National Color Sky Fragrance

  The effect of peony essential oil is similar to that of jasmine essential oil, but its beauty and feminine care functions are more advanced. It is a powerful antioxidant that can promote blood circulation and cell regeneration, and its anti-aging and anti-sensitivity effects are undeniable. In addition, it also has the function of inhibiting pigmentation, whitening and controlling acne, shrinking pores. The fragrance of peony can relieve tension and stress, and it is also very characteristic that peony essential oil contains natural hormones, which is beneficial for feminine care... It is a perfect beauty product for women!

  Uh, if there's a problem with small leaf growth and so on, then it can't be used too much.

  However! Even the cheapest peony 'flower' (not that expensive Wei Zi Yao Huang) made 'essential' oil, with a six-digit factory cost per kilogram, is outrageously high, comparable to the world-renowned Bulgarian rose 'essential' oil!

  So, Peony's national 'color' fragrance is also reflected in its price.

  Compared to the showy peony, jasmine seems more elegant and refined. The fragrance, language of flowers, and price are all so different. Ancient people were not fools; truly "noble" flowers have remained expensive for over a thousand years without ever going on sale.

  Chen Huasheng and the high-level executives of the 'Jing' oil factory - the old boss and several shareholders were all middle-aged or nearly middle-aged women, so Chen Huasheng only needed to explain a little, and they immediately fell in love with this latest and most expensive toy. After discussing it, they unanimously agreed to add more peony 'Jing' oil. However, this time there was only a 50ml sample given away, and some of the finished products made from these 'Jing' oils were supposed to be returned to the factory. In the end, after calculating the cost, Chen Huasheng only managed to get his hands on 10ml of free samples, but even this small amount was incredibly valuable.

  Just thinking about this 50ml of 'refined' oil, an inconspicuous small bottle, actually uses up three hundred kilograms of Chinese angelica... Three hundred kilograms!

  Chen Hua Sheng was making 'refined' milk tea when her hands were shaking, so she accidentally added a bit more than usual. Unexpectedly, the flavor turned out to be so good that she leaned in to sniff it for a full 20 seconds. Then she applied some to her face. Hmm, with this ratio, it's still quite difficult to get a burning sensation - then just add another drop!

  Good, change the formula! Change the price!

  To match the noble peony, Chen Huacheng used only top-grade ingredients for other accompaniments.

  Then, very quickly, two 'milk' and cream were made, and the test results were also good.

  Then, Chen's industrial and trading company's online store added another oriental high-quality product. At this time, the formula for calculating prices that she had been insisting on played a big role, and the "precise" cost calculation could make a good profit, and she also had the confidence to completely open up the formula and ingredients, even selling raw material packages directly, because if other companies wanted to make similar products, it would be meaningless to lower the price further.

  Of course, the name of this series is called "National Color Sky Fragrance". The packaging is also matching.

  At the same time, Chen also sells single-type peony 'essence' oil in his store, with a retail price of over 100 yuan per milliliter and over 1,000 yuan for 10 milliliters, which is surprisingly selling well. Moreover, it has also driven the sales of jasmine 'essence' oil, because both are flowers loved by Chinese people. The price difference is twenty times!

  ……

  The factory was overjoyed and even specially bought a refrigerated truck, which was sprayed with peony flower patterns, to transport raw materials from Shandong.

  Chen Huasheng bought all the production of peony and jasmine 'essence' oil from the factory, fortunately, the factory did not require her to pay the full cash at once, she could solve it by borrowing some liquidity from e-commerce platforms - otherwise she would have to mortgage her house.

  The purpose of buying all of this is actually to create a de facto exclusive dealership. Although she has an agreement with the factory, it's just a verbal promise, who knows how people's minds will change in two or three years.

  However, even with such a thorough understanding, every time Chen Huai-sheng receives goods, he will 'waste' some products to test if there are any artificial fragrances mixed in. After all, the price difference between fragrances and essential oils is really too great. The benefits of counterfeiting are indeed too tempting! Who knows whether these small private enterprises will be greedy for short-term profits and ruin their future.

  It's just a slight difference in the 'refined' oil composition of each batch, which makes no difference to Chen Huasheng, but Pang Hua wrote a special paper on this topic. He completed it independently but co-published it with his classmate who gave him benefits - they went out for many big meals together.

  "You rarely do such a small amount of things. Oh, that golden ginseng cream is also so little." Pang Hua commented. Chen Huasheng was willing to spend money designing the bottle because the switch was very distinctive and matched the shape perfectly, and even applied for an external design patent. This peony flower-shaped bottle is beautiful and delicate, with packaging costs and content costs being equally uncompromising, of course, the retail price is also very uncompromising.

  "It's too expensive, the cost of 'refined' oil is too high, and other ingredients are also the best, and 'milk' wood oil is also difficult to handle. So this 20g bottle of 'refined' milk... just the cost of raw materials and the bottle is over a hundred, not to mention that it takes us two whole days to make 500g, oh, and there's also the machine we specifically bought for this. You think, what's the calculated cost?"

  He's no fool, of course he wouldn't calculate it! "Hmmm, isn't the profit pretty good?"

  "Not bad," said the dead kid, getting straight to the point! "So don't stop your hands!"

  "Oh!"

  ……

  Chen Haotian was thinking about something during the waiting period, then suddenly burst out laughing, "Haha, I made an advance payment of three kilograms of goods, and this year I won't have to pay that much income tax."

