It rained in the middle of the night, and by dawn the sound of the rain had subsided.

Qiao Zhi's habit is still to get up early in the morning.

Took a hot shower, changed into clean clothes, had a buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then sat on the balcony and opened the laptop to work on the company documents.

When the time was about right, I called Qiu Lian and informed her that she was ready to go.

The female secretary adjusted well, cleaned herself up very refreshed, wore neat and capable office clothes, wore delicate and elegant makeup, and stepped on pink high heels, compared with last night, she had a new feeling.

Qiu Curtain took a taxi, and when the two walked out of the hall, the car was already waiting, the traffic situation in the morning was fine, and after more than forty minutes, the car arrived at the Red Star Hotel.

A long table paved with red cloth was set up in the atrium of the hotel, Qiao Zhi walked over to sign his name, received the meeting materials, and then followed the signs to guide into the conference room.

Tang Qi was greeting a few acquaintances, and when he saw Qiao Zhi appear, his face was full of smiles, and he walked straight towards him, "You came early." ”

Qiao Zhi said with a smile: "I'm afraid of traffic jams, so I came in advance." ”

Tang rode on Qiao Zhi's shoulder and patted him, "Let's go, take you to meet the elders of several associations." ”

Qiao Zhi followed Tang Qi to the front row, and Tang Qi introduced Qiao Zhi to the director and vice president of the association.

Although they had never met, they had all heard of Qiao Zhi's name, and Qiao Zhi was very humble and had a gentle smile on his face, which made these elders have a good impression.

The meeting was about to start, Qiao Zhi sat down according to the seat card on the table, he had just joined the meeting this year, so he sat in the last row, but he could feel that after the others entered the venue, they would pay attention to him.

"Hello, my name is Cao Zhen, I have admired the name for a long time!" The young man in a cashmere coat took the initiative to walk towards Qiao Zhi, with a smile on his face, he wore glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he looked polite and harmless to people and animals.

"Hello Chef Cao!" Qiao Zhi shook hands with Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen walked up to Qiao Zhi's ear and said in a low voice: "As far as I know, Sun Shichao and Kong Fan are planning to let you surrender to the youth tasting conference, you should be careful." ”

Qiao Zhi was slightly stunned, Cao Zhen smiled, and walked in the direction of his Xika.

Cao Zhen sat in the middle of Sun Shichao and Kong Fan, and after sitting down, he smiled and talked happily with the two.

Qiao Zhi smiled dumbly, this Cao Zhen is no different from the intelligence description, good at changing faces, like a chameleon.

Cao Zhen took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I said hello to Qiao Zhi just now, this kid is quite arrogant, he didn't look at me properly." I said, I'm looking forward to the later food tasting meeting. He told me directly that there is no suspense in the game, what is there to look forward to. It makes me so angry that my liver hurts!"

Kong Fan's eyes widened, and he glanced in the direction where Qiao Zhi was, "This kid is too arrogant, does he think that he is sure to win? ”

Cao Zhen shook his head and sighed, and glanced at Kong Fan, "Brother Kong, I mentioned you and Brother Sun to Qiao Zhi, and I said that you two are the most powerful culinary masters in China today, especially your Confucian cuisine is the best in the world." Guess what Qiao Zhi said? He said that he worships Zheng Ze as his teacher, and he has also studied Confucian cuisine, and today is just taking this opportunity to try it with you, so that you can know what authentic Confucian cuisine is. ”

Kong Fan was so angry that his blood vessels almost burst, and when he turned to look at Qiao Zhi, his eyes were full of anger, as if he wanted to tear Qiao Zhi apart.

Sun Shichao coughed beside him and reminded Kong Fan to calm down: "Qiao Zhi shouldn't say such arrogant words, right?"

Cao Zhen was surprised: "Brother Sun, do you think I'm lying?" Alas, Qiao Zhi just said that Brother Sun, your cooking skills are not worthy of the state banquet at all, he will become the winner of the tasting conference and the chef of this year's state banquet, and you will stand aside this year. ”

"Is it up to him to say everything?" Sun Shichao was poked in the tendons, and his expression turned cold.

Cao Zhen smiled bitterly: "I don't know what his strength is, that tone just now, it seems that he is the first in the food tasting conference." ”

Although Sun Shichao knew that Cao Zhen did not have the truth in his mouth, he was still angry.

Cao Zhen saw that the two of them were successfully provoked by themselves, and his face was silent, but his heart was happy.

Go to war.

The Youth Tasting Conference, which is particularly grand this year, is said to be broadcast not only by TV stations, but also by several live broadcast software, which is an opportunity for you to show your face and promote your chain restaurant.

Cao Zhen has studied Qiao Zhi very seriously, this guy really has two brushes, cooking skills aside, and the Internet celebrity model marketing is very slippery, far exceeding his own level.

Cao Zhen is going to open a restaurant in Qiongjin in the near future, which is also an Internet celebrity restaurant, and he will definitely have to form a head-on competition with Qiao's gang leader, so if Qiao Zhi is trampled under his feet through the young chef tasting conference, his new store will definitely not worry about business.

In Cao Zhen's opinion, Qiao Zhi is his biggest enemy, and in a few words, he pulled Sun Shichao and Kong Fan to the opposite side of Qiao Zhi, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

"Qiao Zhi is very young, and he is good at intrigues. The man of Yuweilou, because he expressed a little opinion on him, Qiao Zhi was angry and secretly killed him. Not only did Yuwei Lou go out of business, but Man Dongliu also withdrew from the catering industry due to serious illness. Cao Zhen sighed secretly, "Let's fight Qiao Zhi, we still have to be careful." ”

Kong Fan sneered: "Don't always increase the popularity of others, destroy your own prestige, and when the competition comes, use your cooking skills to see the truth." ”

Qiao Zhi didn't know that the three elites of the young chef, under the organization of Cao Zhen, a treacherous villain, had formed an alliance to encircle and suppress themselves.

