"I don't understand. It looked like he was whispering something in Old Li's ear. Could something have happened?"
"It doesn't seem like anything's wrong. I didn't say anything wrong just now. It's a bit strange."
"He must have said something wrong, otherwise Old Wu wouldn't have interrupted him. But just a second ago he said there were 280 participants in this competition, which is correct. The official website has been saying that for so long, so the number shouldn't be wrong."
"I don't know, let's wait and see."
On stage, Wu Zhengchuan kept whispering something in Li Shangui's ear, and Li Shangui nodded repeatedly.
After speaking, Wu Zhengchuan quickly returned to the stage, leaving Li Shangui to continue speaking alone.
Everyone present seemed very interested in what Wu Zhengchuan had just said, and they were all discussing it animatedly.
Li Shangui coughed, trying to draw everyone's attention back to himself.
The venue fell silent once more as everyone listened intently to what Li Shangui was about to say.
Li Shangui smiled and added, "I'm sorry, everyone, there was a little mishap just now, which caused a change in a number I mentioned earlier."
"That's right. I just said that there were 280 contestants participating in this national culinary competition. This number was correct, but just now, it has changed to 226."
These words caused an uproar at the scene.
Everyone was puzzled. With so many contestants, why were so many eliminated in just a few moves?
It can't be that everyone loses their chance to compete because they're late.
Logically speaking, no one would be foolish enough to make such a mistake, and even if they did, there wouldn't be so many people doing it.
"Did you hear that? Old Li said the staff has been reduced to 226 people. So where did the remaining dozens of people go?"
"I don't know. Could it be that they failed the pre-competition screening or did something illegal?"
"This has never happened before. I remember last year only one contestant was disqualified because he was late. It's impossible for so many people to be late now."
"I can't guess, I really can't guess what the reason is."
"The spots for the National Culinary Competition are extremely rare; most people wouldn't easily miss such an important opportunity."
"No, that's why it seems a bit strange that so many people aren't participating in the competition."
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Basically, everyone who came to watch the game was a loyal audience member, so they were very interested in every change that occurred during the competition.
Li Shangui began to explain the reasons.
"According to what we, the organizers, have just learned, many contestants immediately withdrew from the competition after having lunch at the Kyoto University cafeteria this afternoon."
"Because they found that their level was not even comparable to the ordinary food in the Kyoto University cafeteria, they felt that they were not qualified to continue competing."
Li Shangui succinctly explained the reason immediately.
In other words, all of these dozens of people who abstained did so voluntarily because they felt they were not good enough.
Even the food at Kyoto University's cafeteria was better than what they could cook themselves, so they were too embarrassed to continue participating in the next round of the competition.
These words caused an uproar at the scene.
No one expected that the reason would be like this.
If it hadn't come from Li Shangui's mouth, everyone would have thought it was a joke.
I never expected that such a strange thing would actually happen.
"No way, they gave up the competition after eating at the Kyoto University cafeteria? Just how delicious must the food there be?"
"If you ask me to guess, I probably wouldn't guess this reason even if I tried until I died."
"Hahaha, that's hilarious! They forfeited because the cafeteria food was too delicious. This has never happened before."
"The Kyoto University cafeteria has been very popular lately. I originally thought it was just hype from these social media accounts, but now it seems that the food is really that delicious."
"It's making me want to give it a try. I wonder if people who aren't students of this school can go and have a look?"
"It's hard to say, we can try it tomorrow."
"It is said that the cafeterias at Kyoto University are now very high-end, with a wide variety of dishes and a complete range of categories, which has won countless praises."
"I have some news for you. The professor at Kyoto University is also one of the participating schools. His name is Lu Rong."
"Ah, I didn't know that until you told me. It seems that this Lu Rong is really amazing."
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At the same time, Lu Rong felt that many audience members were looking at him.
He immediately guessed the reason.
Because he owns the cafeteria at Kyoto University, everyone is very curious about him.
"Sigh... What does this have to do with me? They all voluntarily withdrew. I only just found out." Lu Rong waved his hand, expressing his helplessness at the outcome.
Li Shangui did not expect that the competition had only just begun.
The audience inside the stadium was shocked and shocked, their emotions going up and down like they were on a roller coaster.
He waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down again.
To be honest, he was also quite surprised by this reason, but as an important figure on stage, he couldn't show it too much.
He remained calm and composed.
In reality, she was overjoyed.
Thinking to himself, Lu Rong is really amazing. Just the food in the cafeteria alone made so many people give up their spots.
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