Food Tycoon

Two days before the competition, Yu Lu and Haixuan set off for City G. This time it was the rematch and the final match. The task of the competition was heavier than last time. In order to prevent emergencies, they brought more people. Apart from Zhang Yiwei who had participated in the preliminary round, they also Bring Zhao Xiaoyang.

Along the way, Haixuan and Yu Lu took turns driving, while Zhang Yiwei kept bragging to Zhao Xiaoyang about his experience in the last preliminary round, boasting that Haixuan was like the best in the world, to the point where Haixuan couldn't listen anymore: "Ah Wei, Men should be more pragmatic, seek truth from facts, and stop bragging."

Zhang Yiwei's eyes widened: "What I said is the truth. Brother Lu saw it with his own eyes. I didn't tell lies. Am I Brother Lu?"

Yu Lu smiled and said, "I seem to have seen what you said, but I don't seem to have it."

Zhao Xiaoyang couldn't help laughing: "I believe Brother Hai is so powerful. Brother Hai, is the content of our competition the same as last time?" Zhang Yiwei added some oil and vinegar to it, and what he said now was almost completely different from the version he heard for the first time. Zhao Xiaoyang couldn't bear to tear down his friend's platform in public, so he had to change the subject.

Haixuan said: "The general situation should be the same, but there will be more requirements for the innovation of dishes, and you will need to cooperate with me as much as possible."

"No problem, Brother Hai." Zhang Yiwei hastily agreed.

Zhao Xiaoyang said: "Well, Brother Hai just asks."

Yu Lu said, "Innovative dishes? Is it similar to the perilla octopus you cooked yesterday?"

Haixuan nodded: "Yes."

Yu Lu turned his head to look at Haixuan: "It feels very difficult."

"Of course it won't be easy, otherwise how could it be the Top Chef Competition." Haixuan was very calm.

Yu Lu looked at the calm Haixuan and relaxed, Haixuan must be fine, he has not even learned the basic dishes, and there is still a long way to go before innovation, after the competition, he must Take the time to study hard with the master, and then study hard, so you can't be too far behind Haixuan.

Although Haixuan has several houses in Guangzhou, no one lives in them, so they live directly in the hotel.After they settled down, they rested in the hotel for a while, and at dinner time, Haixuan said to the two apprentices: "Let's go to do something, you two go downstairs to eat something by yourself, take the invoice, and come back for reimbursement." .Don't run around, lest you get a cold like last time, and you almost can't participate in the game."

Zhang Yiwei behaved himself: "Brother Hai, I won't run around this time, I'll go wherever you tell me to go."

Haixuan said: "Then stay at the hotel. It's okay to think about how to cook with Ah Yang."

"Obey!" Zhang Yiwei said carelessly.

After going out, Yu Lu asked Haixuan, "Where are we going?"

"Going out to eat, I'll take you for a walk. I didn't have time to take you out when I came to G City last time." Haixuan said.

Yu Lu thought to himself, is this a date?Couldn't help but be a little ecstatic.He is completely unfamiliar with City G, and he has only been here twice, both with Haixuan, and the situation was special at that time, so he didn't have time to go out at all.Now this is the first real tour of G City, Haixuan took him on a tour of Che River, and introduced him to the situation along the way as he walked.

There are no outsiders, no acquaintances, and those troubles seem to be left behind. At this moment, there are only the two of them, and there are thousands of lights, colorful street lights, and lively neon lights. The night in City G just changed its posture. It was the first time Yu Lu felt what a bustling city is. Looking at the endless traffic and people, he thought it was a very popular city: "Ah Hai, do you like City G?"

Hai Xuan was stunned for a moment: "Well, it's okay, it would be great if there were fewer people and cars."

Yu Lu turned to look at him and smiled.

Haixuan's cell phone rang, and he glanced at it: "Pick it up for me, who is calling?"

Yu Lu took the phone, and it showed an unfamiliar number: "Unknown number, local in City G."

Haixuan said: "What's the mantissa?"

"5168."

Haixuan said: "Don't answer it, just put it there and wait for it to hang up by itself."

Yu Lu said, "Who is calling?"

Hai Xuan's complexion was not as good as before: "Hai Zhe." It's really fucking annoying, and someone will bother you when you have an appointment.

Yu Lu put the phone back and waited for the last ring to hang up: "Is it okay if you don't answer it?"

Haixuan said: "Don't pay attention to him. Turn off the phone for me."

