Communicate with furry animals without any barriers, and take the farm to the next level

Chapter 106 Opening Ceremony
After saying goodbye to the stupid elephant, Qiao Xi followed the crowd, walked around and looked around, and finally arrived at the opening ceremony.

The streets and alleys are covered with promotional posters for the farm rating competition. In addition to stalls selling products, there are also many people gathered together to chat and place bets.

After all, this is the first time that Chaoyang City has held such a grand event, and the people in the city are still only partially aware of the situation on these farms.

One person said that the by-products of XX farm could get high stars, while another said that XY farm was more powerful and had more crops with different attributes. Anyway, everyone had their own opinions, and the small gambling table was brought up.

During this special period, no one cares, and it just serves to entertain the public.

The opening ceremony was held in the open-air auditorium in the center of Chaoyang City. Qiao Xi had never been there before and found everything here new to him.

Security personnel from the Federal Administration were patrolling on the high platform carved from white marble, and many well-dressed scholars and high-ranking officials had already arrived.

These should be among the judges, but I don’t know their identities.

From time to time, you can see well-equipped Warcraft warriors flying through the sky, guarding against any possible situations.

It's almost ten o'clock and the opening ceremony is about to begin.

Qiao Xi found a quiet little corner in advance and stood there without planning to move. There were more and more people, and if he walked around any longer, he would be squeezed out by the crowd and wouldn't be able to see anything.

It started, it started. Josh opened his eyes wide, pricked up his ears, and began to watch the opening ceremony carefully.

Looking at the huge crowd in the open-air auditorium, Esther walked to the microphone and announced with a smile, "Welcome everyone to the first Chaoyang City Farm Rating Competition. I declare the opening ceremony officially open!"

"Next, I'd like to introduce the judges of this competition: Hull, the chief agricultural expert from the Iron Fortress; Director Lucas from the Federal Bureau of Economics; Mr. Luman, Chaoyang City's most renowned botanist; and myself, the mayor and director of the Chaoyang City Administration. In no particular order, welcome everyone."

Clap, clap, clap~ thunderous applause.

There were discussions all around, and everyone was amazed at the importance the Federation attached to Chaoyang City's farm rating competition. All the judges who came were big names in their respective fields.

It seems that it is a good idea to come to this rating competition. People from other cities who are familiar with the situation said that these big figures have not been invited to the farm rating competitions in other big cities for many years. The market has been occupied by those hereditary large farms. Few small farms can occupy the market and get high stars under the siege of large farms. The market is like a stagnant pool of water with no novelty.

Chaoyang City is a pioneering city. The big cities above and around it are very confident in the emerging farms here, hoping to break the stagnant market and promote the emergence of crops with new attributes.

Qiao Xi was busy eating melons, and was a little shocked when he saw that Mr. Luman was also a judge. However, how could someone who could cultivate such flourishing and beautiful flowers be a small figure?

I have communicated with Mr. Luman from time to time in the past six months, and our relationship has always been very good. If Mr. Luman were to give her a rating, he probably wouldn't give her a low score.

Mayor Esther then introduced the 38 participating farms, each displaying its farm logo. The moment Josh saw the small badge of the Glimmer Farm being carried out, he also became excited, and thought, "Hey, it's time for us to take the stage too."

However, when Qiao Xi first arrived in Chaoyang City, there were more than 38 farms. How could so many farms go bankrupt in just half a year? She was a little surprised.

As expected, Esther continued, "Regrettably, the Chaoyang City farm call-up order was issued to 72 farm owners, but now there are only 38 farms left. It's heartbreaking!
However, the competition is all about selecting the best from the best. Some of these farms that were eliminated early will be used as prizes for this competition, awarded to the farm with the highest star rating in each category. Please wait and see." As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd erupted in excitement. Giving away those bankrupt farms as prizes to the winning farms was an unprecedented reward.

If we follow the rewards of previous competitions, the winning farm would at most be rewarded with some crops with special properties, but there has never been such a huge investment.

The crowd erupted in discussion, but Esther offered no explanation. She waited until the chatter died down before announcing, "The participating agricultural products have arrived one after another, and the judges' scoring will begin soon. The real-time scores will be announced on the big screen. Please supervise the process, and any backstage manipulation is prohibited."

There's a big screen? Qiao Xi looked up and saw, "Oh, it's written by hand!"
Josh felt that he had a weak psychological endurance and didn't want to stay here to watch the farm ratings that might appear at any time, so he chose to walk around the city.

However, before this, Josh had never heard of the news about the bankruptcy of Kaituo Farm in any newspaper or from anyone.

It seems that the authorities deliberately concealed the truth and blocked the news.

I just don’t know whether these farms went bankrupt due to poor management or for some other reason.

Could it be related to the previous space collision?
I thought about it randomly, but there was no definite answer and I couldn't think of anything.

Qiao Xi didn't want to waste her time thinking about it anymore. After all, it was not something a small person like her should be concerned about.

She was more familiar with the free market. There were too many people there today, so she decided to go somewhere familiar. Josh didn't want to get lost here.

Wow, in just a few days, the free market has undergone a major transformation!

A few days ago, when Qiao Xi came to sell taro bread, it was still a primitive street stall. Now in the free market, everyone has a small cart, and each stall owner can only sell items on this pink cart.

Forget about food. When Josh saw the expedition soldiers selling fertilizers and flesh-and-blood materials putting their things on carts, he felt his mouth twitch.

However, it must be said that each person's fixed cart does reduce the space pressure of randomly placed items in the free market. The carts are neatly placed together, making it fun to shop and buy.

Many merchants from other cities came today. Qiao Xi went shopping mainly to feast his eyes. If he really wanted to buy something, his first choice would still be Chaoyang City’s own stores.

After all, there are also scammers like these who move from one place to another in other worlds, and Qiao Xi doesn't want to be ripped off for nothing.

Of course, if there is some gadget that she likes, she won’t worry too much and just buy it.

"Ten dollars, ten dollars, ten dollars all!"

"You can't afford to lose anything with thirty federal points. You can't afford to be cheated!"

"So sweet, so sweet! Sweetburger's specialty, the sweet banana!"

(End of this chapter)