Episode 38 recap: Xu Xiaoqian Wan Xia helped Lao Ge.
After the interview with Wan Chunshe, the comedian, the place became famous and gained many fans. Today, another journalist came to interview Master Ge at his restaurant. The journalist told everyone that they could have the favorite lunch of the comedians here for only 30 yuan. Master Ge said that if they could give the restaurant a five-star rating, they would receive a two-yuan discount coupon, making the meal cost 28 yuan.
After hearing this good news, everyone wanted to call out to Master Ge. The crowd became restless, and suddenly someone felt dizzy. Mr. Ge noticed that something was wrong and wanted to give the person a glass of water. That's when he heard the person say that they had been waiting for him here for three days, wanting to interview him. Mr. Ge hadn't figured out how to respond when the nearby journalists started arguing.
However, Mr. Ge had already promised these two journalists, so he had to refuse the person. Mr. Ge wanted the journalists to interview him, but to his surprise, they interrupted him right away and asked about Wan Chunshe. The journalists asked about the relationship between Xu Xiaoqian and Wan Xia, and Mr. Ge told them that the two of them lived together. Unfortunately, the journalists misunderstood and wrote a sensational article.
Xu Xiaoqian saw those reports and thought they were nonsense. Pei Zhi Jie originally said that these things shouldn't be taken seriously and were just for the sake of getting some clicks. When Xu Xiaoqian saw it, she told Pei Zhi Jie that the description of him in the article was also excessive. Pei Zhi Jie got angry when he heard that and felt that it was related to Lao Ge, so he led everyone to Lao Ge's fast-food restaurant to denounce him.
Lao Ge told everyone the truth, but he didn't expect that the journalist was interviewing him for this purpose, nor did he expect that his words at the time would be maliciously distorted like this. Lao Ge never expected that today's media would be so untrustworthy and lacking in ethics. Everyone told Lao Ge that if he continued to spread rumors about the media, he would disregard the feelings of the neighbors.
Lao Ge didn't say anything further for the sake of neighborhood relations, but the number of customers decreased even more, which left Lao Ge somewhat helpless. Zhenzhen could truly see that Lao Ge was struggling, so she tried to come up with a solution for him. Zhenzhen told everyone that Lao Ge was hospitalized and that he stayed there for the sake of increasing the viewership of his live broadcasts, which involved indulging in food and drink. Lao Ge told everyone that when he was a child, he used to feel hungry and waited at school for his grandmother to bring him hamburgers. This is his only memory of his grandmother.
Xu Xiaoqian suddenly understood the origin of Lao Ge's restaurant. Seeing how filial Lao Ge was, Xu Xiaoqian felt a connection with him, just like how he was bound to his grandmother. The comedians put in a lot of effort to make the restaurant popular and attract customers, but it wasn't as easy as they had imagined. Xu Xiaoqian came up with an idea and made chicken cutlet pizza. Wan Xia saw that its appearance wasn't very appealing, and Xu Xiaoqian realized that what she made was not tasty after seeing Wan Xia's expression.
In order to attract more customers, Xu Xiaoqian and the others offered free meals to the first 30 customers of the day, but they only made money from three orders by the end of the day. Xu Xiaoqian sighed at how difficult it was for Lao Ge to run his business. Pei Zhi Jie noticed that Xu Xiaoqian and Wan Xia had dark circles under their eyes and were sleeping backstage, which seemed unusual. It turned out they had gone to help Lao Ge.
When Lao Ge returned and saw the condition of his shop, he became angry. He couldn't believe that his neighbors and the people from the neighborhood had treated him this way after all these years. Xu Xiaoqian also felt guilty, and Lu Zhifei thought that Xu Xiaoqian's promotion wasn't right. He suggested that Xu Xiaoqian and Wan Xia go to Lao Ge's place to perform their comedy sketches. Suddenly, Lao Ge's restaurant became bustling with business.
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