Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1354 - 659: Subscribe to Magazine_2

Chapter 1354: Chapter 659: Subscribe to Magazine_2

Liu JinXue hadn’t thought so much about it; he was essentially a scholarly type. Even though he’d dabbled in business for two years, he hadn’t changed his nature, otherwise, he wouldn’t be standing here now.

At the moment, hearing Boss Yan and Boss Niu, he thought about it and suddenly had nothing to say.

Seeing him silent, Boss Niu recalled something, "Manager Liu, as the manager here, you could have a say in some matters, right? Brother Yan just mentioned wanting to fix the river levee, but isn’t that just throwing money into the water? Even if you want to find some work for the village, there really is no need for that. When you have a meeting later, you better not support him. With all that money, even fixing a few roads would be beneficial, wouldn’t it? Fixing the river levee is truly a bottomless pit..."

Liu JinXue was silent for a moment, looking at Boss Yan with a particularly complex gaze. Although he disdained Boss Yan’s "research" spirit—seeing his papers, he felt they lacked sufficient experiments and detailed data support, appearing as if they were child’s play, which was something he really couldn’t overlook.

But on the other hand, once Yan Fei had money, he always remembered to help enrich the villagers, which truly won his admiration.

After a pause, Liu JinXue spoke, "I also think that fixing roads is better than fixing the levee."

Yan Fei waved his hand, "Let’s not talk about this now. Let’s wait until after the New Year to see the situation, and first fix our own place. It will still take some time to completely finish the work, but as long as business keeps up, we can fix whatever we want later with the money."

That reminded Liu JinXue of his main business, and he reached out his hand, "Give me the keys to the laboratory!"

Yan Fei casually opened a drawer, took out the keys and threw them over, watching him about to leave, he reminded him from behind, "It’s almost time for dinner, go after eating; otherwise, someone will have to come and call you later!"

Liu JinXue hesitated briefly, then stopped in his tracks; it wasn’t that he was afraid of having to come back without achieving much, but rather he didn’t want to trouble others to call him. He stayed and continued reading those papers, and when someone came to call for dinner, he stood up and made a request, "Boss, have the data in these papers been tested?"

"Of course, they have been tested!" Yan Fei wasn’t worried at all that the laborers from the dinosaur world would fool him with fake data— after all, those daring to gamble with their own lives were very few. If he encountered such a situation, Yan Fei could only consider himself unlucky.

Liu JinXue was somewhat skeptical, "Can I take them to verify again?"

After saying this, he felt it was somewhat inappropriate in the presence of others, and it didn’t show much respect to the boss, especially since he had just felt the boss was doing some things right. So he added, "Publishing papers is too slow; it takes at least half a month for the magazine to come out. Since these are practical things, I’d like to let the nearby villagers try them first. Once we have examples, it will be easier to promote them later."

It was really rare!

Yan Fei felt deeply moved, appreciating that his senior brother Liu had found a fairly good reason, knowing to save him some face; it made him feel a bit flattered, "Sure, if you’re willing to prepare for promotion then go ahead. Oh, and there’s something else I need your help with. Since you’re not too busy these days, order some professional magazines for the place!"

Having Liu JinXue order magazines was a necessity; some professional magazines were not to be found either in Sancha River village, Tanghe County, or even in Wan City.

Not just these professional ones, but even magazines commonly seen in big cities were often not available in small places.

Just like last year, wasn’t there a certain essay competition? It was said that many award-winning students were directly accepted by colleges without standard admissions. But that magazine hosting the essay competition wasn’t even available in Tanghe County.

When Yan Fei knew about this, he couldn’t help feeling a tad frustrated. People often touted that only through exams could all children be on the same starting line, which really was absurd—exams indeed provided a great opportunity for impoverished children, but to say they were on the same starting line... the score thresholds varied widely across different areas!

Disparities have always existed, yet some people always avoid and ignore them, pretending they don’t exist.

Speaking of which, those laborers from the dinosaur world under Boss Yan, who devised what seemed a perfect plan for him—he too thought it looked rather good.

