Clicking on the trending search headlines, the large photo at the top was the one he had seen outside the Galaxy Building not long ago. It was of a boy named 'Danny' who looked about eight or nine years old, and the ethnicity listed was actually...
panda!
In addition to the poster photo, there's also a photo of the original Twenty-Four Pots. The original is a panda that looks about two years old, with soft paws and a chubby, innocent appearance. It's holding a bamboo stick and looking blankly at the camera. It seems a fan took the photo while it was having lunch.
“…So cute.”
Despite being a breeder for a long time, Gu Yumian still can't resist the black and white dumplings. Twenty-Four Pots' cuteness is on par with his own Snowballs and Tangyuan, and the fangirls of this era are even more adorable than the Earthlings who used to dote on the Rolling Boys unconditionally.
Besides Tangyuan, Twenty-Four Pots was the second panda he had met since coming to this world. They were probably relatives.
"This explains why their eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar." Gu Yumian said to himself.
After all, Gu Yumian was a normal earthling. He couldn't find any high-definition photos of the Twenty-Four Pots right away. Moreover, the panda changes a lot from being a cub to being two or three years old. He didn't think about returning to its infancy at this time.
He searched for "Twenty-Four Pots" on search engines and Weibo. Unsurprisingly, the search was blocked due to insufficient permissions, but that was enough information to give him. At the very least, he had a general direction for finding a home for Little Tangyuan. He just needed to work hard to contact this famous star.
in addition……
This 'Danny' is a panda named Twenty-Four Pots.
This idea was absurd, and he was afraid that he was being sentimental, but he still had this inexplicable feeling. His heart started beating wildly.
"Pot? Why a pot?" Gu Yumian wondered, "Does it have anything to do with the big pot and the others?"
He searched for the terms "big pot" and "second pot, third pot," but nothing special came up. The search engine showed him several new types of frying pans. He didn't know if it was because Big Pot and Second Pot weren't well-known, or if the content was hidden.
Gu Yumian browsed for a while on the entry #Twenty-four Pots of Serious Illness#. It seemed that Weibo and the search engine had only blocked his search permissions, not accurately detecting every corner. For example, when a trending search like this appeared, he could still browse it.
The pinned video is from Twenty-Four Pot Studio. It shows a little boy, who looks about eight or nine years old, wearing a hospital gown. He clasps his hands together at the camera and says distressedly:
"I'm sorry to say I'm going to take a break from my acting activities recently due to poor health. I'll see you all again in 'Timely Rain' in three months."
It was published more than a month ago, and it is still on the hot search with such a large traffic on Capital Star - Gu Yumian couldn't help but be amazed. It seems that this kid is really popular.
Danny Star Fan Club: Good morning, our best Danny baby in the world, take good care of yourself. Little Shovel will always be waiting for you and love you [heart][picture]]
The fan of Twenty-Four Pots is called Xiaoshovel. This is a fan site.
My Guoguo: [crying] Even though I might get scolded, I still have to say this: a certain agent is truly disgusting. Two or three years ago, he was indeed very kind to Danny, but now, relying on his past help, he's completely using Bao Bao as a money-making tool... Bao Bao's current illness must be related to this, right? TAT]
Danny's mom: Angry! He's bullying my Danny. His family lives in seclusion uptown. He's getting too far. He'll get his comeuppance sooner or later.
Agent? Gu Yumian recalled the serious middle-aged man he had met in the elevator of Galaxy Building last time.
That was a close call.
He had indeed thought about contacting his agent just now...but now it seems that if it is really as the Weibo fans said, he will have to wait and see for a while.
Despite being a major star, Twenty-Four Pot's privacy is well protected. Gu Yumian only learned about Twenty-Four Pot's career and representative works through trending searches and visiting fan pages, but knew nothing about his family.
Only some old fans vaguely revealed that the other relatives of the Twenty-Four Pot family "live in seclusion in the upper city and only come out occasionally", and that "many of the other relatives are also famous celebrities and their families are very wealthy."
It's said that Ershisiguo may appear soft and adorable, but he's actually quite independent. When he first debuted, he didn't want to rely on his family's influence, so he worked hard to get into the Capital Film University. He concealed his race and identity and started working his way up from minor roles. It was then that this agent showed him his talent.
Even though everyone with a discerning eye has recently noticed that the agent is going too far, Twenty-Four Pots still has no intention of replacing him.
I don't know whether to say he is stupid or grateful.
