Original God, but the real world

Chapter 77 76-Support Object
Jiang Qing really doesn’t think that [Xinyuexuan] and [Liuliting] are wrong.

Their owners spent countless events polishing a brand, and finally made all the wealthy people willingly accept the high prices.

Considering that these powerful people are too smart, since they can accept this price, it means that we have provided them with a service that satisfies them.

The early efforts have resulted in today’s rewards.

How can this be wrong?
Of course, there is no problem with Xiangling.

She and Chef Mao are the most classic chefs, who are devoted to studying cooking.

Their pursuit of cooking skills does not harm anyone's interests, but is just for their own inner persistence.

The former pursues business, while Xiangling pursues cooking skills.

This does not involve right or wrong. Even though Wanmin Hall almost went bankrupt in the confrontation between Licai and Yuecai, it cannot be said that Xinyuexuan and Liuliting were wrong.

Their competition was reasonable, and Jiang Qing did not think that a small restaurant like Wanmintang was worthy of their special targeting given its size back then.

When people talk about the inheritance of Licai and Yuecai today, they only think of Xinyuexuan and Liuliting.

Considering the status of these two parties and the size of Wanmin Hall at that time, if they looked at Wanmin Hall any more, they would be considered the loser.

Although everything was reasonable, Xiangling found the result hard to understand.

She didn't think it was wrong.

Jiang Qing explained it very clearly, it was nothing more than giving and receiving, and Xiangling was such a kind girl, so naturally she wouldn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But she couldn't understand why Wanmin Hall fell into such a dangerous situation if everyone was right.

Xiangling’s cooking skills were not innate.

She may have talent in this area, thanks to Master Mao's teachings and actions, but if she wants to truly transform these into her own talents and gain the support of both [Xinyuexuan] and [Liuliting], it will require long-term efforts.

Xiangling's persistence at the beginning was partly out of interest and partly out of oppression from the imminent collapse of Wanmin Hall.

Jiang Qing’s answer was that Xiangling had little influence and her opinion was insignificant.

But he would only say that it was the businessman's mistake.

Because Jiang Qing needs businessmen to make mistakes.

It doesn't matter whether they make mistakes or not, what matters is that someone thinks they will make mistakes.

"It's their fault?" Xiangling's eyes widened.

The girl's lips were slightly parted, a greeting hanging over her head.

At this time, Guoba smiled.

Today, Marcosius is just a pot-shell that has lost most of his memories and divine powers, but this does not mean that he has no cognition and has completely lost his wisdom.

He had seen Xiangling busy studying cooking many times, and this urgency was definitely not just out of hobby.

People have two best teachers, interest and shame.

The former is to demand of yourself, and the latter is to force yourself.

Xiangling happens to have all of them.

In Guoba's opinion, the girl was wronged.

Don’t worry about it. If you say Xiangling is right, then I agree with you.

Xiangling didn't show any concern for Guoba's expression, she just looked at him with a look of incomprehension.

"Where did they go wrong?"

Although she was not convinced, Xiangling did not think there was anything wrong with it.

He has built up his business well and now that he has this status and scale, he deserves the reward.

"The mistake was that they chose to confront each other in order to get more."

This is a somewhat unreasonable evaluation...but Jiang Qing believes that even immortals are unreasonable.

Where else could the businessman go wrong?

Businessmen just want to make money and want to make more money.

Going a step further is to use money to seek power, and finally leave the money and power to their descendants.

It's not just business people, most people would want to do this.

It is not wrong to pursue profit, and it is not wrong to protect your descendants.

But Jiang Qing needs to prove to Xiangling that being overly profit-seeking is wrong.

She will pry Yan Fei and Grandma Ping, and who Grandma Ping will tell...that's not certain.

In short, the old man will understand the problem.

Jiang Qing has to show off his face.

“???” Xiangling was even more confused.

People's kindness constrains their actions. If they want to be a good person, they often need to know how to be a bad person better than bad people do.

Being kind costs more than being evil.
Xiangling obviously couldn't do it.

From this perspective, Xiangling can't even be a good person.

But luckily, she has a very good teacher, so she can be a good person.

"This isn't your problem or mine, or even theirs."

What language should be used to describe this future?
“This is an inevitable trend.”

Jiang Qing explained.

If he had just talked to Xiangling, he would never have tried to explain it clearly.

But he needed to be known.

"What [Xinyuexuan] and [Liuliting] need to do now is to establish their own status and foundation, and redefine the rules of this industry."

“They want to eliminate those who are unwilling to comply, and then take over the market, leaving only those who obey the rules.”

“Once the rules are established, latecomers can only survive in the game according to their rules. Meanwhile, the pioneers have accumulated enough volume to ensure that the latter cannot break the rules.”

Those who make the rules also have the power to judge the rules, and they also participate in the competition... This is worse than being both a referee and a contestant.

As long as they keep playing the game, they will never lose.

Jiang Qing's words were relaxed, as if he was telling a simple story.

"Do you think the conflict between Licai and Yuecai is really that important?" Jiang Qing asked, "After all, it's just two different choices."

