Douluo Continent on the tip of the tongue

In the conference room, members of the Shrek City Food Association were discussing enthusiastically when a voice suddenly came out, "Well... if nothing goes wrong at this food festival, the diners' favorite food should be cold food dishes, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings suddenly fell into deathly silence.

Xuan Ye, who was sitting at the top, looked a little weird at the moment.

Indeed, every dish in Hanshi meets the requirements for participating in this food festival.

And the delicacies in cold food...

It may be biased to say that every dish in Hanshi surpasses all other participating delicacies. After all, Douluo Continent is not completely devoid of excellent delicacies.

However, if there is any dish that can become the favorite food of diners, everyone present will naturally think of Hanshi dishes.

Regardless of other dishes, the three purple dishes now launched are not comparable to any other delicacies.

As long as the tongue has not failed, everyone knows how to choose.

Therefore, after hearing this member's words, the other members' interest in discussing the food festival's regulations suddenly dimmed for some unknown reason.

This food festival has Hanshi, so the result is almost clear.

Is it estimated that the competition for diners’ favorite delicacies will turn into an infighting among three purple-brand dishes?

"Well... I happened to take my family to Xingluo City for a trip a few days ago to watch the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. By the way, I also went to the Hanshi branch in Xingluo City to try it out." Another member was also at this moment.

I couldn't help but speak.

"In that branch, in addition to the dishes that Hanshi already has, there is also a magical way to eat called hot pot. It can be said to be all-inclusive. Different diners can choose different ingredients to cook..." Seeing everyone showing extremely curious expressions, this

One member simply introduced how to eat hot pot in detail.

Not many diners knew about hot pot, but when they heard about this dish they had never seen before, they were shocked again.

This hot pot...sounds like it's even better than Purple Brand cuisine.

After all, even the purple brand dishes cannot break through the limitations that are difficult to adapt to, but the hot pot, whether you like vegetarian or meat, spicy or not, you can find your own way of eating it. For this reason alone, it is all-encompassing

Four words are not an exaggeration to describe it.

"And..." this member added, "Everyone knows about Xingluo City's food magazine, right?"

Most of the diners present nodded when they heard this. They had heard of the food review magazine that had been popular in Xingluo City for a long time.

"Boss Qi's cold food has topped the list in the latest issue of Food Appraisal magazine, with all dishes ranking among the top sixteen..." After the member finished speaking, he glanced at everyone silently and stopped talking.

Everyone's expressions became strange.

At the Shrek Food Festival, although there was only one favorite food among the diners, which was the winner of the food festival, the top ten were announced.

Although the reputation of the second to ninth place dishes is much worse than that of the first place, they are also very good publicity opportunities for the dishes participating in the food festival.

A question that everyone here had never thought about before, after listening to this member's words, appeared in their minds uncontrollably.

What if...all the top ten are taken by Hanshi?

"Here...I have a suggestion." After a moment of silence, the elegant middle-aged man pushed up his glasses with a slightly troubled expression on his face, "Let me tell you in advance that I am also a regular customer of Hanshi, and there is no selfish intention in making this suggestion."

After making this statement, he continued, "Can we limit it so that each store can only have a maximum of nine dishes to participate in the food festival?"

The top ten are recorded on the list, and each store can participate in up to nine dishes. This naturally eliminates the possibility of one store directly occupying the top ten.

There is a restriction that dishes that have participated in the food festival before cannot be entered again. It is rare for restaurants that have participated in the food festival before to launch so many dishes.

After all, if a new dish can be presented at the food festival, it must be their proud creation.

In other words, restaurants that launch a large number of new dishes at one time at the food festival only have new restaurants that have opened within three years.

Hanshi is not the only new store like this in Shrek City.

But among them, the only one who dominates the top ten in terms of strength is Hanshi.

Therefore, the suggestion made by the elegant middle-aged man is only detrimental to Han Shi.

No wonder he stated in advance that he had no selfish motives before making suggestions.

Even so, there was obvious dissatisfaction on the faces of many members present. They are all old diners of Hanshi and have a good impression of Hanshi.

Among them, even Xuan Ye, who was sitting at the top, was included.

Xuan Ye's face became slightly solemn, "Qin Fang, this suggestion is very detrimental to Hanshi and has almost no impact on other restaurants. I believe you have no selfish motives in bringing it up, but this is obviously not in line with the principle of fairness and justice of the food festival."

Qin Fang, the middle-aged man who made the suggestion, had a slightly bitter look on his face when he heard Xuan Ye's words, "My Majesty the Divine Cow..."

"In the association, call me president."

"Okay... President, if there are no restrictions on cold food, have you ever thought about what other restaurants would think?"

"What do you mean?" Xuan Ye frowned, not quite understanding what Qin Fang meant.

Qin Fang smiled bitterly, "The original intention of the food festival is to gather food from all over the continent, select the most popular food, and constantly encourage chefs to innovate and progress. We have not given any substantial rewards such as money, but

It is to make the top ten delicacies in the competition famous. The original intention of all participating restaurants is to make their own delicacies more famous."

Although this statement is slightly utilitarian, it is the truth. After hearing this, Xuan Ye nodded slightly.

"There is one thing I haven't reported to you yet." Qin Fang paused, "Ten days before the start of each food festival, registration for dishes will be opened. This time, the registration for dishes was opened three days ago.

It has already started, but the dishes that have been signed up are 70% lower than in previous years.”

“Because I was worried that Hanshi would dominate the list and the gap in votes between Hanshi and Hanshi would be too big, which would harm my own dishes, which would be a thankless task, many stores that would participate in previous years did not sign up at all this year…”

"If this situation continues, the authority of the Shrek Food Festival will be greatly affected, because the Shrek Food Festival has always been known as the gathering of delicacies from all over the continent. If compared with previous years, the number of participating dishes has increased significantly.

If it decreases, I’m afraid it will be difficult to continue.”

Xuan Ye's face looked a little unhappy. He was silent for a moment and then spoke softly, "Can the problem be solved by limiting each store to a maximum of nine dishes?"

"Everyone knows that it is not difficult for Hanshi to dominate the list. This is a step back for both parties. Hanshi cannot dominate the list, and it also gives other restaurants a chance to enter the top ten, although they may only be able to fight for the only spot in the top ten.

, but it is no longer hopeless. Under such circumstances, they will still choose to participate." Qin Fang is still very clear about the mentality of other stores.

"It's just...how should we negotiate with Boss Qi?"

"Alas..." Xuan Ye sighed softly, "Well, let me put aside my old face and go talk to Boss Qi myself."