A new director suddenly appeared at the Cake Station.
People from all factions united as one, presenting a united front against this outsider.
With Liu Chef and Jiang Xun's withdrawal, this silent battle intensified.
One was the most popular judge in the culinary competition.
The other was one of the main characters in the master-apprentice feud.
These were the highlights of the show.
Now that they've both quit, it's as if half of the show's appeal has been cut away.
Everyone at the station wanted to see how he would wrap things up.
Having a direct superior suddenly parachuted in made them feel that their long struggle had been a joke.
No one from any faction had climbed to the highest position.
Instead, someone with average qualifications and education directly became the station director.
Everyone was waiting to see the new director fail.
But this "failure" wasn't what everyone had imagined.
First, Shi Zhong gained the support of Starry Sky Kindergarten, resolving the dispute.
As long as online disputes remained unresolved, they hung over everyone's heads like a sword. There was always worry about when the other side might bring up the issue for retribution.
Soon after the TV station gained popularity, he continued to invite others to join.
It was a time of high popularity.
It was still very tempting.
And those negative aspects, along with countless trending news stories every day.
Would eventually overshadow this incident.
Plus, with Liu Chef's connections from Starry Sky Kindergarten, they could contact experienced chefs and excellent contestants.
This time, they were producing the show purely as a variety program.
Besides cooking skills, they would invite some contestants with unique characteristics, like those with growth stories, drama queens.
And even those with a green tea bitch persona.
This would make the originally plain script colorful and diverse.
The audience had never seen anything like it.
They were immediately captivated.
After the incident, the ratings reached 2% on the first day.
Becoming the highest-rated show in that time slot.
The second day's ratings were even more surprising.
They directly jumped to 6%.
TV viewers were a minority.
Most people were on the internet.
The show's viral success online led to a sharp rise in TV ratings.
Another major source of revenue was signing video rights.
It depended on whether they signed exclusive or non-exclusive deals.
One thing was certain, no matter how they signed, it would be a large sum of money.
After these events, Shi Zhong, the young director, firmly established his position at the station.
He truly had talent.
Many outstanding students interned at the TV station.
The more excellent ones stayed.
But the internal factional struggles were severe. No one could remain neutral. Even the most talented people would unconsciously waste their talents in these struggles.
Shi Zhong was different. He was young and sharp, and in a high position. His program-making techniques were endless, directly amazing the entire TV station.
With Shen Wei's help, he quickly gained a foothold at the Cake Station.
Shen Wei, in turn, received rewards from the System.
"Congratulations to Shen Wei for helping the new director take office. System rewards 2 million."
"Reward: 100 jin of high-quality fruit."
"Reward: 100 piglets."
"20% of the original plot has been altered."
This time, there was no special prompt about changing the original story plot.
But Shen Wei couldn't care about that now.
Because 100 piglets suddenly appeared around her. The piglets were incredibly lively, scurrying about.
The large office could barely contain them.
Fortunately, when the System distributed the rewards, she was alone in the office.
There was no one else around.
Otherwise, these piglets appearing out of thin air would have shocked everyone.
The piglets were one month old. Pink and tender, they were very cute.
They were now frolicking in the office.
Previously, when the System only rewarded a few, Shen Wei could wrap them in clothes and take them away directly.
But now there were a full 100 piglets.
She didn't know how to handle it.
And these pigs were squealing more happily than ever.
If the System kept playing like this, she might develop heart problems from the shock.
With no choice, she had to contact a transporter to drive to the kindergarten.
But even so, they would still be discovered.
Left with no alternative, Shen Wei had to use the points she usually wouldn't spend in the System mall to customize a message. It opened a channel that made the pigs invisible to everyone.
This cost a whopping 20,000 points.
But 20,000 it was.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult to explain why so many piglets appeared simultaneously.
Shen Wei gritted her teeth and input the 20,000 points.
The System was stingy when giving points but acted like a profiteer when deducting them.
After confirmation, the 20,000 points disappeared.
Then a message appeared in the group chat, asking all those not in class to help in the kitchen.
This kind of situation happened often before, as the kitchen had to prepare three meals a day with many dishes, and sometimes they were short-handed.
It concerned everyone's food and drink. Others would help too.
The back kitchen was far from Shen Wei's office.
Meanwhile, even the surveillance videos were tampered with.
In any case, everything looked normal upon entry.
When the truck carrying the pigs arrived, Shen Wei and two others hurriedly grabbed the piglets and put them inside. After counting, there were exactly 100.
No one discovered anything, and finally, the truck drove away. Not a single person noticed.
Even the security guard, affected by something like an illusion from the System, saw it as just a cargo truck. He didn't think much of it.
And he couldn't hear the piglets' grunts. This System had some tricks up its sleeve.
As soon as the truck drove away, Shen Wei felt relieved.
Shen Wei followed the truck to the previously prepared pig farm.
It was owned by Chef Chen's relative.
They had left money earlier to build this place, but no piglets had been sent over.
The workers there didn't dare to act on their own and were about to contact Shen Wei.
Shen Wei seemed to have heard their thoughts.
She directly brought the piglets over.
Chef Chen's relative, formerly a big pig farmer, was an expert at assessing piglets.
Now, looking at the lively piglets, his eyes sparkled as he said, "These are excellent pigs!"
The System provided an explanation.
Each of the rewarded piglets could grow to 500-800 jin.
They were a specially bred variety, not only fast-growing for quick market readiness.
But also with strong reproductive abilities.
The meat was very fragrant, and in their super-space, it was even specially supplied.
Among this wave of rewards, the most valuable was undoubtedly these 100 piglets.
However, the 100 piglets cannot be crossbred with outside pigs.
Otherwise, the quality would decline.
Shen Wei directly conveyed all this information to the people at the farm.
The pig farm staff said, "That's fine. I see about half of these pigs are sows!"
This way, they could mate them internally.
The farm staff assured, "Don't worry about this. I have plenty of experience!"
Shen Wei hired the couple to raise the pigs, paying each of them 20,000 yuan per month.
The couple could earn 400,000 to 500,000 yuan a year, which was even more profitable than raising pigs themselves.
They would surely take good care of these pigs.
The three pigs from before had already transformed dramatically after just a few months.
Now they were plump and round.
Even people from nearby who came to look said they had never seen such fine pigs before.
Local pigs raised to this stage would typically be ready for slaughter.
But Shen Wei said these could be raised to 500-800 jin (250-400 kg).
They could continue raising these pigs, feeding them purely on grain here.
No commercial feed was used.
Yet the pigs just kept getting fatter and fatter.
Even the pig farmers marveled, wishing their own pig-raising endeavors had been this effortless in the past.
Pig farming requires various permits and paperwork,
But the System had already taken care of all that.
Now theirs was the only pig farm in the surrounding villages.
And it was quite a sizable operation.
The facility they built was particularly large. With just 100 piglets, it felt empty.
The pig farmers suggested, "Should we add another 300 or 400 head?"
Shen Wei replied, "No need. Let's focus on these for now."
She had already seen the price of these pigs in the points mall of the System.
5,000 points per pig.
Suddenly, she understood why the System had specifically mentioned the pigs' value after rewarding her with the piglets.
The pigs rewarded by the System looked ordinary.
But if bought with points, it would cost 500,000 points.
In an instant, she realized these were no ordinary piglets – they were practically golden pigs.
The initial three pigs had already surpassed 300 jin (150 kg).
In another six months, they would be ready for slaughter.
She was eager to taste what the System described as tender, fragrant, and succulent white pork.
