Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

“Don’t worry about it, Yaodong’s approach is correct! The more routes we take, the more money we make. Besides, those little pills are much easier to make than rock candy, and we can produce more of them! That’s all money!” Deng Jianli explained to Wang Lin with a smile.

"Really?" Wang Lin asked, puzzled.

"The teacher is right. The same amount of ephedrine in the pills yields four times the amount of rock sugar! That's why the pills are cheaper than rock sugar! Each pill only costs twenty yuan!" Lu Shaohua explained with a smile.

"So cheap?" Wang Lin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

This is actually quite normal, because the most expensive ingredient is flour, due to its raw materials and purity. Next are rock sugar and small pills.

As all sorts of new things become cheaper, they have become rampant among the lower classes, especially young people. They don't have much money to begin with; if they can't afford flour, they can buy rock sugar, and if they can't afford rock sugar, they can buy small pills.

It must be said that as the price of these things gets lower and lower, the harm they cause also gets greater and greater. Even in countries like mainland China where drugs are completely banned, there are still a large number of people using them, not to mention those countries abroad where these things are legalized.

Drug control is a long-term task that we should support. We cannot let the police officers who guard our firewall sacrifice their lives in vain.

However, these words were completely ignored by Lu Shaohua and his two companions, who had already gone astray.

The three of them have now crossed the line of basic human decency in order to make money.

Finally, Lin Yaodong's side was the first to produce the small pills, in large quantities, nearly two hundred kilograms, and worth more than four million.

Lu Shaohua's rock sugar was much less, only about 30 kilograms to less than 40 kilograms.

However, this enormous number is enough to be recorded in our domestic records.

"Brother Hua, once this batch of rock sugar crystallizes tomorrow, can we start selling it? Can we make money?" Wang Lin asked excitedly, looking at the rock sugar that had entered the crystallization stage.

"Of course! This is several times purer! Its value is immeasurable! Shaohua, how do you plan to sell it?" Old Gui had seen the quality of Lu Shaohua's rock candy, so he looked at Lu Shaohua with anticipation, hoping that Lu Shaohua would raise the price.

Lu Shaohua didn't look at Lao Gui, but instead looked at Lin Yaodong. He knew that Lin Yaodong had access to Mingzhu's resources, and Lu Shaohua actually hoped that this batch of goods could be transported to other places for sale.

It wasn't that he was particularly kind to the domestic market or the people there, but rather that he knew the risks of selling this product domestically were much greater. If he could sell it in Mingzhu, those risks would be significantly reduced.

"Look how useless I am. If I go to Mingzhu alone with the goods without anyone by myself, I'll be like meat on a chopping block. The gangs in Mingzhu won't let me go!" Lin Yaodong said helplessly.

Hearing Lin Yaodong's words, Lu Shaohua also fell silent. This batch of goods was their capital to turn their lives around, and they absolutely could not afford to have anything go wrong. If Lin Yaodong really took it to Mingzhu alone, even if they were not double-crossed, what if Lin Yaodong ran away with the goods?

"It seems we can only turn to our old clients!" Old Ghost said dejectedly.

"Who?" Lu Shaohua asked.

“I know a local distributor; we used to sell all our rock sugar to them! But their sales channels are only in mainland China!” Old Ghost said.

“Tell me, and I’ll make the contact!” Lu Shaohua said.

“His name is Zhao Shuangxi, and he owns a local hair salon called Jiulong! I paid him 300,000 yuan per kilogram before, but yours is much purer than mine, so it should sell for 500,000 yuan without any problem!” Old Ghost said.

Upon hearing that it cost 500,000 yuan per kilogram, both Wang Lin and Deng Jianli were utterly shocked.

They knew this thing was valuable, but they never imagined it would be this valuable! You know, a kidney transplant for Deng Jianli's wife only costs 200,000 yuan, but that's something that can save lives.

But this stuff? It's completely harmful. It costs 300,000 or even 500,000 yuan per kilogram? For the first time, the two realized that such a highly profitable industry really existed. No wonder everything on the market is so expensive now.

“We can’t do that. We’re in a rush this time, and this place isn’t safe. If we can’t sell this batch of goods quickly and get our funds back, we can’t find a safe place. We could be exposed at any time!” Lu Shaohua was much calmer than Lao Gui.

"So what do you plan to do?" Old Ghost asked anxiously.

“Let’s keep the original price of 300,000 yuan per kilogram and get the goods off the ground as soon as possible!” Lu Shaohua said.

So when Lu Shaohua approached Zhao Shuangxi, he still sold the goods to Zhao Shuangxi at the price of 300,000 yuan per kilogram. However, because Zhao Shuangxi's resources were limited, he couldn't afford to buy all of Lu Shaohua's goods.

Moreover, Zhao Shuangxi only ate a little of Lin Yaodong's pills. After all, compared to rock candy, the pills were much less potent, and in his opinion, they were just junk. If it weren't for Lu Shaohua's sake, he wouldn't have bought any.

Ultimately, Lu Shaohua had no choice but to send Lin Yaodong back to his hometown with some of the goods, so they could reach Mingzhu through local channels.

Of course, Lu Shaohua gave Lin Yaodong very little, only two kilograms of rock sugar and a little over one hundred kilograms of small pills.

However, Lu Shaohua underestimated Lin Yaodong. On the way, Lin Yaodong contacted a demolition company in Donggang and sold a batch of goods.

Because the small pills were more discreet and novel, Lin Yaodong sold fifty kilograms of them. Although he only made eight hundred thousand yuan, it was enough for him to go home with the money!

This is also why the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau learned that the small pills had entered the mainland.

Li Weimin followed Lin Dezan's advice and planned to go to Sihanoukville to find Lin Qiangfeng to see if they could continue to investigate this lead.

"Do you know anything about Lin Qiangfeng, the man Dezan asked you to find?" Wei Shang asked.

“I know a little about him. I met him once before. I heard he went undercover in Wanbei for four years!” Li Weimin said.

"Hehe, to be able to infiltrate Wanbei for so long, he must be a ruthless person!" Wei Shang knew that to be able to infiltrate Wanbei, one must be a veteran of countless battles, unlike an undercover agent like Mingzhu.

“Here’s what we’ll do. I’ll call Li Xiao, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Southeast Province. You can talk to him first when you get there. After all, this operation may require coordination between two provinces, so we should let him know beforehand,” Wei Shang said with a smile.

"That's great! If we can get the provincial department to cooperate, it will be much more important than if I went alone to ask them for cooperation," Li Weimin said with a smile.

“You make it sound like they’re heartless, but you should also be careful. After all, we’re going there to share in their credit. To prevent any complaints from the comrades below, you must pay attention to your methods of handling the case!” Wei Shang said.