allonlinenovel Chapter 245 Fang Zi
Chapter 245 Fang Zi
"Look, buying out the recipe all at once won't be much cheaper. Besides, you've already eaten it, and if it doesn't taste good, you won't come back to buy it. How about this? I'll rent the recipe to you, and you'll get a little rent for each dish you sell. And you don't have to worry about losing money after buying the recipe. I'll take whatever you sell. What do you think?"
After hearing her words, Boss Chen also fell into deep thought.
That's the logic. This recipe is conservatively estimated to be worth around 100 taels. If he buys it and can't sell it for 100 taels, wouldn't that be a loss?
He put away his contemptuous attitude and looked at the woman in front of him seriously.
They'd been in the business world for a long time, and it wasn't like they hadn't dealt with female shopkeepers before... Seriously, some female shopkeepers were three times stronger than the men. And this woman before them was about the same age as their son, so a partnership would definitely be best...
His eyes swept calmly towards the fat man beside him. The fat man shook his head dimly. Boss Chen then spoke slowly:
"So, according to you, how much silver do you think is a reasonable price for these two dishes?"
How could Huanxi not notice his little movements?
The reason I brought the chef here was just to see if I could get the recipe for free... Unfortunately, she is not easy to fool. Although the preparation of these two fried dishes is not difficult, it is extremely difficult to replicate them after eating them once.
"How can I be the boss of your Treasure Pavilion? Just give me one-tenth of each dish. After all, I provided the recipe, and you guys provided the raw materials. I'd be embarrassed to ask for more, right?"
"That's appropriate, but if you want to sell it, you can only sell it to the Chen family, not to anyone else. You know, diners just want to enjoy something new. If there are too many... it won't be surprising anymore."
"Don't worry about that. Honesty is the most important thing in business. I will draft the contract and then clear the way with the government."
Boss Chen nodded and looked up to the woman in front of him even more.
"There's one more thing. My son told me yesterday when he came back. Is it possible for you to provide exclusive access to your secret sauce? I won't buy it out, I'll split it according to the ratio."
Huanxi shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry if you laugh at me, I don't have much of the raw materials for this sauce. If you want to buy it, I can sell you a little less. You can eat it or sell it, it's up to you. But I'm afraid the commission won't be very good. After all, this sauce can be used in almost every dish, and I'm afraid the commission will be quite high."
"Dad, she said you can buy that red thing in three months."
"Three months...not too long, not too short either...how much is this thing for? Shopkeeper Zhao, please give me a price."
"This thing is called chili pepper. It can be eaten fresh, dried, pickled, and prepared in dozens of ways. I happen to have some ready-made ones here. Boss, why don't you take a look at them first?"
She signaled He Yuanyuan with her eyes to go out and get it, and she ran out and came back in less than a moment with all kinds of peppers.
"This is fresh chili pepper, this is dried, this is pickled pepper, this is chopped pepper sauce, this is chili powder..."
After a long speech, Huanxi was still talking endlessly about the introduction, and Chen the shopkeeper had already picked up his chopsticks to taste the chopped pepper sauce...
"Shaha...Shaha, why is this thing so pungent and yet so...enjoyable?"
He drank a cup of tea and took his time to speak.
Huanxi was frightened by this fool. Teacher, this is not how you eat it!
"This is mainly a seasoning. You add some when cooking. For example, the fish head on the table is made with this."
He had tried the chopped pepper fish head dish before. It tasted very good, the fish was not fishy or greasy, and it was simply a perfect dish to go with rice.
The remaining peppers all found their corresponding dishes on the table. It seemed that Shopkeeper Zhao had come prepared...
The two discussed the peppers for a long time before deciding how to sell them.
Fresh chili peppers, unstemmed, cost 20 wen per jin (approximately 100 wen per jin), dried chili peppers cost 100 wen per jin (approximately 100 wen per jin), and pickled chili peppers cost 200 wen per can (approximately 500 wen per can). Chopped chili sauce costs 500 wen per can. The most expensive item is chili powder, which costs one liang of silver per jin (approximately 100 wen per jin).
However, no exclusive contract was signed. This thing must be available to the public. Once it is put on the market, there will definitely be people who will collect seeds and plant them.
We mainly sell semi-finished peppers, which are processed and then sold, so we can recycle and make money.
Thinking of this, she came up with a new idea. When the peppers were ripe, she would build a workshop to make semi-finished peppers and sell them.
In this way, they bought dried chili peppers, but even if they could grow them, they would not produce these flavors.
In addition to the workshop, she also plans to add a large row of greenhouses so that she can eat fresh peppers, cucumbers and other vegetables in winter.
It can ensure that there is a supply of fresh peppers all year round.
After everything was discussed, the father and son drove away in their carriage, agreeing to go to the county government office to witness the event the next day.
She went to the village chief's house. The village chief had been very busy with the school construction recently. When he saw her coming, he seemed to have found his backbone and quickly helped her sit down.
"Girl, you're finally here... Hey..."
Looking at his expression, Huanxi understood what had happened again.
"What's the matter, uncle? Tell me, I'll see if I can help."
"Ah...it's all because of the teacher. The school is finishing up and will reopen in less than half a month...The scholar your clan leader grandfather is looking for won't be coming."
"Didn't we make an appointment? Why did you cancel at the last minute?"
"I don't know. Originally, we agreed on a monthly salary of one tael of silver, but the scholar suddenly changed his mind and asked for two taels of silver. If you don't pay more, he won't come."
Huanxi listened to the whole story and had no idea. Instead, he slowly said:
"What's the big deal... I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you would think I was meddling in your affairs. Now I can finally tell you..."
"Girl, tell me, what's the matter?"
"I found a gentleman, a Jinshi..."
"Oh, really? A Jinshi has entered the Golden Palace. Can our little village afford him?"
"The monthly salary is one tael of silver, but there is a condition."
"Jinshi, that's a Jinshi. The village next door produced a scholar, and the village chief has been showing off in front of me for several years. If our village can have a Jinshi teaching, I will find a way to fulfill not only his one request, but ten of his requests."
The village chief was so anxious that he had several blisters on his mouth. Now when he heard that the other person was a Jinshi, he was about to celebrate with fireworks.
"Uncle village chief, listen to me. That gentleman is a filial son. He has no one else at home except his sick mother. He wants to teach here, so he needs someone to provide three meals a day so that he can have time to teach the children."
"It's no big deal! I'll go to the meeting right now! I'll find a maid to serve her, and I'll pay her a monthly salary from the government..."
As they were talking, they walked away and even their voices drifted away and could no longer be heard.
Huanxi stood in the yard, watching the village chief walk away, stretched out his hand and choked out a sentence:
"I haven't told you about myself yet..."