Huayu Chef

086 Grandpa Yu's thank-you gift was Wu Jing

"Brother Xuan, it's exploded! It's exploded!"

Zhang Jinxuan was busy cutting duck necks for customers when he suddenly received a call from Jingjing. He asked Xiao Song from the finance department to connect the call, and he heard her excitedly shouting on the phone.

"Isn't it normal for it to explode? Don't make a fuss. I'm busy. Get to the point." Zhang Jinxuan packed the duck necks and handed them to the customer.

"Thank you, Brother Xuan."

"You're welcome."

"Brother Xuan, the fourth episode of Donkey Meat Sandwich is amazing! I keep refreshing the Youku page. The full episode was played for a normal length and the number of views was almost a million. Now it's almost 200 million."

Zhang Jinxuan was taken aback: "So fast?"

No wonder Jingjing was so excited; Zhang Jinxuan was excited too.

The third episode of "Old Explosion Three" received heavy promotion from Youku, reaching one million views in just over two hours and surpassing two million views in just over five hours. Based on the data reported by Jingjing, the fourth episode is estimated to reach one million views in just over an hour and will definitely surpass two million views in two or three hours.

The broadcast was excellent.

That's really impressive.

Zhang Jinxuan thought about it for a moment and easily understood. "Wild Kitchen" has been airing for four episodes now, one episode a week, and each episode is of high quality, full of hilarious jokes, accumulating popularity and spreading influence, attracting a large number of loyal fans.

The third episode was scheduled to air every Saturday at 10:00 AM, making it convenient for netizens and viewers to watch on time. It's normal that the number of views surged during this time and the growth rate was faster than that of the third episode.

"And even faster! Brother Xuan, you, Sister Zi, Uncle Yu, the next main dish guessing game, Little Milk Donkey and Old Smoking Donkey are all on Weibo's trending topics list. There are also six or seven other related topics. We've dominated the list in just over two hours since the broadcast started," Jingjing reported to her supervisor with a beaming smile.

All of this was good news, and Zhang Jinxuan was happy but not surprised.

Yang Zi became a childhood goddess for many born in the 80s and 90s with her role as Xiaoxue, and her popularity was quite high. When she first entered the Beijing Film Academy, she was surrounded and talked about by her classmates when she went to the cafeteria. "It's Yang Zi!" "Yang Zi really came to the Beijing Film Academy!" "I've seen her play Xiaoxue."

Grandpa Yu is a renowned "Queen of Crosstalk," having recently appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and his fame and popularity are quite high.

The two celebrities, with their own fan bases, mutually boosted the popularity of "Wild Kitchen," making it a sure thing for them to top the trending topics list.

Why are variety shows so keen on inviting popular celebrities and idols as guests?

They're just after other people's popularity, traffic, and influence.

Furthermore, Youku's promotion and the efforts of various stakeholders boosted the popularity of "Wild Kitchen," allowing Zhang Jinxuan, Yang Zi, Uncle Yu, and others to immediately reap the benefits of exposure.

The saying goes, "When everyone attains enlightenment, two donkeys ascend to heaven."

The old smoker donkey and the little donkey have really capitalized on this trend. They may very well go from being ordinary donkeys to internet celebrities with countless fans, successfully achieving a leap in social class.

Hopefully, Mr. Zhao Guoying, the owner of the donkey shop, won't be too upset.

At this moment, Jingjing exclaimed, "Wow, Brother Xuan, I have another good news for you!"

"What good news?"

"Your Weibo side account is almost 100 million followers!"

In a great mood, Zhang Jinxuan playfully asked, "Isn't your brother Xuan awesome?"

"Brother Xuan, what are you doing? Haha, oh dear, how am I supposed to answer this question?"

"No need to answer, continue probing. Report back to me immediately if the data is broken."

"Yes, sir"

About half an hour after Zhang Jinxuan finished his call with Jingjing, someone else called him.

It was Yang Zi who called.

"Hey, Azusa."

"Hey, Brother Xuan, it's so noisy over there. Are you busy at the shop?"

"I'm incredibly busy."

"Haha, I've been incredibly busy replying to comments from netizens. I suddenly gained tens of thousands of new followers, which surprised both me and my parents."

Congratulations! May you be blessed with wealth and honor.

"I should be the one saying that. You should hurry up and become a big shot. I'm waiting to play your leading lady."

Let's cheer each other on.

