It was precisely because Xu Song and the others had witnessed Gu Zheng's rise to fame in the competition that they were all supporters of Gu Zheng. Therefore, when they saw Gu Zheng, they were so excited and respectful.
In fact, when Gu Zheng came to buy the roast chicken, Xu Song recognized him. After all, they had not seen each other for a few months. He wondered why Gu Zheng would appear here and buy his roast chicken. So, he found Gu Zheng's photo and came again to confirm.
After confirming it, he came out to meet with Gu Zheng. There was no need to mention how happy he was.
Some people chased stars, some people liked literati, and some people liked sports superstars. Everyone had different hobbies. Xu Song was in the gourmet industry. He liked and worshipped chefs. Gu Zheng was his idol.
Although he was old, he was no different from young people in this respect. He was very excited to see his idol.
Imagine, if a little girl saw the little fresh meat she liked, or if a person who liked to play football saw the Messi he worshipped, what would their reaction be?
Xu Song was now in such a mood. Excitement, happiness, joy, and disbelief.
"Thank you for your support. Look for me directly when you go to Shenzhen. I will treat you to chicken blood soup!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly. Xu Song and Zhao Pingchuan were different. Zhao Pingchuan was also a person who liked him, but he only saw him on TV and liked him after watching his performance.
When Zhao Pingchuan saw him, he was not as excited as Xu Song.
Xu Song's feelings for Gu Zheng were the feelings that a true fan should have. From the initial envy and jealousy of competing on the same stage, to the later blessings of Gu Zheng, to the later support of Gu Zheng, hoping that Gu Zheng could get a better ranking, Xu Song had walked step by step to get to where he was. The loyalty of such fans who had changed their feelings had always been the highest.
In layman's terms, it was a change from an anti-fan to a fan.
Especially during the finals, when they waited for Gu Zheng together in the square and gave their blessings to Gu Zheng. That made them more cohesive and their feelings for Gu Zheng deeper. Especially when Gu Zheng finally got the first place and fulfilled his promise. After he did not let them down, they really regarded Gu Zheng as their idol.
He was the most important idol, second to none.
"Really, thank you so much, but I still have to pay!"
Xu Song was stunned for a moment before he became even more excited. Gu Zheng actually wanted to treat him to a meal, and it was even the chicken blood soup that Gu Zheng had personally made. This was like a little fresh meat inviting you to go shopping together, or a football superstar inviting you to play football together. How could he not be excited?
Xu Song's hands were trembling slightly due to his agitation. It was hard to believe that this was a man in his forties.
Xu Song suddenly thought of something and immediately asked, "By the way, why is Master Gu here? He can't be here to buy the store's incense sticks." Gu Zheng looked at him with a smile and gently nodded his head.
Xu Song originally had a smile on his face, but as Gu Zheng nodded, his smile became stiffer and stiffer, and finally became very unnatural.
"Master Gu, you really know how to joke. I can't afford this!"
Originally, he had just casually asked a question to ease his nervousness. It was a joke, and he had purposely asked if Gu Zheng was here to buy his roasted chicken. He didn't expect Gu Zheng to actually nod, which made him feel very awkward.
In fact, when he said that, he didn't even think about this possibility.
"I'm not joking. I'm here this time to taste the roasted chicken that you made. However, I didn't know that this store was opened by you before!"
Gu Zheng said with a smile. He really didn't know that the owner of this store was his fan. However, if he knew, he would still come. After all, he now had a test on him. If he wanted to complete the test, he needed to find more delicious traditional folk snacks.
"I'm doing a survey to find out which folk snacks are better than the most famous traditional snacks. For example, the chicken blood soup that I made before was better than the chicken blood soup from Sun Ji in Bian City. I want to find out the true experts among the folk!"
Gu Zheng used himself as an analogy. He didn't have a suitable target, so he could only do so, although there was some element of boasting.
However, now that even Sun Ji's old soup was his, it was nothing to say.
"I see. Could it be that Master Gu thinks that my roasted chicken is very good?" Xu Song nodded, but his eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and he was a little excited.
"The roasted chicken you made is indeed delicious, but it's still not comparable to those truly superior roasted chickens. However, in terms of taste, it's already above average. At least here, it's the best!"
Gu Zheng didn't know if there was a roasted chicken that was better than his, but to be recommended by the Food Association and have such a good business, it would be difficult to surpass him.
If there was, Gu Zheng wouldn't have come here. He would have gone over there.