Yu Lu also hated people coming to disturb him at this time, especially the annoying Hai Zhe, so he turned off Ah Hai's cell phone.Because of this phone call, the original good atmosphere was diluted a lot. Fortunately, the destination was soon arrived. When Yu Lu looked up, a towering building appeared in the field of vision, in the soft twilight. Here, the building is covered in colorful illusion clothes, as enchanting and colorful as a woman, and its brilliance flows, becoming the most dazzling place in the city.

Haixuan said: "Let's go up to eat and watch the night scene by the way."

Yu Lu said in surprise, "Dining here?"

"Well, there is a revolving restaurant upstairs, French food. The French think they are the people who understand the meaning of food the most in the world. Let's start our food journey with today's French food." Haixuan made a very gentlemanly invitation Action, please enter the door on the road.

Yu Lu pursed his lips, went in, got on the elevator, turned the elevator on the way, went up to the 105th floor, and finally arrived at the destination - a revolving western restaurant.The seat was reserved by Haixuan long ago, Yu Lu unconsciously followed Haixuan into the seat, his mind was completely attracted by the breathtaking and magnificent scene outside the glass wall, the whole G city had a panoramic view, Yu Lu felt that , The lights he saw on the road just now can be described in words, but everything in front of him is so short of words. He doesn't know how to describe everything in front of him. All the rare and rare treasures are gathered in the eyes, scrambling to emit the brilliance of jewels.Yu Lu was completely shocked.

Hai Xuan shook his hand in front of the road: "What do you want to eat?"

Yu Lu came back to his senses: "Oh, I have never eaten Western food, you can order."

Haixuan gave him the menu: "Look for yourself, whoever wants to eat something."

Yu Lu had no choice but to withdraw his attention from the window, and began to look through the exquisite menu. The photos on it were so beautifully photographed that it made people's index fingers twitch. Yu Lu flipped through the pages and saw a very Familiar dish: "Do they have foie gras?"

Hai Xuan said: "Yes, let's try a foie gras."

Yu Lu nodded: "OK."

Haixuan asked: "What else do you want to eat?"

"I heard that French snails are delicious, so let's try them too." Yu Lu was not polite, Hai Xuan said, this was the beginning of their food journey, and they came here to eat and pay tuition.

Haixuan said: "Okay, let's have a baked snail. How about a steak, cooked or raw?"

Yu Lu said: "Is it delicious cooked or raw?" As a chef, he doesn't mind eating raw or cooked. Yu Lu naturally knows that no matter raw or cooked, as long as it can be cooked, it is absolutely edible. Not afraid to challenge a variety of flavors.

"Each has its own flavor. I tend to eat it raw, and cook it a little more." Haixuan said.

"Then it should be raw, how cooked?" Yu Lu had never eaten raw beef, but he was looking forward to it.

"Let's have a medium-rare and a medium-rare one each, let's switch." Haixuan said.

Yu Lu nodded: "OK."

After ordering, Yu Lu hurriedly went to watch the night view again. The restaurant was slowly rotating, with different angles every moment.Haixuan reminded him: "Take a few pictures with your mobile phone."

Yu Lu remembered this, and quickly took out his phone to take pictures.Haixuan took the phone from Yu Lu: "I'll take a picture for you."

The restaurant's light is soft, with a little yellowish warm color, shining on Lu's face, making him look softer. Haixuan thinks this picture is too beautiful, and he can't control it, so he wants to keep him at this moment , he took several pictures of Yu Lu, and then said: "Send it to me later, I will make a mobile phone screen."

Yu Lu smiled: "Why don't you take your own pictures?"

"It's turned off." Haixuan didn't plan to turn it on, at least tonight, let him enjoy the world of two people without being disturbed by others.

"Do you want me to take a picture for you?" Yu Lu asked him, he felt that Haixuan looked very charming at the moment, the light illuminated his facial lines softly, making him look extraordinarily gentle.

Haixuan leaned back in his chair and looked at Yu Lu affectionately: "Let's take a picture, make it handsome, and make a mobile phone screen for you."

Yu Lu didn't make a sound, took two pictures of him, and then found that someone around seemed to be watching them, so he stopped quickly, turned his face to look out the window, no one would notice the two of them.

Haixuan put his hands on the table, looked at Yu Lu, and said in a low voice, "What are you afraid of? Gay marriages are legal in the United States. Who is so ignorant and sees us as monsters?"

