How to eat pineapple buns on the immigration ship

Chapter 263 New Program
In mid-June, the main ship of the third convoy was located on the campus of the Agricultural University Affiliated High School.

The students, who had finally finished their last exam, cheered and ran to their respective club activity rooms to share the good news and discuss their summer outdoor study tour plans.

Meanwhile, the students who had already made arrangements for their club activities gathered at the Tongue Club's small restaurant, enjoying fruit milk and cake while discussing their holiday travel plans.

As for the president of the A Bite of China club, he was slumped over the table, his eyes vacant and his face expressionless.

"What's wrong with Kagawa-san? She's not usually like this after exams."

Squad leader Lu Daiqing said worriedly.

“This girl isn’t worried about the exams at all. Even if she hands in a blank paper, the principal and Teacher Zhu will still let her graduate smoothly,” Aino snorted. “It’s said that she’s like this now because the Cultural Bureau and the Agricultural Bureau want to discuss cooperation with her sister’s live streaming room, which has disrupted her original plans.”

“That’s right…” Kagawa said quietly while lying on the table, “It was so hard to get Prison Break, Game of Thrones and House of Cards approved by the Information Office. Xiangxue and Linming had already arranged their live streams for next week. But when my mother came home last night, the first thing she said was, ‘Kawa, Xiaoxue, can you adjust your live stream plans for the summer vacation a little?’ That’s not fair.”

“I’ve heard my family mention this before,” Ouyang Yating said. “It seems that the draft of the ‘Adjustment of Agricultural Product Production Ratio’ is scheduled to hold its second public meeting at the end of July or the beginning of August. However, some residents and agricultural workers still have doubts and dissatisfaction with this adjustment plan, so they are calling on the government on social media to postpone the promulgation of the draft.”

Hearing this, Qiu Manman, who was sitting next to Xiangchuan, looked puzzled and asked, "What does that have to do with Xiaoxue's live stream?"

Nancy chuckled and leaned closer, saying, "Actually, it's just that the government has taken a liking to Xiaoxue's livestream popularity. Now that the Information Bureau and the Culture Bureau are backing her up, the number of viewers in the livestream is close to nine figures. In this situation, if we want to do some promotion, having Xiaoxue do it on our behalf is much more efficient than sending promotional ads directly to our personal spam folders."

"Hmm...so the Agriculture Bureau and the Culture Bureau want Kagawa and Kaori to help promote the correctness and necessity of the draft, right?" Class monitor Lu Daiqing summarized, "But what does this have to do with Kagawa's current listless appearance?"

“This analogy doesn’t need to be so specific…” Kagawa couldn’t help but look up, a black line appearing on his forehead as he stared at his class monitor. “The troublesome thing is that the Agriculture Bureau and the Culture Bureau have directly dumped the task of producing and creating promotional videos on me and Xiaoxue, but where have we ever been exposed to the production process of these kinds of government promotional videos? Sigh…”

As he spoke, Kagawa lay face down on the table again.

The main problem is that she just can't understand it! How come, even 30,000 years later, she still has to "enjoy" this kind of task of being assigned by her superiors to make PPTs?

Damn it, I'm a high school freshman! My sister just started junior high! They're using child labor! Kagawa thought viciously.

But she could only dream about it; after all, the head of the Cultural Bureau was her own mother. When her uncle from the Agricultural Bureau came to ask them for a favor, Kagawa was about to refuse outright when she met Lin Minzhi's businesslike smile.

The sharpness of that gaze reminded Kagawa of the piercing look in her eyes when her boss, all smiles, handed her a whole week's work schedule. She then found herself agreeing almost unconsciously.

It was definitely not because I was afraid of being beaten with a bamboo stick by my mother, absolutely not.
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Looking at the listless Kagawa, everyone exchanged bewildered glances.

Ouyang Yating asked, "Does the Agriculture Bureau specifically require that the publicity be done in video format? Can't we use print ads or websites?"

"They came all the way here specifically because they saw Xiaoxue's live stream. They can't exactly broadcast a drama while putting up a black screen with promotional posters, can they?" Xiangchuan shuddered as he recalled the interfaces covered with promotional posters he had seen in some live streams in his previous life.

The modern live-streaming culture is still in its infancy; we can't be the first to set this bad trend.

“How about… we ask the information department or the film department’s clubs for help?” Qiu Manman suggested. “No need. My mother and the uncle at the Agriculture Bureau said that if I need people, they can send a team from the information department.”

The information department's team is so highly qualified that it naturally doesn't need to hire club students from the Agricultural University Affiliated High School.

“My main concern right now is that I can’t figure out how to make this promotional video. Actually, the content that the Agriculture Bureau wanted to show during the first review has already been shown in the live broadcast and the archived video. What can I do now?” Kagawa muttered. “Besides, if I do too much, I might accidentally leak some of the draft’s details, which would backfire.”

Hearing this, the members of the Tongue Tip Society, along with Nancy and Qiu Manman, frowned. Indeed, the first meeting's explanation of the draft was detailed enough. As long as the live replay of the first meeting remained on the Agriculture Bureau's homepage, the actions that Kagawa and Kaori could take would remain limited.

With that in mind, everyone began to rack their brains.
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Just then, squad leader Lu Daiqing suddenly spoke up:

"Perhaps, Kagawa-kun, you could try a different approach?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Lu Daiqing.

"A change of thinking?"

Kagawa asked, puzzled.

Lu Daiqing nodded and said:

"The fundamental reason why the Agriculture Bureau issued the draft is because of the ancient food processing techniques and various recipes that you, Kagawa, demonstrated. Previously, these things were sold to the public by the Tsukikyou Group in the form of restaurants, and the public regarded them as new processing technologies launched by the Tsukikyou Group."

"With the promulgation of this draft, Kagawa-san's ancient food processing techniques and ancient recipes will be seen as a brand new technology by people who didn't pay much attention to the inside story of Tsukikyou Restaurant before, which will cause some unease and confusion. What's more, it involves ingredients such as pork and poultry offal that are too unfamiliar and look terrifying to the public."

"In that case, Kagawa, you could start by popularizing the methods, approaches, and even history of food preparation in ancient times, and create a video for the viewers watching the drama in the live stream to learn about these things. Once everyone knows the origins and theoretical basis of these methods and ingredients, I think that would be enough to dispel the public's anxieties and concerns."

Hearing this, Aino snapped his fingers excitedly and praised, "As expected of you! If Old Lu had handled it from this angle, this guy would have had it much easier, right?"

As he spoke, he looked at Kagawa.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Kagawa did not show an excited smile or quickly gather the Class 8 members to discuss matters.

Instead, he opened a blank light screen whose content was invisible to everyone else, and stared blankly at something on it that no one else could see.

"This thing..." Kagawa muttered, "Actually, there are some readily available."

She looked at the screen in front of her; it displayed a video website page with the video titled—

A Bite of China

(End of this chapter)