"Thank you. Thank you for your praise, Master Gu. I know my shortcomings. In fact, I also want to persist like my senior brother, but it's really not easy to persist like that. I still have a family to raise, so I can only compromise with reality!"
Xu Song said quickly. After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something and immediately said, "Master Gu, if you're looking for better traditional snacks among the folk, you can go to my senior brother's place to take a look. At least so far, no one can compare to my senior brother's roasted chicken that I've eaten!"
"Your senior brother?"
Xu Song nodded heavily. "Yes, my senior brother. My senior brother's roasted chicken is the real Wang family's roasted chicken. Mine is no longer!"
Xu Song's senior brother was called Xiang Ming. He was already in his fifties this year. He wasn't in Ningbo, but in a small town in the north.
Xu Song's home was originally in Ningbo, so he came back. The two of them had learned from their master, who was from that small town. After they finished learning, their master asked the two of them to leave. After he came back, he opened a roasted chicken shop by himself. After his master passed away, his senior brother returned to the town and inherited his master's roasted chicken shop, continuing to run it.
The business of that roasted chicken shop wasn't as good as Xu Song's. It was even worse. Therefore, Xiang Ming didn't go back to covet his master's inheritance. He purely wanted to inherit his master's skills and not let this skill end.
The reason why Xu Song said that what he was making was no longer pure Wang family's roasted chicken was because the ingredients he used were different from Wang family's roasted chicken. The most important ingredients were different, so naturally, it wasn't pure Wang family's roasted chicken.
The real Wang family's roasted chicken was a breed called Lu Cai chicken. This kind of chicken was very difficult to feed, and it needed people to take care of it carefully. It couldn't use traditional feed and had to be raised naturally. Otherwise, it might change the quality of the chicken and affect the meatiness of the chicken.
Lu Cai chicken's special breeding conditions were destined to have a high price.
Ordinary raised chickens cost seven or eight yuan per catty. Better free-range chickens cost more than ten yuan per catty. Even better chickens cost only about twenty yuan per catty. The cost of raising Lu Cai chicken was as high as forty to fifty yuan per catty.
This was just the breeding cost. If one made a roasted chicken, it would be a loss if it was less than eighty-one catty. With such a high price, even if the taste was better, the number of people who would buy it was limited.
However, fortunately, the number of Lu Cai chicken was not too many. With one raising and one selling, Lu Cai chicken was maintained.
The person who raised Lu Cai chicken was a good friend of Xu Song's master. Lu Cai chicken was handled in an ordinary way. The taste was good, but the taste was limited. Without good cooking skills, if an ordinary person made it, it wouldn't be much better than the usual ten to twenty yuan free-range chickens. In this way, no one was willing to buy Lu Cai chicken that was several times more expensive. Only people with certain cooking skills could turn it into a real delicacy.
Before his master died, he hoped that one of them could go back and inherit this craft. In the end, Xiang Ming went back.
The reason for this was so that Lu Cai chicken could continue to be raised and Wang family's roasted chicken could continue to be passed down.
At that time, Xu Song had a child and didn't want to go back. In the end, his senior brother returned to the town and continued to run Wang family's roasted chicken.
"Where is your senior brother?"
After listening to Xu Song's description, Gu Zheng asked softly. Xu Song's story had attracted him. Gu Zheng really hadn't seen a roasted chicken with a retail price of eighty-one catty.
However, the Lu Cai chicken that he mentioned made Gu Zheng very interested. He didn't know if the Lu Cai chicken raised by this special method had reached the inferior quality. If it reached the inferior quality, it might really help him complete one-third of the test.
"Li City's Huodian Town!"
Xu Song said quickly. After that, he continued, "Master Gu, if possible, I hope you can help my senior brother publicize it. Although people's living standards have improved, his business is really average!"
"Okay, if it's really as good as you say, I will definitely help him publicize it!"
Gu Zheng agreed directly. Delicious food should be promoted. Those famous western snacks and century-old brands were praised and promoted because of their good taste. In the end, they accumulated and became famous.
If a delicious thing was given time to accumulate, it would definitely become famous.
The trip to Ningbo was disappointing again, but he finally got a new clue. Xu Song was very happy about Gu Zheng's arrival. He wanted to treat Gu Zheng to a meal, but Gu Zheng had a new clue and wanted to go there early, so he refused.
After returning to Shen City to rest for a day, Gu Zheng set off again. This time, he didn't take the train, but the high-speed rail.
