Chapter 507: Judging Day (Part I)

Although many people are paying attention to today's judging results, Xiao Ping, who is in the middle of the whirlpool, is very calm. When Jessica, who had been in a hurry overnight last night, arrived at the hotel where Xiao Ping was staying, he was sitting on the balcony of his suite enjoying today's breakfast.

Xiao Ping asked for scrambled eggs and fried bacon for breakfast, and when he saw Jessica come in, he complained to her dissatisfiedly: "This egg is really unpalatable, far from the green-shell eggs in the farm." Also a 5 star hotel, what a disappointment......"

Seeing that Xiao Ping still had the heart to complain about the taste of eggs at this time, Jessica couldn't help but caress her forehead and said, "Please, is this the question you should be concerned about now? Today is the judging day, this is related to your bet with Lorenzo!"

"Rest assured. Xiao Ping stood up with a smile, kissed Jessica on the smooth cheek and said, "Women are too worried about getting old, you don't want to have wrinkles on your face, right?"

Jessica was not in the mood to joke, so she pushed Xiao Ping away angrily and said: "Don't forget that the De Niro family is a famous truffle seller in the world, don't be careless! I heard from a friend at the airport that a private plane of the De Niro family landed at the New York airport early this morning. That plane flew straight from Florence, Italy, and it was carrying a big black box, you know what I mean?"

"I see. Xiao Ping held his chin and said solemnly: "It is convenient to have a private jet, and you can fly to all parts of the world at any time." Actually, I'm planning to buy one, and when you go on vacation, we can go wherever we want!"

Completely speechless by Xiao Ping's words, Jessica choked for a while before she said helplessly: "The point is not the plane, it's the cargo transported by the plane! This is obviously the top truffle urgently transported by the De Niro family." In order to defeat you on today's judging day!"

Xiao Ping shrugged indifferently and said, "So that's what you said." Rest assured, in another hundred years, the De Niro family will not find a better truffle than mine. You stayed up late again yesterday. Get a good night's sleep with me today and let me know the good news when I come back!"

Although Xiao Ping's concern made Jessica very happy. But she still shook her head stubbornly and said: "No, I want to go with you, I must know the result of the Tao as soon as possible!"

Xiao Ping also knew that Jessica had a strong and independent personality, and since she decided to follow her to the fair, it was useless to say anything. So Xiao Ping didn't talk nonsense, just took a glass of milk and gave it to Jessica: "Okay, but you have to drink this glass of milk first, you have been busy all night, you should replenish some energy." ”

Jessica enjoyed Xiao Ping's care. gave him a charming smile and drank the milk in one gulp. After reaching the end, the American chick didn't forget to slowly lick off the residual milk on her sexy lips, which was really as tempting as it was, and it almost made Xiao Ping unable to hold back. If it weren't for Jessica's repeated urging, he would have almost dragged the American chick into the bedroom to fight three hundred rounds first.

In the end, Xiao Ping, under Jessica's urging, hurried to the exhibition hall, and finally did not arrive late. Judging day is different from previous days, and today only the jury will be allowed to enter the pavilion. Apart from the jury of more than a dozen people, there were no other visitors in the huge pavilion. So it seems empty.

All the participants in the expo stood by their respective booths, nervously waiting for the arrival of the jury. Among the exhibitors, Xiao Ping was probably the only one who was the most relaxed, leaning on the booth diagonally. Some were boredly tugging at the leaves of an American celery, waiting for the judging panel to arrive.

Jessica, who was with Xiao Ping, was a little uneasy, and stood on tiptoe from time to time to look in the direction of the jury. I wonder when they will arrive. When he looked back and saw Xiao Ping's lazy appearance, he couldn't help but step on his shiny leather shoes with hatred.

Xiao Ping, who was stepped on, realized. My attitude is indeed too lax. He smiled embarrassedly at Jessica and straightened up with a serious expression. But it didn't take long for Xiao Ping to return to his old self. Jean Jessica had to remind him again.

The small movements of the two of them as if they were playing a game were all seen by Lorenzo in the booth opposite, which made him hate itchy. The De Niro family couldn't figure out why Jessica would take a fancy to that Chinese, but she didn't feel anything about herself.

However, when Lorenzo remembered the truffles he had just arrived, he was in a slightly better mood. It contained the best truffles he had found with all the strength of his family. Even the family's truffle experts were full of praise for it, saying that it was the most perfect truffle he had ever seen in his career.

Lorenzo was confident in these truffles and felt that he would be able to defeat Xiao Ping on the other side. As long as he wins the judging that will start in a while, it will not only make Xiao Ping lose face, but also force him to quit the truffle business from now on, which is equivalent to removing a threat for the family. Although Lorenzo would not be naïve to think that as long as he defeated Xiao Ping, he could win Jessica's heart, but at least he could blow Xiao Ping out of a bad breath, right?

