Chapter 63
Xu Ying didn't stay in Beijing for long this time. After the matters concerning "Legend of the Qing Dynasty" were settled, she prepared to leave.
When her novel "I Became a Star Influencer After Live-Streaming My Cooking" first started serialization, she always brought her computer with her when she came to Beijing, which was somewhat inconvenient. She preferred to stay home quietly and write.
Zhou Xingyun said goodbye: "Then see you next year. I hope you can buy a house next spring."
Xu Ying chuckled.
After several days of discussion, the three of them unanimously decided to begin open auditions for actresses next spring.
That's right, it's an open audition for actresses.
There are just too many female characters in "Legend of the Qing Dynasty". If they were to choose one by one from the entertainment industry, it would take forever. So the production team decided to be generous and hold a talent show, so that eligible girls from all over the country could come and audition.
"Maybe we'll actually find a rising star in the entertainment industry through the interview!"
This is Zhou Xingyun's beautiful vision.
The idea of holding open auditions was first proposed by Luo Ying. After a little thought, Xu Ying strongly agreed. In her opinion, open auditions could not only select actresses, but also provide free publicity for the production team. Why not?
It means that those responsible for casting will have to work hard for a while, but compared to the rewards, the hardship is nothing.
The three chose Shanghai as the location for the preliminary selection.
This is why Zhou Xingyun said he hoped she would buy a house soon, so that she wouldn't have to stay in a hotel every time she went to Shanghai.
“Okay, I’ll definitely buy it before the audition,” Xu Ying promised. She already had a general idea of where to buy a house, but she kept putting it off because she wasn’t in a hurry.
Since I'll be working in Shanghai next year, it's definitely more convenient to buy a house now.
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After returning home and resting for a night, Xu Ying contacted YaYaXueYu (a language learning platform) the next day during her lunch break. She knew YaYaXueYu was a teacher, so she specifically chose to contact her after work.
As soon as the call connected, a cheerful girl's voice came from the other end: "Teacher February, why did you suddenly call me?"
Xu Ying then told Ya Ya about the plans to film "Legend of the Qing Dynasty," which was no secret; anyone could find it online.
"I felt that our previous collaboration was very pleasant, so I wanted to ask if you would be willing to continue designing costumes for the female characters in 'Legend of the Qing Dynasty'."
The costume descriptions that she occasionally intersperses in her novels are simply insufficient to support the massive demands of a TV series; the costumes for the characters still need to be designed by professionals.
"Me?"
The duckling was clearly a bit stunned by this sudden news.
She asked hesitantly, "May I?"
“Sure, the readers all praised the character illustrations you drew for me before,” Xu Ying heard the hesitation in her tone and didn’t want to put her in a difficult position. “Think about it first and then give me an answer. If you don’t want to take it, don’t be shy. Just tell me and I can have the production team find someone else.”
It's a two-way collaboration, a win-win situation. If Ya Ya isn't willing, there's no need for her to force it.
He had ultimately betrayed her sincere heart. If she were to reject him, she probably wouldn't think of him first when she needed something in the future.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Ying began her daily writing session.
Meanwhile, the little duckling was just beginning to realize that her hesitation wasn't because she was unwilling to accept the order; she had simply never seen such a large order before, so her brain had momentarily shut down and she hadn't reacted.
How could she possibly refuse?!
February Sky was her benefactor. It was because of the character illustrations drawn for February Sky that she became somewhat popular, and in recent months her income has increased several times over compared to before.
She thought her situation was good enough.
Who knew that February Sky would suddenly contact her again and give her such a big order. If she completes this order, she will have the confidence to resign from her job at the school and leave.
The duckling excitedly paced back and forth in its living room for a while before realizing that it hadn't actually agreed on the spot.
That was absolutely wrong!
She quickly sent a message to February Sky, expressing her willingness.
Xu Ying looked at the three lines of "willingness" on her phone and couldn't help but laugh. She could already tell from the words how eager the other person was.
She put down her phone, feeling much more relaxed and cheerful than before.
Yuan Wenwen completely gave up her other jobs and started thinking about live streaming.
Interstellar entertainment options are highly developed.
