Chapter 685: The recipe was stolen
Because balms are in short supply. Zhao Yunling often went to the mountains to pick spices to make balm in order to catch up with the order.
It was here that when he went up the mountain to pick spices, he suddenly found that the place where he stepped on weekdays was somehow. There was an extra strange plant that he had never seen before.
Zhao Yunling looked at it curiously and found that the plant was on. Suddenly a few black bean-like things fell, she picked them up and smelled them, and found that there was a slightly bitter fragrance, but strangely it made people feel very refreshed, and it smelled very good.
In addition, Zhao Yunling's spices were almost picked, and her attention was immediately attracted by this bean.
Zhao Yunling and Rong Yan have been doing business for so many years, and they naturally have a lot of knowledge, Zhao Yunling suddenly remembered that he had known a merchant from the Western Regions before, and his goods sold this kind of bean. It seems to be called coffee beans.
This kind of beans only need to be ground into powder, and then strained to remove the dregs before drinking, the merchant originally sold it as a medicinal herb, because he had a good relationship with Zhao Yunling, so he gave them a pack, but Zhao Yunling and Rong Yan found that he drank it directly, and after it had a different flavor, they drank it as an ordinary drink.
However, later Zhao Yunling and Rong Yan went to other places, and they never saw the Western Regions merchant again, nor did they find this coffee bean again, but they didn't expect Zhao Yunling to find this coffee bean again by chance today.
This coffee bean is a novelty, and basically no one in this area has ever drunk coffee, and they never know what coffee beans are.
Zhao Yunling suddenly thought that maybe she could use this coffee bean making machine to make coffee that only she could sell.
Zhao Yunling has always been a resolute and resolute person, so she simply didn't care about anything else, she directly picked some of the coffee beans and spices and brought them back.
After going back, Zhao Yunling told Rong Yan about the coffee beans and Xiaolan's use of coffee beans to make life, and always agreed with his idea.
After all, they are now making and selling balm, although the profit is very high, but after all, there is this rich man eyeing him, if they can make this coffee, then they have their own unique advantages.
"But Rong Yan, this coffee bean is too novel after all, if there are many people who can't accept it or dare not try it, then we won't fall short. Coupled with the fact that we still have to sell balm and don't have much time, what should we do? Zhao Yunling suddenly thought of these and asked Rong Yan.
Rong Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Do you remember that Yang Zihan?" He has been kind to us before, and we have also mentioned cooperation with him, so we should take this opportunity to entrust him with the matter of the balm, first, to repay his affection, and secondly, we also take this opportunity to take the time to study this coffee. β
Regarding what Rong Yan said, Zhao Yunling naturally had no objection.
Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling looked for a day to hand over the balm to Yang Zihan for sale, and had a good talk with Yang Zihan, Yang Zihan was very grateful to Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling for their trust in him, plus this matter was also beneficial to him, so he agreed to it.
Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling also took this opportunity to take the opportunity to study coffee beans, because they had been in contact before, and their research quickly yielded results.
They made several different flavors of coffee in a row to ensure that they could meet the tastes and needs of most people, and found a doctor to study the function of this coffee bean, so that they could make a name for themselves when selling it in the future.
Just when Zhao Yunling and Rong Yan were busy packaging coffee and wanted to put the coffee on the market, someone from their balm shop suddenly came to the door to ask for trouble.
The routines of those who come to find trouble are still as clichΓ© as ever, but Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling are also as anxious as ever.
It's not about other reasons, but as long as someone comes to the door to ask for trouble, it will definitely attract gossip, whether what he says is true or not, there will always be a few fools who believe it, and the reputation of their store will also be affected.
That's the last thing they want to see. Seeing that the coffee is about to go on the market, how can they stand it when they suddenly come to such a trick?
But that's exactly what the guy who is looking for to make trouble wants to see.
Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling didn't want to care about these people, and they just wanted them to make trouble by themselves.
But those people didn't stop, and they were shouting vigorously. "Big guy, let me tell you, this is a black shop! There's something wrong with their balm, and I get itchy every time I use it! I suspect they must have added something to the balm that shouldn't have been added to deliberately trick us! β
The people who came were trying to stir up the emotions of those who came to see the excitement, and although there were regular customers who wanted to help talk, their voices were too weak to help.
