The Guide of How to Be an Interstellar Tycoon

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"Welcome to the third round of the Gourmet Contest. The theme of this game is meat, and the dish is not just about meat. You are required to make a dish with meat as the main food, and the side dishes are no more than one-third of your dish. Roast it, fry it, or stream it. Your choice! Now, let's save the words and get started!" Meng Bingyan briefly explained the theme and rules before he left the game to the 60 participants.

Meat was the one thing that people ate a lot in the interstellar era. After all, they didn't know many vegetables and found it hard to cultivate them, so the vegetables were expensive. Meat, however, was cheap and more popular because people could get them from animals directly.

However, most of the time, people preferred to grill them after pickling and then roast them in the oven, which was easy to make and enjoyable to eat.

Therefore, most of the contestants present chose to roast meat. The differences were their roasting skills and spices. Soon, the whole space was filled with a variety of fragrances.

At that moment, Gu Bai raised his hand and asked, "Can I use my own spices?"

Not only the host but other contestants looked at Gu Bai. Some couldn't even help complaining.

The director gave the answer through the host's mic, so Meng Bingyan said, "Yes, but we need to check your spices first."

Since Apple Television had started its game today as well, Tomato Television decided to give the contestants more space to do their job instead of limiting their selection of ingredients. By doing so, they expected to attract more attention from the viewers.

Gu Bai took out the cumin he had picked up for checking.

How could roasted meat lack cumin?

"Sure," Meng Bingyan nodded and agreed after checking for a while. Immediately, the other contestants were dissatisfied.

"Why is he allowed to use his ingredients? That's not fair!" Liu Gaoming was the first who objected. Some other contestants echoed as well.

"The theme of this game is meat. As long as the main food is meat, feel free to use other vegetables and spices. If what you need is not here, we can get them for you from the mall. Of course, you can make some if you can. As long as your ingredients pass our checking, you can use them as well," replied Meng Bingyan.

Liu Gaoming said, "Then we want the spices he has as well."

"Well, Bai Xiaobai found it by himself. It's not on the public list, just like mushrooms and sweet potatoes, so we don't have any," Meng Bingyan explained unhurriedly.

Other contestants had nothing to say.

They might have doubted it before. But after everything happened in the wild, especially after they watched the recorded broadcast, they had learned how capable Gu Bai was, so they didn't have such doubts anymore.

Suddenly, Liu Gaoming and the others lost their words.

"Ten minutes have passed since the beginning of the competition. There are still fifty minutes left. Wish you guys make good use of it," Meng Bingyan reminded them.

[Did Xiaobai find new ingredients?]

[I saw it just now. It looks similar to rice, but the color is brown. I wonder how it tastes.]

[Looking forward to Xiaobai's roasted meat. His dish will surely be different and more delicious.]

[I share your mind.]

Gu Bai wasn't in a hurry to make the meat because he knew that the soul of the roasted meat was the sauce. As long as the sauce was done perfectly, his dish would be half successful.

He had picked cumin in the forest two days ago and fried them. Taking them out, he then ground them into powders, added soy sauce, zanthoxylum, salt, and sugar, and mixed them into a simple sauce.

After all, the ingredients here were too limited.

Gu Bai decided to make more necessary spices after the end of the game so that he could gain more advantage in the future competition.

Gu Bai daubed the sauce on the surface of the meat evenly and rubbed it so that the sauce could get into the depth of the meat. Time was so limited. Otherwise, he could have pickled it overnight.

He didn't use the oven provided by sponsors but placed the meat directly on the fire.

It required a high ability to roast things. Luckily, Gu Bai had done it so many times before, so it wasn't a problem for him.

In addition, roasting on fire was a better way to strengthen the flavor in the meat. It would fasten and spread the smell more wildly to attract more people.

All the contestants couldn't help swallowing and cursing Gu Bai inwardly, yet they failed to fool themselves and looked toward Gu Bai unconsciously.

Among them all, Fang Weixuan made it most obviously. His eyes were lit up as he said, "That smells so good. I just feel like my dish is tasteless. I hope Xiaobai will leave me a piece later, then I won't have any regret even if I will be eliminated today."

The other contestants felt the same. That didn't feel confident at all. Even those who thought highly of themselves seemed depressed.

The audience in the live stream reacted even more eagerly and directly.

[Oh, my god! What's that smell? When the hell will he have a live stream offline? Xiaobai, I'm desperate to taste it!]

[Xiaobai, my boy, you have three minutes to finish your roasted meat! Or, I'll, well, I'll... I'll have to wait...]

[Guys, I'm already at Xiaobai's home, waiting for him to make roasted meat for me after he finishes the game. Don't worry. I'll share the photos on my Facebook.]

[Go away, bi*ch! I'm Xiaobai's girlfriend, and I'm the only one who can have his dishes!]

[I won't join your fights, guys. All I wish is Xiaonbai could make some in Blue Star. I'm willing to pay any price he sets.]

[Ahhhh! I'm so mad! I can't bear it!]

[What's wrong? Did Xiaobai's meat offend you?]

[Of course not. It's Apple Television and Ting Yu. I can't stop myself! You guys know that Apple Television is holding a live stream, right? Do you know what Ting Yu is making? He's making spring rolls! The same Xiaobai made before! The only difference is that he steamed them, indicating that Xiaobai plagiarized his work because he had made it on his live stream before! Right now, his fans are cursing Xiaobai badly on his live stream! I'm in a great rage!]

[Haha... It's true that Bai Xiaobai plagiarized Ting Yu. Yu Shen has made spring rolls before. What now? Can't you accept the consequence of what he had done?]

[No wonder I thought it was familiar when Bai Xiaobai made spring rolls. Shame on him to copy Yu Shen's work! How stupid you are to like him! A bunch of fools!]

[Oh, get out of here, fans of Yu Shen! You are not welcomed here!]

[Did Ting Yu make any of it? Why don't I know that? See, I've watched all the recording videos of Ting Yu, but I've never seen him making any spring rolls! He steamed that to copy Xiaobai's work, but now he turns against Xiaobai?]

[Yu Shen has made buns out of flour with stuffing inside. Tell me again Bai Xiaobai didn't create spring rolls based on buns? That's plagiarizing indeed!]

[Did Ting Yu ever apply for the patent of buns? That's so ridiculous!]

The live stream was full of the temptation of Gu Bai's roasted meat. Unfortunately, after Ting Yu's fans rushed in, they made a mess by accusing Gu Bai of plagiarizing Ting Yu's buns and cursing him badly.