Chapter 106 Chapter 106 The sky is falling!
"The grapes are ripe!"
The fishermen were the first to know about it, and soon the guests who came with them also knew about it, and even sooner, the news was posted online.
The foodies who love grapes and have been looking forward to it for a long time were suddenly surprised and excited, full of anticipation.
"Grapes! They are the grapes I love!"
"Will we be able to eat it soon? Tomorrow, right? Generally speaking, new products are sold at stalls on the first day of the harvest. Depending on how well they sell, they'll officially go on sale the next day!"
"Of course!"
"What a shame! I was too hot and didn't want to take time off, so I didn't go to Jiangjia Village with my friend. I didn't expect the grapes to be ripe so quickly!"
"Is it from the greenhouse?"
"No, I saw photos taken by other tourists. They're grown outdoors, but the variety is different. It looks like Shaoxing No. 9, so it's normal for it to be ripe at this time."
"It's still a little early. I guess Boss Jiang used too much fertilizer. The grapes aren't even ripe yet, but they're already huge. They're almost as big as Sunshine Rose grapes!"
"Hey, I happen to be here. I'll tell you what it tastes like after I buy it."
"Show off if you want to, huh!"
“…”
Every kind of vegetable, fruit and meat has its audience.
Grapes are no exception.
As a fruit variety with a long history in China, grapes are also very popular among the public. Jiang Heng likes them very much too, so as soon as she sees that they are ripe, she can't wait to pick them. There are more than one variety of grapes grown, including early-ripening varieties, mid-ripening varieties, and late-ripening varieties. We guarantee that there will be grapes to eat from the end of June to the end of September!
The first varieties to ripen are yellow-green grapes.
The flesh is round and plump, and when exposed to sunlight, the color is particularly clear and beautiful.
It looks moist and beautiful.
Jiang Heng picked a bunch and tasted them directly. They were still a bit warm from the sun, not cold, but they were extra sweet! The thin skin broke open with a gentle bite, and the plump flesh jumped into her mouth eagerly. There were no seeds, so she could fully enjoy the soft and tender flesh.
The grapes have a rich aroma and a sweet and sour taste. You can’t stop eating them one by one.
It’s a pity that such delicious food cannot be eaten by cats and dogs.
It seems that horses can't eat it either.
Jiang Heng put the custard bun in the pot and let it graze. Then, he secretly notified Lei Lei in his sea of consciousness to come over and eat grapes. After a while, a palm-sized stone figure came running over: "Little Feishi is coming!"
Jiang Heng: "...Come on, come on, we can't finish this bunch."
She found a grassy ridge and sat down, eating grapes and spitting out the skins with Little Stone.
"Wow!" Little Stone's eyes lit up as he ate the grapes. "This is delicious too! There are so many delicious things in this world, some even tastier than in the Immortal Cultivation Realm!"
Jiang Heng's eyes curved. "The reason the grapes in the Xiuxian world are delicious is because of the spiritual energy. These grapes are delicious because many talented agronomists extracted excellent grape genes and hybridized them. Even without the spiritual energy, they still taste delicious!"
With the spiritual energy, the taste is completely sublimated!
After finishing a whole bunch of grapes in one breath, Lei Lei took another bunch away. Jiang Heng reminded him not to let cats and dogs eat them. If they wanted to eat them, he could open a watermelon for them. The watermelons had matured in the past few days and a batch had been sold. Now they were waiting for the second batch to mature. During this period, they could also pick watermelons to eat.
It's too hot today, so it's okay for a few cats and dogs to share a big watermelon.
Anyway, they are seedless and will not increase the burden on the stomach and intestines.
The little stone floated away and responded.
Jiang Heng called Tong Yunqing and asked her to arrange a few people to come and harvest.
This early-ripening grape was planted on three acres of land. It's not a lot, but it's still a good harvest.
However, when Jiang Heng was selecting grapes, he picked those that were more durable on the trees, such as this one, which can hang on the trees for about a month. There was no need to pick them all immediately, just the ones that were more ripe.
