Chapter 327 The Beginning of the Milk Tea Business
Ren Anzhi slowly pushed open the door. This rental house was like a warehouse, with almost no breath of life.
There were some newly opened boxes piled up in various places in the room, from which one could see milk powder, pearl powder, tea, non-dairy creamer, various canned fruits, condensed milk, etc. The opened plastic bags were thrown on the ground in a mess. Ren Anzhi walked into the room.
There was a creaking sound on the ground. Lu Lixuan poked his head out of the kitchen excitedly, "Ren Anzhi, come and try this."
He took out a small bowl and brought it to Ren Anzhi. Ren Anzhi took a look at the suspicious color in the bowl, then at Lu Lixuan's somewhat excited expression, he suppressed his suspicion and took a sip carefully.
"Hmm."
"How? How?"
"It's okay, but other than the sweetness, the other flavors are too light, not like milk tea." Ren Anzhi pursed his lips and savored it for a while, "It's a bit greasy."
"Oh, that's too sweet. Then I have to reduce the sugar. But I also have to consider the factors that may be affected by other ingredients. Did I add too much puree?" Lu Lixuan muttered to himself, and immersed himself in the preparation of various raw materials.
Ren Anzhi stood aside and watched Lv Lixuan silently. In his opinion, this neighbor's passion for milk tea was incredible. He looked around, and apart from the piles of milk tea ingredients, he could hardly see anything related to life, as if this boy's world was only about milk tea. Although he had seen many young people in the entertainment industry who were full of dreams and worked hard, Lv Lixuan was really rare.
After a while, Lu Lixuan took out another small cup of new milk tea, and his eyes were full of expectation again.
In the past two days, Ren Anzhi has tasted no less than 20 kinds of milk tea made by Lu Lixuan. The quality of his milk tea fluctuates between so-so and quite good, and sometimes it is extremely unpalatable, but what can be felt is that the taste of the milk tea made by Lu Lixuan is steadily improving.
After drinking the small cup, Ren Anzhi nodded and said, "Not bad, it's the best drink you've made so far."
Lu Lixuan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How does it compare to the first snow in New Gran?"
“It’s still a long way off.”
Lu Lixuan nodded, but there was no disappointment on his face. "Where do you think the difference is?"
"I'm not a professional food taster, so I can't tell you the specific difference. My feeling is that the milk flavor of that store is particularly pure and the taste is particularly delicate." Ren Anzhi touched his chin, "I think that store is more upscale."
“High-grade…” Lu Lixuan turned around on the spot, “That must be related to the raw materials!! Ah! I understand!”
"…What did you understand?"
"You can only make better milk tea with better ingredients." Lu Lixuan said, "I'll go buy some better ingredients. I also need some equipment. " He swiped his phone, "I'll go borrow some online loans."
"Online loan?" Ren Anzhi didn't think it was right and asked quickly, "Why do you want to borrow online loan?"
"All my previous wages have been used to buy raw materials. I have no money now." Lv Lixuan said as a matter of course, "I asked people I know, and they said the fastest way to make money is to borrow online loans. I tried it and it's really convenient."
"Someone you know? Why would they recommend online loans to you?"
" Someone I know from the detention center above."
"..." Ren Anzhi stared at Lu Lixuan for a long time before he realized that the young man in front of him was really a little stupid.
Ten minutes later, Lu Lixuan borrowed 20,000 yuan from the kind-hearted celebrity Ren Anzhi, who couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and went online to make a large purchase.
In the early morning of the fourth day, Ren Anzhi, who had not slept all night due to insomnia, had just fallen into a light sleep. He vaguely dreamed of those familiar shadows and those shrill cries again.
You must save——
You must rescue——
BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!
A life-threatening knock on the door woke him from his dream. Before he could sit up drowsily in bed, he heard even louder and more piercing noises.
Bang!
Lu Lixuan rushed into his room, "Ren Anzhi! Ren Anzhi!! Try this!" he shouted excitedly.
"How did you get in?" Ren Anzhi asked angrily.
"I broke down your door." Lu Lixuan said disapprovingly, and then he handed the small cup in his hand to Ren Anzhi, "Try this! I've improved it!"
Ren Anzhi glared at him, but Lu Lixuan was unaware and carefully held the small cup of milk tea, blinking his eyes waiting for him to try it. It was just like a stray puppy that no one wanted. He took the paper cup while secretly complaining in his heart.
He took a small sip, then another.
“This tastes really good.”
This time, the evaluation was not "not bad", but "really good". During these days in the human city, Lu Lixuan had mastered some ambiguous words in Chinese. He was refreshed and immediately asked, "How does it compare to the first snow in New Gran?"
Ren Anzhi recalled it and said, "It's very close. If my sense of taste hadn't declined, your taste would be almost the same."
Lu Lixuan suddenly laughed out loud.
