Chapter 328 The Weight Loss Tea
Chen Yang sat in his bedroom in the villa, holding the strange cauldron in his hand.
Yellow mist emanated from the cauldron, entering Chen Yang's body. The yellow mist made Chen Yang immediately sit cross-legged and begin to cultivate.
About an hour later, a scent wafted up from downstairs.
Chen Yang's eyes snapped open. He sniffed the air and realized he had a faint, sweaty odor on his body.
Chen Yang quickly looked at himself and saw a thick layer of sticky sweat covering him. He was a little surprised, realizing this was the result of his physical fitness significantly improving through the cleansing of his marrow.
As a Celestial Venerable of the Heavenly Physician Hall, his strength had long been at its peak for many years. He never expected to achieve such a substantial improvement again. It seemed the yellow mist from the small cauldron was truly precious.
Furthermore, according to Professor Wang, there were nine such cauldrons. The one in his hand was called the mother cauldron, and there were eight other subordinate cauldrons.
He knew that he had to find the other eight small cauldrons.
Chen Yang was certain that this item's ability to enhance strength was only one aspect; it must have other more important functions.
After a hasty shower, Chen Yang went downstairs. His stomach rumbled with hunger, clearly indicating that this power enhancement had consumed a lot of energy.
More than ten dishes were already laid out on the table downstairs.
Lin Yueyu, Su Ya, and Liu Ran, the three women, had also largely finished their preparations. They helped Chen Yang to sit down and eat.
Liu Ran asked Chen Yang, "Chen Yang, what were you thinking before? Why did you suddenly say you were going to Qinling for a trip? You just ran off in the middle of the night, leaving us three drunk women in the villa. You're quite something."
Chen Yang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, saying, "It was a friend. He found something good in the Qinling Mountains, so I had to rush over there that night."
Su Ya beside him pouted, "What friend? I think it's a bunch of shady characters, right?"
"Running off in such a hurry, and to the Qinling region, it's obvious you were up to some tomb-raiding business."
"Let me tell you, artifact protection is very strict now! Don't do anything with stolen cultural relics."
Chen Yang glared at Su Ya and said, "Shut your mouth. You ungrateful woman, I'm telling you, this is my home!"
Su Ya pouted smugly, "It's not yours, it's Liu Ran's. We're following Liu Ran, so I won't be looking at you sideways, hehehe."
Liu Ran smiled and waved her hands, "Alright, alright, you two stop arguing. But, Chen Yang, that night was indeed very dangerous. Fortunately, my cousin was there, otherwise, we would have been captured by those three scoundrels."
"Speaking of my cousin, she's quite capable. Even though she was drunk, she still managed to shoot and kill the three robbers."
Hearing this, Chen Yang suppressed a smile and gave a string of thumbs-ups, "Amazing, amazing! I'm impressed, I'm impressed. This dish is delicious, thank you, wife, for your cooking."
Chen Yang quickly changed the subject.
He ate heartily, picking up a whole pork knuckle and gnawing on it.
While they were eating, Su Ya received a call, then she shook her head helplessly and said, "The results are out. They chose a Yang family's e-commerce company and excluded our Yang Yang Yang live streaming company."
Liu Ran sighed helplessly upon hearing this, "It was predictable. They definitely wouldn't choose us. The other companies offered much more favorable terms than we did."
"Their weight loss product is simply too good. All it needs is promotion and packaging. It's guaranteed to be a hit as soon as it's released. It's understandable why they wouldn't choose our Yang Yang Yang company."
Su Ya put down her phone and shook her head helplessly, "It just feels a bit stifling. Now, other families and companies in Qingzhou City are seeing how popular our Yang Yang Yang brand design company is and are following our business model. They're copying our core ideas. Now that this weight loss product is out, everyone is flocking to it. Alas... our company seems to have lost its edge for the moment."
Chen Yang continued to eat, listening to the two women chat. He asked curiously, "What are you two talking about? Is the company going to choose a fourth product?"
Liu Ran nodded and said, "Yes, our company is doing very well right now, and our sales channels are already expanding. It would be a waste to only sell the current three products."
"So we're actively looking for more products to endorse and sell."
"A while ago, a great opportunity arose. The Tong family from Yaoxiang Town intends to promote their family's weight loss product and sell it online."
"Although the Tong family has decent economic strength, they don't understand e-commerce well. So, they plan to seek a partner."
"Many e-commerce companies in Qingzhou City and even Shanghai have flocked to them. Of course, I've also sent people to contact the Tong family to see if there's a chance to reach a cooperation agreement."
"However, other companies are offering extremely favorable terms, almost for no profit, helping the Tong family market this product for free."
"The intention of those companies is obvious: they want to use this weight loss product to enhance their own company's reputation, whereas our Yang Yang Yang company doesn't need this reputation."
"Therefore, we negotiated with them based on the conventional 50-50 profit split. Clearly, they weren't very interested in us."
Su Ya beside her sighed helplessly, "The results are out now. Their initial intention is to go with an e-commerce company managed by Yang Long."
"The Yang family's main business is in clothing and mining. This time, they're venturing into the e-commerce industry, and their e-commerce company has copied the model of our Yang Yang Yang company from start to finish. It's so infuriating."
Chen Yang finished listening, put down his chopsticks, and said, "The Tong family from Yaoxiang Town, I have indeed interacted with that family before. Is their weight loss product that good?"
Liu Ran nodded and said, "It's very good, it's well-known both locally and far away. Everyone in Shanghai and Qingzhou City trusts their weight loss tea."
"Their weight loss product has a long history, with its origins likely dating back to the Qing Dynasty. Of course, at that time, it wasn't for weight loss but for treating spleen and stomach disharmony."
"Later, through various developments, as more and more people became obese in the past twenty years, they slightly adjusted their product and it became a well-known weight loss tea."
"After drinking it, not only are there no side effects, but it also promotes smooth bowel movements, aids in spleen and stomach health, and the weight loss is indeed quite rapid."
"There was a woman who weighed over 200 jin. After drinking this tea for half a year, she successfully reduced her weight to 150 jin. The effect was very good. Because of this, our Yang Yang Yang company wanted to cooperate with the Tong family."
"If we could reach an agreement, it would definitely be a win-win situation. However, Yang Long has already secured the deal with the Tong family, so it seems we have no chance."
Chen Yang nodded after listening, "Alright, I'll handle this. I'll go to Yaoxiang Town after I finish eating."
"You're right. If this product is as good as you describe, and if it's effective, we'll get it and make it our company's fourth product."