The manager shook his head and asked the waiter to give Yan Xiaoman a portion of all the wine and tofu in the store.
"This..." Yan Xiaoman hesitated when she saw the tofu, "Is this the tofu from our Yan family?"
"No," the steward said, "This is tofu produced in our restaurant. Your Yan family only sells old tofu, but we also sell young tofu, dried tofu, bean curd sheets, dried bean curd sticks, and tofu pudding."
Yan Xiaoman slammed the table and stood up: "You stole our technology!"
The manager said, "It's common knowledge that you don't have any soft tofu, bean curd sheets, or bean skin. How could we possibly have stolen your technology?"
Yan Xiaoman became even more furious: "Without our technology as a foundation, how could you possibly invent the things that came after? You must have stolen our technology."
The manager remained unmoved. "What isn't a combination of the best of many schools? Is there any law that says we can't learn from other people's methods and technologies? No, you can also develop and expand our foundation and produce your own products to sell, as long as you have the ability to do so."
Yes, the intellectual property legal system in this dimension is imperfect, secret recipes cannot be patented, and the few laws that protect intellectual property are also intended to combat the piracy of literary works.
Yan Xiaoman's face flushed red, and he said aggrievedly: "Will you give me your things so easily?"
"Of course not." The steward looked at her as if she were a fool. "It can only be said that your skills are inferior to others."
"I have never seen such shameless villains like you!"
Yan Xiaoman wanted to overturn the table, but the manager sat down on it and Yan Xiaoman couldn't lift it up.
The manager was so angry that he said, "Madam, the business world is like a battlefield. If you don't have the ability to deal with it and can only act recklessly, I suggest you stay out of the spotlight and go home to take care of your husband and children."
Yan Xiaoman resisted the urge to curse, took a deep breath, told himself that he was here to sell wine, and sat back in his seat.
"I don't care about a tofu-making trick. I have plenty of ways to make money. If you can buy my wine at a high price today, I'll pretend that the past never happened."
The steward slowly lowered his butt from the table and said calmly, "Madam Ji, please try our wine first."
Yan Xiaoman: "It's not like I haven't tried the wine in your store before. It's similar to the wine I make."
The steward said: "The previous batch has been eliminated. This is our new batch. You are also familiar with that lady. She is Madam Yun who defeated you last time."
Yan Xiaoman stood up in astonishment again: "Impossible, how could she make wine?"
The steward slowly poured her a glass of wine and made a gesture of invitation with his hand.
Yan Xiaoman picked up the wine glass and tasted it carefully. The wine was rich, mellow and smooth, with a unique charm that could not be compared with her bland wine.
Under the steward's mocking and disdainful gaze, Yan Xiaoman's self-esteem was greatly damaged. He could no longer bear it and rushed out of the Huai Shang Restaurant like last time, not even taking the pot of wine he brought with him.
The manager calmly told the waiter to throw away the wine.
He offended his boss but still wanted to make money from Huai Shang Restaurant. That's a nice thought.
Yan Xiaoman ran a long way in one breath, and came to Yun Yuan's door in a rage, kicking her door open.
"Yun Yuan, come out here, you despicable and shameless thief!"
"Come out quickly, are you afraid to see me..."
Yun Yuan was eating the pastries that Mu Xingzhi fed her next door, holding a cup of iced red bean milk tea in her hand.
Yes, she has also made milk tea and will be promoting it in the restaurant soon. I wonder what Yan Xiaoman's reaction will be when she finds out? She will definitely look very happy.
Hearing Yan Xiaoman's scolding, Yun Yuan raised her eyebrows.
Mu Xingzhi gently wiped the crumbs from the corners of her mouth with his fingertips, and said in a tender voice, "Do you want me to send someone to chase her away?"
"No need." Yun Yuan stood up: "Take me to the next door and I'll meet her."
Mu Xingzhi didn't say much. He picked her up and flew up. Reluctantly, he let her go and left her with a few skilled men. He then returned to the original yard and opened the door.
"It turns out to be Madam Ji. Why are you acting like a shrew in the street? Someone, please ask Ji Shen to come over."
Yan Xiaoman was truly aggrieved: "Master, I didn't want this to happen either, but Yun Yuan is such a bully! Not only did she steal my braised pork recipe, she also stole my wine recipe!"
But she complained to the wrong person, and Mu Xingzhi remained unmoved.
"I don't know what's going on with the wine recipe, but the braised pork recipe definitely couldn't have been stolen from you. Everyone present that day knew Yun Yuan's braised pork was more perfect. If one person really stole someone else's, it must have been you."
Yan Xiaoman's cursing was so loud just now that it attracted a large number of passers-by who were eager to join in the fun.
Someone immediately chimed in: "Yeah, I've only heard of plagiarized products being inferior to the original, but I've never heard of the original being inferior to the plagiarized product. It's obvious that you didn't steal the secret recipe in its entirety, so the braised meat you made is so shoddy."
Yan Xiaoman retorted eagerly: "That's not true. I was the one who made the braised pork first. How can you lie like that?"
"You sold it first, and it's good, but who knows who came up with the recipe first."
"Exactly. Stealing a few spices makes it a recipe? How shameless."
Yan Xiaoman had no way to defend herself.
At this time, Yun Yuan came out and asked: "Mrs. Ji said that I stole your wine secret recipe, but do you have any evidence?"
The scene was silent, and everyone looked at the beautiful figure in fascination, not wanting to look away for a long time.
Seeing Yun Yuan, Yan Xiaoman wanted to eat her. She roared, "Why do we need any evidence? The wine in Huai Shang Restaurant is made by you. If you hadn't plagiarized my winemaking technology, how could you have made wine?"
"So that's what it is." Yun Yuan said calmly, "I admit that the wine for Huai Shang Restaurant came from me, but if you say that I stole it from you, I won't admit it."
Yan Xiaoman: "Do you dare to do it but not take responsibility for it?"
"Madam Ji, you're joking. How can I be a winemaker if I didn't make it?" Yun Yuan stood on the steps and looked down at Yan Xiaoman. "The wine from Huai Shang Restaurant came out before yours. Do you have the guts to bring your wine to Huai Shang Restaurant and compete with mine?"
Yan Xiaoman choked, and Yun Yuan laughed and said, "Or is it that the wine you make is not good and you don't dare to compare it, so you deliberately bring up my wine?"
“I…I…”
Passersby whispered and pointed at Yan Xiaoman.
Mu Xingzhi said: "The inferior papers cannot copy the top scorer's answer. I am willing to buy ten jars of fine wine from Madam Ji and distribute them to everyone for free. Just drink it and you will know who is right and who is wrong."
"No, I won't sell it!" Yan Xiaoman's face turned pale. Facing the knowing and contemptuous gazes of the crowd, she couldn't help crying in the street.
"You all bully me, you all bully me..."
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