Chapter 22: You Filmed A Video And Really Sold Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?
After everyone else had left, Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng looked at Chen Han with faces full of expectation.
“Xiao Han, this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea succeeded, right?”
“Yeah, it succeeded, right?”
Chen Han knew what the two of them were hoping for, so he nodded and said, “Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, next you two first pick out ten people in the clan to specialize in making this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Because it is physical work, the salary will temporarily be seven thousand a month. When the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea’s promotion gets going and the benefits improve, we will raise the salary and hire more people.”
Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng had spent half a day yesterday and picked more than eighty jin of bamboo leaves; after stir-frying, they got about eight jin of finished product.
The bamboo leaf core was even less.
That was with two men who were strong and already skilled in bamboo craft; if it were other clan members, they probably would not have that efficiency.
If they specialized in making Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, they had to consider the physical demands, and they would also be responsible for the steps like air-drying and stir-frying. Then the daily finished product might only be this much.
If they filled all ten positions, they might get around thirty-five to forty jin a day.
If they also stir-fried bamboo leaf cores, it might be even less.
However, right now Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had no reputation at all, and even the ordinary one cost five thousand per jin. Not every tourist would purchase it, so for the time being this output was enough.
Later, once the reputation spread, they could recruit more people and expand production.
Chen Dahe and Chen Shuisheng could not help getting excited when they heard him.
Even going to work in a factory in Linhe County did not necessarily get you a salary of seven thousand.
With that salary every month, they could definitely give good support to their children working outside.
Although the Chen clan counted as a big family in Shangyuan Village, their living conditions were actually not good, so the young people all went out to work and still worried about houses and bride prices.
The key point was that Xiao Han had also said that as long as the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea sold well, he would raise salaries later.
For a moment, they felt filled with energy.
Chen Dagou immediately asked for instructions: “Xiao Han, then shall we start recruiting people in the clan now? If we go pick bamboo leaves earlier this afternoon, we should be able to rush out another batch of finished product by tonight.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded, and did not forget to remind them, “But you can only pick in our Chen clan’s bamboo forest. I researched it. In other places, because the sunlight and soil are different, bamboo leaves cannot produce this effect.”
“There is even such a limitation?” Chen Shuisheng said in surprise.
“Then others will not be able to imitate it even if they want to?” Realizing this point, Chen Dagou’s smile grew even wider.
They did not doubt Chen Han’s words. After all, the same yangmei trees, the same planting method, the same fertilizer, but planted in different places: the ones at the village entrance were sweeter, the ones at the village end were more sour.
Now that the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea’s effect was so miraculous, it was normal that bamboo leaves from different places would have an impact.
Chen Dagou immediately tagged eight of the most hard-working men in the Chen family group chat and sent a message: “The patriarch has developed a kind of Bamboo Tea. You eight will join me and Shuisheng in making this Tea Leaves. The salary is seven thousand a month. Come over after you finish your meal.”
Because it was an official notice, he deliberately used the word “patriarch” to show respect.
The Chen family members boiled over when they saw the message. A salary of seven thousand was really not little, and it could be earned while staying in the family. Everyone wanted to go.
Chen Shuisheng followed up with a message: “Everyone, don’t rush. The patriarch has only just developed this Bamboo Tea. We need to get things running before we can create more positions for more people. For now, we need those who can put in physical labor and can climb bamboo to pick bamboo leaves.”
These words quieted the group.
After all, those who stayed behind were mostly middle-aged and elderly. Women definitely could not do this work, and the older ones could not either.
The ones Chen Dagou had chosen were indeed the most suitable.
Everyone also knew that it was not easy for Chen Han, at such a young age, to take over this mess as patriarch.
Seeing the situation in the group, Chen Han felt at ease leaving the matter to Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng. He himself went back to his uncle’s courtyard, where a rich medicinal fragrance was already drifting.
His uncle was in the kitchen preparing lunch.
He went in to look at the medicinal cuisine. It was almost done stewing. “Uncle, later send one of these portions of medicinal cuisine to Mr. Zhao, and let Junior Sister, Uncle Dagou, and Uncle Shuisheng know to come over and eat some medicinal cuisine together.”
“Mm.” Chen Lin nodded, went to find a trolley, and after the medicinal cuisine was ready, he placed one stew pot on it and pushed it to the tourist reception center.
The Chen clan tourist center was next to the martial arts field of the ancient architectural complex. In ancient times, when bandit trouble was constant and the young and strong from the ten miles and eight villages were summoned, this place had been built to house them.
After the Chen clan developed tourism, this place was converted into guest rooms for tourist accommodation.
