In the ninth venue, ten minutes before the start of the competition, Gu Zheng and the other two arrived.
Yesterday, he and Wang Dong both received a call and message from the officials of the Food Competition. Both of them passed the first preliminary round. The second preliminary round was still in the ninth venue. They had to arrive before nine o 'clock in the morning. Their numbers were 23 and 56, respectively.
On the first day of the preliminary round, one hundred people in each venue would advance. After advancing, they would be re-selected, not according to the results. No matter how one looked at these two numbers, they would not be in the same group.
"Why are there so many people?"
Just now, outside the venue, Wang Dong shouted. Today was different from yesterday. Today, only one hundred people advanced. Yesterday, more than two hundred people participated. According to this ratio, today's number should be reduced by at least three-fifths. But outside the door stood a dense crowd. At a glance, there were at least a few hundred people.
Today's crowd seemed to be a lot more than yesterday's.
"Could it be that there is a temporary problem in the venue, so all the people are gathered here?"
Mumu said doubtfully. There were indeed a lot of people today. Mumu often participated in activities with a large number of people. His calculation of the number of people was more accurate than Wang Dong. In front of the dense crowd, Mumu roughly saw at a glance that there were at least one thousand people, but no more than one thousand two hundred people.
Yesterday, including friends and helpers, it was less than five hundred people. Today, it suddenly more than doubled. It was strange no matter how one looked at it.
"They are coming, they are coming!"
"It's them. The one in the middle is Gu Zheng, who makes fried eggs. Next to him is Wang Dong, who makes fried rice with eggs!"
"They were together yesterday. It seems that they are the participants together!"
As soon as the three people appeared, some people in the crowd whispered. Most of the people who talked were those who advanced in the venue yesterday, or those who were eliminated and came to watch the competition.
As for the others, they all came because they were curious about Gu Zheng. Many people wanted to see for themselves what the fried egg that got the highest score of 9.6 looked like.
Gu Zheng's eyebrows twitched slightly. He was a little far away and there were many people. Gu Zheng didn't hear what they said clearly, but he had a bad feeling when he heard someone mention his name many times.
There were so many people at the entrance. Gu Zheng and the other two stood at a distance and did not go over. Only Wang Dong ran over to look at the competition instructions at the entrance.
"Big Brother Gu, today's competition consists of ten people in a group. There will be a total of ten groups. There are still twenty judges, but they are not the same judges as yesterday. All the judges from yesterday have been swapped!"
There weren't as many people participating in the competition as there were yesterday, so there were fewer people in each batch. This way, the judges didn't have to eat so much, and there was still time in between, so they could give the judges a fair score for the food they made.
The judges had eaten too much yesterday, and some external factors would definitely affect the competition. For example, the judges were affected after eating the instant noodles yesterday, and they were also affected after eating Gu Zheng's fried eggs.
"Ten people each time. Doesn't that mean my match will be in the afternoon?"
Gu Zheng looked at his phone. His number was 56. If there were ten people in a group, he would be in the sixth batch to enter the competition. It would take half an hour for a group to enter. Plus, the staff needed to rest for lunch at noon, so his competition would definitely be in the afternoon.
"Big Brother Gu, you will be in the afternoon, and I will be in the morning!"
Wang Dong nodded silently. He was number 23, and he would be in the third group to enter the competition. According to the time, it would be around 10 o 'clock.
"You will enter the competition first. You must have confidence. You did very well yesterday, and you will do the same today. Don't think too much. As long as you perform normally, you can still advance today!"
Although they had not known each other for a long time, Gu Zheng and Mumu could see that Wang Dong was a person who lacked confidence. Yesterday and today, the two of them would encourage him whenever they had the chance, so that he could maintain a good state.
"Big Brother Gu, don't worry. I will definitely work hard!"
Wang Dong clenched his fist and said heavily. He was indeed lacking in confidence before. In fact, he was also like this in his daily life. This Egg-Fried Rice was his favorite dish, so he learned how to make it. However, he didn't learn it from the hotel, but by himself, and then found the ingredients to make it.
The people in the hotel didn't know that he could make such delicious Egg-Fried Rice.
When Gu Zheng found out about this, he was also surprised for a long time. To be able to make such a delicious Egg-Fried Rice by himself, it had to be said that Wang Dong was very talented. He had the talent to be a chef.
Learning to cook was very simple, but it was not easy to do it well. It was even more difficult to be recognized by many people and be praised as a delicacy.
The Egg-Fried Rice made by Wang Dong was definitely outstanding among its kind. This was not only because of his choice of ingredients. No matter how good the ingredients were, without good cooking skills, it would be a waste. Even if Gu Zheng's Immortal Chicken was made by a person who did not know how to cook, there was a lot of salt in it. Even if the salt was ordinary, it was still very unpalatable.
A truly good delicacy was four parts of the ingredients, four parts of the cooking skill, and two parts of the immortal energy.
Wang Dong did not have any immortal energy, so to him, it was equivalent to five parts of the ingredients and five parts of the cooking skill. If the ingredients he chose were four parts, then his cooking skill would also be four parts, which was why he could make such a delicious Egg-Fried Rice.
A person who had never learned before and was able to make a delicacy with four parts of the cooking skill by himself. This was no longer a simple talent, or it could be called a genius.
"The Fried Egg King has appeared, together with the Egg-Fried Rice!"
"The two of them are as young as the rumors say. Attached are the photos!"
"Live broadcast, the latest news, the Fried Egg King and the strongest Egg-Fried Rice are together, let's see who will win in the end today!"
"The latest exclusive news, the Fried Egg King Gu Zheng's profession is a food critic. His pen name is not fighting, and he is known for his poisonous tongue!"
"Is the Fried Egg King cheating for personal gain, or does he really have the ability? This commentator will comment on the spot today!"
On the official forum of the Gourmet Food Competition, many posts were instantly refreshed. These were all written by the people present at the ninth arena, and the photos of Gu Zheng and Wang Dong appeared many times on the forum.
When they came over, they were also very curious about the surrounding people. However, their gazes all stopped on Gu Zheng and the other two. The three of them obviously did not fit in with the crowd, and the three of them were so young, so it was easy to recognize them.
Most importantly, they had all seen yesterday's live recording. The preliminary round was not broadcasted live, but there were cameras recording everything. Firstly, it was to ensure the fairness of the competition, and secondly, it was to leave a record of the competition.
They had all seen the live video and had all seen Gu Zheng and Wang Dong's appearance. Now, they all recognized them very quickly.
These twenty judges were all at other venues yesterday, and the judges would change every day. This was also for the sake of the fairness of the competition. Yesterday, they had heard that there were two strange geniuses in the ninth arena. One made Egg-Fried Rice and got a high score of 8.6, and the other was even more amazing. He made fried eggs and got a final score of 9.6.
9.6 points was the highest score in the entire competition yesterday. Until the end, no one was able to break through this score.
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