BXBX NOVEL Chapter 217: Transparency
“Traveler, I truly appreciate your help this time!”
Stepping out of the cooking exchange activity venue, Si Wenwen expressed her gratitude from the bottom of her heart.
She found it difficult to imagine how embarrassing her situation would have been today if Qin Lang had not come to her rescue.
What troubled her more was that she had several days left on her journey. If things had deteriorated to the point that she had feared, she would’ve had no choice but to shut herself in her room to avoid the people participating in the event.
“It’s nothing,” Qin Lang didn’t mind the little incident, “They indeed behaved inappropriately, besides, you are my fan.”
The so-called dining etiquette was initially designed to ensure that diners do not disturb each other, not as a symbol of the high class.
In his past life, Qin Lang had seen too many people who, knowing some dining etiquette of Western and French meals, acted superior and branded themselves as people of high class. He never indulged such people.
Because she’s a fan…
Si Wenwen was deeply moved.
She had indeed followed an outstanding host!
She made up her mind! When she got back, she would share her experience with other fans!
As a host with hundreds of thousands of fans, Qin Lang naturally had fan groups. However, these were not set up by him, but by his fans.
Qin Lang didn’t even know about this.
“However, you should really distance yourself from that friend of yours.” Although it was inappropriate to make such a suggestion, after some thought, Qin Lang still couldn’t help but say it.
“I know.” Si Wenwen nodded heavily. Thinking of Zhou Ran’s betrayal during
the event, she gritted her teeth in anger.
After spending several days together, Si Wenwen had thought that they have become good friends, but Zhou Ran did not feel the same way.
This hurt her almost as much as being mocked during the event.
“Etiquette isn’t dictated; it isn’t a pedestal of superiority attained through its mastery either. It’s about ensuring comfort to others. That was a great point, Li Hong, who left the venue later, walked up to them and spoke.
Looking at Li Hong, who had a hint of a smile on his face, Qin Lang couldn’t help feeling somewhat guilty, “Mr. Li Hong, did my leaving like that put you in an awkward spot?”
After all, he had been attending the event with Li Hong and to some degree, his actions could have influenced Li Hong.
However, there was no point in staying under such circumstances.
“Quite the contrary,” Li Hong shook his head, “I wanted to leave as soon as 1 heard their so-called ’exchange’. Only out of courtesy did I stay.”
“Your departure gave me a good reason to leave.”
Seeing that Li Hong didn’t mind at all, Qin Lang breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, Mr. Li Hong was still the same person he knew.
Si Wenwen quickly excused herself and left so as not to disturb their conversation.
Once back on deck, Qin Lang couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Li Hong, are there many events like this, where people pretend to exchange their cooking ideas, but in reality, no real exchange happens?”
“Indeed, there are many,” Li Hong nodded, “On one hand, such events provide opportunities to meet more Spirit Chefs and expand one’s network.”
“On the other hand,” Li Hong paused, and his tone became noticeably more sarcastic, “there are always some people who treasure their skills way too much, hiding them from others, yet desiring to learn from others.”
Qin Lang nodded in understanding.
In culinary exchange activities like these, participants could make appearances by just saying a few things that don’t matter. But if someone were to share some key information, these participants would certainly be the winners.
He was suddenly glad to have decided against going on stage.
Qin Lang had no objection to sharing his cooking skills and thoughts, which he learned in the previous life from Earth, with this world. But he was not doing charity, he expected an equal exchange.
For example, in the outdoor cooking duels he held previously, where they could see each other’s cooking processes, he was pretty content.
-The outdoor duel you mentioned?” When Li Hong learned about Qin Lang’s interest in such duels, he smiled, “Relax, there will be plenty of opportunities for such modalities in the provincial-level cooking competition.”
“Huh?” Qin Lang blinked.
He did not actually know this.
“Do you mean that in the provincial-level cooking competition, the Spirit Chefs do not have to cook inside the competitive standard kitchen and all the cooking happens outside?”
“Not exactly,” Li Hong shook his head, ’’But there’s one thing you forgot. ”
“The walls of the competitive standard kitchen automatically turn opaque once the competition starts, but that doesn’t mean that chefs have to cook out of sight.”
“The control to switch the transparency of the walls is in the hands of the Spirit Chefs. If they want to, they can make the competitive standard kitchen transparent again, thereby only retaining its sound-proof effect.”
That was true indeed.
This rendered Qin Lang silent.
In the previous city-level cooking competition, he had not chosen to make the walls transparent partly because he had just arrived in this world not long ago and was still cautious, and partly because other contestants hadn’t done so either.
“Why is it that no one activated the transparent mode in the city-level cooking competition but they do in the provincial cooking competition?” Qin Lang couldn’t help but ask again.
“The reason is quite simple,” Li Hong’s facial expression was a bit odd, “In a city-level cooking competition, the impact is only within a city, so the waiting time of the contestants’ cooking can be filled with other means to drive the audience’s emotions.”
Qin Lang nodded in understanding.
During his previous competition, performances would begin every time a competitor entered the kitchen.
“But when the reach of the competition is expanded to a province or even a region, performances can no longer maintain the hyde of the audience,” Li Hong shook his head, “The competition is a competition because both participation of contestants and involvement of audiences are equally important.”
“That’s why competitions at provincial level and above have a stipulation that city-level competitions do not have.” He paused slightly, “That is to say, you can earn additional points and a higher voting weight if you choose to cook in transparent mode in the process.”
“Contestants still have the right to choose whether to activate this mode, but if you do not start the transparent mode, you will definitely be at a disadvantage in the competition. You will need better cooking skills to win.”
Qin Lang suddenly understood.
Nicely done!
Just by introducing additional points and weight, the majority of competitors are forced to demonstrate their art in public, thus enhancing the spectacle of the competition.
Considering that many of his competitors at the provincial-level cooking competition would choose to cook outdoors, Qin Lang suddenly felt exhilarated.
You see, those who could stand on the stage of Provincial-level cooking competition were all spirit chefs who have won five second-level Food Recommender badges. Watching their cooking process, Qin Lang was confident of learning a lot.
Although this meant that his cooking process would be exposed to other Spirit Chefs, Qin Lang would not mind at all.
Even if they really learned the cooking method of a dish, so what?
People have a recipe pool, but he owns a recipe sea.
How could he lose?
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