“…”
There is not much personal privacy information on the Internet, which shows that the ability of the Twenty-Four Pots team is actually quite good, but the character of the agent is questionable.
Gu Yumian spent an hour gathering and organizing all the information he could. At least now he knew where he was going, and he was instantly filled with energy.
The rookie competition also starts today.
Today is Friday, and from today to next Friday is the first round of the Rookie Competition. Due to the large number of participants, this round is calculated solely on total popularity, with no additional events. It is said that additional events will be added in the future.
The official is willing to spend money, and coupled with its own appeal, the Starry Sky Rookie Competition has attracted a lot of attention and discussion.
Because each planet has quotas, in addition to the capital planet, the best new anchors from other planets also come here from afar to participate in the competition. Invisibly, the popularity PK between the anchors has become a competition between the various subsidiary stars and the capital planet.
Gu Yumian thought about it and realized: "Oh, so I am the only hope of the whole village."
...He really is.
Last night, the Tucker Star Sky Platform sent Kelly a short video to wish him good luck and success. Some of his fans on Tucker Star even held up banners to wish him well, which made Gu Yumian feel a little embarrassed but also very touched.
There were a total of one thousand new anchors participating in the rookie competition, and the first round would screen out a staggering five hundred. Then, the second round would narrow it down to two hundred from five hundred, and the third round would narrow it down to one hundred from two hundred. Those who made it into the top one hundred would be considered to have passed the preliminary round—Tuck Star's greatest expectation for him was just passing the preliminary round; he couldn't even imagine making it past that.
[Tangtang: After the initial selection, there will be a hiatus. During this time, we may organize a hundred anchors for offline promotion and socializing. This has not been confirmed yet. I'm sure you will be fine.]
Gu Yumian: "Yeah."
Gu Yumian didn't really know what his strengths were, let alone where Tangtang and the others' confidence in him came from. Even though it was only the first round, Gu Yumian had prepared diligently—not just for the live broadcast, of course, but also because today was a very special day.
...According to the ancient Earth calendar, today is June 1st, Children's Day.
The seasons on the Capital Planet differed from those on ancient Earth. May marked the height of summer, and August marked the beginning of autumn, but the calendar remained the same. Although there was no Children's Day on the interstellar planet, Gu Yumian, as was her custom, still decided to celebrate with her children.
When Gu Yumian had prepared everything, little Tangyuan just woke up from his nap.
The baby panda nestled in Gu Yumian's arms and rubbed its eyes blankly, while the little snow leopard just came home from school. It immediately stared at the baby panda unhappily, and put its two paws on the baby panda's round head, trying to push it away.
Of course, it didn't work. The baby panda had been fed well and gained a lot of weight recently, but hadn't grown much in length. Gu Yumian planned to wean it off milk and start feeding it bamboo soon.
"Hmm?"
Little Tangyuan held the bottle and looked at the little snow leopard blankly, then looked at Gu Yumian. After thinking for a while, he put down the bottle, slowly moved over and held Gu Yumian's hand in his arms.
“…”
Gu Yumian sighed, his heart softened by the cuteness, and he patted its head. Because he had just learned about the twenty-four pots this morning, thinking that the small glutinous rice balls might be the descendants of the big pot, he felt complicated and emotional.
——Gu Yumian’s complex and focused expression when he looked at little Tangyuan was full of affection in the little snow leopard’s eyes.
...Tsk.
The little snow leopard was silent for a moment, then buried its little head in Gu Yumian's arms, and showed its sharp claws to threaten the baby panda away, occupying the human's arms without saying a word.
It looked down at the panda baby sitting on the ground in a daze, its eyes slightly mocking. A few words were clearly written in its gray-blue eyes:
This is mine.
——There’s no place for you.
It can be said that he is very overbearing and unreasonable.
Gu Yumian: “…………”
Six o'clock in the evening.
The rookie competition area opened on time and the first round of popularity calculation officially began.
Like most new streamers, Gu Yumian immediately started his livestream at 6:00 AM. As usual, he chose the baby panda's perspective and enabled the baby panda's privacy settings before greeting his audience.
"Hello everyone, I'm the host Gu Yumian. We're having Dongpo pork for dinner today, and yogurt ice cream for dessert. After we finish eating, I'll help Xuetuan and Tangyuan comb their fur, and then we can celebrate Children's Day together."
In the more than half a month since coming to Capital Star, Gu Yumian has already accumulated a group of loyal fans. Coupled with the continued popularity after yesterday's publicity and the kitchen system advertisement was put into use, the number of fans quickly exceeded 30,000 within two minutes of the broadcast.
