Chapter 34
"Hello, dear audience friends, I declare the first pet snack competition officially open." The host on the stage spoke passionately.
Lin Gui and her two men were busy in the audience, and so were the merchants around her. Perhaps because it was the first competition, the organizers' arrangements were not very good. The participating stores walked around the competition venue several times but did not see any prepared places, and then they heard the host on the stage announce the start.
Regardless, all the merchants participating in the first competition brought their own snacks to the competition venue, including Lin Gui.
When the venue staff saw so many people gathered together, they seemed to finally know what to do. They separated Lin Gui and the others one by one, gave each merchant a card, and asked the merchant to fill in the relevant information of the snacks themselves.
The first competition is very simple. Participating merchants provide a small snack, introduce the various characteristics of the snack, and promote the highlights. The audience votes to select the most attractive snack. The one with the most votes wins. The top three will receive three, two, and one points respectively.
Yes, the entire Pet Championship is based on a points system. One big competition consists of multiple small competitions, and the one with the most points is the champion.
Lin Gui chose to feed the dog meatballs today. She was originally hesitating between meatballs and dog bone biscuits, but finally chose to feed meatballs for fun.
There were a total of ten merchants participating in this competition. Lin Gui was ranked 6th. He was neither good nor bad. He patiently recited the recommendations and slogans he had written before, and took the opportunity to see what products other merchants had selected.
The first one has come on stage. They chose ordinary dog food, apparently hoping to win votes by being popular. However, the audience didn't seem to buy it and didn't seem very curious.
The second one chosen was a freeze-dried offal product packaged in small particles. The selling point was that it supplemented essential trace elements for pets, including iron and zinc, and it seemed to have won the attention of some viewers.
We are slowly approaching Lin Gui. The merchant before Lin Gui is introducing goat milk powder, which is a must-have product in most pet families. It seems to be taking the same popular route as the first dog food.
When they finished their presentation and it was finally Lin Gui's turn, Lin Gui breathed a sigh of relief and took Da Huang to the podium. This product display competition allowed small pets to assist, and basically all the merchants brought their own pets to show the dogs' love for the products. Lin Gui's demonstration of feeding small meatballs must require Da Huang to perform.
"Hello everyone, this time I brought a snack that can be fed to pets. It can increase the tacit understanding between us and our pets. It is not inferior in nutrition and taste. Its packaging is not sticky..." Lin Gui introduced the many advantages of feeding small meatballs on the stage in a clear and orderly manner.
Da Huang sat at Lin Gui's feet, straight and with his head held high, as if he knew this was an important performance, and he stood as if in a military posture.
Finally, Lin Gui finished introducing the details of Little Meatball and started the presentation of Da Huang. Lin Gui touched Da Huang's head, and Da Huang seemed to know what to do. The man and the dog confronted each other.
Lin Gui tore open one side of the meatball package and squeezed the packaging on both sides. The meatball flew in a perfect parabola to the top of Dahuang's head. Dahuang stared at the meatball with his eyes. In order to show his superb skills, before the meatball fell, he jumped, covered the meatball with his mouth, and began to chew it. After chewing, he stood there straight.
The audience was obviously interested in this feeding method. One spectator kept cheering: "One more, one more."
After hearing this, Lin Gui took out a small meatball and performed again. This time, Lin Gui chose a more difficult move and used a little more strength. The small meatball flew farther, but who was Da Huang? Da Huang was very powerful. He took a step back and didn't wait for the small meatball to fly down. He jumped and caught it.
The audience gave Dahuang warm applause, and Dahuang became even more proud.
There were voices in the audience who kept asking for another performance, but this time Lin Gui ignored them. The performance time was almost up, so she said a few closing words and left the stage with Da Huang.
Zhou Xiao came forward and said, "Boss, I think we can definitely do it. The atmosphere in the audience wasn't as good as when you spoke before."
Lin Gui smiled and said, "I hope so." Then she squatted down and stroked Da Huang carefully. "Thank you very much, Da Huang." Then the two of them praised Da Huang together, and Da Huang felt very proud.
The products of the four merchants ranked behind Lin Gui were not as innovative as Lin Gui's. When the points were finally counted, Ertu Snack Shop was undoubtedly ranked first and got three points.
Next is the freeze-dried offal introduced by the second merchant. It seems that some people are still curious about it, so it gets two points.
The third place is a dried vegetable for pets, which earns one point.
In general, the audience prefers novelty, and it seems that popular pet food is not popular in this competition.
The second competition that Ertu Snack Shop participated in was the most lively competition in this exhibition. When the competition started, almost everyone in the exhibition came to join in the fun. This competition attracted so much attention, so there were also a lot of staff, and the chaos like the first competition did not occur.
