Chapter 342: Over budget



[What the hell, what did Lin Xue do? Why did the boss give in so readily? This is too amazing! ]

[Hahahaha you guys don’t understand this. Didn’t you hear what the boss said just now? Call Xiaoxue an expert.]

[To give some scientific knowledge to the above poster, the water in the seafood market is quite deep. Xiaoxue just did that to check the water quality. ]

[There are many types of water quality, fresh water and sea water. Seawater-raised seafood usually has a higher unit price than fresh water, but among them, seawater can actually be artificially prepared, and the cost will be relatively low. 】

[People who are not familiar with seafood markets often cannot tell the difference and can be easily confused.]

【That Lin Xue is so amazing! 】

【Absolutely amazing! 】

【……】

Lin Xue and Zhang Yang successfully purchased Australian dragons.

The two came out and saw Sheng Yuan and Shi Yan standing in front of a water tank at a seafood stall next door.

Viewed from behind, it seemed as if he was in embarrassment.

Lin Xue was about to go forward to take a look.

"Excuse me, is this Lin Xue?" A tentative female voice came from the side.

Lin Xue stopped and looked in the direction of the sound in confusion, and saw several women carrying vegetable baskets looking at her excitedly, but she did not recognize them.

"You are——"

Hearing Lin Xue's voice, the women became even more excited and rushed over: "It's really Xiao Xue!"

"We are your fans and have watched your previous show 'MasterChef' several times!"

"Oh, so, hello." When Lin Xue heard that they were fans, she smiled and said, "I didn't expect you could recognize me even when I was wearing a mask."

"Of course! We are your biggest fans! We fell in love with cooking after watching your show. You are a great cook and we learned from you on TV! We have bought all your food documentary series!"

Lin Xue laughed: "Thank you for your love."

Several women looked at Lin Xue hopefully: "Xiaoxue, can we take a photo with you?"

"certainly."

Lin Xue asked her teammate Zhang Yang to help carry the things in her hand.

After taking the photo, several women still surrounded Lin Xue. Obviously, they were excited to take a photo with their idol.

Lin Xue put on a mask and said gently, "It's like this, I'm recording a show right now, and it's not very convenient during the live broadcast, so -"

Lin Xue gestured helplessly in the direction of the camera.

"Xiaoxue, are you recording "Lucky Restaurant"? "

"Yes."

Several fans understood immediately: "Okay, okay, we won't interfere with your filming."

After saying that, they wisely made way and stopped surrounding Lin Xue. However, they did not leave and stayed around, looking at Lin Xue.

As long as it would not delay the recording of the program, Lin Xue just went with them.

She continued to walk towards Sheng Yuan and Shi Yan.

"What's wrong?"

"Can I help you?"

Several fans over there immediately started discussing——

"Little snowman, how nice."

"Yes, when Xiaoxue was on the variety show "Master of Cooking", she always took care of her peers who were her competitors on the show. They all affectionately called her "Senior Sister."

"Those two must be the guests from Group A, Sheng Yuan and Actor Shi." A fan simultaneously opened the live broadcast to watch.

"I heard that among the three groups of guests on 'Lucky Restaurant', only Sheng Yuan and Shi Yingdi's group have no cooking experience. I don't know how the production team let these two newbies form a team."

"I don't understand either. As expected, Xiaoxue couldn't stand it anymore and went over to help them."

“…”

Several fans gathered very close together, and the sound of their discussion was picked up into the live broadcast room.

So, let alone the people present who could hear it clearly.

Lin Xue stopped beside Sheng Yuan and spoke in a friendly tone. In her opinion, Sheng Yuan and Shi Yandun had been here for a while and had not finished shopping yet. It was very likely that they had encountered some difficulties.

“…”

The reason why Sheng Yuan and Shi Yan stopped here was to think about the budget issue.

The funds given to the guests in Group B were calculated according to the purchase order, and before coming, they also recalculated the budget themselves.

The result is that the budget is not much different from the funding amount of Group B.

This difference is allowed to exist within the normal range.

In the early stages of purchasing, everything went smoothly for them.

When it came to the last link, there was a small problem with seafood purchasing.

They were familiar with the latest price list for seafood and used it to calculate their budget, and the prices given by the boss were almost the same.

So they asked the seafood stall owner how many kilograms of king crabs they needed as written on the purchase order.

However, buying king crabs is not like buying pork. You can't just quote a certain weight and get exactly that amount. You have to take them one by one and make sure the required weight is within the purchase order.

Therefore, the reason why Sheng Yuan and Shi Yan stayed for a long time was to spend some time selecting king crabs.

I finally weighed the options and made my selection.

When we weighed the cost, we found that we were far over budget - we didn't have enough money.

At first, Sheng Yuan and Shi Yan simply thought that they had taken too many, so they took out several from the bag.

Until the price weighed on the scale matches the budgeted amount.

However, this number seems a little off. Isn't it a little... too little?

Sheng Yuan stared at the four pitiful king crabs that were left and fell into deep thought.

She recalled the instructions given to the guests in Group B by the program staff.

——The reason why the guests in Group B need to purchase king crabs is because there are several dishes in the menu planned by their restaurant that require crab meat and crab roe separately.

Four king crabs.

If you cook at home normally, it is more than enough.

But the guests in Group B are used for restaurant business, and four king crabs are far from enough.

The guests in Group B are all experienced contestants and will definitely consider this issue. They know the quantity of ingredients needed for their restaurant and it is impossible for them to come up with an incorrect smaller amount.

But when weighed according to this weight, it turned out to be indeed four king crabs.

“…”

At this moment, the accompanying PD received another notice from the director.

"Pull the camera in and give a close-up of the purchase order and the king crab in Group A's hands."

The director emphasized: "Both AC live broadcast rooms must be given."

The four photographers around immediately did as they were told, carrying their equipment.

Now, in a short while.

The audience in the two live broadcast rooms could see it clearly and soon discovered the clue.

——There is a bit of weirdness between the weight on the purchase order and the actual number of king crabs weighed.

On the side, Lin Xue was still standing there, quietly waiting for Sheng Yuan to answer and ask for help.

(End of this chapter)


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