The Movie King Livestreams Cooking Rice

Chapter 3: Livestream (2)

Yesterday, Nguyễn Đường heard Thôi Lỗi mention that before he signed the contract with the company, they had equipped him with an advanced intelligent robot servant. This robot was capable of cleaning, cooking, massaging, working, and many other tasks. Although the contract with the company had been terminated, the robot had been transferred to him. After all, since he had just been discharged from the hospital, it made sense for him to have an intelligent servant to take care of him.

It was impossible not to admire how considerate the company was. Nguyễn Đường felt grateful and decided that if he had the chance in the future, he would certainly repay the company.

"Thank you, Tiểu Bạch," Nguyễn Đường said, putting on the slippers the robot had brought him. He remembered Thôi Lỗi mentioning that the original owner called it Tiểu Bạch.

"No need to thank me, Master. Would you like to eat now?" Tiểu Bạch asked.

Hearing this, Nguyễn Đường touched his stomach and realized he was indeed a little hungry. He nodded and said, "Yes."

Tiểu Bạch quickly brought him some nutrient solution.

When Nguyễn Đường saw the nutrient solution, he frowned slightly. During his time in the hospital, he had to drink this solution. A small tube, like a test tube, filled with sugar, albumin, and trace elements essential for the body. It was convenient and reduced the effort needed, but the downside was that it had no taste at all, and though it filled his stomach, it didn't satisfy his craving for food. For someone like Nguyễn Đường, who had grown up surrounded by delicious food, this was even worse than being hungry.

Fortunately, common ingredients like pork, beef, chicken eggs, rice, flour, and vegetables were all available. He could make a pot of lean pork and bok choy porridge or a beef and egg congee. The cost of these ingredients was also not expensive, with the meat costing no more than twenty common coins, so Nguyễn Đường decided to buy a little of everything. Not long after, their shopping cart had twenty different ingredients. Especially the potatoes—he wasn't sure if they were on sale, but one potato cost only two common coins, so Nguyễn Đường bought twenty of them. With how good fresh-keeping technology was nowadays, buying a little extra wasn't a big deal.

At that moment, his neural brain reminded him that his account balance was insufficient.

Hastily checking his account, Nguyễn Đường discovered that the original owner had only two hundred common coins left. Was this the poorest movie star in history?

He looked through the account's transaction history and found that five years ago, the original owner would transfer large sums of money every month to an account, and only stopped doing so when something happened. By then, his account balance was just over one hundred thousand common coins. As for his rented apartment, initially, the rent was automatically deducted from his account every month—two thousand five hundred common coins per month. This continued for three years until the account balance ran out, and the landlord contacted Thôi Lỗi, who then paid the rent for him. Moreover, today, when he used the flying car to go home, fifty common coins were deducted, leaving just two hundred in his account now.

The salary of an average person was around five thousand common coins per month. Given Nguyễn Đường's current situation, it could only be called "poor as a church mouse."

It seemed he needed to think of a way to make money quickly, or else he wouldn’t even be able to afford white rice.

The original owner was an actor, with both good looks and acting skills, but right now, Nguyễn Đường didn’t know how to act, and his body hadn’t recovered, looking like nothing more than a walking skeleton. What beauty could he claim to have?

What he could bring to the table was probably just his cooking skills, but given his current physical condition, he couldn't go outside to find a job.

So, his only option left was to try selling food online.

He returned to the search page and typed "Cuisine," and among the search results, the first one that came up was the Tấn Giang livestream system.

The Tấn Giang livestream system was a platform that aggregated a variety of live streams, with over two hundred million streamers. Thanks to technological advancements, the entertainment industry had flourished, making livestreams an indispensable form of entertainment. The system's strong interactivity made it incredibly appealing.

Nguyễn Đường's eyes lit up, and he immediately clicked on it. The site featured several livestream rooms, with game and mecha combat livestreams being the most popular, taking up half of the platform. Nguyễn Đường scrolled down and finally found the food section, where food streamers were abundant, though not as many as the game or mecha categories.

He selected the most popular food livestream channel to watch. The streamer was a slightly chubby young man, currently livestreaming his meal at a restaurant. Since the livestream system recognized that Nguyễn Đường was at home via the intelligent network, it automatically switched to an immersive mode.

In immersive mode, Nguyễn Đường felt like he was experiencing it himself, as if he were sitting at the table waiting for the dishes to be served. The virtual world of the future had developed to the point where the size, weight, taste, color, emotions, and even temperature of the food felt incredibly real, making Nguyễn Đường very pleased.

The chubby streamer kept talking about how delicious the food at the restaurant was, which made Nguyễn Đường even more eager.

The dishes arrived quickly—steamed eggplant and grilled chicken breast. The aroma was great, but he couldn’t tell the taste.

The streamer swallowed, inviting the audience to try first. This was Nguyễn Đường's first experience with immersive food tasting, and he curiously picked up a piece of eggplant with chopsticks.

The steamed eggplant was seasoned only with salt. The first bite was quite bland, but the eggplant was steamed to perfection, dissolving in the mouth, with the unique sweet flavor lingering on the tip of the tongue. Nguyễn Đường silently rated the dish a seventy. He also felt regret—if it had been paired with black bean paste and soy sauce, it could have been elevated to another level.

However, since immersive data could only let the audience taste it, not swallow it or feel full, Nguyễn Đường quickly moved on to the second dish.

The grilled chicken breast was dry and tough, lacking flavor despite the addition of black pepper. It didn’t meet even the lowest expectations of someone like Nguyễn Đường, who was used to fine cuisine.

But compared to his criticism, the livestream chat was filled with satisfied comments.

[Lắc lư mạnh: Wow! So delicious! I'd drink two whole tubes of nutrient solution just for these two dishes!]

[Siêu nhân bản 9.0: I like the eggplant dish. I think it wasn’t boiled, right? The chef must be top-notch! [drooling.jpg]]

Nguyễn Đường raised his brows in surprise. He didn’t expect that chefs in the future would need qualifications too.

[Không mập chút nào: Like for the streamer! These two dishes must not be cheap, right? [laughing.jpg]]

[Khà khà khà: Thanks to the streamer for letting us enjoy the food, I’m sending a little something as a token of appreciation! You wowed us with your skill!]

Two beautiful “Water Lily” flowers appeared on the screen, with a realistic effect and a faint fragrance. This was a gift fans gave to the streamer through the system, each Water Lily worth one hundred common coins, which was the primary source of income for streamers.

Though it was only three hundred common coins, it made Nguyễn Đường itch with excitement. As a blogger with millions of fans in his previous life, he was confident his cooking skills were far better than this chef’s. He couldn’t help but think about how much money he could make. After all, he had also livestreamed before, so for him, it was like returning to his old profession.