She had been browsing various live streaming websites for several days using her old, secondhand computer and found that mecha games were particularly popular.
Mechs...
For a modern person like her, mechas were still too advanced. She had never seen a mecha in person, and neither did the original owner of this body. The original owner was so poor that she couldn't afford a mecha at all.
Unable to get a share of the mecha market, Yuan Wenwen thought it over and decided that she should stick to her old profession.
She's good at cooking, so why not livestream her cooking for the interstellar people? She's already tired of the nutritional supplements, so cooking can earn her money and provide for her own consumption—it's great!
Yuan Wenwen was full of energy, but when she saw the little balance left on her personal terminal, she immediately became a little dejected.
She was about to go out to the market.
Of course, she could browse supermarkets directly on her computer, but the things in supermarkets were too expensive, and the appearance and names of interstellar ingredients were very different from those in the present. How could she feel at ease without touching them herself?
Money is already scarce; if you buy the wrong things, it's like the sky is falling.
More importantly, you might be able to find some discounted ingredients at offline markets, which is something that supermarkets definitely can't offer.
That's what it's like to be broke; you can only try your best to save money.
The offline market is a mess; Yuan Wenwen almost had her shoe heel crushed off during a trip there.
Fortunately, I managed to buy all the ingredients I wanted.
She tidied herself up, set up her personal terminal, and started live streaming.
The live stream room was empty, with only the moderator robot diligently guarding it.
Yuan Wenwen did not show her face; the camera focused on her hands as she cooked. Regardless of whether there were people in the live stream, she began to process the ingredients on her own.
The thing in her hand, which was as big as a washbasin, was called a thorny beast.
The stall owner said he fished it out of a nearby river. This creature is very annoying; it likes to attack humans with its pincers and has become a pest. He felt it was a waste to throw it away after he fished it out, so he could only hope that someone would be willing to buy it and keep it as a pet.
Yuan Wenwen was both surprised and delighted.
What pet? This is clearly a giant lobster!
She immediately bought the items and exchanged contact information with the stall owner, indicating that she would contact him online to shop if needed in the future.
She never wanted to come back to that dirty offline market again.
The stall owner was surprised to run into such a sucker as soon as he set up his stall. He happily handed the thorny beast to her and even gave her a discount of a few star coins.
In short, both sides felt they had gained something.
The thorny beast was a bit dirty, and Yuan Wenwen was using a brush to clean its outer shell when a few viewers entered the live stream.
Is the streamer giving his pet a bath?
I've raised thorny beasts before. They can easily pinch your hand if you're not careful, and they're very difficult to take care of.
Seeing the number of viewers in the live stream jump from 1 to 5, Yuan Wenwen felt she should interact with the audience. So, upon seeing the comments, she didn't hesitate and directly denied it:
"The streamer isn't giving the pet a bath; the streamer is cleaning ingredients. I'm going to steam this spiny beast and eat it."
She bought some seasonings at the offline market.
The seasonings were even more expensive than the spiny beast, so she didn't buy many, only the most basic and cheapest ones. So today she'll start by making a simple boiled shrimp to test the waters.
Yuan Wenwen's words stirred up a huge wave.
-？？？？
-What?! You said you want to eat a spiny beast?!?!
-Aren't thornbears pets?
-What a scary streamer, I've followed him, hehehehe.
Because of the streamer's sensational actions, several more people suddenly joined the live stream, and this number continued to increase as Yuan Wenwen began to dismember the thorny beast.
The thorny beast was enormous, many times larger than the lobster she had in her previous life.
A whole thorny beast couldn't fit in the pot, so she had no choice but to cut it into pieces to make it easier to cook.
How cruel.
-Who hasn't raised a few spiny beasts when they were kids? They're so common.
Is the streamer Sadie Night Demon incarnate?
Yuan Wenwen had never heard of Satie the Night Demon, but she could roughly imagine that he was probably a notorious villain in the interstellar era.
She was completely unaffected by the comments; instead, she explained as she dissected the meat: "See the joint here with the pincers? Cut it in half from here, so the meat inside is all intact..."
The host was explaining so seriously that viewers couldn't tell if she was joking or genuinely going to cook.
