Zhao Fu was second, and Gu Zheng was first.
The leader on the stage looked at Zhao Fu with a smile. Zhao Fu's expression was a little stiff as he slowly walked up the stage to receive the award. The judges gave high praise to his food. Each of the three delicacies was highly rated, and they said that they were all masterpieces. Zhao Fu deserved to be second.
However, these words sounded like sarcasm to his ears, making him feel very uncomfortable.
A masterpiece of a master, yet he still lost and only got second place. He had participated in this competition to get first place. Other than first place, he had not thought about any other ranking. However, he had not expected to lose in the end. Moreover, he had lost to a young boy who was more than twenty years younger than him and whose name had not changed.
At this moment, he really wanted to curse and scold someone.
He did not know that if he had not asked someone to deliberately sow discord at Sun Er's place and let Sun Er deliberately target Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng would not have had the intention to fight for first place. Until the competition, Gu Zheng had only wanted to let the ten people eat his shredded chicken soup noodles.
If Gu Zheng had not wanted to get first place in the beginning, he might not have even prepared so many ingredients. He might not even have chosen the two low-level immortal techniques. If he could be lazy, Gu Zheng would definitely not have been so diligent.
This way, even if he came to the competition venue and there were so many people supporting him at the door, he would not have shouted the slogan of first place. That way, he would not have been able to compete for first place.
Fortunately, Zhao Fu did not know this. If he knew that all of this had been caused by his own cleverness, he would probably vomit blood in anger.
"Thank you, everyone. I will continue to work hard!"
Zhao Fu's speech was very short. After that, he took the trophy and the big check that represented the prize money and left the stage. The prize for second place was 500,000 yuan. It was not a small sum, but Zhao Fu's wealth was not worth 500,000 yuan. He ran a large chain of restaurants and had assets of more than 100 million yuan.
His appearance also made some judges and others secretly shake their heads.
A loss was a loss. They did not expect that he would not have any magnanimity at the end. This person usually behaved very well and had the image of a very generous gentleman. They did not expect him to be like this. He could see many problems from a small matter. This person's breadth of mind was definitely not as good as he appeared to be.
The host went on stage again. This time, the person who gave the award was a deputy mayor of Hang City, who was also the highest-ranking leader present.
"Gu Zheng!"
"Gu Zheng!"
"Gu Zheng!"
Before he could announce the name, thousands of people outside the venue shouted together, attracting the attention of countless passersby. Their shouts even penetrated the walls and reached the venue.
Many people in the venue knew that there were a lot of Gu Zheng's supporters outside. They also knew how these supporters were formed.
The shouts made everyone sigh. Gu Zheng had changed the rules of the competition by himself. Originally, the organizing committee had planned to not use an audition system for the second edition. Like the other competitions, they would use an invitation and recommendation system. This way, they could save a lot of money.
This theme had been discussed in a meeting before the finals, but no final decision had been made.
However, with Gu Zheng as an example, the next audition was bound to continue. Who dared to say that the audition was useless? Who dared to say that the results of the audition were not good? If the results were not good, what was the first place?
Gu Zheng's first place might even lead to some influential competitions to adopt the audition system in the future. The audition was originally a big wave of sand. If one could find a real gold, it would be considered a success. There was no doubt that Gu Zheng was a real gold, a shining gold. The Hangzhou Food Competition was a real success this time.
"The first Hangzhou Food Competition, the winner is Gu Zheng!"
The deputy mayor of Hang City announced the name of the first place. Because of excitement, he forgot to announce Gu Zheng's total score. The host came over to remind him before he continued to announce it loudly.
"Gu Zheng's total score of the three competitions is 29.02 points."
"Hua!"
There was another uproar at the scene. The score actually went up to 29, and the total score was 30 points. Gu Zheng got 29 points, which meant that he was less than one point away from the total score.
29.02 points, and the average score was over 9.7 points. This result stunned all the contestants and shocked the others at the scene.
A score of 9.7 didn't even appear in the preliminary round, but it became the average score here. It was too terrifying. It could also be seen that after the finals, all the contestants were more serious and worked hard to perform. Some even performed beyond their usual standards.
Even the third place, Liu Lin, had an average score of 9.56, which was also a great score in the preliminary round. Zhao Fu's average score exceeded 9.6, which was also a good result.
One of the judges stood up. He was the one with the highest prestige among the thirty judges.
He was the vice president of the National Food Association and had always been a judge of the Chinese Food Competition. This heavyweight judge was put at the end by the organizing committee to comment on the first place.
This judge was not young, nearly seventy years old.
"I have participated in countless food competitions. I have been a judge of the Chinese Food Competition for eight years. I am the person who has served as a judge the most in the Chinese Food Competition. But what I want to say today is that you, Gu Zheng, gave me a shock that I haven't experienced for a long time, and more than once!"
As soon as the judge opened his mouth, he gave Gu Zheng a high evaluation and used the word shock. Elder Gao felt the same way. Wasn't he the same at the beginning? And that was just a private small competition. At that time, he served as a judge because of his personal relationship with Boss Wu of the Food Channel.
"Seeing you let me see the hope of the future of the domestic food industry. I am proud of you!"
The applause sounded again. After the judge said these words of affirmation, he began to comment on the three dishes that Gu Zheng made today.
"Before the Golden Dragon Soars to the Sky, I had never thought that Egg-Fried Rice could be made like this, especially when the dynamic Golden Dragon took shape. At that time, I was so excited that I wanted to shout out loud. Since ancient times, Chinese cuisine has always had high standards in the aspect of Xing Yi. However, I have seen more of them in the solid state, and very few in the dynamic state. The ones that could be made were all unorthodox. I have never seen anyone as good as Gu Zheng!"
"I give the Golden Dragon Soars in the Sky full marks for the Xingyi!"
"A perfect score for the appearance means that we have higher expectations for the taste. At that time, I was actually a little worried that the taste wouldn't be as good as I imagined, which would definitely lower the score. But after eating it, I realized that I was wrong, very wrong. How could a delicacy with such an image and such a fragrant smell be bad? Sure enough, the taste of the Golden Dragon Soars in the Sky didn't disappoint me, nor did it disappoint the thirty of us. I can very responsibly say that this is the best Egg Fried Rice I've ever eaten. I even asked the other judges, including me, and all of us unanimously agreed that this is the best Egg Fried Rice we've ever eaten, or even the best rice food! "
The judge's comment caused an uproar in the venue again.
It was fine if it was the best Egg Fried Rice. There weren't many famous Egg Fried Rice. After all, it was a type of fast food. However, the range of the best rice food was very wide.
There were too many foods that were made with rice. Rice cakes were made with rice, rice noodles were also made with rice. These were all snacks, but some famous dishes would also add rice. For example, there was a famous chef's signature dish, Rice Fish, which had a lot of rice in it.
This famous chef had been in the top ten of the Chinese Food Competition. His ranking was even higher than Zhao Fu's. It was just that it was a different competition.
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