Chapter 34
What Ji Mingqing wanted to tell Xiaowan was that he wanted to build a children's playground.
No, it’s not just a children’s playground. The children’s playground is even just a small part. What he wants to build is not something that can be summarized by a children’s playground.
But given Ji Mingqing's personality, it took all his courage to tell Xiaowan that he wanted to build a children's playground.
"Please keep this a secret for me and don't tell anyone else." Ji Mingqing smiled shyly at Xiaowan. "If I can't do it, it will be embarrassing."
Ji Mingqing seldom tells others about his plans. It is not easy for him to open up to others, but he seems to have an endless desire to talk to Xiaowan.
"Okay, I just came to tell you something." Ji Mingqing stood up after saying this, "I have to go back and make some plans first. I'll come back to play with you after I'm done."
After saying that, he took advantage of Xiaowan's unpreparedness, reached out his hand and rubbed him wildly on the head, then turned around and ran away without looking back, leaving Xiaowan no chance to retaliate.
The word "childish" flashed through Bai Cangze's mind. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his tolerance for Ji Mingqing was increasing.
Bai Cangze looked at Ji Mingqing who was running into the yard downstairs and narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this time, Zhao Yu appeared exhausted, but instead of looking for Ji Mingqing, he went upstairs to find Bai Cangze and said that he had something urgent to report.
"Why are you looking for me instead of Ji Mingqing?" Bai Cangze casually set up a barrier so that people outside could not see what was happening inside.
Zhao Yu bowed slightly and respectfully reported to Bai Cangze, "Today, another merchant is promoting Lumei Drink under your name, which has had a certain impact on Boss Ji's business. I wonder how the Lord wishes to handle this?"
"What does it have to do with me? His business has been affected, you should go talk to him." Bai Cangze's voice was cold, and he didn't seem to want to be bothered by such a trivial matter.
After hearing this, Zhao Yu stepped back and wanted to find Ji Mingqing to tell him, but he was called back by Bai Cangze as soon as he took a step.
"Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Seeing that Bai Cangze didn't seem completely uninterested, Zhao Yu began to report, "Recently, there have been quite a few immortals out there, using your name, claiming it's your favorite drink, and making a lot of immortal stones."
"They deliberately omitted Fengxiyuan to increase the price."
"It's more expensive than what Ji Mingqing sold it for?" Bai Cangze asked, but immediately added, "Just tell Ji Mingqing to raise the price."
Zhao Yu replied, "Indeed, the price outside is already around one immortal stone per cup, and the demand is even exceeding the supply."
After hearing this, Bai Cangze knocked on the table thoughtfully, then suddenly thought of something and waved his paw, "Don't tell me about this. Go talk to Ji Mingqing. If he needs your help, you can help him if it's not too excessive."
After saying that, Bai Cangze turned around and ignored Zhao Yu. Seeing this, Zhao Yu bowed and took his leave.
Zhao Yu left the restaurant and walked towards the small courtyard. At this time, Ji Mingqing was sitting at the stone table, writing and drawing on paper.
The river divides the land into east and west sides. Coincidentally, he has already reclaimed several plots of land on the west side, while the restaurant and courtyard are built on the east side.
This is perfect. All the commercial facilities he wants to build will be distributed on the east side, and the west side will be used for growing magical herbs and breeding.
Ji Mingqing filled a piece of paper with his ambitious drawings. The small blocks on the left side of the paper were the components of the business empire he wanted to build in the future, and the small blocks on the right side were the planned distribution of farmed meat in the future.
After Ji Mingqing finished drawing, he stroked the paper in front of him with a surging heart. Beautiful blueprints were appearing in his mind. Just as he was having beautiful fantasies about the future, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.
"Why are you here?" Ji Mingqing looked at Zhao Yu, who looked a little anxious and had lost his composure, and asked in confusion, "Why are you here at this hour?"
The Yang Shen grass and the Ling Huan flower are not yet ripe. Is he coming here now to eat? If he wanted to eat, he wouldn't come knocking on his door.
"Please come in first." Ji Mingqing welcomed Zhao Yu into the house and poured him a cup of tea. "Boss Zhao, is there anything you want to discuss with me?"
Zhao Yu waved his hand and repeated to Ji Mingqing what he had said to Bai Cangze before. After that, he waited for Ji Mingqing's reaction, wanting to see what the solution would be for Boss Ji, who was favored by the Lord.
