When Mu Mu sent the message, Gu Zheng was communicating with the Tool Spirit.
"Well, this is not a test. No matter if you win or lose, there will be no punishment!"
"Don't worry, this Tool Spirit will not deceive you. If I say it's not a test, then it's not a test. But if you lose, there will be nothing. If you win, there will be a reward!"
"That's good!"
Gu Zheng let out a long breath. In fact, it was beyond his expectation that the manuscript would be so popular today. He just told the truth and expressed his feelings. The staple food ingredients of that shop were indeed raised, and the selection of ingredients was not particularly serious. But for a chain of popular snacks, this was already good.
As for the taste of this shop, he gave a certain affirmation in the manuscript, but the final rating was not high.
This was Gu Zheng's temperament. If it was good, he would say it was good. If it was bad, he would never hide it. Including Shu Yu's wonton, he had also mentioned some shortcomings. His readers were already used to this.
When the manuscript was popular, the comments would be popular. Gu Zheng also went to read the comments. When the executive chef's comment came out, he saw it. He felt a little strange. He had no impression of this executive chef. He did not know why he knew him. At least, not many people knew this after becoming a famous chef.
Regarding his challenge, Gu Zheng did not care about it at all from the start.
He only took a few glances and then went to read other comments. At this time, the Tool Spirit suddenly stopped him and asked him to accept the challenge.
Gu Zheng instinctively refused the Tool Spirit's request, but the Tool Spirit put forward a condition that Gu Zheng could not refuse. It said that as long as Gu Zheng accepted the challenge and won, it could teach him the fusion method of rice marrow.
As long as he won, it would be given to him. If he lost, there would be no punishment. Moreover, this was not a test. Whether he agreed or not was completely up to Gu Zheng's mood.
For the first time, the Tool Spirit was so easy to talk to, which made Gu Zheng very surprised. After confirming it again and again, he agreed. Anyway, even if he lost, he would not have anything to do with it.
Moreover, he still had a certain confidence in his cooking skills. He also had the Immortal Power, so it was not certain who would win or lose. In the end, he sent that reply.
Not long after sending the reply, the worried Gu Zheng asked the Tool Spirit again. It was at this time that Mumu's message came.
"Thank you for your concern, Editor Mu. I didn't propose this challenge. Since he doesn't believe me, why not accept his challenge?"
Gu Zheng replied to Mumu. Today's manuscript was published so quickly, which was somewhat beyond Gu Zheng's expectations. It seemed that Mumu and the others still valued him. He estimated that this time, he could increase the royalties and reach a higher level.
Mumu didn't expect Gu Zheng to say that. After a while, he asked, "Are you really the descendant of a famous chef?"
"You can say that. My father isn't in China. He's in France. He's the head chef of a restaurant!"
Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment before finally telling the truth. However, he concealed the fact that his father was a Michelin three-star chef. Although they were both chefs, a Michelin three-star chef was completely different from an ordinary chef, let alone a three-star chef.
"So that's how it is. You really hid it well. Since you aren't worried about it, I won't say anything. Don't worry. On the day of the challenge, our website will send people to cheer for you!"
Mumu replied to him. Gu Zheng was stupefied and his expression was somewhat odd. It was naturally a good thing for him that the website wanted someone to go there. After all, the website still supported him. However, many people on the website had been there to eat the fried eggs. If they knew that he was the chef of Shu Yu's restaurant, he wondered what they would think.
"Okay, thank you!"
Gu Zheng agreed in the end. The website had good intentions and he couldn't refuse. Besides, even if he refused, it would be useless. The website would definitely follow up on this matter. For them, this was a very good news material that could attract more readers and more traffic.
As for the matter of them discovering him, he would think about it later.
"After the meal, everyone, please work overtime. Little Liu, are you sure about the restaurant's response to the challenge? If they agree to the challenge three days later, we'll do a special topic and follow them from now on!"
Mumu clapped her hands. The restaurant where they ate was near the company. When they heard that they had to work overtime, some people even wailed.
"Sister Mu, are you sure you want to do this? What if Don't Compete loses? If so, our website will be embarrassed as well!"
The editor came up to persuade her again. If Gu Zheng won, it would be fine. But if he lost, the platform that published the article would be embarrassed as well. Now, they were actually on the same side as Gu Zheng.
"Don't Compete, you won't lose. When have you ever seen this guy lose?" Mumu asked back.
"Sister Mu, should we report this to Boss Wu and the others first?" Another editor asked softly.
Boss Wu was the director of the Gourmet Channel. He was also one of the people who went to Shu Yu's restaurant to eat Gu Zheng's fried eggs. He was the boss of the Gourmet Channel.
"I'll go talk to him personally tomorrow. Let's make preparations today. Now that the discussion is very popular, we have to finish the special topic in advance so that it can be published tomorrow morning!"
Mumu finally came to a conclusion. Seeing their boss so insistent, the other editors didn't know what to say. They could only go back to the company and work overtime after the meal. It wasn't easy to make a special topic. They had to do the typesetting first and communicate with the technical side. There were many things to do.
The next morning, Mumu got the approval from the director and the special topic was established immediately.
The special topic of the Gourmet Challenge not only had the introduction of both sides, but also had a voting option, allowing everyone to vote for the side they thought would win. The website would also pick out 10 lucky people from the final selected users and give them gifts as rewards.
Because of the popularity yesterday, the special topic attracted a lot of people as soon as it was published. In just a little while, there were thousands of people voting. The result made the editors of the website open their eyes wide. There were really a lot of supporters of Don't Compete. At least 40% of them thought he would win.
According to what they thought before, the supporters of the head chef should have an overwhelming advantage. After all, he was a professional chef who did this. The advantage was too obvious. People who weren't stupid knew that they couldn't win at all if they didn't compete.
The result was such a slap in the face. There were really many people like their chief editor Mumu, who thought that they wouldn't lose if they didn't compete.
At this time, Gu Zheng didn't know that so many people supported him. He went out early in the morning. He hadn't made duck blood and vermicelli soup before, but it wasn't difficult to find a common recipe. This kind of traditional food with a history was not a secret. If it was a secret, there wouldn't be so many restaurants selling this kind of food on the street.
As long as one had the heart, the recipe could be easily found. What Gu Zheng wanted to do was to find better ingredients. It would be best if they were second-grade or above.
This was not a test, so there were no restrictions on the ingredients. However, Gu Zheng understood where his disadvantage was. If he cooked with the same ingredients, even if he had immortal power to control the fire, the taste might not be better than that of the head chef. After all, the head chef had been cooking for so many years, or even for a lifetime. This experience couldn't be made up with simple immortal power.
Four points of ingredients, four points of cooking skills, and two points of immortal power.
Since Gu Zheng was inferior in cooking skills, he would make up for it with ingredients. With the help of immortal power, he would win in the end.
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