Chapter 15: The Northeast Morning Market, a Miracle Cure for Southerners' Insomnia



In the current situation, even if the system doesn't trigger a task, Qin Zian will handle things immediately.

Qin Zian immediately opened the comment section of the video.

"Sixty-eight yuan for sweet and sour pork? Is he crazy? How can he waste our hard-won southern potatoes from Harbin like this?"

"Quick, quick! Little Potato, send me the address of this Guo Bao Rou restaurant via private message. I'll clean house for you."

"We advertised Northeastern cuisine as being generous in portions and inexpensive, but we never expected to be betrayed by our own people. If this restaurant doesn't close for rectification, then it's the fault of us Harbin residents."

"Ah... Are the people from Harbin in the comments section so overreacting? A bowl of vegetarian spicy hot pot from Xiangjiang costs over 100 yuan. Forget about cleaning house, even we locals are being ripped off."

"A 68-yuan serving of sweet and sour pork has crossed the line for us in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia!!! This stuff is supposed to be between 30 and 48 yuan. Any more than that would be a desecration of sweet and sour pork."

At the top of the comments section, a group of netizens from Harbin were speaking out for Little Potato.

They asked Little Potato which restaurant he had dined at, and all said that the people of Harbin were about to start cleaning house.

Seeing this trend in the comments, Qin Zian roughly understood why this video was so popular.

Immediately, Qin Zian sent a private message to this little potato.

Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau: Hello Little Potato, this is Qin Zi'an, an employee of the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau. Please send me the name and location of the Guo Bao Rou (sweet and sour pork) shop. I will investigate and verify it immediately and will definitely give you and the other Little Potatoes an explanation.

Not long after Qin Zian sent out his message, the little potato also cooperated by posting the store's relevant information.

Without any pause, Qin Zian immediately went with his colleagues from the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau to investigate the matter.

Just as expected!

This restaurant does indeed overcharge customers and treats them very differently.

They not only set up yin-yang menus for locals and tourists, but also greatly reduced the portion sizes for female tourists.

They call it "not wasting food."

However, despite reducing the cost of ingredients, they did not lower the price accordingly; instead, they raised the price to some extent.

After understanding the cause, process, and outcome of the matter, Qin Zi'an immediately imposed a seven-day suspension penalty on the shop in his capacity as the director of the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau.

After the store opens, the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau will send people to supervise and visit the store.

If this happens again, then this shop should just close down.

From the moment the incident started to escalate until Qin Zi'an resolved it, the entire process took no more than two hours.

After the video of the 68-yuan sweet and sour pork went viral online, the shop began to suspend operations for rectification.

After learning what happened, netizens praised the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau for its extremely high efficiency in handling the matter.

Judging from online opinions alone, Harbin's image has not been greatly damaged.

However, the system did not show that the task was completed, and the progress bar was stuck at about 80%.

Seeing this, Qin Zian couldn't help but frown and ponder.

"Why? Those who should be punished have been punished, those who should be compensated have been compensated, even Little Potato..."

When Qin Zian thought of the little potato, a sudden inspiration struck him.

Although the incident involving the 68-yuan sweet and sour pork has been resolved, there's no guarantee that such incidents won't continue to occur.

More importantly, Little Potato herself was unaware that she had been scammed before posting the video.

Under such circumstances, some dishonest merchants will inevitably resort to opportunistic tactics.

With this in mind, Qin Zian also decided to start a live broadcast to let people all over the country learn about the prices in Harbin.

While promoting Harbin's culinary delights, we also strive to attract locals to Harbin.

But it would be too boring if Qin Zi'an were the only one broadcasting the live stream; we need a guest to act as a comparison.

Almost at the same moment, Qin Zian thought of that little potato who posted the 68-yuan sweet and sour pork...

If she could be a guest on the live broadcast of the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau, the effect of the broadcast and promotion would definitely double.

Qin Zian then opened Douyin and sincerely extended an invitation to Little Potato.

...

The next day, at seven o'clock in the morning, at the Harbin morning market.

"Good morning, Little Potato!" Qin Zian greeted Little Potato warmly.

Little Potato mustered his spirits and greeted Qin Zi'an, but quickly deflated.

The girl who posted the 68-yuan sweet and sour pork dish is from Guangdong and her name is Yu Xinxin.

She was incredibly excited when she received Qin Zi'an's invitation yesterday.

Yu Xinxin immediately notified all her relatives and friends.

After all, this is a meeting with a celebrity worth tens of millions, and also a staff member of the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau.

Yu Xinxin was so excited just thinking about it that she couldn't sleep.

But now, Yu Xinxin had completely lost her excitement and instead felt like she wanted to die.

7:00 AM...

Although we agreed to meet at this time, I put on a beautiful makeup look for the occasion.

Yu Xinxin got up before five o'clock, wanting to stand beside Qin Zian in her most beautiful state.

But now, she really can't take it anymore.

Yu Xinxin patted her cheeks, trying her best to cheer herself up.

"Could you please stop calling me 'Little Potato'? I've put on such a beautiful makeup today, don't I deserve to be called 'Princess'?"

Hearing Yu Xinxin's soft-spoken complaints, Qin Zian couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Okay! Good morning, Princess Potato."

Yu Xinxin was slightly taken aback, and said with a hint of helplessness, "Fine... fine, the Potato Princess is still a princess."

After a brief exchange, Qin Zian also opened the live broadcast room of the Harbin Culture and Tourism Bureau.

Thanks to the promotion last night, thousands of netizens flooded into the live stream as soon as it started.

In less than three minutes, the number of viewers in the live stream had reached one million.

Upon seeing such an impressive number, Qin Zian couldn't help but smile.

"As expected! Our Northeast morning market can cure every lazybones. If I had known you guys could get up, I would have started broadcasting at six o'clock."

"Brother, my life is a life too."

Qin Zian had barely finished speaking when Yu Xinxin behind him looked like she was about to cry.

If the broadcast really starts at six o'clock, she might as well stay up all night.

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