Chapter 39 The trumpet was discovered? Wait, this is winning the lottery? …
Eight thousand points was a huge amount for Ji Qingzhi. She couldn't help but take a breath. These were eight thousand points. The points on the light screen instantly became fifty-five thousand. She didn't expect this. The last time Yun Xiangrong and Huo Yubai were together, they only increased by four thousand points. She thought this time it would be at most four thousand points. She opened her phone in surprise.
The message alert sound almost caused the phone to freeze. After the alert sound stopped, Ji Qingzhi realized what had happened. It turned out that the "lottery" she mentioned last night had brought the matter to a climax.
She raised the corners of her lips. If she had known that the lottery was so useful, she would have done it earlier. She glanced around and saw that her deadline was set for tomorrow, so she would have time to get some more ingredients tomorrow.
Besides Ji Qingzhi, Xu Yu'an was also shocked. The first thing he did when he woke up in the morning was to turn on his mobile phone. To be honest, he was a little nervous. This was his first time doing operations. What if the results were not good? After he posted it last night, he immediately quit after seeing Yun Xiangrong and Huo Yubai reposted it. With these two people, he attracted their fans, which was not his original intention.
"Fuck, Old Xu, you're going to be famous. Look at the likes, comments and reposts. Damn, it turns out that Sister Ji is going to hold a lucky draw." Yang Li kept refreshing his phone.
"What?" Hearing this, Xu Yu'an hurriedly got up from the bed.
"Sister Ji has organized a competition for spicy and sour cabbage. The one who gets the most likes will have a chance to win braised food and meat sauce." Yang Li now understood what was going on.
"How to compete?" Li Jian became interested.
"Cooking competition, someone followed the video and cooked last night." Yang Li said as he opened the pictures posted by netizens, then shook his head. Well, Sister Ji's cooking is better, with good color, aroma and taste. This one doesn't look delicious.
"Well, I originally wanted to try it." Li Jian said with a disappointed tone.
"Don't worry, now that Old Xu is here, we won't have to worry about having no food. Old Xu, you have to work hard." Yang Li joked.
Unfortunately, Xu Yu'an had no time to pay attention to them at this moment. He stared at the entries of spicy and sour cabbage and Ji's Restaurant. Why didn't he think of these at the beginning? Fortunately, Sister Ji’s lucky draw pushed all of this to another climax. At this time, he had the same idea as Ji Qingzhi, whether he should put a simple recipe on the video next time.
Thinking of this, he called Ji Qingzhi directly. Ji Qingzhi on the other end of the phone sounded a little surprised: "What's wrong?"
"Sister Ji, I read everyone's comments and think we can change it to posting a video every three days, making it a late-night series, and then add simple recipes to encourage everyone to make them together, and then let netizens comment on them?" After Xu Yu'an finished speaking, he waited nervously for Ji Qingzhi's answer. This way everyone would feel involved and would be more willing to interact.
"I think it's a good idea. Every time the netizen with the most likes posts, we will give away two bottles of meat sauce and a portion of braised food. People will be more willing to buy if there is a prize." This was also Ji Qingzhi's idea. Just think about it, it would be a wonderful thing to earn 8,000 points or even more every three days.
"Okay, then I will start editing the braised pork part today. Can you send me the recipe, please?" Xu Yu'an calmed down quickly. This was just the beginning, he had to keep steady and not start high and end low.
"Okay, I'll send it to you later." After Ji Qingzhi hung up the phone, he sent him the recipe for braised pork.
Although today is a working day, there are also many freelance jobs, such as Qian Wan. He was thinking about what reason he could use to ask Qiu Tian out for dinner again. Unexpectedly, the opportunity came so soon. He sent a message to Qiu Tian [Have you seen the challenge of spicy and sour cabbage at Ji’s Restaurant? 】
Qiu Tian, the victim of the poisoning late last night, was slacking off at work. When she saw a new message prompt, she slowly clicked on it. After reading the message clearly, she suddenly became alert and replied directly, "So you want to make spicy and sour cabbage? 】
Qian Wan could feel her excitement even through the screen, and he curled the corners of his lips and said, "Yes, do you want to try it together?" 】
Qiu Tian was not a fool, so she could naturally feel the affection the other party was showing. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to treat Qian Wan as a new blind date candidate. Wasn't the process of their meeting on the day similar to her usual blind dates? The only difference is probably that Qian Wan, the "blind date partner", was someone he found himself.