"Brother Xuan, I won't bother you since you're busy. Come to my house for dinner tonight. My mom and I are going out to buy groceries later, and my dad will pick you up from the store this afternoon."

Zhang Jinxuan glanced at the customers in the shop, and, though moved, declined: "Thank you for the invitation. Please give my regards to your parents. There are just too many customers today, and the staff are too busy to handle everything. I can't leave. Let's do it another day."

"Okay, Brother Xuan, you're busy. Let's have dinner another day."

OK.

Bye-bye~~

"Bye-Bye."

Almost the instant Yang Zi hung up the phone, Grandpa Yu called.

Zhang Jinxuan was somewhat helpless. He called Sister Zhao over to help out, took off his plastic gloves, took the phone from Xiao Song, and went to the side to answer it.

"Hey, Uncle Yu."

"Xiao Zhang, haha, thanks to you, my horse farm has finally opened for business."

Zhang Jinxuan asked, bewildered, "What do you mean? Didn't your horse farm already open a long time ago?"

"It used to be free, you could go in and watch for free, but now they charge an entrance fee, right? It's reopened for the second time, and I haven't even had a chance to say goodbye yet. I was thinking of treating everyone to a meal in a couple of days to talk about it. Guess what? Today, after 'Wild Kitchen' aired, a bunch of people rushed to the horse farm to see the old smoking donkey and the little donkey. The horse farm keeper called me, and I was so happy. I rushed over to entertain the guests."

"That's great, you've saved on the GG fee."

"Whether it saves money or not is another matter, but you've done me a huge favor, so thank you. I'll call a car to pick you up tonight and we'll have dinner at the horse farm. We happen to have a guest here today, and he seems quite interested in you. He specifically called me to ask about you, so I'll introduce you two."

Who is it?

"Who in the movie would you most like to punch?"

Zhang Jinxuan blurted out, "Donnie Yen."

"Forehead……"

Another man's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao Zhang, you're so fickle! Just a few days ago you were telling Xie Nan you wanted to hit me in the movie, and now you've changed actors?"

Zhang Jinxuan was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Jing?"

"It's me. I'm waiting for you at Grandpa Yu's horse farm. If you want to hit me, hurry up and come over. I won't fight back, but only for today. Once this opportunity is gone, it won't come again."

"Haha, I was just joking with Sister Xie Nan, why did you take it seriously?" Zhang Jinxuan laughed heartily, then pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, you guys have dinner, and I'll treat you to a late-night snack."

"What's up?"

"The shop is packed with customers, I can't get away."

Grandpa Yu interjected, "Little Zhang, call me when you're done over there, and I'll arrange a car to pick you up. Why don't you come to the horse farm? We can have some beer and barbecue skewers."

"Alright, I'll follow Uncle Yu's arrangements. Brother Jing, do you still stand by what you said earlier?"

Wu Jing chuckled and said, "It's only true when I'm sober, but I can't guarantee it when I'm drunk. You'd better come to the horse farm before I get drunk."

"must."

"Xiao Zhang, you're busy. See you tonight."

"Okay."

Zhang Jinxuan put down his phone and felt that the entertainment industry was sometimes very big and sometimes very small. It was so small that it only had the same people coming and going. The relationships between people were intricate and intertwined, giving people the illusion that everyone in the industry was a relative or an acquaintance.

The group photo at the gala was the most fun, with a bunch of ex-girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, current girlfriends, current boyfriends, ex-husbands, ex-wives, and current lovers.

In his previous life, Wu Jing had a very good relationship with Deyun Society. He and his wife attended Deyun Society's 15th and 20th anniversary celebrations. At the 20th anniversary celebration, Wu Jing and Xie Nan performed their first crosstalk show together on stage.

"Wolf Warrior 2" invited Mr. Yu to make a cameo appearance, and at the premiere press conference, Mr. Guo, a well-known and heavyweight star, helped to show his support.

Return the peach.

Wu Jing had a role in Deyun Club's big movie "The Nineteen Generations of Ancestors" and came to the scene to support the event. Wu Jing also made a cameo appearance as a physical education teacher in Yu Zheng's self-directed and self-acted movie "Good Teacher," contributing a widely circulated meme.

These are all things that happened several years later. It's only been 13 years now. Zhang Jinxuan didn't expect that Wu Jing had gotten involved with Grandpa Yu so early.

Master Wu is not only a skilled fighter, but also adept at building connections.