Yang Hongtao was exhausted. With his small build, let alone working for two hours straight, even just standing still for two hours would be enough to kill him.
All he wanted to do was lie down and sleep soundly, but seeing the expectant eyes in front of him, he could only force himself to wave the two sample bags in his hand and ask, "Did you bring the dirty clothes I asked you to prepare?"
"I brought it all...I brought it all! Quickly...bring it up!"
As he was about to see the final result, Wang Guohui became so excited that his voice rose a few decibels, and he had people bring up basins of dirty clothes that had been prepared in advance.
To verify the accuracy of this vaporized laundry detergent, we naturally prepared a larger quantity of clothes, including some that had been worn for three to five days, some stained with oil and sweat, some with blood, and finally a few that Wang Guohui had specially bought from some homeless people sleeping on the roadside the night before. These clothes had not been washed for at least six months.
These dirty clothes were all personally selected by Wang Guohui overnight, so Yang Hongtao couldn't possibly fake it. Therefore, whether Yang Hongtao's two packets of vaporized laundry detergent were truly effective would become clear once they were tried.
After the dirty clothes were brought in, Yang Hongtao first asked someone to bring several clean laundry basins. Then he opened the moisture-proof bag in his hand, used a measuring spoon to scoop up the white powder, and sprinkled a layer evenly on the bottom of each laundry basin. Basically, he sprinkled about one and a half spoonfuls into each basin.
After spraying the vaporized laundry detergent, Yang Hongtao instructed the staff to sort the dirty clothes into different categories and put them into the washing basin, spreading them out as evenly as possible for better washing results.
After all the clothes were put away, staff members brought over buckets and added appropriate amounts of water to each basin.
As soon as water is poured into the basin, tiny bubbles begin to rise from the bottom of the basin in less than three seconds.
The bubbles gradually increased in density, and within about half a minute, the water in the basins containing the vaporized laundry detergent powder all seemed to be boiling, making a continuous "bubbling" sound.
At the same time, several other basins of dirty clothes were also filled with clean water. The difference was that these basins were filled with ordinary laundry detergent, which was the old product of Xinda Daily Chemicals.
This was done to make a clear comparison. Wang Guohui prepared two sets of each type of dirty clothes, one set to be tested with vaporized laundry detergent and the other set to be soaked in regular laundry detergent.
Although soaking clothes in regular laundry detergent doesn't produce bubbles, it can still remove some stains, just not completely or thoroughly.
By arranging it this way, you can see the differences between clothes soaked in different detergents, and you will naturally know whether this vaporized laundry detergent powder is really as Yang Hongtao said, able to remove stains without scrubbing.
After all, it's not difficult to simply make detergents dissolve in water and produce bubbles. If this kind of vaporized laundry detergent powder doesn't have truly solid cleaning power, then it's just a joke.
Wang Guohui was an experienced and shrewd man, not one to be easily fooled. Even though the other party was his son-in-law, he was still cautious, for fear that he might accidentally give away 49% of Xinda Daily Chemical's shares for nothing!
The result did not disappoint Wang Guohui. After five minutes, the bubbles in the basins containing the vaporized laundry detergent completely disappeared. Then, staff members came forward and scooped all the clothes out of the basins and rinsed them gently in the clean water that had been prepared beforehand.
In fact, once the bubbles completely disappeared, you could see some clues from the color of the water in the different basins. The water in the basin with the vaporized laundry detergent was significantly darker than the water with regular laundry detergent, which of course meant that the vaporized laundry detergent was much more effective at removing dirt than regular laundry detergent.
Once all the clothes have been rinsed with clean water and hung up, the contrast becomes even more apparent.
Clothes soaked in regular laundry detergent only have a small amount of surface dust removed, and even that small amount is only a small portion of the surface dust.
As for the areas stained with oil and dirt, they remained completely unchanged.
Looking at the clothes that had been soaked in vaporized laundry detergent, they were basically like new. Ordinary oil stains and dirt had completely disappeared. Only the dirty clothes that hadn't been washed for more than half a year and had been taken from the homeless still looked a bit dirty.
In addition, the paint stains were not washed thoroughly enough, leaving some of the original marks behind.
Nevertheless, the washing effect of this vaporized laundry detergent far exceeded Wang Guohui's expectations. He originally thought that the vaporized laundry detergent would be sufficient to remove ordinary stains from clothes, and that it was normal that some stubborn stains and oil stains could not be removed by soaking.
