***
The fact that he had called her meant that he was going to let her join the new program as a rookie writer as promised. She had to put a stamp on it before the capricious Jang Il-soo changed his mind.
"Senior. You called? Shall I pack my bags and come up?"
"Ji-eun. You know the identity of the mystery chef, right?"
"Mystery chef? Ah!··· Chef Cha Hae-jun? Of course. He's never been on TV, but he's a pretty famous chef."
"Famous? Where on Instagram?"
"It's a famous restaurant on Instagram, but he became famous because of the YouTube fabrication incident."
"Fabrication?"
"You must know about it, senior? It was a big deal a while ago. The fabrication incident where he intentionally put rice in his food to boost his views. What was the BJ's name··· Meokbo? Anyway, even Captain participated in the incident to clarify that it was false."
As I listened to the story, I vaguely remembered it.
It was an incident that had been trending for several days due to the YouTube fabrication incident.
In the end, the restaurant's regular customer, a lawyer, took off his shoes and offered to give him financial treatment, and the netizens expressed their condolences(?).
"Anyway, I met him by chance in the park, but his cat is also unusual. It's a walking cat. So I asked him to appear on the show, but he refused."
"Why did he refuse?"
"He's embarrassed to show his face on TV."
"Really? He's a rare person."
These days, chefs are the trend in the broadcasting industry.
Chefs from various fields such as Korean, Western, and Japanese cuisine appear on TV.
The reason for their appearance is that they all want to become famous.
The days when business was good simply because of their excellent cooking skills are over.
Nowadays, they have to communicate through Instagram, promote through YouTube back-ads and power bloggers, and even appear on TV from time to time to increase their store's and their own recognition as a chef.
Only then can they open a second and third store, and even a franchise with their own face. If things go even better, they can advance to become a nationwide chef, and if they get to that point, it's only a matter of time before they rake in money.
So all the chefs want to appear on TV, without exception.
"Business is good enough right now."
"Really?"
"There's a restaurant where people line up to eat. The chef's cooking skills are good, and the store is pretty, so it's completely emerged as a trendy hot spot. Han So-yul certified the restaurant, and recently, they've been running a campaign to provide meals almost free of charge to those who use the Dream Tree card. So, I guess he's not particularly interested in broadcasting."
As I listened to the story, I became more interested.
Jang Il-su opened Instagram and entered Han So-yul's Instagram.
A picture uploaded 2 hours ago. It was a picture of Director Jackson, Leo, and Han So-yul with a chef with a warm appearance.
‘The visuals are okay.’
He was exactly the person he was looking for.
A skilled person with a warm appearance, but not famous.
“Let’s go out.”
“Where?”
“To scout.”
“Manager Cha Hae-jun? I heard he doesn’t do broadcasts.”
“Wasn’t that when the cat was the main character?”
“Ugh… I don’t think he’ll do it.”
“We should at least try.”
“But I can’t go. I have a meeting for the Animal Kingdom items from 10 o’clock.”
“You’ve been transferred to the Late-Night Restaurant team starting today.”
The program that Jang Il-su is preparing is the healing restaurant ‘Late-Night Restaurant’.
The concept is a restaurant that operates from midnight to 6 am for people who are busy working even when everyone else is asleep. The cooking will be done by celebrities and chefs who will listen to their stories. It’s a program where they can talk while eating, or sometimes just eat silently without saying a word.
The main chef position is currently vacant, but the celebrities who will be joining are veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jin in her 70s, who often plays the role of a mother in weekend dramas, and actor Lee Seo-jun, who is 43 years old and known for his gentle smile. The lineup is complete with Kim Hye-ri, a 29-year-old who debuted in a girl group 10 years ago and has recently become popular again.
And Jang Il-su thought that Cha Hae-jun was the right person for the vacant main chef position.
“Wow, really?”
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”
***
Hae-jun woke up early in the morning, took a shower, and ate porridge boiled with Grade B abalone in the kitchen.
