After coming out of the hospital, Chen Chen hurried to the Yuanqian Hotel, where today's work was still waiting for him. The hotel's food festival is also spreading word of mouth, and business is booming day by day.

Every day, in order to be able to come and eat Chen Chen's dishes within a limited time, many customers book their seats in the first few days, not only that, but they also come very early that day, starting at five o'clock in the evening, and they come to sit at four o'clock, as if they are afraid that others will take their seats. Of course, another reason for coming early is that the number of people is full every day, and those who are behind may not be able to eat.

So to sum up, it is more likely to come and eat early.

There are two external chefs in the Yuanqian Hotel, the external chef with a blue brim is called Shao Yang, and the external chef with a red brim is called Peter. These two people belong to the same Cantonese cuisine, and I heard that they are still powerful masters.

For Chen Chen's current achievements, the two of them have long been unaccustomed to it, obviously he is a person who can't even put on the plate, and he has to ask others to help him make dishes, and at first glance he is a person who can't get on the table of a five-star hotel.

Why let him be the chef, the dishes he makes look like he has no appetite, it's just dark cuisine just by looking at the shape. In addition to the smell is okay, I really don't dare to compliment.

The two of them have not tasted it, not so much that they don't want to taste it, but that they don't care to taste it. They despise a small helper who can become a chef so easily, and at such a young age, he still takes such a dish that can't be put on the table.

In the past, the two couldn't look down on each other, but when Chen Chen came, the two couldn't help but have a feeling of "sympathy for each other" and hated Chen Chen together.

"Peter, look, here we go again." Shao Yang tilted his head at the door.

Peter raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the door, and Chen Chen walked in from the door with a thermos box.

Peter scoffed, "See how long he can be proud, just his dark cuisine." ”

"It's just that the seniority is not as old as ours, and the dishes don't even look good, so I don't know what those customers and Yan always think."

The two looked at Chen Chen with contempt.

Chen Chen just walked to the kitchen door and sneezed, Chen Chen rubbed his nose, is this going to catch a cold?

In order to save face last time, Yan Shu personally called Mr. Qinghe to invite him to come to the hotel again, but at first, when the old man heard that it was the Aisen Hotel, he directly refused his invitation, and hung up the phone as quickly as possible.

The old gentleman is quite authoritative in the food industry, and he can drive the hobby of most of the people with one sentence, which Yan Shu is convinced of. Although Aisen's "Food Festival" planning is doing well now, and its reputation in the surrounding area is rising, Yan Shu hopes to use the fastest speed to increase Aisen's popularity, cover the previous □□, and open a new chapter.

And at this moment, the right to speak for Aisen, he has to give Aisen the lowest evaluation because of Li Huan, if the old gentleman can come forward again to correct Aisen's name, it will be more convincing than anyone else.

So, Yan Shu persevered in dialing Qing He's phone, and then was shirked by a few words, and he was not angry, he was asking for help, and his attitude naturally had to be correct.

Good things naturally have to go through some sad twists and turns to obtain, Yan Shu held the mobile phone and shook his head helplessly. From Li Huan replacing Chen Chen to now Chen Chen taking charge alone, this is called twists and turns. Since he can stabilize the affairs of Li Huan and Chen Chen, he can still wait if he invites Qing He.

Like the previous two days, Yan Shu deliberately chose to call before the lunch break, Qing He was obviously irritable, and his tone was particularly bad: "You kid, can you stop bothering me all the time, is the president of the hotel very idle every day?" ”

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you again, but you also know my purpose, as long as you agree, I will definitely not bother again." Yan Shu's tone was full of respect, but it also eased Qing He's violent temper, and the cruel words that came to his mouth were swallowed again.

Qing He was helpless: "Okay, okay, I'm not interested in your dark cuisine, don't bother me again." "I have the heart to change the number, if I hadn't used it for so many years, I wouldn't have been too lazy to change it.

"Old gentleman, aren't you curious, last time Aisen made a fool of himself, how could I still have the confidence to come to you, naturally I have enough strength. The last time it was just a misunderstanding, it was some little tricks of the kitchen staff, and I can explain it completely. If you are not satisfied, I promise that I will never bother you again for the rest of my life. ”

Yan Shu's oath made Qing He hesitate, he also came all the way from his youth, in fact, he didn't cook by himself. Therefore, when he first became a food critic, he was ridiculed by all parties, and now he has become a food vane under great pressure, and only he understands the tastes of each.

Qing He was silent for about fifteen seconds, and Yan Shu waited nervously.

"Okay, I promise you, this is the last chance, don't bother me in the future. Respect the old and love the young, do you understand, always harassing people, bad habits. ”

Yan Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a joyful tone: "Thank you, old man, do you have time tomorrow morning?" I immediately asked someone to book a plane ticket for you, and you should be able to arrive at noon. ”

"Who sues you and I am in Taiwan, I will be in the city next door to you, and I will come by myself tomorrow." After Qing He finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone and didn't give Yan Shu a chance to speak. He won't admit it, today he accidentally saw someone on Weibo sharing the news and photos of the Aisen Hotel Food Festival, he was a little curious, and it happened that Yan Shu insisted on calling and gave him a step to join in the fun.