Yu Lu chuckled: "I'm not afraid, I just haven't gotten used to it yet." In this city, he is just a passer-by, and he is really not afraid of other people's strange gazes, because apart from himself, no relatives or friends need to bear these gazes for him.

Haixuan stretched out his hand and grabbed Yu Lu's hand on the table. Yu Lu took a look and didn't withdraw it.Haixuan didn't keep it for a long time, because the waiter brought up the food, and the first dish was baked snails as an appetizer.Yu Lu looked at the snails brought up with their shells, and quickly winked at Haixuan, lowered his voice and said, "How do you eat it? It's the same as the snail?" If it was the same as the snail, it would be too big.

Hai Xuan suppressed a smile: "If you have tongs and forks, just like me."

There are many dining etiquettes in Western food, and even each dish has corresponding dining tools. Yu Lu clumsily took the snail tongs and snail fork to deal with the grilled snails, picked out the meat from the snail shell, put it into his mouth and smacked it: "It's quite delicious, very fragrant and fresh, with onions, potatoes, celery, pepper, minced garlic, and butter, right? I didn't expect the dishes made by the French to be quite tasty." Yu Luchi I had pizza, which was said to be Italian pancakes. The taste was too different from that of Chinese people, so Yu Lu didn't like it very much.

Haixuan said: "Although people's tastes are very different around the world, the tongue's taste for good taste is actually very consistent. Our Chinese food, as well as French food, can be recognized all over the world, and they are all tastes of the public."

"French cuisine is really particular, especially the presentation and collocation, which are more particular than our usual cooking." Yu Rou sincerely sighed.

"Art is what the French love most, and eating is also an art for them." Haixuan said lightly.

It was only then that Yu Lu noticed that the environment of the restaurant was exceptionally elegant and tidy. It was obvious that a lot of effort had been put into the decoration. It made people feel extremely comfortable just looking at it, and the attitude of the waiters was as pleasant as spring breeze. I feel very cordial, and there is music like ding dong like spring water in my ears. I looked at it and found that someone was playing the piano live.The environmental investment of the restaurant alone is estimated to be a considerable expense.However, dining in such an environment is definitely a kind of enjoyment, and Yu Lu is deeply aware of the shortcomings of his restaurant.When you go back, you need to rectify and improve it.

The steaks were brought up, Haixuan ordered medium rare, and Yu Lu ordered medium rare.Although I have never used a knife and fork, for a chef, using a knife is a basic skill, even if it is a table knife, it is not difficult to master.Yu Lu looked at Haixuan, and he drew a gourd according to the gourd. The first cut looked decent, but after cutting it, the pink inside made Yu Lu hesitate: "I've never eaten raw beef before."

Haixuan put a piece of cut beef into his mouth: "Don't be a taste."

Yu Lu put the meat into his mouth. The fried part on the outer ring was very fragrant, but the beef inside had no fishy smell. It had an original taste of freshness and sweetness, and the taste was very delicate and smooth. He nodded: "Not bad."

Haixuan cut a piece and handed it to Yu Lu's mouth: "Taste my medium rare."

Yu Lu didn't realize there was anything wrong with this, but just thought: "Why does your meat look so red, isn't it too raw?"

Hai Xuan said: "You will know after eating it."

Yu Lu opened his mouth to pick it up, and chewed it for a long time: "It seems to be okay, but I think five-ripe meat is the best, and three-ripe meat feels like taking a bath in hot water and getting a little bit of heat. It's not cooked, it's still raw meat."

Hai Xuan said: "I'll try some of yours."

Yu Lu cut a piece of meat and prepared to put it on Haixuan's plate, but Haixuan opened his mouth: "Here."

Yu Lu looked at Haixuan, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He put down his fork, "Many people around are watching, I'm so embarrassed to feed you." He didn't mind being found out as a couple, but he behaved like this in public Intimacy, he really can't do it.

Hai Xuan looked around, and sure enough, many people secretly glanced at him, so he took a fork, and went back to eat the meat that Yu Lu had cut for him, muttering, "Forget it, it's better not to show off. "

After the meal, Yu Lu thoroughly admitted that the French food is really delicious, from the taste to the service, everything is perfect. It is such a high-end place, so there is nothing wrong with being expensive, especially since he has gained a lot here, the tuition fee is quite worth it.

After eating, the revolving restaurant almost turned around, and they looked at the night view of the whole city. Haixuan asked Yu Lu: "Would you like to go to the observation deck on the top floor to see it?"

