The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 1054 - 1048: Fundraising

He hugged Gu Youyou tightly in his arms and said, "I can’t let you be at a disadvantage either, so I had the Imperial Court pay silver for your potatoes."

Gu Youyou smiled and said, "I won’t be at a disadvantage, I am still waiting to sell them glass."

Indeed, opening the pastry shop recently, expanding the business, and buying potatoes had cost a significant amount of silver. It was time for her to figure out a way to get some.

"Don’t worry about me; I can find a way to get silver. Of course, I’m not a charity; the Imperial Court has to pay silver for these potatoes."

...

Gu Youyou’s board meeting was arranged in a restaurant not far from Jisheng Hall. That day, she had reserved the second floor for the event, turning a large room into a conference area.

She had invited not only the Store Managers from each branch but also some big merchants who were interested in cooperation.

Of course, the first meeting was for her own people. Only after they had come to an agreement would she discuss with the business merchants. So, the merchants were scheduled to come later in the afternoon.

Gu Youyou shared her thoughts with everyone and showed them the plans she had made.

These Shopkeepers were all people who had made a fortune following Gu Youyou, so her position in their hearts was unshakeable; naturally, there were no voices of opposition.

Gu Youyou could lead them to earn even more money; only a fool would be unwilling.

"Doctor Gu, we’ll do as you say, we’ll follow your lead."

"Well then, since that’s the case, all the Shopkeepers know what they should do now, right?"

"We understand!"

From now on, Gu Youyou would personally oversee the overall situation, no longer always sending a maid to run errands, and everybody was very pleased about this.

Seeing Gu Youyou was as exciting as seeing their idol.

Some were so astonished they couldn’t close their mouths, everyone felt honored to meet Gu Youyou in person.

Gu Youyou asked everyone to quiet down and said, "There’s another thing I want to tell you all; in addition to opening the pastry shop, we will expand into another line of business."

Everyone quieted down and listened carefully to what Gu Youyou had to say.

Gu Youyou said, "Previously, we put all our effort into disaster relief and made great achievements. Yesterday, the Emperor wanted to reward me, and the Prince requested on my behalf that the reward be the release of the glass crafting technology, allowing us to produce it ourselves."

Hearing this, everyone’s expression turned awkward.

Someone spoke up, "The art of crafting glass is in the hands of the Imperial Family’s artisans. Of course, as the Emperor’s daughter-in-law, with the Emperor’s consent, you will naturally be taught this technology. But I’ve heard that crafting glass is extremely difficult and the costs are too high. We’re going to expand our businesses, but I’m afraid we won’t have enough silver!"

"Yes, Doctor Gu, I fully support your idea, but silver is a major concern. We spent quite a bit of silver on the disaster relief, and now with opening the pastry shop, silver is a big problem."

Gu Youyou smiled faintly and said, "Don’t worry about the silver, because I’m not planning to monopolize the glass crafting. Instead, I want to do it with wealthy merchants. I think the mere word ’glass’ will interest many merchants with silver..."

"This..." Everyone looked even more bewildered. "If this technology leaks out, how will we make money?"

Some people expressed their disagreement.

They felt that although they had less silver on hand now, as long as they could get through the next few months and the returns from the pastry shop were collected, they could manage on their own. Why let outsiders share in the profits?