Dragon Blood Divine Son-in-law
Chapter 669: Audience Judges

Chapter 669: Chapter 669: Audience Judges

Meng Yunde scoffed, "Do you really think this competition is run by your family? Just because you don’t allow me to win the gold, does that mean I won’t get it? Do you think you have the final say? What a joke! Hahaha..."

Chen Xuan responded with a faint smile, "You’re right, who gets the gold medal is indeed not up to me to decide, but it’s not up to you either!"

"Of course! Naturally, it’s up to Professor Liang and the other judges to decide!" Meng Yunde boasted proudly.

Chen Xuan shook his head, "If they were impartial, then certainly it would be up to them. Sadly, they’re now abusing their power for personal gain and settling personal vendettas, so it’s not up to them either!"

Meng Yunde frowned, "Chen, what do you mean by that?!"

Chen Xuan didn’t respond but looked around at the audience.

"Since the winner of this competition’s gold medal will serve the public in the future, in my opinion, the right to judge should now be handed over to all the audience members!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience erupted into an uproar.

"Exactly, it should be up to us to decide!"

"Let us try it, then we’ll know who’s delicious and who’s not!"

"This is the fairest outcome, otherwise, if someone else were the judge, we wouldn’t accept it!"

"If we can’t be the judges, then there’s definitely some shady business!"

Truth be told, these audience members were eager to taste Chen Xuan’s tofu just moments ago; they simply hadn’t had the chance until then.

Now, following Chen Xuan’s suggestion, everyone couldn’t wait to have a good taste.

Upon hearing Chen Xuan’s proposal, both Meng Yunde and Liang Junjie’s expressions changed.

"Let these ordinary audience members be the judges? What a flight of fancy!" Liang Junjie said disdainfully without a second thought.

Meng Yunde also sneered in agreement, "Exactly, how can the audience act as judges? It’s ridiculous!"

Liang Junjie and Meng Yunde didn’t realize that with these words, they had completely stirred up a hornet’s nest.

As their words left their mouths, the audience in the stands became infuriated.

"Damn it, what’s the big deal about being a judge? What’s so great about it?"

"Yeah, do judges have an extra egg? Shit, what’s with the act?!"

"However impressive you judges are, in the end, we consumers are the ones paying for the gold prize! You really think too highly of yourselves! Damn!"

"I bet these two have some shady dealings going on; why else would they collude like this?"

"That’s right, these two are definitely not good people; they’re just afraid we’ll expose their dirty deeds!"

Suddenly, Liang Junjie and Meng Yunde became the targets of public outrage, with thousands of audience members bombarding them with a frenzied verbal onslaught, almost drowning them in saliva.

Faced with the simultaneous curses of so many people, Liang Junjie and Meng Yunde were somewhat overwhelmed.

The power of public opinion was frightening, and since both of them indeed had dirty hands, they began to feel scared.

For a moment, Liang Junjie and the others were at a loss for what to do.

Tan Yuanhai said with a sneer, "How about it, Liang Junjie, do you still think letting these audience members be judges is a joke? "

Liang Junjie was at a loss for words.

Seeing even Tan Yuanhai siding with them, the audience grew even more agitated.

"Today we must be the judges, or else we absolutely won’t acknowledge the results!"

"That’s right, not letting us be judges is definitely hiding something shady!"

"If you dare to give out the prize directly, we’ll walk out immediately!"

"There are so many media outlets watching here; if they dare to award it, we’ll expose them directly!"

The power of the masses is formidable; at this moment, the audience was so tough that it scared Liang Junjie and Meng Yunde into silence.

In such circumstances, even the assertive Liang Junjie did not dare to defy all the audience members.

None of the other judges dared to speak out in support of Liang Junjie at this moment.

Let alone the fact that Liang Junjie had already become the public enemy, anyone who dared to side with him would be making enemies of all the audience and invite trouble.

Just considering Tan Yuanhai’s willingness to stand by Chen Xuan, they dared not oppose Tan Yuanhai lightly.

Therefore, the wisest course of action for them was to do nothing at all.

Eventually, Liang Junjie had to relent, "Fine, since Master Tan has spoken, let’s do it his way. Now, let’s put the final judging of this competition into the hands of the audience!"

Upon his words, an earth-shattering cheer erupted from the venue.

All the audience members were incredibly excited; in their eyes, this was their victory!

Meng Yunde’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Liang Junjie.

Having the audience act as judges was certainly not the outcome Meng Yunde wanted to see.

In fact, according to Meng Yunde’s plan, he should have already been awarded the gold trophy by now!

Liang Junjie, however, gave Meng Yunde a meaningful glance.

Seeing this look, Meng Yunde was taken aback.

Had he seen incorrectly?

Was Liang Junjie trying to tell him that everything was still under control?!

In fact, Meng Yunde’s feeling was correct, that was exactly what Liang Junjie meant!

After serving as a judge for so many years, Liang Junjie was certainly not someone to be trifled with!

Surrender to an ordinary contestant, to these trashy spectators?

That was simply impossible!

You all want fairness?

Let’s wait and see; I’ll show you what true fairness is!

Subsequently, the judging panel selected one hundred audience members at random to act as judges.

Among these one hundred audience members, there were the young and old, men and women, encapsulating a wide range of age groups and professions.

Most importantly, these randomly chosen audience judges could not possibly be bribed by anyone!

While selecting the audience judges, Chen Xuan and Liang Junjie had already prepared enough servings of their entries.

An hour later, Chen Xuan and Meng Yunde each presented ten portions of their dishes to the hundred audience judges for tasting.

At this moment, the media turned all their cameras towards these audience members.

Having audience judges was a rare occurrence, and for these media professionals, it was full of newsworthiness; naturally, they wanted to cover it comprehensively!

Soon after, the hundred audience judges began tasting the Mixed Flavor Shrimp and Chicken Ball and the plain tofu dishes.

Initially, upon tasting Mixed Flavor Shrimp and Chicken Ball, everyone’s face lit up with an amazed expression.

It must be said that the taste of the Mixed Flavor Shrimp and Chicken Ball was simply too delicious for the average audience member.

It was even so delicious that it made them doubt whether they had misunderstood Liang Junjie.

Could it be that Liang Junjie was not wrong, and that Mixed Flavor Shrimp and Chicken Ball deserved to be the ultimate gold prize winner?!