After getting Qing He's consent, Yan Shu immediately called the secretary and instructed: "Tell the people below to sit down and get ready, I invited the old gentleman to evaluate Aisen again, especially Chen Chen, you let him prepare well and work overtime at noon tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Mr. Yan." The female secretary nodded and stepped back.

Yan Shu's movements paused, and stopped her: "Okay, Chen Chen, I will inform you personally, and you can look at the rest of the arrangements." ”

The female secretary glanced at Yan Shu strangely, what is the need for the dignified president to personally notify a kitchen staff to work overtime, but her identity is inconvenient to say the doubts in her heart, so she had to nod and leave the office.

Yan Shu informed Chen Chen of the news on the phone, but he didn't expect the other party to be taking a nap, and when he picked up the phone, he still had a soft and glutinous nasal voice.

Yan Shu admitted that he was cute at that moment, and his body stiffened unconsciously for a few seconds, but fortunately, Chen Chen finally understood that he was answering the phone, and quickly sobered up, so that their conversation could continue.

After listening to Yan Shu's instructions, Chen Chen was still a little confused, and it took him a long time to react that he was about to be appraised by professionals.

Don't do this to me! I can't play happily anymore, and it won't stop for a few days. He wanted to cry without tears, but his head began to turn on its own, thinking about the ingredients he was going to use, and what he would look like in the end.

And then...... In contemplation, I honorably meet with the week again.

The work at night gradually became regular, Chen Chen began to cook at his own pace and preferences, not as flustered as before, and even enjoyed himself, and the atmosphere in the back kitchen was also relieved.

Chen Chen finished cooking the last dish, packed up his things and prepared to go home, just in time to meet Yan Shu.

"Yan, Mr. Yan, why did you come here?" In Chen Chen's impression, it was difficult to see Yan Shu in the back kitchen in the past, but recently he has come very often.

Yan Shu glanced at Chen Chen's civilian clothes lightly, then looked at Shao Yang and Peter on the side, and said, "I believe that the two of you also know that Mr. Qinghe is coming tomorrow, I specially came down to make a trip, just to hope that you will feel that I attach importance to this matter, and tomorrow you will do a good job and cooperate with Chef Chen." ”

The two were silent for a while, and made a look at each other to give each other confidence.

Shao Yang stood up and was not convinced: "Mr. Yan, although the two of us are external chefs, we are also qualified to compete, we hope to participate with Chef Chen tomorrow and compete on the same footing." What do you think? ”

Chen Chen also immediately stared at Yan Shu, but the latter nodded very easily and agreed: "Okay, your Cantonese cuisine is good, Mr. Qinghe is rare to come once, I can give you a chance to show it." Tomorrow the three of you will do it separately and alone, so you don't have to give each other a hand. ”

After speaking, Yan Shu glanced at Chen Chen with deep meaning. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he agreed to encourage Chen Chen to pay more attention to this matter, and Shao Yang and Peter are naturally no exception.

Seeing that Shao Yang and Peter were already satisfied, Yan Shu didn't stay long, turned around and walked to the back door, passing by Chen Chen's side, he casually asked, "Are you off work?" I'll send you. ”

Chen Chen was slightly stunned, and after reacting, he trotted to keep up with Yan Shu, moved out of various reasons, and rejected Yan Shu's kindness, after all, it was too stressful to take his car home.

Yan Shu would not force him and drove away by himself.

Chen Chen still took the bus home, he was used to the feeling of sitting in front of the car window and looking at the night scene after work, but fortunately it was so late, there was no one on the bus.

Like last time, the whole Aisen attaches great importance to the arrival of Qing He, and inspects the hotel inside and out, and all the employees are in good spirits.

This time, Yan Shu deliberately took Qing He to the same private room, and as soon as he sat down, Qing He raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Yan, does this mean that you can get up where you fall?" ”

Ignoring his slightly mocking tone, Yan Shu changed the topic: "I'm sorry for what happened last time, thank you to the old gentleman for giving the hotel another chance, this time I will definitely not disappoint the old gentleman again." By the way, there are a total of three chefs in the hotel today who are honored to serve the old man, and the three of them have always been in constant competition, and I hope that the old man can judge the cooking skills of the three people. ”

Qing He didn't say anything, but didn't look at Yan Shu anymore and waited quietly for the food to be served.

In the back kitchen, the two external chefs worked hard to compare Chen Chen, win glory for the Cantonese cuisine faction, and also suppress Chen Chen by the way to improve their status in the hotel. Both of them have good knife skills, and for a while, there are all kinds of "crackling" sounds in the kitchen, and the rhythm is fast and slow.

On the other side, Chen Chen was particularly calm, and he deliberately went to the bathroom and came back, looking leisurely and complacent.

Sneaking into the place where the ingredients were put in the back kitchen, Li Huan specially inquired about the ingredients that Chen Chen needed to use today, and prepared to make them bad secretly.