Gu Yumian looked at the still-increasing number of viewers, as well as the many familiar IDs among them, and couldn't help but curl his eyes.
[South China Tigers Never Go on Blind Dates: Here they come!! Throw two fireworks at Mian Mian, wishing you the best of luck in the rookie competition!]
[Home in the Mine: What are we going to eat and play today? I'm so excited, I'm rubbing my hands together.]
I'm a face-lover and I'm proud of it: Oh, I'm a face-lover. By the way, what's the deal with Dongpo pork and Children's Day? Anyway, I'm going to rave about it first!! I ordered a kitchen system because of a commercial the anchor filmed. While it can't make such delicious meals, it's very easy to use and totally worth the money. If you haven't bought it yet, go buy it now!]
[Mussi: Does the host live in District D? I heard there's some kind of construction going on there today, so please be careful if you go out.]
"Thank you, everyone. I'll pay attention." Gu Yumian nodded and continued to explain, "Dongpo pork is a dish I used to love. It's half fat and half lean. Rumor has it that it was invented by... a man named Su Dongpo, hence the name Dongpo pork."
Gu Yumian grew up in Jiangnan, but moved to Sichuan and Shu in middle school. Dongpo pork is a sentimental dish for him. When he was a child living with his grandparents in Jiangnan, cakes weren't popular during festivals back then; a bowl of fragrant Dongpo pork would complete the day.
After making sweet and sour pork ribs last time, he found that the little snow leopard quite liked this kind of sweet dish, so he thought about making more for it.
"I chose the synthetic pork belly," Gu Yumian said. "This meat is half fat and half lean. To avoid it being greasy, we need to blanch it in boiling water first."
Five minutes earlier, Gu Yumian had already placed the pork belly in the boiling water. He took it out, let it cool, and then cut it into two-inch square pieces. The casserole had already been prepared. Gu Yumian placed a lotus leaf as a base, then topped it with cleaned and chopped scallions and ginger, and neatly arranged the sliced pork belly on top.
"My grandmother taught me how to use lotus leaves as the base," Gu Yumian said. "When it's steamed, it has a hint of the lotus leaf fragrance and isn't greasy...it's round."
The large lotus leaves piqued the baby panda's interest. It blinked its round eyes and, with its soft paws, lifted a lotus leaf and placed it on its head, like a round green hat. It looked so funny and adorable that Gu Yumian couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The audience was from the perspective of the baby panda and could not see the appearance of little Tangyuan, but they could see his smile to Gu Yumian clearly. The barrage of comments immediately flashed across the screen with a large number of "awsl" and "Brother, I can do it".
[Pink Puff: Wuwuwu, is there sugar in Mianmian's dimples? I'm almost passing out from the sweetness.]
The little snow leopard became unhappy in an instant: "..."
It hesitated for a moment, lowered its head, touched the remaining lotus leaf with its paw, and then very slowly, bit by bit... moved that lotus leaf onto its head. After doing this, the little snow leopard looked at Gu Yumian with a nonchalant expression, as if it didn't really want your praise and was just playing around.
Gu Yumian: "Oh, does Tuan Tuan also like green hats?"
Little Snow Leopard: “????”
Barrage: "Hahahahahahahaha!!!"
Gu Yumian's eyes curved up, and he picked up the little snow leopard with a dull face and held it in his arms, kissing its ear soothingly: "Okay, I was just teasing you, let's continue making Dongpo pork."
Little Snow Leopard: “…”
The tips of its ears began to feel hot, and it stretched out its paws to press on the side of Gu Yumian's neck, forgetting for a moment what it had just been angry about.
"Green hat, hahahaha, although it's an old joke, it's inexplicably funny." "Mianmian, you old man are so mean. You used to be so serious." "Xuetuan looks like the whole leopard is stunned 2333."
Gu Yumian now has a good grasp of the rhythm of the live broadcast, with a good balance between relaxation and tension. He inserts some casual jokes and interactions into the somewhat boring part of preparing ingredients, and the atmosphere in the live broadcast room suddenly becomes relaxed and lively, which is much better than the beginning when he just did things in silence.
The number of viewers steadily increased and soon approached 100,000.
The Rookie Competition was divided into four smaller zones, A, B, C, and D. Gu Yumian was in Zone D and had already firmly established himself in first place, with popularity figures more than double the second-place player. Even looking across all four zones, Gu Yumian was the first streamer to reach 90,000 followers, on his way to 100,000 followers, in just half an hour.
