"The fourth largest cuisine in interstellar space"—that's the gimmick Ling Qiushui came up with. The champion of each episode gets a signed album from her.
With her there, the show doesn't need other celebrities to boost its popularity. She and the production team finalized the plan, intending to use only non-celebrity participants.
The two announcements attracted a lot of fans and caused great trouble for the production team. In the end, they drew eight people from among those with chef certificates.
Since the filming location was set on Ralph, it was natural to make use of it. When meeting with the eight amateur guests, the director told them that they needed to gather material themselves, which meant hunting down the insectoids. Their expressions immediately changed, but they breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the director say that someone would be arranged to help them.
"Then, to increase the fun and flexibility of the show, obtaining the seasonings will require a bit of luck. The specific rules will be announced when the show officially begins. @#￥%#￥……Do you have any other questions?"
After discussing their salaries and potential unforeseen circumstances for another day, the group of guests signed the contract with satisfaction. Under the arrangement of the production team, they temporarily stayed on the capital planet while waiting to travel to Ralph Planet.
001 secretly watched the program the female lead was working on, somewhat looking forward to the final result.
The reason he did it secretly was because while his quest handlers were busy killing Zerg, he was watching the delicious food the Zerg were making, and he felt a little guilty.
The live streaming equipment is readily available; we can just borrow it from the Imperial Military Academy.
The live stream started, but it wasn't directly connected to the school's live streaming system.
Ling Qiushui suppressed her fear and disgust towards the Zerg, opened the spaceship door, quickly glanced around, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no Zerg.
She waved to the electronic eyes outside, her smile as bright as a flower, fresh and charming.
The electronic eye retreated under the control of the prop team, revealing her full appearance.
She specially wore a black and white tracksuit this time, with her long brown hair tied up and the ends slightly curled. Even though the photo was taken close to her face, there was no trace of makeup. She looked very simple and capable.
"Hello everyone, I'm Ling Qiushui, the investor of this 'Fourth Greatest Cuisine in Interstellar Space' program. All the contestants and I have now arrived on Ralph Star and are on our way to meet up with the production team. We'll be there soon, so please be patient, friends."
She looked down at the live stream comments displayed on her personal terminal and smiled slightly.
"Alright, we've arrived. You're probably familiar with Ralph Planet, you saw it just a month ago, so I won't go into too much detail about it."
"Let's get straight to the point. These are members of our production team. First, let's thank them for their hard work behind the scenes." At Ling Qiushui's suggestion, the live stream camera focused on the various members of the production team. After realizing they were being called out, they quickly straightened their appearance, which made the people watching the live stream burst into laughter.
Ling Qiushui smiled and made way for her. The camera then focused on the guests following behind her, who were now lined up according to the number tags on their chests.
"These eight are our guests for today. Let me introduce them to you. Everyone, who would like to introduce themselves first?"
There was nothing to argue about, and the order from left to right, from 1 to 8, was quickly settled. The main purpose was to express why they participated in the show, to talk about what dishes they were good at, that they owned a restaurant, and to attract some customers.
As for their names, it doesn't matter if viewers can't remember them; each person has their name and number pinned to their chest.
Since it's not a beauty pageant, most of these guests are not particularly attractive, and judging from the registration information, their ages vary quite a bit.
Now everyone's youth period has been extended, and you can't tell exactly how old they are just by looking at them. Only No. 2 has clearly entered the aging stage. No. 1 and No. 8 are the only two who look pretty good, but they are overshadowed by Ling Qiushui next to them.
As the show began, Ling Qiushui successfully withdrew and returned to the spaceship. Her fans in the live stream tried to persuade her to stay, but a sudden barrage of comments silenced them all.
[Dear water sprites, this program is the guests' show, so please don't steal the spotlight and be rational fans!]
She cares about her fans quite a bit, and specifically asked a fan leader to help manage the fandom to prevent irrational comments from occurring.
The live stream switched from electronic surveillance to the school's live streaming system, just like during freshman exams, where viewers could choose to watch a specific guest.
Despite both being unknown individuals, the number of viewers in live streams #1 and #8 was significantly higher.
After assigning each guest an assistant/bodyguard, the production team began announcing the program rules.
In short, the process is as follows: First, hunting. Second, grabbing seasonings in a claw machine; first come, first served, up to five chances, and a maximum of three seasonings can be grabbed. Third, cooking. Fourth, food critics taste and score the food, while netizens also rate it.
"Do any of you guests have any further questions?"
Everyone said no, and after the director announced the start of the first segment, the eight people entered the woods with their respective assistants.
Each guest has one hour to find ingredients, but no matter how many insectoids they kill, they can only bring one back. However, so far, most people have never tasted insectoid meat, so they don't know what each type of insectoid meat tastes like. It's a process that depends on luck.
The image of the Zerg is already deeply ingrained in people's minds. The production team didn't even blur them out. One after another, the Zerg, who looked extremely ugly, appeared on the screen. The better ones got a headshot, while the worse ones were splattered with blood.
This is a food show, and none of these ingredients look good at all.
The main theme is contrast, starting with a downturn and then rising.
The first one to return was number 6, with his assistant dragging an ugly beetle-like thing behind him. He went to grab the seasonings, which contained many sealed jars that all looked the same and were indistinguishable from the outside.
He randomly grabbed two of the number 6 mobile handles, and also took one with him. He opened them one by one, smelled them, and frowned slightly, seemingly not very satisfied.
Others also returned one after another, each with a different type of condiment, and they lined up to grab them.
The audience moved to No. 6's live stream room and watched with great interest as he hammered the beetle's shell. No. 6 was not particularly good-looking, but he was not ugly either. He had a kind face, but he was forced to make a ferocious face and looked to his assistant for help.
The assistant didn't realize it at first, since he wasn't good at cooking and thought his job was just to help with the hunting. It wasn't until Number 6 spoke that he realized he was indeed an assistant, not a bodyguard, and that he had to help open the shells.
He pinned the beetle down, held its head with both hands, his arm muscles bulging, and with a "crack," the beetle's head separated from its body, its bodily fluids splashing all over his face.
For fairness and safety, all assistants are Level 5 Enhancers.
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