On the second day, Wu Ming woke up very early, walked to the next room and knocked on the door, only to find that Gu Xingzhi woke up earlier than him, if he could pass today's preliminary round, he would have to rush to the magic capital immediately to participate in the next stage of the semi-finals, Wu Ming felt that compared to the previous auditions, Gu Xingzhi was obviously much more cautious this time, not as casual as the previous one.

The group came to the arena and found that although the number of contestants today was much smaller than during the audition, the level of the competition was much improved, so this time, the number of spectators and media who came to watch the game was significantly higher than last time.

Last time, it was a three-course assessment of noodles and hot dishes, but this time the topic of the competition is soup.

The title of the competition was temporarily issued before the start of the competition, and the materials were also provided by the organizing committee, Wu Ming and Bai Bin accompanied Gu Xingzhi to get the materials, but found that the materials this time seemed to be far inferior to the ones that Gu Xingzhi got when he participated in the competition last time.

At that time, Gu Xingzhi had a so-called special card, but Gu Xingzhi didn't pay much attention to it at that time, and casually handed over the special card to the young man named Cai Mingjun, I don't know if it was because the organizing committee was too lazy to pat Gu Xingzhi's ass or what the reason, this time Gu Xingzhi was provided with just some ordinary materials.

"I'll go, can this thing make soup?" Bai Bin saw this thing, and immediately frowned: "It's beef, but there is beef brisket in it, beef tendon, and it seems to have tenderloin, and the most exaggerated thing is that there is also half a beef leg bone in it, this is simply a hodgepodge, could it be that other people's leftovers are picked and picked and provided to us." ”

Wu Ming also felt a little wrong: "Yes, what kind of stuff is this, Lao Tzu himself won't take these hodgepodges when he stews soup at home, Chef Gu, it won't be someone who preserves you." ”

Gu Xingzhi frowned: "Okay, you can do whatever people give, in my opinion, the fairness of this competition is okay, and it is strange that you don't see the materials they got." ”

"Then what are you going to do?" Wu Ming and Bai Bin asked with a frown.

Gu Xingzhi thought for a while: "I have a way, so let's do it, you two, build the cow, the brisket and the tenderloin, according to the ratio of two to two, chop it into minced meat, and then beat it with a wooden mallet to try to achieve the effect of gumming, I am going to make a bowl of beef ball soup." ”

"Beef ball soup?" Bai Bin asked.

"Yes, did they say that they couldn't take it with you this time, you will be responsible for helping me deal with the cow balls, which is mainly manual work, and there is not much requirement for your proficiency. Gu Xingzhi said: "I'll be in charge of boiling the soup base." ”

On a small operating table, Wu Ming and Bai Bin held the begged mallet in their hands, first divided the meat with a kitchen knife, then chopped it into something like meat filling, and finally beat it continuously with the mallet.

"You have to stop. Gu Xingzhi said while mixing the soup: "The interval between them should not exceed twenty seconds, otherwise the effect of gluing will be very affected, by the way, Wu Ming, can you help me get some freshly ground white pepper." ”

Wu Ming nodded: "Okay, you wait, I'll see who has it, I'll go find him." ”

Just as he was about to walk away, at this time, two administrators of the organizing committee came over: "I'm sorry, the requirement of the preliminary competition is that you can only use the ingredients provided by the organizing committee, and you can't exchange them with each other and give away materials." ”

Wu Ming was taken aback: "Please, even so, you can prepare enough materials for it, just these things, lack of salt and vinegar, how can you let us participate." ”

"Okay Wu Ming, don't say it. Gu Xingzhi said: "This kind of competition is indeed like this. ”

Wu Ming had no choice but to swallow his anger and follow Bai Bin and continue to beat the beef minced, he and Bai Bin fought like this for nearly an hour, and Gu Xingzhi put the soup base on the pot and used the beef bone broth to hang the flavor.

"Alright, let's take our turns. Gu Xingzhi said, and took the gavel from Wu Ming's hand: "Wu Ming, you take a rest first." ”

After speaking, Gu Xingzhi and Bai Bin continued to compete against the pair of beef filling, and at this time, there was still an hour left before the end of the game.

"The hardest part of today was the seasoning. Gu Xingzhi said while beating the beef: "The biggest advantage of beef is that it has a good taste and unique taste, but the bloody smell of beef itself is a problem.

So usually I use white pepper to enhance the taste, but today I don't have everything, and I'm worried that the beef balls we make will lose points in taste even if they taste great. ”

Seeing that the time passed minute by minute, the three of them kept busy, and in the end, Wu Ming saw that Gu Xingzhi was like a juggler constantly kneading the gummed beef filling into small meat balls and putting them into the soup pot with the waves.

In just half a minute, Gu Xingzhi hurriedly got up the pot, and Wu Ming leaned over and smelled it: "Wow, it's so fragrant." ”

Who knows, as soon as Wu Ming said that it was fragrant, Gu Xingzhi's expression became not very good: "Is it very strong?"

"yes, the fragrance is strong, obvious. Wu Ming said.

Gu Xingzhi took a deep breath: "The stronger the fragrance, the stronger the fishy smell in the aftertaste...... It's a pity, this dish should be able to pass today, but I'm afraid the score won't be too high.

