Chapter 105: Happy Breakfast in China
Because there is a wall on the Chinese Internet, they cannot access the Internet, and many people don’t even know what is happening in the outside online world.
Although Xue Qi's fans on foreign social networking sites have exceeded 10 million, the number of users of foreign social media far exceeds that of China's Weibo, because netizens from all countries gather there.
Based on the number of users in China, tens of millions of fans on Weibo are already enough, and can definitely be called the top domestic star.
But compared to social media in the outside world, these 10 million followers are not that many. After all, China's population base is not as large as the world's.
Although Xue Qi is the Chinese internet celebrity with the most fans on foreign websites, her fans are not as many as those of American athlete Faith.
Fes is an independent athlete from the United States. The United States has no shortage of ice and snow venues, and their athletes all train at their own training bases in their own country.
However, because Feis is an independent athlete, he chose to come to a better ice and snow training base at his own expense.
Training at SP's own expense is expensive and the consumption is very luxurious. Children from ordinary families cannot afford it at all.
Faith is only 20 years old this year. She is from the United States and a rich second-generation. Her parents are both celebrities, and she herself is good-looking. She has many fans on foreign websites.
Free skiing is his strong point. In the last Winter Olympics, he won the gold and silver medals in aerials and slopestyle respectively, and was called a talented skier by Americans.
The number of followers on his social media accounts has exceeded 30 million, and he has many loyal fans on foreign websites.
Feis's criticism of the Chinese cuisine counter at the SP Ski Resort cafeteria has garnered support online from a group of fans. Even though many of them have never tried Chinese cuisine, they still criticize it to curry favor with Feis:
"Chinese cuisine has only become popular in recent years. If their Chinese cuisine is really that delicious, why is it not so common in our country?"
"Chinese cuisine? I've seen documentaries where Chinese people eat centipedes, insects, and even pig brains. It's horrible! I don't know if Chinese cuisine is delicious, but it's pretty horrible anyway."
"Emmm, can I eat Chinese cuisine? Haha."
"I support Feis. Chinese food is not tasty to begin with, and the Chinese athletes are picking fights with the cafeteria aunt. Can they have some manners? The poor Chinese athletes, training at the SP base, probably can't even eat our foreign food. They're forced to eat Chinese food. It's really too miserable!"
"It's so miserable."
"Do you know Xue 77? He is a Chinese food blogger who has been on i
She is very popular on s, with more than 10 million fans! She also posted
s, said that starting tomorrow I will be cooking at the Chinese cuisine window in the SP cafeteria, is anyone going to watch?"
"Xue 77? I used to be her fan. Her cooking was magical and made people feel happy! She actually wants to cook at the SP Chinese cuisine window?"
"I've been following her for a long time, and I've always wondered if her food is actually delicious. If she's really going to go, then Feisi must go and try it. If even the Chinese cuisine made by Xue 77, China's top food blogger, isn't delicious, then there's no point in arguing that Chinese cuisine is bad."
"Feis, go try it! Go experience how terrible some Chinese food tastes!"
Seeing the enthusiasm of the fans in the comments, Faith responded to a popular comment and said:
"I've already said that I will never eat Chinese food in my life. Even if Chinese food is the only thing left in the world, I would rather starve to death than eat it. I don't know if you are undercover agents sent by Xue 77's fans, but I will not be fooled by you. I will stick to my own way."
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On foreign websites, the topic of Feisi mocking Chinese cuisine for being unpalatable spread widely. When Xue 77's fans abroad learned that she would be cooking in the SP Canteen and broadcasting live, they all expressed their anticipation.
In the past, Xue 77 cooked for Chinese people, and they also wanted to know what foreigners thought of Chinese cuisine.
Now in the SP ski resort cafeteria, all national cuisines are open, and athletes from all countries can choose freely and rationally.
If Xue 77's Chinese cuisine is really as delicious as they imagined, then it will definitely conquer those foreign athletes. If not, then their imagination and expectations will be shattered.
Once they become disillusioned with the food, they will also be disappointed with Xue 77 and stop being his fans.
