Chapter 705 - 724: Dishes Are a Work of Nature, Cookable by Any Skillful Hand
Chapter 705: Chapter 724: Dishes Are a Work of Nature, Cookable by Any Skillful Hand
"Good afternoon, everyone~"
"It’s that time again! It’s great to see you all. Oh, I forgot to say ’welcome to my stream,’ so I’ll add that now~"
"Welcome, everyone, to my food stream. I’m Jiang Qiuqiu, and today’s menu features spicy shredded pork. This is a teaching session today, so I’ve prepared something special for you all." All this data was recorded by Jiang Qiuqiu when she was practicing on her own.
[Seems like there have been a lot of tutorial videos lately? What’s up with that?]
[The person above is so behind on the news... Post it! We need to be making tutorial videos right now. Juju, hurry up and make more, I promise I’ll share them everywhere!]
[+1, I promise I’ll promote them everywhere!]
Recently, in Jiang Qiuqiu’s fan circle, the buzz around the "Shameless Master Huang" thread had surpassed the discussion about Taobao Food.
Damn, at least Taobao Food, which sells food, puts up a "Juju’s Choice" or "For Juju’s Fans" label. And a quarter of their net profits are donated to the Star Charity Company, founded by New Star Company, to help Remote Star Systems and retired veterans.
No one could say a bad word about it. Plus, Qiuqiu supported it herself—the original creator was recommending it. On top of that, the food was high-quality, inexpensive, and genuinely delicious... People could afford it for daily meals, so sales were actually quite high.
So, Taobao Food was all the rage in the fan circle for a while.
Just as Wanxing, the head of the Operations Department, saw Taobao Food’s popularity exploding and suggested creating a separate circle with dedicated moderators, that Master Huang next door had to go and pull a stunt like this.
He started offering classes, selling the fruits of someone else’s labor.
He was called out by Jiang Qiuqiu’s fans, yet he publicly commented on social media: "Dishes are born of nature, a skilled hand can cook them all."
After that bit of poetic posturing, he even interacted with fans in the comments below: [The Revolving Restaurant has had similar dishes for a long time. I actually made them many years ago, but this old man doesn’t know how to use the Star Network, so they were never passed down.]
Every word he wrote, both on and between the lines, showed no shame for stealing the fruits of someone else’s work. Instead, he turned the tables and played the victim, pulling the age card.
The crazy part was, some people actually believed him!
After all, the title "Head Chef of the Revolving Restaurant" carried a lot of weight and was highly respected.
Plus, Qian Song was marketing it with lines like: "Only 2,999 Star Coins per person! Master 15 dishes, guaranteed! Once you’ve learned, you can graduate and start earning money yourself. This is a master chef! Hiring a master chef for the price of a single dish! How can you lose?"
And so, even more people began to support Master Huang.
This broke the Ju people’s hearts. They compiled a mountain of evidence and went to argue on his stream, but how could they win on someone else’s turf? He had a whole system in place: delete comments, ban accounts. It was infuriating.
That’s why, when the fans, who were seething with frustration, found out that Jiang Qiuqiu was suing Master Huang, they all applauded the decision.
But after Qian Xingxing announced that the lawsuit might get bogged down in procedural delays, they became furious:
[Are they blind? This is the first time I’ve felt the Federation’s laws are so flawed.]
[It’s copy-paste! It’s 99% similar, and we still can’t win?]
[...]
[This is disgusting. I’m never using the Federation’s streaming app again. Why does it feel like it’s gotten worse and worse over the past year?]
But getting angry was pointless.
Master Huang’s fans even attacked the Ju people, accusing them of "impotent rage."
[The law says we’re not wrong, get it? We just didn’t plagiarize.]
[People can be similar, and so can dishes. You really think your girl is some kind of God of Cooking? PTOOEY!]
[*We’re* disgusting? Do you have any idea how much money our side donates every year? Heh, you and your annoying little company are the ones who are just good at creating hype.]
Public opinion was spiraling out of control.
In the midst of this storm, Jiang Qiuqiu first packaged her tutorials to be given away for free, and then she launched a special series.
The series was titled:
Dishes are born of nature, a skilled hand can cook them all.
Watch the videos closely, and you too can make a master chef’s signature dish.