Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 368 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 68_1

Chapter 368: Chapter 368 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 68_1

Huang Dapeng knew that Huang Lei always had her own ideas, but he never expected the girl to have such strong opinions.

"You’re saying you’re not going to accept the job assignment?" Huang Dapeng confirmed with Huang Lei once again.

Huang Lei hummed in affirmation, "Yes, I’m certain."

Huang Lei, who was about to graduate from university, had been allocated a position at the central bank. It wasn’t too bad, as the central bank was still conducting deposit and withdrawal services at the time.

Huang Lei knew that before long, the central bank would no longer provide deposit and withdrawal services and would fully exercise its functions as the national central bank.

In another decade or so, it would amount to civil servant benefits, the treatment of staff in functional departments.

As a university graduate, her prospects weren’t too shabby, and Huang Lei had thought it over for a long time. Even if her internship performance was commendable, and the professors gave her positive evaluations,

the most important thing was, after long consideration, Huang Lei felt that she didn’t really like the routine of clocking into a job.

"I want to audit classes at the Chinese Medicine Institute."

"I want to expand the business of using traditional Chinese medicine for beauty treatments and physical conditioning."

Life had been getting better for everyone these past years, and there were more wealthy people. The business for Huang Lei’s facial masks had also improved significantly.

They even hired two people specifically to grind the powder and package it. Although the selling price wasn’t high, people thought it was just enough to earn a labor fee, a hard-earned sum.

In truth, only she knew that the earnings weren’t that slight. The herbs she needed were previously bought at pharmacies, but now she purchased them directly from herbal companies. Buying in bulk significantly reduced the cost.

Huang Lei could say that in this area, she really did make her first bucket of gold, which made her heart itch with various ambitions.

She always wondered if she could earn even more money by dedicating herself fully to the business.

After much deliberation, Huang Lei considered that if she was truly committed to this field, she would have much to learn, especially since her main products were oriental herbal skin whitening and skincare.

Without some theoretical knowledge, how could she dare to run a business?

She couldn’t just squander the hard-earned reputation and foothold she had established, right?

At the moment, no one had noticed this opportunity, or rather, those who had noticed didn’t think this line of business made money as quickly as, say, dealing in the South, and even if someone did notice, they wouldn’t invest in this industry.

Taking advantage of the limited competition, Huang Lei was determined to improve herself.

If possible, digging out some promising students from the Chinese Medicine Institute would be even better.

Huang Lei took out the plan she had prepared long ago and placed it in front of Huang Dapeng and Zhao Ya.

The old couple was shocked; knowing their child was capable was one thing, but facing it directly was another.

Huang Dapeng picked up the list and began reading, "Are you planning to open a shop immediately?"

"No, to open a factory."

"Previously, it was just a small venture, and it never got formalized, which I think isn’t right."

"I’m operating without a license right now. What if someone reports me?"

"If someone reports me, claiming that using my product caused their face problems, I would have no defense."

People were still relatively simple and naive at that time, and no one thought about tampering with the product. Huang Lei felt incessantly fortunate as she thought about it now.

If anyone had ill intentions, she would have faced serious trouble.

She might have been lucky not to have run into any issues before, but there was no guarantee that she could keep that luck in the future. The best solution was to be well-prepared.

"That’s true," admitted Huang Dapeng, whose workplace wasn’t a simple one. Even though they were careful with their words and didn’t reveal much.

But the occasional content that leaked out was sufficient for Huang Dapeng to utilize," "It will definitely become formal in the future."

"If that’s the case, opening a company is also an option." Huang Dapeng contemplated for a moment and then agreed with Huang Lei’s idea.

What’s going on? Zhao Ya looked at Huang Dapeng, puzzled. Just now, he said they couldn’t let Huang Lei be willful, but after she said just a few words, he immediately changed his mind.

"Can you persuade her to change her mind?" Huang Dapeng turned his head and asked.

Zhao Ya was speechless, "Of course, I can’t."

"Then let the young lady give it a try." Huang Dapeng thought, "Let Xiao Lei venture out."

"If she can make a name for herself, of course that’s good, if not—"

"It doesn’t matter, I’ll find some connections then." Finding a position for Huang Lei through connections was something Huang Lei was still capable of doing.

Even if all else failed, they still owned several courtyard houses and two shopfronts; even if Huang Lei didn’t work, the rental income from the properties was enough for her to live on.

Zhao Ya thought to herself that Huang Lei was indeed determined to do business. They had tried to dissuade her, but to no avail.

Since that was the case, it might be better to just listen to Huang Dapeng and let Huang Lei venture out.

Listening to her grandparents’ conversation, Huang Lei was really angry, "Grandpa and Grandma, you’re going too far, really too far."

"How can you be so discouraging to me?"

"I’m sure I can get the business going," Huang Lei wasn’t certain she could grow the business big.

But she was confident that the industry was really worth investing in. As everyone’s lives improved, people would pay more attention to their appearance and be willing to spend money on this aspect.

"Okay, do you need money?" As a grandfather, Huang Dapeng was, of course, willing to invest in his granddaughter’s business ventures.

"No need." Over the past few years, even though all the earnings were modest and hard-earned,

outsiders didn’t know that Huang Lei had actually saved quite a bit of money, "I’ll start with a small workshop."

"Once I have the license in hand, I’ll start up the factory."

"After I earn some more money, I’ll develop new products and then gradually expand."

"I want to grow the industry step by step." With that approach, she could enjoy the thrill of entrepreneurship and avoid getting too carried away.

Seeing how persistent Huang Lei was, Huang Dapeng no longer insisted on investing funds.

Huang Lei, who had already acquired the permit, first discussed the matter with Zhang Xia.

These days, Zhang Xia had also been contemplating a matter, unable to make up her mind. Hearing about Huang Lei’s decision, "You’re not taking a job?"

Zhang Xia knew that the professors of her major admired Huang Lei and were confident she would do well in the financial sector.

Unexpectedly, she was not accepting the job assigned by the school, and even planned to start her own business.

Nowadays, many people were starting their own businesses and becoming their bosses, but most were either unemployed or people with heavy family burdens who considered doing business.

There weren’t many college graduates who thought about starting their own business right after graduation, let alone those from prestigious schools—they were even rarer.

Zhang Xia could understand why Huang Lei would make such a choice, given the various styles of facial masks that came from her hands over the years, countless in number.

As her agent, she had also earned a good amount of money, and Huang Lei had made even more—more than what a regular job would pay.

But no matter how much money business brought in, it wasn’t as stable as having a job, which was a point her parents kept reminding her.

Zhang Xia knew it was actually her parents worrying that she would get too impulsive and turn down the job placement from the school to do business instead.