After this trip, it was already noon, and Xu Xincheng took them out of the company's office building and came to the staff cafeteria building next door.

The company will have foreign guests to visit from time to time, and in order to provide employees with more choices and richer dishes, according to the requirements of General Manager Li, in addition to Chinese food, the cafeteria also has some Western dishes.

David and Josh only took Western food, while Peter, Rose, Jogesh, Lee, and Owen took Chinese food, saying they wanted to try Chinese food and learn to eat with chopsticks.

They were both using chopsticks for the first time, and each of them would drop their chopsticks once or twice at first, and David and Josh laughed and persuaded them to switch to knives and forks, but they were so excited that they insisted on eating with chopsticks.

In the second half of the meal, they have basically mastered the skills of holding chopsticks, although they are still very unskilled, and it takes a lot of effort to hold the chopsticks when picking up the dishes, but there is no situation of falling off the chopsticks.

From this, it can be seen that Peter and the five of them are full of curiosity about new things, willing to try new things, brave to take on new challenges, and good at learning and mastering new skills quickly.

Xu Xincheng takes the easiest dishes to eat, and the portions are small, and he does this every time he accompanies a visiting guest to eat, so that he can greet the guest while eating, and he can eat quickly.

During the meal, in addition to teaching them how to use chopsticks by hand, he also told them several interesting stories about chopsticks.

Rose, who was sitting next to him, suddenly got excited, and she smiled and said to everyone, "Guys, I just came up with a good idea. A little game， let’s play it and have some fun.” ("Guys, I just had a great idea.") A little game, let's play together and have fun together. ”）

Rose points to the meatballs on her plate and introduces her "little game".

She proposes a meatball eating contest to see who can eat more quickly. At her instigation, Peter, Jogesh and Owen decided to compete.

Rose smiled and said to Xu Xincheng, "We need a judge." ("We need a referee.") ”）

Xu Xincheng saw that the four of them had begun to gear up and showed great interest, so he readily agreed, and personally went to the food place to get fish and meatballs for them, and he took out all the remaining meatballs in the holding oven and counted them, a total of 22.

The reason why he only takes fish meatballs is because from his profile, he knows that Jogesh is of Indian origin, and Indians don't eat beef, and many people don't even eat pork. Before he got up to get the meatballs, he also checked with him, and sure enough, he didn't eat beef and pork, so he asked Rose and the other three for advice, and everyone agreed to use only fish meatballs to compete.

When dealing with foreigners, in addition to respecting their religious beliefs and folk culture, it is also necessary to pay special attention to their eating habits and understand their dietary preferences and taboos. There is no trivial matter in the so-called diplomacy, and there is no trivial matter when dealing with foreign guests in the company, and only by being cautious and attentive everywhere can we ensure that everyone gets along happily and harmoniously.

Xu Xincheng put the plate full of fish and meatballs on the table, looked at the four people, and said that in order to ensure the fairness and justice of the game, he felt that it was necessary to formulate perfect rules for the competition. All four agreed.

He thought about it for a moment, and soon came up with ten rules, and he has always been thoughtful and logical, which is one of his strengths.

He explained to them in detail the following rules:

1. Before the start of the game, the chopsticks are placed diagonally on the edge of the plate;

Second, the palms of both hands are pressed flat on the dining table, and only after the game starts, can you start holding chopsticks;

3. The whole process can only be clipped, not poked with chopsticks;

Fourth, the whole process can not be assisted by bowls or soup spoons and other tableware;

5. You can only hold chopsticks with one hand during the whole process, and the other hand cannot assist;

6. Do not deliberately influence others throughout the process;

7. Meatballs cannot be dropped after being clamped out of the plate;

8. One point will be deducted for each violation of more than one rule;

9. Based on the meatballs eaten, each meatball is counted as one point;

10. The person with the highest cumulative score is the winner.

Xu Xincheng took a napkin, took out the pen he carried with him, and prepared to record everyone's score. He drew a four-square grid on the paper, and wrote Peter, Rose, Jogesh, and Owen in each of the four squares according to the orientation of the four people.

He told the four that he would draw a small horizontal line in their respective grids for any extra points, and a small diagonal line on the outside of their grids for all points deducted.

As the competition was about to begin, the four players were doing their final warm-up movements, only to see them loosen their shoulders and arms, rubbing their palms and fingers for a while, looking like they were actively preparing for the fight.

They pressed their palms flat on the table, their eyes glued to the referee, ready to go.

Seeing that the four were ready to go, Xu Xincheng announced, "The game will start in 3 seconds." ("The game starts in three seconds.") ”）

“Three， two， one. Go.” （“3，2，1。 Begin. ”）

Hearing the referee's order, the four contestants started to pick up the chopsticks at the same time, only to see Peter, Rose, and Owen pick up the chopsticks almost at the same time, but Jogesh accidentally dropped one of them, and he reflexively picked up the chopsticks with his other hand.

He immediately said, "Jogesh, deduct one point." ("Jogesh, deduct one point.") At the same time, draw a small diagonal line on the outside of his square.

Jogesh looked a little annoyed, but he couldn't care so much anymore, he quickly held his chopsticks steady and reached them into the plate to hold the meatballs. At this time, Peter and Rose had each put a meatball in their mouths and were chewing vigorously, and at the same time they had reached for their chopsticks to the plate again.

Hui drew a small horizontal line in each of Peter and Rose's squares.

After a few attempts, Jogesh finally picked up the first meatball, and by the time he carefully put it into his mouth, Peter had already put the second meatball in his mouth, and Rose was already chewing the second meatball and had reached into the plate with his chopsticks and started to clip the third.

Owen was still trying to pick up the first meatball, and he had slammed it a dozen times, but he couldn't hold the slippery fish meatball because he was pushing too hard. Finally, in a fit of rage, he poked the meatball that had been playing tricks on him with his chopsticks, shoved it into his mouth, and chewed it as if to retaliate for its tricks on him.

He drew a small diagonal line on the outside of Owen's square, and then a small horizontal line on the inside, while saying, "Owen, deduct one point, and score one point." ("Owen, deduct one point first, then get one point.") ”）

Owen didn't react, and continued to chew on the meatball that had clearly offended him.

At this time, Peter and Rose each scored two points and were already in the lead, forming the first echelon, while Jogesh and Owen both scored one point and deducted one point, and were already at a significant disadvantage.