Chapter 21: What Kind Of Technique Is This? So Awesome
At this moment, Sun Xin and Liu Yuanyuan’s group was truly embarrassed. Fortunately, the Chen clan did not know the truth, otherwise they would really look like clowns.
Hearing Zhao Kang ask about the price, Chen Han said with a smile, “Mr. Zhao, this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is made using our Chen Clan Inheritance secret recipe, so it is quite expensive. The premium grade costs fifty thousand per jin, and the ordinary grade costs five thousand per jin.”
This was also the price he had decided on after careful thought, to test the market first. After all, it had no reputation yet, and the saying “good wine fears no deep alley” does not apply to everything.
Moreover, since the quantity was small, they would directly use a high-end five-hundred-gram gift box.
There was no need to come up with some small packaging of one hundred grams or fifty grams.
To share a secret, a lot of so-called good tea sold in small packages at tea shops outside, each box with six to twelve brews, eight to over ten grams per brew, is actually made from the leftover bits of high-end tea, or mixed materials, or lower-grade materials, or down-graded promotional products…
Many people know what the goal is. Either the tea cannot be sold as is and can only be aimed at the lower-end market, or it is pure greed, turning waste into profit. Even though they sell you lower-grade material, they satisfy your psychological need.
Tea is also one of the industries with the deepest water. The Chen clan was not trying to scam money here; otherwise, even if their yield increased tenfold, they could still sell it without any problem.
Of course, since they were going to treat this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea as a Chen Clan Inheritance secret recipe, the price naturally needed to have a certain level. Even when testing the market, they could not sell it cheap.
So he set a price of fifty thousand per jin for the premium grade, first to let the market know about this product.
This price was already enough to maintain a very high level, and they could adjust it again after building up its reputation.
Given the effect of this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, once its name spread, he would not even need to raise the price himself; the market would raise it for him.
Naturally, this price meant that ninety-nine percent of people would definitely not be able to afford it. However, the ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was easy to make. As long as the Chen clan’s reserved and subcontracted bamboo forest leaves kept growing, they could keep producing it.
As for the ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, it was priced at five thousand yuan per jin.
This price was actually affordable for many tourists out for fun. Once promoted, sales would definitely not be low. That way, just the task of picking bamboo leaves within the clan could create many positions and give clan members work to do.
After all, his father had developed the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex tourism to help the clan get rich, so they had to create more positions.
However, even at this price, Xiao Yu, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng were all shocked.
This was too expensive, right?
There were many people in Shangyuan Village who grew tea. Tea merchants from the county collected their tea leaves, stir-fried them, and a jin only sold for a bit more than one hundred yuan.
Xiao Yu even quietly went to the table, poured herself a cup of the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and drank it. Her eyes widened in surprise, and she subconsciously looked at her senior brother.
He was indeed the senior brother she had admired since childhood.
After hearing the price, Zhao Kang immediately said, “Chen Family Head, I will take two jin of the premium grade and ten jin of the ordinary grade, if that is okay?”
At fifty thousand per jin, the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was certainly not for casual daily drinking. He intended to use it to host certain clients.
This tea would definitely be highly prestigious.
The ordinary grade would be for daily drinking.
The three families of Lin Nan did have some capital, but most of it came from their families. Buying one jin of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea at fifty thousand for themselves still made them hesitate a bit.
However, the three families pooling together to buy one jin of the premium grade was no problem.
So after discussing it, Lin Nan said, “Chen Family Head, we will buy one jin of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and also three jin of the ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.”
Sun Xin and Liu Yuanyuan’s group felt even more awkward.
Although their work was relatively free, they were just regular office workers. They really could not afford Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea at fifty thousand per jin.
The key thing was that they had just mistaken people who could casually spend one hundred fifty thousand with a few words as shills.
They truly felt like clowns.
However, this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was really good stuff. Since they had come all this way, they had to buy a little, right?
So after some discussion, they decided to pool together to buy one jin of ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea to share. It would be less than one thousand yuan per person.
“Chen Family Head, we are also planning to buy one jin of ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.” As the representative, Sun Xin felt a bit embarrassed. Not saying that they were pooling their money for one jin was their last bit of stubborn pride.
Chen Han did not know his inner thoughts. Seeing that everyone wanted to buy, he said with a broad smile, “I will have my junior sister register how much Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea each of you wants. But this batch of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is not enough to meet everyone’s demand. We will try our best to stir-fry enough this afternoon. Then my junior sister will find you to fill in the procedures.”
“I have already recorded your requests. We will inform you when they are ready,” Xiao Yu said cooperatively, already holding her mobile phone and making a list.
“Brother, turn it into an apple!” a little boy suddenly walked up to Chen Han and looked at him expectantly.
Chen Han recognized him as Mr. Lin’s child.
“Chen Family Head, I am sorry, the child does not understand,” Lin Nan said, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Now he could tell that the Chen clan was absolutely not simple. Their family head was not some street performer. A little kid could not just ask and have him turn something into an apple.
If he took the initiative to perform for you, that was hospitality. Going up and demanding he perform was impolite.
“It is fine.” Chen Han smiled. He had just been thinking of testing out gaining reputation points through manifestation before people with Mr. Zhao, Mr. Lin, and the others.
