Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 428 - 427: New Life

"Oh, by the way, Xiaoqing. My father suggests that if you’re confident, it’s best to register a patent for yourself. Including the plum juice you’re planning and the hot sauce. Over here, patents are quite valuable."

Ye Mingyue reminded Gu Xiaoqing while continuously eating the buns in front of her that had deviated from the traditional way of making buns.

In this regard, Ye Mingyue’s father is quite knowledgeable.

He has seen too many cases where things suddenly became popular, and because patents were not applied for in time, others registered them first, resulting in heavy losses.

Gu Xiaoqing nodded and asked Ye Mingyue, "Could you ask your father if he can introduce a lawyer of this type to me? Don’t worry, money is not an issue."

"Sure, no problem."

Her father naturally has many connections, and the lawyers under him are all engaged in such corporate affairs and disputes, so applying for patents is something they are quite familiar with.

In the blink of an eye, most of 1994 had passed.

That year, Wang Xiaoji began to enter the United States market, and Gu Xiaoqing also successfully registered her first US company, NewLive.

What is the biggest failure of a bubble tea shop?

It’s Gu Xiaoqing’s previous steady and honest mindset. A company cannot do without public relations and backers.

Therefore, although Gu Xiaoqing had not truly made it big yet, she hired lawyers to apply for patents for her hot sauce, plum juice, and newly developed bun recipe, and employed lawyers long-term for her services.

When the first experience store opened in a shop less than thirty square meters next to McDonald’s, the business was good on the first day.

Because Gu Xiaoqing was already somewhat famous at Columbia University, partly due to her and Ye Mingyue organizing parties in their spare time, many people at the school got to know Gu Xiaoqing.

Within three months, Gu Xiaoqing’s bun shop expanded rapidly like a nuclear explosion.

The various flavored buns made by Gu Xiaoqing became highly sought after throughout New York City, and before long, Gu Xiaoqing opened a branch store not far from Wall Street in New York City.

At the same time, Gu Xiaoqing energetically began bundling her hot sauce for sale, as these buns had a unique flavor when dipped in hot sauce.

The hot sauce quickly became a favorite for many people, and after eating, pairing it with a refreshing and slightly sour plum juice was an incomparable delight.

The inspiration for the hot sauce came from the future Lao Gan Ma, a brand very popular abroad.

The hot sauce uniquely made by Gu Xiaoqing was naturally just as good; she simply launched it earlier here.

Soon, the patents for everything from flavored buns to hot sauce and plum juice came through. Gu Xiaoqing officially began her studies at Columbia University, choosing to study a well-known business management program at the Columbia University Business School.

To enhance her business’s explosive success and create a phenomenological impact, Gu Xiaoqing opted for financing to expand her market at the fastest possible speed.

And to distance her enterprise from being perceived as a purely Chinese enterprise.

Gu Xiaoqing’s rapid rise was something Ye Mingyue could hardly believe.

After the failure domestically, Gu Xiaoqing realized her bubble tea shop’s biggest mistake was not involving people with backgrounds.

Therefore, Gu Xiaoqing wanted to restructure her company through financing and rely on investing companies to give her a certain backing.

Everything was carried out with great momentum.

Meanwhile, she also helped Xiao Wu’s team quickly apply for Wang Xiaoji’s patent here in the United States.

Of course, Gu Xiaoqing’s current achievements could not be compared with those on Wall Street who speculated with penny stocks and made millions using insider information in three minutes.

Her news, at most, occupied a small corner of the newspaper.

At this time, the sales created by Gu Xiaoqing had also exceeded tens of millions of US Dollars, with pure profits reaching the millions.

She finally began her second step, searching for places for branches to create brand influence rather than explosive expansion.

Instead, she changed her strategy, planning to build a factory to produce her flavored buns as semi-finished products, to launch along with her hot sauce and plum juice in major supermarkets.

Yes, that was Gu Xiaoqing’s original plan.

Why change from steaming to baking?

Gu Xiaoqing was pondering her future, and it was clear that a brand had more impact than branches here.

With more branches, due to variability in quality and personnel, the brand could slowly develop a bad reputation.

But without expanding branches, her flavored buns could not be elevated to high-end gourmet restaurants, so what was the way forward?

Very simply, at that time, Gu Xiaoqing considered producing semi-finished products alongside the hot sauce and plum juice, forming a three-pronged approach to transform her company into a food enterprise.

First, people here are accustomed to going to supermarkets to buy semi-finished products that they can slightly fry, deep fry, or bake at home.

For this, Gu Xiaoqing worked tirelessly day and night to improve the buns for baking.

Second, the hot sauce and plum juice were her paired combinations, hoping the hot sauce would become a part of the dining habits here, just as shrimp has become a pre-meal dish for American families.

This was also a tremendous profit. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The road ahead was long, but the future looked very bright.

Certainly, Gu Xiaoqing was very busy. While completing her studies, she and Ye Mingyue received an invitation from Ye Mingyue at Stanford University to help them organize a party.

Ye Mingyue, a party fanatic, naturally agreed, and Gu Xiaoqing also wanted to experience the charm of Stanford University.

Jason also knew Gu Xiaoqing was seemingly quite wealthy, and this time, he not only wanted Gu Xiaoqing to attend the party.

He also hoped to secure some investment from Gu Xiaoqing.

"Jason, so you came just for this?"

Ye Mingyue felt unhappy upon hearing this, realizing he was after someone’s wealth and hoped to get money from them.

"No, no, this is the hard work of our classmates. I think it’s a good idea, so I wanted to, I wanted to..."

Jason was still quite shy, and upon seeing Ye Mingyue’s displeasure, he became too nervous to say anything.

Gu Xiaoqing reassured him with a smile, "I don’t quite understand the tech side, but you have to tell me why I should invest in you?"

"Sean and I both feel that the future is the era of the internet, an era of information explosions."

Gu Xiaoqing agreed with this; later, the internet indeed became filled with vast amounts of information, dazzling people.

Seeing Gu Xiaoqing nodding, a boy next to Jason seemed encouraged and continued, "So, we want to build a platform allowing people to freely search for the information they want through characters, keywords, etc..."