For the next week, Xia Ruofei stayed in the pharmaceutical factory.
He had to bring Xue Jinshan and the others to do at least three to five test productions every day. He spent most of his time in the control room, analyzing the data according to the effect of the samples and making adjustments.
Sometimes, it was just a small adjustment to two decimal places, and Xia Ruofei would reorganize the test production. It could be said that he was extremely careful with the details.
Of course, even so, Xia Ruofei only spent four days to adjust the data parameters to a relatively satisfactory level.
In the remaining three days, one day was used to verify the stability of the program. A total of ten sets of production tests were carried out. The samples produced each time were at least at the medium-high level. Even if there was a slight deviation, it would never drop to the medium-high level.
At this stage of the test production, Xia Ruofei was already relieved because it was basically a success.
In the other two days, Xia Ruofei did a very simple thing, which was to dilute the Yuji Ointment.
It sounded a bit ridiculous, but it was a necessary research.
First of all, the efficacy of this complete version of the Jade Muscle Ointment was extremely heaven-defying. It had even reached a shocking level. It was fine to give a small portion to relatives and friends, but if it was to be sold globally, it was better to keep a low profile.
Of course, the more important reason was that the mass-produced version of the Yuji Ointment was essentially a commodity.
The ultimate attribute of a commodity was to make a profit.
If they wanted to make a profit, they had to ensure that the effect was far better than other similar products. They had to try their best not to make the effect too obvious. This was the only way to make a profit.
Of course, at the same time, they had to ensure that the product was diverse and differentiated between different grades and types.
Therefore, it was necessary to dilute the Yuji Ointment and develop a variety of products.
In this regard, Xia Ruofei mainly relied on Xia Qing.
After all, Xia Qing's understanding of the Yuji Ointment's medicinal properties was far better than Xia Ruofei's. Therefore, when they first started the mass-production test, Xia Ruofei had the foresight to ask Xia Qing to start thinking about adding some ingredients that would not conflict with the medicinal properties of the Yuji Ointment.
Xia Qing also lived up to Xia Ruofei's expectations.
In the past few days, Xia Qing had quickly come up with several plans.
These plans were based on the premise that the Jade Muscle Ointment had already been produced. They mixed some other ingredients in it so that when the Jade Muscle Ointment was diluted, it would not affect the medicinal properties.
These redundant ingredients included honey, milk, egg white, mung bean powder, pearl powder, and so on.
At the same time, according to Xia Ruofei's request, Xia Qing also added rose, jasmine, lilac, and other ingredients, so that the Yuji ointment would have a variety of colors, smells, and other aspects without affecting the efficacy of the ointment.
After two days of continuous experimental production, a conservative estimate was that six to seven different types of Yuji Ointment could be developed. Each type could be divided into different grades according to the concentration of the active ingredients to facilitate the differentiation of consumer groups and the adoption of different pricing strategies.
Of course, this was just Xia Ruofei's initial experiment to verify its feasibility.
Before the Jade Muscle Ointment was ready to be released to the market, the marketing department would also participate in the analysis to finalize the final product, confirm the launch wave, and determine the pricing strategy, etc.
At that time, the marketing department would organize a special team to advertise and package each series of Jade Muscle Ointment. Many cosmetics and skincare products on the market were actually like this. The functions were similar, but they were exaggerated to the sky. All kinds of pure natural without additives, all kinds of plant essences … Anyway, they were as high-end as possible, and the consumers just had to fall for it.
The efficacy of the Jade Muscle Ointment was naturally very good. The appropriate advertising and packaging was just icing on the cake. It was not to deceive the consumers.
Of course, the automated production line produced the pure Jade Muscle Ointment. Some of the other ingredients were processed later. It was basically a semi-automated production. It was not completely manual.
In the past week, Xia Ruofei had finally solved the problem of the mass production of the Jade Muscle Ointment.
Just the ingredients used for the experiment alone cost more than a hundred thousand yuan.
Of course, Xia Ruofei did not feel bad about spending this money. Instead, he felt that it was more than worth it.
After that, there would be a period of trial production. After the production line was stable, a set of quality indicators had to be established. After that, there would be a series of work such as the application for approval. Of course, Xia Ruofei did not need to do all this himself.
Although the approval for skincare products was also under the jurisdiction of the drug administration, it was much simpler than the drug. There was also no complicated clinical trial process. After all, the drug was used to treat diseases. It had to be ingested in the stomach. No matter how careful one was, it could not be overdone.
