This morning, the International Perfume Competition kicked off at the Nagato City Gymnasium.

One hundred perfumers entered the preliminary round.

There are a total of sixteen affiliated countries, of which the Fatroya Empire has thirty perfumers.

Besides Shangguan Wu, there is another person from Huaguo who has entered the preliminary round.

His name is Zhuang Qian. He participated in three perfumery competitions. He stopped at 70th place in the first competition, and then stopped at 55th and 30th place in the second and third competitions respectively, failing to enter the finals.

It's not that he's not good enough, but rather that the Perfumery Association is relatively demanding of perfumers from Hua Country.

The reason for this involves a love-hate relationship.

This is the result of Du Wei's investigation.

Based on the name, Shangguan Wu guessed that it was related to the old lady who taught him perfumery.

She was personally trained by the old lady. As long as she is good enough, the Perfumery Association cannot stop her from entering the finals!

But in this competition, she wasn't just doing it for herself; she wanted to prove the old lady!

The stadium's indoor sports facilities cover an area of ​​7,000 square meters, and the stands can accommodate 5,000 spectators.

Shangguan Wu and the other perfumers made their appearances one by one.

The number on her chest was 18, and she was the second in the second row.

She was the only perfumer in the room wearing a mask.

Because she is pregnant, there are some scents she cannot smell, such as musk.

Therefore, she showed the perfumery association proof of her pregnancy and was required to wear a mask.

The president of the perfumery association knew her. Although she was the perfumer who developed the [Enchanting Color] perfume, she was too young. Moreover, if she took the opportunity to withdraw from the competition, then changing the competition venue to Huaguo would be meaningless.

He longed to see the woman from Huaguo, a memory deeply buried within him.

The preliminary round consists of three rounds: smelling fragrance, identifying fragrance, and making fragrance.

Fragrance is an important factor in judging the quality of perfume. The main components of perfume are fragrances, volatile chemical components, essential oils, etc. Different perfumes have different effects and functions.

The first round of the competition was a scent-tasting contest.

Each perfumer had a table in front of them, with an incense burner, paper, and pen on it.

Scent identification, also known as scent identification, requires them to identify the corresponding plant and animal ingredients in the three perfumes.

Points are awarded based on the number of correct answers.

According to the rules, each participating perfumer must be two meters apart in all directions.

At this moment, Shangguan Wu stepped out of the formation and stood alone on the far right, about ten meters away from the formation. She was wearing a mask and quickly became the focus of the audience, who were full of questions about her.

Viewers in the live stream directly questioned him.

Why is Shangguan Wu being treated differently?

What will foreigners think of us? Isn't it unfair and make us a laughingstock?

[That's it? I even cheered her on on Weibo, turns out she only knows how to use back channels, disgusting.]

Someone is attacking.

Then someone will maintain it.

Please, can you not be so harsh with your words?

Are the competition judges just for show? There must be a reason why they agreed with Shangguan Wu.

Those who start hurling insults without even knowing the facts should please have some decency.

Fortunately, the audience's doubts didn't last long, as the official answer was given: Shangguan Wu is a pregnant woman.

The ten-meter distance was also proposed by Shangguan Wu.

Shangguan Wu had already tried it at home.

The association president agreed to her proposal. After all, wearing masks was allowed, and she was standing alone outside the athletes' formation with so many people watching. If she made a mistake due to nervousness, it would be her own choice.

It is well known that women are advised against using perfume during pregnancy.

The live stream chat immediately switched to a different style.

[Oh my god! Is ten meters enough? Shouldn't she move further away?]

Even if it's a group of ten, such a strong fragrance would still affect the fetus, wouldn't it?

Why did she even participate? She doesn't deserve to be a mother at all!!

[It's said that three former perfumers from the Xiao Group forced her to sign up; if she didn't participate, it would mean the Hua Kingdom was afraid.]

[Who's afraid? This is a special case. Can't we participate next time if we don't participate this year?]

[It's all the Xiao Group's fault for hiring such incompetent people at high salaries; they can't accept defeat!]

[Damn! The Xiao Group hasn't gone bankrupt yet?!]

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The comments section was filled with curses and swears; the scent-smelling contest had already begun.

As the hostess dripped the first drop of perfume into the incense burner, Shangguan Wu removed her mask. She had a ginseng slice in her mouth, just in case.

The three perfumes in the perfumery competition were all developed by master perfumers from the perfumery association and have not yet been released to the market.

Therefore, the perfumers participating in the competition did not know much about plant and animal ingredients, and they failed in the first round.

This is Shangguan Wu's first time participating in a perfumery competition.

I thought it would be very difficult.

But Shangguan Wu took a closer sniff, then put on a mask and picked up a pen to write down the names of several ingredients on a piece of paper.

The speed was astonishing.

Most people thought it was a coincidence, but only her family or friends, and those who blindly admired her, believed that she had real talent and that she was so fast because of her own ability.

Each perfume has only three minutes to be identified.

When the time came, a gentle breeze blew by, quickly diluting the fragrance in the air until it was almost undetectable.

The hostess entered the formation carrying the second perfume.

Shangguan Wu took off her mask, and someone started timing her, but the camera only panned across her briefly before moving on to the other perfumers, causing another wave of "Holy crap!" and "Damn it!" comments to appear on the screen.

When the camera turned to Shangguan Wu again, she was already wearing a mask.

Meanwhile, the others were still engrossed in writing.

The camera panned to Zhuang Qian, who had just finished writing, and he did so quite quickly.

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