If you cast a net once, you can consistently catch about one Grade B abalone. Abalone porridge is good for satisfying your hunger on an empty stomach, but it’s also a meal that Hae-jun enjoys these days because it makes him feel less tired after eating it.
Abalone is the first and only Grade B ingredient that Hae-jun obtained from the Dimension Farm.
It definitely helps with fatigue recovery. It’s strange how it makes his body feel so energized.
Thanks to this, he was able to live without any problems even though he was going back and forth between the farm and Sunflower, and sleeping very little.
‘Is it only Grade B abalone that has such an effect? Or is it possible with other ingredients as well?’
He didn’t know the answer yet because he had never harvested any crops above Grade B.
Hae-jun, who had moved to the farm, looked for Pote first.
“Pote! Pote~!!”
[Did you call me?]
“I’m curious about something. Do any ingredients above Grade B have healing abilities?”
He asked because his fatigue had completely disappeared after eating food made with Grade B abalone for the past few days.
[Strictly speaking, it’s not a healing ability.]
“Then?”
[Grade B crops and above are imbued with more of the earth’s life force. Because of that, the original flavor of the ingredients becomes better, and the nutrients they contain become richer.]
“So that’s why my fatigue disappeared?”
Pote nodded.
Maybe that’s why Leo’s cold got better too.
After hearing Pote’s answer, Hae-jun wanted to grow crops above Grade B.
“All the crops I’m growing now are Grade C~D. What do I need to do to produce higher grade crops?”
[It's most important to manage each plant so that it grows in its optimal environment.]
According to Pote, the current method of simply planting in the ground and providing sunlight, water, and compost made from fallen leaves can only produce C-grade crops.
He said that if you accurately calculate the type of soil, temperature, humidity, and amount of light that each plant prefers and grow it accordingly, you can grow higher-grade plants, and the quality of the harvested crops is determined by the level of Cha Hae-jun's proficiency and skill.
[Each plant prefers different soil, and they are also sensitive to temperature and humidity. And, Hae-jun's level and skill stats also affect the cultivation of high-grade crops.]
"I see."
While the other crops commonly produced in the field varied in quality from C, D, to E-grade, the coffee beans that were separately cultivated in the foggy highlands maintained a uniform C-grade quality, which made Pote's words somewhat understandable.
It seemed that more detailed research on agriculture was needed.
Hae-jun organized the crops and livestock that he could currently grow.
<Field Crops>
Wheat, cabbage, cucumber, potato, onion, carrot, green onion, pepper, cherry tomato, sugar cane, paprika, romaine lettuce, arugula, vitamin, kale, radicchio, jalapeno, garlic, sesame
<Trees>
Lemon, apple, olive, red grape, green grape, coffee
<Livestock>
Chicken, goat, black pig
<Gathering>
Rock salt, pine mushroom
<Marine Life>
Abalone, conch, sea urchin, rockfish, lobster
In addition to these, the herb varieties such as pepperoncini and rosemary that he had received from Captain Mulbier and the fragrant spices that he had not yet cultivated were all that Hae-jun had.
'I'll do some agricultural research and take this opportunity to plant all the crops that I haven't planted yet.'
He needed to experiment by planting various things and find out in which environment crops of good quality grow.
If he could produce at least B-grade crops, he would be able to see what kind of effect they would have on people.
Hae-jun returned to reality and studied the characteristics of various crops on the Internet and YouTube. He found out that salad vegetables such as paprika, romaine lettuce, and arugula are best grown warmly in a greenhouse.
Hae-jun, who had returned to the farm, built a glass greenhouse with the help of James and Uncle Haas.
It would have been nice if he could have easily built a vinyl greenhouse, but vinyl is an item that cannot be obtained here.
'Let's plant salad vegetables and paprika here for now.'
He decided to feed the chickens and goats, who usually only ate grass, only their favorite foods, wheat and cabbage, for the time being.
He wondered what effect their favorite foods would have on the quality of eggs and goat milk.
Hae-jun, who had made major changes to the growth environment of field crops and livestock, headed to the coast as soon as he leveled up.