Qian Wan saw that there was no reply from the other end, and the smile in his eyes became more obvious. He thought that since he had shown it so obviously, she must have noticed it. This hesitation at this moment affected their future development, so he was not in a hurry.
After figuring it out, Qiu Tian relaxed a lot. After all, she had been on blind dates many times, but this was the first time she met someone so compatible with her. Of course, what made her even more excited was that Qian Wan was really a good dining partner, so she quickly replied to the message, "Okay, then where shall we meet?" 】
Qian Wan: What time do you get off work? 】
Qiu Tian【Five thirty】
Qian Wan: [I'm going to buy groceries at four o'clock, so I can pick you up there. 】
Qiu Tian couldn't help but cover her face after seeing the message. He was more capable than she expected. She thought, she dared to go to his house for dinner alone, so why would she be afraid to tell him the address of his company? Of course, all this is based on her understanding of the ID "Qian Duo Mei Shi Duo".
Looking at the address sent from the other side, Qian Wan's smile became even wider. Isn't this a step forward for them? Well, this step forward should be sincerely thanked to Ji’s Restaurant. Thinking of this, he went to the video released by Ji’s Restaurant that day and clicked the like button.
After doing all this, he began to think about tonight's menu. In addition to the hot and sour cabbage, he still had to prepare other dishes. After writing it in the memo, he began to look for what flowers would be better to send for their second meeting.
After the two finished chatting, Qiu Tian asked her best friend if she needed to buy something from Qian Wan, such as fruits or flowers?
Apple Fruit [Wait, you said you met at Sister Ji’s place? 】
Qiu Tian: [Yes, we met each other while queuing up early on Saturday morning. 】
Apple Fruit [Damn, Sister Ji’s business has become so extensive that she can become a matchmaker? 】
Qiu Tian covered her face. Although they had not yet taken the next step, it seemed that it was not impossible to say so.
Apple Fruit [So what he said about challenging you to hot and sour cabbage was fake, and what he said about inviting you to dinner was real, right? 】
Qiu Tian: [So do you think I should bring anything with me? 】
Apple fruit [If you are a friend, bring some fruit wine, juice or something like that. Just bring fruits like this. By the way, if the spicy and sour cabbage he makes gets the braised food and meat sauce from Sister Ji, remember to share some with me. 】
Qiu Tian: [Okay. 】
Ji Qingzhi didn't know that she had become a matchmaker. She was busy preparing stewed food and meat sauce. Aunt Liu next to her thought of the scene she had just seen and asked, "Why are there so many people queuing outside today?"
"I guess many people come here for the hot and sour cabbage." Li Yuanyuan also watched the video from yesterday. The editing was great. Not only did the hot and sour cabbage look delicious, the scene of Ji Qingzhi picking cabbage at the beginning was also very eye-catching. While everyone was discussing the dish, there was also a lot of discussion about the cabbage itself. Many people wanted to try the pollution-free vegetables.
"Cabbage?" Aunt Liu was a little confused, then nodded: "I have to say that the vegetables grown by the boss taste much sweeter than the ones you buy."
"I feel the same way. My parents-in-law often bring over vegetables grown at home, but there is still a difference in the taste." Li Yuanyuan's tone was a little puzzled. They were all pollution-free vegetables grown at home, but the dishes here at Ji Qingzhi tasted obviously different.
"Aunt Liu, we'll need two more kilograms of braised food and beef tomorrow." Ji Qingzhi interrupted them quickly because she didn't want them to continue discussing the differences between the dishes.
"Okay." Aunt Liu nodded quickly. After Li Yuanyuan's explanation, she knew that the extra things were prizes.
Just as Aunt Liu guessed, in addition to the braised food and meat sauce, many people lined up outside for the spicy and sour cabbage. Yesterday, Ji Qingzhi replied under the comments that the number of pollution-free cabbages was limited, so everyone chose to try the spicy and sour cabbage today.
