Apocalypse: I became rich by selling zombie live broadcasts

Chapter 77 Can Boss Wu Cook Them?
Yuyang Manor,

kitchen.

Wu Hongru and his chefs were busy as hell. Because the manor had an underground well, they had access to water. And because Shi Nianzhen had brought a wealth of supplies, the manor hadn't cooked in a while.

Shi Nianzhen and Bei Mian sat in the restaurant. The food was cleared away one by one, and no dish could last more than ten minutes.

The live broadcast is still on.

The barrage of comments flashed past my eyes.

[Ah, this red rice noodle roll looks delicious. ]

[Sister Zhen, please sell a few copies~~~]

[Yes, yes, I don't ask for too much. Just like when you used to order hot pot, you could order ten or twenty servings.]

[This is hilarious! Don't you even look at how many people are online right now? Who would want 20 copies? Even 100,000 or 200,000 copies wouldn't be enough.]

[Well, then let Sister Zhen do some fan benefits! ]

When Shi Nianzhen saw this, he paused.

It has been more than two months since she started live streaming, and she has never received any fan benefits.

The number of viewers has exceeded 50 million.

Using food as a fan benefit, the winning rate is only one in ten thousand out of five thousand.

The question now is whether her supplies can sustain her and whether Wu Hongru can make 5,000 dishes.

Shi Nianzhen immediately went to ask Wu Hongru.

"Five thousand copies?"

Wu Hongru put the stir-fried beef with Chinese kale from the pot onto a plate and paused when he heard the amount.

After four months of starvation in the apocalypse, his skinny face twisted for a moment.

It's the end of the world. Even landlords like Boss Longlou, whose warehouses are full of food, have to split their meals into two because they have workers to support and they don't know when the end of the world will end.

It was understandable that Shi Nianzhen and the others wanted to have breakfast, but wanting 5,000 dishes after a meal was a bit too much.

But who is he?

After thirty years of ups and downs in the business world, he has more than just Dragon House. He only has this culinary skill because he can't lose the ancestral craft.

Wu Hongru is very good at cultivating his Qi. No matter what he thinks in his heart, he always looks calm and composed.

"In the old Dragon House, 5,000 servings wouldn't even account for a third of the daily sales. But now, there aren't that many ingredients..."

Shi Nianzhen understood his concerns as soon as he heard it.

"You don't have to worry about the ingredients. I'll provide them. I just want to know how long it will take you to make 5,000 dishes."

"Of course, I won't let you do it for free. I will pay you. If you want supplies or other things, it's up to you."

When Shi Nianzhen said this, he was extremely calm.

Wu Hongru's eyes flashed, and he looked at the workers helping in the kitchen and pondered for a moment: "There are not many people, but if we prepare in advance, we can shorten the serving time to one morning."

In the morning, that's about six hours.

Shi Nianzhen smiled and looked directly at the camera, "Everyone, did you hear that?"

"The chef needs to prepare, and the fan benefits will have to wait until tomorrow."

In the barrage, there was a sense of elation:
【Fans benefits! 】

Is it 5,000 copies?

【I will come early tomorrow! 】

【I will practice my hand speed after I finish live streaming today! 】

Shi Nianzhen ended the live broadcast with a smile and posted a message about fan benefits on the bulletin board.

After confirming the dishes and the required ingredients with Wu Hongru, she returned to the restaurant.

Beimian has seen the fan benefits through the announcement.

"Are you really planning to provide benefits to those people from another world?" Bei Mian asked.

"What else?" Shi Nianzhen said, "Before, my agent helped me plan these fan maintenance matters, but now I have to do it myself."

"We can't make merchandise right now. I just happened to have a chef who was interested, so I can only make a few dishes for fans."

Bei Mian thought for a moment and asked, "You have a lot of food?"

Shi Nianzhen raised an eyebrow when he heard that. "It's definitely more than enough to make 5,000 dishes. Do you have any ideas about my ingredients?"

Bei Mian shook his head. "I believe that if you have a bite to eat, I will have one too. Besides, you are the owner of the manor. I won't be hungry if I hold your thighs tightly."

"What I think is that publishing your previous works for them would be a benefit for your fans in the other world, right?" Bei Mian said.

"Food is more precious to the people of Blue Star."

Shi Nianzhen suddenly realized, "You mean giving me Blue Star fans food benefits will make them more touched?"

Bei Mian nodded and lowered his eyes, pushing the phone to Shi Nianzhen. "I don't know if you've been paying attention to the news on Blue Star Online recently. Ever since you stopped selling supplies in the live broadcast room and started selling them in the online store, with one food for each zombie, netizens have been a little shocked."

Shi Nianzhen took Bei Mian's phone and took a look.

It's more than just a little bit explosive.

Netizens cursed at her.

