The Fine Food Broadcaster - Chapter 51

Chapter 51 An Excited Crowd

“The cooker hood is created from the most cutting edge of technology. It not only fully absorbs oily fumes from the kitchen, but also purifies the fumes before discharging it as clean air, thus, creating zero pollution…”

Ye Fei was in the middle of his speechless stupor while the Divine Culinary Broadcasting System started to give its marketing spiel for the cooker hood.

This jolted Ye Fei up like an electric shock. He hastily shouted, “You also changed the cooker hood?!”

DCB System, “The cooker hood must be replaced. Although cooker hoods are not directly related to the food production process, the current cooker hood is unable to fully absorb the oily fumes from the kitchen. Over time, the fumes collected in the kitchen will influence the cooking process and affect the overall quality of taste and fragrance of the food.”

Ye Fei barely heard the rest of DCB System’s spiel about the cooker hood. He was currently worrying over what to say to Ma Cuihua.

Before leaving, Ma Cuihua had expressly said that everything within the kitchen could be changed except for the cooker hood which she had bought for several tens of thousands of yuans.

In the end, the DCB System still replaced it. If Ma Cuihua found out, there’s a possibility that she would smack him to death, ah.

Ye Fei broke out in cold sweat.

“System, can we change the cooker hood back to the original version?” he asked.

DCB System, “No, for the Host to achieve the status of the best broadcaster in the industry, the cooker hood has to be changed.”

Ye Fei ground his teeth so hard that they were nearly smooth. Your sis, ah. What kind of calamity is this?

However, now that matters have come to this point, there was no use worrying about it anymore. The DCB System is right. I must forge my way forward as a broadcaster. It’s just a cooker hood costing several tens of thousands of yuans. No big deal, I can just buy a replacement for Ma Cuihua later.

“Alright, let’s go with this top-notched cooker hood.”

“Renovation for the Host’s new kitchen has reached its limits. Later, once the Host moves to a much larger house, the System will modify that kitchen as well,” said the DCB System casually.

“Still want me to move?” Ye Fei cried out in surprise.

He nearly collapsed at this. He was starting to wonder whether the System’s real intention was to have him move into a palace-like living space by becoming a top-notch broadcaster rather than the other way round.

“Naturally, a top-notch Divine Culinary Broadcaster will eventually become a great and famous person. How could they stay in such a shabby place?” said the DCB System.

Ye Fei’s lips twitched, it looked like his face was suffering from a seizure.

Hey, excuse you? This house alone cost 5 or 6 million yuans, you know? With more than 200 square feet of living space. This is daddy’s first time seeing such a large house, let alone living in one. However, according to you, this place is ‘shabby’?

If the great masses of hard-working people heard your terrible words… believe it or not, they would swarm up just to trample you into a paste, you scum.

Your words are too shocking, ah.

“System, if, and I mean ‘if’, ah. If the Host is under great pressure and in desperate need of money for whatever reason, could they take a bowl or a pair of chopsticks out and auction them for money?:

Ye Fei looked at the kitchen stuffed full of precious antiques and super high-tech appliances with an itchy heart. If he auction any one of these antique items, he could probably afford 2 of these condos, just like Ma Cuihua…

DCB System, “No, the items in the kitchen can only be used in the kitchen. Anything taken out by the Host without expressed permission from the System will transform into ordinary items and become worthless.”

Ye Fei nearly imploded. He looked at all the precious items in the kitchen and really wanted to cry without tears. He was like a man sitting on a mountain of gold, unable to take anything away or spend his wealth. It was like some sort of cruel and unusual torture, ah.

That evening, Ye Fei writhed over the unfortunate fact of having an entire room full of precious items which he could not do anything about. Even a local tyrant would be tormented by such knowledge, let alone a local mud turtle like Ye Fei.

Even in his dreams, the guy was plagued with nightmares about thieves breaking into his house to steal his bowls and chopsticks causing the poor man to twitch awake ever so often. It was driving him crazy.

While Ye Fei was tossing and turning here, the broadcasters of QQ Platform were also tossing about, exchanging information with each other.

At the Silver Rankers Forum.