After writing articles for two days here, Yan Fei realized one problem: if he hadn’t spent some time "furthering his studies" at the provincial library, he probably wouldn’t even know where to publish those articles—frankly, the magazines he used to submit to seemed like just a few people messing around, not very famous nor professional, with virtually no one subscribing proactively, and sales primarily coming from distribution.

Now, if he were asked to name some famous magazines, he could probably list a few names, but if he had to write down their submission addresses right now, he truly couldn’t—back when he read those magazines, he just copied down some useful articles and never paid attention to things like the submission addresses or mailboxes.

He was admittedly an exception, though. If it were some other entrepreneur with less education, especially those in places even more remote than Sancha River, if they encountered a problem, forget about finding someone to ask, they wouldn’t even be able to find any resources.

Liu JinXue felt puzzled, "Don’t we already subscribe to quite a few magazines here?"

Yan Fei didn’t want to elaborate on this topic, "Those aren’t professional enough. I’ll give you money to subscribe to those well-known, highly professional magazines relevant to our farm’s production. Just order all that you can."

After a moment, he added, "Here’s the deal, I’ll give you a budget of five hundred a month, six thousand a year isn’t little, right? You’re the head of the lab after all. I’m paying for you to get resources to enrich the lab, and you’re not happy about it? Just to let you know, don’t come to see me if the money isn’t all spent."

Boss Niu, standing by, raised his thumb high, "Brother Yan really doesn’t hesitate to invest, if you don’t make it big in the future, it would be ridiculous."

A yearly investment of six thousand was indeed hefty—most businesses either proactively or passively subscribe to some newspapers and magazines, but they’d only spend a few hundred yuan a year at most, and even then, several people have complaints. To Boss Niu, being willing to spend several thousand to subscribe to magazines was quite a generous move—after all, how much could one magazine cost? With five hundred a month, wouldn’t that subscribe to dozens of issues?

That was also what Yan Fei thought; in fact, he had just casually mentioned it, not really believing Liu JinXue could spend all that money. While he thought so internally, he humbly said, "Knowledge is power! There’s no output without input. If you don’t study for three days, you fall behind, and if you fall behind, you’ll get beaten!"

Initially, Liu JinXue had quite admired Boss Yan’s integrity in the conversation with Boss Niu—compared to most of the nouveau riche, Boss Yan did deserve a big thumbs up in some respects.

Yet the attitude of Boss Yan really irked him, so he couldn’t help asking, "Some foreign magazines also have their advantages in certain areas. We can find a lot of cutting-edge technological theories to learn from... but those magazines, could you understand them if I subscribed?"

Just praised me and now trying to undermine me, huh? Luckily, I indeed know two barbarian languages.

Inwardly despising Senior Brother Liu, Yan Fei humbly responded, "My foreign language skills aren’t that great... but if it’s English or Japanese, I can understand them no problem."

"Really can understand?" Liu JinXue was skeptical. "I’d believe you understand some since you studied English in school, but..."

"Don’t believe it?" Yan Fei picked up a book, flipped open a page, and started translating rapidly. Then, looking at the flabbergasted Liu JinXue, he disdainfully said, "I can translate, but can you understand?"

If I didn’t have a trick or two, I really wouldn’t be able to hold my own against you, would I?

Boss Niu, with his mouth agape, raised his thumb again, "Brother Yan, I...I...you’re awesome..."

Liu JinXue almost choked on his own blood. Here he was, a genuine college graduate, getting looked down upon by a high schooler—not even a trustworthy high schooler, having gotten into middle school through connections and high school through special admission, in no part due to proper examinations.

What was even more infuriating was that Liu JinXue truly couldn’t understand Japanese and found himself unable to rebut.

Listening to Boss Niu’s praise and seeing Boss Yan’s calm demeanor, Liu JinXue gritted his teeth and fiercely added, "Then I’ll go order the magazines... Oh, and if the money isn’t enough, will you add more?"