Chapter 1441
Doing the laundry.
Making dinner.
Drawing comics.
The days passed.
Most people would do nothing when they got a break from work. But for Zhang Ye, he couldn't be busier. This fellow could never stay idle for long. Even if he had nothing to do, he would still find something to be busy with. Just look at how this fellow had become so fascinated with cooking, coming up with new dishes every day to surprise his wife.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ye's friends and family were the ones bearing the brunt of it.
On set.
At a filming location.
The director said, "OK, let's get ready to roll the cameras."
The assistant director said, "Everyone, silence your phones."
Everyone turned off their cell phones, only to hear Yao Jiancai shout, "Wait, wait, wait, I have to take a call." Then he answered the phone in a speechless manner: "What is it?"
On the other end of the line, Zhang Ye said: "How do I stir fry eggplants?"
"You're already calling me for the third time today!"
"I don't know how to make it."
"Just put in some oil and fry it."
"It doesn't work. The oil disappears the moment I add it in and the eggplant dries."
"Aiya, why are you so stupid? Since eggplants soak up oil really fast, you can just add more oil."
"Damn, you should have said so earlier. I'm hanging up then!"
After hanging up, everyone in the film crew looked at him. Yao Jiancai helplessly waved the phone in his hand. "It was Zhang Ye. That fella is learning how to cook."
Everyone chuckled at that.
Shanghai.
Backstage at a concert.
"Teachers, please get ready to go on stage."
Xiaodong and Amy were both ready.
Only Li Xiaoxian was still on the phone. "Teacher Zhang, I've to get on stage."
Zhang Ye said anxiously: "Tell me first. The pan is already hot. Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Li Xiaoxian could only say: "You'll have to blanch it first to remove the blood."
"I still have to blanch it?"
"Of course. Otherwise, it won't taste good."
Xiaodong rolled her eyes.
Amy pressed, "Xiaoxian, hurry up. We have to go on stage. Ignore Teacher Zhang. He's called you eight times over the past few days. He's just not the type who can learn how to cook!"
Beijing.
At the venue of a commercial performance.
Fan Wenli had just finished performing her song and did not even have a sip of water yet when the call came in.
"Old Fan, how do you make sweet and sour mandarin fish?"
"Huh?"
"Hurry up and tell me, I've already slaughtered the mandarin fish!"
"Come off it. You can't even cook stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs properly and you want to make sweet and sour mandarin fish? How can you learn to run if you haven't even learned to walk?"
"Heh, don't underestimate this bro, alright?"
Li Xiaoxian.
Zhang Xia.
Fan Wenli.
And so on.
As long as they were his friends and knew how to cook, Zhang Ye harassed them an ungodly amount over the past few days. Their phones would ring nearly every time mealtime approached. This annoyed and upset everyone. Further, you couldn't get impatient and say things to spite Zhang Ye either. Because once you did that, he would become even more eager to prove you wrong. So how were they suppose to handle this?
Meanwhile, Zhang Ye was having lots of fun himself.
He would prepare several dishes each day and wait for Old Wu to praise him after eating. Whenever that happened, Zhang Ye would always feel a sense of accomplishment and be overjoyed.
Of course, he did not forget about his proper work either.
Zhang Ye was going after a spot among the Asian S-listers, after all.
Each night after Wu Zeqing turned in, he would head to the newly set up drawing studio and drink a cup of coffee or strong tea to charge up before starting to draw. Once he got started, he would draw into the wee hours of the night. When he felt normal or got too tired, he would just draw one chapter a day. If he was in better condition, he could draw up two to three chapters a day. The stockpile of One Piece's chapters was increasing. However, the release rate of the serialization in Japan was still too slow at one chapter per week. Finally, when Zhang Ye felt that he had too many chapters stockpiled, he got his studio to liaise with the publisher to see if he could up his release rate to two or three chapters per week by releasing joint chapters.
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