Chapter 48: How Incredible!

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Chapter 48: Truly Incredible!

Red Earth Industrial District.

Loud firecrackers exploded in front of a factory, where a newly hung sign reading “Clear Breeze Tea Factory” stood out conspicuously.

Passersby in the industrial district merely glanced over before going on their way. New factories opened here all the time, and new factories went bankrupt just as often.

Besides, this was only a tea factory.

There were far too many people in You City involved in the tea business.

For all anyone knew, Clear Breeze Tea Factory might open today and close down next month.

Naturally, Lu Feng, the owner, was present at the factory entrance.

The only others there were Da Fei and two of his younger brothers, Chen Hai and Lin Qian.

Chen Hai and Lin Qian had already joined the tea factory as sales representatives. From now on, they would be responsible for drumming up business.

They had always drifted aimlessly through society. If they had been asked to seek business on behalf of another company, they certainly would not have agreed. But since they were Da Fei’s men, working for Clear Breeze Tea Factory was a different matter.

As for the rest of Yang Ming’s brothers, they had wanted to come as well, but Lu Feng and Da Fei had refused. After all, Deputy County Magistrate Lin Xuecheng was coming.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, Lin Xuecheng’s car appeared, followed by Hu Quan’s.

To Lu Feng’s surprise, after the two men got out, seven or eight middle-aged men and women also stepped out of the cars.

“Boss Lu!” Lin Xuecheng spotted him and immediately walked over with a smile. “Congratulations on the opening of your tea factory!”

“Deputy Magistrate Lin, you’re too kind.” Lu Feng smiled and shook his hand.

“Boss Lu, we meet again.” Hu Quan also came forward. His face was filled with gratitude. “I really have to thank you. I went to the hospital for an examination, and there really was something wrong with my lungs.”

“Mr. Hu, there’s no need to thank me.” Lu Feng smiled.

Hu Quan immediately led the seven or eight middle-aged men and women over, then introduced them to Lu Feng.

“Boss Lu, these gentlemen and ladies are all tea distributors. I made a special effort to invite them for you. They had just arrived, so I brought them straight here.”

Lu Feng looked at them in surprise and immediately greeted them warmly. “Welcome, everyone, to my tea factory.”

He understood what Hu Quan was trying to do.

And for him, it was certainly a good thing.

There was no question about the quality of Clear Breeze Tea, but apart from the few wealthy businessmen in You City, he had no other sales channels.

Those businessmen could make a single box of tea last for a long time. It was impossible for them to buy Clear Breeze Tea every day.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Hai and Lin Qian would have had to seek out customers themselves before they could gradually open up the market.

Now that Hu Quan had helped invite these tea distributors, as long as Clear Breeze Tea satisfied them, they would certainly place orders. It would give the factory an initial foothold in the market.

Besides, Lu Feng had complete confidence in Clear Breeze Tea.

He immediately invited Lin Xuecheng, Hu Quan, and the tea distributors inside the factory.

The tea production line had already been decorated with red silk to make the opening ceremony feel more festive.

When the tea distributors saw the production line inside, their brows furrowed slightly.

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“Mr. Hu, you said this Clear Breeze Tea was exceptionally good. So why is it being processed on such an ordinary production line?”

“That’s right. Even if fine tea is stir-fried with the help of machinery, it should use a specialized production line. Some steps still need to be monitored personally by hand.”

“…”

Hu Quan did not know how to explain. He understood as well that the more ordinary and mass-produced the processing line, the lower the grade of the tea it produced.

All he could do was look questioningly toward Lu Feng.

Lu Feng naturally understood what they were thinking and immediately said, “Everyone, nothing is absolute. Why don’t you wait until the tea has been processed and taste it for yourselves?”

Hearing this, Hu Quan could only turn awkwardly to the tea distributors.

“Gentlemen, Boss Lu is right. Taste it before you make any judgments.”

The tea distributors already wore disappointed expressions. Still, since Hu Quan had said so, they nodded, willing to give him face.

But their interest had clearly waned. They no longer seemed to expect much from Clear Breeze Tea.

No matter how enthusiastically Hu Quan had praised it, they only believed what they saw with their own eyes.

“Da Fei, start the production line and process the tea!” Lu Feng ordered.

“All right.” Da Fei nodded.

A moment later, the production line started up.

