Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 946: Chapter 946: Furious and Flustered

"Internationally, in various industries, there is still a lot of discrimination against us from Western countries. Moreover, when it really comes to competition, their tactics are not exactly above board. I can already imagine our contestants being bullied out there."

"I’ve watched several previous International Cooking Competitions, and indeed, Hua Country contestants are often bullied. It’s not just by contestants from other countries, even the judges sometimes subtly bully them. That’s why Changping agreed to make such concessions, just to give the contestants as many opportunities as possible."

"Think about it, the culture and temperament between the East and West are different. Watching foreign reality shows, they say whatever they want, curse however they like, without fear of offending people, ready to bicker anytime. But we Hua Country people are too reserved, valuing harmony and never behaving like that. Then there’s the language barrier. Even if they can speak English, in a real argument, it wouldn’t be that fluent."

"Actually, the contestants from Hua Country aren’t all from Changping, but Changping protected all of them immediately."

"In fact, to put it the other way round, isn’t the International Cooking Competition just using its power to threaten Changping? Otherwise, why would the International Cooking Association meddle in our Hua Country’s cooking competition? Even interfering with the results?"

"Yes, Hua Country’s strength has grown rapidly over the years; we can’t be easily bullied. Especially since our cuisine is one of the three major cuisines in the world. Plus, with such a large market, if they want to make money and enter our market, at least on our turf, they better behave. Yet the organizers of the International Cooking Competition are still so arrogant, coming to our ground to bully us."

"In other words, if they dare to bully us, what about other countries?"

"The International Cooking Competition has gone too far!"

"Really too much!"

"Our contestants might as well not participate in the International Cooking Competition, don’t look at their faces."

"Right, who gave them the authority to decide the outcome of the competition, to be the authority in the international cooking arena? To judge our cuisine?"

"Exactly, show some backbone, we’re not competing!"

"As a major food country, we have countless culinary systems and cuisines, with chefs deeply skilled in cooking, from the color, aroma, and taste, to knife skills and presentation, everything is extraordinary. In past cooking competitions, one aspect was watching the chefs bicker, the other was the exquisite cuisine. Our contestants’ dishes are also a major highlight."

"When the time comes and our contestants are not participating, the International Cooking Competition will lose a lot of its appeal. Speaking broadly, missing the participation of one of the three great culinary countries, can it still call itself an international cooking competition?"

"It’s not a complete competition, so why so arrogant?"

"Yes, support! We boycott the International Cooking Competition, we’re not participating!"

Most netizens are divided into several types.

Some are outraged, protesting in the comments.

Others, with strong execution skills, dug into the past, digging for dirt, uncovering whatever they can.

While some netizens were cheering and protesting below the official blogs of the Changping Competition, Changping Group, and even the organizers of the International Cooking Competition, Lesfo Company.

Another group began to investigate Lesfo Company.

This led them to discover the Mo Kailisfu Group and the Mo Kailisfu Family.

Then, there were some discoveries.

"It turns out that the Mo Kailisfu Group has been opening restaurants in our country for the past few years, but they open for a while and then close, and then open again and close again. It shows they really want to enter the Hua Country market."

"Hahahahaha! With their limited food culture, they want to contend for our palate? To be honest, it might not have much to do with taste but with people being accustomed to their country’s cuisine. For foreign dishes, trying it out is fine, but eating it consistently won’t do."

"Even fast food chains like McDonald’s, KFC, and Pizza Hut have had to adjust their flavors to suit our tastes, which is why they’ve been successful for so many years."

"The Mo Kailisfu Group actually wants to use the fame of the International Cooking Competition to expand their market here. Think about it. We watched the competition, became curious about some of the dishes, and wanted to try them. Of course, they would open restaurants here."

"Last year, they already opened International Cooking Competition food experience shops in two countries, probably to test the waters before opening here."

"It’s simply because Changping has too large a market share here, making it difficult for them to compete with Changping. It’s like trying to take territory from a giant dragon sitting here."

"That said, there’s all the more reason to disrupt this International Cooking Competition."

"Right, they disrupted our cooking competition, so we’ll disrupt theirs."

"This time Changping’s stance is tough, and it may not be entirely without intention. Otherwise, if they truly wanted to make peace with the organizers of the International Cooking Competition, after the apology to Zhuang Mingyan and the publication of the handling results regarding Zhuang Mingyan, logically they should have agreed, given Lesfo a way out, and shaken hands."

The internet saw a tide of resistance against this International Cooking Competition.

Since the International Cooking Competition has dedicated personnel managing their official Weibo, they undoubtedly knew the developments here.

They reported it immediately.

At the same time, they also reported Changping’s stance and those posts to higher management.

When Lucas saw these, his face darkened.

Initially, he thought Zhao Gushen’s understanding meant they had reached an understanding.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gushen turned around and went back on his word, showing no mercy.

Lucas then called Zhao Gushen again.

Zhao Gushen calmly answered, "Lucas, what can I do for you?"

"Mr. Zhao!" Lucas’s tone could hardly be called friendly, very stern.

"What is the deal with the statements you posted online?" Lucas asked, "I thought we had an understanding."

"Of course, we’re expressing our dissatisfaction with your company’s decisions," Zhao Gushen said very casually. "You can protect Zhuang Mingyan; we can express our dissatisfaction."

"Lucas, you just mentioned that we are equals. I am not your subordinate. Do you want to dictate how Changping should speak?" Zhao Gushen countered.

"But now, Hua Country’s netizens are having a backlash against us," Lucas stated.

"You didn’t consider the feelings of Hua Country’s netizens with your previous statement, so why worry about it now?" Zhao Gushen replied calmly.