Li City was more than seven hundred kilometers away from Shen City. It wasn't cost-effective to charter a car. It would take too long. It would take seven to eight hours by car, but the high-speed rail only took two hours. To save time, Gu Zheng took the high-speed rail.
Huodian Town belonged to Chestnut City, but it was adjacent to Yong City. After alighting at Yong City Bus Stop, it only took a few dozen miles to reach the place that Xu Song had mentioned. It was Xu Song who had pointed out the route to him. He had also told his senior martial brother in advance, asking him to pick up Gu Zheng.
"Gu Zheng, Master Gu?"
As soon as Gu Zheng came out of the high-speed rail station, a man in his fifties came over. After looking at Gu Zheng from head to toe, he asked softly.
"I'm Gu Zheng!"
Gu Zheng stretched out his hand, and the man shook it. Without saying anything, he brought Gu Zheng to a van. This van was very old and looked like it had been there for many years.
The person who picked up Gu Zheng was Xu Song's senior brother, Xiang Ming. However, the driver wasn't him, but his son.
Wang's Roasted Chicken was located in the center of Huodian Town. Huodian Town was a typical northern town. It was made up of a cross main street and a few auxiliary streets. Wang's Roasted Chicken shop was located at one end of the cross main street. The location was pretty good. The house was left behind by Xu Song's master. Their master had never married or had children. He only had two disciples. Xu Song had given up and wasn't willing to return to this place.
Xiang Ming had inherited everything. The entrance wasn't big, and there were tables and chairs inside. When Gu Zheng arrived, it was 11 o 'clock in the afternoon. It was close to lunch time. At this time, many restaurants had started to fill up. The better restaurants were already crowded. For popular restaurants like Gu Zheng's, it was already full at 11 o' clock.
The place was cold and cheerless. There wasn't a single customer.
"Xiao Song told me about you. You're the champion of the Hangzhou competition. Your chicken blood soup is pretty good!"
After entering the shop, Xiang Ming asked Gu Zheng to sit down and said casually. Gu Zheng was Xu Song's idol and had nothing to do with Xiang Ming. If Xu Song hadn't called to ask him, he wouldn't have been willing to pick him up.
"I'm here this time to try the real Wang's Roasted Chicken! Is it really as delicious as the rumors say? "
Gu Zheng smiled slightly. He knew that Xiang Ming didn't like him much, but this wasn't important. The most important thing was the taste of the food.
Xu Song had introduced his senior to him. He was a little old-fashioned, but he wasn't a bad person. Gu Zheng didn't care about his tone.
"Wang's Roasted Chicken is the best!"
Xiang Ming's nasal voice became heavier. He got up and went inside. After a while, he took out a whole roasted chicken. This roasted chicken was much bigger than the ones he usually bought. It was more than twice the size. Looking at the size of the roasted chicken, Gu Zheng knew why their business was so bad.
The retail price of their roasted chicken was 81 catties. This price was still a good price with a low profit margin.
Moreover, their roasted chicken was never sold separately. They wouldn't sell individual drumsticks, wings, breasts, chicken, and so on. If they wanted to buy a whole chicken, they would buy a whole chicken. As for their roasted chicken, the smallest one was 4 to 5 catties. That was to say, the smallest one was 300 to 400 yuan.
300 to 400 yuan was enough for a few people to have a good meal outside. Very few people in the countryside would buy a roasted chicken.
There were rich people and dignitaries who didn't lack money who came to buy, but after all, the quantity was too small. Moreover, they all bought and took away. That was why the business was so bad now.
The roasted chicken that Xiang Ming took out was 4 and a half catties. The whole chicken was placed on the plate.
"Brothers, accounts should be settled clearly. This is a small business. Please forgive me!"
Xiang Ming put down the roasted chicken and said lightly. Gu Zheng was stunned. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Xiang Ming was worried that he wouldn't pay after eating the roasted chicken. He had never thought of this.
"400 yuan. Keep the change. The rest is the fare. If it's not enough, I'll add more!"
Gu Zheng took out 400 yuan. The roasted chicken was 11 catties. 4 and a half catties was 360 yuan. Xiang Ming picked up Gu Zheng from the high-speed railway station. Gu Zheng didn't know how much the fare was.
"I picked you up because of my junior. What's the matter with collecting money? The roasted chicken is a small business. I can't give it away! "
Xiang Ming took the money and gave 40 yuan to Gu Zheng. Looking at the money on the table, Gu Zheng shook his head helplessly. This Xiang Ming wasn't a little old-fashioned. No wonder Xu Song kept telling him that he hoped he could be more tolerant when he saw Xiang Ming.