Although the number of beds was not as exaggerated as Wudang Mountain’s more than two thousand, hosting about three hundred tourists was no problem. The only issue was that most rooms were unused; only a bit more than twenty rooms had air conditioners installed and were ready to receive guests.
Sun Xin and his girlfriend had already completed the check-in procedures. After putting their luggage in the room, they went out again because it was lunch time.
“Camp A, room These rooms of the Chen clan are quite distinctive,” Sun Xin said with a smile, taking off the room card.
Liu Yuanyuan said, “This should have some historical origin. We can ask the Chen clan people about it later.”
After they went downstairs, the other companions had already come down and sat at an eight-immortal table, with bowls and chopsticks already set out.
They went over to join their companions. Soon the Chen clan people brought the dishes, all authentic farm-style dishes.
But the meal cost was only one hundred per person, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and this table of dishes was already very generous.
It seemed the Chen clan people also said they could go pick a few vegetables in their vegetable garden to be cooked for the afternoon; they could go take a look later.
On the other side, Zhao Kang and Lin Nan’s group were already acquainted, counted as elders of the group, and naturally sat together.
When Chen Lin pushed in a stew pot of medicinal cuisine, he naturally drew everyone’s attention.
Lin Nan’s group immediately looked at the stew pot on the trolley, knowing that it must be the medicinal cuisine Uncle Zhao had ordered. They were all eager to try it. Since Uncle Zhao had ordered it, they assumed there would be a share for whoever was present.
There was expectation in Zhao Kang’s eyes as well. Yesterday he had rushed over after hearing about this Chen clan inheritance medicinal cuisine.
“Mr. Zhao, this is the medicinal cuisine you ordered.” Chen Lin came over, set the medicinal cuisine in the middle of the table, and lifted the lid.
At that instant, a strong and pleasant medicinal fragrance spread out, and even Sun Xin’s group at the next table smelled it.
“Uncle Zhao, smells good, right? Is it like what I told you?” Lin Nan asked as if claiming credit.
“Mm, the fragrance alone makes one want to eat.” Zhao Kang nodded as he picked up the shared serving spoon and immediately ladled himself a bowl of medicinal cuisine, impatient to drink the soup.
The medicinal fragrance was not only pleasant; it exploded in his mouth, and the impact on his taste buds was indescribable. Very soon, he also felt that miraculous sensation Lin Nan had mentioned before. Not only did his whole body feel warm, but he felt incomparably relaxed and wonderfully comfortable.
It seemed that since entering society, he had never felt this good.
After half a bowl of medicinal cuisine, he could not help but feel emotional. It truly deserved to be something from the Chen clan inheritance.
Sun Xin, Liu Yuanyuan, and the others saw all this. Their appetites had already been teased by the medicinal fragrance just now, and now, seeing this big shot like this, they also wanted to taste the medicinal cuisine.
“This medicinal cuisine must need to be ordered separately, right? Shall we order one too?”
“Mm, it looks really delicious.”
Having decided, Sun Xin waved at Chen Lin. “Uncle, is this medicinal cuisine something we have to order separately?”
Seeing tourists asking, Chen Lin smiled and replied, “Dear tourist, this medicinal cuisine is an inheritance medicinal cuisine of our Chen clan. It has the effect of strengthening the body and is greatly nourishing. But the materials are rare, so it must be pre-ordered. One stew pot is twenty thousand.”
“Then we will pre…” Sun Xin subconsciously started to say “pre-order,” but when he heard the price, his eyes went wide and he hurriedly changed his words. “Uh, never mind, we were just asking!”
Everyone at the table clicked their tongues in shock; fortunately, Sun Xin corrected himself quickly.
This was something they could not afford.
The impact on them was really huge.
They had just witnessed the inheritance Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea at fifty thousand per jin, and now there was inheritance medicinal cuisine at twenty thousand per pot.
How could the Chen clan have so many inheritances? Everything seemed to carry a sense of mystery.
Chen Lin took in their reactions but understood. If it were not for his nephew, he himself could not afford medicinal cuisine at twenty thousand a pot.
So he simply smiled, said a few words in parting, and left. He needed to go back to eat medicinal cuisine with his nephew, and he also sent messages to Chen Dagou, Chen Shuisheng, and Xiao Yu.
When Chen Lin returned to his own courtyard, Chen Han had already placed the medicinal cuisine on the table, and soon he saw Xiao Yu, Uncle Dagou, and Uncle Shuisheng arriving together.
As soon as Xiao Yu entered, she could not help praising her senior brother. “Senior brother, you are amazing. How did you come up with this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea? I did not even know the Chen clan had such a thing.”