Therefore, this live broadcast of SP Canteen is not only crucial to saving the reputation of Chinese cuisine, but also crucial for Xue Qi to consolidate his overseas fans.
The news spread across the country.
American athlete Faith's comment: The topic of Chinese cuisine being the most unpalatable in the world has become a hot topic.
After reading the original content and comments, Chinese netizens were furious. They cursed in the comments on Weibo:
"A bunch of foreign idiots, all they know how to do is criticize Chinese cuisine. Have you ever tried it? They're so badass!"
"Fiss? I quite liked him, but I didn't expect him to lose favor with me so much. I'm really disappointed. Did Chinese cuisine provoke you? You're targeting Chinese cuisine to criticize it..."
"No way, there aren't really foreigners who have never eaten Chinese food, right? Haha. I remember this person's family is quite wealthy, right? How come he has never eaten Chinese food? Hahahaha."
"I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off, sisters! I'm going to jump over the wall and curse! I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off!"
"Chinese netizens abroad, go and criticize them in the comments! This is so infuriating!"
"77 is going to do a livestream tomorrow, and there should be a rebroadcast! Everyone, go watch! Although we can't argue with foreign netizens, everyone, please come to the livestream room and cheer me on! We Chinese cuisine can't lose! Chinese 7 can't lose!"
Netizens agreed that they would definitely watch the live broadcast tomorrow and cheer for Xue Qi in the live broadcast room.
However, due to the time difference between China and the US, it was already late at night in China when it was daytime abroad. Even so, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of Chinese netizens.
Xue Qi’s live broadcast started at four in the morning in Zhili.
As the head chef of the Chinese cuisine window, Xue Qi was already in the kitchen at this time, starting to cook and prepare food.
There are a total of ninety-eight Chinese athletes training here, including those from the provincial team and those who pay their own way.
There weren't many people, so Xue Qi planned to make twenty servings of beef fried noodles, steam forty braised pork buns, make a hundred wontons, and cook a pot of millet porridge.
The remaining flour from steaming buns can be used to fry red bean paste pancakes and cook a pot of millet porridge.
This food is more than enough for 98 athletes, and athletes from other countries can also have a try.
When Xue Qi led the filming team into the kitchen, several chefs and staff members in the window were standing there lazily. When they saw her coming, they stood up lazily.
The original chef of this window was found to have accepted bribes and has been fired by the person in charge.
In fact, it was not only the original chef who accepted bribes, but also other chefs. Even the cleaner and the aunt who served food at this window were bribed by people from the United States.
Their purpose is simple: to make sure that Chinese athletes don't eat well and have little energy to train. It would be best if they could compete in the worst possible condition at the Winter Olympics early next year.
The people in the kitchen looked at the beautiful Chinese woman in front of them. She was wearing a black chef's uniform and a black chef's hat that covered all her black hair.
Even so, her delicate facial features are still eye-catching, her long and white neck is like jade, and her slender waist is tightened by the apron, so thin that it cannot be held in one hand.
Xue Qi took out a pair of thin gloves and put them on. The gloves were as thin as a cicada's wing, yet very flexible. Like human skin, they fit the woman's fair and slender hands perfectly.
In the live broadcast room, foreign netizens who were watching Xue Qi's video for the first time saw this scene and began to laugh:
"Is this a chef? Is he here to cook? If you don't know, you might think he's here to carve a piece of art."
"Hahaha, this is the first time I've seen such a flamboyant Chinese chef. Aren't Chinese kitchens always greasy? If she dresses like this, won't she be covered in grease from the fumes?"
"I went to China once and ate at a roadside stall there. The fumes made my wife cough, so she left after sitting for a while. Chinese food is really inhumane. Haha, our Western food is more delicious."
"Have you noticed that the other chefs look at Xue Qi in a very charming way, hahaha!"
"This is hilarious! Who wouldn't call such a pretentious chef crazy? Xue 77 is just a Chinese internet celebrity trying to show off, and there are actually people who naively expect her to cook delicious dishes?"
"Chinese cuisine originated from Korea. They copied our cuisine but failed to capture its essence, resulting in a dish that was neither fish nor fowl. It's understandable that it tastes bad."
