Food Tycoon

The two shopped around for an afternoon, and finally settled on a Land Rover, because the one they liked was not in stock, and the one that was in stock was not, but this Land Rover was the only one they liked and could still be in stock before they left.The price is not cheap, just over 100 million. Haixuan said he would buy it, but Yu Lu nodded in agreement without saying a word.

Hai Xuan was still a little surprised: "Why are you so easy to talk about today?"

Yu Lu said, "As long as you like it."

"Then do you like it?" Haixuan asked.

"Of course I like it. I like cars." The money for the car belongs to Haixuan, and the two of them don't have much money in their public accounts, and they can't move that money because they plan to open a car park in the city. Bawang branch, although Haibawang's current popularity is high, but the consumption can only be regarded as a little above the middle level. They plan to open another branch and make it a high-end restaurant, so as to be worthy of their cooking skills.Maybe there will be fewer consumers in high-end restaurants, but expensive and fine restaurants are not that expensive, and it is not so hard.

Haixuan raised his eyebrows in satisfaction: "Just like it."

Before they went back, they received a call from Yuan Zhengkai: "I don't know whether it's good news or bad news. The chef invited by your uncle is in the same team as you, and he is also a seed player. Do you need me to give you his information?"

Hai Xuan said lightly: "Oh, I see, no need, isn't the top five advanced, and it's not just one advanced."

Haixuan didn't regard the first round of competition as any burden at all. That night, they went back to have a good rest and went to the arena to watch the competition early the next morning. This time the competition was different from last time. The competition is naturally extremely fierce, and the competition is more exciting. Everyone has their own unique tricks to conquer the judges.

There are 10 people in a group, and 298 contestants are divided into 30 groups. The competition time for each group is 80 minutes. Each person makes two dishes. There are no prescribed dishes, all of which are optional.The competition is divided into two arenas at the same time, and the two groups of judges will score and select. The time is two days, three games in the morning, three games in the afternoon, two games in the first night, and one game in the second night.

There are too many participants, and the number of rounds of the competition has increased, so the entire competition time is very long. If a player participates in the individual competition and the team competition, it will take at least a week before and after the entire competition. very nervous.

Haixuan's game was the first game in the afternoon of the first day. He made a dish of fish maw with hundreds of flowers, which is a traditional dish. In addition, he also made a homemade sea urchin and river shrimp.Yu Lu was a little bit sweating for him, because they said that there is no chicken here. Most of the chefs in front chose a more conservative way of matching. Many people chose chicken. Although the methods are different, the judges The teachers were obviously quite satisfied.

The two dishes of Haixuan are seafood, but Yu Lu’s worries are obviously superfluous. Haixuan’s Baihua fish maw is made with chicken soup. The combination of river and fresh food is ingenious, and the tastes of the two complement each other perfectly. The two dishes unanimously conquered the taste buds of the judges and teachers. Everyone scored high and gave the green light unanimously.

Yu Lu heaved a sigh of relief, Haixuan's level is really beyond recognition.But after all, it is a rematch, and there are many masters. Among the contestants in the same group, there are two chefs from Fengcheng. They are best at cooking fish. One chef performed the cooking method that our ancients never tire of, and cut the sea bass into thin slices. Like a piece of paper, the color is like snowflakes, the knife skills are simply superb, jaw-dropping, it is not for long-term immersion in this way, it is impossible to cut such a thin slice.Although the dish may seem simple, it managed to conquer the taste buds of the judges.

Yu Lu watched from below, and said with some disbelief, "Is it okay to make sashimi?"

At this time, Haixuan had already come down from the competition, looked at the snowflake fish fillet brought out by the other party, and said: "I remembered, this man has a nickname called Kuai Dao Liu, my grandfather took me to his shop more than ten years ago Had sashimi. His technique seems to have improved again."

Yu Lu was surprised and said: "He was already famous more than ten years ago? Is his cooking delicious?" There is one more thing he didn't say. He has become famous more than ten years ago, so why do he still come to participate in the cooking competition now? , this person looks to be at least 60 years old, older than many of the judges on the field.

