Huayu Chef

062 Zhang Jinxuan is trending again.

Yang Zi has received the fourth episode plan from Zhang Jinxuan and knows that she will be going to Baoding next Monday to film donkey meat sandwiches.

Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground.

I'm really looking forward to it, but I'm also worried that I won't perform well and will drag Xuan down. I've watched the second episode several times these past few days, trying to learn from Senior Sister Huang Mengying how to be a witty and entertaining food critic.

The third phase is now online; let's continue learning.

Opening the Youku client on the desktop, Yang Zi immediately saw "Wild Kitchen" on the homepage. She clicked the mouse to enter the playback page, and the player defaulted to playing the latest episode, so she didn't pay attention and waited patiently to watch.

In this low-quality online game, the monster-hunting and equipment-dropping mechanics resulted in one GG (game over) after another. The old lady's bound feet were smelly and long. It felt like this episode's GG duration was longer than the previous two episodes combined.

Is it just my imagination?

"3 seconds left, it's finally over."

Yang Zi clicked to watch in full screen. The familiar "Wild Kitchen" logo flashed by, but the first thing to appear was not Zhang Jinxuan, but Huang Mengying.

Huang Mengying was dressed in all black, with her eyes closed, hands clasped together, and the Tianjin Eye behind her head. Her expression was serene, and her temperament was pure and refined. At first glance, she really looked like a goddess.

"Wow, this shot is absolutely stunning! Senior Sister Huang Mengying looks gorgeous!"

Yang Zi was amazed.

She wasn't the only one with this thought; a barrage of comments scrolled across the screen, all praising Huang Mengying for having a goddess-like aura.

One of them was particularly funny.

"In the second phase, willows were used as streetlights; in the third phase, they were directly converted into streetlights."

"Ha ha."

Yang Zi grinned, but before his laughter could stop, Zhang Jinxuan's voice-over suddenly rang out: "What is this? This is Tianjin... As everyone knows, Tianjin is our country's famous 'meme capital'... Now, with one meme on top of another, he's completely gone mad..."

Huang Mengying's goddess-like aura instantly crumbled, along with Yang Zi and other audience members, who couldn't stop laughing.

"The goddess shines, the madwoman goes mad."

"I didn't say that, you said it yourself."

"Again and again..."

"There are eleven of the top ten universities, and two of them are champions..."

With his witty remarks coming out one after another, each sentence has the potential to become a popular internet meme. He truly deserves the title of "King of Memes." Yang Zi was incredibly impressed and wondered how Xuan Ge could be so eloquent.

Amazing! Amazing!

"cinema ins knee..."

"Who the hell knows you...?"

"Hahahaha~~"

Yang Zi burst into laughter just like Huang Mengying in the video. Zhang Jinxuan's three consecutive sentences of Tianjin-style English ignited the barrage of comments, with countless "haha" messages flooding the screen.

"Little monkey Zi, what are you laughing at?" Zhu Mengyao came over upon hearing the voice.

"Big Head, come check out Brother Xuan's video, this episode is hilarious!"

"What did Brother Xuan do?"

He speaks English...

Zhu Mengyao crouched behind Yang Zi, watched with her, and then laughed together.

Best friends are perfectly in sync.

"Wow, where is this? It's so beautiful."

"Goubuli steamed buns, Erduoyan fried cakes, Guifaxiang twisted dough sticks... Xuan Ge and the others aren't just filming a video, they're clearly on a trip to Tianjin eating delicious food. It looks so tempting, it makes me want to go to Tianjin again."

Yang Zixiang said longingly, "I want to ride the Tianjin Eye Ferris wheel."

"I'd like to ride it too, how about we go tomorrow?"

"I can't go."

"Why?"

"I'm going to another city with Brother Xuan on Monday to film the fourth episode of 'Wild Kitchen,' so I need to conserve my energy and pack my things in advance."

Zhu Mengyao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "Has the location been decided? Where are we filming?"

"Brother Xuan told me not to say."

"Little monkey, tell me."

I'll definitely tell you next Saturday.

"cut."

Zhu Mengyao pursed her lips, decided not to ask any more questions, and continued watching the video.

It got less funny after that, but it was still shocking and tense enough.