So he called to the other two children as well. “You two kids come over too. Big brother will turn an apple for each of you.”
This scene drew the attention of Sun Xin and Liu Yuanyuan’s group. They suddenly remembered that in Xiao Yu’s Douyin promotional video, her senior brother had performed a magic trick, making ten apples disappear, then quickly making ten apples reappear.
No one could figure out where he could hide apples while wearing only a short sleeve and shorts. Most comments said it was special effects. One comment claiming it was special effects had so many likes it was pinned at the top of the comment section.
Now, in this situation, could this Chen Family Head really do it?
Hearing Chen Han call, the other two children had already run to him in excitement.
Children might not understand tea, but they remembered the apple trick very clearly, their little eyes full of expectation.
Chen Han squatted down and reached his hand out toward one child. “Look, does big brother have an apple in his hand?”
The three children immediately grabbed his hand and examined it earnestly, even though it was obvious at a glance that his palm was empty.
Even Sun Xin and Liu Yuanyuan’s group stared fixedly at that palm. But in the next moment, they saw that empty palm flip and turn, and suddenly a bright red apple appeared out of thin air.
“Holy crap!” Sun Xin blurted out in surprise. He had absolutely not seen how it happened; the apple just appeared.
The three children were thrilled.
“An apple! Daddy, big brother turned a big apple again!”
“He made it appear!”
“I want one too, I want an apple!”
Chen Han handed that apple to the child, then stretched both hands toward the other two children. “You two, watch closely. The apple is coming.”
His two palms flipped once in front of the two children, and in each hand there was now an apple he had taken from the warehouse, which he then handed over amid the children’s excited applause.
“What kind of technique is that? So awesome!” Sun Xin and his companions were completely dumbfounded.
With his hands stretched out like that, there should have been no way to perform any extra misdirection.
The key point was that there were now three apples. Where exactly was he hiding them?
Chen Han stood up, satisfied as a row of reputation prompts appeared on the game interface in his mind:
【Congratulations, through manifestation before people, you have gained 1 point of reputation!】
【Congratulations, through manifestation before people, you have gained 1 point of reputation!】
【……】
A full thirteen reputation increase prompts appeared, bringing his total reputation to one hundred sixty-five.
He carefully counted. Mr. Zhao and Mr. Lin’s group had seven adults, and the newly arrived group of tourists was six people, exactly thirteen in total.
Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng, being clan members, did not provide reputation, even though they were also staring in shock.
The game system had that restriction.
However, this also proved one thing: each tourist could provide reputation from manifestation before people and awe-inspiring wonders more than once. Apparently, it could be refreshed every day.
That was good news.
“Chen Family Head, I wonder if…” At this moment, Liu Yuanyuan stepped forward, asking with an embarrassed expression.
She also wanted an apple, mainly to try to catch the flaw. But she was not a child; for an adult to ask for an apple felt a bit embarrassing, and she could not bring herself to finish the sentence.
Seeing through her thoughts, Chen Han smiled and stretched out his hand. By the time his palm reached her, there was already an apple in it. He said with a grin, “Welcome, everyone, to the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex.”
Liu Yuanyuan accepted the apple with wide eyes. It had appeared right before her, and she still had not spotted a single flaw.
The apple had just appeared. This technique was terrifying.
How fast did his hands have to be for the human eye not to keep up?
“That’s four,” Sun Xin said in shock to a companion beside him.
They suddenly realized something. In Xiao Yu’s promotional video, the ten-apple trick by the Chen Family Head might not have been special effects.
If he could pull off four apples like this without any flaw, then producing ten should also be… possible, right?
For a moment, they all felt that the Chen clan was anything but ordinary. Not only was the entire architectural complex full of antique charm and highly ornamental, and not only did they have the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea made with their inherited secret recipe, but this young family head also had such remarkable skill.
Seeing the shock on their faces, Xiao Yu felt a surge of pride. Her senior brother really was amazing.
She did not forget the serious matter either. She said to Sun Xin’s group, “Everyone, please come with me to handle the procedures first. After you check in, it will be almost lunchtime.”
Sun Xin’s group nodded and followed Xiao Yu to the Tourist Reception Center.
On the way, Sun Xin could not help wanting to clear the Chen Family Head’s name.
He opened Xiao Yu’s profile, found the promotional video, and, seeing the highly liked comment claiming the apple trick was special effects, he typed his own reply: “I saw it with my own eyes. The Chen Family Head’s technique is truly amazing. It is definitely not special effects.”
What he did not expect was that as soon as he commented, the other person replied immediately: “Idiot, at least use your brain if you are going to be a shill.”
Elsewhere, a fat shut-in man typed that dismissive reply and went back to scrolling Douyin.
There was no place on his body to hide ten apples; even a pig could see the flaw at a glance. If that was not special effects, he would eat excrement while doing a handstand.
People these days could not even pretend to be shills properly.
Back at the Chen clan, when Sun Xin saw that reply, he was stunned. Who was he calling a shill? Special effects? That guy was just ignorant.
Thinking that, he could not help remembering that he himself had just suspected others of being shills earlier, which made him feel mortified.
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