Cooperation From Losing Money

Chengguan Town, Zhuxi County, Shiyan, Hubei, for example

Reporter: "how much tofu have you bought?"

Zhuxi residents: "buy four or five Jin, because we open restaurants, fried tofu, make soup, fried spicy tofu, anyway, a variety of."

Soybean products, such as fresh tofu, dried tofu, bean curd and smoked tofu, sold in two farmers' markets in Zhuxi County, are mostly produced in Chengguan Town, Tsuen Tin Village and Nigong village. Bean curd processors sell 5 tons of bean products locally every day, and often sell out before noon.

Tofu processing households: "many repeat customers, some old customers may not often come here to buy."

The processing of tofu by farmers in Chengguan town of Zhuxi county has a history of more than 200 years.

After 2000, the tofu produced by them began to be sold in two farmers' markets in the county seat, and the original circulation mode allowed the products to be sold around the market.

But four years ago, the bean curd processing households quickly increased to more than 200 households. They still used traditional processing methods to make tofu.

Hua Wenbo began to make tofu from his grandfather, because he had always used the traditional processing methods left by his ancestors, and the tofu he produced was very popular in the market.

Hua Wenbo: "we make tofu, paste according to the standard, beans are also kept according to the standard, the tofu is not old and tender, that is delicious, and the three generation is sold on the street. Our tofu is also very fast, that is, it will end at 10 a.m.".

Hua Wenbo, who had learned the technique of bean curd handed down by his grandfather when he was young, used to make bean curd craftsmanship. He chose the best soybeans and well water. Even the firewood made of bean curd was a fine choice of pine and cypress branches.

Hua Wenbo: "this is now a point of plaster for soya bean milk, paste, and after 20 minutes, it becomes tofu."

Reporter: "what skill does this bean curd have?"

Hua Wenbo: "that skill is very deep, it is a secret recipe of the ancestral home.

Reporter: "what can't be said?"

Hua Wenbo: "then I said, on CCTV, people all over the country learned."

Hua Wenbo made little bean curd skills.

In the autumn of 2003, a man named Cao Jo found Hua Wenbo in his name. He asked Hua Wenbo to make bean curd specially for him. He bought a large amount of the retail price at the market, and saw that a large customer came to China.

Hua Wenbo: "my bean curd retails a catty of 1.3 yuan, and has been selling well. When I send it to him, I want to pull this single business, that is, the quality is fine, but it's better than the retail tofu."

In order to stabilize Cao Jo's big client, Hua Wenbo made tofu more than ever before.

Hua Wenbo: "sent back tofu three times, a total of 1500 Jin, 1500 Jin was 1.3 yuan a Jin, that is nearly 1800 yuan."

To Cao Yu CHO, tofu is not only one of Hua Wen Bo, but also has 10 tofu processing factories in Chengguan town to produce tofu for him.

Japanese bean curd processing household Li Dianchun: "bean curd is processed to sell him directly, at least give him five hundred or six hundred jin at a time."

So, who is Cao Jo? What does he want tofu for?

He is Cao yse, a middle-level leader of the credit union of Zhuxi county. He often travels on business. Cao yse finds that tofu made from tofu is very expensive in Sichuan, Beijing and other places. Less than half a kilo of tofu can be sold to tofu for seven or eight yuan, some can also sell ten yuan, and sales are also good.

Compared with the price of tofu with only 1 yuan and only 1 yuan, the price of the tofu is simply sky high. Many people in Zhuxi have made tofu, and the local people also have the custom of making tofu milk and eating tofu milk.

Cao Yu Jo, who was good at calculating, sprouted an idea.