My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 341 A Gift in Return for a Gift
Anyway, up to this point, Wei Dong still hadn't realized that he was the one who leaked the secrets of "MasterChef Ninja".

Aside from dealing with a few Japanese technicians on the fully automated production line at the Feiyan Sanitary Napkin Factory, I haven't had any other contact with them.

His technique already embodies the essence of Sichuan cuisine; the ingredients themselves are fine, and the essence is entirely elevated by the seasonings.

The existing seasonings are a bit bland, so we can combine and adjust them, or even use simple smoking to purify soy sauce and mustard paste to increase saltiness and spiciness.

Moreover, the experts who were showing off to him were already at a high level, so expecting Wei Dong to learn even the basics would be asking too much: "Use soy sauce sparingly, lest it affect the appearance of the dish..."

Fortunately, Qin Yuye was there to translate. Although she didn't hold back her knowledge, she knew that every skill she learned had to fetch a good price.

Naturally, the explanation was vague and unclear.

Sure enough, when finally applying it to the dishes, it's important to use the corners and backs that are most appealing in terms of color, aroma, and taste.

The handsome old man took another bite with great anticipation, and it was indeed incredibly delicious!
Qin Yuye, who had been striking an elegant pose, gently parted her pearly teeth to savor the sensation, but then suddenly widened her eyes and gradually abandoned any semblance of ladylike composure, chewing voraciously.

The actor portrayed this incredible change in expression with remarkable skill.

The bystander waiters were extremely respectful.

Seeing the handsome old man ask the chef to come over, and then more respectfully taste the "young master's" wonderful creation, his face was full of incredulous shock.

I never imagined that such a familiar yet completely different flavor could be made.

He enthusiastically spoke Japanese to Wei Dong.

It has a really cringeworthy feel to it.

Qin Yuye then solemnly translated that this was the story of the Yakitori Sage wanting to become his apprentice.

She even secretly scratched him, implying that Wei Dong could negotiate the price.

It turns out that Mr. Tanaka is the restaurant owner. This is just one of his many businesses, and he is willing to spend money to learn this supreme secret!
To everyone's surprise, the guy chuckled awkwardly and said, "What kind of skill is this? Hey, if you can offer a good enough price, I'll assemble a team of real masters to open a restaurant for you, top-tier masters."

Qin Yuye immediately relayed the message, which immediately elicited a sudden surge of excitement and delight from the handsome old man. He quickly grabbed Wei Dong's hand and expressed his determination, conveying a fervent fervor that was absolutely determined to win him over, even without a translator.

From the level that Wei Dong is currently exposed to, he can clearly sense that these ingenious and cunning techniques are not of interest to the big bosses.

They don't even care about the so-called national treasures and cultural relics.

At most, it has some cultural relic value, and its purpose is merely to promote patriotism among ordinary people.

It's completely useless.

Technology, productivity, and national strength in warfare are the true pillars of strength.

The experts at the Queen's Restaurant, they're not exactly setting up a group to earn foreign exchange abroad.

Even in the 1980s and 90s, a huge number of Chinese people came to Japan to work. There were no secret techniques involved. Now, they can exchange them for various technologies and productivity that are being pursued at an unprecedented pace, which is a huge profit.

Qin Yuye didn't think there was anything wrong with selling his skills, and quickly described the background that allowed Weidong to own a food processing plant and top chefs in high-end restaurants.

What followed was haggling.

Just by listening to Qin Yuye describe and gesture the small food items in vacuum-packed bags, Wei Dong realized that these could be exported!
With such a large pork slaughter volume, Shangzhou could easily export these carefully cooked, sterilized, and delicious snacks to Japan.

The Qin siblings' greatest contribution lies precisely in their ability to provide this familiar foreign trade channel.

Mr. Tanaka was initially excited but also regretful, saying that importing cooked food would definitely involve more complex procedures such as food quarantine, and that the cost might be a bit high.

Qin Yuye chuckled, describing it as yak meat from the snowy plateau, the sacred yak of the snowy plateau...

Then, to everyone's surprise, he pulled a photo album out of his bag!
Look, we have a factory up there!

It was only then that Wei Dong remembered that Lao Tzu also had a photo album.

Indeed, for someone accustomed to the smartphone era, it's common to use photos from their phone's album as examples when discussing things.

So Wei Dong usually likes to take pictures casually, and Manager Zhang has piles of them that can be developed, printed, and sorted.

Dong Xueqing had prepared a photo album for him a long time ago. Families in the 1980s all had those large photo albums, but these days, if you just want a color print, you'll usually get a small, five-inch photo album.

As a result, Wei Dong's habit also infected the Hong Kong girl.

When they lived together under the same roof on the snowy plateau, they did often talk about these topics.

It was only then that Wei Dong learned that the Tibetan Plateau was a very mysterious religious holy site in Hong Kong, and almost no one had ever gone there for tourism.

In particular, in the late 1970s, the TV station spent a lot of money to film "The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain" in a valley on the other side of Mount Everest, which completely ignited the Hong Kong people's longing for the snowy plateau.

Qin Yuye is definitely an early player, and to have reached the point of opening a beauty salon with local wealthy women, she must be the first person to do so.

Influenced by Wei Dong, this time when she went back, besides urging Qin Zhiming to contact the foreign trade channels in Japan for jeans, she also took a selection of her own photos from the snowy plateau and showed them off everywhere.

The motivation might be similar to posting on social media in later generations.

Vast snow-capped mountains, icy lakes, grasslands, galloping horses, mountain leopards, Hong Kong girls and maids in colorful costumes in the temple, honest yaks outside, slaughtering gods everywhere, yak charging performance.

