My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 456: A-rice

After entering the room, the village chief handed over the B-grade Hexing Rice he brought to Zhao Jingyu.

"I’ll tell the kitchen to cook it right away," Zhao Jingyu hurriedly said.

If it weren’t for the fear that President Zhao might suspect something, Zhao Jingyu would have taken the rice from the village chief earlier.

Fortunately, this time it was just for a taste test, and the rice brought wasn’t much nor heavy.

Zhao Jingyu took the rice from the village chief and quickly took it to the kitchen.

Everyone sat down, and President Zhao explained in detail to Lu Youxi the current sales situation of Hexing Rice.

"Thanks to Old Mr. Yang’s endorsement of Hexing Rice, the video’s release today caused a surge in customers coming to Sincere Supermarkets everywhere to inquire and purchase Hexing Rice," President Zhao said. "We had to urgently adjust the promotions for Hexing Rice."

"Since we’re still within the promotional period, our discounts haven’t changed. But on top of that, every customer purchasing Hexing Rice at the checkout will receive a questionnaire from our supermarket’s cashier. It’s a simple questionnaire with just six questions, all related to the taste and texture of Hexing Rice."

"After filling out the questionnaire during the marked dates on it, customers can exchange it for a sample bag of B-grade Hexing Rice," President Zhao added.

"That’s why we’re eagerly hoping that if the B-grade rice passes our trials here, we’d be able to stock it on the shelves as soon as possible," President Zhao said.

"However, I know that even if we could do it quickly, I was worried it might not be soon enough, so we deliberately pushed the dates for redeeming the questionnaire back by three days," President Zhao explained. "We can’t delay too long, otherwise, the customers might forget or even lose the enthusiasm to come back and redeem it."

"Three days is just the right amount of time for customers to fill out the questionnaire," Manager Chen added.

"In those three days, if you, Manager Chen, think that the B-grade rice is up to standard, we could transport the B-grade Hexing Rice in that time frame," Lu Youxi immediately said.

Shortly after, Zhao Jingyu knocked and entered.

Behind him, a server carried a tray of freshly steamed rice.

Already served in small bowls, the steamy bowls emitted a fragrant rice aroma.

It seemed they were worried about the rice being ready before the dishes, so this time a server also brought a few dishes following it.

After setting up the dishes, Zhao Jingyu explained, "Our kitchen hurried these dishes out first, the rest will be ready soon, please bear with us a little longer."

"No problem, take your time," Lu Youxi said with a smile.

Zhao Jingyu smiled, nodded, and then left with the staff.

After they left, President Zhao spoke: "Even though Dongshenglai has always provided good service, it seems exceptionally good this time. It seems President Shi and President Lu have quite a good relationship."

Lu Youxi, who didn’t know about the past between Zhou Shuyan and Shi Yusheng, bluffed at the moment, "School days friendship is the purest, with no interests involved. President Shi and my husband were just genuinely good friends in college, which has continued till now."

"Yes, if interest were mixed in, they wouldn’t be on such good terms," President Zhao nodded in agreement.

"President Zhao, Assistant Song, Manager Chen, Brother Jiang, Brother Huang, Sister Li," Lu Youxi called out to everyone without missing a single person, "Please try and see how the B-grade rice tastes?"

President Zhao took the first bite.

Manager Chen and the others also tasted the rice in their bowls.

President Zhao didn’t speak first, and instead said to everyone, "Don’t look at me, speak your own minds."

Xiao Li looked at Manager Chen, who nodded at her encouragingly, signaling her to speak freely.

Xiao Li had already observed everyone’s reactions after they finished eating and had a good understanding in her mind.

It was probably similar to her own thoughts.

Xiao Li then spoke up: "I feel that calling it B-grade rice is a bit of an injustice. Although it’s indeed not as good as A-grade rice, it’s still a tier above B-grade."

Xiao Huang nodded and said, "Shili Xiang also has B-grade rice, but Shili Xiang didn’t specify it as B-grade outright; instead, they named it Shili Xiang Fragrant Rice. Its price is also lower than that of the strong-flavor rice, allowing customers to discern that the fragrant rice is inferior to the strong-flavor rice."

"But a clever move from Shili Xiang is that they explain the difference between the strong-flavor rice and the fragrant rice is due to considering some customers’ preference for a lighter taste, which is why they introduced it."

Lu Youxi smiled and said, "Hexing Rice isn’t planning to follow that model. We’ll just call it A-grade and B-grade rice. What it is, is what it is, absolutely no embellishment."

"Our main selling point is sincerity."

Then, President Zhao spoke up, "This quality of B-grade rice is indeed good. It would be somewhat a waste to sell it as B-grade, but at the same price range within the same category, Hexing Rice would definitely sell better than other brands."

"How about, A-minus grade, how does that sound?" Lu Youxi asked President Zhao. "We would still sell it at the price of B-grade rice, but since it’s indeed better than B-grade rice, setting it as B-grade would not be suitable. At the same price, customers would probably prefer A-minus level, right?"

"Even if other brands followed suit and rebranded their B-grade rice as A-minus, but if the quality doesn’t reach Hexing Rice’s A-minus level, customers will definitely still prefer Hexing Rice’s A-minus. After all, our product is truly genuine and deceives neither old nor young."

"That’s a good idea," President Zhao nodded.

"But, President Zhao, our questionnaire already states that we’re giving out B-grade rice," Assistant Song reminded.

"That’s not an issue," President Zhao smiled and waved his hand, "When the customers come back with the questionnaire, just have our supermarket staff responsible for the exchange tell them they’ve been upgraded to A-minus instead, they’ll definitely be even happier."

"Alright," Assistant Song responded while taking notes.

"If we settle on this, I will handle the delivery of the A-minus rice right now," Lu Youxi immediately said.

"That would be good," President Zhao quickly said, hoping to get it into our supermarket by tomorrow.

Lu Youxi nodded and then stepped out to make the call.

However, due to Lu Youxi contacting so urgently, the company that had always cooperated in transporting Hexing Rice couldn’t immediately allocate manpower and vehicles to fulfill such an urgent transportation task. freēnovelkiss.com

"All our drivers are out on delivery," the other party said apologetically, "Only one is left, and he’s scheduled to depart tomorrow too."

"If we find someone temporarily from outside, we can’t assure the safety, and we’re also worried it could cause issues with your goods," the person added.

"I am the one who rushed it," Lu Youxi said, "Do you have any reliable colleagues who might be able to take on this transportation job?"

"I know this order is urgent, I can add money, pay the driver extra for the hard work," Lu Youxi said, "After all, it involves non-stop driving, and the driver will be tired."

"Let’s not talk about adding money; you’re our regular customer, and our cooperation has been so pleasant, why would we even need to talk about adding money?" Although the person said this, their tone noticeably brightened considerably.