In order to avoid memory errors, Ren Anzhi later went to a scalper to buy a cup of "New Glen's First Snow" popular original milk tea. After actual comparison, Ren Anzhi announced: "The taste of this original milk tea is almost the same."
“That’s delicious, isn’t it?”
"Yes." Ren Anzhi nodded, "It's the level I will repurchase again and again."
On that day, Lv Lixuan confidently brought his imitation original milk tea to the "Xiao Meng Tao Cha Liao" store. Because he had not come to work for a few days, the store manager had already fired him in his mind. When he saw him appear again with nothing wrong on his face, the store manager was about to get angry, but he saw Lv Lixuan holding a cup of milk tea in front of him.
"Manager, please try it. I made it." Lu Lixuan said.
“Is it that milk tea again that you claim has the exact same exact ratio?” the store manager taunted.
"This is different from last time, try it."
The store manager looked at him suspiciously, took a sip, looked up and said, "You bought it from the first snow in New Glen, right?"
“No, I made this myself!” Lu Lixuan said proudly, “Change our milk tea to be based on this recipe, and our customers will come back!”
The store manager took the recipe with a skeptical look on his face. He flew into a rage: "Are you kidding me? This can't be sold at all!"
"Why?"
"This ingredient is outrageous. No milk tea shop would use such an extravagant method!" said the store manager. "With this ingredient, the cost of milk tea will be at least twice as expensive as ordinary milk tea. Don't even think about selling it."
"But mine tastes the same as the one at Hatsuyuki in New Glen."
"This shows that he has a more extraordinary method. It's not just the quality of the ingredients. The baking temperature, processing time, mixing method, and even the tiniest details may all be the key to the final product." The store manager shook his head and pushed his recipe back. "Although yours tastes good, it is made with expensive ingredients. It's not suitable for a street shop like ours."
"ah……"
Lu Lixuan lowered his head in disappointment, as the store manager rejected his recipe. This meant that he would be on the road to recovering Zeng Liangcai and destroying humanity again.
What should we do to make delicious and inexpensive milk tea?
"I don't think it's necessary to be exactly like your rivals." A voice came from behind him. Lv Lixuan turned around and saw a handsome man wearing sunglasses standing in the store. He was just standing there, but the store seemed to be brighter in an instant. His colleague looked at him and said "ah" and covered his mouth. The store manager took a breath.
Lu Lixuan said: "Ren Anzhi?"
The store manager said, "Are you saying you want to buy out the owner of this store? Wait, you said he is Ren Anzhi?"
Fellow shop assistant: "Ren, Ren Ren Ren... An Zhi Zhi Zhi??? Ahhhhhh!"
After a chaotic scream, Lv Lixuan figured out the situation. His neighbor and food taster Ren Anzhi was planning to buy the "Xiao Meng Tao Tea House" where he was working.
"I'm so happy. I never thought a big star like you would take over this store." The store manager was a little incoherent. "I'm really honored."
"Please, can I get an autograph from you?" His colleague, the shop assistant, was almost crying with excitement.
"Ren Anzhi, why do you want to buy this store?" Lu Lixuan asked.
Ren Anzhi glanced at him, then looked away. "It's rare to find someone as passionate as you. And without any foundation, you were able to imitate such delicious milk tea in just a few days. I think you have great potential."
The store manager said softly, "The drink he made tastes good, but it's too expensive and not suitable. Besides, we have fewer and fewer customers now, and we can't compete with our competitors at all."
"Then develop a more delicious and extraordinary milk tea." Ren Anzhi glanced at the three people in front of him, "Lv Lixuan, continue your research and development."
"Wait a minute, this guy doesn't have any proper education or experience in the food industry." The store manager said to Ren Anzhi, who had become his boss , "To be honest with you, he is actually losing money every day..."
"It doesn't matter! We can use Ren Anzhi's name to promote my store, and fans will flock to it. Our business will definitely beat that of the other store!" My colleague blushed.
"No, I don't intend to use myself as a selling point. Please keep my information confidential."
"But... we are really paying for it."
"It doesn't matter." Ren Anzhi smiled, a beautiful smile that could kill millions of women, "I can afford it. Lu Lixuan, in order to pay off the money you owe me as soon as possible, please work hard on research and development."
"Okay!" Lu Lixuan nodded vigorously.
With the strong support of financial sponsor and food taster Ren Anzhi, Lv Lixuan devoted himself to the goal of developing milk tea that tastes better than his competitors.
Various equipment and instruments were added to his room, and he worked without sleep every day, spending almost 24 hours working with various measuring cups and raw materials.
This is a necessary process to destroy humanity. Lu Lixuan said this to himself when he occasionally stopped.
Ren Anzhi sat in the living room, listening to the various noises coming from next door.
This is to protect the world, this is to protect humanity, Ren Anzhi thought.
"Xiao Meng Tao Cha Liao"'s new milk tea will be launched soon.