It's basically a carefully selected album of photos from the snowy landscape, absolutely stunning. Wei Dong strongly suspects that the photos she took during her two days back in Hong Kong, or before, when she went to Liujin Photo Studio to develop the pictures from her snowy trip, were definitely photoshopped.

The old photo studio had a group of expert Photoshop artists who made these photos extremely vibrant and eye-catching.

In particular, Zhang Qinyuye, dressed in a snow-covered robe, stood with Yu Songhai's wives in the main grandstand of the racecourse. She seemed to deliberately dim the surrounding people, highlighting her bright and sharp appearance, as noble as a princess.

Now they're trying to make Wei Dong look like some kind of lord with a special status.

Mr. Tanaka immediately became "Yoshi yoshi, private Masai, I misjudged you, there's absolutely no problem, this kind of high-grade yak meat shouldn't be bothered by the customs clearance costs."

In fact, in the two months since returning from the plateau, Wei Dong has already received two batches of vacuum-packed yak meat.

The meat itself is fine; it's the handling method and the taste of the marinating and cooking that's causing the problem.

Therefore, the chefs suggested that we should simply stop wasting such a valuable resource. Fresh yak meat should be packaged and transported in a sealed container. It will not be affected at all within ten days to half a month. This is an alternative method in the era when refrigerated trucks were not well-developed.

Then, the chefs of Jiangzhou personally prepare the dishes into high-end cuisine, which can be used in the Queen's Restaurant, Jiangzhou Hotel, and Jiangweixian. Most of them are then packaged into sterilized snacks for sale.

It has a higher cost, but its protein content is higher than other meats, its fat content is lower than other meats, and it is rich in minerals and its amino acid structure is closer to that of the human body.

At the same time, this breed of livestock lives in unpolluted, high-altitude areas year-round, resulting in natural and healthy meat, making it a top-tier choice for meat consumption.

In the eyes of Sichuan cuisine experts, flavors can be created and textures can be adjusted, but the key is that the nutritional content is unparalleled.

There aren't many high-end food markets in China right now, so it's not easy to openly and exclusively supply them.

Exporting at high prices now would be fantastic.

Look at the price of beef in Tokyo. It costs over 100 yuan per kilogram in supermarkets, and the premium Wagyu beef that restaurants advertise costs 700 to 1,000 yuan per kilogram!
If Wei Dong and his team were to calculate the cost, the actual cost of slaughtering, cutting up, and immediately transporting the meat down from the plateau, including transportation costs, would probably be less than ten yuan!
As for ordinary beef slaughtered in Shangzhou, it's only 1.2 yuan per jin right now, and even beef noodle vendors think it's too expensive.

So how exactly to sell this yak meat is still a bit of a puzzle.

But Brother Yu made a boastful promise.

Let's export directly now!
Then, the Hong Kong girl, who was used to foreign trade business, pulled off another brilliant move.

What Wei Dong originally wanted was several large and medium-sized vacuum packaging machines of different sizes, as well as related plastic blown film machines. He wanted to find information to select them and then buy them himself, of course, at a low price without being ripped off.

The translator took it upon themselves to change the name to our joint venture beef import company. You buy the equipment and send it to the plateau, and we are responsible for sourcing, packaging, and transporting the beef from the place of origin. This even involves military vehicles, making it an absolutely unique business.

This is how people in Hong Kong do business with foreigners.

Why should I pay for the equipment? I control this import and export trade channel, so I should get the equipment you provide for free and make money off it.

Moreover, the price difference between foreigners buying equipment from Japan and Japanese people opening their own factories, buying equipment, and then secretly shipping it to the Tibetan Plateau can be as great as that between Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Anyway, it's said that Shanghai got one set, and Guangdong tried desperately to get two similar vacuum equipment sets.

They are all priced in the millions.

People from other places, even those from Hong Kong, only need to pay a fraction of the price, sometimes even a tenth.

Mr. Tanaka immediately agreed.

After purchasing three sealing and vacuuming machines with a diameter of 40-50 centimeters, they were sent to Hong Kong under the pretense of being for their own use, and then cleared customs and delivered in Shanghai.

This reminded Wei Dong that Wu Xi had reminded him to call her if he needed anything when going through customs back in China.

This is where it comes in handy.

Of course, in return for such kindness, they would organize eight experts to go abroad to seek their fortune.

One person with some experience in cooking yak meat can take the lead, along with a banquet designer, who is also a lobby manager with banquet management skills. Other cold dishes, white dishes, and red dishes can even take turns working in shifts. With their assistants, they can definitely support a high-end restaurant.

So before the five thousand pairs of colorful and fashionable jeans that had been sampled arrived, Wei Dong managed to secure two collaborative projects with Qin Yuye by relying on his own wasabi sauce.

Mr. Tanaka, who was overjoyed, was sent away as he rushed off to contact the relevant equipment.

Slightly tipsy and full from their meal, the two walked north through the dimly lit old Edo-era street.

The hotel Qin Yuye chose to stay at is in this direction.

Wei Dong had already sensed that this famous city divided its streets into rectangular blocks of about 30 meters by 60 meters, with occasional stadiums, shopping malls, hospitals, and temples possibly merging into several blocks.

Most of them are neatly divided into small grids.

Not only is it difficult for traffic jams to occur, but it also allows each neighborhood to easily develop its own unique character.

This immediately made Wei Dong think of the area around Xishan Building, the Institute of Optoelectronics, and the Institute of Computer Science, where he could conduct this kind of experiment.

Because he hasn't received the final approval plan yet, but it seems to be a plot of land no smaller than the 100,000 square meters of land in his factory area.

It could easily be developed into a neighborhood with residential and office buildings arranged in a staggered pattern.

Look at what he's thinking about. Even the beautiful young woman next to him, the number one beauty in Hong Kong, couldn't sway his steely determination to build.

(End of this chapter)