Ji Qingzhi hardly took care of the cabbages he grew except for watering them. The cabbages did not grow as plump as those sold in the market. One cabbage could basically only be used to make a plate of spicy and sour cabbage. The system did not specify the quantity when issuing the task, so Ji Qingzhi did not plant many.
The "cabbage craze" that swept the Internet caused this dish to appear on many people's dinner tables at noon that day. Many netizens even tagged Ji Qingzhi and asked her to be the judge. Unfortunately, busy Ji Qingzhi did not see these tags at the first time. She turned into a ruthless machine, constantly repeating the process of making hot and sour cabbage.
She didn't finish her work until three in the afternoon. She only got 800 points for unlocking the recipe today, and the points for braised food and meat sauce also reached 2,000 points. The points in the points class were changed to 57,000. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Yu'an sent her the clip of braised pork.
She was a little surprised: "So fast?" 】
Xu Yu'an [This is just the first edition and needs further revision. 】
After sending this message, Xu Yu'an felt a little guilty. He had modified this video twice, and he also tried his best to imitate Gu Jingsi's techniques and methods.
Ji Qingzhi: [Thank you for your hard work. 】
For Ji Qingzhi, as long as the picture quality is clear, it’s enough. But she also doesn’t want to discourage Xu Yu’an’s enthusiasm too much, so she sent him another emoticon package to show encouragement.
Not getting the answer he wanted, Xu Yu'an turned around and pulled Yang Li, who was playing games on the bed, up and said, "Hurry up and take a look. Is there a big difference between this and the last time?"
"Does it matter whether there is a difference or not? Didn't you edit them all?" Yang Li didn't understand why he was so obsessed with this.
Xu Yu'an touched his nose somewhat unnaturally. It was precisely because it wasn't the case that he felt so guilty, okay? As the popularity of hot and sour cabbage grew, he felt happy but also guilty, fearing that the second video would lose popularity due to quality issues.
In just a moment, Yang Li had finished watching the latest video. He swallowed his saliva and said, "Old Xu, to be honest, it is indeed a bit immoral for you to release the video at night. No, I won't go to eat noodles tonight. I want to eat braised pork."
"What do you think?" Xu Yu'an frowned. Does this guy still remember what he asked him to do?
"I don't think the quality of the video is important. After watching it, I just want to eat the braised pork. Do you understand what I mean?" Yang Li wanted to say that everyone's attention was attracted by the braised pork, so who cares about the video editing techniques?
Yang Li's words made Xu Yu'an suddenly enlightened. Yes, this was essentially a food video. What everyone was paying attention to was the dish itself. The video just had to be smooth and clear. He was thinking too much.
Thinking of this, Xu Yu'an suddenly felt relaxed. He looked at Yang Li and said, "Sister Ji always sends me recipes. If we have time, why don't we try it ourselves? It is a basic requirement for men in the new era to be able to cook."
"You make sense. I met a girl in the game yesterday. Her boyfriend cooks for her family. She also said that the first criterion for her and her girlfriends in finding a boyfriend is whether he can cook." Yang Li touched his chin after he finished speaking. It should not be too late for him to work hard from now on, right?
"Yes, in the new era, housework and cooking are not exclusive to women. Now that there are ready-made teachers, I naturally have to learn them." After Xu Yu'an finished speaking, he thought of Gu Jingsi. He went to college abroad. During those years abroad, he developed good cooking skills.
According to his family's arrangement, he should have gone abroad to study at university, but he chose his own way. Thinking of the balance in his card, he felt that it was time to put learning to cook on the agenda.
In one day, the whole network was trying to make spicy and sour cabbage. After finishing the challenge, everyone would tag Ji Qingzhi to indicate that they were here to hand in their homework. From then on, Ji Qingzhi got a new title - Teacher Ji.
When Ji Qingzhi saw that everyone called him Teacher Ji, the smile on his face deepened. The quality of the assignments submitted varied greatly, but fortunately everyone was very motivated, and many people even asked what dish would be in the next video. Of course, there are also many people waiting for the prize announcement, wanting to know who the winner will be.
