Chapter 576: Finding the Traffic Police

Chapter 576: Chapter 576: Finding the Traffic Police

Many people realized this was big news.

They took out their phones to film, and some even started live streaming.

Ding Kaifang saw that the time was right. With a grand wave of his hand, he announced, "To celebrate today, we’ve specially prepared a batch of kudzu root tea. We’ll be handing it out for free on-site so everyone can experience it for themselves."

Staff who had been waiting on the sidelines immediately brought out boxes and began distributing them.

Wang Yong and Xiao Haoping were still dizzy and disoriented from their fall earlier.

Seeing this great opportunity, they quickly grabbed two bottles and chugged them down.

Not even a few minutes later.

Wang Yong, who had been unable to get up from the ground, felt his vision clear as the fog in his mind dispersed.

He stood up, hopped a couple of times, and exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Holy shit, it really works! I feel like I could drink another two jin right now."

Xiao Haoping also touched his head in shock. "This is miraculous! This stuff is incredible! I’m really not dizzy anymore."

...

A heavyset man in a floral shirt, holding a selfie stick, was squeezing through the crowd. His face was slick with sweat and oil, but he was still buzzing with excitement.

He was "Yang San Ge," a major influencer on Douyin with three million followers, specializing in food stall reviews and outdoor challenges.

He had originally come to the beer festival to ride the wave of its popularity, but he’d unexpectedly stumbled upon this "product launch."

"Family! Family! Did you all see that?"

Yang San Ge yelled at his camera, the fat on his face trembling. "Absolutely insane! Those guys from before drank four jin of pure brew, and now they can walk a balance beam, all because they drank that... that kudzu root tea."

In the live stream, bullet comments flooded the screen like a waterfall:

"Staged! It’s definitely staged! Who’d believe this crap nowadays?"

"San Ge, I don’t believe it unless you try it yourself."

"Yeah, drink one for us to see. If you can drink four jin and not pass out, I’ll buy some too."

"San Ge, if you’re a man, go for it! Don’t be a wuss."

Yang San Ge was put on the spot.

Although he could usually hold his liquor, four jin of pure brew... that would definitely get him drunk.

But seeing the soaring popularity and gift effects in his stream, he gritted his teeth. "Alright, if my family wants to see it, your San Ge is going all out! I’ll experience this kudzu root tea for myself today."

He squeezed to the front, got a bottle of Kudzu Pearl Tea from a staff member, and chugged it down in front of the camera.

Then, without hesitation, he bought a huge four-liter mug of draft beer and started gulping it down. GULP, GULP, GULP.

After downing four jin of beer, Yang San Ge let out a long, boozy burp, his face instantly turning the color of pig’s liver.

He felt his stomach churning, and his head started to buzz. That familiar feeling of getting drunk washed over him quickly.

"Family... I think... I’m a little dizzy..."

He leaned on a table, his gaze hazy, and his words began to slur.

Just as the audience in the live stream was about to start spamming "fail"...

Suddenly, Yang San Ge’s expression changed.

He shook his head sharply and then blinked hard.

The haziness was rapidly fading, and his clarity quickly returned.

"Holy shit..."

Yang San Ge touched his own face, then looked at the camera, completely dumbfounded. "I... I’m not dizzy anymore? And... the urge to puke is gone too?"

He tried taking a couple of steps and was perfectly steady.

He even did a bit of a public square dance and still didn’t fall over.

The live stream exploded.

"For real? It’s that miraculous?"

"San Ge is a great actor. He was like a dead pig a second ago, and now he’s alive?"

"I don’t believe it. Not unless you take a breathalyzer test."

"Yeah, go find a police officer to verify it! That would be ironclad proof."

"San Ge, if you dare to take the test, I’ll send you a Carnival."

Seeing how things were escalating, Yang San Ge felt like he was riding a tiger and couldn’t get off.

He muttered casually, "It’s so late. Where am I supposed to find a traffic cop? They might not even give me the time of day."

Just then, a prominent bullet comment drifted by, sent by a user with a "Qingdao Native" tag:

"San Ge, stop making excuses. They’re doing a DUI checkpoint at the Fuzhou Road intersection. It’s not far from you. Do you dare to go? I’ll reimburse your travel fare."

Yang San Ge looked at the comment, then at the screen full of people calling him a "wuss." He steeled himself. "Fine, I’ll go! Who’s afraid of who? But let me be clear, I’m not driving. I’m taking a taxi. I’m a law-abiding citizen, you know."

He hailed a taxi and headed straight for Fuzhou Road.

When he reached the intersection, he saw that traffic police had indeed set up a checkpoint and were inspecting cars.

Holding his phone, Yang San Ge approached them, trembling with apprehension.

After all, he was asking a police officer to help with an experiment. He couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

"Officer, um... I’m doing an educational live stream. I just drank some of that hangover-cure tea and wanted to test my current alcohol level. Could you help me out?"

The officer looked at him, then at his phone camera. Although he thought it was a bit ridiculous, this kind of public legal education wasn’t a bad thing. Besides, there wasn’t any traffic at the moment, so he nodded. "Alright, blow into it."

Yang San Ge took a deep breath and blew hard into the tube.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the live stream held their breath, their eyes glued to the screen.

BEEP—

The device lit up.

The officer glanced at it, a little surprised himself. "18mg/100ml. That’s under 20. Not considered drunk driving."

"WOOOOW!!!"

Yang San Ge was so excited he nearly jumped into the air, roaring at his camera, "DID YOU SEE THAT, FAMILY?! Under 20! I drank four jin of pure brew! Four jin! That’s practically the same as drinking a bottle of Coke."

The live stream was instantly flooded with "666"s and gift effects.

"Holy crap, this hangover tea is legendary."

"Where’s the link? Post the link! I want to buy ten cases!"

"This is basically a cheat code for drinking."

The topic "Yang San Ge Challenges Kudzu Root Tea" quickly shot up the trending charts, and Kudzu Pearl Tea became an overnight sensation.

...

Li Xu, Ding Kaifang, and the others partied late into the night before returning to their beachside resort hotel.

As soon as they entered the room, Ding Kaifang’s phone started vibrating like crazy, as if it had caught a virus.

"Hello? President Wang? Oh, oh, you want to place an order? How much? A thousand cases? Yes, yes, absolutely!"

"Hello? President Liu? A supermarket chain? We can talk! Of course, we can talk!"

The calls came one after another, all from distributors and big bosses from all over the country.

They had a keen sense for business, saw the product’s immense potential, and all wanted to seize the first-mover advantage.

Ding Kaifang was busy until two in the morning. His mouth was dry from talking, but the smile on his face was more brilliant than a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Doctor Li, we’ve really hit it big this time! We haven’t even officially launched distribution, and the orders are already backed up into next month."

Li Xu smiled, not particularly surprised.

’A good product plus good marketing. Going viral was inevitable.’

「The next morning.」

Outside the window, the waves lapped against the shore.

The first thing Li Xu did after waking up was, as always, to check his intelligence feed.

He had expected it to be intelligence about the fallout from last night’s beer festival or the kudzu root tea, or maybe even information about some undiscovered treasure in the nearby sea.

However, it was completely different from what he had imagined.

[Today’s Intelligence: Lu Ke, early-stage lung cancer, has already developed symptoms of chest pain and coughing. Barbated skullcap has a significant inhibitory effect on lung, liver, and cervical cancer, with good anti-cancer properties. It can be used in combination with white flower snake tongue grass, dandelion, Huang Qin, and houttuynia... The specific formula is as follows...]