"You must remember, I am your man now, and you, Xu Yao, are the only one in my heart."
"I'm helping her simply because she... helped me before, understand?"
Xu Yao blushed slightly under his gaze, but the sincerity and determination in his eyes made her slight soreness disappear.
She nodded emphatically and tiptoed to give Zhou Yang a quick kiss on the lips.
"Yes! I believe you!"
Zhou Yang affectionately ruffled her hair: "Come on, let's go eat! After we eat, I'll take you to buy some good stuff for our stall tomorrow!"
...
After the two had eaten hot pot, Zhou Yang drove his Cullinan, taking Xu Yao straight to Jindu's largest agricultural wholesale market.
The "secret recipe stinky tofu" business is booming, and the raw materials are naturally being consumed quickly.
Zhou Yang's goal was clear: in addition to the usual white stinky tofu base.
He also wanted to try another type of "Black Jade Stinky Tofu" from the system's recipes. That was a naturally fermented black stinky tofu with an even better flavor.
However, when he inquired about black stinky tofu at a stall specializing in bean products, the stall owner enthusiastically pointed to slabs of tofu that were as black as ink.
Zhou Yang picked up a piece, brought it close to his nose and smelled it, but his brows gradually furrowed.
Something's not right!
The color is too uniform and too dull, and there is a very faint chemical smell.
If his five senses hadn't been enhanced by the system, ordinary people wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.
"Boss, how do you make this black tofu?"
Zhou Yang asked calmly.
The stall owner's eyes darted around, and he chuckled, "Exclusive recipe, a trade secret! But if you're buying in bulk, Yang, the price is negotiable!"
He had obviously heard of Zhou Yang's reputation.
Zhou Yang sneered inwardly. This was no secret recipe; it was clearly a combination of technology and ruthless tactics!
He gently scraped the surface of the tofu with his fingernail, and a layer of black powder came off.
"Did you use industrial dyes?"
Zhou Yang's tone turned cold, "Ferrous sulfate or something else? Eating too much of this stuff can cause cancer!"
"Besides, you're selling your dyed tofu for more than naturally fermented white stinky tofu. Where's your conscience?"
The stall owner's expression changed, and his eyes darted around: "Young man, you can't just say things like that! I'm doing legitimate business!"
"A legitimate business?"
Zhou Yang chuckled, "Alright, I won't make things difficult for you. I don't want the stinky tofu anymore."
Although his products are expensive, they are all made with high-quality ingredients, fresh produce, and clean preparation processes, so at least they won't cause cancer.
Watching Zhou Yang and Xu Yao leave, the stall owner snorted coldly.
"What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for? Do you think you're some kind of paragon of virtue?"
"You're amazing if you can buy clean black stinky tofu!"
Zhou Yang visited several more stinky tofu wholesalers, only to find that some of the white stinky tofu was substandard, let alone the black kind!
There are almost no fermented ingredients made with pollution-free dyed food; they are all industrial products, costing a little over two thousand yuan per ton, which is very cheap!
It's true that you get what you pay for; these things will definitely give you diarrhea if you eat them!
In the end, Zhou Yang only purchased a few hundred kilograms of high-quality white stinky tofu. As for the black stinky tofu, he decided to make it himself!
Bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, fermented black beans, rice wine lees...
These are all excellent ingredients for naturally fermented black stinky tofu.
Back in the kitchen of Chentian Mansion, which was comparable to that of a professional hotel, Zhou Yang processed the white stinky tofu he had purchased and then began to prepare the natural black fermentation mixture.
Xu Yao watched curiously from the side, occasionally lending a hand.
While busy working, Zhou Yang said, "Yao Yao, I've visited so many wholesalers today, and I haven't met a single one with a conscience. Why don't you start a live stream for me, and I'll expose them!"
"Today is a good opportunity to show them what real black stinky tofu looks like, and also to warn them against being scammed by unscrupulous vendors."
"good!"
Xu Yao nodded, told the fans in the group chat, and then notified them on their main accounts before starting the live stream for the first time.
Zhou Yang has a huge fan base right now. As soon as the announcement was made, dozens of people quickly flooded into the live stream, and the number continues to grow.
"Good afternoon, everyone! Today I'm not setting up a stall, but I'll show you my kitchen and expose the 'black-hearted' stinky tofu sold in the market!"
This was Zhou Yang's first time doing a live stream, and as soon as the message was sent out, the number of viewers in the live stream skyrocketed!
"Holy crap! Yang Ge is finally streaming! I'm grabbing a front-row seat!"
"My God! This is Yang Ge's kitchen? It's bigger than my villa! I'm so jealous!"
"What is Yang doing? It's a dark, messy lump, like poop..."
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know what you're talking about. Brother Yang said this is black stinky tofu!"
"Waaaaah, a rich person personally cooked stinky tofu for us and taught us how to avoid pitfalls, what an amazing streamer!"
Zhou Yang pointed the camera at the natural fermented material he was making and explained in detail the dangers of industrial dyes used in some black stinky tofu on the market. He also took the opportunity to popularize the problem of the abuse of several common additives.
The atmosphere in the live stream was instantly ignited, with the chat filled with condemnations of the unscrupulous merchants.
"Wow! I used to love eating black stinky tofu, thinking it was a high-end product. Turns out it's all about technology and ruthless techniques!"
"We must boycott them! These businesses should have their licenses revoked!"
"Brother Yang is awesome! He's ridding the people of a scourge!"
Looking at the scrolling comments, Zhou Yang nodded in satisfaction.
"While not all black stinky tofu is made with advanced technology, let's not gamble with our health on someone's conscience. Let's all try to eat white stinky tofu!"
...
As Zhou Yang's "tearing apart rotten stinky tofu" topic gained traction in the live stream, it quickly climbed to the top of the local trending topics list.
This move directly ignited the offline market.
Several vendors who usually sell dyed black stinky tofu experienced a large number of returns that day, and their business plummeted.
These unscrupulous merchants were furious. Upon investigation, they discovered that the source was Zhou Yang's live stream!
They immediately organized themselves and went to the Shark platform to report Zhou Yang's live stream room, citing "malicious defamation" and "unfair competition" as reasons.
However, the executives of the Shark platform had long heard of Zhou Yang, this "alternative food connoisseur" who brought his own traffic and topics.
The other party not only owns luxury cars and mansions, but is also a S VIP of two super-large corporations, with a mysterious background and is extremely wealthy.
This small report naturally disappeared without a trace, not even causing a ripple.
When their reports failed, the merchants became even more furious and decided to start live streaming themselves.
They cried and wailed in front of the camera, denouncing Zhou Yang for having "capital backing," "deliberately suppressing his peers," and "having some huge secret he doesn't want us to know"...
The internet was buzzing with excitement.
Zhou Yang simply scoffed at this.
The next day, his "secret recipe stinky tofu" stall opened for business.
The newly launched homemade "Moyu Stinky Tofu" releases its unique aroma of soy sauce and fermentation as soon as it hits the pan, perfectly blending with the smoky flavor of deep-frying.
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