Chapter 173: Appraising the Internet Trend

A knockoff?

Knockoffs are great!

Excellent.

This was not empty talk, but Ren Yidao's true inner thoughts.

"Want to imitate? You're welcome to!"

"And don't just stop at one or two shops; it would be best if all of your tea houses started imitating."

When a new thing hits the market, and the market for it is not yet large enough, what is the first thing you should do?

Is it to suppress your peers?

No, no, that is a matter for later.

At the very beginning, you must establish the market; you must make the cake bigger first!

As long as the cake is big enough, even if there are many people sharing it, the profit each person gets will be far greater than before.

And this point requires an investment of a massive amount of time, energy, material resources, and manpower... these are things Ren Yidao does not have, and even if he did, he would not spend them on this matter.

Just as he said.

He truly welcomes others to step in and get involved.

Once they step in, they are already automatically constructing an immature market.

As for how they tear each other apart later, or how they start scheming and fighting, that is their own business.

"But..."

Lowering her head to ponder for a while, Li Lingling still felt that doing it this way was somewhat inappropriate.

She worried that Ren Yidao would suffer a loss.

And more importantly, as a bystander, she would find it hard to watch...

Furthermore, even without considering those gains and losses, it is hard to say whether this matter itself can succeed.

"Just rest assured, it will definitely become a trend."

I have done so many things before; if they were useless, wouldn't my efforts be in vain?

How could that be possible?

"Besides, Wentianguo people don't keep foxes? That habit didn't exist before, but it will in the future; you can rest assured about this."

Just kidding, who wouldn't like cute little foxes?

We are responsible for building the Fox Tea House, and after that, we will leave it to the little foxes to do the work.

You have to believe that they are professionals!

"When those soft, furry creatures press against you, will you not feel excitement and thrill?"

"When you pick them up, feeling their silky fur, feeling that tiny but powerful heartbeat."

"No one will be able to resist!"

NO! ONE!

"Alright, you roughly understand the plan, let's set off now."

Rising from behind the desk, Ren Yidao pulled Li Lingling, who was still pondering, and prepared to set off.

"Uh, uh, uh, go where?"

"Hm? Didn't I say it before? We are going to find foxes!"

Ren Yidao walked in front, and incidentally grabbed Yu Yu, who was passing by the study, to join the team.

"After all, if a Fox Tea House has no foxes, then there is absolutely no way forward."

"No way forward."

Ren Yidao and the other two did not go outside Wentian City to catch foxes first, but instead went to the animal market.

They planned to use a two-pronged approach, letting them help collect foxes as well; money was not an issue.

But upon asking, Ren Yidao knew he had been careless after all.

"All the hunters have already gone out to catch foxes."

"Even if you are willing to wait, guest, it might take two or three months."

"My lord, you are not the first group to come to us to buy foxes."

"Starting a few days ago, every day there have been distinguished lords like you coming here to buy foxes."

"Not only that, starting a few days ago, several lords from the palace have already ordered us to collect foxes; we have no choice either."

"Sorry, I truly apologize to you all."

Those shopkeepers were also very confused, not knowing what exactly had happened.

Why did these princes and Princesses suddenly like foxes?

They wouldn't even glance at the cats, dogs, turtles, birds, snakes, and fish, or any rare and exotic species we have here!

They specifically asked for foxes; nothing would do except foxes...

Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.

Li Lingling and Yu Yu were not with him; while he was negotiating business at each shop, the two of them had long since slipped away to look at other small animals.

These shopkeepers were not exaggerating; they really had everything here, like a small zoo.

And as the young girls strolled through the zoo hand in hand, their dear Senior Brother sighed to the Heaven from the side:

"... I was careless."

The shopkeepers were not clear about this situation, but as the originator, Ren Yidao knew better than anyone.

Previously, within the Qian Mirror, Ren Yidao had planted a sufficient amount of psychological suggestion in every prince and Princess.

He had originally thought that these people would have to wait until the Fox Cafe appeared before they could find an outlet for their emotions.

Unexpectedly, they had actually started looking for foxes on their own.

Come to think of it, that makes sense.

Even without a target, don't they still have two hands?

As long as the result is satisfying, does it matter how it's resolved?

"The loyal customers I trained have actually become my competitors; how could such a thing happen?"

"Moreover, even if I join the fox-hunting teams now, I won't be able to compare to those veteran hunters."

Even if he understands the fox's way of thinking better, it is very difficult to compete with teams of dozens or hundreds of people.

There's no other way...

"I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure."

Thinking of that forbidden method he had not intended to use, Ren Yidao sighed softly.

"You all forced me to do this."

"Senior Brother, what are we here to do?"

After finishing their tour of the DC District zoo, Li Lingling had originally thought they would try a few more places, but she did not expect to be dragged directly to this location by Ren Yidao.

To get here, they even used a teleportation array once!

Looking at the desolate, uninhabited surroundings, Li Lingling could not imagine that there would be any hunters selling foxes here.

She did not think Ren Yidao would harm them; having spent so much time together, she still had that much trust in him.

She mainly could not understand what the point was of going to such great lengths to come here.

Could it be that they were going to catch a fox themselves?

Thinking about it this way... she felt a little excited.

Hehe, little fox!

If she could catch a little fox with her own hands to take home, it would certainly be an interesting experience!

But just as Li Lingling prepared herself mentally and was about to roll up her sleeves and get to work, Ren Yidao, who was in front of her, moved.

He vanished from sight with a *whoosh* and entered the dense forest alone.

"Eh?"

Before Li Lingling could call out, Ren Yidao walked back out of the forest with a small, struggling animal in his hand.

???

So fast!

"Senior Brother! Is this the fox we are going to catch?"

Compared to the excited girl, Ren Yidao's expression was somewhat indescribably uncomfortable.

"No, although this is also a fox, but..."

Examining the creature he was holding by the scruff of its neck, looking at its cheeks and its dazed little eyes, Ren Yidao felt somewhat conflicted.

"This one, um, maybe we shouldn't count it for now."

No.

What kind of Fox Cafe puts a Tibetan Fox inside!

He was truly afraid that when someone pushed the door open and walked in, they would hear:

"Evaluating popular internet creature videos..."