The prize of one million is also enough for Qiao Zhi to make him excited.

As for those members of the Culinary Association, it is even more strikingly tempting.

Most chefs earn about 200,000 yuan a year, and 500,000 yuan is already an amazing income.

National chefs like Xi Tianlei, Kong Bohou, and Suo Zhi enjoy government state subsidies, and some restaurants and restaurants are hired as consultants with high salaries, and their annual income is about one million.

The players on the field were excited.

As long as you enter the quarterfinals, you can get at least 50,000 yuan, and with money as motivation, why don't you do your best to fight?

"The opponent will be randomly assigned by the computer, please look at the big screen. ”

The big screen began to flash, the first set of lists, the second group of lists...... List of the sixteenth group!

When all the lists were over, Cao Zhen's whole face showed disbelief.

Paralysis, what is the situation, thirty-two people, there are twenty-nine possibilities, they will not meet Qiao Zhi, Sun Shichao and Kong Fan, the three strongest opponents, but they met one in the first round, and they are also the most famous Qiao Zhi.

Cao Zhen felt as if he had been struck, and he looked around, and the eyes of those players who were throwing themselves at him were invariably full of compassion.

Qiao Zhi is undoubtedly the strongest existence among the thirty-two!

Whoever meets Qiao Zhi is basically equivalent to announcing the end of the game.

Cao Zhen won the second place in last year's food tasting conference, and lost to Sun Shichao by a narrow margin.

However, the desire is plump and the reality is skinny.

Cao Zhen met the demon king of this tasting conference - Qiao Zhi in the first round.

Maybe many people are very disdainful of Qiao Zhi, but Cao Zhen has studied Qiao Zhi very thoroughly, this guy has never lost in both domestic and international competitions, and he is also a good player in the field of culinary competition.

Cao Zhen feels that the world is spinning, do you want to take a round of tours?

If you are eliminated in the first round, it will be a great shame.

Cao Zhen's worst plan is to win the fourth place in this cooking competition. Although the fourth place is not an honorable thing, the prize money is the same as the third place, with a prize of 200,000 yuan.

How so?

How could your luck be so bad?

Qiao Zhi and Cao Zhen walked side by side to the eleventh set of operating tables, waiting for them to use the stove together.

"We were unlucky, we didn't expect to run into each other in the first round. Cao Zhen squeezed out a smile on his face, "Alas, I originally thought we were going to meet in the finals." ”

Qiao Zhi smiled slightly, "How can there be so many coincidences in the world, in the dark, everything has its own arrangements." ”

Cao Zhen stared at Qiao Zhi in surprise, "What do you mean by that?"

Qiao Zhi shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "If I'm not mistaken, you told Sun Shichao and Kong Fan about my rights and wrongs before, so they will be hostile to me, right?"

Cao Zhen remained silent, "You think too much." We're all adults, so why do you do such a childish thing?"

Qiao Zhi knew that Cao Zhen would not admit it, so he smiled indifferently, "What are you going to cook?"

Cao Zhen looked at Qiao Zhi strangely, "What do I do, what does it have to do with you?"

Qiao Zhi smiled: "You choose a dish that you are familiar with, and I will cook the same dish with you, is that more beneficial to you?"

Cao Zhen showed anger in his eyes and sneered, "You are really conceited." ”

Qiao Zhi smiled, "For some people who are not right-hearted, you have to completely defeat him, so that you can be happy." ”

Cao Zhen was silent for a few seconds, his eyes brightened, "Okay, since that's the case, I might as well tell you that the first dish, I prepared boneless fish." ”

Qiao Zhi is not surprised at all, Cantonese boneless fish is as famous as Huainan cuisine Wensi tofu and Yu cuisine, and they are all dishes that can reflect basic skills.

The probability of Cao Zhen choosing this dish is very high.

When both of them revealed the name of the dish "Boneless Fish", the judges and the audience below began to discuss.

Xi Tianlei glanced at Suo Zhi and said in a deep voice: "Qiao Zhi is planning to challenge cooking Cantonese cuisine. ”

Suo Zhi smiled lightly, "It's just an axe in the class! You don't know Cao Zhen's basic skills, among the three people, Cao Zhen is in the forefront of both knife work and pot turning. What's more, Cao Zhen has been cooking Cantonese cuisine and has made boneless fish at least a thousand times, Qiao Zhi wants to win with boneless fish, which is too much to take for granted. ”

Of the eight major cuisines of China, it is recognized that Huainan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are the most particular about knife work. The style of Huainan cuisine is a small bridge and flowing water, delicate and easy, Cantonese cuisine is also exquisite, but into the atmosphere, like to carve dragons and phoenixes, especially carved and placed extremely particular pomp.

Xi Tianlei pinched a cold sweat for Qiao Zhi, Suo Zhi is very confident in Cao Zhen, that makes sense, when Cao Zhen became famous in the first battle, it was with his knife work, he once cut shredded potatoes on the balloon, cut the potatoes to the thickness of a toothpick, but the balloon did not burst, which shows what a state his knife work has reached.

The cooking procedure of boneless fish is not complicated, the key is that the knife skills are very demanding.

Cao Zhen is a left-handed general, holding a knife in his left hand, holding a fish in his right hand, starting cleanly, and starting neatly.

Qiao Zhi glanced at Cao Zhen sideways, and secretly thought that although this guy is scheming, his knife skills are really good, and he can only say that he can become a young chef, and it is not in vain.

Cao Zhen was also observing Qiao Zhi, and he was in sync with himself.

