Chapter 780 - 799: The Myriad Forms of Life, Yet Misery Abounds in Some Places
Chapter 780: Chapter 799: The Myriad Forms of Life, Yet Misery Abounds in Some Places
Charity was a frequent topic of conversation on New Star.
Why open this factory?
To let more people eat delicious sauce, to provide more jobs, and to lead more people out of abject poverty.
To help more people struggle past the poverty line and escape the bright red line of death.
This wasn’t the first time New Star had opened a factory. They had done it before, with a vegetable processing plant. At that time, some people in the company had learned about life on the Low-level Stars, and it was truly cruel.
Very young children had to work. People would fight over jobs, sometimes tearing each other apart for money. Some waited for death in a daze, while others struggled just to survive. All walks of life could be seen, with the most bitter suffering concentrated in the poorest regions.
"This time, we’re not donating money. We’re just opening a factory."
"We’re going to be making Gugu Meat Sauce, which has a pretty high demand for workers~"
"So, we set the price hoping the profits will be just enough to keep the sauce factory running. The company has many other profitable ventures, so we’re not planning to rely on this one."
She smiled, as if she were talking about something very simple.
But if you thought about it, everyone knew—
"A jar of sauce like this? Forget 80, people would buy it for 200 Star Coins! And it would definitely be in short supply! Even if 200 is too much, selling it for 100 is perfectly reasonable."
"Selling it for 100 means an extra 20 in profit. At 20 per jar, for ten thousand jars, ten million jars, a hundred million jars... even a billion, ten billion, a hundred billion..." As a consumable product, the sales volume for the sauce was impossible to predict.
This was an astonishing fortune.
It was a tree that grew golden apples.
It could have been a continuous source of profit for the company and for Jiang Qiuqiu personally, but she was being so frank and open about it in her live stream.
This almost completely cut off any possibility of raising the price of Gugu Meat Sauce in the future. After giving such a reason, how could she ever raise the price?
"...I don’t know why, but I’m suddenly a little moved."
"Seriously, the more I watch Qiuqiu’s streams, the more I feel like she isn’t doing this for the money."
"Streaming for Star Coins definitely wouldn’t look like this!"
Has she ever been short of opportunities to make money?!
Auctioning off tasting slots, selling physical food, teaching classes, forcing sellers on Taobao Food to pay fees—all of these could have made her filthy rich.
But she didn’t do any of it.
"AHHHH! Thinking about it makes me feel like I’m not worthy of being in this stream!"
"I can’t speak for anyone else, but anyway! I’ll love Juju forever! (shouting)"
"The cutest streamer!"
"I hope Juju and I can both be here forever!"
The sudden sentimentality caused the live chat to explode. Among the comments flashing by, there were quite a few names from her earliest days.
Jiang Qiuqiu had been on this path of live streaming for a long time. And just as she had persisted with her streams, many Ju people had watched her without missing a single one.
Even when they were busy, so busy they had no time to watch, they still liked to have it open.
It was a habit, and one they were fond of.
Qiuqiu was busy picking crab meat at that moment. She looked up, saw someone say they weren’t worthy, and chuckled. "You’re all getting carried away."
"’Worthy’ and ’not worthy’ is too serious. It’s just that I like to cook, and everyone likes to eat. It’s just a simple supply and demand relationship."
"I also hope everyone will always be here."
As she spoke, she paused for a moment. "Sometimes I feel lonely, or bored." Even though her life after finding herself three thousand years in the future was fulfilling and wonderful, Qiuqiu would still occasionally find herself spacing out, lost in a daze. It was during these times that she wanted to start her live stream. "When I’m cooking and I open up the live chat and see everyone’s comments, I feel..."
"...very at ease."