Haixuan said: "Of course, apart from being good at knives, the sauce he made is also very special, and he is very famous in Fengcheng. I know that someone once wanted to hire him to come to G City with a high salary, but he refused. The chef in Fengcheng They are not very willing to work in City G, because the pace here is too fast, and everything is fast, even eating, and they think that good things are cooked carefully for a long time, which will affect their culinary skills. Pursue."

Yu Lu immediately had a good impression of Fengcheng's chefs: "They are quite thoughtful." Fengcheng's chefs' pursuit of food is obviously greater than their pursuit of money, which cannot but be admired.

"Accordingly, Kuaidao Liu should not be short of money or fame, so why did he come to participate in this competition?" Haixuan frowned.

Yu Lu had a flash of inspiration: "Didn't Yuan Zhengkai say that the person invited by Haijixian is in the same group as you, could it be him? I'll go and look at the entry materials."

Before Haixuan asked for confirmation, Yuan Zhengkai called: "Ah Xuan, that quick knife Liu is the secret weapon invited by your uncle."

"It's just him, isn't he always unwilling to come to City G, why does he smash his own signboard to make wedding clothes for others?" Hai Xuan wondered.

Yuan Zhengkai said: "I also inquired about it, and it seems that something big happened to Kuaidao Liu's family, and a lot of money was needed."

Hai Xuan sneered: "Since this is the case, there is nothing we can do." Taking advantage of others' dangers is Hai Zhe's style of doing things.

Kuaidao Liu is considered to be the oldest among the contestants, because a chef of his age has already won the award that he should have won. If he was still cooking in the kitchen, he would definitely have reached the position of head chef, or himself Opening a shop as a boss, and cultivating a large group of disciples and grandchildren, there is no need to go to the battlefield by yourself.

The judges showed up to score, and the score was actually a little higher than Haixuan's.When reviewing, I found out that several judges had eaten Yu Sheng made by Kuaidao Liu, and they were all very surprised that he came to participate in the competition.Some judges were asking why Mr. Liu came to participate in this competition.Kuaidao Liu didn't answer directly, but just bowed slightly, turned around and went down.The judges on the field were all whispering, probably talking about Kuaidao Liu.

In this group competition, Haixuan qualified for No.2. After seeing the results, Haixuan wanted to drag Yu Lu away, because he felt that the next competition could be watched or not, but Yu Lu thought it was a good place to learn. Opportunity, don't want to miss it.Haixuan felt that waiting for others to cook was a very boring thing, so he went out of the studio to take a walk outside. Unexpectedly, he met Kuai Dao Liu in the hotel lobby, and Hai Zhe who was with Kuai Dao Liu.

Haizhe looked at Haixuan: "Hey, isn't this the player in the same group as Master Liu just now? How many points have you scored? Have you advanced?"

Haixuan regretted it, he should have stayed there to accompany Yu Lu just now, even though the cooking is not good-looking, it is better than seeing such disgusting people.He turned around and walked towards the elevator as soon as he lifted his foot. Haizhe said with a sneer behind his back: "I didn't expect our Hai family's tutor to be like this. When you meet the elders, you don't see it. It turns out that the parents died long ago. Teach me?"

Hai Xuan stopped in his tracks, and replied coldly: "Our Hai family's tutor is absolutely incapable of teaching someone who scolds dead parents in front of others, which is enough to show that you are not from my Hai family. Yes, Hai family I didn't have your name in the first place, I don't know which corner of the kidnapper came out of it."

Haizhe's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he clenched his fists tightly, and controlled the urge to beat Haixuan: "You little bastard, don't be arrogant, sometimes you cry."

Haixuan said: "It's uncertain who will cry, we'll see." After speaking, he turned around and left.

Haixuan returned to the hall upstairs, his whole body was as cold as ice, and as soon as he reached Yu Lu's side, he noticed it: "What's wrong?"

Haixuan said with a stinky face, "I met Haizhe."