"Forget it, it's not two floors away, and it's almost the same here." Yu Lu said.

"Then let's go on a river cruise."

"it is good."

When he returned to the hotel after the drive, Haixuan finally turned on his phone, and messages rushed in. When he clicked on it, there was a piece of Yuan Zhengkai's among Haizhe's messages.Haixuan didn't care about Haizhe, he just clicked on Yuan Zhengkai's message, and the other party asked him when he would arrive in City G.

Haixuan thought for a while and called him back. After Yuan Zhengkai left in embarrassment last time, he never took the initiative to contact him, nor did he take the initiative to contact the other party. Can't help expressing.

As soon as the phone rang, the other party picked it up: "Hello, Ah Xuan. Have you arrived in City G?"

Haixuan hummed: "I just arrived today."

Yuan Zhengkai said: "Are you free tomorrow, let's meet up?"

"Okay. Report to the venue tomorrow morning. Have you registered? How about seeing you over there." Hai Xuan said, he checked the information on the Internet, and Yuan Zhengkai and his Yuan's Restaurant were both shortlisted. Can meet on the field.

Yuan Zhengkai said, "Yes, see you tomorrow."

Just after hanging up the phone, the phone rang. Hai Xuan saw that it was Hai Zhe calling again. He frowned, but still got through: "Why?"

Haizhe said, "Why is the phone turned off?"

"Why?" Haixuan didn't even bother to find excuses to prevaricate the other party.

"Go back to the company tomorrow and hold a shareholders' meeting." Haizhe didn't talk nonsense, and got straight to the point.

Haixuan said, "No time."

Hai Zhe said: "Whether you have time or not, you have to come. If you don't come, then I will regard you as a waiver. When the company goes public, don't blame me for not notifying you."

Haixuan said: "The listing of the company requires the approval of all shareholders, and I do not agree!"

"Any vote is a minority obeying the majority. Haibei and I have agreed to go public. In terms of number of people, we have a 2:1 advantage. In terms of share quota, our 45% is better than your 30%." Hai Zhe said.

Haixuan doesn't know why her aunt agrees with Haizhe's lobbying and agrees to the company's listing, but she always puts her interests first, and Haizhe will always take advantage of her weakness and give in to temptation, which makes sense.

"I said earlier, don't touch my shares, you can do whatever you like." Hai Xuan said coldly.

Hai Zhe said, "It doesn't bother you, and you don't need to use your shares."

Haixuan hung up the phone directly.

Yu Lu came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, looked at Haixuan: "What does your uncle want from you?"

Haixuan said: "It's nothing, it's just for the company's share."

Seeing that his mood was obviously not as good as before, Yu Lu asked cautiously, "Is it all right?"

Hai Xuan shook his head: "I'm fine." After speaking, he walked over and hugged Yu Lu tightly.

Yu Lu didn't move, let him hug him for a while, and then said: "Okay, let's take a shower, you've been driving all day today, aren't you tired?"

Hai Xuan hummed, but still didn't move, Yu Lu stretched out his hand to poke him: "Go."

Hai Xuan nodded: "I don't want to move, you can wash it for me."

Yu Lu looked at the ceiling speechlessly: "Don't tell me, I've finished washing."

"Wash it again, it's okay, take off the pajamas, don't get wet." Haixuan said and began to pick up the clothes on the road, threw the pajamas he just put on on the bed, and dragged him to the bathroom.

Yu Lu was really speechless, his hooligan nature was exposed all the time.

Waking up the next morning, a group of people went to the competition venue to report. The venue was located in a big hotel. The number of people in the rematch was more than that of the preliminary round. There were nearly [-] people, which was dozens more than Yu Lu's initial estimate.This is to balance the uneven levels of different regions. For example, G City, the host city, is the place where Y dishes and restaurants are most concentrated. Their preliminary round list is the top [-]. Even so, the competition is quite cruel. Little famous restaurants were not selected.

Most of this information was heard from Yuan Zhengkai. Yuan Zhengkai said: "Just to be on the safe side, you Haijixian went to Fengcheng to hire two senior technicians with high salaries to participate in the competition. Your uncle spent all his money in it. To this This competition is bound to win. Once this competition is over, Haijixian will be on the market, you already know it, right?"

Haixuan shook his head: "I don't know. The chef invited temporarily also counts?"

