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Chapter 3096

~11 min read 2,192 words

This shop is located in a Mexican-American community in Los Angeles, and it is very remote, especially secluded and hard to find. Even with Jarvis as a living navigator, they walked for more than 20 minutes after getting off the flying shuttle to find the storefront.

As everyone knows, in the United States, the public security of most ethnic minority communities has problems. The Mexican-American community is famously xenophobic; if you don't speak Spanish or the local dialect, you basically can't integrate into it, and the police have to go around it when they come here.

However, with the explosion of short videos, there are always those who don't fear death and are willing to risk their lives to come here to explore shops for the sake of a bite of delicious food.

With more people, the surrounding economy will naturally be driven. Mexicans are particularly good at running small stalls; 80% of the roadside stalls in California are run by Mexicans, so a food street gradually formed here.

The police and urban management cannot afford to offend the local ethnic groups, so they simply joined in, patrolling symbolically for a few laps, greeting tourists, and brushing up their own prestige. This place gradually developed into a famous food district in southern Los Angeles.

If you want to talk about the most popular one, it has to be this small shop that became popular initially. Originally, because the location was too remote, basically no one came, and the menu was in Spanish. Except for Mexican compatriots, Americans couldn't even order takeout, but the food was relatively expensive, which did not match the consumption level of local residents, and it once walked to the edge of bankruptcy.

However, ever since a young American man who was proficient in Spanish posted a review video, this place became incredibly popular. The storefront has expanded several times, and they have also hired a lot of staff.

This young man was originally filming community explorations. Yes, American Tiktok has a special theme called community exploration, specifically looking for those dangerous communities to explore the humanistic environment within them.

These blocks are truly dangerous, and using the word "exploration" is not an exaggeration at all. Encountering shootouts or robberies is commonplace, so many people love to watch these kinds of videos.

This young man was suddenly hungry after walking around, and he happened to run into this small shop. As a result, the Mexican food inside made him feel like it was a godsend; it was not only authentic and genuine, but also very delicious, and quite good even when evaluated by his American taste.

Many people may feel that authenticity and conforming to the local population's taste are things that foreign food cannot balance, but in fact, California's immigration history is very long, and Mexican culture has grown up with several generations of Californians. Their local tastes can naturally be compatible with Mexican food, so they can naturally coexist.

What is even more commendable is that after the small shop became popular, they deliberately added more money to buy the neighbor's house so that the neighbors could go to a better community to buy a house. The reason is that when they were on the verge of bankruptcy before, the business was supported by the neighbors.

Moreover, the staff he expanded were all single mothers from the local community, or children who had difficult family conditions and could not go to school and had to go out to work early, which made his small shop popular once again.

After finally finding the shop after many twists and turns, Shiler found that they were really unlucky to come today. Today happens to be the weekend, and this line is lined up like a snake; it looks like they won't be able to eat until before nightfall.

But soon Shiler saw that the sign at the door said that paying extra to cut in line is allowed, and this part of the income will be used to fund children in the community to go to school.

Then what else is there to say? Shiler directly chose to pay extra. Actually, it wasn't much money; 200 USD can get you directly into the shop. It might be a lot for the nearby residents, but for Shiler, it is small change.

Obviously, many rich people from out of town also chose this method. As soon as Shiler entered the shop, he could clearly see that there was an area where people were all wearing designer brands, presumably all of whom had paid extra to get in.

Shiler thought that since he had already spent the money, he should naturally spend it where it counts. He directly gave the money to Helen and let Helen pass it over. Helen's appearance kills men, women, old, and young; by acting a little cute, she got the waiter to lead them to the seat with the best view by the window.

Shiler learned to be smart this time, leading people to the seat very low-key along the way to prevent being seen by others and causing any disputes. Wanda also wore a mask, pretending to be Helen's mother, and sat down with Jarvis.

Fortunately, it was very calm this time. It could also be that the food in this shop is indeed good; everyone else in the restaurant was burying their heads and eating hard, and no one paid attention to them.

As soon as the food was served, Shiler knew by smelling the scent that it must be right. Sure enough, all the dishes in this restaurant were different from the flavors of other fusion restaurants in Los Angeles; it was that kind of fresh, spicy stimulation that "white people food" absolutely does not have.

All the ingredients were particularly fresh, especially the fish. This place is very far from the Los Angeles pier, and it is not easy to get fresh fish. Shiler likes to eat fish very much; his taste buds are the ruler. This fish absolutely did not exceed two hours from being caught to being put in the pot, which is already a miracle in such a big city.

Moreover, the flavor of the Mexican sauce was adjusted very well. It was also spicy, but it was different from Chinese spicy, and it was not like many Mexican restaurants that put in a lethal amount of sugar, making it both sweet and spicy, but rather more inclined to the local fresh and spicy.

And the tacos here were the authentic kind with offal, without any fishy smell of offal, but enriching the taste, and the use of cheese was also just right.

