After checking his draft box, Yu Mian opened the materials Huo Ting had recently given him.
The documents listed ingredients that could now be mass-produced at low cost while keeping radiation pollution levels within a safe range.
Once widely promoted, these ingredients could be purchased by ordinary interstellar residents at extremely affordable prices.
Unfortunately, due to the generational gap, most interstellar residents were now unfamiliar with these ingredients, let alone how to cook with them.
“As for cooking methods, they could definitely be included in the book. Once readers see them, they’ll surely be able to follow along. But many seasonings are missing. If only I could visit the research institute with Huo Ting to take a look.”
After all, seasonings like MSG could surely be synthesized by technical experts.
If the plan was to include these in a food-themed book, having the protagonist introduce various ingredients, seasonings, and even cooking tools during the process of making dishes would require using existing items. That way, interstellar readers could have the possibility of replicating the recipes.
“Or I could even record a tutorial video and upload it to the star network. Wouldn’t it be even better for people to see the entire cooking process?”
Yu Mian was genuinely interested in this new food-themed book he hadn’t been able to start writing yet.
After all, he was a food lover himself and was also skilled in making delicious dishes. If it could be promoted widely, it would undoubtedly be a delightful accomplishment.
[But don’t you dislike showing your face?]
“Uh, making food only requires showing your hands. Who said people need to see the chef’s face?”
Faced with the little system’s question, Yu Mian explained while twirling the pen in his hand.
“Besides, live broadcasts now go beyond just visuals and audio. They can even incorporate taste and touch. In a way, this could absolutely be a killer feature for food live broadcasts.”
After arriving in the interstellar era, Yu Mian had come to understand the explosive popularity of live broadcasting in this age, partly due to Bai Lande’s initial book promotion streams and later travel blogs by An.
The reason people were so enthusiastic about live broadcasts was that technology in the interstellar era had advanced to the point where viewers could feel like they were physically present at the scene.
For example, when watching a live broadcast of an outdoor adventure anchor, you could even feel the humid heat of the tropical rainforest blowing against your face and the earthy scent of raindrops falling onto the soil from the leaves.
“If I could pair the food from the book with scenes that let readers smell the aroma of the dishes and even experience the taste, wouldn’t this become the first fully immersive food gourmet novel?”
Wouldn’t there even be readers who cry out of greed? [Fish contemplating.jpg]
He thought about those times strolling down the street, catching a whiff of snacks from food stalls and feeling irresistibly drawn to buy them on the spot.
Yu Mian swished his tail, the more he thought about it, the more interesting and novel the idea became.
If that’s the case, his new house should definitely come with a big kitchen…at least one that wouldn’t lose out to the one in the Huo family’s old residence.
After all, the kitchen in the Huo family’s old residence was an extravagant rarity, even in the interstellar era.
Most ordinary families who relied on nutrient solutions didn’t even bother having a dedicated kitchen at home.
[But thinking about it, wouldn’t your food gourmet novel take a long time to write? After all, buying a house, setting it up, renovating it, and then building the kitchen would take quite a lot of time.]
As Yu Mian fantasized, the little system chimed in with its analysis.
“Hmm, that’s true.”
Yu Mian hadn’t thought that far ahead. Previously, he had just gone to the small kitchen on the second floor and quickly prepared meals using the abundant ingredients already available.
Once he moved out, things would become much more complicated.
It would be nice if he could borrow Huo Ting’s kitchen.
But that was just wishful thinking…and a bit too bold, honestly.
If he were to live broadcast or upload videos to the star network, Huo Ting would undoubtedly discover that Fish Soup Noodles was the mysterious resident using that kitchen!
“Sigh, this really does feel like wearing brocade robes at night.”
There were so many amazing food recipes in his mind, but he could only watch as others around him continued to drink nutrient solutions. The thought was undeniably frustrating.
However, with “Reborn” entering a critical phase in its serialization, Yu Mian temporarily set aside his thoughts about the food gourmet novel.
The reason why the Federation Medical Bureau has been so anxious during this period and even came up with a plan to officially refute the rumors was indeed related to the growing popularity of “Reborn”.
Contrary to their hopes, the fervor among readers didn’t cool down as anticipated. Instead, the escalating drama had made countless readers even more obsessed!
