A Mouthful of Sky-high Fried Rice, Lao Tang Apprenticed on the Spot

  Chapter 88

   "After all, it is a restaurant opened in the Forbidden City! The price is not ordinary."

   "Tsk tsk! Two thousand one catty of tribute rice, two thousand is enough to feed my family for a year."

   "Although Brother Yi's craftsmanship is indeed very strong, the fried rice for 188 yuan is still a bit against the sky."

   "I can't afford to eat, sorry to bother you."

  Seeing that the audience in the live broadcast room were either mocking or teasing, Li Yi smiled and said nothing.

  If he came to sell it, the price would at least double.

  Because Huang Xiaoming only calculated the price of materials, but not his labor costs.

  Craftsmanship is also valuable.

  In order to learn this craft, he stayed in the dream space for more than 20 years. Is this not money?

  But he has already made an agreement with the program team, signed the contract, and gets paid by the day.

  So the program group has the final say on how much to set the price, and he is only responsible for making the dishes.

   On the satellite car, Wang Tian also saw the taunting barrage from the audience, but she was already prepared.

   "Director, cut procurement material."

  Under her command, the live broadcast screen of the show switched to the edited video screen, which was a video of Li Yi taking Liu Yifei, Zhao Jinmai, and Wu Lei to the farmer's market to purchase ingredients.

  After returning from shopping in the market that day, Wang Tian asked the later stage to hurry up and edit the video content, just to deal with today's situation.

  As the video played, the audience in the live broadcast room also saw the whole process of Li Yi purchasing ingredients.

  In the video, the voice of Li Yi talking to the boss of the wholesale market can be heard clearly.

The owner of the rice vendor came out with a bag of rice mysteriously, and showed Li Yi a handful: "This is the real Jingshan Bridge tribute rice, not the kind you can buy in the market, it's the one in Sunqiao Town. A few pieces of tribute rice are harvested in the fields, and they cost more than three thousand catties a year, and they are gone after they are sold out.

   Those lands have been regarded as tribute rice since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. Every year, officials are sent to the local area to supervise the planting and harvesting. It has been more than 400 years now, and it can be found in the county annals. "

Li Yi in the picture picked up a handful of rice and smelled it, then looked at it carefully, and introduced: "The characteristics of Jingshan Bridge tribute rice are dry, whole, cooked, and white, with green stems like jade, and a very small white belly. The particles are slender, clean and transparent, and its length is the longest among all gongmi.

There is a local folk song singing about this kind of rice. It is said that the length of the bridge rice is three inches long, the bridge rice is curved, and the three rices are in a circle. The grains of rice are very long.

  Looking at the length of this meter, it is indeed the real Jingshan Bridge tribute rice, but the gloss is a little bit worse, it should be last year's rice.

  However, last year’s rice is also acceptable, and the price is more cost-effective. Two thousand yuan per catty is not expensive.

  If it is this year's new rice, it will not be at this price, and it may not be available yet. "

  The screen changed, and Li Yi came to a shop selling mushrooms again, and asked the boss about the price of mushrooms.

   "Boss, do you have any fresh dried mushrooms?"

   "No, it has to be shipped by air."

   "Where is the matsutake?"

   "No, it has to be shipped by air."

   "Can you order it, right?"

   "Depending on your luck, even if you can get an order, the price will be very expensive if you buy it in the capital, so you need to pay a deposit first."

   "How much is fresh dried mushroom?"

   "At least eight hundred and one catties."

   "Is it expensive?"

   "It's already cheaper for you. In this season, it costs three to five hundred and one catties to buy fresh dried mushrooms locally. This is the capital city. It will be sent by air, and you won't earn any money."

   "Where is the matsutake?"

   "Fresh ones have to be lucky, if you can contact them, they will be available. Good quality ones cost at least 3,000 pounds, and the bigger the more expensive."

   "Almost, what about matsutake?"

"Dried matsutake is more expensive, the cheapest one costs 2,000 lbs. I don't recommend you to buy it. The good ones are 6,000 lbs. It's a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for. The pure wild ones are absolutely delicious. "

   "Market price, help me weigh a pound of top-quality dried matsutake, and order two fresh matsutake for me, I want top-quality products! Don't fool me with Agaricus blazei."

   "Don't worry! You know how to do business, how can I deceive you? And I do business here, I can't escape, if I deceive you, how can I do business?"

   "Can other mushrooms be ordered?"

   "It depends on what you want! The price is not cheap anyway."