"Don't the chefs at Xinyuexuan know how to cook Licai, and the chefs at Liuliting are not proficient in Yuecai?"

Xiangling shook her head.

She didn't know the trick, but she knew the level of the chefs in Liuliting.

Even if these top chefs who are famous in Liyue have some choices and are good at something, it is impossible for them to really know nothing about anything else.

What's more, most chefs wouldn't be that specialized.

"The chefs themselves have differences in philosophy at best, but it has never developed to the point of such opposition."

Xiangling could understand this kind of words.

She is a chef who believes in making delicious dishes no matter what the ingredients are.

The trend started by these two restaurants is that only expensive ingredients can be used to make delicious food.

Xiangling didn't like it, but she didn't deny that the other party was right in some aspects.

It is indeed more difficult to polish ordinary ingredients to produce wonderful flavors than to use expensive ingredients.

"Disputes over cooking skills can only lead to confrontation between one or two people, but when cooking skills are linked to interests, their competition begins to expand," Jiang Qing described. "They provoke confrontation and kick out anyone who doesn't conform to their rules."

"The barriers to entry are raised, so that most practitioners can only exist by relying on them."

"And now, the only ones left are the insignificant ones and those who are willing to play by their rules."

Xinyuexuan and Liuliting will retain a part of the market.

When they promote their products as expensive ingredients, they leave behind the ordinary mid- and low-end markets.

This is also the reason why small restaurants like Wanmin Hall were able to survive.

But that doesn't mean their bosses won't get involved.

If their desires only stop here, then they only need to continue to maintain limited confrontation and keep up the open competition. Xinyuexuan and Liuliting will make them rich.

And if the desire is even stronger, the focus will naturally be on recruiting Xiangling and continuing to extend the tentacles downward.

From the perspective of interests, it is far more beneficial for both of their futures for Hina and Tsukina to continue to fight than for one of them to win.

"Then Wanmin Hall will also have to survive under their rules." Xiangling pursed her lips.

How could it be just Wanmin Hall and just the catering industry?

Jiang Qing didn't say anything.

The Seven Stars are the seven most powerful people in Liyue, and they are also the seven richest businessmen in Liyue.

Linking wealth and power together, there was no problem in Liyue before, it can only be said that it was because Morax didn't want to.

The so-called rule of man is nothing more than rule under the tacit consent of Morax.

If the Seven Stars really regard themselves as the masters of Liyue and do not care about anything, replacements will soon appear and take over everything they have.

But He is dead now.

How can a dead god suppress the rise of capital and interests?

The power of wealth and power has not been able to raise its head in Liyue for thousands of years. In this place, you don’t have to use your talents, but once you use them, you must contribute to Liyue.

Wealth and power must be compromised for the future of Liyue and for more ordinary people.

This is the will of Morax, and so Liyue has remained like this for thousands of years.

The people here have a much worse understanding of authority than Inazuma next door, and an even worse understanding of power. They don't even really understand what power is.

Inazuma's three monastic rules represent the normal development of what humans in power will do when the gods do nothing.

Kujo Takayuki doesn't have enough Mora to spend? The Kujo family's status is not good enough?
That's enough. That's enough.

This Lord Tenryo Bugyo, the head of the Kujo family, is also a man of great foresight.

It is impossible for him not to be aware of the disadvantages of the isolation order and the eye hunting order for Inazuma.

Even so, he still chose to accept the "good intentions" of the Fatui, and then pushed for the promulgation of General Raiden's two major decrees.

Although this was a bad thing for Inazuma, it was actually a good thing for the Kujo family and the Tenryo Bugyosho.

His pursuit of personal and family interests far outweighs that of the country.

With the authority of the Seven Stars, there is obviously no organization in Liyue that is qualified to supervise them.

The immortals do have the power and status, but given their sensitivity in this regard, Jiang Qing has no doubt that the Seven Stars have countless ways to deceive them.

Unfettered and unfettered power can never bring about demands on the self.

The Seven Stars can maintain their nature for one or two generations, but what about after three or four generations? How is it possible that the Seven Stars from generation to generation are free of any personal desires?

Jiang Qing can see this problem, but he definitely can't solve it.

Only a god who understands human beings well enough, is not bound by human interests, demands almost nothing from human beings and is always able to suppress human resistance can solve the inevitable problem of this development - what happened in the Six Dynasties? They were just private schemes of factions.

Power and wealth can be inherited. After two or three generations, they will be in the hands of a certain number of people.

Class solidification is the inevitable development of human society, and the pyramid-shaped rule has existed from ancient times to the present day.

Inazuma was ahead of everyone else because their god was a god who pursued unchanging eternity.

Requires stable gods and stable pyramid rule.

The seats of the three magistrates were passed down from generation to generation among three families. The head of the Kujo family was the Tenryo Bugyo, and the head of the Hiiragi family was the Kanjo Bugyo... It was very stable.

The son of a general will be a general in the future, and the son of a farmer will be a farmer in the future. Their future is probably determined when they are born.

The only exception is the Eye of God, which is being withdrawn from Inazuma.

Liyue did not take this path simply because Morax did not like it.

