HLnovel Chapter 56 Someone has made it.
Chapter 56 Someone has made it.
Tian Tian kept Tian Jinghe's plans for starting school next year in mind.
That day, Tian Tian was delivering goods to Fulai Restaurant when she put the goods down and was about to leave.
She was going to buy some cloth, some meat, and some rice and flour to go find Tian Bonian and ask him to recommend Tian Jinghe to study at the county school.
The autumn harvest is over, and villagers are taking turns fishing to send the catch to the county school.
This is the perfect time.
"Tian Er, don't rush off!" Qian Fulai called out to her anxiously.
Tian Tian turned around. This person... the more familiar they were with him, the more casual he became. Now he just called her Tian Er.
It's really not a very good song.
But why is he in such a panic?
Tian Tian stopped in her tracks, puzzled...
"Tian Er!" Qian Fulai stopped panting in front of Tian Tian. "Something bad has happened."
"Someone, someone... has made bean curd sheets."
Tian Tian wasn't surprised at all. "Who is it?"
Qian Fulai calmed himself down and said, "It's just a tofu business in the county."
"I just heard it from the shop assistant. That tofu shop has already started selling it, and the price is cheaper than yours, only thirty coins a pound."
Tian Tianshun had long expected that someone would make bean curd skin, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
But now that they've made it, they can switch to another business.
"Young master, go and check on their stuff. If they don't need me to supply them anymore, just let me know."
Tian Tian was thinking to herself that the supply contracts she had signed had been delivered one after another recently.
Since someone has already made bean curd skin so early... she needs to think carefully about whether to move the steamed bun business to this year.
After Tian Tian finished speaking, she lowered her head and prepared to leave...
Qian Fulai quickly stopped her, "Hey, what's the rush? Let me finish what I have to say."
"I've sent someone to buy the bean curd sheets from that shop. You wait and see how theirs are."
Tian Tian thought for a moment, then said, "Let's wait."
A short while later, the waiter from Fulai Restaurant returned, bringing with him the bean curd sheets made by that tofu shop.
"Young master." The waiter put down the bean curd sheet.
"That shop directly told everyone that this was the bean curd skin sold at Fulai Restaurant, and a lot of people bought it."
"It was so difficult for me to snag this little bit of a pound."
"I also saw the young master of Chuxing Restaurant. He bought all the remaining bean curd sheets."
"And make sure that family supplies all their tofu skin to Chuxing Restaurant from now on."
Tian Tian reached out and picked up the bean curd skin. After just one glance, she breathed a sigh of relief.
This place's tofu skin is so much worse than the ones she makes at home!!
First of all... it's round, which makes cooking inconvenient.
Secondly, the quality issues are too serious!
It has a rough, cracked surface, is loose and fragile, and has a faint sour smell with a very weak bean aroma.
More importantly, these bean curd sheets also had some mold spots, which clearly indicated that they had been stored improperly and had begun to spoil.
Qian Fulai was already worried when he heard what the waiter said. "Now that Chu Wang has gotten the bean curd skin, he will definitely compete with our Fulai Restaurant."
He asked Tian Tian for her opinion, "Tian Er, what do you think? Should I lower the price today?"
Tian Tian put down the bean curd skin, "No need to lower it!"
Qian Fulai touched his nose, "But if we don't lower the price...wouldn't that be pushing the customers toward Chu Wang?"
Absolutely not! ! !
If that were the case, wouldn't Chu Wang be smug to death?
"I've made so much money before, I'm not afraid to lower prices and lose money to steal his customers!!"
Tian Tian patted the bean curd sheets on the table, "With this kind of quality, it won't steal your customers, don't worry!"
"In a few days, those guests will still come back to you."
Qian Fulai was skeptical...
"Tian Er, how can you be so calm..."
He couldn't understand it. "Their creation of bean curd skin also affects you."
“Those shopkeepers are all profit-driven people. You sell it for ninety coins a catty, while they sell it for only thirty coins. For the same thing, the shopkeepers will definitely choose the cheaper one.”
That's the logic, of course.
Not to mention those shopkeepers, even Tian Tian herself, who runs her own business, does the same thing.
But there's a key point in Qian Fulai's words: it's the same thing!!
Tian Tian shoved the bean curd skin into Qian Fulai's hand, "Young Master, take a look for yourself, can this compare to the goods I gave you?"
Qian Fulai took it and then looked at it seriously...
"this..."
Upon closer inspection, the difference was indeed immediately apparent.
And the feel is different too.
"The thickness is also different."
Tian Tian's products are as thin as cicada wings, but this store's products are very thick and uneven.
Take another sniff; there's a faint bean aroma mixed with a slightly strange smell.
This taste... how can it compare to Tian Er's stuff?
He got it!
"No price reduction! I absolutely will not lower the price!"
Because of this incident, the preparation of a gift for Tian Bonian has been temporarily postponed.
Tian Tian was packaging dried bean curd sheets in her shop while listening to the sounds coming from next door.
This is the first time in so many days that the Chu Xing Restaurant next door has been this lively.
Among the sounds were Xiao Si's clear calls and the laughter of the customers.
"Sir, your bean curd skin and meat filling rolls are here!" Xiao Si's voice was both efficient and enthusiastic.
Tian Tian heard it clearly and could even imagine the sizzling sound of the iron pots busily working in the kitchen of Chu Xing Restaurant.
That evening, the manager of Chuxing Restaurant was busy fiddling with his abacus.
Finally: "Young master, our profit today is fifty taels, which is four times that of the previous few days."
Previously, Chu Xing Restaurant's business had hit rock bottom, but today it has finally rebounded.
Chu Wang sneered with a crooked smile, "Hmph, that Tian family! I begged them twice, but they still refused to supply us!"
"So what? We have it now!!"
"And the price is so cheap!"
Chu Wang gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Let's see if that Qian Fulai is still so smug!!"
"Xiao Si, tomorrow we'll put up a sign that all dishes are 20% off! We need to make sure everyone knows that Chu Xing Restaurant now has bean curd sheets."
"Yes."
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The next day, Chu Xing Restaurant put up a sign offering a 20% discount on all dishes, and even listed the dish with bean curd skin.
The merchants who were originally staying at the main road inn saw that Chuxing Restaurant also had bean curd skin, so they didn't go to Fulai Restaurant, which was further away, and ate directly at Chuxing Restaurant.
Fulai Restaurant's business has dropped by 20%.
On the third day, Chu Xing Restaurant continued its promotional activities, offering more dishes featuring bean curd sheets, similar to those at Fu Lai Restaurant.
Fulai Restaurant's business has dropped by another 20%.
On the fourth day, Qian Fulai stopped Tian Tian, "You're still so calm... Do you know that the Ganzhou merchant who placed an order with you has already placed an order with that other company!"
"If this keeps up, you really don't need to deliver goods to me anymore!"
Five more pounds of bean curd sheets were made the next day.
On the third day, the amount of soybean curd skin increased by ten pounds.
Who knows how much more will come today...