  "Can the factory handle it?" One kilogram of 'refined' oil requires the consumption of five or six thousand kilograms of 'flowers', and, of course, a lot of things still need to be scraped off from the 'flowers'. However, the entire process consumes an enormous amount of time and labor. Three kilograms is a considerable quantity for that not-so-large factory.

  "They can first develop the ticket, and then deliver the goods slowly. Well, I would suggest that they use machines to replace human labor in the future, after all, the cost of human labor will become more and more expensive, while relative to prices and exchange rates, machines will become cheaper and cheaper."

  "Looks cheap."

  "Yes. Cheap is relative."

  When the work in his hands was done, Pang Hua helped with the final packaging. A not very large box was filled up, and the retail price of those bottles was over 10,000... As for what was left, Chen Huai added some things to it, then poured it into a 100ml bottle without a label. Pang Hua remembered that all the raw materials in the low-temperature drying cabinet were expensive Swiss goods.

  "Take it and use it. This is good for your face."

  "......Men also use peony?" Pang Hua almost jumped up.

  Chen Hua Cheng coldly glanced at him. "It's always used, by this time next year, I want to see your face recover to 80%."

  Next year... probably... he'll be able to meet people, will be able to... Pang Hua's "heart" sank: the most vibrant "youthful" years of his life were ruined by those acne scars...

  "...Next year's 'Spring' festival will use another '激' light." There are only two months left, and the handmade soap with a production cycle of about four months is ready. The previous high-concentration jasmine essential oil soap has also been sold out by half. But so far, there is no final decision on which one to use as a gift...

  "Hey! Stop daydreaming and prepare for making soap tomorrow."

  Pang Hua almost rolled his eyes. This 'woman'! He rarely had time to indulge in sentiment, and now he had to work hard again!

  But anyway, when there's work to be done, I really don't have time for melancholy.

  So melancholy should be a disease of people with plenty of leisure time.

  "I want to have a serious talk with you." After finishing his work and eating his fill, Pang Huayin carefully brewed a pot of tea. He used boiling water directly poured into the teacup with tea leaves - Chen Huaisheng was speechless about this, fortunately the tea leaves were cheap roasted green tea, otherwise she would have been furious.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Should I stay in school?"

  "Do you want to stay in school and be a teacher?" Chen Huai Sheng asked back.

  "Me?"

  "Yes. Those who want to stay in school and those who don't have different paths."

  "I thought you'd think it's better for me to stay in school."

  "Staying and leaving both have their pros and cons, it's up to you to choose what makes you happy."

  "Hmm... If I stay in school... there's no quota for this, is it okay?"

  "There's no fixed way of working without a fixed job." Chen Xuan smiled, "Who knows what fortune or disaster will befall in a few years? Hmm. The most important thing is whether you're interested in this job of staying on campus. If you're unsure, you can try it out first and then talk about it later."

  "......uh." Pang Hua thoughtfully held his teacup.

  "So, you should first get your degree and then talk about it. If the school says you can stay on campus, you can try being a university teacher. If you really don't like it, just quit. Anyway, schools are not necessarily cleaner than companies, you've been there for so long, you should know."

  "Hmm..."

  "Alright, go back now. Get some rest early, you seem to have class tomorrow?"

  "It's available tomorrow afternoon."

  "Great, come over tomorrow afternoon to pack."

  Indeed, when people are busy, they don't have time to indulge in melancholy. Besides, who knows when he'll graduate? Maybe two years, maybe three. Sigh, let's talk about it later!

  ***

  The final product, the "Color" Tianxiang series, thoroughly drew in the boss and many customers at the club into the oriental floral fragrance. The beauty salon's aromatherapists discussed the formula with Chen Huasheng and directly purchased a large quantity of essential oils made from peony, rose, iris, and other plants that are helpful for some gynecological cancers, such as calendula, at wholesale prices. These products are not for sale, and Chen Huasheng's online store does not sell them either, nor is the formula ratio recorded in writing.

  The profit from this business is not high, but it has a large quantity and no advertising costs. It can also solve the problem of storage space and shelf life caused by wholesale 'refined' oil.

  Of course, the spa aspect is also very exciting. This formula is great and everyone loves that fragrant flavor, plus the aromatherapist's explanation of the ingredients, enough to make the 'female' guests shine brightly in their eyes.

  Then Chen Huasheng turned around and started making a fuss about the ginseng medicine prescription.

  Yes, prescription!

  Here is the translation:

  Huang Jing, Huang Qi, Dang Gui, Mai Dong, Zi Su, Di Huang, Gou Qi, Mu Dan Gen, Zhi Zi, Shao Yao, Sha Zhen, Gan Cao... These medicinal materials are relatively common and not difficult to extract. However, the most important ginseng essence oil she used was from the Korean Peninsula. This is even more expensive than peony, and domestically processed ones are really not reassuring, especially when it comes to raw material issues. So it's better to directly import certified products. The results of testing this product were quite good, so Chen Hui Sheng confidently found an agent to apply for cosmetics licensing... Ah, she has limited energy, so this new medicinal material product can be launched as a regular product in two years, which can bring back the freshness then. Why exhaust all her creativity at once and let customers be attracted away by other stores' new products, slowly disappearing... Hmm, forget it, she doesn't want to end her online store business too early.

  During this period, Chen Huaixing did not put her heart into taking on cases, and basically just went through the motions with the law firm's business and long-term corporate legal consulting work. All other time was spent socializing with 'flowers' and also dealing in Chinese medicinal herbs. Of course, colleagues at the firm as well as male and female managers of client companies all warmly welcomed her "new creations" - after all, gentlemen could also give them to their girlfriends or wives, couldn't they?