Life is a Game

Although no one could understand Jiang Feng's hunger marketing, even Jiang Feng himself didn't understand his own hunger marketing, but he still convinced the program crew with this nonsense, at least superficially.

The second week of the game is bound to be unsettled.

Because the variety show has already started.

In the Sino-US Chef Competition, the eight restaurants on the Chinese side are updated as a web series every Monday night at 8:00 pm. Because it is a web series, it is more willful. You can cut the first issue into a three-hour long version. In the United States, it is broadcast on TV for a fee. Like a TV series, it is broadcast by episode. Each episode is only about 40 minutes long, and two episodes are updated a week. Due to the time difference, the broadcast time is 8 o'clock on Sunday night.

Since it takes time to translate and remake subtitles, the Chinese side will update the variety show on the other side of the ocean every Wednesday night, and the US side will also update the Chinese side's variety show every Wednesday night, also in the form of online variety.

Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi had already watched the updated variety show for the first time on Monday night. In their opinion, although this variety show was not very exciting, it was definitely not an ugly variety show.

The breaking point is still not broadcast in the first episode, which is just the daily operation of the eight restaurants and some small frictions in the back kitchen. It should have been boring at first, but with the photographer's unique sense of lens capture, the scenes of the chefs cooking are captured beautifully and picturesquely.

Basically, the image that pops up in the minds of every viewer who has watched the first episode is food.

Still gourmet.

Sizzling pan-fried veal steak.

It is as soft as a cloud, small and exquisite, white and delicious, and it can be wrapped in one bite.

The verdure is about to drip, and it can be taken out of the pan after being blanched in boiling water, and topped with fresh and tender fresh vegetables in the sauce.

Thick oily red sauce, constantly tumbling in the iron pan, the surface of the large piece tightly wrapped by the sauce is still floating with beautiful oily and fat pork belly.

The tofu is as thin as a hair, scattered in the bowl like daisies in full bloom, and it is afraid of breaking when picked up, and it melts in the mouth. It is easy to see that it needs to be carefully cared for, eaten carefully, and savored with heart.

The squirrel mandarin fish, which is shaped like amber, is like a work of art after thickening, shining and dazzling.

Chickpea curd, two-color prawns, crispy fried in oil, lion head with crab powder, braised silver carp head...

Those who have heard, never heard, eaten, and never eaten dishes all appeared in the variety show in the first episode.

The main reason is that the progress of the matter was too flat, there was no tension, no struggle, and even Taifeng Building, which was not doing well, could only take pictures of Jiang Feng's despondency and Sun Jikai's struggle in the background board.

There is nothing to shoot in the story, so we can only work hard on the dishes.

Chicken, duck, fish, delicacies from mountains and seas, basically the food that comes to mind when an ordinary person thinks of gourmet food, these eight restaurants have them.

Even better things can be given to them, which is unimaginable.

Just imagine, on an ordinary Monday, ordinary office workers finish their busy day at work and return home with their tired bodies and cheap fried rice bought at the gate of the community. I wanted to relax and watch a variety show while eating, but accidentally clicked into this variety show.

Clean pasta, hot dishes, slender fingers, noisy kitchen.

The taste of the world is all here.

The office workers watching the variety show immediately feel that the fried rice is not delicious, the ham sausage is not delicious, and the instant noodles in the distance are not delicious.

Only the dishes that can be seen on the screen, cannot be touched, cannot be smelled, but are very delicious.

It smells great.

Damn, I really want to eat.

Want to eat anything.

Even if it looks like I can't afford it, I still want to eat it.

Damn, how could there be such a delicious looking thing in this world!

Of course, the contestants did not expect that this cooking reality show would be regarded as a food documentary by the audience, even the program team did not expect it. Since domestic variety shows cannot be starred and can only be broadcast in the form of online variety shows, the focus of their early publicity has always been the United States. After all, this reality show is an old-fashioned reality show in the United States, with a reputation and a stable audience that has been accumulated for many years.

Although Han Guishan is the main investor on the Chinese side, the main funds are still provided by the US side. After all, the production cost of American variety shows is too high, mainly because of the high labor costs. Boss Han was not taken advantage of, he didn't have the leisure and elegance to bear all the expenses on his own, and then he was cheated by the other party because he didn't know how to do it.