The first step was to pour the tea leaves into the loading hopper, from which they were conveyed into the production line and processed.

Of course, none of this was the crucial part.

The key to Clear Breeze Tea lay in its special tea additive powder.

The machine used to prepare that powder naturally could not be switched on in front of outsiders. They had prepared the special powder in advance and already loaded it into the additive equipment on the production line.

As the tea distributors watched the line operating, the disappointment in their eyes grew stronger.

They were familiar with this type of production line. Following these processing steps, it was fundamentally impossible to produce any truly fine tea.

Tea selling for around fifty yuan per half-kilogram was generally made using a production line like this.

Time passed.

As the tea distributors grew increasingly impatient, the first batch of tea produced for the factory’s opening was finally ready in front of Lin Xuecheng, Hu Quan, and the others.

Da Fei placed the tea in a small bamboo basket and brought it before everyone.

Lu Feng said, “Deputy Magistrate Lin, Mr. Hu, gentlemen, you can taste the tea now.”

There was naturally a tea table inside the factory.

Da Fei sat down and began brewing the tea.

A moment later, a pot of Clear Breeze Tea was ready.

Lin Xuecheng and Hu Quan took their seats at the table first.

Seeing this, the others had no choice but to sit down as well. Hu Quan had invited them, after all, and they had to show him some respect.

He immediately poured everyone a cup.

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Everyone at the table picked up a cup and brought the tea to their lips.

The moment Lin Xuecheng took a sip, his eyes lit up. He had already tasted Clear Breeze Tea before, and this tea was exactly the same as the previous batch.

But the expressions of the tea distributors quickly changed.

“Oh!” one of them exclaimed in surprise. “This tea tastes astonishingly good.”

Another distributor said in amazement, “What a rich tea fragrance—and that lingering aftertaste! Even tea costing more than ten thousand yuan a box might not compare.”

A third tea merchant said, “I carry a tea that sells for fifteen thousand yuan a box. Its aroma and aftertaste are both inferior to this, and it doesn’t come close in terms of how refreshing it is, either. This is incredible. To think a production line like this could produce tea of such quality.”

The tea distributors were clearly finding it hard to believe.

Or rather, the tea violated much of what they understood to be common sense. Not only was the production line unsuitable, but the steps used to process the tea on it should have made it impossible to produce such an excellent product.

One distributor asked in amazement, “Boss Lu, how many brews does one box of your Clear Breeze Tea contain? And what is the selling price?”

Another immediately asked, “Yes, and if we place an order, what would the wholesale price be? What about the retail price?”

Those were clearly the questions they cared about most now.

This was unquestionably fine tea. Even if it were sold for fifteen thousand yuan a box, it would still taste better than tea at that price.

Lu Feng smiled and explained, “Each box contains enough tea for sixteen brews, and the wholesale price is 7,500 yuan per box. As for the retail price, if you gentlemen would like to place orders, you may set it yourselves for now. We still need to conduct some market research before establishing a unified price.”

In fact, 7,500 yuan was the price at which Clear Breeze Tea House sold it. But that did not really matter. Clear Breeze Tea House belonged to him, so it was essentially a direct sale from the manufacturer.

Since everyone had said that Clear Breeze Tea was better than tea costing fifteen thousand yuan a box, there was no need to sell it cheaply once external distribution channels became available.

The tea distributors’ eyes lit up when they heard Lu Feng’s words.

With sixteen brews per box, selling it for fifteen thousand yuan would certainly not be difficult. Given its aroma and lingering aftertaste, it might even sell extremely well.

At a wholesale price of 7,500 yuan, there was unquestionably money to be made.

With that thought, one of the tea distributors said, “Boss Lu, I can start by ordering two hundred boxes of your Clear Breeze Tea on a trial basis.”

Another said, “I can take one hundred boxes to start with.”

“I can order two hundred boxes as well.”

“I’ll take two hundred too.”

The tea distributors all began declaring their intentions.

Just moments ago, they had been full of doubts. Now, they were eager to place orders.

Nearby, Da Fei’s face was filled with delight. He silently added up the quantities they wanted, and the total eventually reached 1,300 boxes.

At 7,500 yuan per box, that amounted to 9.75 million yuan—nearly ten million.

It was an absolutely triumphant opening.

End of Chapter.