Chapter 18
Lin Gui replied, "I saw it last night. I was curious. There aren't many cats and dogs in our neighborhood that are afraid of people. So, it ran away as soon as it saw me yesterday."
"Maybe you haven't been hanging around the community much recently, so it hasn't seen you much. It will be good if it sees you more often in the future," said Grandma Xu.
After taking a walk, I said goodbye to Grandma Xu, bought breakfast with Dahuang, and then came to the store.
Zhou Xiao was already there at this time. After greeting Zhou Xiao, Lin Gui carried a table to the door, took out the induction cooker that was placed there last night, set up his mobile phone to take pictures, and began to prepare new products to feed the meatballs.
Lin Gui had prepared the ingredients for making meatballs in advance. Beef, chicken, and eggs were all easy to buy. She also had some pet supplements left from making dog bone biscuits last time, which she used today.
Last night, Lin Gui carefully studied the production method of this small meatball. It looks like it has been fried, but according to the system, it is not fried. However, Lin Gui plans to fry it anyway. Since the craftsmanship cannot be replicated, the appearance must be similar.
It is just right to use an air fryer to make these little meatballs. In order to make this snack, Lin Gui went back and forth several times last night to bring all the electrical appliances from home.
First, mince the meat, with the ratio of beef to chicken being eight to two, and then start beating it. Lin Gui specially watched a short video of others making meatballs last night to learn how to beat it. Today was the first time she tried it, and it looked pretty good. The meat was connected together and very elastic. She added eggs, fish oil, joint powder, and some vegetable particles. It looked similar to the ingredients used in the first dog bone biscuits she made.
"But the taste is different!" 009 took the time out from monitoring the movements of the water army to reply and emphasize.
"Oh oh oh, okay." Lin Gui perfunctorily responded to 009's words and made the meatballs seriously.
When the water boils, squeeze the meatballs into meatball shape before putting them in water, cook them in water for a while, then take them out and coat them with flour, then put them in the air fryer and fry them. You can take them out after fifteen minutes. The fried meatballs are golden in color, and juice will come out when you poke them. You can imagine that they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside by looking at them. I really want to taste them.
The fragrance was already wafting out while I was waiting.
Dawang couldn't wait any longer and paced in front of the fence, wanting to take a bite. The freshly made snacks were more fragrant and attractive than the packaged ones.
Zhou Xiao also sniffed and said, "Wow, boss, the meatballs you made smell so good. If I didn't know they were made for dogs, I would definitely try them."
"I don't like it. It contains some dog supplements. I don't know if humans can eat it." Lin Gui replied with a smile, emphasizing: "It's best not to eat it."
Gradually, she made more and more meatballs, and Lin Gui became more and more skilled in squeezing meatballs. People on the street were attracted to watch Lin Gui make meatballs. Those who didn't know thought that she was selling them to people, and asked her if she was selling them. After being explained by others, they learned that they were for dogs.
A customer who came to the store to buy something saw Lin Gui making snacks in front of the door and asked curiously: "Boss, why are you suddenly making snacks today? They smell so good. No wonder my dog loves them so much."
Lin Gui replied: "We are currently filming the snack making process and will upload it to our store account. If you see it, please give us a like."
"Of course, of course. Seeing what you've done, I'm more confident in the hygiene and safety of these snacks."
After the meatballs were ready, Lin Gui took out a cooled meatball and threw it to Da Huang from a distance. Da Huang caught it with one jump. It seemed that Lin Gui and Da Huang had a perfect understanding.
Everyone who is interested in this snack went into the store to buy it. The small meatballs packaged in the store are naturally not like the ones thrown by Lin Gui. The ones in the store have unique packaging. You tear a hole in it, and then squeeze it towards your dog, and the small meatball will pop out. Whether your dog can catch it depends on the dog's ability and the tacit understanding with the owner.
Everyone is rushing to buy these little snacks that can be used to amuse dogs, waiting to use them to amuse dogs the next time they are taken out for a walk. They don't have to worry about getting their hands dirty, and dogs like them too.
While Lin Gui was cooking, she also fed the dog customers who came to the store. The dog customers were also very considerate and took the small meatballs that Lin Gui fed them one by one. After all, the shelf life of freshly made meatballs is not long, and the ingredients were soon used up, so Lin Gui stopped.
After putting away the supplies for making snacks, Lin Gui took a quick look at the video on her phone and found nothing wrong, so she put it away and started helping Zhou Xiao entertain customers.
After the store expanded and the customer flow increased dramatically, Lin Gui and Zhou Xiao gradually became familiar with the busy store and gradually became adept at it, and Da Huang was also very happy.
Busy times always pass quickly.
When Lin Gui went back home after closing the store at night, she specially brought some cat snacks from the store, hoping to establish a good relationship with the big leopard-print cat in the community. However, she didn't meet it today. However, since its area is in the community, she will meet it one day.
After returning home, Lin Gui finally made time to edit the video. Since he was not a professional operator, he could only follow the online tutorials, pushing and pulling the editing step by step. After the initial editing, he thought it was okay, so he uploaded it to the account of Ertu Pet Snack Shop.