Professionals pay a lot of money to eat meat, and he can just invest some money in the back for soup.

This caused the program group to spend a large amount of money to promote it in the United States. The domestic promotion was just to buy the relevant recommended spots on the video website a week in advance. In fact, it's not that bad, it's just that the propaganda is not as caring as that of the United States, and many people have seen the relevant propaganda, but they didn't click on it.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this is not an attractive variety show. There are no celebrities, vegans, neither a relationship nor a high IQ competition. Cooking variety shows do not have as many audiences as other types of variety shows. It is normal that they are not noticed or taken seriously.

It has been nearly ten years since Chef Arnold's last big fire. His popularity in the United States is very high, but it is very sluggish in China.

But to everyone's surprise, the word-of-mouth between China and the United States has become extremely polarized.

Although the online comprehensive on the Chinese side has frequent hits, the number of hits did not even exceed 10 million after the first day of its launch, only a little over 3 million, but the word of mouth is very good. The comments below are all the same, I want to eat it, it looks delicious, is it really so delicious? Where is the restaurant? Is it still open? And so on, obviously not watching this as a variety show, but watching it as a food documentary.

The word-of-mouth in the United States is very low, corresponding to the extremely high ratings. The program team has been falsely promoting the name of Chef Arnold for so long, and it has already whetted everyone's appetite. I don’t know how many families gathered in front of the TV on Monday night just to hear the shit from Chef Arnold, but after watching it, they found out that Chef Arnold didn’t even have a shit.

That's it?

That's it? ? ?

For a while, there were raging bad reviews, and the ratings fell to the lowest point in history. All the reviews were liars, disgusting, false propaganda, garbage, and a lot of **** that can't be written.

Later, the program team released the news in time, saying that the part of Chef Arnold would be broadcast in the form of a web series on Wednesday night, which calmed down the anger of the American audience a little.

In order to make a better remedy, the program team decided to record another episode of preparation for each contestant and broadcast it in the form of a preview, in order to win back the love and ratings of the audience.

It was seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday when Jiang Feng saw the news. He had just woken up at that time, and when he received the news, he was brushing his teeth with his head on the chicken coop and his eyes blank. Immediately after reading the news, he felt refreshed. After brushing his teeth, he rushed into the room to pick out clothes without even washing his face.

After 20 minutes of careful selection, Jiang Feng finally chose the same outfit as the last time he was preparing for picking.

After getting dressed, washing his face, and even re-washing and blowing his hair again, Jiang Feng looked at his human-like appearance in the mirror and felt very OK. He already had the attitude that a winner should have.

With a new look and a new beginning, this week he will surely lead Taifenglou to make a comeback against the wind.

Then Jiang Feng saw in the living room wearing a light yellow long dress that he bought this year and hadn't worn it a few times. He also tied a butterfly around his waist that Jiang Feng had never seen before, and added a cherry on his head that was unnecessary Hairpin, Wu Minqi put on makeup but didn't highlight well.

When Jiang Feng approached, he noticed that the collar of Wu Minqi's yellow skirt seemed to be different from the one before. Did she buy a new skirt?

"Qiqi, is this skirt you bought new?" Jiang Feng pointed at Wu Minqi's collar.

"It's still the original dress." Wu Minqi looked down at the collar, suddenly realized, and lifted it with her hand to indicate that it is movable, "This is a fake collar, specially used to match my hairpin today."

Jiang Feng:?

"Yeah, it looks really good." Jiang Feng's face was full of sincerity.

Wu Minqi originally planned to get up early to make breakfast, but after seeing the news, she changed to get up early to pick out clothes and accessories. As a result, she and Jiang Feng had no food this morning and had to go downstairs to buy buns.

Two people who were not dressed as if they were going to work but were going to a dinner party took the elevator down the stairs. As soon as they got out of the elevator, they were stopped by the staff of the program group. Two interns, one director, A planner and three photographers. Without giving Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi time to react, the two of them were pulled into the car and went straight to the TV station.

When I arrived at the TV station, I found out that Sun Maocai and Sun Jikai had already been intercepted. After asking, I found out that Sun Maocai was the worst. He was directly intercepted while running in the morning. If it wasn’t for him, he would rather die than go home and take a shower After changing his clothes, he might be dragged to the TV station in his morning jogging suit.

