and spoke to Chen Tianlong behind her.
At this point, Chen Tianlong was dumbfounded. He thought he could finally wrap things up and leave, but Yang Yunxi had not let him off the hook.
Upon hearing this, Liu Jinhua furrowed his brow as well, wondering why Yang Yunxi had latched onto Chen Tianlong. He could tell earlier that Chen Tianlong was not keen on coming along.
"Why am I going?" Chen Tianlong scratched his head, seemingly trying to refuse.
"Just go when you’re told, why all the fuss!" Seeing this, Lin Batian hurriedly intervened on purpose.
Chen Tianlong dared to refuse Yang Yunxi? If this young lady gets upset, the project would be as good as done.
"Alright then."
Chen Tianlong seemed quite unwilling, though Yang Yunxi noticed something odd, thinking it was interesting that Chen Tianlong seemed to obey Lin Batian.
At this point, Liu Jinhua spoke up, somewhat awkwardly saying, "Ahaha, well, Chen Tianlong, you should go along."
A group of people walked into the R&D office, where there was a secret room requiring a password to enter. This secret was only known to Lin Batian and research director Li Juan.
Now, Lin Batian stepped forward to enter the password. Once the door opened, everyone began entering in turn.
On a clean lab table, there were several bottles and jars, and in the center of the desk was a set of already packaged cosmetics.
"These are freshly packed samples, and these beside them are the raw materials for the cosmetics. Please, Miss Yang, conduct your inspection and guidance," introduced the research director Li Juan respectfully.
"Okay."
Yang Yunxi nodded, then began her inspection. Although her task this time was not heavy, this step was crucial. Otherwise, if the sample had issues, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Aimei Group had entrusted the Lin Group entirely with the R&D and production for this project, requiring the entire process to ensure safety and that the samples pass standards.
Unlike other CEOs, Yang Yunxi is not only the president for the Huaxia region but also a seasoned R&D engineer. She started from the tech department, climbing to her current position step by step.
As one can imagine, she is quite remarkable.
Thus, Yang Yunxi opened the samples, closely observing them, evaluating through smell, touch, and appearance, and finally even applied some to the back of her hand.
"Not bad, well done, it basically meets the standard." Yang Yunxi smiled slightly, "However, I recommend that for long-term collaboration with our Aimei Group, there should be innovation—in other words, going beyond our original requirements, creating effects that surprise us."
"Innovation?"
Lin Batian was taken aback. Their company had only recently taken over this project and had just thoroughly investigated Aimei Group’s market requirements, where was the time for innovation?
This being suggested by the leader, he couldn’t refute.
"Haha, actually, innovation doesn’t necessarily mean adding features but can also mean achieving the same functionality while reducing costs, which also leads to profit innovation." Yang Yunxi saw through Lin Batian’s thoughts and explained.
Lin Batian seemed to suddenly understand and nodded.
"How much are you planning to sell a bottle of this face cream for?" Yang Yunxi proceeded to ask.
"According to the raw material quotation from your company combined with our processing, research, and marketing expenses here, it’s about two thousand dollars per bottle." Research director Li Juan responded.
Two thousand dollars?
Everyone present drew a sharp gasp; who on earth would buy such expensive face cream?
"Haha, raw materials are fixed, if you want to achieve high profits, they need to be tackled." Yang Yunxi was here for an inspection, not obligated to explain too much. Otherwise, why cooperate, they could do it themselves after all.
At this moment, Lin Batian also couldn’t stand still and said deeply, "The raw materials for this face cream are quite scarce domestically. Selling at two thousand may not yield profits, which has always been our headache."
Lin Batian spoke honestly, without the slightest concealment.
"Haha, I knew you’d say that, but if you really can’t think of other ways, selling at two thousand,—I think we won’t have the chance to collaborate in the second round, as we never work with companies unable to gain profits." Yang Yunxi said directly.
At this moment, both Li Juan and Lin Batian wrinkled their brows, feeling a suffocating sensation. Unexpectedly, such a major project, freshly acquired, was already facing the risk of loss.
"It’s indeed too expensive; at two hundred yuan, many people would buy it." Chen Tianlong grabbed the face cream out of Yang Yunxi’s hand and applied it on his own hand, smelling it carefully, "It indeed needs improvement."
"What did you say!"
Liu Jinhua got angry and flushed red, shouting at Chen Tianlong before Lin Batian could react, "Who do you think you are to speak here?"