And now, with this result... Wang Guohui was practically ecstatic! He could even foresee the glorious moment when Xinda Daily Chemical would stand at the pinnacle of international daily chemical companies!
Without any further hesitation, Wang Guohui immediately called his lawyer to bring over the cooperation agreement and the company share transfer agreement that he had drafted overnight. They were then signed on the spot in the laboratory that very night.
Having witnessed the amazing properties of this vaporized laundry detergent, Wang Guohui dared not relax for a moment. As the saying goes, the longer the night, the more dreams arise. What if things dragged on until tomorrow, and someone leaked the information, allowing a powerful daily chemical group to come and steal the business? Therefore, he could only feel at ease after signing the agreement immediately.
With this, Yang Hongtao owned 49% of Xinda Daily Chemical's shares, becoming its largest shareholder.
Although the Wang family still owns 51% of Xinda Daily Chemicals, since it is jointly owned by the father and his three sons, Yang Hongtao actually owns the most shares.
Yang Hongtao had no interest in personally managing the company, so Wang Guohui remained the chairman. Yang Hongtao only needed to provide technical formula support and then he could stay home and wait for the company to pay off.
Although the main agreements have been signed, there are still some follow-up issues that need to be resolved gradually, such as the patent certification of the vaporized laundry detergent powder and related legal procedures.
Therefore, Yang Hongtao cannot disclose the final formula and proportions of the vaporized laundry detergent powder until these problems are completely resolved.
Moreover, even if it is to be handed over at the time, it must be handled by a highly reliable technical person in the company to prevent leakage.
When this new product hits the market, it will inevitably arouse the envy of many competitors, and major companies will certainly spend a lot of human and financial resources to crack this technology.
However, as long as Xinda Daily Chemicals strictly keeps the final formula and proportions a secret, let them slowly try to figure it out!
Over the next few days, Yang Hongtao spent some time guiding Professor He through several more experiments, large and small, on the fur cleaning solution project. Finally, they came up with a mature formula and produced a small batch of samples.
After testing, the sample proved to be significantly better than similar products from the past, which made Wang Guohui grin from ear to ear.
He never expected that his son-in-law, whom he had previously underestimated, would actually have such talent. This... is simply a magic touch that turns lead into gold!
After all the experiments were completed, Yang Hongtao had some free time again.
He then discovered that although he was already the largest shareholder of Xinda Daily Chemicals and a big boss with total assets of at least hundreds of millions, his actual economic situation had not changed at all.
Although Xinda Daily Chemicals has secured a golden project and making money is only a matter of time, it still has to worry about funding the production line upgrades for these two new projects. So, it's best not to think about dividends in the short term.
Right now, Yang Hongtao only has about a million yuan he won from the casino. If this money is just for his daily expenses, it should be enough. However, Yang Hongtao dreams of becoming rich and powerful as soon as possible, so that he can have the opportunity to return to Zhongdu and trample that bastard Huang Lianshu under his feet. He can't just sit at home and wait for a company like Xinda Daily Chemicals to slowly accumulate strength for him.
Other entrepreneurial opportunities are not out of the question, but the funds on hand are still too small. So Yang Hongtao started to turn his attention to his supernatural abilities... It seems that he still needs to make a fortune first!
Volume 1: The Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 48: Boarding the Plane
Yang Hongtao had already considered how to make a fortune. With the memory of nearly a hundred people he had absorbed, getting rich wouldn't be difficult. However, if he wanted to become extremely wealthy in a short time, the only way was through gambling. While gambling in casinos offered quick profits, the risk was too low, making it an unwise choice. Therefore, Yang Hongtao decided to pursue the path of jade gambling.
The so-called "jade gambling" involves spending money to buy rough stones that may contain jade. The idea is to cut the stone open later to see if there is high-quality jade inside. However, it is more likely that you will spend a lot of money to buy a stone, only to find that there is not a single piece of jade inside.
In this way, the losses were completely wiped out.
Comparatively speaking, if the cut rough stone contains even a little bit of low-quality jadeite, and one can break even, that would be considered extremely lucky.
Although gambling on jadeite is a losing proposition, the price of raw jadeite is by no means cheap. If the outer skin of the raw stone is of good quality, even if it is only the size of a fist, the seller will dare to ask for hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan.
Therefore, gambling on jade stones sometimes involves more than just luck; it also requires skill. If you only have a few hundred thousand yuan in assets, you can only afford one or two stones at most. If you don't find jade in those one or two stones, you'll be bankrupt instantly, with no chance of recovery.
