Chapter 696: The True-Talk System of the Entertainment Industry (12)

After closing her stall, Xie Yang rode her electric tricycle to her cousin's shop first to return the rice cooker.

As soon as Xie Xiangyu saw her, she asked, "I was busy attending to customers earlier and didn't get a chance to ask you. Didn't you say you were selling stir-fried noodles and rice at the Snack Street? Why did you run over to the Walking Street? Is business not doing well over there?"

"That's not it. I'm not selling fried rice anymore; I've switched to selling this kind of kimchi."

As she spoke, Xie Yang took out a jar of Assorted Pickles she had set aside beforehand and gave it to her cousin to taste: "If you like it, just ask me for more when you finish it."

Xie Xiangyu: "..."

Are young girls these days this fickle? How long has it been since she bought pots and pans to set up a snack stall, and she's already quit? Switched to selling kimchi? But what kind of profit could there be in kimchi?

Besides, the weather is getting hotter; can there even be business for kimchi? She'd be better off selling ice cream or iced water!

It seems her cousin's stir-fried noodle stall business isn't very good; if it were, she wouldn't be pondering other ways to make a living.

"How about you come help out at your cousin's shop? I'll pay you a salary?"

Xie Yang waved her hands hurriedly: "No! I'm doing just fine, aren't I? It's not like I can't find work!"

"..."

Doing just fine, so why does she keep changing jobs?

Xie Xiangyu thought this to herself, but she held her tongue, avoiding hurting the young girl's self-esteem.

Xie Yang didn't catch her cousin's complex psychological activity; she still had to deliver two jars of kimchi to Liu Jie at the film crew.

Liu Jie hadn't stopped sending messages these past few days saying that after eating the stir-fried noodles and rice from her stall, eating anywhere else always felt like something was missing. She had gone back to eating boxed lunches, but as the weather got hot, she had no appetite looking at them.

Xie Yang intended to give her two jars of kimchi.

"Xiao Xie is here! Great! I just swiped past a video of you selling kimchi on the Walking Street and was just about to contact you."

As soon as Liu Jie saw her, she laughed heartily.

"A video?"

"Yeah, didn't you know? Someone posted a video of you selling kimchi on Doule. Of course, they were complaining that you sell it too expensively, but I think if you dare to sell it, the taste must be good!"

Xie Yang was amused: "Thanks for the trust, Sister!"

As soon as Liu Jie took the kimchi she gifted, she opened it and tasted a piece, her eyes instantly lighting up: "Oh my, this is too delicious! With just this kimchi, I could finish two boxes of rice!"

"Xiao Xie, do you have any more kimchi? We want to buy some."

Xiao Zheng and a few other handymen heard Xie Yang had arrived, ran over to greet her, and after each tasted a piece of Liu Jie's kimchi, they all expressed a desire to buy some.

Xie Yang: "Today's batch is all sold out. I'll set some aside for you tomorrow. How many portions do you want?"

"I'll take half a jin."

"Me too, half a jin."

"I'll take two jin."

"Why are you buying so much?"

"Didn't you say Enzyme Kimchi won't spoil for half a year? I'm thinking of buying more, just in case Xiao Xie stops selling it after a few days."

Xie Yang: "... Ahem, even if I stop selling it, you can just call me if you want to eat it in the future, and I can make it for you."

It would have been fine if she hadn't said that, but once she did, everyone scrambled to add to their orders.

"Then I'll take two jin as well."

"I'm adding two jin! Three jin in total!"

"I'll take five jin!"

Xie Yang: "..."

Wake up, everyone! This is just kimchi!

Although she also felt her homemade kimchi was crisp and appetizing, and carried some detoxifying and skin-beautifying effects, who spends three to five hundred yuan on kimchi to eat?

Anyone who didn't know better would think it was some kind of dragon liver or phoenix marrow!

Xiao Zheng shook her phone: "I checked, Enzyme Kimchi really does have detoxifying, beautifying, and skin-brightening effects. My face gets super oily in the summer and I'm prone to breakouts; I'll try this kimchi to see if it can make my face cleaner."

"Yeah, yeah! Just buy it as a health supplement. Health supplements are not only more expensive than kimchi, but taking too many also hurts the liver and kidneys."

"..."

What else could Xie Yang say?

If there's business, of course she'll do it!

"Alright, I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

"No need, no need! We'll go to your stall to buy it. If we buy it and eat it on the spot, do you still give away Rice?"

"..."

Originally, she hadn't planned to continue borrowing her cousin's rice cooker, but since everyone expressed they wanted to buy and eat on the spot, she returned to her rental and immediately ordered a 15-liter large rice cooker, which could cook eight jin of Rice at once.

Before setting up the stall the next day, she soaked the Rice in advance. Once she arrived at the Walking Street, she immediately plugged it in to cook. By the time she had her stall set up, the Rice was just about ready.

The first batch of customers to arrive after opening were Liu Jie, Xiao Zheng, and the others.

Each of them took a lunchbox of Rice, paired it with the freshly bought kimchi, and squatted beside the stall, eating and saying: "Delicious, delicious! It's really so delicious!"

"I tasted a piece at Liu Jie's yesterday, and this morning my bowel movement... ahem, was much smoother. I've felt refreshed all day today."

"Me too!"

The one with the most authority to speak was Liu Jie, because she was a bit hungry after finishing work last night, so she cooked some millet porridge and ate a bowl with the kimchi. When she got up this morning and washed her face in front of the mirror, she discovered the skin on her face was much smoother, and her complexion had improved by more than one grade.

"Does this kimchi really have skin-beautifying functions? Then Xiao Xie, I'll buy more too, weigh me five jin!"

A tourist who had been quietly watching them eat couldn't help but ask: "Are you shills, or are you actually here to buy kimchi?"

"Haha! We're here to buy kimchi, and grabbing a bowl of Rice while we're at it."

"That's right! Although we know the boss, we came to buy it voluntarily because it's genuinely delicious!"

The tourist smiled and said: "Regardless of whether you're shills or not, looking at how you're eating, I feel like this kimchi must be very good. Give me a portion. I just arrived at the Film and Television City this afternoon and I'm a bit homesick for the local food and don't really want to eat, but this kimchi looks so appetizing."

Xie Yang complied with her request and packed her a portion of Assorted Pickles with more cabbage and fewer cowpeas, and casually asked if she wanted Rice.

"No need for rice, I don't really want to eat right now."

The tourist scanned the code to pay, took the kimchi, tasted a piece of Enzyme Cabbage, and nodded, feeling it was indeed delicious.

And so, eating while walking, eating while walking... they hadn't gone far before turning back, smiling shyly and saying, "Boss, give me a bowl of rice. And give me another portion of kimchi."

"..."

"It's here! It's right here!"

Just then, another group of people arrived.

Leading them was a food streamer holding a phone for a live broadcast, claiming to be from such-and-such website, followed by several young men and women also holding phones and filming non-stop.

They were also from out of town to film material at the Film and Television City; having scrolled past that video of the kimchi someone posted yesterday, they thought they would come to see if it was true.

"Boss, how do you sell the kimchi?"

"20 yuan per portion, 100 yuan per jin."

"Let's buy one portion to try first."

The leading streamer scanned the code and bought one portion.

Likewise, they didn't want rice.

But soon, just like the previous tourist, he proactively asked for a box of rice.

"It's so delicious! It's so appetizing!"

"Brother, let me have a taste. If it's good, I'll buy a portion too."

"Brother, brother, me too!"

"You guys just buy it directly! Stop tasting! If you keep tasting, I won't have any kimchi left to eat with my rice!"

"Hahahaha..."