"You let Jenny Kirk come in as a show of respect to the International Culinary Competition's organizers. But do we need to show them respect? Do you think Pingla is in a position where they need to fear them? Or should give them face?"
"Pingla has always been expanding overseas, gaining more power in discourse, not for you all to give them face. It's for you all to stand upright, not subject to any one!"
"But what about now? You've let the whole nation think that even Pingla has to give face to the organizers of the International Culinary Competition, suggesting that the status of Hearth Nation's culinary world is not that strong internationally."
"What significance do the organizers of the International Culinary Competition hold? Each round of competition still relies on our investment from Pingla. Remember, we're the party giving money, we are their boss!"
"It's not us who should worry about their mood, it's them who should worry about ours," Adrian Zhekova said.
