Chapter 183 - Dispute Over Additional Round (1/2)

The freshly squeezed orange juice in the cup swayed. At the gathering, Alex said straightforwardly, “When President Chen first came to me to promote it, the entire editorial department was confused. They could not believe that AI intelligence had already developed to this extent, and their tone was even more arrogant. They boasted that they could earn tens of billions of yuan once they went public. Who knew that they would lose to you? Now, their assets have directly shrunk by half.”

“Tsk tsk, the Chen family must hate you to death. But what can he do about the live broadcast?”

Li Shengsheng peeled the garlic crayfish and placed the red oil-coated chewy lobster meat on Xu Tian’s plate. He rubbed his fingers and said proudly, “Who cares? You won anyway.”

Alex said, “But I think it’s a pity—”

“What’s a pity?” Xu Le looked at him in confusion.

“It was not a glorious enough win.”

“Hmm?”

His words attracted everyone’s attention. Ever since Lu Yuxi saw the series of actions that Alex had done to Xu Le at the beginning of the Chinese restaurant, her impression of him was average. At this moment, she immediately retorted.

“Then what do you mean by glorious? We’ve already won. What’s there to fuss about?”

Alex’s mouth was open. He didn’t expect his usual style of speech to be refuted. He was stunned for a moment before smiling. “I didn’t mean that. It’s just that in the last round, the Buddha Jumps over the Wall from the other party didn’t beat the three ordinary dishes made by Xu Le. This made the audience a little surprised. This is also the source of many criticisms.”

“Oh.”

Lu Yuxi was slightly embarrassed and lowered her head to eat.

“I tried that Buddha Jumps Over The Wall. It tasted perfect, but the competition only lasted for a day. Usually, it takes three days or even half a month to prepare the ingredients to the finished product. Even if he went through the entire process, it was a pity that the stew was not cooked well. After it entered the mouth, it tasted a little fishy. It was not sweet and even slightly bitter.”

If it didn’t win over the taste buds of the judges, and didn’t suit their tastes, it was just a gimmick. In the end, it was understandable that he would lose miserably.

Xu Le was commenting when his eyes lit up. “From your tone, you should know how to do it!”

His meaning was self-evident. Li Qing said, “Of course. My master knows how to cook many dishes, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes. But it will take half a month to prepare the ingredients. I’m not free, so you should give up on that thought.”

Xu Le smiled and started talking about the business in the shop. He had originally thrown this matter to the back of his mind, but when he opened the comments section of his social media account at night, he was shocked.

The last update was still the tutorial of the fried chop rice cake. There were more than 100,000 comments below, all arguing about the unfairness of the match.

“Although I’ve always liked Xu Le, how could the few dishes he cooked at the competition win against the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. It would be a lie if there’s no foul play.”

“I heard that the feedback from the use of the Master Chef Machine is super good. How can it lose to Xu Le?”

“I think there’s something fishy going on.”

“Does Xu Le dare to come out and respond to this?”

The further he scrolled, the more unsightly the new comments became. Although someone was helping him explain, rumors spread far faster than clarification.

“Is there a possibility that the person who can obtain the title of Master Chef is Xu Le? That robot doesn’t have a name yet.”

“If you feel that the anonymous tasters aren’t up to standard, then go and reason with them! This isn’t something Xu Le can decide.”

…

Late at night, Lu Yuxi, who was holding her phone and smiling, sat up from the bed. She looked at Xu Le, who had pushed the door open, and said in surprise, “What’s going on?”

“I’ll record a tutorial on Buddha Jumps Over the Wall tomorrow.”