However, it could also be seen that Xiang Ming was a person with strong principles.
The roasted chicken exuded a fragrance. It was fished out of the pot just now. It was slightly different from ordinary roasted chicken. The skin of the Wang's roasted chicken was brighter and looked more like a golden yellow.
Gu Zheng didn't use chopsticks. He used his hands and pulled the drumstick off gently.
After the drumstick was pulled off, a strong smell immediately wafted over. Gu Zheng couldn't help but take a deep breath. This fragrance was very pleasant. Looking at the chicken, the white and tender chicken seemed to be wrapped in a layer of sparkling oil. It was like a white crystal. Just looking at it made one's mouth water.
Just by smelling the fragrance and looking at it, one could guess that the taste wouldn't be bad. The color and fragrance were all there.
"Wang's roasted chicken, the main ingredient is second-grade ingredients!"
The weapon spirit's appraisal sounded. The corner of Gu Zheng's eyes twitched slightly. Sure enough, the quality of this Lu Cai's chicken was as he guessed. It was second-grade. Gu Zheng was looking forward to the roasted chicken made with second-grade ingredients and inherited cooking skills.
After taking a bite of the meat on the drumstick, the unique taste of chicken immediately filled Gu Zheng's mouth and stimulated his taste buds. The chicken was particularly tender and didn't have the astringent feeling of other chicken. Gu Zheng's cooking skills were related to chicken. He could be considered an expert in this area. He had eaten so many chicken. Except for the immortal chicken, there was no other chicken that could be compared to the roasted chicken in front of him.
Even the honey chicken he made for the first time was only on par. The honey chicken was added with ordinary honey. Without that kind of honey, the taste couldn't be compared to the Wang's roasted chicken.
"Congratulations to the descendant of Gokusen. The Wang's roasted chicken is more delicious than the roasted chicken. It's better than the roasted chicken in Daokou. One more test has been completed in this test!"
Success, the roasted chicken was recognized by the weapon spirit. This test was to find three kinds of folk delicacies. Now that two of them were found, only the last one was left to complete this test.
After completing one of the tests, Gu Zheng's mood became better. It was rare to encounter such a delicious roasted chicken, so he simply ate it there.
Four and a half pounds of roasted chicken was finally eaten up by Gu Zheng alone. Xiang Ming, who was next to him, stared at him with his eyes wide open.
Four and a half pounds, now there were only a few broken chicken bones left. Why was it a little bit? Because the bones of the roasted chicken were very crispy. A really good roasted chicken was fragrant to the bone marrow. The chicken bones were particularly delicious. Gu Zheng ate a lot of bones.
With second-grade ingredients, there was no need to worry about food safety at all.
"Master, Master Gu, you really have a good appetite!"
Seeing that Gu Zheng had finished eating, Xiang Ming said in a daze. He knew the roast chicken best. It was not a problem for one person to finish an ordinary roast chicken, but for such a big roast chicken, it was very rare for one person to finish it all.
Even if there were, they were the kind of strong men. Looking at Gu Zheng's thin arms and legs, he didn't look like one.
"My appetite has always been good!"
Gu Zheng laughed. There was water in the restaurant, low-grade underground water. It was enough to wash his hands and face.
After tidying himself up, Gu Zheng returned to Xiang Ming's side. The test was completed. This roasted chicken was indeed what he was looking for, but this trip was not over yet.
With such a delicious thing, Gu Zheng wanted to bring it to his restaurant again.
There had always been a shortage of food in his restaurant. Last time when he met Boss Hu, he added a kind of mixed noodles. Now there were chicken blood soup, mixed noodles, and mineral water in his restaurant. At most, there were only these three kinds.
The Wang's roasted chicken tasted so good, but the business here was so bad. Therefore, he wanted to invite the Wang's roasted chicken to his restaurant to enrich the food in his restaurant.
Such roasted chicken was so expensive here that no one would buy it. However, there was absolutely no problem in his restaurant. Moreover, if the roasted chicken was brought to his restaurant, it would be impossible to sell it for only 81 pounds. The price would be at least double. Shen City was an international metropolis. Many people were willing to pay a high price for delicious food.
Moreover, the labor and the cost of the restaurant in Gu Zheng's restaurant were much higher than that in his restaurant. If he sold it for 81 pounds, he would definitely lose money. Therefore, he could only raise the price.