Yu Lu looked at him with concern. He knew that Haixuan didn't like that cheap uncle, and every time he saw him, he would be on edge, but he didn't know what to say, so he just quietly reached out and grabbed Haixuan's right hand in his own. Rubbing the back of his hand with his fingers to comfort him.Hai Xuan's tense muscles finally relaxed slowly, and his breathing gradually became steady.

The next day, Haixuan planned to go to the apartment where he used to live to practice his innovative dishes.Yuan Zhengkai called him: "Ah Xuan, do you need a place to practice? If you need it, come to my shop."

Haixuan glanced at Yu Lu and said, "Forget it, I have somewhere to go, so I won't bother you."

Seeing him hang up the phone, Yu Lu asked him, "Yuan Zhengkai called you?"

"Well, he asked me if I would cook at his place." Hai Xuan said.

Yu Lu said, "Didn't I say to go to your house?"

"That's right. But I haven't lived in it for a long time, so I need to clean it up and call up the two boys, Awei and Ayang, to help clean up." Haixuan originally lived in a house with a complete kitchen and bathroom, but it has been useless for too long. , I don't know what the situation is.

Yu Lu said: "Okay, I really want to know what the place you live in is like." Although he has been to Hai's old house, it is not Hai Xuan's home because he has moved away from it for a long time , he still doesn't know what the place where Haixuan lives in is like.

They bought a lot of things, according to Zhang Yiwei's words: "It feels like a picnic."

Zhao Xiaoyang said: "It's obviously like moving."

Yu Lu felt that it really felt like a picnic.

Haixuan led them to his apartment, which was a three-bedroom high-rise apartment, and it was also a high-end residential area.Haixuan hasn't come back since he left, almost a year has passed.Haixuan opened the door, and found that the room was covered in white flowers, and the furniture was covered with white dustproof cloth.

Yu Lu said, "Did you come back later?"

Hai Xuan shook his head: "No. He should have done it."

Yu Lu thought for a while, and realized that he was referring to Haizhe.

Zhang Yiwei walked in and said, "Brother Hai, this house is really bad, the dust in the house is two feet thick."

Haixuan tore off the dustproof cloth on the coffee table: "Hurry up and clean it, mopping the floor. Ah Yang, go clean up the kitchen."

Yu Lu helped to tear off the dust-proof cloth on the sofa, and a cloud of dust was thrown up, he quickly turned his face away: "There is so much dust."

"No one lives there for a year, can't it be too many?" Haixuan said, pushed the door into his bedroom, and covered it with white cloth, Yu Lu followed behind him, poking his head in from his side to look at it House: "Your bedroom?"

Haixuan let out a "hmm", walked in, and opened the curtains with a "crash", but the dust was still flying, he opened the window glass: "ventilate first, then turn on the air conditioner. The bed is fine, there is no need to lift it, anyway. I won't come to live." He stopped Yu Lu who was busy.

Yu Lu chuckled: "I actually just want to see what your bed looks like."

"What else can it look like?" Haixuan pulled off the cover, revealing the gray striped bed sheet inside, "It's about the same as ours?"

Yu Lu smiled and nodded: "En."

Haixuan took out his mobile phone: "I'll call the management office and ask someone to change the lock."

Yu Lu said, "What lock to change? Aren't you coming to live here?"

"That doesn't allow others to come in casually, this is my house." Haixuan said.

Yu Lu thought for a while, and then asked, "Why did he come in at the beginning?"

Haixuan paused for a moment: "Our relationship wasn't so bad before, we could even be regarded as friends."

Yu Lu nodded: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask you this question."

"It's okay." Haixuan said.

"Let's go clean up too. We can eat at home at noon." Yu Lu laughed and was about to help in the kitchen when his cell phone rang, so he quickly took it out and saw that it was Yu Nan who called: "Brother, There was an accident in the store, and someone had symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea after eating breakfast in the store, saying it was food poisoning, and people from the Food Safety Bureau also came."

The smile on Yu Lu's face froze for an instant, and then disappeared. He felt that he had fallen into a bottomless abyss, and he felt cold all over his body: "Say it again!"