The popularity this time was something Ji Qingzhi had never expected. She was happy but couldn't help but worry that the popularity would be short-lived. After all, she needed points, so she couldn't help but think, how to maintain such popularity?
Before she could think about it, she received a call from Yun Xiangrong, who was very mysterious on the phone: "Huo Yubai and I are going down the mountain again. There is someone with us that you would never guess. Do you want to guess who it is?"
"You've already told me that I would never be able to think of it, so how can I guess?" Ji Qingzhi asked with amusement.
"Then just guess randomly?" Yun Xiangrong laughed twice and asked her to continue guessing.
Ji Qingzhi guessed several leading actors, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Are you going to tell me it's Director Jiang?"
"Congratulations, you got the answer right." Hearing the surprise in her tone, Yun Xiangrong was very satisfied.
"Really?" Ji Qingzhi was just surprised. She thought, there was probably no one in the circle who didn't want to act in Director Jiang's movie.
"How could this be false? Director Jiang and Uncle Ji also have a history." This was the reason why Director Jiang followed them down the mountain.
"What origin? How come I don't know it?" Ji Qingzhi was a little surprised. Then he thought, Old Ji had never approved of his acting, so it made sense that he was unwilling to tell him.
"Uncle Ji has inadvertently helped Director Jiang overcome difficulties in the past. You'll have to wait for Director Jiang to tell you the details. By the way, Director Jiang is very interested in the spicy and sour cabbage and decided to go to the logistics department to challenge it today." This was the good news that Yun Xiangrong wanted to tell her today.
"No, there are too many factors. I think I need to digest them carefully." Ji Qingzhi put one hand on his chest and felt his heart beating faster.
"Then you should digest it well, and we'll see you the day after tomorrow." Yun Xiangrong's tone was full of smiles.
Seeing her hang up the phone, Huo Yubai quickly asked: "How is it, what did Sister Ji say?"
"Don't worry, she's happy that Director Jiang is going. We're just here to eat and drink for free. Remember to find your position." Yun Xiangrong reminded.
"We can provide prizes for Sister Ji's lucky draw." Huo Yubai had already thought about it. In addition to autographed photos and peripherals, many generations of his products from his studio could be delivered directly to Ji's restaurant.
"Of course, Huo Yubai, you are really scheming to get the food for free." Yun Xiangrong regretted in her heart, why didn't she think of this? But it doesn't matter, she can copy the homework.
"Yun Xiangrong, you are tarnishing my friendship with Sister Ji." Huo Yubai snorted. What selfish motives could he have? He just wanted to exchange these things for the original prize.
"Do you think I believe you?" Yun Xiangrong said as he stood up and prepared to go to the logistics department to see Director Jiang challenge the hot and sour cabbage.
Because cabbage can be stored for a long time, the purchasing team will buy a lot of cabbage every time they go down the mountain. Everyone is already tired of eating cabbage, so when this challenge came out, everyone is eager to try it. Tonight's dish is probably going to be a cabbage banquet.
As soon as Director Jiang's video of challenging the spicy and sour cabbage was released, it immediately pushed the incident to the top of the trending searches again. Seeing this popularity, Yan Si gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't I realize that she was so good at making things happen before?"
The assistant shrank aside and didn't dare to speak, but couldn't help complaining in his heart, "You have to give others a chance." Ever since Ji Qingzhi refused her arrangement for a dinner, she had not given Ji Qingzhi any chances. She only wanted to use her to make quick money, so she naturally could not take advantage of this popularity.
It was useless for Yan Si to feel upset and regretful. She couldn't help but have a headache when she thought about the lawsuit with Song Panyan. It seemed that since Ji Qingzhi did not renew the contract, all kinds of troubles had followed. Thinking of this, Yan Si could not help rubbing her eyebrows. She could only watch Ji Qingzhi's popularity continue to rise, and she could do nothing. The only consolation was probably that Ji Qingzhi had not signed a contract with anyone yet.