The Xingyuan Restaurant had 1008 dishes on its three walls, which amazed Yang Zi and Zhu Mengyao. The screen was filled with "wow" and countless exclamation marks.

"1008 dishes! Kid Bro can cook them all, that's amazing. He's so good, can Brother Xuan beat him?"

Yang Zi remained silent, her expression becoming more serious.

The senior student from the directing department put some effort into the editing and soundtrack. In the early stages, he highlighted Xiao Dangjia's awesomeness, and when switching to Zhang Jinxuan's shots, he used unconventional entry points, which made the audience feel uncomfortable and thus increased the anxiety and tension.

As the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa once said, the script and editing hold the life of a film.

An excellent editor is sometimes more important to a film or television work than a screenwriter, and no less important than a director. They can perform secondary creation on a film or television work, turning an originally mediocre and bland work into a captivating and qualified one.

The editing is particularly convincing when placed in the third episode of "Wild Kitchen". Zhuangzhuang's footage is a relatively long video, which has a sense of tension, but it is definitely not as obvious as the final cut.

The finished product is completely different from the original video.

Seeing that Xiao Dangjia was far ahead, Zhu Mengyao couldn't wait any longer. "Little Monkey Zi, give me your phone."

"what?"

"I'll go online and search who won."

Where's your phone?

"I didn't bring it."

In fact, Yang Zi was also very curious about who won in the end. She wanted to fast forward but was afraid of missing the exciting parts, so she simply listened to Da Tou, took out her phone, connected to mobile data, opened Weibo, and subconsciously checked the trending topics list first.

"Brother Xuan is trending."

"So fast?"

"There are five entries: one is 'Zhang Jinxuan vs. Tianjin Kid Brother,' the second is 'Street Lamp Goddess Huang Mengying Goes Crazy,' haha, the third is 'Kid Brother Tianjin Satellite Yuan Little Chef,' the fourth is 'Did Zhang Jinxuan Lose?' and the fifth is 'Wild Kitchen Season 3.'"

"Click on the last one, quick, quick, quick!"

Yang Zi clicked on the topic "Did Zhang Jinxuan lose?" and saw that the top-rated Weibo posts on the topic page were all displaying the same sentence.

"MasterChef is a winner in life, I'm a loser..."

What was I doing when I was 15?

"The differences between people can sometimes be greater than the differences between people and dogs."

"Well done, Little Master, I admit you won."

"In 'Wild Kitchen,' there are no winners or losers, only achieving the goal. I really like Zhang Jinxuan; he's so gentle, kind, and warm."

"I felt like I was tricked by Zhang Jinxuan, but after watching the end and listening to what he said, I felt that Little Master had won."

"Kid is really motivated. I look forward to his second showdown with Zhang Jinxuan."

"I want to eat braised pork tripe..."

Yang Zi and Zhu Mengyao refreshed the square and came to a conclusion: Zhang Jinxuan won, but he took the initiative to admit defeat, and in the end, Xiaohai Ge calmly admitted defeat.

After so many twists and turns, I'm even more eager to see what happens next.

The two girls stopped playing on their phones and watched the video attentively. When they saw the little boy steal Zhang Jinxuan's lines at the end, leaving Zhang Jinxuan looking completely bewildered, they found it both funny and heartwarming.

It feels so good; every pore on my body feels open.

A very satisfying ending.

Zhu Mengyao felt she hadn't had enough and said, "Little Brother posted a cooking video on Bilibili, Little Monkey Zi, go check it out, I love watching him flip the wok, it's pretty cool."

"Big Head, that kid is only 15 years old."

"Your brain is full of colorful garbage, can't you be a little more innocent?"

"I am pure."

I threw up.

Just as the two girls were getting into the trap, the young master in Tianjin was a bit lost and helpless. His parents also had no experience in dealing with similar situations, and the whole family was at a loss.

First, Xiao Dangjia's social media accounts gained followers, with his Weibo and Bilibili follower counts multiplying several times over. His phone kept ringing as soon as it was connected to the internet, and the number of views for his cooking videos on Bilibili skyrocketed.

Secondly, a group of people came to the restaurant, specifically asking to see Xiao Dangjia cook and to try his Lao Bao San.

One of them was particularly arrogant; he was none other than Grandpa Yu, who smoked, drank, got perms, and loved to have fun.