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

...

Zhang Wanqiu looked at the documents in his hand.

Zhang Wanqiu glanced at Xu Zhou's performance at the Songnan University Food Festival almost immediately.

All of them received a perfect score.

The menu items and names of the rice balls in his shop were also labeled.

"Oyster congee..."

Zhang Wanqiu snorted: "He's copied every recipe from every comic, so his next recipe will definitely be this fried steak rice bowl!"

"Li Sen! Go quickly and buy me some materials!"

"When I go to the Culinary Arts Department of Songnan University for an exchange program next Saturday, June 8th, I'll take the opportunity to defeat him!"

As he spoke, he showed his phone the messages Jiang Wen had sent him.

Jiang Wen: Xiao Qiu, why are you asking about Xu Zhou?

Jiang Wen: He is a very good opponent. He made me see my shortcomings and made me realize that I am not a genius, but I believe I can improve.

Jiang Wen: Transfer 10000

[Jiang Wen: This is the funding for this semester, Xiao Qiu, please keep it safe. I need to focus on improving my recipes for the competition.]

Zhang Wanqiu replied angrily, looking indignant: "I'll beat him with his recipes! Just like he beat you!"

Send this message.

Jiang Wen didn't reply to the message. Instead, the status "typing..." jumped several times, but he didn't respond.

"..."

"Did I say something wrong again?"

Zhang Wanqiu handed his phone to Li Sen, looking confused: "Why isn't my senior brother replying to me?"

His eyes had a childlike clarity.

Li Sen glanced at the message Zhang Wanqiu sent to Jiang Wen and his lips twitched: "Team leader, I think... uh, Senior Brother Jiang might not be too happy to see this message."

"Oh."

Zhang Wanqiu silently lowered his head and withdrew.

[Failed to retract after two minutes]

"..."

Li Sen couldn't bear to look: "Team leader, Senior Brother Jiang should be used to it by now, don't retract it."

...

Xu Zhou spent the whole night reading his own comment section, laughing at the amazing comments he made.

Netizens are so talented!

They can come up with any kind of meme.

Just as he was reading the comments section, he suddenly received a private message on his phone.

[Xiao Wan Believes in the Light: Image]

[Xiao Wan believed in the light: I failed.]

[Xiao Wan believes in light: But I don't think it's a problem with my cooking skills, it's a problem with your recipe.]

"???"

Xu Zhou saw the picture and clicked on it with a puzzled look. He was stunned when he found that someone had actually made a copy: "Someone can even make a copy of this dish?"

"It seems a bit burnt, and the breadcrumbs coating the steak made it look less appetizing after frying."

After glancing at the message a few times, Xu Zhou didn't reply when he saw the words "It's not a problem with my cooking skills."

If it's not a problem with the cooking skills, what else could it be?

This recipe is already quite simple; it's clearly just a modified version of pork chop rice, which is almost fully cooked.

Beef, however, is different.

Xu Zhou immediately saw the difficulty in making this dish.

"The essence of this dish lies in controlling the oil temperature to keep the steak cooked to the customer's desired doneness."

After all, some people like their food rare, some like it medium-rare, and some like it well-done.

I've been cooking lately.

Although Xu Zhou only followed the recipes in the comic book, he could clearly feel that his understanding of cooking was gradually improving.

"Next time, I can try it myself first and see if I can succeed without Little Red Hair's guidance."

Xu Zhou prepared the ingredients for tomorrow before washing her face and going to bed.

the other side.

Zhang Wanqiu held his phone, staring at the chat box of "Cartoonist Xiao Xu".

Not replying?

Why not reply?

Was he not enthusiastic enough?

...

the next morning.

Upon waking up, while brushing his teeth, Xu Zhou subconsciously and habitually checked the wish points for the recipe.

The wish points from the two-day food festival have gradually accumulated, and the Burgundy beef stew has finally been upgraded.

[Burgundy Beef Stew Upgraded!]

【Beef Stew in Burgundy Red Wine: 1270/10000 (3)】

Current food purchase discount: 10% off

[Current daily supply of ingredients: 50 servings]

Other recipes are also on the verge of being upgraded.