"Your appetite is rare!"
Xiang Ming smiled, which was rare. He believed that his roasted chicken was very delicious. Previously, he had specially brought a small one for Gu Zheng. However, it was rare to see someone like Gu Zheng who could eat it all at once.
"Master Xiang, I have heard about your situation from Xu Song. I also admire you very much. However, this place is too small, which restricts your development. Have you ever thought about moving the Wang's roasted chicken to a big city to develop?"
Gu Zheng said slowly. His son happened to walk over. When he heard Gu Zheng's words, he immediately stopped and stood aside.
Xiang Ming first looked at his son and then shook his head. "Master Gu, I appreciate your kindness. This is my master's business. I want to help my master to guard it. I have never thought of moving it outside!"
Xiang Ming refused very straightforwardly. In fact, it was not that no one had ever made this request. Some people wanted to cooperate with him, but he refused them all.
Xiang Ming's son revealed a disappointed expression. Gu Zheng noticed their expressions and immediately understood.
It seemed that Xiang Ming's son really wanted to go out and didn't want to stay here. It was normal for him to have such thoughts. Xiang Ming's son was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old. He wasn't old. Young people yearned to go out and explore.
Xiang Ming was originally an old-fashioned person. Moreover, he was old. It was normal for him to not want to go out and guard his master's business.
"Master Xiang, I understand your feelings. In fact, guarding your master's business is the same everywhere …"
"You don't understand. I swore to my master that I would never leave this place. Every blade of grass and every tree here was painstakingly built by my master. If I were to leave, this place would really cease to exist!"
Without waiting for Gu Zheng to finish speaking, Xiang Ming interrupted Gu Zheng. Many people had said similar things. He had heard it many times and didn't want to hear it again.
"Well, I respect your choice. Let's change the mode of cooperation!"
Gu Zheng sighed slightly. He did eat the roast chicken here. The taste was very good. The main ingredient of the roast chicken, chicken, was a second-grade ingredient. The other ingredients were not bad, but most of them were low-grade. Very few of them reached second-grade.
Even so, the taste of the roast chicken was still very delicious. The cooking skills accounted for a lot of the credit. The cooking skills of Wang's roast chicken were indeed very good.
Because of Xu Song's cooking skills, he changed to low-grade chicken. The braised roast chicken also tasted very good and was very popular.
Compared to Xu Song's restaurant, Wang's Roast Chicken had better taste and ingredients. No matter where it went, it would be recognized by everyone. Gu Zheng's restaurant was originally a chicken blood soup shop, so it was very suitable to sell roast chicken. At least it was related to chicken.
"What mode of cooperation?"
"You can do it here. I order a certain amount of roast chicken every day. You can send it to Shen Cheng through the high-speed rail immediately. I will send someone to pick it up!"
If the cooperation couldn't work, then he would be an agent. Now that the high-speed rail was connected, it was very convenient. It only took more than two hours from here to Shen Cheng. If he handled it well, he could get to Gu Zheng's place in two or three hours. There would be no problem with the roast chicken.
Xiang Ming sat up straight. It was obvious that he was a little moved. Before, people wanted to cooperate with him or ask him to go out, but no one had ever mentioned this method.
Xiang Ming's son also came over and sat next to his father. He couldn't help but ask, "How much can you order every day?"
Gu Zheng's proposal was very good. His father was unwilling to leave this small town now. Gu Zheng's method could at least improve their business. They didn't have to struggle like now.
It's just that he didn't know how much Gu Zheng wanted. If it was only a few per day, it wouldn't help much.
"It's not clear now. At the beginning, I will order 100 per day. Later, it may increase to 300 or even 500!"
Gu Zheng considered the actual situation of his restaurant. His chicken blood soup could sell 5,000 servings a day. Now, his noodles were stable at 1,500 servings a day. The roast chicken tasted good. It should be no problem to order 500 servings.
But it would take some time for the customers to accept the roast chicken. That was why Gu Zheng said that he would only order 100 per day at the beginning.
"If you think it's too little, then I will order at least 500 per day!"
Seeing the father and son didn't speak, Gu Zheng said again. The father and son looked at each other, and there was a trace of helplessness on their faces.
Gu Zheng didn't want too little, but too much. Now they only sold about 10 per day. On a good day, it was only 20 or 30 per day. Unless there was a big customer who bought a lot at one time, then they could sell dozens of roast chicken a day.
