Chapter 779 - 798: Announcing the Recipe
Chapter 779: Chapter 798: Announcing the Recipe
The meat sauce was a huge hit.
Naturally, Jiang Qiuqiu’s livestreams also attracted more attention.
She had to travel next month, so she was livestreaming like crazy this month, trying to rack up her hours.
Today, as usual, she was in a professor’s apartment at her university.
Under the warm yellow lights of a square, fully-equipped kitchen, Qiuqiu—dressed in a pale yellow top, her eyes shimmering and her demeanor gentle—greeted everyone on camera. "Welcome to my cooking livestream~"
"This stretch of non-stop streams is almost over! I have to leave for school-related matters on August 28th. Today is the fourth-to-last day of streaming, so thank you all for keeping me company~"
"Oh, you don’t have to thank me. That’s too formal."
"Today’s stars are right here on our counter. That’s right~ it’s Gugu Beast meat and crab."
Someone mentioned that this looked a lot like the "stars" that had recently become a huge hit on the Star Network.
Qiuqiu covered her mouth and smiled. "They do look similar. What I’m going to teach everyone today is how to make those two ’stars’~"
That’s right. Jiang Qiuqiu was going to livestream how to make ’Gugu Beast Meat Sauce’ and ’Crab Roe Sauce’.
Truth be told, the methods for making these two sauces weren’t that complicated.
It was just a matter of being particular about certain seasonings and the heat control.
She announced she was showing the recipe casually, but the bullet comments exploded.
[???]
[Did I hear that right?]
[Wh-why the recipe for the sauce?]
[Why are you streaming this! No!]
Everyone didn’t want Qiuqiu to stream this.
Her product had already been copied. If she released the recipe, wouldn’t that make it even easier for others to plagiarize it shamelessly?
"Didn’t someone on the official account ask how the sauce is made and why it’s so delicious? Today is the perfect chance to show everyone."
"This way, you can all try making it yourselves when you’re bored."
As she spoke, she had already started preparing the meat. While cooking, Qiuqiu would also respond to the bullet comments. Her voice had a gentle rise and fall, but the pitch didn’t vary much. Overall, it was very soothing.
It was like a babbling brook, its gentle gurgle carrying a sense of long-lasting peace. This style was a perfect match for her daily streams.
’It’s so comforting,’ a Little Cookie thought.
"Are you guys talking about the plagiarism issue? I do care, but not that much."
"These two sauces have relatively simple recipes. With a bit of trial and error, anyone could get it about eighty or ninety percent right. Worried about malicious competition? No, we’re not worried."
The lean meat was diced and added to the hot pan. Amidst the rising steam, the aroma mingled with her voice. "Even if someone learns the recipe, it probably won’t affect our sauce’s sales much. At the very least, the fans watching this stream will buy from New Star~ Besides, it’d be hard for anyone else to sell it at our price of 80 Star Coins a jar."
[That’s right!]
[I’m from the Federation Agricultural and Forestry University... a prospective member of the agricultural research institute, you could say. I know the prices of many ingredients on the market like the back of my hand. I have a good idea of the market distribution price for Gugu Beast meat.]
[Even if you buy it by the thousand tons, the cost of the meat alone is 50. Add in the jarring, the factory, the land... no matter how you control costs, one jar of sauce would still be close to 70 Star Coins.]
And that’s without considering that some parts of the Gugu Beast aren’t suitable for making sauce.
[Even if someone stole the recipe, they’d probably have a hard time selling it at this price.]
[???]
[I never actually did the math. Holy crap, are the costs that high?]
[...So you’re selling at a loss just to make a statement? Competing head-to-head with the other guys? Don’t do it, Juju! A business that doesn’t make money won’t last long. I don’t want our Xiangxiang Sauce factory to go bankrupt! Quick, after we crush the competition, let’s raise the price!]
[Yeah! You have to make a profit!]
There were numerous commenters, all burning with anxiety. This group of buyers sounded more like sellers, terrified of taking a loss.
In the video, Qiuqiu put the prepared diced meat into a large bowl. "Didn’t that little researcher just do the math? There’s still a profit~ Don’t worry, everyone, we won’t go bankrupt."
[You call 10 Star Coins a profit? And that’s not even counting product loss!]
"Well, it’s true the profit isn’t huge, but... the original intention behind opening this sauce factory wasn’t entirely about making money."
She said, "This is going to sound like an advertisement again, but I still want to tell you all about it. I want to share the naive yet passionate dream of our boss, Little President Qian."