Both salmon ochazuke and mackerel ochazuke have increased to 4250.

Even the Sichuan peppercorn-roasted mackerel has increased to 5100 wish points.

Apart from…

Xu Zhou's lips twitched.

【Fried Steak Rice Bowl Wish Value: 30/100 (1)】

"..."

My wish for fried steak rice bowl has been up all night and I still haven't reached the "ready to learn" level.

This was within my expectations.

after all…

"Everyone went to see Snow White yesterday!"

"Nobody pays any attention to my food!"

Xu Zhou was heartbroken. He glanced at the chat history in Xu Kai's group chat and saw that it was full of screenshots of Rou Mei.

I had just spat out the mouthwash when my phone vibrated.

It was a message that tagged him in the group chat.

[Xu Kai: @Xu Zhou, little boss, come quick! There's a surprise!]

[Xu Kai: So many people came to eat ochazuke (rice with tea) today!]

Tea-soaked rice?

Xu Zhou felt a little strange.

However, when I clicked on the video, I only saw that almost everyone in front of my store was a student.

They were all students from Songnan University, and at that moment they seemed to be discussing in small groups how to give positive reviews.

"We need to reach 500 reviews before we can give a positive review. We must maximize the number of positive reviews for Boss Xu!"

"I only want to buy 121 today. Are there four other 121s that we can combine to make 605?"

"I plan to buy two servings of ochazuke (rice with tea) and a fast mackerel burger patty combo, and combine them with two more servings of ochazuke. It will come to just over 500 NTD."

At the scene, when Chen Yan saw how enthusiastic the students from Songnan University were, even going so far as to pool their resources to spend 500 yuan per table to give Xu Zhou a good review, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"You said that other theaters have to pool their money to get a 500 yuan bill to leave a good review when sharing a table, which makes us long-time fans seem..."

“The situation was different back then.”

Xu Kai was currently on his phone giving a good review, chuckling to himself as he proudly waved a large handful of food vouchers in his hand: "Envious, aren't you?"

This stack looks like it contains at least a thousand sheets.

Chen Yan was shocked: "Damn it, no wonder you disappeared yesterday!"

"How did you manage to collect so much?"

"Throw money at it!"

Xu Kai said confidently, "I have money. Whether a coupon costs 100 or 500 makes no difference to me."

"But it's different for other students. Many students can't afford the dishes at the small business owner's shop, but they can afford rice balls."

"I spent money to buy coupons, and when they have money, they will come to Boss Xu's place to spend, most likely on tea-soaked rice. It's a perfect closed loop that kills three birds with one stone!"

He paused, then said, "Otherwise, why do you think so many students came today?"

Of course, they only come to spend money after they have money from selling coupons.

...

When Xu Zhou arrived, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still taken aback by the sheer number of students from Songnan University standing in front of his shop.

Besides the law department, there are many other departments.

"Are you all here for ochazuke (rice with tea)?"

"Uh-huh!"

As soon as I opened the shop door, the group of students rushed in almost impatiently, starting to order in twos and threes.

"Boss! Two servings each of salmon ochazuke and mackerel ochazuke!"

"Boss, two servings of salmon ochazuke, two fast food burger steak combos, and one grilled mackerel."

Very orderly.

While taking notes, Xu Zhou casually asked out of curiosity, "Why did you all order items around five or six hundred?"

next second.

The students from Songnan University declared confidently, "We're going to give you lots of positive reviews!"

"The food at this young owner's shop is so delicious, 2.5 points is not enough! 5 points is the perfect score for the pork rice ball!"

"Chicken rice ball!"

"Pork is the best!"

The two were just getting along well, but suddenly they started arguing.

Then the person who mentioned chicken rice balls said with an air of superiority and aloofness: "Oh, it's a pity that chicken rice balls have a hundred more votes on the forum."

"..."

Just as the two were arguing, suddenly...

"Look!"

"The online newsletter for small business owners on the Songnan branch app is out!"