I found a life simulator.

not worth it.

Think about it.

His mother-in-law, Nakiri Managi, was the previous owner of the God Tongue. It seems she hosted a food show, which was quite popular and ran for three seasons.

Every chef who emerged from that competition has made it into ESPN's top ten world rankings.

You'd be more likely to let Su Ze participate in this kind of competition.

At least the judges were the previous generation's God Tongue.

Moreover, Su Ze found it quite interesting to challenge his mother-in-law's divine tongue.

This is something I've never even heard of before, and the judges are all amateur chefs who might even be suspected of faking it. So let's just forget about it. Su Ze was afraid that he wouldn't be able to resist breaking his martial ethics and exposing the fraud on the spot.

......

The Hunting Journey Begins in Arknights

The First Emperor decreed: No one is allowed to trespass on the borders of Earth!

A book by a member of the group.

Please give it a push.

No, it's really weird. A lot of readers keep bothering me to play games. Are they crazy? They know I'm good at it, but they keep clinging to my coattails. It's going too far. My back is about to break from all that clinging.

As for the readership... I'm too lazy to create a new readership group.

Here's the reader group number for the previous book: 927193455.

Those who want to join the group can do so.

Chapter 88 The Midnight Chef Program Team

"Don't you want to reconsider?" Eguchi Sugi was still somewhat unwilling. "This is an opportunity to build your reputation. You still lack a certain level of fame, right? Start with some small talent shows, and I believe you'll soon be able to establish yourself in the culinary world."

How could Su Ze not understand the importance of fame?

Publicity is linked to income to some extent. Whether it's positive publicity or negative publicity that's been attacked online, it's still publicity, and it can create economic value.

Don't you see that many internet celebrities who are popular in China started with negative publicity? Through their self-deprecating humor, they learned marketing and how to make fun of themselves, and they were able to transform themselves into role models of reformed prodigals, gaining popularity.

Such short-term gains are indeed considerable.

The problem is, Su Ze doesn't need this kind of negative reputation. He's a father now and has to consider his reputation before and after his death, and he has to take Erina into account.

You could participate in a food talent show.

However, we must not lose sight of the bigger picture.

Besides, Su Ze could gain fame in a more direct way. Wouldn't it be better for him to participate in The-Blue's World Young Chef Selection Competition?

There are two ways for a young chef to become famous.

If Su Ze's memory is correct.

One is The-Blue Cooking Competition, which is a global competition for young chefs. The other is a food program called "Underground Chef".

The former was originally established by his mother-in-law, the previous God Tongue Nakiri Managi. Later, it was extended into a new competition system and taken over by the European Gourmet Federation, which then developed two series of competitions.

The Blue Culinary Competition World Junior Chef Selection and The Blue Culinary Global Championship.

The Blue World Young Chef Selection Competition requires chefs to be under 35 years old to participate. The top three winners of this competition will automatically qualify for The Blue Culinary World Championship, which is held every two years.

The winner of The-Blue World Young Chef Selection Competition will also receive the title of Rising Star in the Culinary World.

Many young people have made a name for themselves and achieved fame here.

Even more impressively, some chefs achieved two consecutive leaps: winning the championship in The Blue World Junior Championship in the first year, and then winning the championship in The Blue Global Culinary Championship in the second year, while a new batch of young people were still challenging the World Junior Championship.

The qualification for The-Blue World Youth Chef Competition is based on direct invitations from the top ten young chefs in the world rankings, as well as qualifications from prestigious culinary schools.

For example, Totsuki Academy has three qualifications.

This series of competitions has professional referees and judges, a total prize pool of $80, and a personal prize of $30 for the champion. In terms of both level and quality, it is much better than those lousy cooking shows produced by TV stations.

Moreover.

The European Food Federation also has a legendary 'reward mechanism'.

Grand Slam prize money.

Winner of the European Invitational Regional Ranking Championship, The-Blue World Youth Championship, and The-Blue Global Culinary Championship.

The champions of the three events will receive an additional three million US dollars in Grand Slam prize money, an extra reward awarded unilaterally by the European Culinary Federation.

The World Youth Championship, due to its format, requires chefs under the age of 35 to participate. Chefs over 35 who win the World Championship in the UK can also trigger the Grand Slam reward mechanism.

However, due to its extreme difficulty, no one has managed to do it to this day.

After all, there are unexpected things in competitions. Sometimes you encounter a difficult question, which happens to be a dish you're not good at, while your opponent happens to be very good at it and in good form. In that case, it's easy to lose the competition.

Those who can compete at this level are all ranked chefs from various regions.

So, wouldn't it be better for Su Ze to play in this kind of competition?

By thoroughly exposing these people, you can not only gain ample prestige but also earn money for your wife and children's milk powder. Moreover, the prestige is high, and it's recognized everywhere.

Why did Su Ze abandon this clear path?

Even when participating in a food program.

Su Ze was only willing to participate in the food program "Underground Chef" for a simple reason: the program was created by his mother-in-law, Nakiri Managi.

It is said that the young chefs at The-Blue World Youth Chef Competition have performed poorly in the last two years, and Nakiri Managi believes that chefs trained by professional institutions have lost the innate inspiration in their cooking.

She voluntarily gave up the right to host The-Blue World Youth Competition, and then the series was won by the European Food Federation. However, even so, Nakiri Managi is still active in these competitions as a judge, hoping to find some outstanding new talents.

The first season of "Underground Chef" was launched under the guise of finding folk chefs, and it brought together a large number of well-known underground chefs to compete.

