Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

...

The theme for the second day was finally revealed while the voting was in full swing.

Xu Zhou's phone buzzed.

I received a text message from the organizers of the Songnan University Food Festival.

Congratulations to all shop owners! Tomorrow's food festival will be a themed event: Affordable Food.

While most inexpensive and convenient fast foods may seem unremarkable, the question of how to make people feel happier through affordable meals is a topic that deserves further research.

Tomorrow's scores will be judged from multiple perspectives, including evaluations from professors in the Culinary Arts Department of Songnan University. The main focus will be on the quality of the dishes served.

Inexpensive, convenient, and portable foods will be the winners tomorrow.

"Cheap food?"

When Xu Zhou saw the message, he thought for a moment: "If we use a fast food hamburger patty meal, although it is a cheap food, it is not convenient to carry."

"However, there is one dish that will do."

Requesting monthly votes~

Please vote with your monthly tickets!

Hehe ~

I've changed the price of the tea-soaked rice.

Chapter 68 has been complained about.

Just as Xu Zhou was researching what to use for tomorrow's new dish, he suddenly heard a commotion over there.

The middle-aged man's voice was strong and resonant, with a slightly sharp edge.

"His price is so high because someone is paying for his tickets!"

“We’re giving out benefits, but he just spent money directly. That’s not the same as benefits! He’s committing fraud!”

The sound came very clearly from a distance, and the diners near Xu Zhou looked over curiously upon hearing it.

"what happened?"

"It seems like there's some trouble at the notary office over there. Shall we go check it out?"

By this time, it was already getting dark.

Many diners had already finished eating, but upon hearing that there was something interesting to see, they immediately gathered around.

...

Xu Zhou didn't go over to join the fun; instead, he was at the stall counting the ingredients he had sold that day.

There aren't many ingredients left today.

The fast-food mackerel burger combo sold 350 servings.

The 100 portions of Sichuan peppercorn-roasted mackerel sold out, and the 150 upgraded portions also sold out.

All 150 servings of mackerel ochazuke (rice with tea) and all 150 servings of salmon ochazuke (rice with tea) are sold out.

The twenty portions of beef were also sold out.

All that's left are imitation barbecue dishes.

Most of the food was sold out just now because everyone was lining up to buy the imitation barbecue dishes.

If the imitation barbecue dish were sold in smaller portions, there would be over 500 small portions left, which isn't much.

We still have a few hours left today, so selling out shouldn't be a problem.

While Xu Zhou was cooking his imitation barbecue dish, a new customer who had gone over to join the fun suddenly returned, his tone filled with anger: "Boss Xu, someone really reported you!"

"Report me for what?"

"They say you cheated by spending money to buy tickets, and they say your benefits are excessive."

After the new customer finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Kai, who was collecting tickets, and lowered his voice: "There are a few people over there saying they want to cancel your first day's score, little boss."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sharp sound grew closer and closer, right not far from him.

"If winning first place is simply a matter of collecting tickets, then what credibility does this food festival have left!"

"This is unfair to those of us who cook with integrity!"

Xu Zhou looked up and saw that the crowded people had somehow parted to make way for two people walking out from the center of the crowd.

A notary public wearing a black suit and a notary badge stood beside a middle-aged man in a chef's uniform, the latter speaking with agitation.

"This is the store! This store hired someone to rig the votes."

"This is not fair!"

Xu Kai's heart skipped a beat when he saw the notary arrive.

Will his actions affect the small business owner? Strange, this benefit should be fine.

Seeing that the notary office staff were only investigating whether he was hired by Xu Zhou, Xu Kai immediately took out his ID card.

"My ID card, my investment company, my assets, my bank account balance, and my parents' company..."

"These should be enough to prove it, right?"

Once Xu Kai produced his ID card and showed his bank account balance, the notary public realized there was no need to investigate further.

This was clearly a spontaneous act by diners.

This is also a form of store strength.

...

Just as the two notary office staff were about to leave, the man in the chef's uniform spoke up, clenching his fist and looking at Xu Zhou.

"You won first place so unfairly, don't you feel guilty?"

There were quite a few self-media bloggers nearby who, upon witnessing this scene of questioning, instinctively took out their phones to record it.

Hot spot!

These are all trending topics!