Qiao Zhi looked at the rostrum, he used the signature pen in his hand to keep drawing in circles on the white paper, others thought he was taking notes seriously.

In fact, Qiao Zhi drew a peacock, a wild cow, and a fox on paper.

He knew very well that all young chefs saw themselves as the number one enemy of the tasting competition.

Qiao Zhi also wants to keep a low profile, but now that he is famous, he can't be as fledgling as before, and he can win by sticking to it.

The leaders of the Culinary Association spoke one after another, and Tang Qi, as the organizer of the meeting, served as the host and connected the entire meeting process.

At the end of the meeting, Tang Qi stood in the middle of the stage with a microphone and said passionately: "The most important part of this association's annual meeting is the young chef tasting conference.

Compared with previous years, the conference not only has a generous prize money, but also the winner can get the opportunity to participate in the Diaoyutai state banquet at the end of the year. In addition, the winners will have the opportunity to travel to other countries with business delegations next year.

The young chefs who signed up for the tasting conference are under the age of 35, with a total of 32 people, who are the new force of the association and represent the future of the Chinese culinary industry.

We, together with Yanjing TV and a number of online live broadcast platforms, will publicly broadcast the activities of this food tasting conference, hoping that the contestants can prepare carefully and show their best strength. ”

At the end of the meeting, Xi Tianlei took Sun Shichao to find Qiao Zhi, pointed at Qiao Zhi and introduced, "This is your biggest opponent in this food tasting conference, Qiao Zhi." Shichao, although you have won the first few times, this time I am not very optimistic about you. ”

Qiao Zhi was stunned, Xi Tianlei said this, he was doing something!

Hearing what Master said, Sun Shichao was quite uncomfortable, and he sneered, "Master, what you said is too much to enhance the momentum of others, isn't it? Your apprentice is not a fancy frame that can be kneaded by others at will, right?"

Xi Tianlei glanced at Sun Shichao in astonishment, originally wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect Sun Shichao to take it seriously.

Qiao Zhi hurriedly helped the round and said with a smile: "Master Xi, you are too modest." The tasting conference is mainly based on exchanges and exchanges, and winning or losing is secondary. ”

Sun Shichao was stimulated by Cao Zhen, and at this moment, coupled with Xi Tianlei's stimulation, he didn't buy it from anyone.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, "I'm not very old, but my mouth is quite able to speak, don't think that the media will hold you high, just be self-righteous and empty-eyed." ”

didn't expect Sun Shichao to be so hostile to himself, Qiao Zhi smiled faintly, "That's it, don't speculate for more than half a sentence." Let's talk about it any longer, I guess we're going to have a fight here. Master Xi, let's talk alone when you have time. ”

With a faint smile towards Xi Tianlei, Qiao Zhi left with his hand.

Xi Tianlei originally planned to introduce the two, but he didn't expect the smell of gunpowder to be very strong, and said unhappily: "Shichao, what you said just now was undignified, Qiao Zhi is a few years younger than you, how can you behave less calmly than him." ”

Sun Shichao frowned and sneered, "Master, I know you admire him very much. It's just a pity that your disciple is me, not him. No matter how optimistic you are about him, what can you do, his master is Zheng Ze, and I am your successor. ”

Xi Tianlei opened his mouth wide, speechless.

Sun Shichao's eyes showed a complicated color, and he also realized that it was wrong for him to contradict his master, sighed, bowed his head and left silently.

Xi Tianlei sighed and smiled bitterly.

Kong Bohou kept observing from the side, and walked to Xi Tianlei's side at this moment, and said strangely: "Shichao, today's mood is not quite right, he has always respected you." ”

Xi Tianlei said: "Shichao's self-esteem is very strong, this is a double-edged sword, which can not only force him to improve, but also make him too arrogant." Maybe I pressed him too hard, so it caused him to rebel. He was too eager to prove his strength, so he was too sensitive. ”

Kong Bohou groaned: "The appearance of Qiao Zhi has indeed brought a lot of pressure to Cao Qing, Kong Fan, and Sun Shichao. ”

Xi Tianlei said lightly: "It's not just the pressure, I believe that after the tasting conference, they will know that they still have too much room for improvement." ”

Kong Bohou looked at Xi Tianlei strangely, "You don't like them?"

Xi Tianlei bowed slightly, "Qiao Zhi's greatness lies in the fact that his cooking skills are still improving, it has been several months since the last time he tasted his food, and it is estimated that his cooking skills have improved again." Sun Shichao, Kong Fan, and Cao Qing have not changed much over the years, and their cooking skills have reached a bottleneck. They have all participated in the tasting conference many times, and they think that they are nine out of ten, and this time, reality will teach them a hard lesson. ”

Kong Bohou frowned and said: "No wonder Sun Shichao was very dissatisfied with you just now, you stand in Qiao Zhi's position unconditionally, which is really unacceptable." ”

Xi Tianlei was stunned, realizing that he had become a "Qiao Blowing Party" in the eyes of others, smiled faintly and waved his hand.

"At the tasting meeting, we are all judges, and you will know when the time comes, whether what I said is exaggerated. ”