10/02/25 - Throwing out the dirty oil, showing off your safety license, selling food that you’re willing to let your own kids eat. These are the ordinary heroes in our daily lives.
[After big restaurant chain Xibei got into controversy for serving precooked food at exorbitant prices, a food stall owner/influencer, “Chicken Cutlet Bro” 鸡排哥 has went viral for doing the opposite—serving freshly fried chicken cutlets and chicken tenders with no additives for very cheap.]
#Chicken Cutlet Bro responds to rumours about income claiming it is less than 100 million. “During National Week [week of October 1st], influencer “Chicken Cutlet Bro” Li Jun in Jiangxi, Jingde has received continued attention. With his viral fame, massive amounts of tourists specifically travel to purchase his 6RMB chicken cutlets and chicken tenders, and rumours that he has been able to purchase multiple houses as a result of this has been spreading on the internet. #Chicken Cutlet Bro claims to only have one house
Chicken Cutlet Bro humourously addressed people’s curiousity about his income when talking to Jimu News, “You gotta come more so I can sell more servings.” And also jokingly claimed that, “I haven’t made 100 million yet.” [Former richest man in China, Wang Jianlin, once gave entrepreneurial advice during an interview, “Start by setting small, achievable, short-term goals, like making 100 million RMB.” Which immediately became a meme and a unit of measurement.] As for the rumours that he has bought multiple houses, he clarifies for the first time, “I do own a house around here, but I’ve been living in it with my family for decades.” At the same time, he claims that specific information about his house would reveal personal information so he’d rather not say any more.
Chicken Cutlet Uncle, who was helping at the scene, also clarified the claim that Chicken Cutlet Bro has 5 houses, claiming that Chicken Cutlet Bro is a down-to-earth man.
Chicken Cutlet Bro’s stall is open 6-8 hours a day. After he went viral, in order to deal with the sudden increase in customers, he has led the Chicken Cutlet family, dressed in identical t-shirts, to set up various sub-stalls during National Weekend. The local city management department has also established a dedicated 2-4 man shift for him in order to maintain order at the scene.
Even in the face of such fame, Chicken Cutlet Bro remains lucid. He emphasises that he is a “very simple man” and shared his definition of happiness, “There’s no definition to happiness. You just have to keep working hard in a certain direction and improve a little bit every day, work a little harder every day, and that’s enough.” In his eyes, every person who works hard at life will receive their reward for it.”
Comments say, “So what if he has 10 houses? What’s the problem with that? I don’t understand what is wrong with this world.”
“It’s none of your business if he has 10 houses. Eat it or don’t.”
“Even if he bought a couple of houses, so what? He bought it with his sweat and hard work. Is he not allowed to have a successful life?”
A coworker of mine got a new phone. Not an iPhone 17.
She brags every day how great her new phone is. It folds, you can use different apps on all the different screens, etc.
And I’ll usually agree with her. It is convenient, like a miniature computer. A lot of bang for your buck.
And then she starts saying that it’s better than an iPhone 17. iPhone 17s break as soon as you drop them and they’re so expensive. She tried to tell me to never buy one, only fools buy one, I gotta support Chinese-made phones, etc.
I wasn’t going to buy one, but I am used to using Apple products. It’s really convenient the way they all sync with each other. So I said that they all have their pros and cons.
That made her mad. “What’s so good about Apple? Only show offs use them.”
I didn’t want to argue and lied and said I had to go pick up a package and left.
Either way, any time someone buys something newer or more expensive than hers, she has to say it sucks. If she doesn’t have something better, she’ll slander something better.
She’s the most competitive of them all.”
Comments say, “She cares so much.”
“If she can’t have it, then she’ll destroy it.”
“She’s just like my roommate. What a turnoff!”
“Apple never cares about Android. Only Android cares about Apple.”
“Chinese Malaysians are so badass!
Everyone would feel vindicated by what Chinese Malaysians just did! A Guangdong girl was buying coffee at a Starbucks at the Kuala Lumpur airport. She was worried her English wasn’t good enough, so she was using a translation app. She was polite the whole time, but not only was the barista impatient, she even sneakily used Malaysian to call her a “bodoh”—which means idiot. The barista was bullying her because she couldn’t understand Malaysian!
The girl didn’t think anything of it. She just posted a self-deprecating video about how bad her English is, but Chinese Malaysians came across her video. As soon as they heard the insult, they all exploded! They all PM’d her asking for this store’s location and video and sent mass emails to Starbucks headquarters in complaint.
And then that barista ended up losing her job. This is what happens when you bully one of us!
All the netizens say that of all the international Chinese people in the world, Chinese Malaysians are the only true overseas comrades: they hold onto their Chinese culture and never discriminate against mainlanders.
