Zhang Yaqi first caught the public eye with her impressive resume as a Master of Laws graduate from Boston University, when she appeared on the popular workplace reality show An Exciting Offer Season 5. Her proactive performance on the 2023 program quickly won her a large fan base, and she smoothly seized the rising trend of workplace variety shows to gain massive followers on her social media accounts. Before the hype around this show faded, she had already secured multiple invitations from Mango TV's reality programs, completing a full transformation from an ordinary non-celebrity contestant to a regular variety show participant.

张雅琪最初凭借波士顿大学法学硕士的亮眼履历走入大众视野，在热门职场综艺《令人心动的offer5》中收获了大量关注。2023年她在节目里主动积极的表现快速圈粉，稳稳抓住职场综艺的风口，在短视频平台同步涨粉。相关热度还未褪去，她就拿到了多档芒果系综艺的入场资格，完成了从素人选手到综艺常客的身份转变。

However, her performance on the latest season of Chinese Restaurant has sparked widespread public criticism, as she kept making frequent careless mistakes in daily operations. She took charge of multiple roles including order taking, cashier work and guest reception, but failed to deliver basic tasks properly: she forgot to set tableware for guests even after Wang Junkai reminded her three times, mixed up table numbers when registering orders, and confused total turnover with net profit in financial calculations. These repeated oversights left the whole team to clean up the mess for her mistakes.

但她在最新一季《中餐厅》里的表现却接连翻车，引发了全网热议。她同时包揽点单、收银、接待多份工作，却连基础任务都完成得漏洞百出：王俊凯前后提醒三次，她还是忘了给客人摆放餐具，登记订单时记错桌号，算账时把营业额和纯利润混为一谈，这些接连出现的疏忽，最后都要整个团队为她的失误兜底。



The most controversial detail came after she served the wrong dish to a table: instead of taking the initiative to apologize and fix the problem, she immediately shifted the blame to Wang Junkai, questioning whether he had made a mistake while delivering the food. In the end, Wang Junkai had to take full responsibility, apologizing to the guests and handling all the follow-up issues alone. She also poured full glasses of red wine directly against the team's rule of only filling one third of the glass, doubling the beverage cost instantly, and her miscalculation of the restaurant's profit data led to the show's first operating deficit in its 10-year broadcast history.

最具争议的细节出现在她上错菜品之后，她没有主动认错补救，第一反应就把责任推给了帮忙传菜的王俊凯，反问是不是对方出了差错。最后全程由王俊凯出面给客人道歉、处理后续问题。她还无视团队红酒只倒三分之一的规则，直接给客人满杯，瞬间让酒水成本翻倍，后续她错报盈利数据，直接导致《中餐厅》开播十年来第一次出现经营赤字。



As public criticism of her performance on Chinese Restaurant kept growing, netizens dug up her past problematic performance on another Mango TV reality show Divas Hit the Road Season 7. During the Egypt leg of the trip, she mistakenly recorded a 20,000 Egyptian pound luggage fee as 200,000 Egyptian pounds, and also falsely overstated the hotel cost in the team budget. This error made the whole group believe they were running out of funds, forcing them to cancel pre-booked activities including a paragliding experience and a reserved meal at a famous restaurant near the Pyramids.

随着《中餐厅》的相关争议持续发酵，网友考古挖出了她在另一档芒果综艺《花儿与少年7》里的过往失误。在埃及站行程中，她把一笔2万埃及镑的行李费误登记成20万埃及镑，还额外虚增了酒店房费。这个错误让全队误以为经费即将耗尽，被迫取消了提前预定的滑翔伞体验、金字塔特色餐厅用餐等多项行程。



Li Qin was the cast member who spotted the budget mistake and cross-checked every single expense one by one, but the show's final cut downplayed her efforts. The edited footage misled the audience into believing Li Qin had wasted the team's limited budget when she got up early to buy breakfast out of consideration for Zhang Yaqi, who had stayed up late working on the accounts. Zhang Yaqi never made any public statement to clear Li Qin's name from the unfair online attacks, and even blamed the show's editing for amplifying the negative public opinion around her.

最早发现这笔预算错误、逐条核对清楚所有开支的嘉宾是李沁，但节目正片刻意弱化了她的工作画面。剪辑后的内容误导观众，让大家以为早起买早餐体恤熬夜做账的张雅琪的李沁，是乱花经费的人，独自承受了全网的指责。张雅琪从未公开发声为被误解的李沁澄清，反而把所有负面争议都归咎于节目剪辑放大了矛盾。

From the highly praised "top workplace trainee" on An Exciting Offer to the widely criticized team member who keeps creating extra work for others, Zhang Yaqi has gone through a complete "aura removal" process in front of the camera. The public has given her the nickname "purple sweet potato spirit", describing her as someone who looks constantly busy but keeps creating unnecessary communication costs and rework for the whole team. This case has once again proven that reality shows will eventually reveal a person's true character, no matter how fancy their resume or carefully polished public image is.

从《令人心动的offer》里备受好评的“顶尖职场实习生”，到如今全网吐槽的团队“拖油瓶”，张雅琪在镜头前完成了一次彻底的“人设祛魅”。网友给她起了“紫薯精”的外号，形容她看起来全程忙个不停，实则一直在给全队制造额外的沟通成本和返工负担。这一事件再次印证，无论简历多么光鲜、前期人设打磨得多么完美，真人秀镜头最终都会还原一个人的真实底色。

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