At 7 PM, the live stream started right on time.
Hundreds of millions of people flooded into the stream room right on the dot. After Jiang Qiuqiu greeted the camera as usual, the smart mainframe began to assign her an opponent.
Her opponent's small, black window appeared on her stream, and Jiang Qiuqiu picked up her kitchen knife.
She smiled at the camera. "Today, we're making red-braised bird."
She called it a bird, but it was actually a chicken—a flightless one with a pointed beak, partial plumage, and tender, snow-white meat.
The camera immediately panned to the cutting board. With a swift chop, Jiang Qiuqiu sent the chicken's head rolling to the side. "This part is a bit graphic, so I went ahead and processed the bird before the stream started."
"Before cooking, you have to remove all the feathers and innards. Usually, we discard the head and tail as well—"