009 has been surfing the Internet recently. When he saw Lin Gui posted a short video, he immediately used his newly learned skills to increase the popularity of Lin Gui's video. 009 has not found the mastermind behind the scenes recently, but he has learned all the methods of the water army by following them and is using them very smoothly.
Just when he was about to enjoy the short video edited by Lin Gui, 009 choked up for a rare moment after watching it. It seemed that he disliked the rough editing of Lin Gui's video.
Asked Lin Gui: "Host, have you decided to send out this short video? Based on my browsing of various websites over the past few days, I estimate that this video of yours will only have moderate traffic."
"Medium traffic is not bad. This is my first time using this account, so I'm quite satisfied with this level of traffic." Lin Gui said calmly, "Besides, I'm definitely not an expert in video editing."
"Why doesn't the host ask me to cut the hair? I can cut it quickly and well." 009 said proudly.
"Oh? So awesome! I'm just afraid of disturbing you while you're working hard." Lin Gui replied to 009 with a smile.
009: "It's okay, I can just take a look at these online trolls sometime. Let me edit the video, I'm very fast, I'll give it to you in three minutes."
"Okay, thank you for your help then." Lin Gui coaxed 009. Seeing that she had finally diverted 009's attention from the water army, Lin Gui was very happy.
Generally, when a store becomes popular, there will always be some negative reviews. These may be due to vicious competition from competitors or some jealous people. Lin Gui has never been bothered by other people's gossip, but 009 should be the first time, which has kept it busy these days.
But Lin Gui didn't know that 009 was busy reporting those water army accounts these days.
At first, 009 was watching these accounts normally, but he found that they were always slandering others. He was very angry, but he couldn't argue with them, and he couldn't invade the network to block their accounts. When he was at his wit's end, he learned how to report them under the guidance of an expert in the comment area. Then 009 suddenly got the idea, collected a series of evidence and reported them, and then all these water army accounts were blocked.
In the past few days, 009 has started a major network inspection. Once 009 finds any newly applied water army accounts, they will report them. The network environment has been purified in recent days. Without the influence of water army, there are fewer negative reviews in the entire environment.
Three minutes passed quickly. 009 sent Lin Gui the video he had edited and kept asking her how it was. Lin Gui looked at it carefully and found that the video edited by 009 was indeed much better than hers.
The video editing by 009 is smooth and connected, and it also adds language explanation steps, BGM and some small notes in appropriate places, and the transitions are also very neat.
Lin Gui looked at it and said it was good, praising 009 non-stop. 009 was very proud.
009 uploaded the improved Chibi Maruko-chan production video to the account again. Since Lin Gui's account was newly opened and had no fans yet, there was no one waiting to reply. Lin Gui put it aside with confidence and went to wash up.
Dahuang usually stands at the bathroom door waiting when Lin Gui is washing up, as if he is protecting Lin Gui. Lin Gui can see Dahuang as soon as she comes out of the shower. She feels so happy and safe. She also takes Dahuang back to the bedroom to rest.
Since Lin Gui's shop started to make a profit, Lin Gui has not given Dahuang a bath. The house is an old house with a small bathroom. It is really inconvenient to give Dahuang a bath and blow-dry its hair. So she takes Dahuang to the pet shop near the community at a fixed time to take a bath.
Today is the first day that Dahuang has taken a bath. Lin Gui made an exception and let him jump onto the bed. Dahuang understood what Lin Gui meant. He happily went to his nest, picked up a cute little bone and jumped onto Lin Gui's bed. He then lay on Lin Gui's calf and played with the little bone. Lin Gui was also browsing her mobile phone to relax at this time. The man and the dog did not interfere with each other.
Big data accurately locked onto Lin Gui's information, and all the videos pushed to Lin Gui were of puppies eating snacks. These snacks were from both Lin Gui's own and other manufacturers. In short, ever since Lin Gui started working in pet-related jobs, almost all the short videos he saw were about pets.
Lin Gui also saw the video she shot today about how to feed the meatballs. Traffic was at its peak in the evening, and the video, which had only been posted for less than two hours, already had over a thousand likes. Most of the comments were from buyers in the same city, and most of them were positive. Many of the out-of-town customers attracted were also curious.
At the end of the video, there is a scene of Dahuang jumping up to catch the little meatball. His body is flexible and his eyes are bright. It is obvious that he is a smart and good dog.
The comments section was filled with a series of messages such as "My dog can do it too", "Ahhh, I'll buy it tomorrow, I want to play with it too", "My dog has been with me for many years, we have a tacit understanding without a doubt", etc., all of which are showing off their own dogs.
Those who are quick have attached pictures of dogs holding meatballs in their mouths. It seems that these are customers who bought meatballs today. Among these pictures are smart Border Collies, cute little Corgis, naughty Huskies, etc. The postures of everyone's dogs holding meatballs are all kinds of strange, and in the eyes of their owners, they are all the most handsome postures of their dogs.
Seeing that the situation in the video was good, Lin Gui felt relieved. Now that he had an account, he could fight back and clarify the situation if he encountered those negative comments again.
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