***
The fact that he had called her meant that he was going to let her join the new program as a rookie writer as promised. She had to put a stamp on it before the capricious Jang Il-soo changed his mind.
"Senior. You called? Shall I pack my bags and come up?"
"Ji-eun. You know the identity of the mystery chef, right?"
"Mystery chef? Ah!··· Chef Cha Hae-jun? Of course. He's never been on TV, but he's a pretty famous chef."
"Famous? Where on Instagram?"
"It's a famous restaurant on Instagram, but he became famous because of the YouTube fabrication incident."
"Fabrication?"
"You must know about it, senior? It was a big deal a while ago. The fabrication incident where he intentionally put rice in his food to boost his views. What was the BJ's name··· Meokbo? Anyway, even Captain participated in the incident to clarify that it was false."
As I listened to the story, I vaguely remembered it.
It was an incident that had been trending for several days due to the YouTube fabrication incident.
In the end, the restaurant's regular customer, a lawyer, took off his shoes and offered to give him financial treatment, and the netizens expressed their condolences(?).
"Anyway, I met him by chance in the park, but his cat is also unusual. It's a walking cat. So I asked him to appear on the show, but he refused."
"Why did he refuse?"
"He's embarrassed to show his face on TV."
"Really? He's a rare person."
These days, chefs are the trend in the broadcasting industry.
Chefs from various fields such as Korean, Western, and Japanese cuisine appear on TV.
The reason for their appearance is that they all want to become famous.
The days when business was good simply because of their excellent cooking skills are over.
Nowadays, they have to communicate through Instagram, promote through YouTube back-ads and power bloggers, and even appear on TV from time to time to increase their store's and their own recognition as a chef.
Only then can they open a second and third store, and even a franchise with their own face. If things go even better, they can advance to become a nationwide chef, and if they get to that point, it's only a matter of time before they rake in money.
So all the chefs want to appear on TV, without exception.
"Business is good enough right now."
"Really?"
"There's a restaurant where people line up to eat. The chef's cooking skills are good, and the store is pretty, so it's completely emerged as a trendy hot spot. Han So-yul certified the restaurant, and recently, they've been running a campaign to provide meals almost free of charge to those who use the Dream Tree card. So, I guess he's not particularly interested in broadcasting."
As I listened to the story, I became more interested.
Jang Il-su opened Instagram and entered Han So-yul's Instagram.
A picture uploaded 2 hours ago. It was a picture of Director Jackson, Leo, and Han So-yul with a chef with a warm appearance.
‘The visuals are okay.’
He was exactly the person he was looking for.
A skilled person with a warm appearance, but not famous.
“Let’s go out.”
“Where?”
“To scout.”
“Manager Cha Hae-jun? I heard he doesn’t do broadcasts.”
“Wasn’t that when the cat was the main character?”
“Ugh… I don’t think he’ll do it.”
“We should at least try.”
“But I can’t go. I have a meeting for the Animal Kingdom items from 10 o’clock.”
“You’ve been transferred to the Late-Night Restaurant team starting today.”
The program that Jang Il-su is preparing is the healing restaurant ‘Late-Night Restaurant’.
The concept is a restaurant that operates from midnight to 6 am for people who are busy working even when everyone else is asleep. The cooking will be done by celebrities and chefs who will listen to their stories. It’s a program where they can talk while eating, or sometimes just eat silently without saying a word.
The main chef position is currently vacant, but the celebrities who will be joining are veteran actress Yoon Yeo-jin in her 70s, who often plays the role of a mother in weekend dramas, and actor Lee Seo-jun, who is 43 years old and known for his gentle smile. The lineup is complete with Kim Hye-ri, a 29-year-old who debuted in a girl group 10 years ago and has recently become popular again.
And Jang Il-su thought that Cha Hae-jun was the right person for the vacant main chef position.
“Wow, really?”
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”
***
Hae-jun woke up early in the morning, took a shower, and ate porridge boiled with Grade B abalone in the kitchen.
