As he was thinking, his junior sister came in happily: "Senior brother, your Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video is really catching fire, it's expected to get ten or twenty thousand likes. Many people watched your video and came to my homepage. You must have gained quite a few followers by now, right?"
"Yeah, I've gained over 100 followers." Chen Han nodded.
"Only over 100?" Xiaoyu said in surprise, "I've gained over 300 followers."
"???" Chen Han felt a bit speechless internally. The audience attracted by his video only gave him a little over 100 new followers, yet over 300 went to follow his junior sister?
Suddenly he felt a bit weary.
He couldn't help but complain, "All these lecherous old men, just following the beauties, right?"
"Senior brother, don't be mad, I have more good news for you." Xiaoyu comforted him sweetly, unable to suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth, as senior brother had just called her a beauty.
"What's the good news?" Chen Han was curious.
Xiaoyu explained, "The Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea got listed in the online showcase, and someone placed an order for it at 50,000 per pound."
"Hmm, that's good news." Chen Han nodded, and sure enough, shortly afterward, he received a notification that the order had passed the audit.
This order of 50,000 had been approved by Tiao Yin. Once the buyer confirms receipt of the goods, or by Sunday after a week, Douyin will deduct a 6% service fee, and the rest will be credited to his account.
Seeing this, he said, "We should go over to the Frying Pan Furnace and try to rush Zhao's order to completion today. After all, he's a big customer."
"Okay!" Xiaoyu nodded.
Saying this, Chen Han also took his junior sister out of the yard and headed to the Frying Pan Furnace.
Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng had already taken people to the bamboo grove early in the afternoon to pick bamboo leaves.
The first batch will be quick, and the drying under the windy shade should be enough, allowing them to proceed to the second step of refining.
These steps are simple; however, the final refining requires controlling the heat between Civil and Martial Fire, which requires some guidance for Uncle Dagou and the others.
When Chen Han arrived with his team, sure enough, he saw Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng bringing a group of people gathered around the frying pan, all of whom were uncles or older generations.
The Frying Pan Furnace was already lit, and they were planning to steam the bamboo leaves for the second step.
Several uncles saw him arriving and greeted him warmly:
"Xiaohan is here."
"Xiaohan."
"..."
Although they were elders, there was now a certain respect because Chen Han was the Patriarch, and he had developed the Chen Clan Ancient Building Complex into a tourist spot, which gave them paid jobs.
7000 a month, no less.
After the salary is paid, anyone opposing Xiaohan the Patriarch is opposing them.
Chen Dagou, seeing him come over, immediately said, "Xiaohan, the fire has just been lit, we were about to find you for guidance."
Chen Shuisheng also reported, "We picked 300 pounds this afternoon, the ones picked earlier are dry from the wind, the others are still drying in the wind, but we should be able to make them later, this time we specifically picked the bamboo leaf cores, producing 4 or 5 pounds should be no problem, enough to deliver to Mr. Zhao."
"Okay." Chen Han nodded and instructed, "Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, you can start now, if there are any issues, I will point them out."
"Alright." Chen Dagou nodded, and he and Chen Shuisheng began to take action, planning to first produce the first batch of bamboo leaf cores.
The first and second steps of kneading had basically no issues, just as Chen Han expected, but Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng encountered some problems with controlling the heat during the third step.
However, it was not a big issue, and after some guidance here, they were basically resolved. Actually, making tea from bamboo leaves is not a very difficult thing.
He went to check the stir-fried bamboo leaf cores, and collected some into the warehouse, seeing the notes:
[Fine Art Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, with special effects: Clearing Heart Fire +2, Heart Sutra Heat Relief +2, Moisturizing and Thirst-Quenching +2, refreshed and invigorated +2, Aroma Surrounding +2.]
The refining was successful.
In the future, after handing it over to Uncle Dagou and the others, let them make a cup to taste the effects so there will be no problems.
"Patriarch Chen." Zhao Kang greeted, as he had gone to the three old elm trees for shade, without that kind of comfort he couldn't sit at ease without a while.
Unexpectedly returning to the room, he happened to see the Chen people refining Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Chen Han responded with a smile, "Mr. Zhao, you're just in time, we've made some new Fine Art Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, give it a taste."
"Then I won't be polite." Zhao Kang said with a smile, as he had a little trouble with insomnia due to his early nervous system issues, and the Chen's Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had a calming effect.
Chen Dagou was already making tea since the only way to determine if the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was well prepared was by tasting it, so the tea was already being brewed, shortly serving Zhao Kang a cup: "Mr. Zhao, please try."
Zhao Kang nodded, took the cup and drank it in one go, and couldn't help but praise, "Good, good!"
Chen's Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea still offered such a wonderful feeling of comfort and was truly seductive.
"If Mr. Zhao likes it, have more," Chen Dagou kindly poured more tea, also serving every person in the tea making department a cup of the tea.
These people, hired to make Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and earning 7,000 wages, were already curious about the tea.
Upon tasting it now, one by one, they showed an expression of incredulity.
Was this really made from the bamboo leaves they picked? It's too unbelievable.
Once the making of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was confirmed successful, Chen Dagou, Chen Shuisheng, and their group were very excited and carried on with their work till late, producing 1 more pound of Fine Art Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and a batch of Ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Xiaoyu didn't forget her senior brother's instructions, and with Mr. Zhao witnessing, it turned out that Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was already enough for his order. She went over to Zhao Kang: "Mr. Zhao, we have now produced enough Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea to fulfill your order, if you need it, we can proceed with the transaction."
"That's great," Zhao Kang said, eager.
Knowing how good the tea was made him eager to buy it, and since he had pre-ordered, naturally, he hoped to get it sooner.
"Alright." Xiaoyu nodded, starting to process the order for Mr. Zhao, confirming the transaction and delivering 2 pounds of Fine Art Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and 10 pounds of Ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea to his room.
Not long after, Chen Han received a 150,000 transfer notification from the bank.
With this, there was enough money for the Sect's Base upgrade, now just short of reputation.
Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng and the group continued to labor busily until late night.
Chen Han, however, couldn't keep up and turned in early to his room for rest. Meanwhile, the data of the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video kept growing, with his reputation rising, making him smile more and more.
As expected, the Sect's Base upgrade was almost within reach.
Finally, he fell asleep watching the data, simply unable to hold on physically.
Through the night, he vaguely heard an alarm, and as he was groggy and waking up, the sudden game notification made him snap awake.
[Congratulations! Through the images transmitted by the Spirit Shadow Treasure Mirror, you've gained a supporter, earning 1 point of reputation!]
[Congratulations! The Sect's Base has met the upgrade conditions. Do you want to proceed with the upgrade?]
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(There is a third chapter today)