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Chapter 13 Chapter 13: Major Competition

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Seeing the comments, Ye Fei also found it difficult to differentiate which ones belonged to the water army and which ones were from Shi Jiumei’s fans.

But Ye Fei could see as clear as day that the people who started the fight weren’t simple online netizens.

It was only when they started stirring up trouble, did the ordinary netizens start to believe in their spiel.

During the time that Ye Fei took to read all these, Li Xiaoyun had finished eaing the noodles and placed the utensils into the dishwasher, together with Ye Xiaomo’s.

When she came back, she said, “Look at these people! They are obviously stirring up trouble by smearing your reputation. Those so-called insiders, have they said a word of truth? Saying that you look ugly?”

“Oh please! If you are ugly, I’m curious what kind of standards are considered beautiful then! Saying that you are promoted by an internet celebrity beautification company? You’ve never even signed with any company, nor have any manager, or even your own working studio! All of the recording, editing, and uploading of the videos are done solely by you! I didn’t even know that someone has been ‘beautifying’ you all this while!”

Not a single statement from these people is correct. It’s so obvious that someone brought in the water army to smear your reputation.” Li Xiaoyun ranted. “Look at Shi Jiumei’s reply again. It is so obvious that she’s the one doing all of these. None of the others in the industry has said anything yet, while she was the first to come out and make a fuss. If it’s not her, who else could it be?”

Ye Fei had seen it too; Shi Jiumei replied to every single one of those people who complimented her.

In fact, whenever a netizen trampled on Ye Fei’s reputation while complimenting Shi Jiumei, the latter even thanked them without evading the issue at all.

And this was only a small portion of what Ye Fei had read. Some of those she hadn’t seen yet probably had Shi Jiumei’s hand in it too.

Ye Fei didn’t bother to look at the bullet screen in her video. She reckoned that it was chaotic from the arguments too.

Her fans were naturally protective of her.

Zhong Xian: “It is true that Fei Xiaomo has never shown her face, so whether she looks good or not, who can prove it? You say that she is ugly but where’s the proof?”

Yi Jiao: “Moreover, whoever made it a rule that a food vlogger must reveal her face? She isn’t even a celebrity! She simply wants to share her cooking expertise with others without showing her face. But just because of that—just because she doesn’t show her face—you’re saying that someone else is doing the cooking for her?”

Little Dried Fish: “There are plenty of people who don’t reveal their faces when filming their own videos. With this logic, are you saying that they are also the same? Furthermore, why did you suddenly come here to attack Fei Xiaomo, of all people? Also, so many questioning voices emerged out of nowhere within a day. I have to express my doubt about the authenticity of these suspicions and the motives of these netizens.”

Cutie Looking Forward To Summer: “Shi Jiumei’s cooking skills are great? Don’t make me laugh! In at least half of all of her videos, she’s copying Fei Xiaomo! Doesn’t she have to rely on showing her face and acting cute to attract fans? That face of hers… If you want to talk about it within the culinary circle, then yes, it’s still considered good-looking but outside of that circle, her face is just very ordinary, okay? What absurd sense of superiority are Shi Jiumei’s fans showing off?”

“Hehehe, Shi Jiumei looks plain? Then, exactly how good-looking are you? Let us have a look then. Moreover, our Shi Jiumei dares to reveal her face openly, unlike Fei Xiaomo, who only dodges the issue and doesn’t speak the truth.”

“You say that Shi Jiumei’s cooking skills are not good? Have you eaten it before? At least, when we follow Shi Jiumei’s methods, the end result is delicious.”

Ye Fei’s fans retorted, “That’s just what you guys are saying. We also made them according to Fei Xiaomo’s methods and they are delicious. Whereas for Shi Jiumei’s methods, aside from complicating the process with superficial steps, the end result hasn’t changed at all and isn’t as delicious as Fei Xiaomo’s recipe.”

Although Ye Fei’s fans were protecting her too…

But having the support of a water army and not was a significant difference after all.