Xu Zhou was cooking when he felt an undeniable gaze fall on him. He exclaimed in confusion, "Ah, are you talking to me... Wait a minute, let me finish this dish first."

Xu Zhou slowly finished making ten small portions of the imitation barbecue dish, then wiped his hands before stopping.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"If no one had collected these pre-ordered food vouchers, you wouldn't have been able to win today at all," the middle-aged man said through gritted teeth.

"Collect coupons? Collect what... Oh? You mean Xu Kai spends 100 yuan a time to collect your food reservation coupons?"

After exchanging a few words with the person next to him, Xu Zhou turned his head and glanced at Xu Kai.

No wonder you were so confident you could pass, so that's what you were planning all along!

The person in front of me became increasingly angry as they spoke, eventually turning into cynical accusations.

It feels unfair.

I think he only got first place because of his fans.

They even said that these good positions were obtained through connections.

Xu Kai, who was standing next to him, got angrier and angrier: "Are you sick? Collecting the tickets was my own initiative. I just thought the small business owner was a good cook and a great investment. Is there a problem with that?"

"..."

“If you’re unhappy, take it out on me. Boss Xu has been cooking all night, and he doesn’t even know what I’m collecting.”

The thought of Xu Zhou possibly getting a bad reputation for winning on the first day of the food festival made Xu Kai increasingly unhappy.

My favorite shop was actually questioned and belittled! Just thinking about it makes me so angry I could explode.

"Okay, I won't accept it. I'll refund you, and you can vote again."

Xu Kai paused, then sneered, "However, I will personally pay for a salmon ochazuke and a fast mackerel burger set meal for everyone who voted for Ichizuru Izakaya."

"I only gave each person 210 yuan worth of vegetables, is that alright?"

"If you think there's a problem, go and question Su's Imperial Kitchen first. Theirs costs more than two hundred."

The middle-aged man's face flushed red: "You..."

Xu Kai sneered: "What about me? Even if I send two dishes to five thousand people, it's only a million."

"I'm happy to spend this million, is there a problem?"

After Xu Kai finished speaking, he felt somewhat annoyed.

What happened to the promised windfall from venture capital?

He didn't make any money, but he spent a million on his favorite restaurant!

Forget it.

In his life, Xu Kai had never suffered any injustice since childhood. How could he bear to see a small business owner suffer such injustice at this moment?

The notary quickly waved his hand: "No need, there's no need to vote again..."

"We must vote!!"

"We must re-enter!"

The person next to him spoke loudly, and his tone was even somewhat impatient.

Many people immediately rushed towards the notary office's notary box: "We absolutely support a revote! That's fair... By the way, I want to vote for Ichizuru Izakaya."

Notary: "..."

After one hour.

The notary stared silently at the 99% voter turnout.

If it didn't fall, then so be it.

It even increased by one percent.

Apart from a few people who left after casting their first vote, most of the people who stayed at the food festival chose to vote.

The notary could faintly hear the chatter of passing customers who hadn't made any purchases.

"I don't know about other things, but the reserved tickets that even rich kids want to invest in must have something special about them."

now.

All the doubts surrounding Xu Zhou's shop on its first day finally came to an end.

No one dared to question the value of his first-place finish on the first day anymore.

What? They have fans who spend money on in-game purchases?

If your fans are capable, they can spend money too. Do you have the ability?

...

Nine p.m.

When Xu Zhou thought about tomorrow's theme, he didn't have time to tidy up the table and stall, so he had to ask his parents to clean it up.

He rushed home as fast as he could, ready to start editing the comics.

"Luckily, I closed the shop for three or four days to draw after the last classmate reunion, otherwise I would still have to stay up all night to draw comics and I might not even be able to finish them."

He found the draft he had drawn earlier and began to carefully revise it.

...

Episode 6, Part 1.

After that ochazuke incident, Soma Yukihira completely integrated into Polar Star House.

Almost everyone living in Polaris House is a master chef, and each person has their own specialty dish.

After a long stretch of daily life, in Isshiki Satoshi's vegetable garden, Tadokoro Megumi, with her blue twin tails, made a simple breakfast for everyone.

When Xu Zhou arrived at this point, he paused for a moment when he thought of Isshiki's vegetable garden.