"Mr. Gu, you're here!"
As soon as the three of them arrived, a staff member came over. Gu Zheng remembered him. He was a staff member of the competition venue. He was the one who handed the fried eggs to the judges.
The staff member looked at Gu Zheng with a smile and said softly, "I'm sorry, there's something I want to tell you. The organizing committee has decided to broadcast your cooking live on the website. Don't worry, just like yesterday, there will only be a camera next to you. There won't be any sound that will affect you!"
The video post that was pinned at the top of the forum yesterday had more than 40,000 replies this morning. It was the most popular post in the whole forum.
Not only that, the number of online users on the forum yesterday had exceeded 130,000, which was a 30% increase from the previous peak value. The organizing committee attached great importance to the attention of so many people. They had a meeting yesterday afternoon and finally decided to broadcast the process of Gu Zheng's cooking live.
Many people still had doubts about the recorded content before. Let's broadcast it live and see what you have to say.
However, these were not the key. The most important thing was that the more people paid attention to it, the greater the influence of this competition. The purpose of holding this gourmet competition was to expand the influence. The organizing committee would not give up any way to expand it.
They saw the influence of Gu Zheng and wanted to maximize Gu Zheng's influence, so they proposed the live broadcast.
"I can promise you, but I have a question!"
As soon as the staff member said this, Gu Zheng actually understood what they meant. Gu Zheng had participated in many gourmet activities. This little idea could not be hidden from him.
The live broadcast had no impact on him and could expand his influence. Gu Zheng would not object. However, since they had made this request, he could take the opportunity to ask Gu Zheng something he wanted to know.
"What's the question?"
The staff member was slightly stunned and immediately asked. He did not expect Gu Zheng to make a request.
"I want to know the content of the finals. I don't need to know everything. I just want to know all the judges and guests on the scene!" Gu Zheng made his request. He wanted the list of judges and guests on the scene.
His ultimate goal in this competition was not to win the prize, but to let the previous ten judges taste his shredded chicken noodle soup. He wanted to make sure that all ten of them would be present.
If all ten of them were not present, he would have to make preparations in advance to see who was missing. If all ten of them were not present, there was no need for him to continue participating in the competition.
"We will not reveal the names of the judges in advance!"
The staff member's frown deepened. He couldn't agree to this request. Not to mention him, even the person in charge of the venue didn't know who the judges were. This was all for the sake of fairness.
"Well, I don't want to know who the judges are. I just want the list of all the people who came from Shen City that day. You don't need to tell me whether they are guests or judges. I just want the list!"
Seeing that the staff refused, Gu Zheng thought of a compromise. In fact, he really didn't need to know who the judges were. He just needed to make sure that all ten of them would be present.
"I'll go back and discuss it with the leaders!"
This time, the staff member didn't refuse and left quickly. The competition was about to begin. If Gu Zheng didn't agree to live broadcast or didn't cooperate with him, he wouldn't accomplish the task assigned by the leaders.
After a while, he ran back with a piece of paper in his hand.
There was only the list of the people who were invited from Shen City. They agreed to Gu Zheng's request. There were 30 people in the list. There were hundreds of judges and guests in this competition. They were all people in the circle. Hangzhou City wanted to expand the influence of this competition, so they couldn't only invite people from Hangzhou City. Therefore, some people from the surrounding cities would come.
Shen City was the largest city, and it was the nearest city. Therefore, the number of people who came was the most.
Seeing the names of Mr. Wu and Mr. Gao on the list, Gu Zheng nodded with satisfaction. It was good that all ten of them were here. With all ten of them, he had hope to complete this test.
There were only four groups of competitions today. Gu Zheng's number was 33, which was the first competition in the afternoon. Wang Dong's number was 7, which was the first competition in the morning.
Today, Wang Dong wasn't nervous. The effect of the Calming Nerves Formula wasn't limited. Wang Dong performed well, but he only got 8.5 points today, which was 0.2 points lower than yesterday.
However, today's score was lower than usual. It seemed that the judges were stricter. After the first competition, Wang Dong was ranked first.
According to the experience of the previous two days, Wang Dong got this score, which was basically a ticket to tomorrow's competition. Among more than 5,000 people, he was ranked in the top 200. Moreover, he made Egg Fried Rice. This was the biggest affirmation for him.
Gu Zheng was the first competition in the afternoon. Seeing the cameras set up at the scene, the other contestants shook their heads secretly.
After Gu Zheng agreed in the morning, the website issued a notice that Gu Zheng's fried eggs would be broadcast live. It was just the process of frying eggs, which wasn't difficult for the website. They could still do it.
In order to prevent too many people from watching, the committee specially contacted the communication company and temporarily increased the speed of the website's broadband.
Before the competition started in the afternoon, a large number of people flooded the website. The number of people online in the forum once again exceeded 100,000. Before Gu Zheng started the competition, the number of people online in the forum was 120,000, which was only 10,000 less than yesterday's peak.
As soon as the competition started, yesterday's peak was broken. Then 135,000, 140,000, and very soon, the number of people online exceeded 150,000.
The website increased the speed of the broadband, but the server couldn't support it. The technical staff were all on standby and used the distributed mode to strengthen the server. Finally, the website's live broadcast was running smoothly without any problems.
For a big website, a live broadcast could easily reach millions or even tens of millions of people. Unfortunately, they were just a website for an event. Moreover, this event was held in a city. Strictly speaking, it was a local event. It was already amazing that such an event could be watched by 150,000 people online.
Gu Zheng hadn't even finished his first fried egg when the comment section exploded.
They had all seen the video of Gu Zheng making fried eggs yesterday. However, that was a recording after all. Who knew if the website had done anything during the editing. But this time, it was a live broadcast. There were more than 2,000 people watching, which could prove that this was a live broadcast. The committee didn't do anything.
In the live broadcast, they directly saw the shape of the fried eggs. They couldn't help but believe it.
On the forum, the doubts about Gu Zheng gradually decreased. There were still a few bigoted people who still didn't believe the website and Gu Zheng. The committee didn't intend to explain to these people one by one. These people didn't trust anyone unless they ate Gu Zheng's fried eggs with their own mouths.
It was impossible for the organizing committee to let Gu Zheng make omelets just for them. They were not the judges.
When Gu Zheng finished making five fried eggs and the live broadcast ended, the number of people online had exceeded 180,000, reaching a new high. This was only the third day of the competition. It was unknown how many people there would be online in the finals. If Gu Zheng could enter the finals, it was unknown how much popularity he would bring to the finals.
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