Ye Fei’s fans may have been accumulated steadily over time, but Shi Jiumei’s fans, plus the number of people from the water army, weren’t something that Ye Fei’s fans could compare to.

Very soon, Ye Fei’s fans were drowned out by Shi Jiumei’s water army.

“Shi Jiumei made a comment on Weibo!” Li Xiaoyun called out.

Ye Fei also went to look. She watched Shi Jiumei announce, “I’m really satisfied to see everyone sharing the pictures of their efforts. This means that the methods that I share have been very useful, right? I’ll upload a new video at nine tonight! It’s more special this time as the recording time is longer. Because it is an unedited version, it shows the whole process from start to finish—as proof that I did not get a replacement!”

Shi Jiumei’s fans immediately replied, “Wow! We’re looking forward to it!”

“Hahahaha, our Jiu Mei shot back directly! I like how resolute she is!”

“Jiu Mei is right. If Fei Xiaomo thinks that she’s being wronged, then she can also come out with a one-shot, unedited video! Remember to show the face and speak up to add more persuasion!”

“What the h*ll!” Li Xiaoyun was furious, “Ye Fei, you can’t let this go! It’s clear that Shi Jiumei is targeting you from this matter.”

“Even if you don’t appear at the event location, Station C continued to award you with the most popular food blogger medal for three consecutive years. As for that Shi Jiumei, she has always been third or second every time and has always been ruthlessly ‘suppressed’ by you,” Li Xiaoyun analyzed.

“I have always known that she definitely couldn’t accept losing to you and wanted to surpass you but I never thought that after holding back for such a long time, she would come up with this despicable move.”

“Ye Xiaofei, let’s enter the competition,” Ye Xiaomo suddenly spoke up at the side.

“Enter what competition?” Li Xiaoyun moved closer to ask.

Hence, Ye Xiaomo pushed the laptop screen in front of them.

Ye Fei saw the advertising page of a major competition.

“It’s the competition organized by Chang Ping Corporation!” Li Xiaoyun said in shock, “There will even be a television and internet broadcast!”

“Ye Fei, participate!” Li Xiaoyun immediately said, “The reward for a competition organized by Chang Ping Corporation is really high. If you can stand out from the crowd here, you don’t have to win the championship. As long as the judges think that you have the potential, you will really be able to display your exceptional abilities in the culinary world.”

Don’t be fooled into thinking that Ye Fei was already famous as a food vlogger.

This was the same as comparing internet celebrities with those from the entertainment industry—other people could care less about the former.

No matter how good Ye Fei’s cooking skills were, she could not truly make a name for herself in the culinary world in the end.

Other people would never admit her abilities.

“Chang Ping Corporation. That is the gourmet empire that occupies 80 percent of our Chinese food industry,” Li Xiaoyun explained, “Among the domestic Michelin-starred restaurants in our country, 90 percent of them belong to Chang Ping Corporation. Among the remaining high-end restaurants, and even the mid-range chain restaurants, Chang Ping Corporation also accounts fro more than 70 percent of them. As for the ones that are still in the acquisition phase, I can’t even calculate them.”

“Besides that, there is also the Chang Ping Culinary Academy. It is the only culinary academy to enter the world’s top 10 schools in our country. During last year’s end-of-the-year evaluation, it was ranked in seventh place. We don’t know if our ranking can be improved this year. As for students who graduated from Chang Ping Culinary Academy, they either opened their own restaurant or were snatched up by various high-end restaurants. Currently, all of the Michelin-starred restaurants in the world have students who graduated from Chang Ping Culinary Academy.”

“If you can achieve a good ranking in this competition, or even win the championship, you will be acknowledged by the entire culinary world,” Li Xiaoyun said, “But during each contest, there will be students from Chang Ping Culinary Academy participating. Although they are still students, ordinary chefs simply can’t compare to those from Chang Ping Culinary Academy.”

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