After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 42 How can this be related to national pride and patriotism?

To be honest, Shen Mingen's online image is currently very sensitive.

A person who is on the trending topics almost every day, whose name "Emperor Ming'en" is always prominently displayed on the trending list, a person who has established a glorious and righteous image as a "red song spokesperson," has even the slightest flaw that is easily magnified.

Under such circumstances, if he offends the capital again and is targeted by them every day, do you think Shen Ming'en's image is sensitive or not?
When the production team first invited him, they thought he was aware of his sensitive image and wouldn't do anything too outrageous on the show. They figured he should treat it as a regular appearance and avoid offending anyone...

But he just had to cause trouble!
Now, you can't blame the production team.

The labels of "mocking seniors," "disrespecting seniors," and "sabotaging seniors on TV shows" have been confirmed. The persona of "red song spokesperson" is not a benefit to him, but a disadvantage. People will think that someone who sings red songs lacks the good virtues of the Chinese nation and is so disrespectful to seniors. What right does he have to endorse red songs and praise the motherland?

This will inevitably lead to the collapse of his public image.

In short, at this point, whether Shen Ming'en answered "intentionally" or "accidentally" is completely irrelevant.

Because no matter how he answers, the label of "disrespecting and mocking his seniors" has already been firmly established.

Chef Huang, Director Ma, and the others couldn't help but smile, waiting to see Shen Ming'en make a fool of himself...

"Haha..." Shen Ming'en not only didn't care, but laughed and said, "First of all, I definitely did it on purpose..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned. They thought Shen Ming'en was going to say it was "accidental"...

Teacher Huang and Director Ma Bi's smiles also faded slightly. Although Shen Ming'en admitted it, for some reason, they suddenly had a bad feeling, and Xiao Sao's eyelids started twitching...

Then, at the same time as these guests and millions of viewers watching the show online, Shen Ming'en cleared his throat, put on a very "serious" and "upright" appearance, and began to speak:

"Actually, I don't know if everyone knows, but this 'cow dung hot pot' is a specialty dish of the Miao, Dong, and other ethnic minorities in Guizhou and Guangxi provinces of our country..."

"Although it may not look appealing and its preparation process can easily cause physical discomfort, this delicacy holds a special significance in the local area..."

"If you visit a local ethnic minority family and they serve you this dish, it means they genuinely consider you a friend. It's a ritual of hospitality, basically the highest form of etiquette..."

"Some people may find this dish difficult to swallow and cause physical discomfort, but in fact, it carries the local sentiment and thousands of years of food culture."

"Similarly, Niu Huanxi is the same..."

He opened his mouth and began to introduce everything one by one, leaving everyone stunned.

No one understood exactly what he said, but one thing everyone understood was that the dishes he made were local and ethnic specialties. Although they didn't look appealing and had strong flavors, they were things that only our country and our Chinese nation had!
This topic involves "national sentiment" and "national culture"...

It's a bit crooked!

This feels like we've gone off-topic!
【puff……】

Many viewers seemed to realize what Shen Mingen was about to say, and for a moment many fans and netizens went crazy with laughter. They clearly knew that those with "malicious intentions" were about to be "slapped in the face" by Shen Mingen!

“Ming’en,” Teacher Huang couldn’t help but correct, “they asked if you did it on purpose, what you said has nothing to do with the topic at all.”

“I already said it, it was intentional,” Shen Ming’en said bluntly. “Teacher Huang, please have some patience and let me finish.”

Teacher Huang: “…”

Hajime, that guy, he used a combination of hitting and cursing, first responding directly and then saying he had no patience. He really has a knack for "language arts"!

"Hehehe," Teacher He was much smarter, and chuckled as he replied, "So, Ming'en, just tell everyone what you're trying to say."

"What I'm trying to say is that our Chinese nation has a culture spanning five thousand years, and there are so many niche and obscure things in it..." Shen Ming'en stated frankly, "But as the saying goes, 'existence is its own justification.' No matter how obscure, niche, or unacceptable it may be, it is still part of our Chinese nation's heritage, history, and culture, and we should choose to respect it!" "I think that when we make programs, we can't just think about eating, drinking, and having fun, or blindly worship foreign things..." Shen Ming'en said frankly, "For example, if we make a food program, is it appropriate for us to eat steak, pasta, tomato soup, and the like all the time?"

"I..." Teacher Huang was about to reply.

“That’s not appropriate either,” Shen Ming’en immediately retorted.

Teacher Huang: "(╬￣皿￣)"

Kill people!

Teacher Huang really looks like a killer right now!

Your mother!

Steak, pasta, tomato soup—isn't that insulting him?
In the first episode of the show "Taste of Life", he made a Wellington steak with tomato soup pasta.

You, Hakim, can say whatever you want, but why the hell are you insulting me as well?

Unfortunately, Shen Ming'en didn't give him a chance to respond at all, and continued speaking:

“Many of our children these days don’t know what national cultural characteristics are. All they do all day is eat KFC and play elbow strikes… If this continues, won’t our Chinese nation be ruined?” Shen Ming’en said bluntly. “I think we make programs for the whole nation, for the audience across the country. So, they should have some educational value…”

"So, I made these rather unique things today."

"In some people's eyes, I might be deliberately causing trouble, doing something funny, or creating a show effect..."

"But actually, I did it to promote the unique culture of our ethnic groups."

"So everyone is free to misunderstand me, free to criticize me online or offline, but I am upright and have nothing to fear. I promote national culture, and I believe I have nothing wrong with myself!"

As Shen Ming'en finished speaking...

"..."

The whole place was in dead silence.

The host who just asked Shen Mingen if he did it "on purpose" and looked like he was waiting to see Shen Mingen make a fool of himself is now extremely embarrassed and doesn't dare to breathe loudly!

no……

What's going on!

How come such an ordinary, seemingly casual question is related to "promoting national culture," "arousing national pride," and "educational significance"?
Do the producers of the "Taste of Life" program even realize that this show is supposed to have an educational purpose?!

no……

Hajime, you bastard...

You're going to take the civil service exam?!

How the hell can you connect everything to national pride and patriotism?
And what's with this nonsense about making a show for the whole nation and having to be meaningful... Do you think you're running the Spring Festival Gala?! Are you trying to lecture people?!

What the hell are you?!
……

(End of this chapter)