Li Huan has always blamed Chen Chen for being punished by Yan Shu, and now that Chen Chen is proud, he naturally can't let go lightly, and he can't wait to kick Chen Chen out of the hotel immediately.

Just now, while Chen Chen went to the bathroom and replaced Chen Chen's ingredients with stale bad ingredients, Li Huan is now hiding by the door of the back kitchen and snickering, and he doesn't leave, wanting to see Chen Chen's troubles with his own eyes.

After putting on the apron, Chen Chen was about to start cooking officially, but the moment I picked up the ingredients, I felt nauseous, and the fetus in my belly seemed to be disgusted, and I retched.

Put the ingredients on the side of his nose and smell it, the disgusting feeling is even more obvious, Chen Chen frowned deeply, and 10,000 alpacas ran over in his heart: Damn, who is such a disgusting person, he actually put stale materials for me at this time, hum, you want to see me make a fool of myself, I just don't need this!

He knew that someone was deliberately mistreating him, so he simply gave up the most expensive main ingredients and decided to use ordinary ingredients to make some home-cooked dishes.

Shao Yang inadvertently glanced at Chen Chen's side, and suddenly showed a sneer: "Hmph, look at what ingredients have been prepared, is it worthy of the old gentleman to take a special trip?" ”

Hearing Shao Yang's complaint, Peter, who was originally concentrating on posing for his own food, also raised his head, looked at Chen Chen, and added a lot of confidence in his heart, leaning on Shao Yang's ear and saying: "In this way, today the old gentleman will definitely choose one of us as the winner, and then I will see how Chen Chen will be proud!" ”

Chen Chen didn't pay attention to the muttering of the two people at all, he didn't know each other anyway, so he didn't need to deliberately contact the feelings.

Fortunately, there is still spare fresh rabbit meat in the kitchen, and since he can't win in the knife work and high-level ingredients, Chen Chen thought, it is better to start with taste and memory.

He believes that people like Xiang Qinghe, who are forty or fifty years old, have sublimated their understanding of food, and maybe home-cooked food suits his taste. This kind of self-consolation is quite effective, supporting Chen Chen to calmly argue about a plate of home-cooked food - double pepper rabbit under the strange eyes of various helpers, small chefs, and small workers in the back kitchen.

"Why doesn't Chef Chen use the ingredients prepared by the hotel, he has to rummage through them himself, now that the time has almost passed, I don't know if it's too late." People who used to work as small workers with Chen Chen are still worried about Chen Chen's situation.

Li Huan was laughing happily, and immediately responded when he heard his words: "Maybe he is too weak now, so he simply gave up struggling." Let's just watch the excitement. ”

"What are you talking about, as if you really want Chef Chen to fail, I think there must be something wrong with the ingredients. In the event of an emergency, Chef Chen can also deal with it calmly, which is amazing, and I also want to learn from him! ”

Li Huan expressed disdain, thinking: I have had such a great time before! Hmph, Chen Chen will be like me one day sooner or later!

It's a pity that he forgot that the reason why he failed was because he didn't have that strength, and people with strength tend to have much better luck, Chen Chen is the best example. Who knew that after going around and around for so long, Yan Shu would be able to accurately identify his cooking skills and turn the story around again?

Chen Chen became more and more focused, and directly grabbed the seasoning with his hand and sprinkled it into the pot, the feeling of his fingertips touching the seasoning and causing his nerves to tremble made him enjoy it very much, so his movements became more and more fluent.

Soon, Shaoyang's Cantonese bamboo fungus and mandarin duck rolls were also ready, and just waiting for the final sauce to be served, he and Peter looked at Chen Chen with a sneer: "It's just such a plate of petty things, it can't be put on the table, Chef Chen might as well give up as soon as possible." ”

Not bothering to pay attention to them, Chen Chen continued to immerse himself in the stir-frying, so that the rabbit meat could still quickly absorb the flavor when it kept fresh, until his hands were already pantothenic, and then turned off the heat and put it on the plate.

A group of cooks immediately surrounded him, surrounded his rabbit meat tightly, and quickly started dressing up. Shao Yang also began to pour sauce on the table.

The three dishes were all served in front of Qing He, two of them were fragrant and first-class, using high-quality ingredients, and the other was using very common ingredients, which looked ordinary. Of course, the ordinary one is Chen Chen's double pepper rabbit, although someone helped him decorate, but the congenital conditions are not good, and it is a home-cooked side dish, which does look inferior to the other two chefs.

"Alas, when it's over, Chef Chen will definitely be killed by the old man's poisonous tongue! Such a thing sent the old gentleman away, and it was indeed not decent. ”

"That's it, I think Chef Chen may lose to two external chefs, alas, the reputation of our Aisen Hotel can't be saved."

"Why do I think Mr. Yan's face has changed, do I have to repeat the same mistakes again?"

Everyone shouted and discussed privately to express their concerns. Everyone felt that Chen Chen was going to lose, and gradually lost confidence, so they had to pin their hopes on the two external chefs, hoping to save a little face through them.