However, both of them are quite bizarre.
The novelty was exactly what attracted viewers, and the live stream's popularity soared in no time.
Yuan Wenwen was oblivious to all of this. She was busy processing the lobsters in her hands. Only when she finished processing them and put them into the pot to steam did she take a moment to glance at the live stream interface.
She was immediately surprised by the number of online viewers displayed in the upper left corner of the live stream.
"So many people?!"
She knew about the population explosion in the interstellar era, but she never expected that simply being a lobster would attract such a large crowd.
In her view, more than two thousand viewers was already a large number of viewers.
When there are many people in the live stream, it is easy for things to get noisy. Yuan Wenwen looked at the rapidly flashing comments and found that many people were criticizing her and asking her why she was so cruel as to eat her pet.
Forehead.
Yuan Wenwen was speechless.
Do people really keep thorny beasts as pets? The stall owner clearly said that thorny beasts are growing rampantly, so children like to play with them. If one dies, they just catch another one, since there are plenty in the river anyway.
This isn't a pet, it's clearly a toy!
Yuan Wenwen ignored these people who were deliberately picking a fight. She replied to a few comments and then picked out the sauce while cooking the shrimp.
The proportions of the sauce ingredients are very important.
Yuan Wenwen likes spicy food, but unfortunately there are no chili peppers in the interstellar area. She was disappointed for a while before going to the market, but then she saw a chili pepper planted in a small flowerpot in the market.
It turns out that it's called lantern fruit here, and it's a well-known potted plant.
Yuan Wenwen: "......"
She was speechless about this interstellar era of food scarcity.
"Next, we'll make the sauce," Yuan Wenwen said, adding the seasonings she had bought according to the proportions.
Finally, she brought her newly bought potted plant under the camera's view. In front of the camera, she casually picked a chili pepper, washed it, chopped it into small pieces, and put it in a condiment bowl.
The screen was immediately filled with question marks in the comments.
-？？？？？？
- Host, this is too bizarre.
-I thought eating thorny beasts was the limit, but I didn't expect the streamer to even eat lantern fruits.
-Waiting for the streamer to make a mistake.
- Physalis fruits are very unpalatable. I tried them once, and the feeling was indescribable. I advise the streamer not to try them lightly.
......
Yuan Wenwen finished mixing the sauce herself before picking it up and bringing it close to the camera.
"Look, the sauce is ready, now we just have to wait for the spiny beast to cook." It's a bit of a pity that she couldn't find substitutes for scallions, ginger, and garlic at the market.
- It smells pungent.
- It must taste like physalis, but how could something with such a pungent flavor taste good!
Looking at the comments, Yuan Wenwen thought the interstellar live stream was amazing. It could actually activate sensory synchronization, which meant that whatever she smelled, the viewers could smell too.
After interacting with the audience for a few minutes, the pressure cooker in the kitchen suddenly made a "ding" sound.
Her shrimp were cooked.
Only a few minutes had passed since she put the thorny beast in to cook; it's no wonder it's a space-age pot – it's incredibly fast.
Yuan Wenwen scooped out the thorny beast piece by piece, drained the water, then peeled off the shell, dipped it in sauce, and put it in her mouth in one go.
"Hmm~"
tasty.
Although the lack of seasoning made it less flavorful overall, it was still a rare delicacy compared to the plastic-tasting nutritional supplements.
Yuan Wenwen ate several bites in a big gulp, and the viewers in the live stream went crazy along with her.
Many people tried it and found the dish to be unexpectedly delicious. However, individual tastes vary; some people found it strange because they couldn't handle the spiciness, while others found it exceptionally enjoyable.
-The meat of the thornbear is so tender...
- It's so delicious! Why can't I have any?! Ugh!
- The taste of physalis is strange, but I don't know why I want to eat it again after eating it.
-I have lantern fruit at home, I'm going to buy a spiny beast to try making it, the streamer's cooking looks so delicious!
"It's very easy to make. You can try it at home. By the way, some people may not like the taste of physalis. You can be flexible and just not put physalis in the sauce."
Yuan Wenwen ate and added to her food.
Looking at the screen full of donations, her eyes narrowed with laughter.
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