Yuan Zhengkai laughed: "There is nothing to count. Although it sounds unreasonable, for the individual competition, this effect is actually not great. Anyway, it is the chef himself who gets the honor. For the team competition, it may be adulterated. I added some water, because the temporarily hired chef does not represent the consistent and future level of the store, but who can guarantee that the chef of this famous restaurant will never change jobs? The famous restaurant is just a false name, and it can really support the reputation of the store. , Is it the chef’s true level? Customers are not stupid, and if it doesn’t taste good, it’s just the last time. Moreover, the rules of the competition don’t require how long chefs have to work in the restaurant to be eligible for the competition.”

After listening to what Yuan Zhengkai said, everyone thinks it is quite reasonable.

There are more contestants, and the number of games is limited, so the rules of the game have changed compared to before. The group stage must be drawn first, and the winners of the group stage can enter the next round of the game, so the game is no longer a competition. Winning or losing is determined, but it needs to be determined after repeated matches. This increases the difficulty for the players, but it also better reflects the level.

The top three seeded contestants sent by each city are drawn separately, and then divided equally into each group, so as to ensure fairness as much as possible.There are ten contestants in each group, and the top five are selected to enter the next round, so in the first round, half of the contestants will be eliminated.

On the day of registration, they had drawn lots and grouped, and then went back to prepare for the next day's competition. They went to draw lots. Haixuan's individual competition was drawn to the eighth group, which was the afternoon of the first day of the competition, and the team competition was drawn to the 18th group. , this can only be done after the individual competition is over, there is no rush for now.After the lottery was drawn, many people were still waiting for their group names. Yu Lu also wanted to wait and see to get to know his competitors. Haixuan pulled him and said, "Leave this matter to Awei and Ayang Go and watch, let's go, there are still things to do."

Yu Lu asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Go to the 4S store, buy a car, and after the race is over, I'll drive back along the way."

Yu Lu said, "Is it necessary? We can also buy it there."

"There are many models of cars here, and there are many choices. We always have to wait a few times to buy a car over there, and we can pick up the car directly here." Haixuan said.

Yu Lu also thought about it: "Then what kind of car should I buy?"

Haixuan said: "Buy an SUV, it's spacious and comfortable to sit in."

"Oil tiger." Yu Lu gritted his teeth.

"If you can afford a car, why worry about gas consumption." Hai Xuan laughed.

"What brand is better?" Yu Lu asked.

Haixuan said: "I personally prefer European and American cars. Which brand do you like?"

Yu Lu laughed: "I like cars as long as they are." Which man doesn't love cars, the key is that he likes what he likes, and most of them can't afford it.

"Is there a brand you prefer, or a brand you are familiar with?" Haixuan asked.

Yu Lu said, "Let's run a Mercedes-Benz BMW." This is a Volkswagen license plate, and everyone has heard it.

Yu Lu asked again: "Boss Zhong's car is an Audi, right?"

"The SUV is an Audi, and the car is a Jaguar." Haixuan said.

"How much does his car cost?" Yu Lu didn't know much about cars.

"Audi q7 should be more than 120 million, and Jaguar is estimated to be more than a million." Haixuan said.

Yu Lu's mouth turned into an "o": "Boss Zhong is really a local tyrant." Their car cost over 10,000+, and Yu Lu thought it was very good. Unexpectedly, Zhong Yanhong is a real local tycoon, and a car arrived. All his belongings.

Haixuan smiled: "His parents both have pensions, and he doesn't have to support his wife and children, so he doesn't have any burdens. The money he earns isn't spent, so what's the point of letting it go."

Yu Lu looked at Haixuan, and suddenly thought that Haixuan actually had more money than Yanhong Zhong, and he didn't have any family burdens. It was just because he lived with him that he almost never bought any luxury goods, even wearing clothes. Concerned about his own feelings, at most a piece of a few hundred yuan, like him with a net worth of hundreds of millions, who is not covered in famous brands all over his body, I have lowered his grade a lot.He made up his mind that he would never stop Haixuan from buying any car this time.

Seeing that he was silent, Haixuan asked, "Do you want to buy a Mercedes-Benz or a BMW?"

Yu Lu said: "You can buy whatever car you like, it's up to you."

Hai Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Go and see first."

So this afternoon, while others were waiting nervously, Yu Lu followed Haixuan to test cars in various famous stores, as if tomorrow's race didn't exist. Yu Lu felt that Haixuan was simply too general.