Some netizens in China took screenshots of these comments and posted them on Weibo.
Domestic netizens were furious and cursed:
"Damn it! Wait until we, 77, make a delicious Chinese breakfast and make your country's athletes envious!"
"Let me see which countries dare to slander China! Oh, it's the United States, Japan, and South Korea. No surprise."
"I'm dying of laughter. Chinese food is bad? Try it first and tell me."
"Let me use my smart brain to think about what delicious dishes the United States has? French fries and cola? Sorry, I can't think of any. South Korea is really promising. Chinese cuisine comes from you Koreans? Why don't you say that the whole world is your mother!"
"Show me the blood vessels exploded, damn."
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During the live broadcast, Xue 77 wrote out the menu and handed it to the other two chefs and several helpers.
Ou Li, one of the chefs, glanced at the menu and said apologetically, "Sorry, Ms. Xue, we have a set breakfast menu in our cafeteria. This morning, we only have noodles and porridge. We only need to make these two. There's no need to make anything else. Also, the noodles are ready-made noodles, not the handmade ones you mentioned. And, with so many options listed, it's simply impossible for us to make them all before six o'clock."
Xue Qi looked at him with amusement: "You say it's impossible before you even try? Were you invited here to cook? Are you here on vacation?"
Since Xue Qi came back from recording a program on the island a year ago, he realized the importance of learning more than one language, so he learned English.
She is a quick learner and can now communicate fluently with others.
Chef Ou Li was not afraid of Xue Qi. Instead, because he took the money, he targeted her even more: "Ms. Xue, the kitchen rules were set by the previous chef. Now that he is gone, we must abide by the rules. We cannot break the rules just because you are here."
Xue Qi raised an eyebrow. "The previous chef? Are you talking about the rubbish chef who accepted bribes and deliberately discredited Chinese cuisine, making it difficult for the athletes to eat well? He seriously violated the ethics of chefs and has been fired. What do you mean by mentioning him now? Are you, like him, accepting bribes?"
Ou Li's face flushed. "Ms. Xue, please stop slandering me! Please apologize to me."
Xue Qi raised her beautiful willow-shaped eyebrows slightly, and said with an arrogant look, "What kind of creature are you?"
Ou Li was startled: "What did you say?"
Xue Qi repeated: "I say, what kind of creature are you? Your rectum can actually go straight to your brain!"
Ou Li didn't know what she was talking about: "What do you mean by rectum goes straight to the brain? Ms. Xue, are you mocking me?"
Xue Qi sighed and said, "I'm not mocking you, I'm just stating the facts. If your gut isn't directly connected to your brain, how can your logic be so confusing?"
Ou Li was so angry at Xue Qi that he took off his apron and threw it heavily on the stove, saying angrily, "Okay, if you have the ability and you can do it, then do it! I won't do it! Without my help, I wonder how you can make breakfast!"
The other chef also took off his apron and followed Oli out.
There were still a few helpers left in the kitchen. Xue Qi asked them, "Are you leaving too? If so, go ahead."
The quarrel between the chefs had nothing to do with them. They just wanted to watch the fun and didn't really want to leave.
After all, if you stay here, you can still make money.
But Xue Qi added, "You'll only cause trouble if you keep them anyway."
After Xue Qi's essence value increased, she found that she had awakened a small skill.
That is, you can randomly select a passerby and trigger the subtitle bar above their head.
Most of these subtitles are character introductions and have no special function. For example, above the head of photographer Xiaowen, a brief introduction such as "Passerby Xiaowen, Photographer" will appear.
After Xue Qi walked into the kitchen, he triggered the subtitles of two chefs and several helpers.
A simple subtitle appeared above Ouli's head:
【Ouli, the passerby, the chef who accepted bribes.】
Similar subtitles also appeared above the heads of the helpers:
[Helper, Mien, deeds related to the main character: spitting in Qin Tiantian's soup.]
[Helper, Ellie, deeds related to the main character: preparing to give the heroine Xue Qi a warning.]
[Helper, Morris, deeds related to the main character: None.]