While Lorenzo wondered how he would mock Xiao Ping after his victory, the jury was also working intensely. The judges passed by the booths and looked at the exhibits with critical eyes. Exhibits that were a little worse looking, unacceptable, and not fresh enough were eliminated first.

This step alone has eliminated more than half of the exhibits. For the exhibits that pass the visual inspection, the members of the jury will conduct a second round of inspection. Different types of exhibits have different standard requirements, as long as there is a little obvious flaw, it will also be eliminated.

After these two rounds of screening, 90% of the exhibits have been eliminated. The remaining 10% or so of the exhibits will be honored to enter the final judging session, where the members of the jury will carefully evaluate the exhibits, and then award the gold, silver and bronze awards according to different categories.

While almost all exhibitors would consider their exhibits to be the best, no one ever questioned the jury's decision. It is important to know that the judging panel is made up of renowned chefs, gourmets, food critics and a number of experts who study ingredients, all of whom are highly respected in this circle. The jury composed of them made an absolute authority and no one will be unconvinced.

When the jury came to Xiao Ping's booth, they all felt that their eyes were bright. Although I don't know what the taste of the exhibition in front of Lu Dao is, the appearance is definitely the most beautiful. A group of people gathered around Xiao Ping's booth to observe carefully, and after making sure that these vegetables and fruits were not artificial, they were all amazed and did not hide their admiration at all.

Xiao Ping was neither humble nor arrogant to introduce his exhibits to the jury, and did not forget to insert two witty words in the middle, which amused several members of the jury and relieved a lot of tension.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ping participated in the expo for the first time and had such a free performance, and Jessica and Ramsey, who were watching, were a little surprised. It is important to know that the members of the judging panel are all well-known, and even the veteran exhibitors will be a little reserved in the face of them. But Xiao Ping didn't have such a situation at all, and talked to these people as usual, which made the atmosphere harmonious.

Of course, Jessica and Ramsar don't know what to do, but Xiao Ping has seen the leaders of the country. No matter how big these judges are, their aura will not be stronger than Chen Lao, right? How could Xiao Ping have stage fright in front of them?

The jury lingered in front of Xiao Ping's booth for a long time before going to see the rest of the booths. As soon as the jury left, Xiao Ping made an "OK" gesture to Jessica, indicating that everything was fine.

Of course, Jessica can also see that the jury is very interested in Xiao Ping's exhibits, and will definitely enter the final selection stage. The happy American chick hugged Xiao Ping and gave him a long kiss, and Lorenzo looked at him with jealousy and hatred.

After the jury looked at all the booths, they quickly gave the booth numbers that entered the final selection, and Xiao Ping was naturally listed among them without any suspense.

Staff will help carry the exhibits to the middle of the exhibition hall, and the jury will select the gold, silver and bronze awards from the various categories of ingredients.

The focus of the final round of selection is, of course, on the taste of the ingredients. For Xiao Ping, there are both positive and negative factors. The good thing is of course that the vegetables can be eaten casually, but it is more difficult to try the river eel and abalone, which are mainly popular in Asia and are not necessarily made by the chefs of the fair's organizers.

In fact, just as Xiao Ping was worried, a staff member soon came to tell him that the sample of river eel and abalone had been canceled. However, all the vegetables were selected for the tasting session, which can be regarded as a little compensation made by the jury to Xiao Ping.

However, to everyone's surprise, the jury did not mention truffles from beginning to end, as if they had forgotten about the ingredient that is known as one of the three major delicacies in the world. However, the De Niro family, who had come to the fair to promote truffles, did not raise any objections, and the other exhibitors were all wisely silent.

Everyone thought that this must have something to do with the De Niro family's bet, and the organizing committee apparently made changes to the truffle judging process because of this. As a result, everyone became more and more interested in the final results of the truffle review, and they all wanted to know who the final victory of the truffle belonged to.

In anticipation of everyone, the members of the jury began to rate the ingredients they tasted. All the evaluations were quickly summarized to the organizing committee of the expo, and after intense statistics, the final judging results were finally out.

As the chairman of the organizing committee, Ramsey, dressed in a snow-white chef's uniform, took the results to the podium in the middle of the exhibition hall and said in his trademark loud voice: "Now it is up to me to announce the final judging results of this expo, but first of all, please applaud all the exhibitors, being eligible to participate in this expo is a great achievement in itself!"

Although Ram was slightly conceited in his words, he was also approved by everyone present. The hall burst into applause, which lasted for a short time before falling silent. Everyone subconsciously held their breath and waited for Ramsey to announce the final results. (To be continued.) )