Under the topic "Is Shi Nianzhen really saving the world or destroying humanity?", the comments are as follows:
[She thinks the deaths aren't enough? She wants all the survivors to be infected and turned into zombies!]

【It's just hypocrisy.】

[You have no use for zombies, so if you don't want to sell supplies, you don't have to!]

[She previously told everyone that the end of the world was caused by a disaster, and I thought she was a good person. Unexpectedly, her true colors are: she wants to drag everyone to their deaths!]

[I blame myself for not judging people well enough to be a fan of this kind of person! He has no sense of justice at all.]

She hasn't even been to college, how can she understand what righteousness is, what truth can she comprehend?

[Whores are ruthless, actors are heartless, and Shi Nian is truly heartless and ruthless! ]

……

Shi Nianzhen flipped through the comments expressionlessly, clicked on the replies under each comment, and saw that some of her fans were defending her.

For example, the post "You have no use for zombies, so if you don't want to sell supplies, you don't have to!" had this response:
[If you don't want to kill zombies, you can choose to starve to death. No one forces you to buy it.]

[That's right, you guys just want to survive, but you don't have any intention of saving the world. Giving you food is a waste!]

"They accepted old currency once, and now they only accept zombies, and you're scolding them. Why don't you criticize those bases and sellers who never accept currency?"

[The base also has the mission of exterminating zombies, why aren't you guys complaining?]

[Why do you care what people do with zombies? It's the end of the world, who's going to pamper you? Shut up!]

If you don't buy it, there are plenty of people who will.

Shi Nianzhen glanced at it casually for a while and then handed the phone to Bei Mian.

"I really didn't see anything going on online." Shi Nianzhen poured a cup of tea and sipped it slowly.

"Those who curse me are not my fans."

"Once these words appear in my live broadcast room, I will be attacked by my fans."

Bei Mian saw that she was calm and asked her, "You don't care?"

Shi Nianzhen tilted his head and thought for a moment: "If you don't dance in front of me, I won't care. If someone says it to my face, I will scold him." Bei Mian laughed, "You are really straightforward."

"When I decided to trade zombies for food, I thought some people would scold me, so I was mentally prepared for it."

Shi Nianzhen put down the teacup and poked Qin Kong's doll's face. "It doesn't matter if they don't understand. My things are always in high demand anyway."

Shi Nian never responded to the online uproar. She continued to sell 100 pieces of supplies every day without fail.

Those who bought the supplies posted photos of the food online, praising its preservation and freshness.

[Can you believe it? This rice gives off a fresh aroma as soon as it's cooked. This is definitely this year's new rice!]

"Rice is nothing; the most important thing is the bok choy inside! Roots and dew still attached, so fresh and vibrant, as if they were just plucked from the ground and stuffed into a box and handed to me. So, I ask, aside from a few people with spatial abilities, who can actually grow vegetables these days?"

My box contains cucumbers. They have thorns and flowers on the top, are hard and crisp, and are so sweet. They have the unique taste of fresh cucumbers.

[See this meat? It's a perfect balance of fat and lean. I rarely bought meat of this quality before the apocalypse! Sister Zhen also stuffed it with two star anise, two bay leaves, a small piece of ginger, garlic, and rock sugar and soy sauce! Do you know what this means? Sister Zhen prepared all the ingredients for me to make braised pork!]

[I declare that all zombies in the world are my enemies, and I will destroy them all! Ingredients image.jpg]

Shi Nian really ignored what the netizens were saying. She returned to her space, took a nap, selected the ingredients Wu Hongru had listed from her portable storage, and returned to Yuyang Manor with them. She pretended to go out to look for supplies.

At noon the next day, five thousand dishes were served one after another.

Shi Nianzhen stood in front of the mobile phone stand and tapped the screen a few times to create a lottery wheel.

"Come on, viewers who want some benefits, spin the wheel and win a fan benefit coupon. I'll post the link to the dish later, and you can use that fan benefit coupon to buy the dish you want."

There was a lot of noise in the barrage for a while, some were happy and some were sad, but finally everyone got the benefits.

Off the live broadcast.

In the restaurant, Wu Hongru, wearing an apron, sat at the table and drank a bowl of morel and fish maw soup.

Shi Nianzhen and Bei Mian each held a bowl and drank without saying a word.

Wu Hongru looked at Shi Nianzhen several times and sized her up secretly.

After Shi Nianzhen left to look for supplies yesterday, he went online to learn more about Shi Nianzhen and saw the controversy online.

To be honest, the online public opinion has demonized Shi Nianzhen. Those who criticize her relegate her to the dust, while those who praise her elevate her to a deity.

But in Wu Hongru's eyes, Shi Nian is really a pretty girl who would raise her eyebrows in appreciation when eating delicious food.