If you want to compare it with Gonzalez's tacos, you can only say that Gonzalez's tacos have a more mellow taste, while the original taste of the ingredients here is better reflected. Both are very delicious.

Everyone was sweating while eating the meal, and even Shiler was quite spicy. Finally, with a refreshing cactus juice, Shiler leaned back on the chair and let out a long sigh, directly taking out a 100-dollar bill as a tip.

This is the most delicious restaurant he has eaten at in a recent period of time.

He took a video before he started eating, added a commentary, and after eating, he talked about his feelings in detail, edited it, added some background music, and sent it out.

Wanda couldn't help but laugh when she saw him muttering there, but then she thought of what Shiler had said before, and suddenly she was full of sorrow again.

Even if she wanted to make an account, she didn't know how to do it. A mutant-themed account couldn't just film various delicacies, right?

After Shiler's first video was released, the number of fans grew at a terrifying speed. The reason was that Ultron forwarded his video and emphasized Shiler's identity.

Learning that this mysterious psychologist finally had his own account, the fans were very happy, but the video comments made Shiler feel that these fans talked a bit too much.

Among them, the first comment with the most likes was "Our dear doctor has finally left primitive society."

Shiler replied with a few angry little red faces underneath.

He just didn't open an account, it's not like he doesn't go online, how did it make him seem like a primitive man?

Of course, soon fans began to ask him if the recipes he collected were delicious, but that is a long story, and Shiler promised to review them later.

Afterward, he reviewed two more cafes, neither of which was very good—typical internet-famous restaurants. After finishing, it was almost time to gather.

Before getting on the plane, in the VIP lounge at the airport, Wanda found Shiler again. Shiler was distributing the corn chips he packed from the Mexican restaurant to everyone. Seeing Wanda coming to find him, the two went to the side together.

Wanda said somewhat tangledly, "I think I should also open an account. I can't always let Jarvis help me. What do you think I should film? Doctor?"

"Filming videos?" Shiler thought for a while and said, "Since you are often active on Earth, there is no need to always mention the Andromeda Galaxy, otherwise it would be too deliberate. Why not let Polaris, who often works in the Andromeda Galaxy, open an account to film the scenery, and you film your daily life?"

"Film daily life? Can that achieve the purpose of publicity?"

"At least it can let others know that the life of mutants is no different from normal people, at least let some people know that you are not terrorist killers."

Wanda obviously listened, but she was still thinking about what exactly to film. The scope of daily life is very wide, and it is still very difficult to grasp the audience.

Wanda actually likes to watch some records of daily life occasionally. She likes to record the orderly life of others, and perhaps she can also film such records, but will this really become popular?

Eddie on the side seemed to have heard their conversation, and he immediately leaned over—to be precise, Venom leaned over—and said in Wanda's ear, "There are too many people filming daily life. If you start now, you definitely won't be able to catch up with those people before."

Wanda immediately turned her head to look at him and said, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"You can be a couple blogger," Venom said. "You and Jarvis both look quite good, and one is a mutant, one is a robot, and there are two cute children. Netizens will definitely be very curious about your love story."

At this time, Shiler happened to receive a message from Ultron. Ultron asked him if he was with Wanda and asked him to go and film a video with Wanda and Jarvis, which would definitely become popular.

Because the topic of robots having children has now become a new trend, many people are very curious about how Wanda and Jarvis actually gave birth to children.

It then evolved into how these two people actually got together. Netizens made up a series of legendary romantic love stories themselves, just waiting for the main characters to confirm them.

Shiler thought about it and also felt that this matter had potential. Jarvis and Wanda are handsome and beautiful, both of them have good images, and they are real couples. Now they even have children, and Wanda is somewhat "love-brained," thinking about having a sweet love every day, and wanting to spend every anniversary romantically. Isn't this a chosen couple blogger?

But Wanda was still a little unconfident. She said, "Is this really okay? At the beginning when Jarvis and I were dating, many people didn't look favorably on it. Will anyone really like to watch this?"

"Of course," Venom said confidently. "After browsing for a few days, I found that people just like to watch others fall in love. Even if they aren't really falling in love, they like to imagine it as falling in love, like Eddie and me..."

At this time, Eddie appeared at the right time to interrupt Venom. He said, "I shouldn't have let you look at my phone! What is all that you watch every day?! I warn you, don't even think about stealing someone's horse! Motorcycles won't work either!"

"Then buy me chocolate!"

"I have already bought you a lot of chocolate!"

"But they said you would buy me more!" Venom said. "They also said you would build me a chocolate castle!"

"God, that is their fantasy, not real! Where would I get the money to build you a chocolate castle?!"

"I don't care! I like their fantasy. I want a chocolate castle taller than Stark Tower, so I can mock other symbiotes..."

Eddie muttered and left again.

Wanda fell into deep thought. She felt that this line of thinking seemed really useful. Shiler just patted her on the shoulder and said, "If you really become popular, build a chocolate castle for Venom."

"Don't worry, if it's really useful, I'll mold him a chocolate planet!"

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