Life is a Game

For the one-week rest and adjustment time given by the program group, the four members of Taifeng House unanimously chose-salted fish.

Although theoretically there is no difference between the two-week competition process and daily work, there will be no performance pressure in normal work. No matter whether the results are good or bad, the mental pressure during the competition is always huge. Now I finally have some time to breathe. Everyone doesn't want to go to work, they just want to have a happy week.

Although Jiang Feng and Sun Maocai, the two signature chefs, were not at work, the business was booming as always, and even had the same momentum as when "Zhiwei" was just released.

The reason for such a result is very simple. The second issue of "Good Taste China-US Chef Competition" became popular, and it became popular for no reason.

Although the first issue has a good reputation, the number of views has been mediocre, and the number of views in the first week of its launch was only worth over ten million. Compared with the variety shows currently on the market with over 100 million or 1 billion views, this is like rushing to grandma's house on the street.

In the second episode of the program, Taifeng Building turned against the wind with the Sunday snack street test, which was indeed very explosive, and even had a cool rhythm. But the reason why the second episode of the show exploded is not this, but because many viewers discovered——

Damn, I was at the snack street that day!

There is nothing more painful than missing out on a personal event.

Probably because four of the eight participating restaurants are in Beiping, more than half of the few viewers and fans of "Good Taste Chef King Contest" are Beijing locals. Snack Street is a new mecca for Internet celebrities in Peking. Even if the locals dislike it, they still have to punch in the cards that should be punched in, post in Moments that should be posted, and take their girlfriends to go shopping on weekends to show off their love. Still want to show.

So many viewers watched variety shows and found out, hey, was I there that day?

I took another look and found out, hey, I passed by this store, but at that time I thought there were too many people queuing up, so I didn't queue.

There are also some lucky people who just looked at it and found out, damn it, I ate it, no wonder I think it is so delicious.

The later stage of this show is also very interesting. In the first episode, there will be a five-second pause when each chef appears, and then flash subtitles to introduce the chef's situation.

For example, Pei Shenghua is the main chef of Huaiyang and once served as the head chef of the state banquet. Sun Maocai is one of the main chefs of Taifeng. He once served as the head chef of a state banquet. He is ranked 11th in the celebrity chef list. The interviewees of the third issue of "Zhiwei" are awesome at first glance, but in fact they are really awesome. Character introduction.

But ordinary audiences don't like this at all.

The vast majority of viewers don't even know what "Knowing the Taste" is. The introduction of a certain chef who used to be the head chef of the state banquet, they just thought it was quite powerful, but in fact, they didn't have much feeling in their hearts. Especially since there are several state banquet chefs in this program, it seems that the title of state banquet chef, which is obviously very awesome, is very ordinary.

Experts of course know how high the gold content of this short introduction is, but real experts don't need to introduce directly at all, they will know how good these people are after you release their names. And laymen, no matter how much you say, they will think that's it.

Interlaced like a mountain, probably so.

In the second period, the program team learned the lessons from the failure of the first period, and used a more intuitive way to let ordinary audiences feel how awesome these contestants are.

They directly marked up the price of the vegetables.

For example, each contestant has selected a restaurant and entered the selected restaurant to make dishes. During the production, the program team will cut a close-up and then subtitle it thoughtfully.

If Jiang Feng was making porridge, the subtitle beside Jiang Feng would be——

Jiang Feng: The signature dish, chicken bean curd, is priced at 1288 per serving, and needs to be ordered three days in advance.

The price of the porridge being boiled will also appear below, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, 10 yuan a bowl.

What an intuitive gap, what a shocking experience.

Jiang Feng was nothing. To be shocked, it had to be Chef Arnold. Among so many contestants, he sold the most expensive set meals. The 12,888 yuan set meal is in stark contrast to the 35 yuan cake. Who doesn’t think it’s reliable? It’s really worth it. Why didn’t I eat it.

If you don’t get it, you feel like you’ve lost 12888. If you get it, you feel like you’ve earned 12888. No matter if you’re late or you haven’t got it, as a new century Internet surfing warrior in the 21st century, you always put your joys and regrets in front of you. A few words on Moments and Weibo.

Then it was inexplicably forced to become a hot search.

The name of this hot search is also very inexplicable.

#12888#

At first, passers-by thought it was the name of a combination, but after clicking in, they found it was the price. At the beginning, everyone was angry, thinking that another unscrupulous restaurant actually launched a 12,888 piece cake. After a closer look, they found that it was 35 yuan to eat the 12,888 effect.

After the variety show finally became popular, chef Arnold's ten-year-old fans began to come uninvited, and some industry insiders who didn't know where they went before began to popularize the science of how awesome the chefs participating in this variety show are. . If the program group spends some money appropriately to stir up the popularity, the total number of broadcasts of the variety show will rise steadily and soon break through the 100 million mark.

Although it was Taifeng Building that turned the tide in the second phase, it was Chef Arnold who became popular all over the Internet in the end.

It can only be said that Jiang Feng lost to 12888.

This time, Chef Arnold is not relying on his own shit, but on his own efforts, the price of his dishes, his exquisite dim sum, and the hot searches bought by the program group.

Regardless of the process, the end result is good. No matter who is popular, everyone will benefit more or less. With the popularity, the business will naturally improve. Good business is the icing on the cake for Taifeng Building, Yonghe Ju and Rooftop Restaurant, which are three restaurants that are not worried about business. It is sending charcoal in the snow.

By the way, the disqualification of the Eight Immortals Pavilion due to cheating was not broadcast in the variety show. It may be because of the money, but the program team used exquisite editing techniques to lightly edit it to show that the Eight Immortals Pavilion retired due to incidents. His grades are not very good, and he has not attracted too much attention and discussion, and other restaurants have no intention of making trouble, so this matter has been fooled.

Jiang Feng also stayed at home quietly, waiting for the notification from the program group.

At the end of the test, the staff of the program group said that the lottery will be drawn on Wednesday, and the relevant rules will be notified within this week. Jiang Feng originally thought that the notification of the rules would be after the lottery, but what he didn't expect was that the program team's work efficiency was not bad. Before Wednesday, the rules of the second stage of the competition were announced on Tuesday morning.

Jiang Feng guessed right, the show crew really wanted to do something.

The competition rules of the second stage are very interesting, and to be precise, they are very difficult.

The second stage is an exchange competition. The seven existing restaurants will be drawn by lottery, and whoever is drawn will go to that restaurant. During the exchange period, the four contestants can only cook the dishes on the original menu of the Chinese restaurant, and cannot arbitrarily delete or modify them. In addition, before the exchange, each contestant can choose a dish on his own menu as a must-do dish.

Contestants must sell 100 must-cook dishes every week and get at least 50 favorable comments. If they fail to complete, 2,000 points will be deducted.

The lottery time is 8:00 pm on Wednesday, and the submission time for the must-cook dishes is 7:00 pm on Wednesday, which means that everyone must choose the difficulty level for the opponent before the lottery.

Every restaurant has its own special dishes, which cannot be learned by outsiders. If you choose five special dishes carefully, it is definitely Shurachang.

The program team is really doing something.