Rong Yan finally couldn't stand it anymore and walked out of the store. 110 eBooks
"This guest, you have to talk about evidence. What evidence do you have that there is a problem with our balm? If there is really a problem, please ask the doctor to come and reason with us again, don't slander and spread rumors here, if you do this again, I will report to the official and arrest you. β
The person who came was intimidated by Rong Yan's momentum at first, and he still cowered a little, but soon became arrogant again.
"Ouch, do you want to report to the official? You report it! Are black shops so capable these days? Besides, even if there is no problem with your balm, your house is also a black shop, and the balm shop opposite the door is similar to your balm, why is it so expensive for you? You are profiteers! β
"The right door?" Rong Yan muttered to himself in some surprise.
He had been studying coffee with Zhao Yunling all this time, but he didn't know when they opened a balm shop across the door.
Seeing that Rong Yan didn't reply for a long time, the people who came thought that he was afraid, and his arrogance became more and more high. "Profiteer, how's it going? Can't speak, right?
Rong Yan was now thinking about the balm shop on the other side, and was very disdainful of that person's provocation.
"Guest, if you really bought the balm from our house, then please bring out the balm you bought. By the way, our stores have records, if we don't find a record of you coming to buy it, then can we assume that you bought the balm at the balm shop on the other side? Is that a black shop their home or not ours? β
With a series of rhetorical questions about Rong Yan, the person who approached him was speechless, and the person finally couldn't come up with evidence of buying the balm, so he had to walk away.
After Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling solved this matter, they went to Yang Zihan and asked him about the balm shop opposite.
It stands to reason that the formula of the balm should only be available to them, and someone has researched it so quickly, or the formula is simply stolen.
Yang Zihan has also been struggling with this matter for this time, well, when he saw Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling coming to inquire, he quickly told them what happened.
"I'm so sorry for you, you trusted me in the first place, so you were willing to hand over this balm shop to me. In fact, the balm shop across the door was owned by the rich man, and the balm recipe probably leaked from me. Yang Zihan said apologetically.
Rong Yan looked very surprised, "I know you're not such a person, but how did the formula leak out?" β
Yang Zihan pursed his lips, "There was an undercover agent of the rich man in the store, he stole the formula and leaked the formula to the rich man." It's also because of my poor supervision that this kind of thing happens. However, he didn't get all the formulas, only some of them, so there is still a certain gap between the balm from the rich man and ours. β
Zhao Yunling nodded when he heard this, "Since this is the case, then we don't need to be afraid of him copying our balm and ruining our reputation for the time being." It's just that there are still people who have come to make trouble today, and the business in the store is not the same as in the past, so I am afraid that there will be more variables in this. β
Speaking of this, Yang Zihan felt even more guilty, "It's all my fault, I didn't take good care of your store." β
Rong Yan patted him on the shoulder, "You don't need to be like this, it's not your fault." The rich man has been coveting our balm recipe for a long time, and even if you weren't looking at the store, the rich man would definitely find a chance to steal the formula, but this time it happened to be you. β
Having said that, Yang Zihan was still a little relieved in his heart, and just when Yang Zihan wanted to say something more, the rich man came over with someone to show off his might.
"Ouch, Rong Yan hasn't seen you for a long time, I see that your store is quite deserted, business is not good recently?" The rich man said that he cared about the business of the store, but he had a triumphant smile on his face.
Rong Yan and Zhao Yunling knew that the rich man had come to mock them on purpose. There is nothing special about it, just a cold look.
"It's all thanks to you, I think business in your store should be good?" Rong Yan replied coldly, and there was a lot of sarcasm in his words.
The rich man waved his hand, "No, no, the business of our store is a little better than your store, probably because there are so many customers that you can't even stuff the store, I envy that your store is so quiet and empty." β
Zhao Yunling really couldn't help but choke when he heard this, "Even semi-finished products have people who like to buy, and your guests should be the same people as you, all of them like to take money to make money, not bad." β
The rich man choked on him violently, and was about to get angry, but suddenly thought of something, and there was still a smiling expression on his face.
"Mrs. Rong, if you are jealous, you can say it directly, you don't have to be so sour, after all, we are also old acquaintances, if you really don't have business in this store, I don't mind coming to buy a few more boxes of balm and praise your field."
"Okay, thank you very much. Even you know that our things are better than yours, and I think your guests will be just as discerning as you. Zhao Yunling was still the same as he was not afraid at all.