As for the issue of the confidentiality of the prescription, Xia Ruofei had already considered it.
There was no way to completely keep the ingredients used for the Jade Muscle Ointment a secret. After all, to carry out mass production, a large amount of ingredients would need to be purchased. The best thing would be to cooperate with the surrounding villagers and invite them to plant the ingredients. The Taoyuan Company would be responsible for buying back the ingredients. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to completely keep it a secret.
What Xia Ruofei could do was to arrange for a few trustworthy veterans to be in charge of purchasing the ingredients with Xue Jinshan. In addition, when they cooperated to plant the ointment, they would try to find more villagers. It would be best if they were not in the same place. Then, they would let them plant different types of ingredients.
Also, among all the ingredients, there was a medicinal ingredient called "green maple vine" that was used very little. However, it was equivalent to the role of a catalyst. It played a very important role in the entire brewing process.
The most important thing was that the green maple vine was ground together with the ingredients that Xue Jinshan had brought people to help Xia Ruofei in the first production experiment. It was ground into powder and added in the final stage.
Because the amount used was very little, Xia Ruofei had already considered the need to keep it a secret at that time. He did not let Xue Jinshan and the others know about this medicinal ingredient. Later, when he was processing the ingredients alone, he ground it and added it.
Green maple vine was not a very common medicinal ingredient, but it was not difficult to obtain.
When brewing the Yuji ointment, the amount needed was also very little. Almost every time it was produced at full capacity, it only needed about a hundred grams. Therefore, this medicinal ingredient was almost naturally produced for Xia Ruofei's exclusive control of the prescription.
The planting of green maple vine was very easy, and the yield was very high.
Xia Ruofei had already decided to open up a separate large area in the Ring-Tu space to plant the green maple vine. Every month, he would provide the ground green maple vine to the medicinal plant. Then, he would clarify the addition ratio with Xue Jinshan. Then, he would appoint an absolutely trustworthy veteran in the pharmaceutical factory to be directly managed by this veteran. Basically, the possibility of a leak would not exist.
Taking a step back, even if there was a very low probability of a leak at this stage, the entire production process was completely sealed and solidified in the control computer. Unless the entire computer's hard drive was stolen and then cracked by an expert hacker, there was still a possibility of bypassing the software's self-destruct program and cracking the production process.
However, the probability of such a thing happening was almost negligible.
After completing the first stage of the experimental production, Xia Ruofei also specially booked a table at Ling's Restaurant. He treated Xue Jinshan and a few workers, who had worked hard with him for a week, to a good meal. Then, he personally gave each of them a red packet of two thousand yuan.
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During this week, Feng Jing had also been in frequent contact with Dong Jiajun at Hengfeng Auction House in Hong Kong.
The auction was tentatively set for five days later.
There were a lot of things to do in the company every day. Naturally, Feng Jing could not go to Hong Kong so early. However, she almost participated in the warm-up and planning of the auction and put forward a lot of constructive suggestions.
With the cooperation of Feng Jing and Dong Jiajun, there was already a wave of excitement in Hong Kong.
Four days ago, Hengfeng Auction House put up a notice of the auction on the most eye-catching banner on the official website.
On the banner, which occupied almost two-thirds of the website's front page, was a poster carefully designed by the auction house's team.
The content of the poster was obvious at a glance. It was a person holding a huge dried abalone. The person used as a reference was Guo Song, who had appraised the one-headed abalone at Xia Ruofei's house that day.
This industry expert, who had been in the seafood industry for more than 20 years, was shocked and in disbelief when he saw the top-quality one-headed abalone.
That day, Luo Jiahao, the employee in charge of publicity at the auction house, took a lot of photos and videos of the one-headed abalone. In the end, when the publicity team had a video conference with Feng Jing to discuss the plan, under Feng Jing's suggestion, everyone finally chose the photo that Luo Jiahao had subconsciously captured.
Of course, the background of Xia Ruofei's house in the photo had been photoshopped out. There was only Guo Song and the big abalone in his hand. Behind the photo, there was an elegant Huaxia -style background image, which made the one-headed abalone stand out even more.
About two-thirds of the ink-style poster was filled with this photo, which was very prominent. In the empty space, there were a few large calligraphy words: Unparalleled Delicacy — Top-Quality One-headed Abalone.