And it’s true. Chinese Malaysians acknowledge Chinese culture. Not only is this their respect for China, it’s also a sign that they know they have Chinese blood and know whose side they’re supposed to be on!”
Comments say, “All my Chinese Malaysian friends are really nice. They agree with Chinese culture and all the wealthy families speak Chinese. Honestly, they’re easier to get along with than Taiwanese people.”
“Do Chinese Indonesians suck?”
“Honestly, Chinese Malaysians are great! Malaysians have a really shitty attitude. I’m so grateful to the Chinese Malaysian elites, sacrificing their own profits to preserve Chinese education!”
“Do you remember how much Apple used to care about us?”
“In another two years, they won’t even bother giving you a phone.”
“I don’t remember if it was 2011 or 2012, I bought a new iPhone and it still gave me a full charger. I bought another one later on and all I got was a cord for it. I even called Apple customer service to ask what happened, why I’m missing a wall charger, and she said that Apple did this out of environmental concerns and how I probably have plenty of chargers at home. I thought about it and yeah, I did have a lot of extras, so I hung up, but then I realised that I still paid the same amount of money.”
“Is it possible that years later, when I buy an iPhone, they don’t even give me a phone, just an IOS system?”
“Oh yeah, I forgot I had a pair of earphones that I never used.”
“iPhones used to come with earphones?”
“No wonder they keep upgrading their charging ports, in case you could use your old chargers still.”
“In another two years, they’ll start selling lootboxes. Some have phones inside, some don’t, hidden SSRs include chargers, and knockoffs will come with chargers and headphones.”
“Anyone here used an iPhone 2 before? It’s all curvy and it’s my favourite phone.”
“It’s an obedience test, bit by bit.”
“In another couple of years, they’ll just sell you the parts and you have to assemble it yourself.”
“So stingy. I’ve never seen such an expensive phone that doesn’t come with a charger.”
“They just give you a single cord out of charity now.”
“I still remember how big iPhone boxes used to be.”
“A lot of Androids used to come with free earphones too, and now they’ve all stopped giving them out.”
“I’ve experienced the iPhone 17 and I think Apple isn’t far from collapsing.”
“I almost forgot that all my earphones used to be gifted.”
“I spent 9600RMB buying an iPhone and they gave me a phone and a cord. I bought a Huawei tablet for 1900RMB and they gave me a charger, two keyboards, a mouse, a stereo, a leather case, a screen protector, a touch pen, and a bluetooth earbud.”
“iPhones are cheaper today though. Back when people were only making 2-3K a month, it cost 4-5K, and it still only costs 4-5K today.”
“You’re lucky to get an instruction manual.”
“In another couple of years, instead of giving you a phone, they’ll just kick you to the curb.”
“Forget it. My favourite part about buying iPhones used to be getting a free charger and backup earphones.”
“Who cares about simps?”
“Maybe the iPhone28 will be fully invisible.”
“iPhone 6p used to come with this converter cord, and they stopped giving it with iPhone 8p.”
“Yeah, at the start, earphones used to come in hard plastic cases, and then it turned into paper cases, and then they just stopped giving out earphones. And now they don’t even give out chargers anymore.”
#Chicken Cutlet Bro shows off food safety reports all passing. “Over ten years ago, I was interviewed by News 1+1 about a Youtiao [fried breadstick] Bro in Baoding, Liu Hongan.
Youtiao Bro fried 40kg of youtiao every day, and he never reuses the 2.5kg of oil. The upper 1kg layer of clear oil he’ll use to make chili oil, and he pour out the dirty 1.5kg of oil underneath. Even if he had to spend 15RMB extra a day on oil, he refused to make dirty money.
Even when his youtiao rose by 1RMB, he got more customers and made 200RMB extra every day. He got named as a National Moral Example because he changed his oil every day and didn’t reuse old oil.
Lately, Jingde’s Chicken Cutlet Bro is the same.
When faced with doubts, Chicken Cutlet Bro produced 6 food safety certificates tested on different batches, and he shows off the whole process of turning chicken breasts into chicken tenders. Chicken Cutlet Bro also changes his oil every day.
Both of them used soy bean oil, and because they controlled oil temperature and changed oil frequently, of course there wasn’t anything wrong with their youtiao and chicken cutlets. Of course, you can suggest that they choose an oil that’s more suitable for deep-frying.
Throwing out the dirty oil, showing off your safety license, selling food that you’re willing to let your own kids eat. These are the ordinary heroes in our daily lives.”
Comments say, “Morality is doing your best at everything even when nobody is watching.”
“You have an easier time spending clean money.”
“Can you eat tomatoes that have been frozen for three months? Thanks.”
“What’s scary is just how small of a percentage these two good men represent, that they can become a national icon and get on the news. It means that all the other people aren’t doing the same, right?”