Deng and his team with boxes of beef noodle. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

After 8 months of experimentation, they finally achieved success – they have even obtained three national patents for their products.

Now they pack the soup in vacuum steel cans after a high-temperature high-pressure sterilization process, and the noodles are air-dried and stored at a very low temperature to guarantee the quality.

Deng's online beef noodles have been hugely popular since day one. The families of Deng and his partners were strongly opposed to the idea to begin with, but they are fully supportive of the venture now.