Harvesting grapes requires scissors. Hold the bottom and cut off the connection to the main branch. A whole bunch of heavy grapes is picked. Put some dry straw in the basket as a pad and carefully put the grapes in. One bunch after another, and soon the empty basket is full.
Jiang Heng took the basket and exchanged it for an empty one.
A total of 200 kilograms were harvested.
The harvesters moved on to collect other crops.
The main harvest is in the morning, and the quantity is large. One is the pre-order side, and the other is the online store side.
In the afternoon, the village usually finds a few people to harvest some things to set up stalls to sell at four o'clock. There are quite a few tourists in the village now, and people from the town and surrounding villages occasionally come to buy. Even though Jiang Peng has a large batch scheduled to be delivered every morning, a lot can still be sold.
Especially since grapes are new today, there will definitely be a lot of people buying them, two hundred kilograms is just right.
I hurried to organize the things for the stall: grapes, fish, watermelon, shrimp, eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs, goose eggs, peaches, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, various cherry tomatoes, plums, mulberries... They were all arranged so fully that just looking at them gave people a sense of satisfaction.
The guests queuing in front were all holding umbrellas or wearing straw hats, and Jiang Heng also got himself a parasol.
Although she is not afraid of the heat, the sun at four o'clock should not be underestimated. It is not good to stand there for a long time without blushing or feeling nervous. Therefore, when the weather gets hot, she buys a parasol specifically for setting up a stall.
It is usually placed here, and kittens and puppies will occasionally come here to enjoy the cool air.
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Before the time came, the guests had already lined up in front, their eyes focused on the grapes, discussing how to eat them.
"Just eat it! These grapes don't have seeds, so they're perfect to eat straight away!"
"I like fruit salad. There are so many fruits now. Adding some yogurt to it will definitely be delicious!"
"To be honest, I want to eat raisins, hahahaha..."
"That's going to cost a lot of money."
Jiang Heng's heart moved slightly. Remember, I will make a batch of them into raisins. Raisins are delicious whether eaten directly or made into other snacks. Of course, some of them can be used to make wine and grape jam.
When the time was up, Jiang Heng finally put out the price list and raised his voice: "You can start selling!"
Then immediately ask the first guest: "What would you like to order?"
The customer had already made up his mind and immediately made a series of requests: "Two bunches of grapes! Two pounds of crayfish, a tomato..."
Fifty-one kilograms of grapes are not very expensive, at least much cheaper than strawberries and blueberries. Customers have the opportunity to buy these grapes that are obviously just picked. Of course, they have to buy more, as they are absolutely fresh!
Jiang Heng quickly weighed and packed the items, then handed them over: "The total after the discount is 510 yuan."
The guest scanned the code to pay, then ran happily towards the B&B carrying a large bag full of things.
Hurry back and start cooking first.
Almost 90% of the customers who came later bought grapes. Two hundred kilograms of grapes were the most abundant type of item, and they were also the fastest to sell out except for fish, shrimp, and eggs, which were relatively scarce.
It was almost six o'clock when the sales were finished. Jiang Heng packed up the empty baskets, said goodbye to Tong Yunqing, and went back to cook.
She was not hungry. She had already established her foundation and her body was beyond the level of an ordinary person.
You can practice fasting when you reach the Jindan stage.
But her mouth was full of greed, and her biological clock told her it was time to eat.
Tong Yunqing stopped him and said, "Something happened..."
Jiang Heng:?
She blinked blankly: "What could happen?"
She abides by the law and works diligently. Even for the grapes that had just been put on the shelves, she specially invited someone to come and test the data and get a report two days ago.
Tong Yunqing handed her the phone. "It's not us, it's online. Lu Yun's live broadcast from yesterday to today was very good, and the response online was very good. It just so happened that the variety show she was supposed to record here is also being aired recently. Somehow, the fans of both sides started arguing again. One said Lu Yun was riding on the popularity. Seeing Zhou Hongbo recording a lifestyle variety show, she also went to a farm house to do a live broadcast...
