Chapter 79 Re-listing
In order to compete with Zuixianlou for customers, Qian's Restaurant not only bought a large number of dairy cows, but also deliberately launched a price war, lowering the prices of these foods to a very low level, in order to consume Zuixianlou.
But Gu Feixue knew Qian Youliang's mentality clearly. Once the other party thought that Zuixianlou was no match for him, the prices of these low-priced foods would definitely be raised immediately.
So in the past few days, Gu Feixue asked Zuixianlou to issue an announcement, saying that the supply of cream cakes and other dairy products would be stopped indefinitely, so that the Qian family would think that there was a problem with Zuixianlou's milk source.
Once Qian Youliang believes that the entire Liangcheng milk supply is firmly in his hands, he will inevitably reveal his businessman nature and raise the prices of all dairy products.
By then, Qian's Restaurant will arouse public outrage. After the matter ferments for a few days, Zuixianlou will launch dairy products with the same price as Qian's Restaurant after the price increase, but the quality is much better than Qian's Restaurant, catching him off guard.
At this point, no matter whether Qian's Restaurant lowered or raised its prices, the common people understood that this was just a means for Qian's Restaurant to grab business, and it was not as good as Zuixianlou, which always focused on quality.
In this way, Zuixianlou gained a reputation for high quality and emphasis on credibility. In contrast, the Qian family's business strategy of making a profit from rare goods and fooling the public was to do so.
These wealthy businessmen with money naturally pay attention to the appearance and face when they go to restaurants. Now that Zuixianlou has become famous, do they still have to worry about no one patronizing it?
The result was exactly as Gu Feixue had expected. A few days later, Gu Sang and Gu Da followed the Nalan clan leader and his entourage to bid farewell to the Gu family.
On the same day, Zuixianlou put dairy products back on the shelves.
It was already the third day since Qian's Restaurant raised the prices of dairy products.
Most of the ordinary people in the city secretly cursed the Qian family restaurant for being dishonest. Although the wealthy businessmen also had some complaints, they had no choice but to accept the price in order to keep up with the trend of dairy products.
The Qian family sold a serving of five golden buns with a small dish of condensed milk for two hundred wen. The milky flavor wasn't good, and it was tinged with unmelted sugar lumps. The yogurt wasn't thick, but rather watery and overly sweet, yet a bowl cost a hundred wen.
The situation with other food is similar. Even if the price is high and the quality is poor, most customers who want to try something new will have no choice but to accept it.
However, what no one expected was that at noon that day, Zuixianlou, which had not sold cream cakes for a long time, announced that it would put all dairy products back on the shelves.
Not only were cream cakes back in stock, with ten reservations available per day, but the dairy products they'd previously had were also back in stock. The quality was better than what they'd had at Qian's Restaurant, and the prices were surprisingly the same, though only a certain number were available each day, while supplies lasted.
After the news spread that afternoon, Zuixianlou's business recovered considerably. After tasting Zuixianlou's food, everyone secretly cursed the Qian family for being greedy.
For the same price, Zuixianlou's yogurt is thick and appetizing, the condensed milk is sweet but not greasy, and the fried yogurt is sweet and crispy on the outside and tender on the inside...either one is more upscale than Qian's.
Not to mention the peculiarly shaped cream cakes, which can even be made into novel and auspicious shapes like a cornucopia.
In an instant, the diners who were about to go to Qian's Restaurant to take care of business turned around and headed to Zuixianlou.
The backyard of Qian's Restaurant.
"What's going on? Aren't all the dairy cows in Liangcheng already monopolized by us? Where on earth does Zuixianlou get its milk from?"
Qian Youliang angrily threw teacups in the backyard, and Wang Mazi beside him also frowned.
The restaurant business wasn't the most important thing. Wang Mazi was afraid of Zong Hao's blame. "Sir, how about we go find Zhang Erdan and ask him about this?"
Qian Youliang was filled with rage and waved his hands, saying, "Go get him, that son of a bitch!"
Qian Youliang even suspected that it was Zhang Erdan who deliberately sold him false information behind his back. In fact, Zuixianlou already had the source of goods!
When Wang Mazi brought Zhang Erdan over, Qian Youliang realized that the milk source for Zuixianlou was not his own, but was sent from the Gu family.
"The Gu family again! This unruly family will always go against me!"
Qian Youliang was so angry that his teeth were itching, but Wang Mazi standing beside him was very confused.
"Didn't the Gu family only have one milk-producing cow? How come it can produce so much milk?"
These days, the dairy cows Qian Youliang bought produce less milk due to the lack of people who can take care of them.
In order to avoid being in debt, Qian Youliang naturally raised the prices of all dairy products to a certain level. He originally thought that even if the prices increased, these people would only come to patronize his Qian's Restaurant.
Who knew that Zuixianlou would make a comeback!
Zhang Erdan saw Qian Youliang glaring at him fiercely, and his lips trembled as he said:
"I also heard today that the Gu family bought a lot of dairy cows from a group of nomadic people in Chema City a few days ago."
Upon hearing this, Wang Mazi shouted at a servant who was sneaking out of the door, "Qian Er! Stop!"
Qian Er at the door was so scared that he immediately fell to his knees.
Qian Youliang could tell at a glance that Qian Er was up to something. "Get in here!"
As soon as Qian Er entered the room, he rolled to the ground, kowtowed and said:
"Master, I didn't know that the people who bought those cattle and sheep at the horse market last time were actually from Zuixianlou!"
Qian Youliang's eyes were gloomy and terrifying:
"Didn't I tell you to buy all the cows that appear in Chema Market?!"
"The people I brought with me were driven away by the people from the horse and carriage market and the nomads. When I went back the next day, the cattle and sheep were gone. I thought the nomads had taken them, so I didn't report it to the master."
The fact is, Qian Er was afraid of being blamed by Qian Youliang, so he sent people to inquire about the situation of Zuixianlou. After he did not hear that Zuixianlou had obtained a dairy cow, he did not tell Qian Youliang about it.
If he knew that the girl at that time was from the Gu family, how could he hide it?
Qian Youliang clenched his fists and gave Wang Mazi a wink, and Wang Mazi had Qian Er dragged away.
Zhang Erdan, who was standing by, saw Qian Er being dragged away by the expressionless little man, and his face turned pale.
Qian Youliang spent so much money, but now all the diners in the city have gone to Zuixianlou. The look he gave Zhang Erdan gradually became obscure:
"Do you want the reward? If so, come with us to see the Grandmaster now."
Zhang Erdan had not yet recovered from the shock when he suddenly heard Qian Youliang want to take him to see Zong Hao. He was stunned for a moment.
However, before Zhang Erdan could react, Qian Youliang ordered Wang Mazi to control Zhang Erdan and bring him to the Zong residence.
"Why did you arrest him for such a trivial matter?"
After Qian Youliang reported the matter to Zong Hao, they were surprised that Zong Hao did not seem to care about the outcome of the battle between Qian's Restaurant and Zuixianlou.
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