In that case......"

Wu Ming understood immediately, of course he was not worried that Gu Xingzhi would not even be able to pass the preliminary round, but the purpose of his taking Gu Xingzhi to participate in the competition this time was to shock the world, if the score was too low in the preliminary round and he passed the test with a low score, I am afraid it would have a great impact on his future publicity.

At this time, there were already judges who began to test and score along the operating tables on both sides.

Suddenly, Wu Ming had an idea: "I think I have a way." ”

After speaking, Wu Ming directly took out a small bottle from his pocket: "Be careful, drop two drops of the contents into it, it doesn't need too much, it should be useful." ”

"What is this?" Gu Xingzhi asked.

Wu Ming didn't say anything, and directly handed over the things to Bai Bin: "Hurry up, I'll help you block the camera, and your hands and feet will be sharp." ”

Although Gu Xingzhi didn't know what it was, he knew that Wu Ming would definitely not mess around, so he hurriedly stood aside to block the judges' sight, Bai Bin hurriedly poured some of the liquid inside, and then hid the bottle in his pocket.

As soon as he finished doing this, the judge walked to the side: "Well, it tastes very good." ”

Gu Xingzhi nodded, also frowned, and the judges smiled: "Actually, even if the score is not high today, you don't have to mind, everyone knows very well that it is because of the limitation of materials." ”

Gu Xingzhi didn't speak, the judge picked up a soup spoon, rinsed it with tea, gently scooped up a spoonful of soup, and slowly sucked it into his mouth.

Immediately after, the judges closed their eyes and began to taste slowly, and after a while, the judges suddenly opened their eyes: "How did you do it!"

Gu Xingzhi was taken aback, and after a pause, he saw that the judges suddenly laughed, and laughed a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too excited just now, this must be your secret recipe, I actually opened my mouth How did you do it."

I don't know what you did, but your soup is so successful, and there is a very special aroma in it, I think you must have done some special treatment in the process of making the soup base, right?"

Gu Xingzhi was stunned, to be honest, he could only give this soup a score of 60 points today, but he didn't expect that this judge would say so many beautiful words, which surprised Gu Xingzhi.

After the judges finished speaking, they still couldn't get enough of shaking up a spoonful of soup from it, and after tasting it for a while, they said congratulations in a row, gave a high score of 90 points, and then walked away to the next tasting.

Gu Xingzhi took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead instead: "Wu Ming, what is that?"

Wu Mingleng paused, and before he could speak, he heard Gu Xingzhi say: "I originally thought that we wouldn't have a chance to clear the customs today." ”

Wu Mingyi frowned: "Didn't you say that the worst is a sixty-point customs clearance?

"It's because I just thought too little. Gu Xingzhi said: "The second game is the preliminary round, and this game is strictly in accordance with the competition system limited by the materials, that is, how many materials are sent to you, you can only use these materials to participate."

If you use more materials, you will be judged to cheat, and you will lose the qualification for the competition and will not be able to advance, so I was worried that if you put some special spices in it, although it can add color to the flavor of this soup, it will be discovered by the other party. ”

Wu Mingleng for a moment, and saw that Gu Xingzhi himself had also tasted it, and then frowned and thought about it: "Wu Ming, the thing you just put in is very special, it doesn't have any flavor in itself, but it can make the beef soup develop its strengths and avoid weaknesses, and the fragrance is stronger, and it also removes those fishy smells, what is this?"

Only then did Wu Ming realize that he had just been crooked, and the elixir itself was not a condiment, but it could give full play to the taste of the ingredients themselves, which only he knew so far.

Wu Ming was thinking about what to say, Gu Xingzhi couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and directly took the small bottle just now from Bai Bin's hand, and after taking a look, he said in surprise: "Isn't this the potion you used for me to treat my tongue?"

Wu Ming nodded: "That's the case, this thing does have this effect, I just forgot to tell you." ”

Gu Xingzhi nodded: "I didn't expect this thing to have such a magical effect, it's really amazing." ”

After finishing speaking, the three of them realized that there was finally no danger today, and they finally cleared the customs with a high score, which was considered to have met Wu Ming's requirements.

On the way out of the arena, the three of them saw a somewhat familiar figure sitting on the steps outside the arena, with his head down, as if he was very lost.

Wu Ming walked to the side and took a look, only to find that it was none other than that Gu Xingzhi's super die-hard fan, Cai Mingjun.

Unlike the previous audition, the jubilant look, Cai Mingjun looked very lost at this time, Wu Ming couldn't help but walked over: "Xiao Cai?"

Cai Mingjun raised his head in surprise: "Mr. Wu...... Chef Gu! You ...... You must have cleared the level with a high score. ”

Wu Ming nodded: "It's okay, it's a high-score clearance, what about you?"

When Cai Mingjun heard Wu Ming say this, he directly lowered his head deeply: "I'm ...... today Didn't pass the level. ”

Gu Xingzhi snorted: "I see that your level is about the same, that is, the level of passing an audition, and being brushed down in the preliminary round, it is normal, okay Wu Ming, let's go." ”

Seeing that Gu Xingzhi was about to leave, Wu Ming's heart suddenly moved: "Chef Gu, please wait." ”

(End of chapter)