Another person said their variety show's popularity was all based on bickering, which wasn't fun at all, so how could it possibly gain popularity? As the two sides argued, Lu Yun's secondary account was exposed, the same one that had won our roasted pigeon. So Zhou Hongbo thought we were collaborating with her, deliberately trying to gain popularity together, and implicated us as well.
What she showed Jiang Heng was a gossip summary made by a marketing account. The marketing account even specially made a first issue, indicating that there would definitely be follow-up, but no one knew how long the quarrel would last.
At this time, the comment section of this marketing account also became noisy.
The content of the quarrel was what she said.
Jiang Heng took a look and frowned slightly.
What does this have to do with her?
But it did involve her.
A closer look revealed a third wave of people muddying the waters in the comment section where fans of the male and female leads were clashing with each other: [I've said before that Jiang's Shop has only grown by riding on the hype, but those fans are now accusing me of deliberately blackmailing Jiang's Shop.]
[That's how it is. If it weren't for the previous review, who would know this store? ]
[Now that I think about it, it's true. For a store that became popular through marketing, it's normal for it to ride on the popularity. I used to have a good impression of Jiang's store, but now...tsk tsk!]
[This is hilarious! Just based on the quality of the ingredients at Jiang's Shop, it was bound to be a hit, right? What was the point of becoming famous then? They couldn't sell enough ingredients every day, and even after it became popular, they still couldn't sell enough. The owner didn't make a single cent more, and even spent a fortune on legal action. You guys can't really forget the fact that everything sold out instantly after it was put on the shelves, right? And even then, the owner was so lazy that he didn't even expand the planting area in the first year. Was there any need to capitalize on the hype?]
[Just bragging, right? How could Jiang's shop have gotten to this point without all this buzz? It's just riding on the coattails of a popular variety show and an online store. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell the difference, right?]
【??? What nonsense are you talking about?】
[Isn't it? Two attention-seeking freaks got together]
Didn't Jiangjia Village become famous thanks to her popularity? They have nothing here, and they're making a fuss over picking a few rapeseed flowers. Tourists go there to drive consumption, they're gods, but what about them? They have no respect for people! I'm really surprised anyone likes this place...
[No? Does Jiangjia Shop really need to ride on the hype? I'm suddenly starting to wonder if my memory is flawed. They're selling their wares without a problem, and Jiangjia Village has even been urging everyone to travel responsibly. The village is already overwhelmed with tourists, so why would they want to ride on the hype? Just to get themselves into trouble?!]
[Alright, I know you were criticized for picking someone else's rapeseed flowers through the loudspeaker. Carry it away, next one...]
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The number of comments in the comment section is increasing.
Jiang Heng can see a lot of them as soon as he refreshes the page.
She quickly glanced at the general situation, returned the phone to Tong Yunqing, and said helplessly: "I can only ask Lawyer Luo to take action again."
Tong Yunqing silently gave a thumbs up.
She naturally knew about her company's previous situation. Lawyer Luo sued hundreds of people that time, which was really a big deal. For a long time, those who tried to discredit Jiang's store did not dare to mention their names.
But this time, she thought about it and said, "Lu Yun contacted me to apologize to you. I didn't expect Zhou Hongbo's fans to involve you. If you want to do anything, she will fully cooperate. If you don't plan to do anything for the time being, she wants to take action."
Tong Yunqing then continued, "I had someone investigate and found out that the people behind the scenes who are muddying the waters for us are a separate group. Zhou Hongbo has no grudge against us. His fans were at loggerheads before, and now he's being used as a pawn. I suspect it's from the 'I Love Life' production team, so I searched and found that the producer, after being rejected by us, posted a Weibo post that was sarcastic about us. He didn't mention the name directly, but only said that some places are famous and think they are powerful, without considering their own appearance. He's not popular, so no one cares, and there aren't many comments."
Jiang Heng suddenly realized: "No wonder I felt those people were so persistent in their deception."
