CSGM - Chapter 14
Chapter 14: The Live Comments Explode
The show Our Restaurant was currently airing its extended live broadcast.
At this very moment, the live comments were flooded with remarks from netizens like "Here because of the hype," "Just here for the drama," and "Popping in to watch the show."
In just a short while, Chu Xi finished reciting the entire menu for all forty-three tables of customers.
She lowered the arm that had been propping up her chin and announced she was done.
"That's every dish that was sold today. You can take this and create the bills."
Luo Yangtian stared at the long list of dishes he had typed into his phone, blinking blankly. The others were also stunned, their reactions a beat too slow.
—Anyone would find it hard to believe. Just like that, smoother than a crosstalk routine, Chu Xi had recited the hundreds of dishes sold today, right?
—NO, NO, NO, it wasn't just listing dishes, it was a full recall from memory!
—Unreal. It was too unreal. It was simply hard to believe this was actually happening!
Right. Unbelievable. Xiao Han didn't believe it.
He was the first to object, even questioning her out loud. "How do we know you didn't just make all that up?"
Chu Xi found that some people truly had few brains but plenty of nonsense to say.
"If it were four hundred and thirty tables, I might have found it a bit difficult." After this moment of modesty, she retorted with disdain, "It's only forty-three tables. Do I need to make it up?"
Huh?
Only... forty-three tables?
Chu Xi's retort, though not loud, stunned everyone present.
Because her words were just too arrogant!
Arrogant in a way that showed she was completely confident, as if she knew she had the capital to be so!
Yet, it was precisely this audacity that added a strange sense of credibility to her words.
Li Xiling's brain seemed to suddenly click into gear. She raised her hand and called out:
"Hey, I know! Didn't we buy a few cases of beer and drinks? We can go count how many are missing and see if it matches what Chu Xi said. Then we'll know if she's right!"
That was a good idea!
The energetic young Luo Yangtian immediately acted as the errand boy, rushing to the back kitchen to count. Coincidentally, the cases of beer and drinks had just been opened today, so they were very easy to tally!
Xiao Han, the skeptic, also went to help, but his goal was to get the firsthand data to expose Chu Xi's fabrication.
He refused to believe that Chu Xi, a minor celebrity, could possess such a photographic memory.
Three minutes later, the two of them finished the simple task and came back out.
Luo Yangtian's expression was a bit troubled, while Xiao Han wore a relaxed and mocking smile, ready for the drama.
Li Xiling: "What's wrong? Was it incorrect?"
Ren Zhi calmly asked, "Tell us, Xiao Tian. What were the results of your count?"
Luo Yangtian placed a hand on the back of his neck, rubbing it tactically, and slowly reported, "Sister Xi's count for the drinks was all correct. It's just the beer..."
Chu Xi smiled and finished for him, "The number of beers is six fewer than what I said."
Luo Yangtian's pupils dilated in an instant. "Sister Xi, how did you know?" he asked, astonished.
He had thought Chu Xi had misremembered, but it turned out she knew?
"Because I used them while cooking."
"Oh, right, right, right, right!"
Luo Yangtian slapped his own head in a moment of sudden realization. Only then did he remember that Chu Xi had also used some beer for cooking during the day!
So it wasn't that Chu Xi had remembered incorrectly—she even remembered this detail perfectly!
The look he gave Chu Xi was instantly filled with a radiant light!
The light of admiration!
Chu Xi was just too incredible!
Ah, no, no, no, it's Sister Xi!
"Sister Xi, how do you remember everything so clearly?!" Luo Yangtian's lips curled into a wide grin that he couldn't suppress, his excitement plain to see.
In contrast, Xiao Han's expression instantly soured. It was as if he'd been hit with a smile-vanishing spell, and he stood silently to the side, saying nothing...
Li Xiling was also stunned. "You're amazing, Chu Xi! How many walnuts do you eat in a meal? Your memory is iron-clad! Your brain doesn't rust."
"Seriously... I can't even remember how many dishes I served. How on earth did you remember all this? You're a genius!"
She was starting to think that her brain and Chu Xi's weren't even the same species.
Of course, this thought was correct, pertinent, realistic, and hit the nail on the head...
"Not hard." Chu Xi only said these two words faintly.
As she had said, four hundred and thirty tables might have been a bit of a challenge. Forty-three tables were truly like a game to her.
Ren Zhi let out a breath of relief and smiled. "Then let's calculate the total amount and confirm if the accounts are correct."
"Okay, okay, okay." Luo Yangtian strode over with his long legs.
Chu Xi watched them quietly, thinking to herself: Today's total income is 7862 yuan.
She had already calculated this amount while she was recalling the menu.
But since some people were skeptical, she let them calculate it themselves.
A result obtained through one's own effort is always more convincing than information heard from someone else's mouth.
Luo Yangtian nearly wore out the calculator, wiping away a bead of sweat before announcing the final result. "I calculated the total price of all the food and drinks to be 7862 yuan."
Ren Zhi nodded. She had also calculated based on the menu Chu Xi recited. "I got 7862 as well."
The two of them looked at Xiao Han—after all, he had been the cashier today.
"Brother Han, what was the total amount of money you collected today?" Luo Yangtian asked.
"Seven thousand, eight hundred..." Xiao Han's voice was practically squeezed through his teeth, full of disbelief and displeasure, "...and sixty-two yuan."
