The most basic survival skill of a five-star hotel lady is called 'seeing people with eyes'.

After a maximum of three months in the company, you must be able to quickly distinguish the high and low quality of the customers in front of you with the corner of your eye.

Is the guest a low-key 'Ma Dad' who loves to wear cloth shoes, or the CEO of a bidding company who is rich and pays attention to his appearance, or is he still personable and personable, is it an aristocratic family that has been cultivated both inside and outside for generations, or an upstart whose gold chain is as thick as a dog chain?

Is it a repeat customer who goes in and out of a high-end hotel every day, or a small staff who saves a month's salary to come to luxury once?

This all determines whether the service they provide to their guests is a professional treatment with a smile on their faces, or a warm and welcoming home.

When Zhou Dong and Lu Luxin walked in, the beautiful manager's eyes suddenly lit up tenfold.

The guests are not very old, and they are wearing a relatively cheap sportswear of a certain mainland brand, which is a little out of place with the Starlight Hotel in Wan Chai, but these are not important.

The two important guests walked down from a low-key Buick business car, although the license plate only flashed in front of her eyes like a flash, but she saw the license plate number clearly, there will be no mistake, this business car belongs to Mr. Zhu, one of the top ten richest people in Xiangjiang.

Moreover, that male guest is so handsome, like her idol Jin Wucheng, the most handsome guy in Asia.

"Sir, Madam, welcome to Wan Chai Hotel. ”

The beauty lobby manager twisted her waist slightly, showing a little sexuality and feeling, but also maintaining absolute elegance, if it weren't for the image, she would have wanted to show ten teeth......

"I understand, no matter how good Mr. Zhu's villa is, where are there so many beauties in a five-star hotel? No wonder you rejected Mr. Zhu's kindness, so you have to insist on staying in the hotel. ”

Lu Luxin still complained about Zhou Dong a little.

The Hong Kong International Culinary Contest will be held at the International Convention Centre in Wan Chai District, and the organizing committee of the competition has set aside two days of rest for the contestants, considering that the contestants come from different countries and regions, some of them are waiting for work, and some of them have to suffer from jet lag.

What Zhu Yanping meant was that Zhou Dong and Lu Luxin could stay in his villa in the middle of the mountain in the past two days, wait until the competition started, and then move to the Starlight Hotel, which is closer to the International Conference Center.

Zhou Dong insisted on not complying, and from beginning to end, he said, 'Mom said, don't disturb your friends too much', and Zhu Yanping could only helplessly rely on him.

Lu Luxin is not a greedy and vain person, but she is still very curious about the legendary mansion in the middle of the mountain, and she somewhat does not understand Zhou Dong's stubbornness.

Zhou Dong glanced at her lightly: "There are a lot of handsome guys here, watch the road carefully......"

The manager of the beautiful lobby personally invited the two to the VIP lounge: "There are more people checking in today, Mr. and Mrs. can rest here for a while, and for distinguished guests, we have free coffee supply."

The two of you are here for a business event, you can give me your ID card, and I will help you check in. ”

Lu Luxin said curiously: "How do you know that we are here to participate in the event?"

"The two of you have kept a certain distance from the moment you entered the door, and this is clearly not a couple or a couple.

A man and a woman are not husband and wife, but they appear in the hotel at the same time, Lao Zhou, you are upright, and Lu Anvil does not have the slightest wind and dust, of course, he is here to participate in business activities. ”

The beautiful lobby manager looked up and exclaimed with some surprise: "Hello Mr. Huai!"

The Huai Liangren in front of him became more and more refined, a sky blue hand-cut suit made him look like an elegant gentleman, and the well-trimmed mustache on his chin was more literary than the last look.

A man like him, who seems to be not short of money or time, will be welcomed by women wherever he goes, and even more attractive to women in the workplace than a young handsome guy like Zhou Dong.

Huai Liangren smiled elegantly, the lobby manager of a five-star hotel should be a relatively clean woman, at least on the surface, so he was not disgusted: "The two of them, like me, are here to participate in the Xiangjiang International Food Competition, one is called Zhou Dong and the other is called Lu Luxin."

By the way, this chef Zhou is my friend, please help them check in quickly, my friend must have worked hard, ok?"

"Mr. Huai, please rest assured. ”

The beautiful manager smiled sweetly, took the ID cards of the two and went to the front desk, Huai Liangren smiled and opened his arms to Zhou Dong: "When old friends meet, it seems that they should have a hug, right?"

Zhou Dong glanced at him and sat on the sofa by himself: "You are a seeded player, and you don't want to participate in the preliminary round, what are you doing so early?"

"It's not for you, I don't know anything about the first time I participated in the competition, I'm afraid that you will suffer!"