Compared to chefs trained by those institutions.

The underground chefs not only create a wide variety of dishes, but they are also ruthless and taciturn. The champion named by Nakiri Managi in the first season made a name for himself in less than a year, winning the championship and runner-up titles in three or four competitions.

These are all good ways to become famous.

Without exception, they all became popular thanks to the fame of Nakiri Managi's divine tongue.

Su Ze, at least, is someone with foresight.

I know exactly how to become famous.

He suddenly realized something. Actually... he didn't even need to compete or participate in shows to become famous. If Su Ze married Erina Nakiri, the entire culinary world would be shaken.

That is.

How to resolve the difficulties in the process of marrying Erina Nakiri is not easy.

At the very least, the old man must be able to entrust his granddaughter to him with peace of mind, and at the same time, Erina Nakiri must marry into the family, not Su Ze marrying into the family.

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Just those two requirements.

Su Ze must be exceptionally talented.

If she's not good enough, why would the old man entrust Erina to Su Ze with such confidence?

the next table.

Kobayashi Rindou encountered an unexpected situation.

This friendly match attracted a large number of evaluation teams, and those who managed to sneak in were all looking for business collaborations.

And Kobayashi Rindou was invited.

Kobayashi Rindou was stunned. "What kind of program is this?"

"I'm so sorry, I may have disturbed you. We are from TV Tokyo. I am Nobushi Takahashi, the assistant director of this food program. From what we've observed, your cooking style is very suitable for our program. Our initial plan is to call this program 'Midnight Chef.'" Nobushi Takahashi took out a rough proposal to show his sincerity.

“Our show is a talent show, but the funding is very limited, so your salary per episode may be a bit low,” Nobushi Takahashi said somewhat awkwardly.

Nakiri Managi's value is simply too high.

It cost a lot of money to invite her to be a judge on this show.

Even so, Nakiri Managi still had to "bring her own money" to join the group, deducting part of her fee, otherwise they still couldn't afford to hire her.

TV Tokyo is currently lacking programs that can generate revenue and boost ratings, so this time they've bet on food, a topic that's closer to everyday life.

As a result, hiring judges almost crippled the production team's budget.

Therefore, it is difficult to hire well-known, high-quality players. We can only find people from students and the general public, and these people generally do not ask for high salaries.

But it was terrible.

When I contacted Tsukasa Eishi earlier, he refused to participate because he was too lazy. There were also a few other people who simply declined because they thought the pay was too low.

The program has a long run, lots of content, requires a lot of effort to film, and the pay is low.

TV Tokyo isn't primarily a food-themed channel, so this reputation doesn't seem to be very effective.

Nobushi Takahashi is really annoying.

"Is it a food talent show?" Kobayashi Rindou pondered for a moment. TV Tokyo wasn't exactly a TV station that mainly produced food programs, but the word 'Tokyo' on its name still attracted attention.

"Who are the judges?" Rindou Kobayashi asked bluntly.

Her views, to some extent, coincided with Su Ze's.

The competition is fine.

Talent shows are also an option.

But there must be judges who are qualified to comment on others.

"Well... I can't say before the show airs," Nobushi Takahashi shook his head and smiled wryly. "But don't worry, the judges are absolutely qualified to comment."

"Give me a hint, tell me some details," Kobayashi Rindou asked with a smile. "If you don't tell me, it's hard for me to agree."

“I absolutely, positively cannot tell anyone,” Nobushi Takahashi said, emphasizing each word. “Unless… you can guarantee that you won’t tell anyone before the recording of the show begins.”

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A 2700-word chapter.

This chapter mainly fills in some world-building, so there's a lot of information to collect while reading it, making it a bit challenging.

Some readers also asked me if the plot had been drastically altered.

No need to think about it?

Food Wars! was cancelled in its later stages because the artists and editors messed things up, and the world-building collapsed.

I could only use real-life situations to fix the broken parts for him.

I referenced some other competition events.

First update. Time to grab a bite to eat.

Chapter 89 You're too expensive, I can't afford you.

Nobushi Takahashi's understanding of cooking is superficial. Although he works in the food program industry and has learned some knowledge, his main focus is still on directing.

However, the production team has already given him the requirements, hoping that he will find some decent chefs to participate in these competitions.

Fortunately, the production team sent out in several groups.

Some people search in the general public, while Nobushi Takahashi came to schools like Totsuki Culinary Academy to look for people, after all, it is the number one culinary school in Japan.

He could only vaguely understand the cooking competition process, but there were judges present.

Anyway, this food show called "Midnight Chef" still has auditions. They recruit people one by one, bringing together all the decent ones. Those with the ability advance to the next round, and those without are eliminated.

Nobushi Takahashi believes this is a fairly easy problem to solve.

However, Nobushi Takahashi misjudged the personal commercial value of Totsuki Academy students, or rather, he underestimated the increased value that comes with the inherent fame of students trained by a formal institution.

Tsukasa Eishi declined, citing being too busy with other matters.

It's not that the other people look down on their show, but they complain that the pay offered by the production team is too low. It can only cover the travel expenses, and the rest they have to pay out of their own pockets and put in a lot of effort.

However, Nobushi Takahashi also admitted it.

There's no other way. We're facing a funding problem and can't afford to hire many people. Put yourself in their shoes; if you asked them to work for free, they wouldn't want to either. Now we can only wait for those "living bodhisattvas" to come and help us out.

The problem is that the people in the propaganda department are stupid.