“Teacher Lin, what dishes are you planning to make?”
“Big Pot Stew.”
Lin Xing said as he sliced the meat.
In Lin Xing’s old hometown in the north, Big Pot Stew was indispensable. It was almost always served at weddings and funerals, usually accompanied by the standard steamed buns.
Of course, on Earth, Lin Xing wouldn't have known how to make Big Pot Stew. He only learned after transmigrating here, as some children he met while doing charity work in various places might not have eaten meat for months.
Later, Lin Xing simply decided to learn how to cook himself.
Making Big Pot Stew.
According to Lin Xing’s hometown, Big Pot Stew traditionally only contained pork, but Lin Xing later added beef and lamb. He also studied with a chef for a while, which led to this new version of Big Pot Stew.
Cooking can sometimes be a form of enjoyment.
Especially when Lin Xing finished making Big Pot Stew for the children on Dafeng Mountain, watching them devour it ravenously was Lin Xing’s greatest pleasure.
Lin Xing had the production team prepare a large pot in advance.
Then he chopped wood, set up the pot, lit the fire, and added oil.
It was a rustic, authentic farm-style cooking method.
Unlike harvesting wheat, which Lin Xing hadn't done in a very long time, he had recently made Big Pot Stew on Dafeng Mountain, so he was incredibly proficient.
“Close-up, cameras 2, 3, and 4, all on Lin Xing.”
“Yes, get a close-up, focus on his knife skills.”
“Get a close-up of the pot.”
...Feng Gang seemed a bit excited at this moment.
“let's farm” focused on celebrities farming, so everything had to be authentic, and Lin Xing making Big Pot Stew was perfectly suited for this.
Feng Gang even instructed someone to inform the copywriters to come up with some captions for Big Pot Stew.
For the entire afternoon, Feng Gang sat behind the monitor, primarily watching the filming of Lin Xing cooking.
In Feng Gang’s view, inviting Lin Xing for this episode was mainly to reverse the current obscurity of “let's farm.” More precisely, it was to make “let's farm” break out of its niche.
Even being cursed at would be better than being ignored now.
This was Feng Gang's all-or-nothing gamble, so he had to make everything revolve around Lin Xing as much as possible.
But he never expected Lin Xing to give him such a huge surprise.
At 5 PM, Duan Hai, Guan Peng, and others returned from the fields.
“Huh?? Is Teacher Lin cooking for us???”
“Wow, it smells so good, what is this???”
“Big Pot Stew, I've had it a lot where I'm from.”
...Everyone started chattering excitedly at this moment.
“That’s right, it’s Big Pot Stew.”
Lin Xing said with a smile, “We can open the pot now.”
As he spoke, Lin Xing directly lifted the lid, and a steaming, fragrant Big Pot Stew appeared before their eyes.
Of course, the main reason was that everyone was hungry.
Harvesting wheat was physically demanding, so at this point, as long as the food wasn't terrible, everyone found it delicious.
Time to eat.
And so, after the meal was finished, the recording concluded.
“Xing Xing, you worked hard today.”
As soon as the recording ended, Feng Gang was the first to walk over: “I'll have Guo Biao take you back to the hotel. Get a good rest today. Tomorrow, I'll have Guo Biao pick you up directly and take you to the exam location.”
“Director Feng, this is no hardship at all.”
Lin Xing shook his head and smiled, “Shouldn't we be sleeping here tonight?”
“No need for that. Firstly, there's no accommodation left for guests here, and besides, we don't record guests sleeping like other shows.”
Feng Gang said with a smile, “Moreover, besides taking the exam tomorrow, you'll continue harvesting wheat, so it will be even more tiring. You really need to get a good night's sleep today.”
Since he had put it that way, Lin Xing didn't insist.
After all, sometimes too much is as bad as too little.
After returning to the hotel, Lin Xing first took a bath, then checked the trending topics on Weibo.
Wu Yao’s scandal had been unfolding for about two days, and the trending topics hadn't cooled down; instead, they were intensifying.
After all, a top star's downfall was what everyone loved to see.
Currently, Wu Yao was practically finished. Aside from his fans still shouting, 'My brother was framed,' almost no one believed him anymore.
And just as Sister Dao said, the endorsements and resources that Wu Yao lost were what everyone wanted to snatch up.
At this moment, who wouldn't want to step on Wu Yao hard?
So, many negative trending topics about Wu Yao were bought.
Then there was Lin Xing.
Lin Xing also had negative trending topics bought about him.
Anti-explosion.
Although Lin Xing was still far from Wu Yao in terms of status and popularity, he had quickly shot up on the trending topics because of Wu Yao’s downfall.
Not only that, but in just two days, Lin Xing’s popularity on Weibo had skyrocketed.
At this point, some other artists definitely wanted to prevent his rise.
To prevent Lin Xing from becoming popular again.
Because Lin Xing had been recording “let's farm” all day today, he wasn't aware of the trending topics, but Sister Dao knew. Their company's publicity department was monitoring them constantly.
Sure enough, the trending topics already included: “【Starsea】 No good people, Lin Xing was a huge illiterate back then.” “Chu Hai secretly married and had a child, Wu Yao cheated, committed domestic violence, and solicited prostitutes – all on the same path. As for Lin Xing, he's now profiting from Wu Yao's misfortune,” and so on.
Public opinion, as always, was like this.
Netizens often followed along, cursing one person today and another tomorrow.
Otherwise, why were 'little essays' so popular???
So Lin Xing didn't care about these things.
On the way back to the hotel, he told Sister Dao that there was no need to pay attention to public relations or operations.
At this time, if you paid attention or tried to clarify, you would only be led by the nose by the other party.
How do you prove how many bowls of noodles you ate?
Especially since the other party had already started preparing to prevent your rise, they probably had a hundred methods waiting.
The next day, Lin Xing and Lin Miaoyin continued to participate in the recording.
In the car, Guo Biao continued to explain the upcoming certification situation.
Lin Xing occasionally said a few words, but Lin Miaoyin next to him didn't seem to be in very good spirits. Although she had makeup on, dark circles under her eyes were still faintly visible.
This made Lin Xing think that Lin Miaoyin was tired from last night and hadn't slept, unaware that Lin Miaoyin had been fighting under an alias all night.
She couldn't tolerate anyone slandering her Xing Xing.
She even stated: “When you watch the latest episode of “let's farm,” you'll know how capable and talented Lin Xing is.”
Unfortunately, Lin Miaoyin’s words were mocked by countless people.
“Haha, an illiterate person, what talent do you expect him to have??”
“What kind of trash variety show is “let's farm”? Never even heard of it. Lin Xing isn't going to play a farming expert in it, is he?”
“The 'play' from upstairs is spot on. But with Lin Xing’s acting, I’m afraid it’ll be full of awkwardness.”
“An illiterate’s fans really are illiterate. You can see capability and talent from farming??”
...Lin Miaoyin originally wanted to promote Lin Xing, but instead, she faced a new round of ridicule.
As a result, she barely slept all night.
But for Feng Gang, he was literally waking up laughing from his dreams.
Being notorious is still notoriety.
Lin Xing being 'anti-exploded' made “let's farm” trend for the first time.
It really was an accident.
“Later, when Lin Xing arrives, all cameras must be on him.”
Feng Gang was making arrangements at the exam site...