Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 202 Fox Fur Peripherals

Zhao Qing, however, pinpointed a name: "Fried Chicken Research Institute? Isn't that the research institute that Guangcheng Sect cultivator who particularly loves fried chicken borrowed money to build? I think it was the first research institute in our Taiyin Sect built entirely by NPCs, right?"

Seeing that Zhao Qing actually knew about the fried chicken research institute, Wei Wowu nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, yes, that's it! Their research institute is pretty amazing. They charge low prices, and they can basically deliver finished products according to the requirements for customized projects. Normally, our Gugu Chicken is such a small community that we wouldn't even get a chance, but their research institute director, who loves fried chicken so much, heard that we were planning to open a fried chicken shop, so he specially put us in a running loop and personally researched this project! And I heard that the oil-separation design is already showing some promise!"

While the group was discussing, the little foxes had already begun to feast, adding accompaniment to Zhao Qing and the others' conversation with various whimpering sounds and indistinct praises.

"Wow! It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

"fried chicken!"

"Mmm... I've never eaten this before, mmm... this chicken is so delicious!"

"I really want to bring some back for Aunt Zijun!"

"Ouch! That hurts! Why does this chicken hurt so much? Is it pecking me?"

"Idiot! That's spicy! It's golden finger pepper! Hey? Isn't that a medicinal herb? Why would you add it to the chicken?"

"But it's delicious too!"

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Seeing this, Zhao Qing quickly took out several bamboo tubes from her backpack and said, "I have some milk tea here. Have some to cool down your spiciness. I'll have someone bring some over right away!"

Weiwo, also a little annoyed, said, "I forgot that the NPCs in the game don't really eat spicy food! I should have put less chili in!"

While munching on a chicken leg, the Jade Emperor suggested, "I think it's alright, not too spicy, no need to reduce the amount. Or you could add some drinks! It seems easy to replicate a sugary drink, how come you guys haven't made one?"

The person on WeChat replied, "The cost is too high, and it's difficult to inflate. We wanted to collaborate with Sister YaYa to offer milk tea. We've already reached an agreement, but we haven't officially opened yet, so we haven't had time to stock up!"

The Jade Emperor nodded: "Oh! That's not bad either! In any case, it's better to have something to drink!"

Hu Manyue hugged a bamboo cup, licked it several times, squinted her eyes in satisfaction, and then asked Zhao Qing, "This is sweet, it tastes like honey! And it also has a fragrant fruit flavor! It's delicious! Is it called 'milk tea'?"

Zhao Qing explained, "Yes! It's located near our Chang'an City night market, called YaYa Milk Tea Shop. But what you're drinking is called Wax Apple Honey Tea. Milk tea is a general term for all similar tea drinks!"

Hu Manyue's amber fox eyes sparkled, and she eagerly asked, "Can we sell them in our shop too?"

Zhao Qing was somewhat at a loss for words to answer the question, and could only say hesitantly, "Uh... well, if you really want to sell this, you'll have to discuss it with Lu Renya, the owner of the Duck Milk Tea Shop. But since your shop's main focus is on petting foxes, you shouldn't need to worry about the taste of the food and drinks, right?"

Hu Manyue lowered her ears in disappointment: "But it really tastes so good!" The Jade Emperor immediately comforted her: "Hey, not necessarily. We can discuss it with Lu Renya later! If it really doesn't work out, we can just consider it a branch. It's such a hassle to buy a cup of milk tea at the Duck Duck Milk Tea Shop now. You have to wait in line for an hour or two! It's time to open another store to divert the customers!"

Hu Manyue perked up her ears excitedly again and pressed on, asking, "Can we sell fried chicken too?"

The Jade Emperor, somewhat exasperated, tried to reason with the little fox: "Well... Fellow Daoist Full Moon, there's an old saying, 'Don't bite off more than you can chew.' If you sell too much, you won't be able to handle the production yourself, right?"

Hu Manyue said confidently, "Not many, not many. I'll just sell this wax apple honey, and this! Hmm... um, and a whole chicken like this! That's three! Not many, right? Look how many kinds this shop has! I'm only selling three kinds!"

As she spoke, she pointed to the most popular fried chicken leg, her mouth watering and her eyes practically gleaming with greed.

Wei Wo Wushi surprisingly made the decision: "No problem! Here's what we'll do, I'll take care of it! You can just take it and sell it! We can even help process it and pack it in a space box, so it will always be freshly made each time you take it out. As for the price, it will be based on cost price, but there is only one requirement: the selling price must be consistent with the selling price of our Gugu Chicken Mobile Restaurant!"

Hu Manyue only half understood: "So you're saying that whatever price you sell for, we have to sell for the same price, right?"

"That's right!"

Hu Manyue was a little confused: "But Fellow Daoist Emperor said that we should raise the price very high?"

The Jade Emperor stroked his chin, thought carefully, and said, "Hmm... giving me fifty cents isn't out of the question. You don't necessarily have to raise the price on the food; you can sell the merchandise at a higher price!"

"Nearby?"

"Like blankets made from the fox fur you shed during molting, or ceramic cups with paw prints you made with your claws, um..."

The Jade Emperor pondered, becoming more and more eloquent as he spoke: "And another thing, you can also wear some accessories when you have nothing to do, like scarves and hats. When the time comes, you can sell them as the same scarves and hats as so-and-so, the fox Daoist, and the price will be several times higher! You can also mass-produce badges in your likeness, which will definitely make a fortune! Back on our Blue Star, Officer Mimi's badges in Chang'an City were in such high demand and short supply at first, but now they're everywhere, and everyone has one!"

"Not only that, for example, you can also make fox ear headbands from the shed fur! A headband is... well, it's a kind of... uh, jewelry that you wear on your head! If you put two fox ears on it, you'll look like a little fox with two ears on your head! Let me tell you, every single one of those girls will be screaming and clamoring to buy it! Maybe in the end, there will even be scalpers hoarding it at high prices and reselling it for double the price to make a dirty profit! Of course, I'll buy it too, but I won't be screaming and clamoring!"

"Why do you like the fur we took off? And even if you humans wear that 'headband' and have two fox ears, doesn't that mean you have four ears? That's so weird!"

Hu Manyue's chubby fox face was full of confusion: "Besides, all that fur is garbage! It's not soft enough to make a nest!"

"Uh, I don't know either, but anyway, it should be quite popular. If it really doesn't work, you can mix in some other materials! Then you can differentiate the purity, like 30% fox fur, 50% fox fur, and then buy fox fur carpets and give them a Fellow Daoist's autograph—you can just put your paw print on them!"

This time, Zhao Qing didn't even bother with a private chat. She lamented with heartache, "Your Majesty, you wouldn't even deserve to die if you were hung up by a hundred streetlights!"

(End of this chapter)