“Congratulations to Drama King for your promotion from Rank 1 to Rank 2 Silver Star Broadcaster.”

“You’re really amazing, ah, Drama King. The gap between Rank 1 and Rank 2 is more than 20,000 fans. You actually crossed over this gap with just 1 live broadcast. That’s just too amazing.”

“That’s right. Great job, ah, Drama King. Back when I was a Rank 1 Silver Star, it took me 3 broadcasts to achieve the final 5,000 fans needed to make it into Rank 2. Compared to you, this kind of result is too shameful.”

“Drama King is indeed great, ah. Your stories are very compelling and meaningful, filled with wit and humour. I have always enjoyed your broadcasts.”

Under normal circumstances, Drama King would have been very happy to receive all these praises from the people in the Silver Rankers Forum. After all, the people who made it into this place were all great people, ah. To be able to talk to them and exchange ideas and learn from them greatly benefited him in his broadcasting career.

However, today was an exception. Even with all these veteran deities congratulating him, he could not experience any happiness. Bitterness filled his throat instead.

“Dear seniors, there’s no need to make fun of me anymore. My results are nothing of note, ah. My achievements had been terribly suppressed by others in the platform.”

A fellow Silver Star Ranker from the Storytelling Section called My Heart Soars said, “Drama King, what’s going on? Don’t scare me, ah. I heard that your reward went beyond 400,000 yuan, that your witty and tongue-in-cheek eloquence even broke Silver Tongue’s record. How can your achievements be suppressed, ah? Is there really someone more powerful than yourself there?”

Just then, Silver Tongue, their fellow Silver Ranker also appeared to say, “What’s going on? I was a little busy yesterday and did not manage to catch your performance. Someone who could suppress you actually appeared? Did other sections send out Silver Star Rank 3 broadcasters or higher to battle with you?”

“Yi? That doesn’t sound right, ah. Our Song & Dance Section didn’t send out any big guns. Our strongest representative was Golden Voice, but I think he was asked by the manager to perform tomorrow, ah. Just what happened, ah, Drama King?”

“That’s right, tell us, ah. Most of us had been busy with outside matters and rarely paid attention to platform business. Could it be a new deity had appeared?”

“From what I can see, most of the broadcasting sections could be said to have reached saturation rate. Broadcasters who had joined the business at its infant stage were like young lords and princes who rose and competed together within our factions. Back then, it was easy to gain momentum. However, it is no longer the same now. With several great deities establishing a firm foothold in our sections, viewers have long since associated us as representatives of these sections. Others who try to break into these sections were seen as [2] soy sauce sellers.”

“Drama King? Just who are you talking about? Quick, tell us. Did someone really send out a Rank 3 or higher? Well, if that’s the case, there’s no shame in losing. A Rank 3 Silver Star broadcaster has at least 400,000 fans, which is several tens of thousands more than yours. There’s no need to dwell over it, ah.”

“Drama King? Hey, come out and let us know what’s going on, ah.”

A group of curious Rank 1 and Rank 2 Silver Star broadcasters all tried to persuade Drama King into telling them what happened.

Drama King stared at the big names on the screen. He smiled bitterly and said, “My dear great deities, that person is not some Silver Star Rank 3 great deity. If I had lost to someone like that, I would have accepted my loss with better humour. However, that m*therf*cker…”

Drama King paused. He was somewhat embarrassed to type out Ye Fei’s name. When he thought of the long number that went with it, a wave of despair washed over him.

“Drama King, don’t drag things out, ah. Everyone here is a Silver Star Broadcaster. You are one of us. Tell us, just who is this awesome guy, we’ll destroy him.”

“That’s right, show him that we Silver Star Broadcasters are not to be disgraced.”

“That’s right, unless they are a much higher rank, we’ll never let him off.”

“Drama King, speak, just who is it?”

Seeing the demands scrolling across his screen, he finally sighed and said, “It was a Bronze Star Rank 2 Broadcaster.”

Everyone, “… …”

The silence lasted only less than half a minute.

Half a minute later, the entire Silver Ranker Forum exploded.

[Gumihou: I love it when the peanut gallery is so responsive]

[1] Some small adjustments

[2] Soy Sauce Sellers – minor characters