Yu Nan said: "I don't know what's going on. All the food I eat is fresh, and even the noodles and rice are bought early this morning. But after the guests ate breakfast, many people felt unwell. The reporter from the TV station just now Here you go, brother, what should I do?"

"Wait, tell me more clearly, how many people are there?" Yu Lu said.

Yu Nan said: "I don't know too well, I haven't gone to the hospital yet, I don't know how many."

Haixuan looked at Yu Lu with a strange expression: "What's going on?"

Yu Lu looked at Haixuan, all the luster in his eyes disappeared: "There was a food poisoning incident in the shop. Someone started to vomit and diarrhea after drinking morning tea, and said it was food poisoning."

Haixuan quickly took the mobile phone from Yu Lu: "Hello, Anan? I'm Brother Hai, tell me what happened again."

Yu Nan recounted the whole thing, and Haixuan said: "I see, don't panic, you can ask someone to go to the hospital to ask how many people there are and what caused it. If the people from the Food and Drug Administration want to collect evidence, they will Let them pick it up. Talk to the reporter and tell them not to send messages for now. I will go to Robin Zhong for help, don't panic!"

Yu Lu was still in a daze. Although this kind of thing is not uncommon in the catering industry, he never thought it would happen to him.

Haixuan patted him on the shoulder: "Yu Lu, don't panic, the matter may not be as serious as you think. I will ask Zhong Yanhong for help first. Before this matter is clarified, the media cannot report this news, otherwise it will be troublesome. "Haixuan was clear-eyed. As soon as he heard about the poisoning incident, he immediately thought of the poisoning incident in Yuan's Restaurant. This is Haizhe's usual trick.This incident happened when he and Yu Lu were not around, and it was likely that someone deliberately framed him.

Hearing Haixuan's comfort, Yu Lu calmed down a bit: "Then I'll also call Mouse to see if he can help."

"Well, okay, let's call separately." Haixuan said.

Zhang Yiwei and Zhao Xiaoyang were both busy and busy at first, but when they heard their phone calls, they couldn't help being stunned: something happened in the store? !

After Haixuan called Zhong Yanhong, he had heard the news a long time ago. Zhong Yanhong said: "I already know about this. Not many people were poisoned, only five. When they found out that they were not feeling well, the first thing they did was give them medicine. The bureau called to complain, and then immediately called the TV reporter, and then went to the hospital. No matter how you look at it, it looks like it was premeditated. Don’t worry, I will handle the matter here.”

Hearing Zhong Yanhong's words, Haixuan felt confident and told Yu Lu about the situation. Yu Lu had calmed down now, and he said, "Mouse can't control the affairs of the Food and Drug Administration, but his brother-in-law works at the TV station. , Said that this matter can be suppressed for us in the media, and it will not be reported for the time being. I am going back now, Ah Hai, and I will leave the matter of the game to you."

Haixuan said: "I'll go back with you, the competition is fine, I don't care about famous chefs and restaurants."

Yu Lu stopped Haixuan: "Ah Hai, don't you think that something like this happened at this juncture, someone is deliberately targeting us? Maybe it's just to make us unable to compete smoothly. If we all go back, it's not because we hit someone else's target What's more, I'm the legal representative of the restaurant. If you have anything to do, you'll come to me first. It won't help if you go back, so I'll go back and see the situation first. If it's true that someone was framed as Boss Zhong said, then I will definitely find out the evidence, and with Boss Zhong's help, there will be no problem."

Haixuan looked at Yu Lu, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Okay, you go back first. I'll wait for news here, and tell me anything."

Yu Lu said: "You can compete at ease. If things go well, I may still be able to come back to participate in the competition. If I can't make it back, I will have to work hard for you."

Haixuan looked at the messy house that hadn't been confiscated, and felt a little anxious, but he couldn't show it. He reached out and pressed Yu Lu's shoulder: "You drive back, be careful on the road."

Yu Lu nodded his head, turned his head and said to the two employees: "Awei, Ayang, you have to work hard!"