However, these people have deep pockets. Losing money once or twice won't cripple them. If they win once, they can potentially recoup their losses and make a profit. Therefore, people who dare to enter the world of jade gambling generally don't even think about it without tens of millions of yuan.
Yang Hongtao only has a little over a million yuan on hand, which is normally not enough to qualify for entry, but he has the help of his superpower! Although he hasn't tested whether his soul power can penetrate the jadeite rough, since soul power can penetrate even ordinary stones and even metals, he assumes that jadeite rough should not be a problem.
Once his soul power can see through the stones, then gambling on stones will no longer be gambling for him, but simply picking up money!
Although a million yuan isn't a lot for gambling on jade, if Yang Hongtao could buy just one rough stone containing high-quality jadeite, he could immediately earn a profit of up to tens of millions of yuan. With that money, he could naturally buy even more rough jadeite stones.
Jadeite originated in Myanmar, and to date, Myanmar is the only region in the world where large deposits of jadeite rough have been discovered.
However, going abroad to gamble on jade involves many troubles, so Yang Hongtao plans to go to Tengchong in Yunnan first to take a look.
Tengchong is a county located in the southwest of Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, bordering Myanmar to the west. Jadeite rough stones from Myanmar destined for China generally pass through here first, and over time, it has become a holy land for jadeite gambling in China.
Among the nearly one hundred remnant souls that Yang Hongtao merged with, one was once a skilled jade carver. Although jade carvers do not gamble on stones, they still have a lot of research on jade and jadeite, and have a general understanding of the value of various jadeite rough stones. Therefore, Yang Hongtao did not need to worry about misjudging the quality.
As long as he first discovers a rough stone containing jadeite, roughly estimates the value of the jadeite, and inquires about the selling price of the rough stone, he will never lose money gambling. Therefore, for Yang Hongtao, there is absolutely no risk in gambling on jadeite.
Of course, if he gambles too many times and always manages to extract jade from the rough stone, it will inevitably attract attention and bring many unknown troubles.
Therefore, Yang Hongtao decided that this trip would only involve cutting open one or two pieces of jadeite rough locally, earning whatever he could, and then using the money to buy a batch of rough stones containing high-quality jadeite and transport them directly back to Dangyang, where he could slowly cut them open at home later.
In this way, no matter how much he earns, it won't attract excessive attention.
Having made up his mind, Yang Hongtao didn't delay any longer. He quickly packed his belongings, didn't say goodbye to anyone, and boarded a plane to Kunming alone.
Although Dangyang City is not a highly developed coastal city, it is located in a transportation hub, and its airport was built two years earlier than that of the provincial capital.
There are flights from Dangyang Airport to Kunming, but Dangyang is just a transit point, so when Yang Hongtao boarded the plane, he saw that the cabin was almost full of passengers.
Yang Hongtao found his seat with his boarding pass and saw an elderly man with white hair sitting next to him, holding a thick book and reading it carefully with a small, exquisite magnifying glass.
When the old man saw Yang Hongtao approaching, he looked up, smiled, and nodded as a greeting, before immersing himself once again in the book in his hands.
Seeing that his seatmate was an old man, Yang Hongtao was slightly disappointed. He wasn't expecting any romantic encounters on the plane, but if he were sitting next to a beautiful woman, even if nothing happened, it would be pleasing to the eye, right? After all, the flight to Kunming would take several hours, and if he could chat with a beautiful woman, the time would surely pass quickly! But sitting next to an old man with white hair meant he could only feel depressed on his own!
However, to Yang Hongtao's surprise, he had only been sitting down for less than two minutes when he suddenly smelled an intoxicating fragrance coming from behind him. Then, a graceful and charming young woman walked up to him with a seductive gait.
The young woman was undeniably beautiful, especially her mature charm, which was like a ripe peach. The male passengers sitting on both sides of the aisle craned their necks, sniffed, and wished they could suck the woman directly into their bodies.
When Yang Hongtao looked up, he saw that the person who had come was an old acquaintance, Xin Yue, the proprietress of Linglongxin Bar!
"What a coincidence! Mr. Zhou... I never expected to meet you here again!"
Xin Yue glanced at Yang Hongtao with her beautiful eyes that could steal a man's soul, but before he could answer, she bent down and leaned close to the old man inside, saying in a teasing tone, "Grandpa... this Mr. Zhou next to you is a young man I know well. Could you please switch seats with me?"
