Chapter 106 Opening Ceremony
After saying goodbye to the stupid elephant, Josh followed the crowd, walked around and finally arrived at the opening ceremony.
The streets and alleys are covered with promotional posters for the farm rating competition. In addition to stalls selling products, there are also many people gathered together to chat and place bets.
After all, this is the first time that Chaoyang City has held such a grand event, and the people in the city are still only partially aware of the conditions of these farms.
One person said that the by-products of XX farm could get high stars, while another person said that XY farm was more powerful and had more crops with different attributes. Anyway, each person had his own reasons, and the small gambling table was brought up.
During this special period, no one cares and it is just the right way to entertain the people.
The opening ceremony was held in an open-air auditorium in the center of Chaoyang City. Josh had never been there before and found everything here new and novel.
Security personnel from the Federal Administration were patrolling on the high platform carved from white marble, and many well-dressed scholars and senior officials had already arrived.
These should be some of the judges, but I don’t know their identities.
From time to time, you can see well-equipped Warcraft warriors flying through the sky, guarding against any possible situations.
It's almost ten o'clock and the opening ceremony is about to begin.
Qiao Xi found a quiet little corner in advance and stood there without planning to move. There were more and more people, and if he walked around any longer he would be squeezed out of the crowd and wouldn't be able to see anything.
It has begun. Josh opened his eyes wide, pricked up his ears and began to watch the opening ceremony carefully.
Looking at the huge crowd in the open-air auditorium, Esther walked to the microphone and announced with a smile: "Welcome everyone to participate in the first farm rating competition in Chaoyang City. I declare the opening ceremony officially open!"
"Next, I will introduce the judges of this competition to you. They are: Hull, the chief agricultural expert from the Iron Castle, Director Lucas from the Economic Department of the Federal General Administration, Mr. Luman, the most famous botanist in Chaoyang City, and me, the mayor of Chaoyang City and director of the Administration Bureau. The above rankings are in no particular order. Welcome everyone~"
Clap, clap, clap! The applause was thunderous.
There were discussions all around, and everyone was amazed at the importance the Federation attached to Chaoyang City's farm rating competition. All the judges who came were big names in their respective fields.
It seems that this rating competition is a good choice. People from other cities who are familiar with the situation said that the farm rating competitions in other big cities have not invited these big figures for many years. The market has been occupied by those hereditary large farms. Few small farms can occupy the market and get high stars under the siege of large farms. The market is like a stagnant pool of water with no novelty.
Chaoyang City is a pioneering city. The big cities above and around it are very confident in the emerging farms here, looking forward to breaking the stagnant market and promoting the emergence of crops with new attributes.
Qiao Xi was busy eating melons, and was a little shocked when he saw that Mr. Luman was also a judge. However, how could someone who could cultivate such flourishing and beautiful flowers be a small figure?
I have communicated with Mr. Luman from time to time in the past six months, and our relationship has always been very good. If Mr. Luman were to give her a score, he probably wouldn't give her a low score.
Mayor Esther then introduced the 38 participating farms, each displaying its farm logo. The moment Josh saw the small badge of the Glimmer Farm being carried out, he also became excited. Hey, it’s time for us to take part too.
However, when Qiao Xi first came to Chaoyang City, there were more than 38 farms. How could so many farms go bankrupt in just half a year? She was a little surprised.
As expected, Esther continued, “Regrettably, the Chaoyang City Farm Recruitment Order was issued to 72 farm owners, but now there are only 38 farms left. It’s heartbreaking!
However, the competition is about selecting the best from the best, and some of these farms that were eliminated early will be used as prizes for this competition and awarded to the farms with the highest star ratings in each category. Please wait and see."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd went wild and offered the bankrupt farms as prizes to the winning farms. This was an unprecedented reward.
If we follow the rewards of previous competitions, the most that would be given to the winning farm would be some crops with special properties, and there has never been such a huge investment.
The crowd was talking, but Esther did not explain. When the discussion died down, she announced, "The participating products of various agricultural products have been delivered one after another. The judges will start to score them soon. The real-time scores will be announced on the big screen. Please supervise them together. Any backstage operation is prohibited."
There's a big screen? Qiao Xi looked up and saw that it was written manually!
Josh felt that he had a weak psychological endurance and didn't want to stay here to look at the farm ratings that might appear at any time, so he chose to walk around the city.
However, before this, Josh had never heard of the news of the closure of Kaituo Farm in any newspaper or from anyone.
It seems that the authorities deliberately concealed the truth and blocked the news.
I just don’t know whether these farms went bankrupt due to poor management or for some other reason.
Could it be related to the previous space collision?
I thought about it randomly, but there was no definite answer and I couldn't think of anything.
Qiao Xi didn't want to waste her brain on it anymore. After all, it was not something a small person like her should be concerned about.
She was more familiar with the free market. There were too many people there today, so she decided to go somewhere familiar. Josh didn't want to get lost here.
Wow, in just a few days, the free market has undergone a major transformation!
A few days ago, when Qiao Xi came to sell taro bread, it was still a primitive street stall. Now in the free market, everyone has a small cart, and each stall owner can only sell items on this pink cart.
Forget about food. Josh felt his mouth twitch when he saw the expedition soldiers selling fertilizers and flesh-and-blood materials putting their things on carts.
However, it must be said that each person's fixed cart does reduce the space pressure of randomly placed items in the free market. The carts are neatly placed together, making it fun to browse and buy.
Many merchants from other cities came today. Qiao Xi went shopping mainly to feast his eyes. If he really wanted to buy something, Chaoyang City’s own stores would be his first choice.
After all, there are also scammers like these who move from place to place after cheating in other worlds, and Qiao Xi doesn't want to be ripped off for nothing.
Of course, if she sees some gadget that catches her eye, she won’t worry too much and will just buy it.
"Ten dollars, ten dollars, all ten dollars!"
"You can't afford to lose out on thirty federal points. You can't afford to be fooled!"
"Too sweet, too sweet! Sweetburger's specialty, the sweet banana!"
(End of this chapter)
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