Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 581: Five hundred and seventy-six functional drinks

Chapter 581: Five hundred and seventy-six functional drinks

Ji Pianran heard that her company was about to release a new beverage.

Gu Chen immediately became curious and asked,

"What kind of drink do they plan to launch?"

After he asked, Ji Pianran shook her head.

"I haven’t decided yet on what exactly to sell, but based on today’s meeting in the company, it seems like they’re planning to imitate a drink similar to Coca-Cola."

After hearing Ji Pianran’s words, Gu Chen knew that this business was doomed to fail.

The future market was still dominated by cola, and the only brand that could compete with it was Pepsi.

And now, many imitations on the market would only die a violent death in the end.

"This will probably need careful consideration, but I’ve had an idea recently."

After Gu Chen said this, Ji Pianran immediately looked at him with curiosity.

When it came to ideas, Ji Pianran had always trusted Gu Chen implicitly.

Because many of Gu Chen’s ideas really could make a lot of money!

"There’s a kind of drink that’s still a gap in the domestic market, but it has emerged abroad, called functional beverages."

After he said that, Ji Pianran became a bit curious, not understanding what he meant.

"Do you know there’s a sport called extreme sports? These functional drinks are designed for extreme athletes.

The main function of the drinks is to invigorate people, awaken their minds, and replenish energy."

After he explained this, Ji Pianran indeed became very interested.

She looked at Gu Chen curiously, ready to listen to him continue.

"I can try to create a formula for you tomorrow to see if you’d like to try it first.

The feature of this kind of drink is that it has a wide profit margin, and the domestic market seems to be a blank slate for now."

Gu Chen had actually thought of this idea before.

But seeing Old Wang at the height of his career, he hadn’t shared this idea with Ji Pianran.

Seeing that Ji Pianran and her colleagues were about to produce a cola imitation,

Gu Chen thought of telling Ji Pianran the plan in advance.

He didn’t want Ji Pianran to end up crying to him later about not being able to sell cola.

Ji Pianran had developed a strong interest; she had never heard of such functional beverages before.

Today, Gu Chen had expanded her knowledge a bit more.

"Then I’ll trouble my husband with this, but don’t overwork yourself, it’s alright if I delay things on my side, the developers’ matters on your end are more important."

Gu Chen was helping her solve this problem, and she was very happy about it.

However, she didn’t want Gu Chen to focus exclusively on her matters.

She had also seen the news on TV.

She knew the amount of pressure Gu Chen had to face every day, he was practically turning into a celebrity.

It’s just that the negative comments were a bit louder than the praise.

The TV was full of stories about chefs building skyscrapers.

It seemed like it had become a joke that everyone talked about in the streets and alleys.

Ji Pianran actually felt aggrieved for Gu Chen.

Firstly, what’s wrong with being a chef as a profession?

Secondly, Gu Chen’s culinary skills were nothing like those of a normal chef.

But her defending Gu Chen alone was futile.

Now, the loud voices of Chuan City were just like that.

"Alright, don’t think too much, let’s go to sleep."

Gu Chen took Ji Pianran’s hand and they went back to their room.

It was another restless night.

The following morning,

Gu Chen brought out a small document bag.

The bag contained some cash.

Gu Chen directly took out four thousand yuan.

Before Tiantian was to go to school, Gu Chen handed her this item.

"There is four thousand dollars inside, you take out three thousand five hundred dollars to give to your teacher, which includes the fees for all your classmates, and let your teacher buy some snacks for the students with the extra four hundred dollars.

There’s also five hundred dollars here, which is from Dad.

If you want to buy something to eat while camping, just spend the money to buy it.

If there are any activities you want to try, use the money for those as well," he instructed Tiantian.

In fact, giving Tiantian an extra five hundred was a decision he made after much consideration.

He felt that Tiantian now had the capacity to handle some money and spend it herself.

"Okay, Dad, I got it," Tiantian nodded.

"Remember not to lose it."

"Don’t worry, this is the hard-earned money of Mom and Dad, I won’t lose it!"

Seeing her like this, Gu Chen fully relaxed.

Then he handed over Tiantian to the six of them.

The six of them drove Tiantian to the kindergarten.

Meanwhile, Gu Chen had to rush to work on the functional beverage formula.

He had almost completely forgotten about the formulation.

But now with a computer, all he had to do was search online to find it.

And then he only needed to blend it slightly with Spiritual Spring water.

While checking these things,

Gu Chen did not forget to check on the bar situation.

All was ready except for the sound and lighting equipment.

He called the computer’s person in charge.

He thought that only this person could establish contact with those companies overseas.

"Sound equipment? Lighting? Are you planning a concert?" the woman on the phone asked curiously.

"No, I’m planning to create an entertainment venue like a dance hall.

However, I have high requirements for the lighting and sound quality, which might need sound equipment worth about one hundred thousand dollars," Gu Chen said.

The woman was somewhat shocked by Gu Chen’s figure upon hearing it.

A hundred thousand dollars for sound quality!

With that much money, one could even invite a star to perform in person if they liked them.

"I’ll go ask, but I’m not sure if I can get this done."

She knew of many audio industry studios overseas and various brand contacts,

but had never engaged with them further.

Since Gu Chen had placed several large orders with her, he was considered an important client, so it was a request she could fulfill.

Moreover, she was quite curious about what Gu Chen was planning to create.

After arranging these matters, Gu Chen was completely reassured.

He didn’t need anything else.

He spent an entire day working on the beverage formula.

There were nearly a hundred failures.

Eventually, Gu Chen managed to create a flavor that was similar.

Taste-testing in such small sips, Gu Chen felt his head was about to explode.

He was dizzy and had a headache.

It was no longer stimulating but somewhat too much.

After perfecting it, Gu Chen was satisfied and bottled it.

He could let Ji Pianran taste it when she came back in the evening.

While working on these things, Gu Chen did not forget about his traditional medicine either.

After drinking traditional medicine continuously for half a month, Xiao Meng’s physical condition visibly improved a lot.