Ji Qingzhi watched helplessly as "Challenge the Hot and Sour Cabbage" became a hot search again. The number of followers of Ji's Restaurant also increased directly to one million because of this wave of popularity. She stared at the number and couldn't help but think, how great it would be if this could be converted into points.
The number of comments and likes under the spicy and sour cabbage video is still increasing. Tomorrow, the one with the most likes will receive a reward. She scrolled down little by little and looked at the pictures everyone showed. She thought, the popularity is still continuing, so there should be points rewards tomorrow, right?
It was only when Qiu Tian saw the hot search when she got home that she remembered that they had forgotten to shoot a video when Qian Wan was making spicy and sour cabbage today. She didn't expect that he would bring her flowers when he came to pick her up. Similarly, he probably didn't expect that she would bring fruit.
Although this was only the second time the two met, they were unexpectedly on the same wavelength, so the atmosphere between them was always good. When she arrived at Qian Wan's house, because she often watched his videos, she was very familiar with the layout and decoration of his house, especially the kitchen, so the slight restraint in her heart disappeared instantly after seeing the familiar environment.
She always helped him when he cooked. Although it was just small things like helping to pass things, it made Qiu Tian feel that if she considered Qian Wan as a blind date, then he would really be a person worth developing. However, after just having dinner together once, he was able to accurately understand her preferences. All the dishes tonight were her favorite flavors, and when the two of them were chatting, they unexpectedly discovered that they had very similar preferences. Because of this, they were so engrossed in the conversation that they forgot to take the video. She sent a message to Qian Wan with some regret.
Qian Wan: [It doesn't matter, I'm doing this anyway, if I participate I'll be suspected of cheating. 】
His words resolved Qiu Tian's regret. She raised the corners of her lips and replied, "It's only courtesy. I'll treat you to dinner this weekend." 】
Qian Wan [Ji’s restaurant? 】
Qiu Tian: [Yes. 】
Qian Wan: [Okay, then I'll go line up in advance, you just come over at ten o'clock. 】
Ten o'clock is the time when people can queue up at Ji's restaurant. Thinking of this, Qiu Tian felt a little sweet in her heart. She lowered her eyes and looked at the message sent by her mother. She decisively rejected the blind date on the weekend and replied, "I have someone I am in contact with now. 】
The other end quickly asked, "Really?" 】
Qiu Tian: [Don't worry, it's more real than pearls. 】After replying to this message, Qiu Tian did not reply to any more messages. Instead, she logged into the Hongshu APP to record her acquaintance with Qian Wan.
The deadline for the spicy and sour cabbage challenge was 10 a.m. At this time, Ji Qingzhi had finished working on the meat sauce and the braised food, so he clicked on the comments, found the one with the most likes, and tagged him, asking him to send his address privately.
As soon as this blog post was published, a mechanical voice sounded almost simultaneously: "Promote spicy and sour cabbage and get 5,000 points as a reward."
Ji Qingzhi's surprise only lasted for a second, and then he analyzed that although the popularity of the whole day yesterday was higher than the night before, many people yesterday had already posted comments the night before, so all in all, more people participated the night before. The points were directly changed to 72,000, and increased by nearly 10,000 points every day. This was probably the best news for Ji Qingzhi.
After Ji Qingzhi's blog post was published, everyone was envious of the netizen with the ID "Today I Don't Eat Meat", and Today I Don't Eat Meat himself was seriously recording Gu Jingsi's requirements for joining the crew. Yes, that's right, Gu Jingsi has already confirmed the date for joining the crew, and the next step is for him to notify the crew and the actors. After all, Gu Jingsi is notoriously strict, so he must make sure to notify everyone.
At this time, his cell phone kept ringing. As expected, Gu Jingsi's eyes fell on him: "Take care of your business first."
"Okay, Director Gu." Bai Hongkai wiped the non-existent beads of sweat from his forehead. He remembered that he had muted his phone, and the only thing that was not muted was the message notifications. He immediately uninstalled the software.
It was not until Bai Hongkai turned on his phone that he realized these notifications came from Big Eyes. He couldn't help but be shocked. Could it be that his small account was discovered? He quickly opened the message notification. Fortunately, the small account was not discovered. Wait, did he win the prize?
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