If the descendants of the Seven Stars are incompetent, they cannot force themselves into high positions.

Even if wealthy businessmen are interested in something, they can only trade with it in a friendly manner.

The reason why order is maintained is certainly not because all of them do not want to enjoy the convenience brought by privileges, but because someone is holding their necks and ordering them to abide by the law.

But this God who holds everyone’s neck, forces them to bow their heads, and hangs the law over their heads is dead.

Since the death of Morax, Liyue has begun to change.

He, as a god, suppressed this development for thousands of years, but the rules are the rules and they are still attached to human society.

In the future, Zhongli will guarantee the position of the Seven Stars to a limited extent.

Even if He did not prepare any extra means, the news that He was still alive was enough to deter the Seven Stars from continuing in their original state.

But for everyone under the Seven Stars, the era of God has ended, and it is the era of man.

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Xiangling went to see Grandma Ping.

This is the instructor who taught her how to practice spearmanship. Xiangling has witnessed the communication between Yan Fei and Grandma Ping many times, so she naturally knows Grandma Ping's identity very well.

Yan Fei has never concealed her identity. She is a true hybrid of immortal and human.

Grandma Ping, whom she treated with respect, was naturally a real immortal.

Xiangling was confused so naturally she couldn't ask Guoba. She took the initiative to find the teacher and then repeated all of Jiang Qing's descriptions to Grandma Ping.

"Your friend is too pessimistic about the future." Grandma Ping smiled kindly and comforted her softly, "There is no evidence for his speculation. It is just his own arbitrary judgment. You don't need to be too alarmed."

Xiangling felt relieved immediately.

She also felt that Jiang Qing's description was too decisive, as if he had witnessed such development and future with his own eyes.

But Liyue has just lost its emperor, and the entire future is in chaos. Who can foresee such a future?

"Master, I feel relieved when you say that." The girl stuck out her tongue.

"You..." Grandma Ping patted Xiangling's head, "Did you study hard the spearmanship I taught you?"

“Aha, this…” Xiangling smiled foolishly.

A person's energy is limited. Xiangling, who has obtained the immortal fate, only regards the spearmanship as a stepping stone to find food - after all, she has been traveling in the wild for many years and has no means of self-defense, so she naturally cannot move freely.

With this in mind, Xiangling was able to improve her cooking skills, but she inevitably ran into difficulties in her spearmanship.

"Master chef, I need to go back and take care of my soup!" The girl waved her hands and hurriedly turned around and ran away, "Well, I'll leave first!"

Guoba was hanging behind her, and her short legs were moving quickly.

After Xiangling left, Grandma Ping's expression turned calm.

"Grandma, I think what he said is true." Yan Fei, who was waiting on the side, subconsciously touched the codex on her waist. "I have also heard about the dispute between Li Cai and Yue Cai. If it was just the chefs, it would be impossible for them to argue to this extent."

"Rather than a fight, it's more like a mutual achievement." Her eyes were filled with thought, "Without the constant confrontation and competition between the two sides, Xinyuexuan and Liuliting would not be so famous."

How do you decide which cuisine wins?
Chefs can be distinguished from each other because cooking skills are something that can be demonstrated externally.

But food was difficult.

The owners of Xinyuexuan and Liuliting have managed to survive until now by taking advantage of the differences in cuisine and competing with each other.

If we say that they don't understand this truth, then we would be too unfair to those Liyue dignitaries who are willing to pay the price.

Their business can gain recognition from these powerful people. Even if they are not chefs, they should have basic knowledge about it.

"It's not a big deal." Grandma Ping shook her head. "For something like this, would you explain it clearly to Xiao Xiangling?"

"You mean, he wants to use Xiangling's mouth to tell you?"

Yan Fei was a little surprised, "If that's the case, then we need to reevaluate the other party's intentions."

Talking to a little girl and complaining directly to a fairy are two completely different things.

Yan Fei recently gave up her job and her identity is quite sensitive.

As a hybrid of immortal and human, Yan Fei does not often talk about this identity.

She does not use this identity to make money, but Yan Fei is well aware of the dignity and uniqueness of this identity.

When the Emperor passed away and there was a subtle conflict between the Immortals and the Seven Stars, Yan Fei naturally took the opportunity to keep a low profile.

"He just said what Xiangling is most familiar with, but that doesn't mean that's all he wanted to say." Grandma Ping looked at Yan Fei, "He is showing his own value."

"You mean, he wants to choose an immortal?" Yan Fei frowned slightly, "This is really..."

"The conflict between the Immortal and the Seven Stars is not a big problem." Grandma Ping had a complicated expression. "Someone will give in eventually. It's impossible for things to get too bad."

"But what Jiang Qing wants to do is not that simple."

Yan Fei rubbed her eyebrows.

When she heard the name Jiang Qing from Xiangling, she was instantly attracted to him.

It’s not because of Jiang Qing, but because of Youla.

As a human being who chooses to support immortals... Yan Fei, who is half immortal, has nothing to say about this stance.

But at this juncture, how could he dare to intervene?

Wouldn't it be better to just hide away and wait for everything to settle?

(End of this chapter)