Lin Gui stood in the waiting area according to the randomly assigned order. Basically all the merchants participating in the exhibition gathered here. Lin Gui saw the person in charge of a barbecue restaurant who looked very familiar. The person in charge of that restaurant saw Lin Gui from a distance and waved to her. Lin Gui quickly nodded in response.
The rules of this competition are that all merchants choose a snack from their own store and put it in the food basket prepared by the organizer. The staff will cut the snacks into pieces. Each snack can only be the size of a thumb and will be given to 100 picky puppies to taste. The snack that these picky dogs eat the most will win first place.
Due to the large scale of this competition, the first place is five points, the second place is three points, and the third place is two points. For example, the products that need secondary processing at the barbecue restaurant are also heated up in advance by the staff to ensure that the puppies have the best taste.
There are a total of 30 businesses and shops participating in the competition, with a total of 100 puppy tasters. Although the staff will divide the food into small portions so that the dogs will not be too full, for safety reasons, Lin Gui thinks it is better to draw lots to the front.
Just when Zhou Xiao and Tang Mingcheng were about to roll the dice to see who had the higher number and who would draw lots, the organizer suddenly changed the rules, saying that the number of dogs far exceeded the number of merchants, so everyone's products would be shuffled and sorted in turn, and there would always be a dog that would be the first to eat your product.
Lin Gui and the other two gave up and thought about it carefully, thinking that this seemed to be fairer.
Since all that was required for this competition was to pay for snacks, and all the work was done by the staff, Lin Gui and the merchants who were participating in the competition like her had nothing to do, so everyone went to the competition venue to watch the game. It would be better to go to the competition venue to see the excitement than to stay in the waiting area.
When they arrived at the competition venue, the staff had already started distributing snacks. It was quite spectacular to see 100 dogs standing in a row. Lin Gui also saw familiar people and dogs there, including the golden retriever Gigi and its owner Cheng Qiang. Considering Gigi's previous picky eating habits, it was quite normal for him to be chosen to participate in this competition.
But it's easier to get things done with a familiar dog. It seems that at least Gigi's point is secure. Lin Gui looked around happily, afraid that others would notice her smile.
But when she saw the smiles of other merchants, she understood. It seemed that she was not the only one who had a familiar dog. After all, even the pickiest dogs need to eat, and with so many brands, there would always be one that they would find suitable.
Lin Gui suppressed his emotions and watched the game seriously again.
Well, it is worthy of being the most popular competition. The magical actions of the puppies are eye-catching. No wonder more and more people are here, everyone comes to watch the wonderful performance of the puppies.
Some puppies look very smart. After smelling the snacks in front of them, they find it hard to eat. So they pick up the small plate and quickly walk to their neighbor with their short legs and throw it to the neighbor. Yes, this is a smart little Corgi.
The staff member obviously didn't expect there to be such a solution. Before the neighbor's puppy had a chance to eat it, she immediately picked it out and put it in front of the little Corgi. The waiting time had not yet passed, and she could not change to the next one. When the little Corgi saw it, he immediately rolled his eyes and made a face at the staff member.
The owner of the little Corgi was apologizing repeatedly. He had just apologized to the neighbor's Samoyed owner who was fed, and now he was apologizing to the young lady who was given a cold shoulder. The young lady waved her hands and didn't mind at all. Please, the little Corgi who rolled his eyes at you is so cute, the young lady cheered in her heart.
Finally the time came, and the staff member changed the snacks for the little Corgi. The little Corgi loved this snack and gave the young lady a thumbs-up expression. The audience and the young lady were overwhelmed by her cuteness again. It seems that more volunteers and staff will sign up for the next competition.
Fortunately, most of the dogs are well-behaved under the control of their owners and will not cause trouble like the little Corgi, but the picky dogs obviously have their owners under their control.
This Labrador is one of them. Labradors are relatively picky eaters. When this little Labrador sees snacks that it doesn't like, it will whimper and act coquettishly around its owner and refuse to eat. Its owner is a 1.9-meter-tall strong man, and he obviously likes this. When the little Labrador acts coquettishly, he doesn't persuade it to eat, and urges the staff to change it.
Fortunately, there are rules of the competition that you cannot change before the time is up, so I failed.
The audience outside the venue cannot tell whose snacks the puppies in the venue are eating. This competition is obviously in the hands of the organizer.
But Lin Gui could only separate a little bit, because the little golden retriever Ji Ji had rejected it too many times. Lin Gui rejected almost all of them and only ate one. Cheng Qiang was so embarrassed standing there. He didn't know that the merchants couldn't recognize the products either. He felt that those merchants who were rejected were poking him with their eyes.
Finally, Gigi ate another piece. It seemed that Gigi was not such a picky eater. Cheng Qiang thought that parents who spoil their children too much are not good.
When Lin Gui saw Jiji eat another piece, she knew that Jiji was a serious picky eater and guessed that the competition pressure this time was quite great.
After watching these little dogs eat in an amazing way, the competition came to an end and it was time to announce the results.
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