Upon hearing this, the old man looked up, gave Xin Yue a disapproving look, and said, "You silly girl, I asked you to come and sit with your grandfather earlier, but you absolutely refused. Now that you see this young man, you've come running over all of a sudden?"
Xin Yue's pretty face flushed slightly, and she lightly spat, saying, "Grandpa, what nonsense are you talking about! He just had something to say to this little brother. You shouldn't be so disrespectful to your elders!"
The old man was so angry that his beard stood on end. He snorted and said, "Fine... I won't argue with you. Out of sight, out of mind. I'll go rest in the back..." With that, he picked up his magnifying glass, closed the thick book, stood up, and walked towards the back of the cabin.
When the old man closed his book, Yang Hongtao noticed that the book the old man was reading was actually a book on jade appreciation. He couldn't help but wonder if the grandfather and grandson had also gone to Yunnan to gamble on jade.
Volume 1 The Rebirth of a Prodigy Chapter 49 An Astonishing Discovery
As Yang Hongtao was muttering to himself, Xin Yue unceremoniously squeezed past him and plopped down in the seat inside. She then casually raised an arm, gently placing her soft hand on Yang Hongtao's shoulder, tilting her head and smiling at him. She said, "Little brother, it seems we're really destined to meet! I only go to Yunnan once a year, and it's such a coincidence that we met on the same plane… Ah… could this be what the ancients meant by 'those destined to meet will meet even if they are thousands of miles apart'?"
When Xin Yue touched Yang Hongtao's shoulder, his whole body trembled slightly, and his blood boiled instantly.
This made him both embarrassed and angry, and he was extremely annoyed that he had inherited Zhou Ziwei's body, which was full of lecherous nature.
Fortunately, his willpower was still able to control his body's instincts. He coughed lightly, subtly shrugged his shoulders, dodged Xin Yue's small hand, and said with a straight face, "Mr. Xin, you are a director of a large corporation, while I am just an unemployed bum whom my father doesn't like. How can we talk about 'fate' between us? Mr. Xin, please don't make fun of me!"
Xin Yue giggled and magically produced a dazzling diamond card from her person. She then winked at Yang Hongtao and said, "Little brother, I didn't mean to look down on you! Look... I still have that diamond card for you from last time! With this card, you'll have a position equivalent to a director of the Bairui Group. Just nod your head, and... this card will be entirely yours!"
Yang Hongtao shrugged and said, "I can get this card just by nodding? Hmm... At the same time, I have to promise to do you a favor, right? Hehe... Didn't I already tell you? I'm not interested!"
Yang Hongtao was convinced that there was no such thing as a free lunch. Xin Yue had no reason to give him such a precious diamond card for nothing, unless she could get something from Yang Hongtao that was equal to or even more valuable than the card.
Moreover, to be honest, this diamond card from Bairui Group is probably a very precious treasure for those rich second-generation kids and government officials in Dangyang who have nothing better to do than show it off in their social circles to demonstrate their status and position.
However, for Yang Hongtao, this thing was nothing more than a certificate that allowed him to eat two meals for free in a more respectable manner.
Xin Yue's words sound nice, that having this card gives him the equivalent of a director position in the Bairui Group? That's complete nonsense! Yang Hongtao hasn't invested a single penny in the Bairui Group. Do you think that just because he has this worthless card, he'll get a share of the year-end bonus?
Moreover, even if you use this card to get free meals, you can't use it too often.
Once or twice, people might treat you like a VIP and treat you with great hospitality. Three or four times, they might try their best to meet your requests.
But if you take this card to their place every day and eat and drink for free... they'll probably either kick you out with a broom or glare at you until you're half dead.
Therefore, Yang Hongtao knew very well that the Bairui Group's diamond card was actually a worthless piece of junk. Of course, he wouldn't be so foolish as to exchange his promise for this useless card, so he refused again without leaving any room for negotiation.
"Oh dear... what kind of person do you take your sister for!"
Xin Yue probably realized that the diamond card, which was extremely tempting to ordinary children of the wealthy and powerful, didn't hold much appeal for Yang Hongtao. So she immediately changed her strategy, giggling as she leaned against Yang Hongtao again. She held the diamond card between two fingers and, without a word, stuffed it into Yang Hongtao's shirt pocket. Then, pouting, she said, "Who said I have to do you a favor to give you this diamond card? I just like you, I just like you, my little brother, so I'm willing to give you this diamond card for free! Just accept it! I won't ask you for anything, okay?"
Yang Hongtao could easily see that Xin Yue was playing hard to get. If it were someone with no social experience, they might have fallen for her tricks.