Chen Han smiled. “I saw it in the Chen clan books. You do not like to read. You just like to dance with your sword and practice boxing all day. How would you know?”
Xiao Yu had nothing to say on that topic, so she said playfully, “It is enough if you read the books, senior brother. I will handle the sword dancing. One civil and one martial, a perfect match.”
“One civil and one martial is quite a match,” Chen Lin suddenly interjected.
Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng also wore knowing, mischievous smiles.
Xiao Yu’s face immediately turned red. She snuck a look at her senior brother, only to see that he had already ladled himself a bowl of medicinal cuisine and was drinking it on his own.
That made her bite her lip, feeling a bit disappointed.
When the medicinal cuisine entered his stomach, that warm, wonderfully altered feeling throughout his body made Chen Han really enjoy it.
After eating two hot bowls of medicinal cuisine, he checked his lifespan: twenty-six days and thirteen hours.
This time figure was like a sword hanging over his head, giving him a sense of urgent pressure. After mentioning this briefly to everyone, he went back to his own courtyard and started editing the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video he had filmed.
Right now, aside from divine manifestation before people and the Chen clan’s awe-inspiring wonders to attract tourists and build reputation, only the Spirit Treasure Mirror’s recorded image transmission could increase reputation.
He had shot over two days. There was more than one video, and they needed editing. He was very inexperienced with this kind of work, and only finished editing by evening.
As he stretched, Xiao Yu hurried in, holding two bamboo tubes. “Senior brother, take a look at this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea finished product.”
Chen Han took one and saw that there were characters carved on the bamboo tube. Not only did it say “Chen Clan Inheritance,” there were also the words “Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea” and “Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.” The key point was that the characters were beautifully carved, with rounded strokes where they should be rounded and sharp where they should be sharp.
There was even a personal seal at the end.
“Not bad. Did Fifth Uncle carve this?” Chen Han was very satisfied.
Xiao Yu explained, “Mm, Fifth Uncle likes working on carvings.”
“Then let him handle this in the future and put him on salary,” Chen Han said without hesitation. In fact, buying a laser printer for such things would not cost much.
However, the Chen clan ancient architectural complex tourism was originally meant to lead the clan to prosperity. Besides, hand carving looked more high-end than laser printing at times.
“Mm, I know how to arrange it,” Xiao Yu nodded.
“Right.” Chen Han remembered the serious matter and said, “Remember to put the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea sales link in the showcase of your Douyin account.”
“I already did. I am also planning to try live streaming for product promotion of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea when I get a chance,” Xiao Yu said, her delicate gaze full of expectation, clearly hoping to hear him praise her competence.
Chen Han knew his junior sister well; she had been like this since she was little. So he did not hold back. “My junior sister is getting more and more capable.”
With that praise, she immediately became proud and playful. “Senior brother, as long as you know. Without me, let us see what you would do.”
Seeing that his junior sister had put up the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea link in her showcase, Chen Han did a wave of promotion at the end of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video, then uploaded it to Douyin.
He had updated his video, and those who followed him and had turned on update reminders naturally saw it right away.
Chu Hao was one of them. He had accidentally turned on the update reminder because he thought this fantasy cultivation theme was kind of interesting, and had never turned it off.
So when he saw that this Chen family patriarch had updated again, he wanted to see what this guy was up to now.
“This patriarch has studied the clan books and discovered a special Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea that can help clan members with cultivation, so he summoned the hall elders in the sect…”
“???” Chu Hao froze at the video.
He was not inciting dog demon infighting anymore?
He was starting some Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea now? Opening a new fantasy cultivation side quest?
The way this Chen patriarch went into a Mao bamboo forest and called it Thunder Bamboo was really hard to take seriously.
And that so-called crucible and spiritual energy scattering everywhere were obviously just a stove and a big pot with steam drifting out.
Most importantly, were those Chen clan hall elders and family experts being filmed not embarrassed?
They did seem embarrassed. One expert in the video clearly could not keep a straight face and turned his head away.
So in the end, this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea that could help clan members cultivate, and treat irritability, insomnia, palpitations, bipolar moods and excessive desire, internal heat, dark yellow urine, painful urination, and so on, was just stir-fried bamboo leaves?
My goodness.
This was honestly even more ridiculous than inciting dog demon infighting.
But for some reason, he also wanted to say that this Chen family really was talented. How did they even think up this race track?
Only when he saw the end of the video did his eyes go wide and he completely lose it.
What did he see?
《Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea has many effects. Fellow Daoists in need can go to my junior sister @Xiao Yu’s showcase to purchase!》
“???” Chu Hao’s mouth fell open. Damn, he was playing it for real, actually selling this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?
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