The small text below the words stated the auction's time and location, as well as other things to take note of.
At the top right of the poster, the logos of the Taoyuan Company and Hengfeng Group were placed side by side, which was very eye-catching.
If one clicked on the poster, they would be taken to a special page specially created for the auction.
The page had a lot of information.
There was information about the auction items, an introduction to the auction, an introduction to the Taoyuan Company, the registration method for the auction, the entry threshold, and so on. Of course, this special page could not do without a lot of photos and edited publicity videos from that time.
The layer upon layer of top-quality one-headed abalones presented on the page was quite visually impactful.
The less than three minutes long publicity video was carefully edited by the experts of Hengfeng Group's advertising department. It showed the perfect posture of the top-quality one-headed abalone from all angles. It was said that the magnetic Cantonese baritone was Liu Wendong, the most famous male anchor in Hong Kong. Hengfeng Group had specially invited him to dub for the video.
When the publicity video was posted on the website, it also began to be broadcast in primetime on Hong Kong's major TV stations.
Of course, the TV stations broadcast a 15-second edited version. If they broadcast the full version, the advertising fees would be very high.
At the same time, advertisements for the auction appeared in Hong Kong's bus stations, public squares, shopping malls, building elevators, and other places with a lot of people.
Several major newspapers in Hong Kong also published full-page advertisements at the same time.
Almost overnight, the news of this auction, which might be the first mass auction of top-quality one-headed abalone in Hong Kong's history, swept across Hong Kong.
The publicity for the auction, from outdoor billboards to TV stations, from print media to internet media, covered almost all age groups who were used to getting information through various means.
There was a saying that it was hard to buy a two-headed abalone with a thousand gold taels. The people of Hong Kong were also very interested in high-quality abalones. Therefore, this auction immediately became the hottest topic of conversation among the people of Hong Kong.
In actual fact, Feng Jing was the one that suggested the idea of a carpet campaign.
At first, Hengfeng Auction House thought that a high-end item like one-headed abalone didn't need to be advertised so widely. After all, most ordinary people couldn't afford such expensive abalones.
Therefore, the publicity team at the auction house's earliest idea was to prepare a cocktail party and invite the upper class of Hong Kong to attend. Then, they would announce the auction at the cocktail party.
As for the advertisements in newspapers and TV, they would definitely not be as comprehensive as now.
However, Feng Jing was very clear about what the Taoyuan Company needed. Under her insistence, the manager of Hengfeng Auction House, Dong Jiajun, received instructions from Ma Xiong to try his best to satisfy the Taoyuan Company's requirements. Therefore, the publicity plan was finally changed to what it was now.
Although the publicity was for the public, the upper class of Hong Kong were naturally not isolated from the world. They quickly learned the news through various channels.
These gentlemen of the peace, super-rich, important government officials, and socialites were even more shocked. Some rich and famous people who were on the same level as Ma Xiong called Ma Xiong to verify.
Ma Xiong patted his chest and guaranteed that their publicity was not false at all. He also personally invited these celebrities to attend the auction.
Some people whose social status was slightly lower than Ma Xiong's also inquired about this matter through their own channels.
For a time, the hottest topic in Hong Kong was one-headed abalone.
Similarly, the Taoyuan Company, which provided the best one-headed abalone, went from being a small company with no reputation in Hong Kong to being widely known overnight.
Of course, in addition to those celebrities who could directly verify with Ma Xiong or had other sources of information, more ordinary people were actually skeptical. After all, two-headed abalone was very rare these days, let alone one-headed abalone that only existed in legends.
Many people thought that this mainland company was creating hype, and there were also many voices of doubt on the Internet.
However, this was all within Feng Jing's expectations. If there were doubts, there would be topics of discussion, and it would continue to be popular. Therefore, she couldn't wait for the voices of doubt to be louder!
This was the same as some celebrities creating scandals. Sometimes, negative news was not necessarily a bad thing.
More than half of Hong Kong had become noisy because of the news of the auction of the best one-headed abalone. Feng Jing was finally ready to go to Hong Kong in person.
The next step of publicity, the layout of the auction, the process, and so on, she had to personally check and coordinate and coordinate.
That morning, Feng Jing did not go to the office. She booked a direct flight to Hong Kong in the afternoon. The company's affairs were basically arranged, so she slept in in the morning, which was rare for her. She was going to pack her luggage in the morning.
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