"Brother Lu, we will, don't worry, nothing will happen in the store." Zhao Xiaoyang comforted Yu Lu.

"Brother Lu, don't worry, we will do our best." Zhang Yiwei promised.

Yu Lu waved his hand and left, Haixuan said: "You two continue cleaning, I'll see him off."

Haixuan said to Lu: "When encountering anything, don't panic, calm down and think of a solution. Even if it's the worst situation, it doesn't matter. There was a food poisoning incident in Yuan Zhengkai's restaurant, and I suspect it was framed by people. Yes, it’s just that there is no evidence, and it was ultimately determined that the chef was negligent. The Yuan’s Restaurant has been in a slump for a while, but isn’t it doing well now? Don’t worry, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome.”

"Well, I see." Yu Lu felt relaxed at the moment. He was very glad that the legal representative was himself. If he wanted to pursue any responsibility, it was his own business and had nothing to do with Haixuan.

Yu Lu bid farewell to Haixuan, concentrated on driving straight home.By the time he got home, the matter had come to an end. Haibawang had suspended its business, and none of the chefs and waiters had left. The evidence is being tested and analyzed. Before Zhong Yanhong and Liu Haoyang intervened, the local media had already posted a Weibo news, which was quickly deleted, because there was no official conclusion, and a suspected food poisoning news was posted. , which is quite irresponsible.

Zhong Yanhong speculated based on this Weibo news: "Someone is definitely pushing this. Fortunately, not many people pay attention to local network news, otherwise it will be troublesome. When the evidence comes out, they must issue an apology announcement." If this matter It really got big, not only the reputation of Haibawang was damaged, but Yingxu Hotel was also implicated.

"What caused those five people?" Yu Lu asked.

Zhong Yanhong said: "The doctor said that it is indeed food poisoning, but it is not the food in the store. It needs to be tested to find out."

Yu Lu said, "Besides this, have other people been poisoned?"

Yu Nan shook his head: "No."

"Who are the poisoned people?" Yu Lu asked, "Ah-nan will accompany me to the hospital later."

Yu Nan said: "Okay, brother. There are two couples in their 50s, and the other brought two friends, both of whom are in their 30s."

Yu Lu heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately it wasn't the elderly and children, otherwise it would be troublesome.

Lao Jiang, who was in charge of the kitchen temporarily, said: "I'm sorry, boss, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. We have always kept the kitchen very strict, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen again. Boss, please punish me."

Yu Lu said: "The reason is not clear now, and it is too early for punishment or something. Wait for the test results to come out."

Master Jiang nodded: "Okay, boss."

Yu Lu looked at the people in the room and said, "Since everyone is forced to take a vacation, let's all go back to rest, wait for the news and come back to work, and keep the mobile phone connected at all times."

Everyone nodded and then parted ways.

Yu Luyin went to the hospital to visit patients accompanied by Nan, and Zhong Yanhong also went with him.

When the patients saw Yu Lu, all of them had a bad face. The middle-aged woman in her 50s yelled at Yu Lu: "You black-hearted boss opened a black shop, which almost cost us our lives. Willing to pay our medical bills, when I recover, I will tell everyone that the food in your shop is meant to be eaten by dead people." This man was full of anger, and he did not look like a patient at all.

"Auntie, don't get excited. I will definitely investigate this matter and give you justice. If it is our responsibility, I will never evade it." Yu Lu comforted the other party with a sincere look on his face, and turned his head. He asked Yu Nan again, "What about the medical expenses?"

Zhong Yanhong said: "I said this. We will not pay the medical expenses until the matter is investigated. If it is finally determined that the food in our store poisoned you, the medical expenses will not be less than a penny for you." .”

Yu Lu immediately understood that if he helped to pay the medical expenses in advance, it would be tantamount to admitting that it was their store's responsibility. He added: "If it is really the food in our store that caused everyone to feel unwell, we will definitely pay for the medical expenses, and we will also pay the medical expenses. We will compensate you for your mental loss and loss of work. Sorry for making everyone suffer.”