Although there are definitely living people, such as the person who was criticized because of the rapeseed flowers, it is indeed a bit strange that those who really insist on slandering him just repeat the same few words over and over again.
As he was thinking, Jiang Heng suddenly had an idea and asked, "Will this affect the online store business? For example, if someone buys in bulk and then applies for a refund after the goods have been shipped."
Her shop sells fresh produce, which cannot withstand such losses, especially since the express delivery fee is not cheap.
She had seen someone do this method when she was eating melons before.
Tong Yunqing's expression changed slightly: "Is this move so excessive?"
Jiang Heng said cautiously, "We have to be on guard."
Tong Yunqing said, "Then let's see the situation tomorrow. If the fighting escalates, we can suspend sales for a few days."
Jiang Heng thought the same and nodded. "I'll contact Lawyer Luo first and tell Lu Yun that there's no need to apologize. This isn't her fault."
Tong Yunqing raised his eyebrows: "Okay."
She knew Jiang Heng had this attitude.
Apart from food, this boss doesn't care about many things. It's not that he can't do anything about it, but he has seen too much fearless casualness.
Working with a boss like this is really easy and comfortable. It feels like no matter what happens, the boss will take care of it.
After the two of them finished their discussion, they went back.
As soon as he got home, Jiang Heng contacted Lawyer Luo. It didn't matter what people discussed online, but some malicious rumors and insults must be banned. From the beginning, Jiang Heng insisted on showing that the Jiang family store was not easy to mess with. This led to the fact that there were not many messy rumors about the family online, and most of the comments that could be seen were real.
Now of course we have to persevere.
The rest depends on tomorrow's development.
Although there are talisman papers that can cut off some cause and effect, after all, they are separated by the Internet, and she is only a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. If she really wants to break through the cause and effect, there are ways to do it, such as hiring people to place orders in large quantities and then cancel them.
Jiang Heng was mainly on guard against this move. After all, Tong Yunqing had found out that someone was indeed targeting him.
There's no guarantee that he will do that.
She would rather sell less than let these good ingredients go to waste.
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8 p.m.
Jiangjia Store and Mingjing Law Firm jointly issued a statement, stating that they will sue all accounts that post false statements about Jiangjia Store online.
As soon as the news came out, this time it was not just a hot search on the app, but it directly rushed to the top of the hot search list of several social apps.
The impact is much greater than before.
At the same time, Lu Yun also issued a statement, saying that he simply won the welfare lottery organized by Jiang's Store and had no private cooperation with Jiang's Store. To prove it, he also released screenshots of the communication between the two parties.
As a result, the popularity increased and related hot search terms directly rushed to the first and second places on the list.
Some people were shocked: "Isn't Jiang's Shop just a vegetable shop? How did it get involved in the entertainment industry?"
[Is this a bad place? I really like this place.]
There were also kind fans who knew what happened and helped explain: [There was no collapse, no collapse. We were simply implicated. We didn't do anything. We just won a celebrity in the lottery and invited her to the farm. But that celebrity performed too well and overshadowed someone else, causing dissatisfaction among their fans. As a result, our Jiang's shop was also attacked.]
[Don't worry, it has nothing to do with our family, it's just someone stirring up trouble]
Some people I didn't even know popped up and asked, "Huh? What kind of store is this? Why is it so popular?"
[Fuck, this store is so expensive!]
[How are prices now? My monthly salary isn't even enough to buy a pound of honey! Mom, I want to go home.]
[It's so expensive and so popular? Why didn't I know this before? Never mind, I'll buy it and try it out later...]
And the black man persisted: [Covering your mouth again, is that all you can do? ]
[You always hire a lawyer. Do you really think you're the only one with money? It's obvious that all the money you make is from dishonest practices.]
"If they have the energy to hire a lawyer, can't they just fix up Jiangjia Village? They're tricking people into going there when the roads are so bad. What do they really get out of it? The only thing they're praising is the natural oxygen bar. How is this any different from a health supplement promotion?!"