"You said they charge one immortal stone for each cup? That's too unfair!" Ji Mingqing said indignantly. "Although the raw materials of this stuff are expensive, it shouldn't be worth one immortal stone per cup. Are all the people in the immortal world so rich?"
"Is this what you want to say?" Shouldn't we be outraged and find someone to deal with these counterfeiters?
Ji Mingqing looked at him and asked, "What else should I say? Find someone to beat them up?" After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh, "Who can I beat? I might not even be able to beat Xiaowan."
"You can also let Xu Yihe or Cui Ding take action. He looks very powerful when he scolds people." Zhao Yu suggested tentatively.
"What boss would let his employees go out and fight? That's too heartless. What if something happens? Besides, I expected Lumei Drink to be counterfeited."
Ji Mingqing understood Zhao Yu's reaction, but he had already prepared for Lumei Drink to be copied. He had grown up in an information age where if one milk tea shop became popular, three similar shops would pop up right down the hall from his house.
In this world, who hasn't eaten a few packs of Kangshoufu, Demu, and Longri vermicelli? This is a very common thing.
But being plagiarized really made him feel bad, so he asked Zhao Yu, "Is there some kind of intellectual property protection... well, a contract that can prove that the modified Lumei Drink recipe is mine?"
It would have been fine if this incident had not happened, but once it happened it reminded Ji Mingqing that he had only made some improvements to the Lumei Drink, and in the future he would make many other items that were not available in the fairy world, not just food, so he still wanted to pay attention to this issue.
"Yes, yes. I'll take you to sign the contract later. However, if they sign it in advance, you might be at a disadvantage."
"That's not a big deal, it's just a dew plum drink. But, can I change the terms of the contract?"
"What terms do you want to change?"
Ji Mingqing rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "I haven't made up my mind yet, but without further ado, let's go to the place where the contract is signed."
After saying this, the two were about to leave, and Bai Cangze saw all of this.
He didn't expect that the place where he could sign the contract was in Yuexian Pavilion, and signing the contract was different from what he had imagined, where he would go to a place similar to a notary office. He only needed to buy a contract scroll.
All Ji Mingqing had to do was write his request on the scroll. If the Heavenly Dao approved, it would emit golden light, otherwise the scroll would be destroyed.
"Just fill it out here. Boss Ji, do you want to add any terms to it?"
Ji Mingqing was looking at the scroll in his hand, hesitant to start writing. Zhao Yu asked with concern, "Boss Ji, if you have any difficulties, please tell me."
Ji Mingqing closed the scroll in his hand, smiled shyly at Zhao Yu, and said a little embarrassedly: "I can't write calligraphy."
Zhao Yu: "...So this is the difficulty."
"I'll take this scroll back and discuss it with the others. Once we're sure, I'll sign a contract with Tingting." Ji Mingqing shook the scroll in his hand and said in disbelief, "Could Tingting care about such trivial matters?"
"Heaven's way is omnipresent, and this is Heaven's gift." Zhao Yu looked up at the sky with a pious expression.
"What about the Lord? Doesn't the Lord know everything?" Ji Mingqing said casually. Zhao Yu immediately lowered his voice and moved closer to Ji Mingqing. "Don't say that casually. The way of heaven gave birth to the Lord and gave him the ability to know everything. This is a level that we can never reach no matter how hard we practice."
"Of course." Ji Mingqing didn't even think about it. He was just a small immortal and couldn't imagine that he could get in touch with such a high class. It would be more practical to solve the problem at hand first.
After returning, Ji Mingqing first looked at the scroll in his hand, and then secretly calculated in his mind, if it was really as Zhao Yu said, and other immortals were prohibited from making Lumei Drink, it would definitely offend many powerful people in the immortal world. Every palace has its own chef, and it is impossible to monopolize it and prevent others from drinking it.
And it's not just the Lumei Drink. A good chef would be able to replicate the taste of his own dishes almost exactly after tasting them. Moreover, if he really wanted to supply all the dishes in the fairy world himself, he wouldn't be able to do it.
Besides, the fairy world is so deserted, and such an "ambitious" colleague makes him feel a little novel.
Thinking of this, Ji Mingqing had an idea.
"I know how to sign it."
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