After taking advantage of his foresight golden finger after his rebirth, Pei Yan seized the opportunity to accept the olive branch offered by the renowned Director Welch and resolutely went to an outer star system to join the filming crew. From there, the timeline of the plot accelerated rapidly.
[[In a sense, this marked the first long-term separation between Pei Yan and his younger brother, Pei Shen, in this life.
Father Pei Jianchuan and Mother Luan Yi had hoped that this separation would ease Pei Shen’s excessive and morbid dependence on Pei Yan.
However, as time passed, they found it had almost no effect…if anything, it made things worse.
Pei Shen’s performance at school became increasingly outstanding, and he smoothly skipped grades to enter the same academic year as his older brother, Pei Yan.
However, he chose to sit alone next to Pei Yan’s vacant seat, refusing all other seating arrangements.
After Pei Shen’s nutritional needs were met, his previously thin and stunted body underwent an almost unbelievable transformation over three years.
His frame became tall and well-proportioned, his bone structure superior, as if the Pei family had truly raised him from an illegitimate adopted son to someone exuding genuine nobility.
But unlike Pei Yan’s refined and noble temperament, Pei Shen gave people a feeling of extreme coldness and aloofness.
Those who once looked down upon the so-called “adopted son of the Pei family” would feel uneasy under Pei Shen’s faintly mocking gaze, it was as if they were completely seen through whenever they approached and tried to please Pei Shen now.
“What’s with that kid, anyway?”
“Yeah, he’s so full of himself, it’s really unbearable. Do you think Pei Yan gave up on studying business management because this guy forced him out?”
“Is Welch’s movie real or not? Did it flop? Otherwise, how could it take almost three years to finish? Is Pei Yan planning to come back for the Star Entrance Exams to get into the Central Star Drama Academy?”
The scheming “friends” who used to hang around Pei Yan in his previous life had no opportunity to sow discord in this life.
After all, after Pei Yan decisively joined Director Welch’s crew to film the mysterious movie, he was rarely seen at school.
Only when there were important exams would he hurriedly take a starship back to the Central Star to take the exam, and he always left on the same day.
Fortunately, the teachers were relieved to find that, despite missing so many classes, Pei Yan’s grades hadn’t slipped.
For the Central Star’s top-performing performing arts academy, Pei Yan’s academic record was more than sufficient. If Director Welch’s movie were successfully released, his résumé would undoubtedly be a golden ticket.
Those former “friends” and dandies naturally understood this and couldn’t shake the feeling that Pei Yan had left them behind.
After all, everyone had deliberately approached Pei Yan before, flattering him on the surface, but actually didn’t take it seriously behind his back.
As the young master’s self-proclaimed friends, they naturally discovered that Pei Yan, the “vase young master”, was actually not good at mathematics and physics at all. In order to get the results that satisfied his parents, Pei Yan had to put in thousands of times more effort behind the scenes to achieve them.
In contrast, Pei Shen, the adopted son, always seemed infuriatingly relaxed. He always dozed off in math class yet consistently scored absurdly high marks.
Even when roped into the school basketball team, he managed to make the audience cheer and scream wildly after merely studying the rules and techniques.
“That guy’s a lunatic, a monster! Pei Yan must’ve been driven away by him…”
Just after saying those words, the dandy noticed that Pei Shen, who was carrying his schoolbag, glanced in their direction indifferently.
The moment their eyes met, the dandy was so startled that he subconsciously wanted to explain himself. However, Pei Shen simply walked away without a second glance, as if he had never regarded them as worth his time.
But only Pei Jianchuan and Luan Yi knew that their younger son, who appeared like a god of death in the eyes of outsiders, would transform into a completely different person during his nightly video calls with his brother.
“Big Brother…”
When Pei Yan, on set with the production crew, received yet another video call from his younger brother Pei Shen, the actors and staff around him chuckled kindly.
“Is it that brother of yours calling again?”
“Go on, go on. He calls you like clockwork every day, rain or shine. Anyone who didn’t know better would think you had a girlfriend.”
“Don’t be ridiculous. He’s just a freshly-adult kid.”
As soon as someone cracked a joke, the director immediately silenced them.
“My apologies, Director. I’ll step aside for a moment.”
Pei Yan also felt a subtle embarrassment.
After all, ever since he chose to leave the Central Star and join the filming crew, he thought he would be separated from Pei Shen for a while, but the other party started communicating unilaterally every night.
