Chapter 59: The Demonic Cult Rogue’s Ambition! A Crystal!
Chu Hao heard that this Chen Family Head actually agreed to let him act as the agent for Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and his face immediately showed joy. “Thank you, Chen Family Head.”
Chen Han smiled and said, “Mr. Chu, tell me your thoughts.”
Chu Hao nodded and said, “Chen Family Head, my family still has some money, so I know quite a few second-generation rich kids who spend charm coins like running water. I plan to first get a batch of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea from you, and use these people to promote and sell it.”
“These people will definitely buy once they know the benefits of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. After that it will be much easier, because they will take the initiative to use this stuff to host others, and even show it off to their elders at home.”
Chen Han understood what he meant. This was actually a very simple, yet the most direct and effective promotion method.
Of course, the premise of this method was that you had to have connections in that circle.
At this moment Chu Hao added, “Chen Family Head, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you can raise the price of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea a bit? This Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is absolutely a good product, the price can actually be higher.”
“For example, the ordinary one can first be raised to ten thousand per jin, and the premium one can first be raised to one hundred thousand per jin. On my side, I will increase by twenty percent on top according to industry practice to test the waters. After the reputation is established and sales rise, we can use production capacity issues to continue raising the price.”
“One hundred thousand per jin and you still want to increase it?” Xiao Yu was truly full of surprise. Right now it was only fifty thousand per jin, had been in the online window for so long, with special videos filmed for promotion, yet only one order had been sold.
Chu Hao said with a bright smile, “Actually, once it reaches a certain degree where the supply of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea falls below market demand, and this thing is truly excellent, then we do not even need to raise the price ourselves. The market will raise it for us!”
He firmly believed in this.
Because he had personally drunk Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Moreover, the higher the price of this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, the more benefit it brought him as the agent.
The more expensive and weighty it was, the more it could reflect a special price in the eyes of some people.
When the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea reached a certain price, was popular, and was rare, whether he made money from acting as agent for Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea would no longer be important, because what was being sold was no longer just money.
Not everyone could have channels for such high-end resources.
Of course, he also had to maintain a good relationship with this Chen Family Head. Otherwise, if Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea could be entrusted to him as agent, it could just as well be entrusted to someone else.
Chen Han understood what Chu Hao meant by the market raising the price on its own.
But what surprised him even more was the sudden appearance of a game prompt:
【This Demonic Cult Rogue with a hidden identity clearly understands the effect of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Seemingly in order to highlight his own importance, he has actually taken the initiative to raise the value of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. He is obviously a man of great ambition, wanting to use this to raise his status within the demonic cult. Perhaps you can also take advantage of this to obtain a large amount of resources for the family.】
Chen Han immediately looked at the Demonic Cult Rogue before him with a bright smile. “Mr. Chu, actually fifty thousand per jin before was just trial operation. For official operation, of course the price should be raised.”
It was good that this Demonic Cult Rogue had ambition. Then he would certainly help the family obtain more resources.
He then asked his junior sister, “Junior sister, how much Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea do we have now?”
Xiao Yu immediately answered, “Senior brother, we already have over two hundred and twenty-five jin of ordinary, and in the last three days we have accumulated more than seven jin of premium. I can have Uncle Dagou and the others gather enough tonight to make it two hundred and fifty jin of ordinary and ten jin of premium.”
“Good.” Chen Han nodded, then asked Chu Hao, “Mr. Chu, how about making the first batch two hundred and fifty jin of ordinary and ten jin of premium?”
“Thank you, Chen Family Head.” Chu Hao thanked him on the spot.
The two sides reached an agreement, and what remained was just the matter of signing the contract.
Chen Han had his junior sister go prepare the contract.
Because the transaction amount was large, they were very cautious, only bringing out the contract after confirming there was no problem.
While the contract was being signed, Chen Lin and Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng received the news and waited excitedly to the side.
Especially Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng. They were in charge of the specialty product department, and lately they had led people to stir-fry so much Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea but had not sold much, which made them anxious.
Now that Mr. Chu was taking all this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea in one go, it was absolutely good news for them.
After Chen Han and Chu Hao signed the contract, his brows furrowed slightly, because the game system did not prompt that the “righteous-demonic collusion” task was complete.
It seemed that since the contract specified the first batch of two hundred and fifty jin of ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and ten jin of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, they had to complete delivery first.
Chu Hao, his face full of excitement, took the contract, and did not forget to suggest, “Chen Family Head, I have a suggestion here. The place where Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is stir-fried can be changed, preferably to somewhere more hidden, even stationing guards and such. Compared with stir-frying outside, this can create more of a sense of mystery. After all, if everyone can see it, it seems a bit too casual.”
Chen Han naturally understood this principle.
But this was not for him to decide. Only stir-frying in crucibles recognized by the game system was effective. It was just that he had not thought of this before.
Just as he was thinking this, a game prompt appeared:
【You have reached an agreement with the disguised Demonic Cult Rogue. In order to better obtain resources for the family, you plan to ask the work hall elders to increase the number of crucibles and produce more Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. However, Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea has already been targeted by people of the demonic cult. The crucibles originally used to refine Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea are no longer safe. Please find a new hidden place to build crucibles, and invite at least three family elders to guard them!】
Seeing this new plot, Chen Han immediately looked at Chu Hao with a broad smile. “Mr. Chu, your suggestion is very good. We will rebuild the crucibles.”
After that, the two sides chatted a while longer, then Chu Hao, his face full of smiles, took the contract back to the Tourist Service Center.
Chen Han, at the first moment, instructed his uncle, “Uncle, find an empty attic and courtyard in a corner of the Chen Clan, and rebuild the crucibles for stir-frying Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. This time remember to build a few more.”
