Chinanews.com, October 22. Recently, the US "World Journal" published an article introducing a story about a Chinese American who developed a side business and made biscuits during the epidemic and was loved by netizens.
The article is excerpted as follows:
If a person's work is linked to interests and hobbies, he will enjoy it. The Chinese-American environmental engineer Jaimie Wong is the best witness.
Because of her interest in baking, during the epidemic, she developed this craft into a side business, and the customized and exquisite desserts were well received by customers.
Li Jiemin graduated from the Department of Environmental Science at UCLA. His current focus is on overseeing environmental outsourcing companies.
But at the same time, she also made baking very impressive.
Li Jiemin said that she has been interested in art since she was a child, including those related to art, baking, or cooking.
Although she studied engineering, she never gave up her childhood dream.
By coincidence two years ago, she learned a little baking course in her free time, making decorative and themed biscuits, which inspired her passion for artistic baking.
Coincidentally, before the new crown pneumonia epidemic, she applied for a baking business license and regarded baking as a second job.
She publishes works and accepts orders through social media accounts.
For example, when a guest who is going to hold a wedding wants to order customized biscuits, she will draw a pattern on the biscuits according to the customer's request for the theme.
Sometimes guests will also hold photos, hoping that she will paint these patterns on the cookies.
Li Jiemin said that she will not copy completely, but will usually innovate and make the initial painting after getting the guest's permission.
Most of the biscuits are ordered by guests for weekend parties, so she usually starts baking on Monday, cuts into shapes on Tuesday, draws on Wednesday, packs on Thursday, and delivers on Friday.
Since she has to spend a week of free time to prepare for each customized order she receives, she usually hopes that the customer will book three weeks in advance. At present, her order has been filled up to the whole of November.
In addition to customizing biscuits, she will also launch a set of decorative biscuits based on the theme of the holiday. There are clear tutorials in the set to guide how to make and draw.
For families with children, parents can make holiday biscuits with their children after they get home. This is also a rare time for parent-child interaction.
Halloween is approaching, and the Halloween theme set she launched on the Internet is very popular and sold out in just one day.
Seeing that homemade biscuits are so popular, she was both surprised and very happy.
(Wang Quanxiuzi)