Unfortunately, there were very few big customers like that. Even if they bought roast chicken, they would send them back as gifts. The 500 roast chicken Gu Zheng wanted was impossible for them.
Even if they increased the production, they could only produce dozens of roast chicken a day at most. They couldn't even produce 100 roast chicken.
The reason was very simple. They didn't have so many roast chicken. This was also one of the reasons why Xiang Ming didn't want to go out. Only roast chicken made with roast chicken of the Wang family was the best. If it was changed to other roast chicken, it wouldn't taste so good.
Roast chicken had always been raised by people, but the cost was very high and the production was limited. Especially, there were very few merchants who used roast chicken. Their production had always been very limited. It was impossible for him to get the 500 roast chicken that Gu Zheng wanted. Even 100 roast chicken was difficult.
Fifty roast chicken a day was the biggest guarantee he could make.
Xiang Ming told the situation to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng was very surprised. He thought that the other party thought it was too little, but he didn't expect that it was too much. Fifty roast chicken a day. With the popularity of his restaurant, it was not enough at all.
Unless they were sold separately. But even if they were sold separately, 50 roast chickens were not enough. At least 200 roast chickens were needed.
"I'm sorry, Master Gu. It's not that we don't want to do it, but we don't have so many roast chicken. We really can't do it!"
Xiang Ming smiled bitterly. The big city was really good. People asked for 500 roast chicken a day, which was ten times his highest production. But there was no supply. It was useless to go to the big city. There was nothing to sell there. It was better to keep the roast chicken at home.
"Even if it's fifty roast chickens, I can't give you all of them. Otherwise, there will be nothing to sell here. I can only give you forty roast chickens a day at most. Master Gu, you can consider whether you want it or not!"
Xiang Ming said again. He couldn't give up the business here just because Gu Zheng wanted all of them. This was not his original intention. So the number of roast chicken he gave to Gu Zheng was a little less.
Forty roast chickens, plus the transportation, storage, and labor cost, it would probably cost 100 yuan per kilo in Shen City. The increase of the cost was equal to the increase of the price. He didn't know if Gu Zheng would still insist on his previous idea.
"Since there are only so many roast chickens, then forty roast chickens. Master Xiang, is it because the number of roast chicken is not enough that you can't make so many roast chicken? If there are enough roast chicken, you can make more roast chicken every day?"
There were only forty roast chickens. Gu Zheng also had no other choice. It was better to have more than nothing. He wanted to increase the number of roast chickens in the restaurant. In the future, when the roast chicken production here increased, he would ask for more.
"You are right. If there are enough roast chicken, we can work harder. Making 500 roast chickens a day is not a problem!"
Xiang Ming nodded. If there were enough roast chicken, they would only need to use their physical strength to make roast chicken. He was not afraid of working hard. But it was a pity that there were not so many roast chickens.
"Master Xiang, I want to go to the breeding ground of the roast chicken. Can I go there to take a look?"
Gu Zheng stood up and said. The supply of roast chicken was tight. If there were not enough roast chicken, then he had to think of ways to increase the supply. Even if the supply could not be increased to 500 roast chickens a day, it would be good to double or triple the amount.
If there were more roast chickens here, then Gu Zheng would be able to sell more roast chickens.
If Gu Zheng could sell more roast chickens, then more people would be able to eat this kind of high-quality food. It was also Gu Zheng's responsibility to promote this kind of food. His job was a food critic, and one of his responsibilities was to promote this kind of food. Gu Zheng's articles were not all criticism. There were also a lot of praises.
"Of course. If you want to go there, I can bring you there now. It is not far from here!"
Xiang Ming also stood up. The roast chicken was originally with them, and the distance was very close. The place where the roast chicken was being raised was a small farm at the foot of a mountain. The person who was raising the roast chicken was a farmer.
The environment of the farm was not bad. There were also a few employees. Other than Xiang Ming, there were also two or three other merchants who were using the roast chicken. If it were not for these merchants who had been supporting them, the farm would have closed down long ago.
"Boss He, this is Master Gu Zheng. He is the winner of the Hangzhou Food Competition!"
The boss of the farm was surnamed He. He was about the same age as Xiang Ming. He inherited his father's business, just like Xiang Ming inherited his master's business. The two of them were family friends and had a good relationship.
However, Xiang Ming, like others, always liked to mention Gu Zheng's previous achievements when introducing him. The winner of the Hangzhou Food Competition was his best achievement at present.
