This was all within Ling Zhenfei's expectations. The Beauty Pill and Divine Immortal Water were just these two things, yet the value they created each year was unimaginable. A yearly order of tens of millions was just the beginning.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Then let's work hard, and we'll make money together."

Ji Mei was very happy and suddenly asked, "I saw on your Weibo that your restaurant is opening soon, right?"

Ling Zhenfei said, "Yeah, it's just a few days away. We are now busy preparing."

Ji Mei began to laugh, "Honestly, I've been thinking about those three dishes you made for me, I've been yearning for them."

Ling Zhenfei laughed, "Are you missing my dishes or me?"

"Stop it! Of course, I miss both. Don't you know? Even someone like me who swore off boyfriends is beginning to fall for you."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Really? I feel like you've had feelings for me for a while now."

"Ling Zhenfei, you are so annoying, I really don't want to talk to you anymore. Can't you just leave me some dignity?" Ji Mei was clearly touched by Ling Zhenfei's words.

Ling Zhenfei said, "How about this, my restaurant is about to open, and I originally wanted to find a spokesperson to help promote it. But I'm too shy to ask anyone, so I decided not to look for one. However, I would like to ask you to promote it on Weibo."

Ji Mei laughed and said, "Isn't that an easy task? As for a spokesperson, why not ask Chu Bingqing? She would probably agree."

Ling Zhenfei smiled and said, "Forget it. Although Chu Bingqing and I seem very familiar to others, we actually only met once and made a few phone calls. It's just that we interact more online. To use a popular saying now, we're just internet friends."

"Internet friends! Haha, that's hilarious." Ji Mei laughed joyfully. Ling Zhenfei didn't know why Ji Mei was so happy.

"Is it that funny?" Ling Zhenfei asked in surprise.

"Of course it's funny. So you and Chu Bingqing are just internet friends. When are you two going to meet up?" Ji Mei continued to tease.

"Forget it, I'm not really one to ask for favors. If you hadn't called me, I wouldn't have mentioned this to you."

Ji Mei said, "Don't worry, I'll definitely promote your restaurant well for you."

After some idle chat, the two hung up the phone, but Ji Mei was still holding the phone, laughing so hard she was bending at the waist.

After thinking for a bit, Ji Mei called Chu Bingqing. The two were best friends and got along very well.

"Hey, Ji the Big Boss, it's so late and you're still calling me. I need to get my beauty sleep," Chu Bingqing pretended to be unhappy.

Ji Mei laughed and said, "What I'm about to tell you will definitely wake you up instantly."

"Go ahead. If it's gossip about some celebrity again, I'm going to kill you," Chu Bingqing responded angrily.

Ji Mei laughed and said, "It's actually about a celebrity, but you'll love this gossip."

"Let's hear it!" Chu Bingqing said nonchalantly.

"It's about Miracle Doctor Ling Zhenfei. Do you want to hear it?"

Upon hearing Ling Zhenfei's name, Chu Bingqing became significantly less sleepy. "What about Ling Zhenfei?"

"See, I knew you'd love to hear it," Ji Mei teased.

"Cut the crap and get to the point." Chu Bingqing was becoming impatient.

Ji Mei said, "Actually, it's nothing much. Just now Miracle Doctor Ling Zhenfei invited me to help publicize their restaurant."

Chu Bingqing was stunned, "Why would they get you to do publicity? You're practically on the edge of the entertainment circle now."

Ji Mei pretended to be upset as she spoke, "So what? I was popular too, you know. It's just that I got tired of the entertainment industry and started my own business. Why can't they seek me out?"

Chu Bingqing's voice carried a hint of disappointment, "Why didn't they look for me? I'm at the height of my popularity right now, and we've known each other for so long, we're so close."

"Are you really that close? Actually, I asked Ling Zhenfei just now. I asked him why he didn't choose you, but do you know what Ling Zhenfei said?"

"What did he say?" Chu Bingqing was quite curious.

"Ling Zhenfei said, although he has known you for a long time, he only met you in person once in a rush. He said that most of the interaction was actually online, and he even used a term to describe your relationship—he said you were 'internet friends'."

After hearing this, Chu Bingqing was dumbstruck. Internet friends, that's right. They really hadn't met many times, and that one time they did meet was so hurried. She hadn't expected that after meeting once, Ling Zhenfei's career would take off so swiftly.

"So that's how it is, I understand now." Chu Bingqing's voice sunk to a nadir of dejection.

Ji Mei quickly detected the displeasure in Chu Bingqing's voice and hurriedly consoled her, "You don't need to be so downcast. Ling Zhenfei said he doesn't like asking for favors from others. I just happened to call him, or else he wouldn't have mentioned it to me either."

Chu Bingqing's voice remained low as she said, "Ji Mei, do you know? Sometimes I really envy you—you left the entertainment circle whenever you wanted, and started a business whenever you wanted. You're truly carefree."

"It's not that carefree. I'm quite busy too. Just a while ago, I was on the brink of bankruptcy. If it weren't for Ling Zhenfei bailing me out, I might be homeless by now."

"That's another thing I envy about you—you have more audacity than me, and a kind of fierce determination."

Ji Mei laughed, "That's right, I'm slightly stronger than you, particularly when it comes to the cunning nature of the entertainment industry. I saw through it, so I backed out. Oh, and there's another thing—I'm going to Binyang in the next couple of days."

"You're going to Binyang, to see Ling Zhenfei?" Chu Bingqing was surprised.

"Exactly. Now Ling Zhenfei is my business partner. He's invited me, so I have to go and show my face," Ji Mei's voice was filled with excitement.

"Ji Mei, are you flaunting this just to make me jealous? You're really infuriating me."

"What good does being mad do? You're a star. You can't just go wherever you want whenever you want. Go shoot your films."

The two of them bickered on the phone. They often teased each other like this—after all, they were close friends.

Of course, all this was unbeknownst to Ling Zhenfei, who had entered his cultivation long ago.

It wasn't until dawn that Ling Zhenfei was woken up by Yang Zixuan knocking on his door. Seeing that Yang Zixuan was her usual self, he finally felt relieved.

After breakfast, around eight o'clock or so, people started arriving for the second round of the trials. The numbers were still quite substantial. Restaurants like Xi Shan Restaurant, which offered the highest wages and benefits, attracted a lot of people wanting to work there.

The first challenge was for the Western cuisine chefs. The contest was quite straightforward: one was a designated dish, another was a signature dish, and there was also a missing ingredient test.

For the designated dish, on-site judges chose a dish for the applicants to prepare, awarding points to the tastiest ones.

The signature dish needs no explanation. Every chef has a dish they're especially good at, which each of them presented for the judges to taste, and the tastiest ones received certain points.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.