Huai Liangren retracted his arms stupidly and said, "This time, not only the dog is here, but even the old guy Ham has come to join in the fun."

Your opponent is not easy, and I am looking forward to playing you in the final, you can't drop the chain for me!"

"What's more, haven't you never lost?"

"How can an informal game count!"

"Hehe......"

These two guys...... Lu Luxin swiped WeChat on the sofa, too lazy to care about them.

"Mr. Zhou, Ms. Lu, the Yellow River Group has upgraded your room, and it has been upgraded from two high-level standard rooms to a presidential room, can you check in directly?"

The beautiful manager's gaze at Zhou Dong was more gentle, out of professional requirements, she had to run back to confirm Zhou Dong and Lu Luxin's opinions, not only did she not feel troubled, but she was very happy, I really hope that she can serve this handsome guest a few more times.

"Presidential Suite? We're two people. Zhou Dong frowned.

&nbp. ”

Lu Luxin looked at Zhou Dong blankly, why are you more reactive than the old lady?

This is the president's set, living two people is not the same as playing, can we not be so dirty?

"Mr. Zhou, the presidential suite is very large, and if you want to divide it, the guests only need to lock the inner door, anyway, there is a bathroom in each room of the presidential suite. ”

"That's not good, it's better to exchange back to two standard rooms, please refund me the difference in cash." ”

Zhou Dong calculated, the private hall and the big wine vat have not yet opened, there is no money to make at present, and the annual salary is basically given to the mother......

"Uh, sir, are you sure you want to do that?"

The beautiful manager's eyes widened, it was the first time she had met a guest in the presidential suit who made such a request.

“......”

Huai Liang and Lu Luxin covered their foreheads, really wanting to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Although the beautiful manager was puzzled by the professionalism cultivated over the years, she still helped the two quickly go through the procedures for changing rooms, Zhou Dong happily took a stack of Xiangjiang coins and two tag-like things from her hand, and was stunned: "What is this?"

"Sir, our hotel will take care of the check-in matters of this year's Xiangjiang Food Competition, and also issue identity certificates, which are the judges' certificates for you and Ms. Lu. ”

"Judges?"

Zhou Dong was stunned for a moment, he didn't even rank the seed contestants, when did he become a judge?

"Hehe, I knew you would be strange, put it away, these two judges' cards are yours, it won't be wrong, I'll tell you the reason when I get to the room. ”

Huai Liangren smiled and looked at Zhou Dong's room card: "Coincidentally, we just live in the opposite door......"

After listening to Huai Liangren's story, Zhou Dong and Lu Luxin suddenly realized.

According to the rules of this year's Hong Kong Food Competition, some contestants also had the opportunity to be addicted to the judges.

However, their judgery status will only be valid during the pre-selection stage of the competition.

Zhu Yanping once said that the qualifying stage of the competition will be divided into China, island countries, Smida countries, Europe, Australia, the United States and Africa and several additional zones, and after entering the qualifiers, there will be two major zones entering the competition every day.

Because of the large number of contestants, the organizing committee is not allowed to use group round-robin or knockout rounds for the whole process, so the qualifiers adopt a scoring system for public judges and professional judges.

For example, when the competition starts in Huaxia, contestants from other regions who do not have a competition on the day will serve as professional judges, and editors, reporters, and lucky passers-by of the special food issues invited to the competition will serve as public judges. The judges can take care of three meals a day in the competition area, and it is the contestants of the day who serve the meals.

'Professional judges' like Zhou Dong have three points in their hands, and the public judges have one point, and they need to vote for the most satisfying food of the day, and when the competition is over, the scores of the contestants will be counted to determine the gold, silver and bronze awards in the region.

In fact, these are all in the description of the competition system, but Zhou Dong and Lu Luxin are both guys who don't like to learn, so they know that they come to participate in the competition, how can they waste time on such a boring thing as understanding the rules of the game?

"Does that sound a bit sloppy?

Let the players rate the players, and the players will give points to their imaginary opponents, which may cause unfair results, right?"

Zhou Dong's first thought is the dog family, he has never seen the dog Jing Zhai, but he has learned all kinds of off-the-board tricks of the dog Erlang, if he is in the game, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the dog to give him the score with his conscience, right? After all, there are only three points in people's hands, and there is a reason to give it to anyone.

"Hehe, no rule can guarantee absolute fairness.

Compared with having several judges control the fate of the contestants, it will be fairer to use this method to increase the number of judges and increase the score base of the contestants.

After all, the larger the base of the score, the more subjective unfairness can be minimized......"

Huai Liangren said with a smile: "And not any contestant is qualified to be a judge in the preliminaries, and the organizing committee of the competition has also selected a contestant with a high reputation and no stain as a judge."