"Hello, Master Gu!"
Boss He did not know the purpose of Gu Zheng's visit, but he still received him very politely.
"Boss He, I just heard from Master Xiang that the output of the roast chicken is not high. What is the reason?"
Gu Zheng came straight to the point and asked directly.
If he wanted to increase the output of the roast chicken, he could only start from the farm. First of all, he had to figure out why the output was not high. If it was because the roast chicken was very difficult to raise, or the environment here was only enough for them to raise so many roast chickens, and other places were not good, then he should not think about increasing the output.
Just like Tianmian, the two brothers, Wang Wei and Wang Zhen, also wanted to increase the output, but there was only one piece of land that could produce the roast chicken. They wanted to increase the output, but there was nothing they could do.
"The output is not high. The reason is actually very simple. First, it is the capital. Second, there are not so many customers!"
Boss He sighed. Gu Zheng was slightly relieved. It was good that it was not a specific reason. The two reasons that limited the output of Boss He were not a problem for him.
Gu Zheng had the capital. Now the restaurant had a turnover of more than 500,000 yuan every day, and the profit was almost half. The net profit of several million yuan a month was absolutely no problem for him to invest in the restaurant. He could give them enough capital.
As for the customers, it was even simpler. He was their customer, a big customer.
"Boss He, how much capital does it cost to increase the output of five hundred roast chickens a day?"
Gu Zheng asked again. Boss He was stunned. Five hundred roast chickens a day was not a small number. The roast time of the roast chicken was longer than that of ordinary chickens. Chickens raised on feed could be out of the cage in forty to fifty days. Chickens raised on free range could grow up in two or three months. Their roast chicken needed five months to grow up.
Because of this, the cost of raising chickens would be greatly increased.
"If I increase the output of five hundred roast chickens a day, I will need to increase the number of employees. I also need to increase the supply of chicken feed. As long as I have the money, there is enough food in Mang Dang Mountain. But it will cost a lot of money. If I increase the output of five hundred roast chickens a day, I estimate that I will need to increase the cost by more than 2.8 million yuan!"
Boss He estimated and finally said that he needed to increase the output of five hundred roast chickens a day. In fact, he did not have that many roast chickens a day. At most, he could only raise a hundred roast chickens a day. Moreover, it was not like that every day. If there were not enough orders, they would reduce the number of roast chickens.
If the roast chickens could not be sold, they would lose money.
That was why Xiang Ming dared to say that he could only raise fifty roast chickens a day. Boss He could only provide him with so many roast chickens.
"Boss He, I will give you three million yuan. First, I will order five hundred roast chickens a day. I can sign the contract today. I will give you the money. I hope you can increase the output as soon as possible!"
Gu Zheng said softly. Both Boss He and Master Xiang stared at him with their eyes wide open.
Gu Zheng really wanted five hundred roast chickens and directly put down a deposit of three million yuan. With this three million yuan, it meant that Boss He would no longer have to worry about the lack of funds. He could raise more roast chickens and expand the scale of the farm.
"Master Gu, to be honest, my factory is not worth three million yuan. Do you trust me so much? Besides, you can buy my factory without three million yuan. Why do you give me so much money to expand the scale of the farm? "
Xiang Ming agreed with Boss He's words. The employees around Boss He wanted to slap him.
Was their boss crazy or something? Someone was willing to give him money, but he still refused and said such words. Three million yuan, it was three million yuan. Many people had never seen so much money in their lives.
"You and Master Xiang are the same kind of people. Since you can stay here for so many years, of course, I trust you. I know that buying your factory with three million yuan is not a problem. Even if I directly invest, the profit will be higher than giving you so much money. But I have a shortcoming that you don't know. I am very lazy and don't like any management. My purpose is to get more roast chickens from Wang's. As long as you can give me enough roast chickens!"
"I will help Master Xiang to place this order. You just need to provide him with enough roast chickens!"
Gu Zheng had a smile on his face the entire time. What he said was the truth. If he really bought the factory, he definitely wouldn't do it. He might as well be a client rather than a shareholder and work with someone he wasn't familiar with.
His purpose was to get roast chickens from Wang's. As long as he was given enough roast chickens, he did not care whether he paid first or later.
"Okay, I promise you!"
Boss He thought for a while. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said.
The employees around Boss He were very happy. Three million yuan, a big order of three million yuan. They had never had such a big order. Now the factory was going to be busy, and each of them could have a rich harvest.