Jiang Feng:?

Is the program group being pointed at by the audience to watch Bei Cai? Why are you in such a hurry?

In fact, it was no different from being pointed at with a gun. Because of the time difference, when Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi were watching a variety show last night, the production team on the US side had already been captured by angry netizens. Word-of-mouth fell to an all-time low, bad reviews flooded, and the phone was blasted by angry audiences. The sponsor's father didn't know the situation, and he didn't need to know the situation.

He just simply notified the program group to solve it or I withdraw the capital.

As it is a matter of funds, the program team attaches great importance to this preparation. Even if the time is short, they are fully prepared. They have tailored the problem of being trampled for each contestant, which is completely different from the almost perfunctory preparation last time.

It can be seen from the fact that this preparation must come to the TV station.

Jiang Feng asked the staff if they were the first to arrive, and the staff told them that the top-floor restaurant had already finished recording and left. Chef Arnold gets up early, and he will go to the restaurant at five o'clock every morning to check the freshness of the ingredients. If there is any problem, he can return it and scold the boss immediately.

Now the post-production and editing are already in progress.

Both Sun Maocai and Sun Jikai's preparations have been completed, and the two of them didn't leave because it's not time for work yet, so they can have breakfast here while waiting for Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi.

The TV station has prepared four preparation rooms, which allow four contestants to save time at the same time.

The person in charge of Jiang Feng being stepped on was a blond woman with good looks but a lot of wrinkles on her face, obviously caused by hard work, and a translator.

After confirming that Jiang Feng's English level is good enough to understand the questions asked, and telling Jiang Feng that he can answer in Chinese, so that it fits the theme of the competition on the Chinese side, the preparations began.

"After the first week of the competition, I believe that player Jiang Feng has already adapted well to the competition. From the results of the competition, it can be seen that the operating points of Taifeng Building in the first week are very poor, but the test on the last day has achieved Turning against the wind, do you think the test on the last day was due to good luck or your strength?"

Jiang Feng was stunned when he heard this question. He felt that this was not a preparation but an exclusive interview. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's because we had bad luck at the beginning, and we saved all our good luck for the end."

The Eastern European and American woman nodded, and the question was considered over.

"Now that the draw results for the second week have come out, do you think your restaurant is lucky this week?"

"Not bad." Jiang Feng smiled.

"Then where do you think your restaurant ranks in the points competition this week?" Eastern and European women may not be able to speak the word Taifenglou, so they all refer to your restaurant as your restaurant.

"The top three, I think there should be no problem with the top three."

"Isn't it number one?"

Jiang Feng quickly waved his hand: "We dare not think about the number one. This week's number one must be Yongheju. If we want to fight for the most, we will fight for the second place."

"Then do you think your restaurant will be able to qualify after the four-week competition?"

"Of course." Jiang Feng was extremely confident.

"So you should be looking forward to meeting Chef Arnold in the semi-final stage." The Eastern European woman said with a smile.

Jiang Feng paused, feeling that something was wrong with her question: "Why do you ask that?"

The lady translator might have some problems when translating. The Eastern European girl thought that Jiang Feng didn't hear her question clearly, so she repeated the question just now.

This time Jiang Feng asked her directly in English why he mentioned Chef Arnold.

Now the Eastern European and American woman was stunned. She used the headset to communicate with the staff, obviously asking if she could explain the reason before she told Jiang Feng.

"It's like this, because we asked Chef Arnold during the preparations just now, which chef he would most like to meet in the finals, and he said you."

Jiang Feng didn't expect Chef Arnold to be so upright, so he's getting a lot of limelight now. If the show crew has a bit of a headline, his title will become the person Chef Arnold wants to beat the most in his life.

Rounding off, he is at the same level as Peng Changping.

"Really? I'm honored then."

"Then do you think you can beat Chef Arnold?"

Jiang Feng felt that this question was probably a trap, so he laughed and didn't answer.

"Okay, let's change the question. If your restaurant can qualify, what kind of ranking do you hope Taifenglou can get in this competition?" The Eastern European woman seemed a little difficult when she said the word Taifenglou. .

"First."