[Shh, keep your voice down, or you’ll get sued~]
[Look carefully, the statement said that only those who spread rumors and insults will be sued, so there is no need to say what kind of people they are afraid of.]
At least none of the people Boss Jiang sued last year were innocent, and the money was donated to good causes. Support Boss Jiang!
If you're blind, get treatment! When did Mr. Jiang ever promote the natural oxygen bar? Aren't they just tourists who say so?
【……】
There was a lot of noise online, and the heat was getting higher and higher. Even Song Ming, Ye Sui and others sent messages to ask what was going on.
Jiang Heng gave a brief answer.
It's not a big deal. It's mainly because she was involved in the quarrel in the entertainment industry, and some people were unhappy with her and took advantage of the situation.
[Jiang Heng: Don't worry, it will be resolved soon]
When relatives and friends heard this, they were speechless and could only give spiritual blessings.
Unfortunately, none of Jiang Heng’s friends are in the entertainment industry.
But it’s okay, there’s still Lu Yun.
Before nine o'clock, paparazzi broke the news that Zhou Hongbo was being kept by someone and was cheating on his wife.
There are even videos of him dating his sponsor and having sex with his mistress in the underground garage.
Instantly, the hot searches for Jiang's store and Lu Yun's clarification were squeezed out and turned into #周宏博养含##周宏博骗腿#, with the word "爆" added at the end, indicating that this hot search was really popular.
[What the hell?!]
[Isn't this Boss Jiang's counterattack?]
[Amazing! I was wondering how he got such great resources right after his debut. Lu Yun had played the female lead in a few hit dramas, but in the blink of an eye, he became her male lead and even became the lead. It turns out he has someone behind the scenes.]
[Lu Yun, I'm sorry for putting you through such a rough patch. Filming a kissing scene with such a dirty person, won't you have to rinse your mouth a hundred times when you get home?]
[Ah, this... I actually believed Lu Yun was stealing the show. He has someone behind him. How could Lu Yun possibly steal the show?]
[Sisters, I'm not stealing the show, it was the director's arrangement! Someone has to do the fighting scenes. My sister Lu can fight, so of course she did it. Someone can't fight, so she can only watch. Then she found out that the TV series made her famous, and she got cocky again.]
[It's fake at first glance, just a story based on the pictures. My brother Zhou is already 26 years old, it's normal for him to have a girlfriend. Why are you accusing him of cheating?]
[That’s right, I don’t know which year this post came out, but Brother Zhou said he had a girlfriend before, but he’s been single since becoming an idol.]
[Emmm... the video is so clear, and you can tell it's recent just by looking at the styling. Are your fan filters that thick?]
【……】
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On the other side, Lu Yun also received a call from someone furious: "You were the ones who released the video, weren't you?"
Lu Yun's agent smiled and said, "What news? What are you talking about? We're busy and in transit, so we haven't even gone online."
Zhou Hongbo's agent cursed on the other end of the line: "Stop kidding, who else could it be besides you?! The TV show just finished airing, and you guys don't have any sense of propriety, do you? Aren't you afraid they'll be mad?!"
This TV series was broadcast on Orange. Even though Orange is a big company, it put its full sincerity into this drama and gave the director the greatest say, otherwise there would be no incident of someone stealing the show. Now the drama is doing well, the male and female protagonists as well as the supporting roles have become popular, and it seems that it will reach a higher level right after it is broadcast. If the male lead's reputation collapses, the whole drama may be ruined.
Lu Yun's agent was surprised: "I really don't know what you are talking about."
Seeing that he couldn't trick anyone into doing anything, Zhou Hongbo's agent hung up the phone angrily.
Lu Yun's agent slowly exhaled and looked at Lu Yun: "You really don't regret it?"
Lu Yun said with a serious face: "No regrets. The consequences of offending Boss Jiang will definitely be disastrous. This is my intuition. You know, my intuition is always accurate."