That's right. That was the total income for the day. Chu Xi's menu was completely correct!
So, based on the menu Chu Xi had recited for them, the restaurant could now recreate the receipts for every table, and the financial records would match up!
Chu Xi had, without a doubt, performed a great service!
Luo Yangtian let out a "Wuhu!" and bounced around Chu Xi like a lively monkey, chattering nonstop.
"Sister Xi, you're too amazing! Sis, you're incredible! Truly incredible... Is this because of that... Memory Palace... thing you mentioned?"
Li Xiling also looked at Chu Xi in a new light, her gaze probing. "Chu Xi, just how is your brain wired?"
"I never expected you to have this kind of special skill," Ren Zhi couldn't help but marvel.
"This isn't my special skill," Chu Xi retorted.
This? It couldn't even be called a special skill.
It was just ordinary.
Chu Xi had no intention of showing off at all. What was there to say about something like this? But the live comments had already exploded, with the number of comments multiplying more than tenfold and scrolling frantically across the screen—
【????!!!】
【Is she even human? I seriously thought she was joking before! But she got everything right?? Can someone tell me what the hell is going on??? Since when was Chu Xi this badass??】
【Holy crap, I was waiting to see Chu Xi get owned, but it turns out I'm the one who got owned!!!!】
【Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute. This is even more shocking than if she had just made it all up! How did she do it?】
【I declare, from this moment on, I am a fan of Chu Xi.】
【I don't care how you all flamed her in the past. From now on, I'm turning from the dark side to the light. I'm joining the Milkshake Army!】
Milkshake is the name for Chu Xi's fans.
【Um, I don't think there's a Milkshake Army, more like a Milkshake Squad. Chu Xi's Super Topic only has 6,300 followers...】
【Hahahaha, well, I'll be number 6,301.】
【6,302 here.】
【6,303 reporting!】
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【Who gets it? The funniest part is, I just came from her former agent's live stream. Her ex-agent is over there saying Chu Xi has a bad memory and can't even remember her scripts... With a memory like THIS, you're telling me she can't remember a script??? I think Chu Xi probably terminated her contract just because she couldn't stand her ex-agent's constant spouting of nonsense, right?】
【Let me put it this way: Chu Xi just recited at least two or three hundred dishes. Even if she had memorized them, it's not guaranteed she could recall them all!】
【She probably didn't memorize it. Look at Luo Yangtian's reaction. He's as excited as a monkey. If you gave him a banana, he'd probably revert to his ancestors and climb a tree.】
【LMAO, Luo Yangtian is going to show up any second and ask if you have any manners.】
【I really want to know how Chu Xi recited the entire menu. No hate, no hype, but with this skill, she could go compete in international memory competitions.】
【Sigh, yeah, I feel like the entertainment industry has buried her. How could such an amazing talent go undiscovered?! I've already thought it out for her. If she doesn't get famous, she could even live stream and sell courses. Guaranteed to make a fortune!】
【This is a highlight moment she can brag about for the rest of her life!!!】
【Right! From now on, if anyone asks me why I'm a fan of Chu Xi, I'll just send them this video clip!】
At this point, the netizens were still naively thinking that this was just one of Chu Xi's praiseworthy strengths.
But it wouldn't be long before they realized just how naive their previous thoughts had been!
This was merely one of the basic operations of Chu 'Hexagonal Warrior' Xi!
Chu Xi was like a dark cloud rolling in from the horizon, at first revealing only a faint hint of color... But soon, the shadow she cast would deeply envelop the true 'Nine-Year Education Leaky Fish' of the entertainment industry!
The topic #WhyDidn'tYouSaySoonerThatTheEntertainmentIndustryHadThisKindOfTalent# climbed the real-time Weibo hot search rankings.
The star of the topic was none other than Chu Xi.
Three days into the Our Restaurant live broadcast, Chu Xi herself had already hit the hot search twice.
And tonight's content was even more explosive than the time she had instantly solved the high school math problem!
Watching it was enough to make people wonder if Chu Xi chugged ten barrels of brain-boosting supplements a day!
Many netizens were also calling for Chu Xi to hurry up and enter a memory competition to win some awards, telling her not to waste her youth in the entertainment industry since she wasn't even famous.
At ten o'clock at night, during Our Restaurant's extended live broadcast, the number of viewers had already doubled from an hour ago.
The Director hadn't called it a wrap, and the staff members were no longer in a hurry. They were all staring at Chu Xi, their spirits high.
Chu Xi had single-handedly pushed their show's popularity to a new peak!
Moreover, for those who had witnessed Chu Xi's entire memory recall process in person, the direct experience was far more thrilling than what the audience felt watching through a screen!
If they hadn't been there all day as staff members of the show, they truly wouldn't have believed that Chu Xi's ability was real!
Everything that seemed impossible had actually happened!
What the f—... The entertainment industry actually has celebrities with built-in professional skills like this??
The Director had hired the right person this time! Absolutely the right person!
Compared to those celebrities who had nothing but a pretty face and were otherwise unremarkable and ordinary, Chu Xi's existence was an incredible source of novelty and surprise.
The live comments were still filled with a stream of: 【Badass!】 and 【A Goddess!】
The 'Nine-Year Education Leaky Fish' label on Chu Xi was now teetering on the verge of collapse...
Meanwhile, over on her former agent Hu Lan's live stream, things were a disaster.
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