As a poor, overworked office drone who had never once been favored by Lady Luck, Zhu Guli initially thought winning a 10,888-yuan prize, a [Five-Star Hotel Buffet Annual Pass], was just a dream.
It wasn't until the hotel manager called her that she realized her turning point had arrived.
The following is popular blogger Zhu Guli's record of eating at five-star hotel buffets for 365 days
Comment: Heh, you'll get sick of buffets if you eat like this. Only an idiot would spend that much on an annual pass. The house always wins!
Seeing this comment with thousands of likes, Zhu Guli drew up a food schedule.
Today she ate steak and pasta, tomorrow she'd have sushi and yakitori, the day after that spicy hot pot, and the next day a seafood feast. She never ate the same dishes twice, leaving viewers who tuned in every day hoping she'd get sick of it stunned.
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Comment: I have my doubts about the blogger's plan to eat buffets for a whole year. I don't believe anyone can go every day for 365 days. If she skips even a few days, it'll be a terrible deal. It averages out to several hundred yuan a day, far less economical than cooking at home.
Zhu Guli pinned this comment, which had tens of thousands of likes. In the days that followed, she not only went every day, but ate all three meals there!
Her videos recorded the value of every meal, with the daily average dropping from 10,888 yuan to an unbelievable 9.9 yuan, thoroughly proving all her doubters wrong.
Viewer A: Guys, you get it, right? Zhu Guli is the only blogger I'm jealous of. Sob, I want to eat buffets every day too!
Viewer B: I also really want to scoop myself a huge bowl of plain fried rice while everyone around me is scrambling to pick the most expensive dishes, right in front of their astonished eyes...
Viewer C: Oh my god! How can someone have unlimited desserts, sashimi, king crab, durian, barbecue, and hot pot every day? I want that too!
Viewer D: Are you all okay? She can eat like this because she spent over ten thousand yuan on an annual pass. It's not like she got it for free. Seriously, what's there to envy?
While Zhu Guli replied to the various sponsors contacting her to place ads, she also responded to this comment.
“Sorry, I never said I paid for it. I actually won the annual pass by sheer luck.”
Viewer D: Heh, who are you kidding? I don't believe you got where you are today without spending a single cent!
As soon as Zhu Guli posted proof that she'd won, Viewer D immediately deleted their account.
Viewer A: Ooh, someone's triggered! Everyone, come look!
Viewer B: First time witnessing someone get triggered in real time. Leaving a comment to mark the occasion!
Viewer C: The bitter guys online really crack me up. Whenever a woman makes a fortune through luck and hard work, they just have to come along and whine about it.
Zhu Guli, now rich, smiled and sent a thousand-yuan red packet to all the little angels who had supported her in the video's comments, wishing them the same good luck.
After Zhu Guli had spent a year documenting her hotel buffet adventures:
Five-star hotel manager: Ms. Zhu Guli, please forgive my earlier attitude toward you. You aren't here to freeload and cause trouble. You're our hotel's goddess of good fortune! Please, you have to accept next year's annual pass! If you don't, I'll lose my job!
Six-star hotel manager: Finished? Then step aside, it's my turn. Ms. Zhu Guli, we sincerely invite you to document your daily life at our hotel. We'll provide car service and accommodation. Please, you must accept our annual pass!
Zhu Guli bit her lower lip, looking troubled as she waved the glittering VIP annual pass from a seven-star hotel in her hand. “But I've already accepted the seven-star hotel's invitation. They gave me an annual pass and the permanent use of a luxurious presidential suite...”
Five- and six-star hotel managers: What the heck! They gave you a pass and a house? That's not fair! Sob!
Theme: The dream of eating buffets every day has come true!
