"Hello, my name is Zixuan."

"Qin Yi".

After Qin Yi finished cooking the rice, she gave the only stool to Zi Xuan to sit and eat.

The two of them chatted for the time it takes to eat a bowl of rice right there on the roadside, from the Big Dipper to Arcturus.

Then Zixuan went back to the hotel to rest, while Qin Yi drove the van directly to the entrance of Zhuangwang Garden.

It's 2 AM, two hours until we open the stall.

Use this time to prepare the new rolls we're making today.

Yesterday I made rose and jasmine cakes, so today I'll make an osmanthus-scented cake roll.

When Qin Yi finished work yesterday, she had already cooked a pot of osmanthus oolong cream.

Because cooked heavy cream needs to be refrigerated for more than 6 hours to whip up better.

She started by baking the cake base.

Add corn oil and milk to a mixing bowl and stir until emulsified and combined. Then pour in the sifted cake flour.

Add oolong tea powder and dried yellow osmanthus flowers and stir.

This cake uses the reverse egg method.

As the name suggests.

The main difference between the "last egg method" and the "first egg method" lies in the order in which the egg yolks are added.

The advantage of the post-egg method is that the flour is less likely to develop gluten and form lumps, resulting in a more delicate cake texture.

Once all the mixture is stirred until there are no dry lumps, you can add the egg yolks.

Prepare the egg yolk batter first, preheat the oven to 180°C, and start whipping the egg whites.

The ideal state for whipping egg whites in a Swiss roll is when they form small, hooked peaks.

It means that after the mixer stops and rotates evenly twice in the whipped egg whites, the egg whites remain on the mixer.

At this point, the bubbles are dense and the meringue has a creamy texture with a glossy finish, and can be pulled into a small hook shape.

After all of this is done.

Mix the egg yolk mixture with the whipped egg whites until well combined, then put it in the oven.

With high temperature baking.

This highlights the distinctive fragrance of the osmanthus plant.

Qin Yi's car was filled with the warm fragrance of osmanthus blossoms, and the scent made her feel happy even though she was working overtime late into the night.

That's the charm of desserts.

While the cake is baking.

She also made some large glutinous rice balls by hand.

Boil water on a rack, cook them until done, and then take them out one by one.

Finally, wait for the cake to come out of the oven.

She prepared a bowl of osmanthus oolong cream that had been soaked the night before, and then made a bowl of pourable cheese.

After preparing the goods, Qin Yi baked a few more rolls of the Maillard Rose Rolls and Matcha Jasmine Rolls that were popular yesterday.

This time, the system didn't say that she needed to make different types of cake rolls every day, so she simply stocked up on more.

She's not afraid of not being able to sell them all.

The cake roll tastes delicious even after being refrigerated for two days.

After a flurry of activity, my work alarm rang at exactly four o'clock.

Lifting the car curtain, it was still pitch black outside; even the paparazzi hadn't arrived yet.

The weekly attendance record she bought showed that Jiang Yuze's start time for work today was 7:00 AM.

In the quiet of the night.

A blinding beam of high beam shone from afar.

As I got closer, I realized it was a gray sedan that had made a slight turn and stopped at the entrance of the park.

A slender, fair leg stepped out of the car, adorned with a wine-red high heel with delicate, sparkling rhinestones.

The woman leaned down and gave the person in the back seat of the car a sweet kiss.

It's her.

Qin Yi drew the curtains as soon as she saw the high heels.

She didn't want to cause any more trouble, even though she had indeed seen what the bald man in the car looked like...

Wang Ruoruo is the second female lead in the drama "Red Dust Drunk".

Actually, she was originally supposed to be the third female lead.

This TV series boasts excellent resources, with investment from Xihongshi, direction from Li, and the participation of national goddess Zi Xuan. Not to mention, it's also the first period drama for popular male god Jiang Yuze.

Countless actors would fight tooth and nail to get a role in a low-budget, unknown production, and that would garner more attention than being the lead in a nameless film.

This time, she was selected by the casting assistant director, Brother Wang, based on her own audition.

However, after reading the complete script, Wang Ruoruo felt that she was capable of playing the role of the second female lead.

At first, Brother Wang disagreed, but after her persistent efforts, he changed his mind.

Brother Wang finally reached an agreement with Director Li to let her play the second female lead.

Today, because the second female lead has a special effects makeup look that's quite difficult to do, she arrived at the dressing room a few hours earlier than the other actors in the crew.

It was Brother Wang who asked the driver to bring her here.

I thought I wouldn't run into any colleagues at this hour, and I didn't.

After Director Wang's car left, Wang Ruoruo saw a familiar dessert cart across the street.

The rear door of the carriage was open, the curtains were fluttering slightly, and the air was filled with the rich aroma of cake.

Wang Ruoruo stared at it for a moment, then went upstairs to put on makeup.

Qin Yi shrugged. "The world of fame and fortune is full of troubles. Just don't drag yourself down with it."

Tonight she discovered another way to improve the efficiency of making Swiss rolls.

That means baking the cake slices first, whipping the cream, and then assembling them when the customer needs them.

This way, customers won't have to wait half an hour to get a roll.

As long as the cake slices are kept soft and the moisture content is just right, they won't crack even after being left to sit for a few hours before rolling.

Since this method was discovered,

During this period when no one paid attention to Qin Yi.

He filled all the grills behind him with cake slices.

Before six o'clock, photographers began arriving at the park one after another, led by the same bespectacled man from yesterday.

As soon as the older brother arrived, he set up his tripod, took two deep sniffs of the air, and couldn't help but shout at Qin Yi.

"Oh my, girl, you bake cakes that smell so good every day, I can't stand it!"

"You've taken all the meager savings I managed to save!"

At this moment, Qin Yi had opened all the doors of the carriage and hung up the display cases.

As she poured the milky white cheese foam onto the osmanthus oolong roll, she said to her older brother, "Brother, you're in charge of both proxy bidding and live streaming. You make money from proxy bidding photos and from live streaming gifts. You're reaping the benefits from both. The celebrities make the most money inside Zhuangwang Garden, but you make the most money outside Zhuangwang Garden. You're the most diligent at work every day. Who would believe you haven't made a lot of money!"

The bespectacled man was surprised that this seemingly gentle girl could be so sharp-tongued when she started to argue.

"Hey, it's all for a living! Look at you, you came earlier than me, you were more proactive than me, and the cake was so expensive. You're earning real money, while we roughnecks are earning pennies!"

Qin Yi skewered six large, round, snow-white glutinous rice balls with a thin bamboo skewer, placed them diagonally on a short cake roll, sprinkled them with a creamy yellow powder using a fine sieve, clapped her hands in satisfaction, and continued speaking.

"Whether it's gold coins or steel coins, we earn them with our own hands. As long as we don't break the law or violate public order and good morals, and we do our jobs conscientiously, we deserve any reward."

"Hey, this girl has quite the eloquence! But I love listening to her! I arrive at the scene much earlier than everyone else every day, and my room always has the most people during the live stream. Fans watch me on their phones while they're in bed or under the covers, and I brave the cold for them and get up early to take first-hand photos for them."

"Although I am often scolded by fans who say that I invade my brother's privacy, I have tried my best to be a high-quality proxy photographer. Only by having a good reputation and being down-to-earth can one last a long time."

The older brother, as if he had met a kindred spirit, walked to the dessert cart while talking.

"So how much is that plate of glutinous rice ball cakes in front of you?"