Initially, Pei Shen even had their mother accompany him during these calls, forcing Pei Yan to endure the sessions patiently to avoid arousing suspicion.
Pei Shen pestered his brother to chat in the beginning, but when he later realized that Pei Yan was getting impatient, he shifted from idle chatter to using study notes as an excuse for tutoring, which made Pei Yan gradually accept this kind of “checking in on him”.
However, after teaching the knowledge points every day, he would still pester Pei Yan to engage in some idle chatter.
“Big Brother, you haven’t been in contact with Slaide and his friends recently, right?”
“Big Brother, did anything happen in the crew today? Were there any particularly attractive actresses?”
“Big Brother…”
Only after ensuring Pei Yan was alone and preparing to sleep would Pei Shen end the call with satisfaction.
Pei Yan found himself helpless against the endless strings of “Big Brother”. Although he felt his younger brother’s dependence on him in this lifetime was somewhat abnormal, Pei Yan was at a loss for how to address it.
Perhaps when he entered university and became truly independent, and distance himself from the Pei family, their relationship would naturally fade over time…]]
In this part of the plot, Pei Yan remained oblivious to his brother’s morbid dependence, but the vast interstellar readers were eagerly finding it more and more interesting.
[Does a younger brother really have any business controlling whether his adult brother has a girlfriend!? Even investigating the actresses in the crew? This is seriously crazy!]
[I’m dying of laughter. Pei Yan doesn’t even realize how wrong this is. He thinks his brother is just curious about beautiful actresses because of adolescence, but I swear Pei Shen is just terrified his brother will catch feelings and start dating early! Baby Yan, please be a little more vigilant]
[Also, Pei Shen always looks so superior in front of other people, but at night when he is in front of his brother, he becomes a brother con who keeps calling out “big brother”, just like a puppy that wags its tail and refuses to let go, it’s weirdly hateful and cute..]
This blatant double standard from Pei Shen, aloof to everyone else yet soft and docile puppy toward Pei Yan, enchanted countless readers.
It was as if as long as his brother Pei Yan raised his hand slightly, he would offer his belly to be rubbed. This feeling was truly indescribable.
As the plot stretched on, it reached another critical turning point.
That is, during a holiday, Pei Shen finally decided to secretly go to the crew to visit his brother Pei Yan.
However, on that particular day, Pei Yan happened to be filming a pivotal scene where the teenage protagonist had his one and only confrontation with his childhood sweetheart.
Pei Yan’s maturing features were just as stunning and noble as before. The crew knew well that he was the eldest son of the Pei family. He was handsome and noble, and has a top-notch family background. In this life, he had suppressed his sharp and impetuous personality and was quite gentlemanly. For the actresses of the same age in the crew, he was indeed a very lethal attraction.
When Pei Shen rushed to the star system where the crew was located overnight, he was picked up by the person in charge as soon as he got off the starship and was taken to find his brother Pei Yan. The first thing he saw was Pei Yan patiently explaining the script to a young actress.
Pei Yan’s gaze was lowered as he attentively discussed the scene, while the delicate girl beside him stared at him with obvious admiration. Her feelings were nearly palpable.
Even Director Welch had noticed this detail but chose to ignore it since it aligned perfectly with the script’s dynamic of unrequited affection for the childhood friend. It brought the scene to life.
Anyway, the two young actors were carefully selected, and they are very pleasing to the eye standing together!
“Big Brother!”
The next second, a cold, almost menacing voice broke through the crew lounge atmosphere.
This instantly broke the previous atmosphere, causing Pei Yan and the girl to look over.
“Pei Shen?!”
Pei Yan’s first reaction was disbelief. Shouldn’t Pei Shen still be attending classes on Central Star?
“…Pei Shen? Brother Pei Yan, is that your younger brother?”
The girl’s innocent question struck a nerve in Pei Shen, whose mood had already soured.]]
“Hiss… this plot feels like an unexpected love triangle. He ran all this way to see his brother, only to find his brother with a ‘sister’ instead!”
On reading this part, Kane couldn’t hide his gloating expression. He wanted to laugh at Pei Shen, but he also couldn’t imagine how explosive Pei Shen would be next.
Wouldn’t the jar vinegar overflow to the point of drowning the entire crew? How will Pei Yan coax him?
And to think, Pei Shen hadn’t even graduated or taken over the family business yet!