If you cast a net once, you can consistently catch about one Grade B abalone. Abalone porridge is good for satisfying your hunger on an empty stomach, but it’s also a meal that Hae-jun enjoys these days because it makes him feel less tired after eating it.
Abalone is the first and only Grade B ingredient that Hae-jun obtained from the Dimension Farm.
It definitely helps with fatigue recovery. It’s strange how it makes his body feel so energized.
Thanks to this, he was able to live without any problems even though he was going back and forth between the farm and Sunflower, and sleeping very little.
‘Is it only Grade B abalone that has such an effect? Or is it possible with other ingredients as well?’
He didn’t know the answer yet because he had never harvested any crops above Grade B.
Hae-jun, who had moved to the farm, looked for Pote first.
“Pote! Pote~!!”
[Did you call me?]
“I’m curious about something. Do any ingredients above Grade B have healing abilities?”
He asked because his fatigue had completely disappeared after eating food made with Grade B abalone for the past few days.
[Strictly speaking, it’s not a healing ability.]
“Then?”
[Grade B crops and above are imbued with more of the earth’s life force. Because of that, the original flavor of the ingredients becomes better, and the nutrients they contain become richer.]
“So that’s why my fatigue disappeared?”
Pote nodded.
Maybe that’s why Leo’s cold got better too.
After hearing Pote’s answer, Hae-jun wanted to grow crops above Grade B.
“All the crops I’m growing now are Grade C~D. What do I need to do to produce higher grade crops?”
[It's most important to manage each plant so that it grows in its optimal environment.]
According to Pote, the current method of simply planting in the ground and providing sunlight, water, and compost made from fallen leaves can only produce C-grade crops.
He said that if you accurately calculate the type of soil, temperature, humidity, and amount of light that each plant prefers and grow it accordingly, you can grow higher-grade plants, and the quality of the harvested crops is determined by the level of Cha Hae-jun's proficiency and skill.
[Each plant prefers different soil, and they are also sensitive to temperature and humidity. And, Hae-jun's level and skill stats also affect the cultivation of high-grade crops.]
"I see."
While the other crops commonly produced in the field varied in quality from C, D, to E-grade, the coffee beans that were separately cultivated in the foggy highlands maintained a uniform C-grade quality, which made Pote's words somewhat understandable.
It seemed that more detailed research on agriculture was needed.
Hae-jun organized the crops and livestock that he could currently grow.
<Field Crops>
Wheat, cabbage, cucumber, potato, onion, carrot, green onion, pepper, cherry tomato, sugar cane, paprika, romaine lettuce, arugula, vitamin, kale, radicchio, jalapeno, garlic, sesame
<Trees>
Lemon, apple, olive, red grape, green grape, coffee
<Livestock>
Chicken, goat, black pig
<Gathering>
Rock salt, pine mushroom
<Marine Life>
Abalone, conch, sea urchin, rockfish, lobster
In addition to these, the herb varieties such as pepperoncini and rosemary that he had received from Captain Mulbier and the fragrant spices that he had not yet cultivated were all that Hae-jun had.
'I'll do some agricultural research and take this opportunity to plant all the crops that I haven't planted yet.'
He needed to experiment by planting various things and find out in which environment crops of good quality grow.
If he could produce at least B-grade crops, he would be able to see what kind of effect they would have on people.
Hae-jun returned to reality and studied the characteristics of various crops on the Internet and YouTube. He found out that salad vegetables such as paprika, romaine lettuce, and arugula are best grown warmly in a greenhouse.
Hae-jun, who had returned to the farm, built a glass greenhouse with the help of James and Uncle Haas.
It would have been nice if he could have easily built a vinyl greenhouse, but vinyl is an item that cannot be obtained here.
'Let's plant salad vegetables and paprika here for now.'
He decided to feed the chickens and goats, who usually only ate grass, only their favorite foods, wheat and cabbage, for the time being.
He wondered what effect their favorite foods would have on the quality of eggs and goat milk.
Hae-jun, who had made major changes to the growth environment of field crops and livestock, headed to the coast as soon as he leveled up.