She also has the ability to realize her own ideas.

In the end times, not only can you live well yourself, but you can also have spare energy to help others. You have your own ideas when helping others. You don’t want them to be grateful to you, but you want them to eliminate the zombies.

He has good intentions and is also a man of skill, not a pushover.

Wu Hongru wanted to make friends with him.

When the soup in the bowl was almost gone, he finally spoke: "Miss Shi, are you interested in—"

Shi Nianzhen looked up at him.

Before Wu Hongru could finish his words, something strange happened.

A light golden light suddenly descended from the sky and enveloped him. The light carried some kind of mysterious power. Shi Nianzhen, who was close to it, actually smelled a very wonderful food aroma wafting out from the golden light.

It's like the flavors of various delicious dishes intertwined together.

There is the sweet milky aroma of desserts, the pungent spicy aroma, the fresh fragrance of vegetables, the mellow aroma of meat and the special aroma of wine.

Wu Hongru stood there in a daze.

"He is favored by the law!" Bei Mian raised his eyebrows.

Shi Nianzhen's eyes widened and he asked, "How did you know?"

"It was like this when I started working here," Bei Mian said.

Shi Nianzhen looked at the golden light and suddenly reached out to touch it. Of course, light had no substance, so she didn't touch anything.

"What are you doing?" Bei Mian's voice shrieked in surprise.

"Oh, nothing," Shi Nianzhen slowly shifted his gaze and said, "I just wanted to see if I could get some help and save my cooking skills."

"..." Bei Mian covered his mouth and laughed.

Wu Hongru was stunned in the golden light for a long time, about seven or eight minutes. The golden light suddenly retracted and sank into his body, and he came to his senses.

"Congratulations, Boss Wu." Shi Nianzhen said.

"Congratulations on your successful job." Bei Mian said.

Even though Wu Hongru was a thoughtful person, he couldn't deny it at this moment. He had watched Shi Nianzhen's live broadcast of the disaster slice video before and thought she was just an anchor.

Now that he has become a professional, he understands that Shi Nianzhen is also a professional.

In this case, it would be difficult for him to hide it.

"This is all thanks to Miss Shi," Wu Hongru said with a sincere smile. "Just now, the law said that my food has been sincerely appreciated by people from over a thousand different worlds. It thinks I am worthy of being called a qualified chef."

Shi Nianzhen blinked her eyes wide open. "So, if you're praised for your current job, you can get a job there?"

Bei Mian nodded. "My profession is the same. Last time, after I sang in your live broadcast room, the law said that my singing moved more than 10 million people. I leveled up three times and gained three professional skills."

Shi Nianzhen was extremely surprised, "How many professional skills do you have now?"

Bei Mian stretched out his right hand and waved it in front of her.

This is what the five professional skills mean.

Shi Nianzhen pursed her lips. She only had five professional skills!
Who would have thought that she could also help others?

Shi Nianzhen decided to wait until he got back and ask Bei Mian carefully what he could do now.

"It was the right decision for us to come to Boss Wu," Bei Mian said. "With one more professional, Blue Star will become even stronger."

Shi Nianzhen nodded and asked Wu Hongru, "What can a new chef do?"

Wu Hongru thought for a moment and replied, "A kind of enlightenment."

"Ok?"

“When I get an unknown ingredient, I intuitively know the best way to prepare it—how to maximize its flavor and benefits.”

Shi Nianzhen's eyes lit up, "That's interesting, let's try it?"

"How do we try it?" Bei Mian glanced at Wu Hongru. "With Boss Wu's knowledge, he's seen most of the ingredients on Blue Star."

Wu Hongru nodded.

Shi Nianzhen snorted and raised his hand to take out five things.

A long, thin piece of dried meat, three star fruits that look like yellow five-pointed star lights, a box of silk vegetables that look like corn silks, two fist-sized eggs, and a handful of leeks with leaves only one finger long.

The first four items were ingredients from another world that Shi Nianzhen exchanged during his first live broadcast, and the last one was a mutated leek native to Blue Star.

When Wu Hongru saw these things, his eyes widened.

Seeing him staring at the ingredients in a daze, Shi Nianzhen began to introduce them, "These are ingredients from another world. I didn't know how to prepare them to make them tasty, so I just left them there."

Bei Mian picked up a Star Lantern Fruit and asked, "Why haven't I seen this in your house for so long?"

"It's not a lot, I put it away."

Shi Nianzhen said, "It's delicious, but it's seedless. It can't be cultivated, so I can only buy plants directly from the other world. But I'm not sure if it will become an invasive plant on Blue Star, so I haven't bought any."

"This dried meat is too hard, and the shredded vegetables and eggs have no taste. They are not delicious. Can Boss Wu cook them?" Shi Nianzhen asked.

(End of this chapter)