Old audiences can see Gu Yumian's progress in details, and his performance is getting better and better. They are all moved and relieved.
The pork belly had cooled down and was neatly arranged on the lotus leaf at the bottom of the casserole. Gu Yumian added an appropriate amount of rock sugar, light soy sauce, and a little dark soy sauce. Finally, he poured in a cooking wine he had found to replace Shaoxing wine.
"Just make sure the wine is just above the meat," Gu Yumian said. "Using wine instead of water removes the fishy smell of the meat, making the meat more tender and delicious."
He put on gloves and brought the casserole to the stove, turned to high heat and cooked it until it boiled, then turned to low heat and simmered it slowly. In the past, it took two or three hours to wait on ancient Earth, but with today's technology, it only takes a few minutes.
While the meat was stewing over low heat, Gu Yumian observed the color and appearance of the pork belly through the transparent lid. When it was almost cooked, he opened the lid and gently poked it with chopsticks. He found that he could pierce through it directly, which meant that the meat was tender and crispy enough.
At this stage, the surface of the pork belly has been initially permeated with the sugar color from the rock sugar, making it appear translucent. The rich aroma that emanates when the lid of the pot is opened is even more mouth-watering!
The baby panda curiously pawed at the edge of the pot. Gu Yumian was afraid it would burn itself, so he picked it up and held it in his arms. The little Tangyuan immediately forgot about the Dongpo pork and happily rubbed his head against Gu Yumian's arms.
Anna: It smells so good and looks so good! Can we eat it now? My colleagues could hear my stomach growling when I just opened the pot.
"Not yet," Gu Yumian shook his head, "We need to steam it again to make it more crispy."
The key to Dongpo pork is its texture. Gu Yumian removed the stewed meat from the casserole one by one, placed it skin-side up in a heat-resistant glass box, covered it, and placed it in the steamer, setting the heat on high for a set time.
"Hmm," Gu Yumian observed the pork carefully for a few minutes, and only opened the steamer when the color and appearance of the pork were up to standard, then he took out the Dongpo pork and put it on a plate. "It's ready now, be careful with the heat."
The moment you open the glass lid, a rich, salty, sweet and mellow aroma hits your nose.
The agate sugar color made from rock sugar has completely penetrated into the surface of the pork belly. A layer of thick sauce made from a mixture of sugared scallions, ginger and cooking wine is poured on the surface. The pieces of pork belly look translucent, crystal clear and extremely tempting!
After being simmered and steamed over low heat, the pork belly pork has a thin skin and tender meat after several processing steps. Just looking at it, you can imagine the sweet, sticky, crispy and tender taste that will be in your mouth without being greasy...
Because the meat was so soft and glutinous, Gu Yumian almost couldn't hold it steady when he picked it up with chopsticks. Before he could switch perspective and feed it to the little snow leopard, the barrage of comments had already exploded faster than ever before!
[Liyuan Chunqiu: Hurry up, hurry up, ahh ...
Pudding Cat: This smells so fucking good, doesn't it?! My mouth is watering all over the floor, sob ...
[Boy B: It looks super delicious orz why do I want to eat it so much? Maybe I was a piece of pork belly in my previous life]
[Youyunduo: Ten fireworks for the host. The host has made great progress, both in cooking and in controlling the scene. I wish the newcomer competition all the best and a chance to win the championship.]
The number of spectators also exceeded 100,000 at this time.
It was as if he alone had sucked away all the traffic from Division D. Besides Gu Yumian, the highest audience count only reached 40,000. This was effectively a crushing defeat.
at the same time.
Academy of Sciences, Upper City District, Capital Star.
An expressionless young man sat in a swivel chair, staring at the screen with a gaze more serious than that of a meticulous researcher. He held a bowl of white rice in his hand, glancing at the live broadcast and taking a bite.
Other researchers: “…” It’s over. It seems that the tasks have been too tight recently, and the boss has finally been driven crazy by the pressure.
On the other side, Tak Star.
Ke Li was eating bread while watching the live broadcast, when the bread in her hand fell with a "click".
She was like dreaming: "Wait, what's going on, it's already 100,000?"
The staff of the Starry Sky Platform's Tak Star branch looked at each other, and it was the first time they were so in sync with each other.
Everyone's feeling at this moment, to use the old saying of the ancient Earth, is like the whole village finally having a college student. Everyone thought it would be enough for him to go to an ordinary university, but they didn't expect that the other person... was admitted to Harvard?
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