The agent had nothing to say about this. Besides, since the thing had already been done, there was no point in regretting it. She said, "Fortunately, the show has aired and it's doing quite well. Even if the platform is angry, they won't be very angry. But Boss Jiang has been innocently implicated, so he must be protected."
"Yes! That's it." Lu Yun nodded quickly.
Although Boss Jiang has always been approachable, she often softens her heart when her fans clamor for her services. The same is true for the pigeon and chicken incidents. She is usually very low-key and never promotes anything.
But because of this, she felt that something was wrong.
She saw a lot of luxury cars over there!
The resort hotel hasn't even been built yet, but many people who can afford luxury cars worth tens of millions or even more have already checked in quietly. You have to know that these rich people are very afraid of death!
No matter how good the materials of a new house are, there will always be some formaldehyde. She still lives here despite this. It can only be said that the attraction of this place is greater than she imagined.
There was also the Xianrun Boutique Supermarket, which catered exclusively to the wealthy. She had been there once before because of the hot search, but she didn't see any ingredients from Jiang's shop. When she asked, she found out that Xianrun didn't buy a lot of ingredients. Basically, as soon as the goods arrived, someone would pack them and deliver them to the door. The small amount that was put on the shelves would be sold out in less than half an hour. She was late.
This time she went to the farm in person, and after seeing it, she could tell that there were quite a lot of things on the farm.
It would be entirely possible to sign supply contracts with some high-end supermarkets, but Boss Jiang didn't.
What about Xianrun? Don't you want to? How could that be possible?
All we can say is that if Boss Jiang doesn't want to, no one can force him. Even those rich people with so much power can only obey the rules set by Boss Jiang!
If she offends the platform, she can just apologize and lower the price to cooperate on a drama, and that's basically it.
She was afraid that she would offend Boss Jiang in the future and would not be able to eat the food from Jiang's shop. Especially if she was really angry, a group of people might help deal with her, Lu Yun, in order to get Jiang Heng to accept their favor with them just by saying a few words.
Looking at the popularity that was still at the top, Lu Yun raised a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
I wonder if Zhou Hongbo can still be happy?
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Zhou Hongbo: ...Thanks for the invitation, I’m not happy anymore.
He just wants to die now.
Lu Yun had kept silent before, and he thought this man was easy to control, but he didn't expect that he would be killed with just one move!
With it being so popular on the search list, his boss who supports him naturally found out and has unilaterally blocked him. There is no movement from others for the time being, but if nothing unexpected happens, most of his announcements will probably be cancelled.
Or because he broke the contract due to his bad reputation, he is the one who has to pay the penalty!
Zhou Hongbo couldn't even sit still, so he flew to find his sponsor to apologize.
As for the fans who are still making a fuss, we can’t take care of them for the time being.
Fortunately, his external social media accounts are handled by an assistant, and he can perfectly imitate his tone to appease his fans.
The agent is busy looking for connections.
Everyone is busy.
So he waited until the next day, when he returned home dejectedly with tired dark circles under his eyes, to receive the news that fans were still fighting for him for Lu Yun and Jiang's store. His confused mind did not feel that anything was wrong.
Fans: "If she hadn't collaborated with Lu Yun to ride on the popularity of our variety show, how could we have ended up like this? And they even made this AI video to frame you! Don't worry, I will make them pay the price!"
Zhou Hongbo was delighted: "What's the price?"
Fans: "I've united many fans and bought a large amount of products from Jiang's Store at noon. I will refund them after they are shipped! Those fresh products can't withstand such a long transportation time, and some will definitely go bad! These losses will be borne by them themselves!"
Zhou Hongbo: ...That makes a lot of sense.
But I always feel something is wrong.
But the more important thing at the moment is the termination compensation issue of each company, and he doesn't have time to think about it.
Until 11:30 am that day.
Jiang's Shop, which has always been punctual in releasing new products, issued a notice - it has temporarily suspended business and the resumption time is yet to be determined.
A group of customers who came to shop on time came in around twelve o'clock and saw the notice. Their heart was broken!
What’s going on?!
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