“The ones helping you before were all a few old masters working part-time. Just hire them directly. The salary will be the same as the waitresses. When you are busy, have them give you a hand. When you are not, let them act as security watching over the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.”
“In the future this tea will definitely attract attention.”
“Okay, I understand.” Chen Lin immediately agreed.
Previously, when he went to the vegetable garden to farm or repair things, it was always a few elders from the clan helping temporarily, not formal employees.
As hall elder of the work hall, he had been a commander with no soldiers.
Now it was better. With one big wave of the family head nephew’s hand, his work hall finally had a few people.
Chen Han then instructed Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng, “Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, recruit some more people to harvest and process Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. We will likely need quite a lot of it later.”
“Xiao Han, how many people exactly should we hire?” Chen Dagou hurriedly asked.
Chen Han thought for a moment and said, “Hire twenty more. Making it thirty people in total should be enough for now. The salary is also seven thousand a month.”
“Alright, I will handle it now!” As he spoke, Chen Dagou had already picked up his mobile phone and posted a recruitment notice in the Chen Clan Family Group, stating clearly it was physical work requiring strong bodies.
With twenty more people to be hired at once, the family group instantly became lively. The key was that this position paid seven thousand a month, and everyone wanted it.
Those in good physical condition were already tagging Uncle Dagou to ask about it.
Chen Han was also watching the situation in the family group.
There were quite a lot of people in the Chen Clan Family Group. Although his generation was small in number because of the one-child policy, and he was the only direct heir of the main family in his generation.
But his father’s and grandfather’s generations had many people.
Besides his uncle, there was also a second uncle who had already moved to the city.
In his grandfather’s generation there were six brothers, and twenty-eight cousins. Every one of his grandfather’s generation, whether brother or cousin, had several sons.
Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng were among this generation.
As for the generation above his grandfather, by the time it reached Chen Han’s generation, it was impossible to remember without the clan genealogy. There were simply too many people. Adding in their wives, the number in the family group was even greater.
If not for this, the Chen Clan would not have been caught perfectly in that first unspeakable disaster.
In fact, this was also one of the reasons that, long ago, the Chen Clan could provide protection to the ten miles and eight villages.
If not for changes in society and the times…
Before long, Uncle Dagou came to him. “Xiao Han, after the recruitment news for twenty more people went out, some who work outside asked if they could come back. These people are definitely stronger physically.”
Chen Han was not surprised by this.
No one had asked when they were only hiring ten people earlier, mainly because everyone knew the situation of the main family’s tourism business. Now, seven thousand a month was a bit unbelievable for those relatives working outside, and they were not willing to rashly quit their current jobs.
Even moving bricks on a construction site could support a family.
But now it was different. The Chen Clan’s activities during this period could not be hidden from the clan members, so it was normal that those people wanted to come back.
This also showed that he had already fulfilled one step of his father’s dying wish.
“Uncle Dagou, handle this as you see fit. Do whatever is appropriate. There will be more positions in the future anyway.” In the end, Chen Han left this matter to Uncle Dagou.
Since he and Uncle Shuisheng were department persons in charge, they needed to have this bit of authority.
“Okay, I will not let you down!” Uncle Dagou’s face broke into a broad smile, his whole demeanor full of motivation. After leaving Chen Han, he immediately discussed with Chen Shuisheng whom to choose.
Afterward, they took people at once to pick bamboo leaves so they could finish Mr. Chu’s order today.
Time passed.
Throughout this day, Chu Hao was contacting those second-generation rich kids he knew, informing them one by one that he would share something good with them when he returned tomorrow.
But seeing this group of second-generation heirs so full of expectation and curiosity, he continued to act mysterious and kept them in suspense.
His mobile phone ringtone sounded. Seeing that it was Xiao Yu calling, he answered immediately, then said excitedly, “The Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea can be delivered? Alright, I will come right away.”
Before long, Chen Han’s mobile phone received a notification of one million seven hundred and fifty thousand transferred.
This was from Chu Hao’s side.
The contract terms were that for high-end tea leaves, fifty percent of the amount for the batch would be paid upfront, and full payment for the first batch would be made when purchasing the second batch.
Almost at the same time as this payment notification, Chen Han received another game prompt:
【For your first collusion with the demonic path, you were extremely cautious. Although there were enough benefits to gain, a single misstep could create a crisis. But this Demonic Cult Rogue seems somewhat different. You successfully completed the first collusion and earned a large amount of spirit stones for the family. You are quite curious what he will use to bribe you!】
【Congratulations, you have obtained the Demonic Cult Rogue’s bribe gift box!】
As expected, Chen Han saw a gift box lying in the warehouse, with very exquisite packaging.
【Bribe Gift Box: This is the gift box the Demonic Cult Rogue brought to bribe you. It is just unclear what is inside.】
Chen Han took out the bribe gift box and opened it curiously, seeing a piece of crystal lying inside, with what seemed like flowing light turning within it. It was very miraculous.
But the moment he saw this crystal, the sudden game prompt that appeared made the corner of his mouth twitch involuntarily.
As for the bamboo leaf issue, you actually do not need to worry:
In the south, Mao Bamboo leaves can generally grow to harvestable size in one month, and grow almost year-round, just less in autumn and winter, especially in winter.
A single bamboo can provide more than ten jin of bamboo leaves. One mu of land will have about fifty to one hundred Mao Bamboo, which means one mu can theoretically yield five hundred to one thousand jin of bamboo leaves in a month.
In Shangyuan Village, everyone has an average of five mu of private bamboo forest, and there are additional contracted bamboo forests. From this chapter, you should also know how many people the Chen Clan has.
So for now, there is no need to worry about a shortage of bamboo leaves!
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