For example, you, the king of Chinese noodles, the god of Chinese wine, and the famous Hua Yidao of Lu Anvil are all people with heads and faces in the industry, so you always have to take care of your reputation, right?"

Lu Luxin nodded and said, "It's still fair, by the way, when is our Huaxia District playing?"

"Okay, you two don't know what it is, so you're here to compete?"

Huai Liangren was speechless: "The participating chefs from all over the world have a two-day rest and then start the preliminaries.

The preliminaries are divided into four days, the first day is a few play-off competitions, basically nothing to see, you can go if you want to evaluate, if you don't want to evaluate, you can go to sweep the street to see the scenery, and the organizing committee will not force it.

The next day is the Australian-American-African competition, and there are not many highlights, but it will be very interesting if the African buddies take down the Meiya, and I have already decided that I would rather vote for the black buddies and the 'kangaroos' than take care of the Meiya.

Anyway, their hot dogs, pizza, and turkey are either fast food or rammed goods in my opinion, so I'm not ashamed of that. ”

Lu Luxin smiled knowingly.

She and Huai Liangren's views are actually similar, and she can't understand why the beautiful guy doesn't eat so many kinds of chickens, why she must eat the fishy and firewood turkey, just because the turkey is enough?

Participating in this kind of international food competition, Chinese chefs have a natural sense of superiority, and this sense of superiority comes very objectively.

"The third day was the qualifying division between Europe and Smecta countries, divided into zones A and B, so they couldn't judge each other.

The fourth day is the qualifying division between our Huaxia and the island country, and it is also divided into AB area, so Inuyang Jingzhai can't eat the food you made Zhou Dong in advance......"

Huai Liangren explained for a long time to the two curious babies, and said with a little headache: "The content of the qualifiers has been given in advance, I guess you haven't watched it, right?"

Participating chefs are required to make breakfast, lunch and dinner, which can be tasted and scored by professional and public judges.

There are no special requirements for players from other districts, as long as they meet the definition of breakfast, lunch and dinner, but there is an additional condition or opportunity for chefs in Huaxia District.

Chefs in Huaxia District, as long as they are not from Hong Kong, can add 'Taste of Hong Kong' to breakfast, lunch and dinner.

However, if the Hong Kong cuisine is not up to standard, 10% of the points will be deducted from the competition.

If you can make a good Hong Kong food that meets the standards, the score of the competition will be increased by an additional 10%. ”

Lu Lu Xinqi said: "Why does the organizing committee make such a request to Huaxia chefs?"

"Xiangjiang is originally the land of China, but as a Chinese chef who doesn't understand Xiangjiang cuisine, it is not very unjust to be subtracted by 10% of the score, right?"

Huai Liangren said with a smile: "Just like the chef of your Su cuisine, of course, you have to achieve the top level of Su cuisine in order to meet your identity, but you must at least meet the standards of Dalu Sichuan cuisine like boiled fish, otherwise, how can you deserve a gold award?"

Of course, if Zhou Dong has not learned the practice of Xiangjiang cuisine and various delicacies before, I advise you not to work hard.

Xiangjiang cuisine has its own uniqueness, and I don't doubt that with your talent, you can learn it in two days, but if you just learn it and achieve a standard level, how can you be my opponent?"

Zhou Dong glanced at him lightly: "You are not my opponent. ”

Huai Liangren smiled: "I know, we are friends, but we can also compete healthily." ”

"That's not what I meant. ”

Zhou Dong shook his head: "You are my defeated subordinate." ”

Huai Liangren: "...... MMP, you're not done!"

He looked at his watch with some annoyance: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with a guy with low emotional intelligence like you, it's time for dinner, I suggest you don't eat the hotel's free dinner, the chef here is very average."

So, I have a party with a few European celebrity chefs at a western restaurant in Central, and everyone will show their hands and communicate with each other, so you two will come with me, right?

By the way, the German 'King of Pigs' is also there, and it is also good for Zhou Dong to touch the depth of his strength in advance, and he is likely to become our opponent in the final stage. ”

"Don't go. ”

Zhou Dong shook his head decisively: "Do you know why I am wearing sportswear and sneakers?"

"You know, hardwear athletes?"

"No, I'm going to sweep the streets. This is Wan Chai, so let's sweep it up from Causeway Bay. ”

Zhou Dong glanced at Lu Luxin: "Why don't you go to Central with Huailiangren?"

"No, I'm more interested in street sweeping. ”

Lu Luxin said with a smile.

She is also the first time to come to Xiangjiang, can she be considered to have been to Xiangjiang if she doesn't sweep the streets, and how can she post a circle of friends to show off to those little hooves in the male god group?

Huai Liangren looked at Zhou Dong and suddenly snapped his fingers: "Good proposal, I decided not to go to Central, and I will go to sweep the streets with you!"

Zhou Dong: "......"