   "I buy a lot, let me give you a discount!"

   "Okay, okay! I'll give you a 15% discount! This kind of fresh mushrooms really doesn't make money, and it's very troublesome to order."

"make a deal."

  …

  Watching the purchase screen and listening to Li Yi haggling with the bosses, the mocking barrage in the live broadcast room gradually disappeared.

  Seeing is believing, the words of the market boss in the video are clear, these ingredients are really so expensive!

   "There are really two thousand one catties of rice! I have learned a lot!"

   "Scarcity is the most expensive thing, and more than 3,000 catties are produced a year. The price must not be cheap."

   "It's nice to have money, even the rice you eat is limited."

   "No matter how delicious it is, selling it for two thousand a catty is too much, right? Does the price bureau care about it?"

   "Guigui! It is indeed a luxury among mushrooms, six thousand one catty matsutake! It is more expensive than silver! Silver is only four thousand one catty!"

   "It's because I'm not worthy. Did this season's program team win the lottery? So spare no expense?"

   "Is this the meaning of the ultimate taste? Is it really according to the court standard?"

   "Well, even if you don't sell it expensive, how many people can afford it? Just order a few meals, and stir-fry two dishes will cost tens of thousands. How many people in the whole country can eat 10,000 for a meal?"

  Seeing the barrage comments after the audience's attitude changed, Huang Xiaoming heaved a sigh of relief.

  But the last barrage did point out the difficult situation that the restaurant is facing now, that is, the source of customers.

  The ingredients used in the restaurant are all good things, but the price issue does block a lot of people.

   But Li Yi was not in a hurry.

  Products at this price are not sold in volume. You must hold your breath and adhere to the principle of not opening for three years, but only after opening for three years, in order to start a business.

  People who are willing to spend 10,000 yuan for a meal will not mind spending another 10,000 yuan at all.

  If the heart is not cruel and the knife is not fast, how do you cut leeks?

  But other people don't have such a good attitude.

  For artists, the most important thing to be on a show is not to complete the so-called tasks set by the program group, but to play and contribute wonderful content.

   Without customers coming to the door, the program will lose a large piece of content.

  So, Huang Xiaoming, who couldn't hold back, went directly to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pick up the guests, trying to use his face to lure them in for consumption.

  But after seeing the prices on the menu, the guests who came here made various excuses to leave and left. He was busy for more than an hour, but he didn't get a single business.

   "It doesn't matter. Today is the first day we open for business. It's just a test of the water. Even if we don't open, we can still accumulate some experience."

   Huang Xiaoming is cheering everyone up.

   But it can be heard from his words that his confidence is not very strong anymore.

  For a while, the atmosphere in the restaurant gradually became dull, and Wang Tian in the satellite car also began to waver, wondering if it was time to use group performances to support it.

  But at this moment, a middle-aged couple with a child came to the restaurant.

  Liu Yifei greeted her immediately: "Hello, do you want to eat something?"

  Seeing her, the boy who was obviously a high school student widened his eyes in surprise, and was speechless in amazement.

  The parents behind him were attracted by the cameras around him.

   "Are you... filming a show?"

  The middle-aged man asked a question later.

"Yes."

  Huang Xiaoming greeted him and introduced: "We are recording the seventh season of "Chinese Restaurant" on Mango Channel. It is a food show. You want to eat, right?"

   "Yes, a little hungry."

  The middle-aged man asked: "Is there anything to eat?"

   "Yes, this is the menu."

  Liu Yifei handed him the menu and reminded: "However, the materials we use are relatively expensive, so the price is relatively expensive. Do you think it is acceptable?"

   "Huh? Taishan Sanfu Soup? It should be Sanmei Soup?"

  The middle-aged man raised his head and asked, "Are you making a Taishan tofu feast?"

   "Huh? How do you know?"

  Liu Yifei was a little surprised, he was the first customer to say the name of the tofu feast.

   "I am from Tai'an, Lu Province."

  The middle-aged man said with a smile: "People in our area know Taishan Tofu Banquet, but no one knows how to do it anymore. Are you sure you are making an authentic tofu banquet?"

  At this time, Li Yi's voice came from the kitchen door: "It's true."

  Hearing Li Yi's words, the middle-aged man nodded: "Then I really want to try it."

   As he said that, he looked down at the menu and ordered a few dishes: "I want a salted tofu, dried tofu mixed with sauce, Qilin offering blessings, Taishan Sanmei soup, can I make it?"

  (end of this chapter)