Qiao Zhi held a dazzling gem kitchen knife in his hand, and deftly cut the back of the grass carp with a knife, so that the whole grass carp was divided into two halves, and then cut off the backbone of the fish, and cut off the thorns with the knife diagonally against the rib spurs of the fish.

Cao Zhen was stunned, he didn't expect Qiao Zhi's knife work to be so skilled.

Cao Zhen tried to calm himself down, knowing that the other party was deliberately attacking his self-confidence.

He is a chef, not relying on the side door left way to practice, winter practice Sanjiu, summer practice, I don't know how many times he tried, before he practiced the top level of Cantonese cuisine, how could he easily admit defeat, if Qiao Zhi used Wensi tofu to fight against himself, maybe there was still a chance, but boneless fish, Cao Zhen was full of confidence, and he would definitely not lose to anyone.

Tang Shuangshuang clenched his fists offstage, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and Ning Hui smiled beside him: "How do you feel that you are more nervous than the chefs on the stage." ”

Tang Shuangshuang wiped his forehead with a tissue, "I'm not nervous, Qiao Zhi will definitely win." ”

Ning Hui shrugged his shoulders and said: "I did a little homework before I came, Qiao Zhi has three strong opponents in this food tasting conference, one of which is Cao Zhen who is now dueling against him, this is a master of Cantonese cuisine, and boneless fish is a classic dish of Cantonese cuisine." Qiao Zhi overestimated himself too much, and even wanted to defeat Cao Zhen with a boneless fish, tsk, I think after the first stage of the promotion tournament is over, we can leave. It's still early, why don't we go to Guijie to eat crayfish?"

Tang Shuangshuang glared at Ning Hui and said with a pout: "Go aside, crow's mouth." ”

......

Mei Ling sat under the stage with a calm expression.

Tang Qi was a little uncomfortable, "Is Qiao Zhi going to do it?" Choosing to compete with Cao Zhen for a boneless fish is a bit like hitting a stone with an egg. ”

Mei Ling said with a smile: "You still don't know much about Qiao Zhi, since he did this, he must have his own reasons." ”

Tang Qi bowed his head and said: "Last night, he told me that it was best to face Cao Zhen in the first stage, but I didn't expect it to be a prophecy. ”

Mei Ling said with a smile: "Isn't it a good thing to solve the most difficult bones in front? There is a kind of life called bitter first and then sweet." ”

Tang Qi frowned, "The risk factor is too great, if the teeth are not good, it is very likely that a mouthful of teeth will be knocked out because the bones are too hard." ”

Mei Lingfeng smiled lightly, "If you watch Qiao Zhi's game a few more times, your heart will naturally become bigger." ”

Tang Qi suspected that Mei Ling was deliberately pretending to be light, he didn't know Qiao Zhi's game, Mei Ling didn't fall a game.

If the cards are played according to common sense, it is not Qiao Zhi.

......

In a resort in Yanjing.

Mu Xiao was lying on the bed, her eyes fell on the tablet monitor not far away, and Sister Fen complained beside her: "The cameraman is inexperienced and doesn't understand the psychology of the audience, why do you always shoot some idle people." Everyone was rushing to Qiao Zhi to watch this conference, and there were so few shots for Qiao Zhi. ”

Mu Xiao laughed, "What are you doing so excited?" Do you regret not allowing me to go to the scene?"

Sister Fen glared at Mu Xiao angrily, "If you want to recover soon, you have to be quiet." There are so many people at the scene, squeezing and bumping, causing your injuries to worsen, and that's the end of it. ”

Mu Xiao muttered softly, "I'm not that fragile!"

Sister Fen frowned, "Qiao Zhi won't fail in the first stage, right?" That opponent surnamed Cao seems to be a seeded player, one of the top three in the last conference. ”

Mu Xiao touched his chin and analyzed: "Qiao Zhi is increasing the difficulty for himself, he should feel that the gap between the opponent and himself is relatively large, and he wants to challenge himself, so he deliberately uses the dishes that the other party is good at to sharpen himself." ”

Sister Fen bowed slightly, "Very likely!"

......

Sister Fen still doesn't know Qiao Zhi's style very well, even if the opponent is an ant, he will not ignore the other party and despise the other party.

Because he attaches great importance to Cao Zhen and leaves him until the end, it is too variable, so Qiao Zhi feels that it is a good thing to kill Cao Zhen in the first round.

Qiao Zhi is very familiar with Cantonese cuisine, and boneless fish happens to be one of them, because it is an excellent dish for practicing basic cooking skills.

The boneless fish cooked by Qiao Zhi and Cao Zhen are ready, waiting for the judges to taste it on stage.

Although the name of the dish is the same, the appearance of the two is distinct.

The boneless fish made by Cao Zhen is hot, fragrant, golden and saturated, and it is extremely attractive.

The boneless fish made by Qiao Zhi is ruddy in color, layered and fragrant, and the emerald green vegetables laid down below present a wonderful visual effect.

The judges stepped forward to taste 16 groups of works one after another.

When tasting the boneless fish made by Qiao Zhi and Cao Zhen, the judges took a long time, because the two have similar cooking skills, and if they want to distinguish who is strong and who is weak, they need to be carefully considered.

The judges left the stage and walked to the room, and after ten minutes, the scoring began.

Cao Zhen's heart lifted, and it was finally the turn of the "Eleven Group"!

The screen shows that Qiao Zhi is 99 points, and Cao Zhen is 98 points.

Cao Zhen lost one by one!

"It can't be!"

"It's greasy, it's definitely greasy, I'm not convinced!"

Cao Zhen couldn't accept this result.