Xue Qi walked towards the middle-aged blond woman named Mi En, stopped in front of her, and said with a smile: "Auntie, you must have been happy when you spit in Qin Tiantian's soup. We have a saying in China, 'Don't do it if you don't want others to know.'"
Mi En was so frightened that his face turned pale: "You, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Xue Qi smiled gently, as if taking things seriously: "Your actions were all captured by the surveillance camera. However, I will save your face and will not broadcast your dirty side live. I hope you will behave yourself in the future."
Mien looked horrified: "You——"
However, she didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of angering Xue Qi, who would send the video out in anger.
She didn't admit it, but her expression and eyes said it all.
Xue Qi looked at Ellie who wanted to show her off and asked with a smile, "Sister Ellie, I heard you want to show me off. How do you want to do it? I'll cooperate with you."
Ellie's face looked normal at first, but when he heard Xue Qi's words, his face turned pale instantly.
She looked at Xue Qi in disbelief.
How could it be possible? She had only thought about this in her mind and hadn't told anyone! Why would Xue Qi know this?
Ellie's heart was beating wildly with fear. The more she looked at Xue Qi, the more she felt that this beautiful woman was terrifying, unfathomable and unpredictable.
The only cook and helper left was a helper named Morris, who was in her fifties and was responsible for window cleaning.
She had worked at this window for so long that she had seen Eli and Min do something bad with the athletes' food.
Xue Qi handed her the menu and said, "Help me clean and sort the ingredients according to the menu."
There aren't many ingredients that Morris needs to process, but it's unlikely that he can finish them in a short time.
Xue Qi then turned to the photographer and said, "Call the piglets that are still sleeping at home and ask them to come over for breakfast."
The three teenagers were still sleeping in the villa. When they heard that there was food made by Xue Qi in the cafeteria, they ran over without even washing their faces.
But when they ran over and looked, there was nothing there, and they looked disappointed.
Xue Qi ordered: "Sun Shaoqi, go wash the dishes. Chu Xing, go help Morris sort the dishes. Cao Yue, come over and help me."
The division of labor was reasonable and the kitchen began to get busy.
Ou Li and another chef stood outside the kitchen, watching them and sneered, "She's cooking by herself. Does she think she can handle it? Not to mention making so many dishes in such a short time. When the time comes, she won't even be able to make a pot of porridge!"
When Xue Qi was assigning the work, he had already soaked the millet and started cooking porridge.
Millet porridge is made with coarse cornmeal. After boiling, the shiny and plump white rice grains are mixed with golden grains, which looks very appetizing.
The porridge in the pot continued to cook, and Xue Qi had already kneaded the dough.
In order to speed up the fermentation, Xue Qi chose a special kitchen fermentation machine and put the kneaded dough into it.
While waiting for the fermentation, she started making the meat filling for the braised pork buns.
Heat oil in a hot pan and fry the minced meat until all the moisture is dried up. Then add cooking wine, ginger, scallions, light soy sauce, five-spice powder, and other condiments. Add the condiments every time the minced meat is stir-fried. Finally, add the sweet bean sauce and stir-fry for a while before serving.
The smell of meat sauce filled the entire space, and everyone working in the kitchen was drooling with greed.
Even the Indonesian chef who was cooking next door couldn't help but sigh: "What are they cooking next door? It smells so good!"
Xue Qi's dough had fermented successfully. She used the fermented dough to make sixty braised pork buns, and then quickly fried thirty pancakes with red bean paste filling.
Finally, some dough was left, rolled into long strips, coated with vegetable oil, coiled like a snake and set aside for use in making ramen later.
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Around six o'clock, the athletes entered the cafeteria one after another.
A group of American athletes came in.
As soon as they stepped into the cafeteria, the aroma of braised pork buns mixed with the aroma of fried red bean paste pancakes hit their noses. They were immediately attracted by the smell, and their appetites were aroused.
Someone asked:
"What's that smell? It smells so good!"
"Is there something new in the cafeteria today? Why does it smell so good?"
"It seems to be coming from the window of the Chinese restaurant. It smells so good. Let's go and take a look!"
"How is that possible? It must be the aroma coming from the Indonesian food window next to the Chinese window. How can a Chinese food window make such delicious food? This is a joke."
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