Master Xiang was also very happy. Boss He had always wanted to expand the farm, but he could not do it. This time, with Gu Zheng's help, he could finally do it.
At this moment, he even wanted to promise Gu Zheng to go to Shen City with him.
Unfortunately, if he really went, the people here would never be able to eat Wang's roast chicken again. Thinking of his master's last wish, he finally decided to stay.
However, he could teach his son the technique of making roast chicken and let his son go to Shen City in the future to help Gu Zheng.
Sooner or later, he would teach this technique to his son. The reason why he did not teach it before was that he was afraid that his son would learn it and run out to open a store like Xu Song. In that case, no one could inherit it. He could not let his master down.
If his son learned it, he might still go out. But with a stable sales channel, he would go out to sell Wang's roast chicken made by Lu Caichicken. He would also inherit this skill, and Wang's roast chicken would not be cut off.
Xiang Ming promised his master to protect his master's store, but his son did not.
His son could go out. As long as he was still making Wang's roast chicken, he would not let his master down and would not feel guilty.
This was a happy result. Gu Zheng had achieved his goal. Master Xiang had also solved his and his son's future. Boss He had successfully expanded the scale of breeding. Everyone was very happy.
"I'm not bragging. My Lu Caichicken can't be compared to ordinary chickens. It's a pity that I haven't had good culinary skills. If it weren't for Master Xiang and Master Shao, I'm afraid my factory would have closed down. Lu Caichicken can only be raised by myself in the future!"
After signing the contract, Gu Zheng immediately asked Changfeng to transfer the money to him. This order was actually to increase the supply of the store. He had to go through the accounts of the store.
Although Changfeng did not care about money, Gu Zheng did not want to make any mistakes with money. If that happened, he would be letting others down.
"I'm still okay. Master Shao's side is more troublesome. He makes Bucket Chicken. Fewer people eat it!"
Master Xiang sighed. Master Shao was another old friend of his. His family made Bucket Chicken, and he also used Lu Cai Chicken. However, he did not use Lu Cai Chicken all the time. Lu Cai Chicken was too expensive. The Bucket Chicken he made was very expensive, and it was very difficult to sell.
The Bucket Chicken he made was ordinary chicken that cost seven or eight yuan per catty. He only used Lu Caichicken if the customer ordered it or ate it himself.
His skills in making Bucket Chicken were also good. It was very famous in their local area. There were two big chicken kings in the local area. One was Wang's Roast Chicken and the other was Shao's Bucket Chicken.
Gu Zheng had eaten Bucket Chicken before. He had bought it when he was in Shen Cheng. The taste was very ordinary.
"Can I try Bucket Chicken?"
Gu Zheng's heart was slightly moved. Bucket Chicken was also a famous traditional snack. The most famous Bucket Chicken was in Bian City. The Ma family's Bucket Chicken was famous throughout the country. They were a century-old shop. It was said that they also had a pot of century-old soup that was used to braise their Bucket Chicken.
The Ma family's Bucket Chicken in Bian City was not much more famous than Daokou Roast Chicken. It was a traditional snack that met the requirements of the Weapon Spirit Test.
Gu Zheng had never been here before. Today was his first time. The main ingredient of Bucket Chicken was second-grade Lu Caichicken. If there was something unique in the cooking skills, it was possible to surpass the Ma family's Bucket Chicken. If that was the case, it would mean that he had completed all the tests.
"Of course, there's no problem at all. I'll call Old Shao now. I just don't know if he has any stock!"
Boss He laughed and immediately took out his phone to make a call.
Not long after, a man rode an electric bike to the farm. The man was in his forties and was carrying a big bag.
Inside the bag was the Bucket Chicken he had brought. It was made from Lu Caichicken. Lu Caichicken was very big. The roast chicken was not small, and the Bucket Chicken was not small either.
This Bucket Chicken was more than six catties. After the Weapon Spirit identified the quality, Gu Zheng tore off a small piece and tasted it.
Both Bucket Chicken and Roast Chicken were made from whole chickens, but they had two completely different tastes. The Shao family's Bucket Chicken had a little bit of Ma flavor because of the addition of Ma pepper. However, this Ma flavor did not affect the taste of the chicken. Instead, it blended with the chicken. It was as refreshing as eating a hot pot.
If eating Roast Chicken was as warm as spring, then Bucket Chicken was as hot as summer. The styles were different, but they were equally delicious.
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