Could We Still Afford This?

Although Xu Yi may be a bit of a charlatan, he's a real man when it comes to his work.

Over the past two weeks, the buzz surrounding the Huangmen Chicken Incident has indeed been fading, but Xu Yi's personal image has been elevated in the minds of many viewers.

Is Huangshi Group that ordinary people dare to touch?

Many big bloggers with millions or tens of millions of followers have been silenced with a single phone call, but Xu Yi stubbornly persisted and shut down dozens of shops.

In the past two weeks, Xu Yi has caused Huangshi Group at least 100 million yuan in losses. If it were anyone else, they would have been banned from the entire internet by Huangshi Group long ago, but Xu Yi stood his ground and did not accept a single penny of ill-gotten gains.

That kid is really particular.

You can absolutely trust what he says.

Since he trusts her, there's no need to stay glued to the Livestream Room every day. Just help Xu Yi when he needs it.

Therefore, the number of Livestream Room generally remained around 20,000 to 30,000, but after the tasting event was launched, the number of viewers skyrocketed.

If it's convenient, people will subconsciously fill out the invitation form; some even refuse to accept money transfers and go at their own expense.

Because there was no prior notice, the station staff were completely stunned when they saw the train carriages full of people.

No.

It was just a tasting event, and the food wasn't even anything fancy, just a simple knock-off version of Huangmen Chicken. How did it attract thousands of people?

The staff waiting to pick them up were stunned, and the bus station staff were also at a loss.

"How could you organize such a big event without notifying us in advance?"

"Get everyone away quickly! Staying here any longer could lead to a safety incident!"

"What did you say? You don't have enough buses? You can't evacuate the crowd? I'm so pissed off!"

This is an industrial area, not a tourist area. If tourists are allowed to stay here for even half a day, they won't be able to find a place to eat, let alone use the restroom.

"Notify all nearby factories: those with vehicles, send vehicles; those with personnel, send personnel. Forget about production plans, get these troublemakers out of here first!"

Meanwhile, at the factory, Song Qinghuan was worried one second that no one would come and how to explain it to Xu Yi, but the next second he was overwhelmed by a convoy of cars dropping off passengers.

What happened?

The floodgates were opened, but instead of water, everything turned into living people?

Where did all these cars and people come from?

Is Li Yunlong planning to attack Ping'an County?

Song Qinghuan was completely stunned. He looked at his younger sister and found that even she, who was usually so witty and clever, was dumbfounded.

"You're the factory manager of Hòudào Food Factory?"

A station staff member rushed over and grabbed Song Qinghuan by the collar without saying a word.

"Do you know how much trouble you've caused us? If anything happens to so many tourists, I won't be okay, and neither will you!"

The station staff member became increasingly aggrieved as she spoke, and almost burst into tears.

Family members, does anyone understand?

It wasn't that he had a bad temper; it's just that the train station industrial area didn't have much foot traffic to begin with. He usually just leisurely drank tea and did his daily routine. Who would have thought that he'd wake up to thousands of ancestors appearing in front of him?

In this industrial area, who would take public transportation? Everyone either rides with the factory shuttle or drives themselves.

He has no experience in handling such a large-scale situation.

After listening to the staff's explanation, Song Qinghuan finally understood.

Are all these people... guests at the tasting event?

After waiting for ages, no one showed up. It wasn't that they didn't want to come, but rather that they were stuck in traffic at the bus station?

"Dear tourists, please don't rush. The tasting event can wait. Let's arrange your accommodations first! Rest assured, since you're here, I'll make sure you all get to enjoy Baiwei Chicken!"

Song Qinghuan stood in the crowd, holding a megaphone, and explained.

No sooner had Song Qinghuan finished speaking than a group of people rushed toward him. Startled, he quickly dodged backward, thinking they were tourists coming to attack him. But then he saw these people waving number plates and screaming.

"Stop arranging accommodations, we're happy to sleep on the floor. Hurry up and bring out the Baiwei Chicken, we want to eat Xu Yi!"

"I arrived at eight o'clock, and I waited in line for four hours. I have to be the first to eat!"

"What's eight o'clock to you? I arrived at six, and I haven't even said a word yet, so get out of here!"

The factory Boss nearby were dumbfounded as they watched the crowd lining up in one place.

There are many food factories nearby, including large brands such as Huangshi Group. They must have seen all sorts of things.

But the scene before me is something I've never seen before.

"What is this Baiwei Chicken? Why has a tasting event attracted so many people?"

"I don't know, I've never heard of it, I've never seen it!"

"I remember Song Qinghuan was almost bankrupt, wasn't he? Why is he suddenly making such a big move?"

"I heard he hooked up with a Big Streamer and invested 100 million yuan in him. He's really got a powerful backer and is about to take off!"

"Is it true that the streamer invested money? Isn't that Xu Yi just someone who tries to gain attention by associating with others?"

"Riding the wave of traffic? Look at this stunt, does it look like you're just trying to gain traffic? With such a high offline conversion rate, isn't the market going to explode?"

Outside the Hòudào Food Factory, there were more than a dozen lines, three or four deep, almost completely surrounding the factory gate.

Those who had just been questioning the situation fell silent upon seeing this.

That's too cruel, absolutely too cruel.

Among the crowd, several senior executives of Huangshi Group looked at each other, their faces extremely grim.

For the past two weeks, they have been relentlessly pursuing public relations and attacking Xu Yi, even smearing him, thinking that the controversy had died down.

In the company's Crisis Office, they've even thrown Xu Yi's files into the trash.

Isn't this a slap in the face to all of them?

In the afternoon, servings of freshly stir-fried "Baiwei Chicken" were finally delivered to the customers' tables.

The moment the photographers accompanying the team and the Livestream Viewers streaming the show focused their lenses on the still-steaming hot Baiwei Chicken, the audience watching the live stream went wild.

"Am I seeing things? They're using free-range chicken to make Huangmen Chicken? Is this something I can afford? And there are even wild mushrooms in it?"

"It's just food ingredients, don't make such a fuss. Did you see the safety rating on the packaging? It says green food, organic food!"

"What's green food? What's organic food? Is it expensive?"

"Is the person upstairs an idiot? They don't even know this? If they don't recognize green food and organic food, shouldn't they at least know the company standards?"

Food safety standards are extremely complex, numbering in the tens of thousands and covering hundreds of categories.

Even the most renowned professors in a particular field are only experts in one area, and cannot possibly be knowledgeable in all of them.

For the average person, green food is generally healthy food that does not contain pesticide residues, while organic food is expensive luxury food.

Its price is so high that ordinary consumers simply cannot afford it; it can only be used to entertain VIPs.

Does Xu Yi really treat them like gods?