The staff member thought for a moment and said, "Why don’t you just take off the mask? What’s the big deal about showing your face? Appearing on a show is a good thing; it can increase your visibility and help your career. If you perform well, you might be directly recruited into one of Changping’s restaurants. What a great opportunity! Even if you start your own business, viewers will come to try it because of your fame."

"I don’t need that," Ye Fei replied. "Besides, the organizers really did agree. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the judges when you see them later. If they say it’s fine, then it’s definitely fine."

"What do the judges care about this kind of thing!" Shi Jiumei said coldly. "Who knows if you really got permission? Trying so hard to act different, who are you trying to impress?"

Even in videos, you refuse to show your face at all costs, making yourself seem so mysterious and so above fame and fortune, as if you’re too proud to become famous.

It makes me, who is straightforwardly showing my face as a pretty chef, seem so tacky.

I didn’t expect, in the virtual world, it’s like this, and in reality, it’s still like this.

Shi Jiumei just can’t stand her acting like this!

The staff member also found it reasonable: "Quickly take off the mask; we don’t have time left. Don’t waste everyone’s time. If the judges personally ask you to remove it later, won’t you feel embarrassed?"

How could you look good when your lie is exposed?

"I told you, there’s no problem with me wearing a mask," Ye Fei said. "You have time to argue with me about the mask, why not directly verify with your supervisor? Verify with the judges? Why waste time here?"

The staff member was also feeling a bit embarrassed now, looking quite displeased: "You also know this is a waste of time! So why don’t you take it off now? The live broadcast is about to start, and you’re going to make the judges delay the broadcast just for you alone?"

"There are so many people here, from judges to contestants, all delayed because of you. And that’s not all. Do you know how much the organizers spent on this live broadcast? Every second of broadcast time is money! All the timing has been calculated. Delaying by one second is a loss. Can you afford these losses?"

"Hurry up and take off the mask, so everyone can go to the front and prepare. Those who haven’t put on makeup, don’t bother now. Time’s already running out," the staff member said irritably.

I really didn’t expect this year’s competition to start so poorly.

You’d think that these contestants, the staff really doesn’t take them seriously.

Every competition, it’s always Changping Academy that steals the spotlight.

Truly gaining fame from the competition, two or three is already plenty, and they’re all from Changping Academy.

Those who signed up on their own don’t even have a chance.

So the staff really doesn’t take them seriously.

Ye Fei, seeing that reasoning was useless here, simply took out her phone and directly dialed Zhao Gushen’s number.

Getting Zhao Gushen to talk to the organizers should work, right?

Ye Fei, holding back her anger, didn’t care about any embarrassment at this moment.

"Why are you making a call now?" the staff member said unhappily.

Ye Fei didn’t respond, and Shi Jiumei remarked with a sarcastic tone, "Wow, you really have connections, using the back door? At this time, are you going to pull some strings?"

As Shi Jiumei spoke, she also wondered internally.

Could it be that Ye Fei really has some connections?

Just as these words left her mouth, a phone started ringing very clearly outside the door.