Chapter 177: Turmoil in the Preliminaries
Ten days passed quickly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past few days, Wang Gang has been haunted and often can't touch people, and when his family asks, he says that he is preparing for a cooking competition.
Chen Wenwen called several times and asked Wang Gang to record a video of the scene, she was indeed busy in the kitchen, and her partner was also a middle-aged man, so everyone was relieved.
Well, some people are not at ease, and my mother is a little worried, mainly because she is afraid that the duck in her hand will be let go by Wang Gang again.
Every time I saw Wang Gang, I grabbed him and asked him to swear a promise, so that Wang Gang didn't dare to go home.
Finally, today is the time for the Chef Competition. Wang Gang and Jiang Tianyang are preparing for the final matters in the background, there are more contestants this year than in previous years, after Wang Mei's ventilation report, Wang Gang knows that the number of contestants this year has reached 500 people, including many elites from all over the world.
But Wang Gang didn't care at all, buddy was here to smash the field today, and it was useless for anyone to come.
The competition is actually very short, just one day, the participating chefs will be at the competition site all day, the competition is divided into three games, the first breakfast, to determine the top 30 list, the second lunch, to determine the top ten, the third is the traditional dinner, to determine the top three rankings.
Taihe chose the venue for the competition in the Yongcheng Playground invested and built by Taihe, and early in the morning, many enthusiastic people and ticket-holding spectators were queuing up to enter.
There is also a difference between the crowds, and the audience with tickets has seats at the scene and has the right to vote.
The audience who didn't have tickets was just joining in the fun, and basically they came here under the guise of trying the chef's skills without spending money.
At half past five, the entire competition site was already crowded, and local and foreign spectators surrounded the playground with traffic.
From these aspects, we can see how important this chef competition is, and it undoubtedly has an important position in the hearts of the people for cooking, the traditional quintessence of China.
At this time, the chef association and the invited guest judges all entered the scene, Taihe's various advertisements were also played, and the staff of Shancheng TV station also filmed the scene live, and with a bell ringing, the chef competition officially began.
Backstage, many staff members are also conducting the final draw.
The lottery is very important, the number of places drawn to the top must be cheap, early in the morning, everyone must have not eaten, hunger and fasting are all the key to high scores, five hundred people participated, the judges and guests could not eat every one, so the ranking accounted for a large degree of bonus in the competition.
You can't ask the guest judges to eat 500 portions of food anyway, this way of eating is not called a judge, it is called a pig.
Jiang Tianyang is an experienced one, and he said nervously: "Master, if you go to the lottery, my luck has always been bad, and basically when I encounter a big event, it will be bad." ”
"Does the order of appearance have anything to do with us? Can't I even win the preliminary round, relax, even if we are the last place, we are not in a hurry. Wang Gang said.
"But the front has appeared, no matter how delicious the things we make, isn't it okay for everyone to eat enough? Master, don't you know, last time there was a provincial chef who missed the finals because he didn't draw lots, can you be careless? Jiang Tianyang was still very worried, and he couldn't help but persuade.
Wang Gang said indifferently: "Leave it to me, don't worry." ”
As he spoke, a young man walked up to Wang Gang with a box and said, "Hey, it's time for you to draw lots, speed up, there are still a lot of people behind." ”
This person spoke in a very impulsive tone, Wang Gang vaguely remembered that he had seen this person in the conference room of Taihe, and the last time the Chefs Association went to denounce himself, this person was at the back of the conference room, and the protest was more intense.
Well, Wang Gang was in no mood to take care of him, so he reached out and scooped it up in the box.
In the next second, Wang Gang's expression was wrong.
Nima, a large cardboard box held by one person, has a number plate inside.
"Is each of our boxes a numbered ticket?" Wang Gang couldn't help but ask.
The young man said impatiently: "Where did you come from so many questions, hurry up and draw lots, I only have one left in this box, you like to draw or not, if you don't draw, you will withdraw from the competition." ”|“ Hehe. Wang Gang was laughed at by this person.
The people of the Chef Association are really capable, they stumbled on themselves at the beginning, Wang Gang already smelled a trace of unusual smell at this moment, sure enough, the people of the Chef Association would not give up like this, and they sincerely came to embarrass him.
But this technique is too low-level, a discerning person can see at a glance, it is simply not comparable to his previous opponents, look at what other people's previous opponents do, cyber attacks, spending money to hack themselves, at least in terms of combat effectiveness, people are willing to spend money, you are a chef association, you actually play such a low-level means, Wang Gang blushed for them.
Without ambiguity, Wang Gang reached out and took out the only number plate.
Jiang Tianyang hurriedly took a look at it, and the next second Jiang Tianyang shouted angrily: "You are not fair, why are we the last one, you are operating in the dark, I want to protest." ”
The young man in front of him said with contempt: "Protest? Okay, go out and turn left, there is an inspection department set up by the Chef Association over there, you go, don't participate in this competition, it will take ten days and half a month to investigate the incident alone, you have the ability to go. ”
This person is arrogant and arrogant, and he is simply fearless.
Jiang Tianyang still wanted to have a seizure, but Wang Gang stretched out his hand and pulled him behind him, "Old Jiang, don't make trouble, let's compete like this." ”
Jiang Tianyang glanced at Wang Gang, he sighed fiercely, squatted on the side and stopped talking.
When the young man saw that Wang Gang and the others had softened, he laughed contemptuously, "How capable do you think you are, you have the ability to mess with me." ”
Jiang Tianyang couldn't hold it anymore, he jumped up and was about to fight with this person, but the hand he couldn't make was grabbed by Wang Gang and thrown behind him.
The young man saw that the situation was not good, he didn't dare to say anything, the main thing was that his task had been completed, and it was too much to say a few more words, and it was not interesting, if he really wanted to make Wang Gang anxious, he was beaten today, and it was not good to the Chef Association when it was passed out, so it was not beautiful, so he hummed a little song and slipped away.
In fact, Wang Gang is more angry than Jiang Tianyang, what kind of temper does he have, how can he have suffered such a loss, operating himself in the dark, resting on the usual Wang Gang would have smashed it with a fist, but Wang Gang didn't do it this time, on the one hand, he owes Taihe a favor, he can't make trouble, on the other hand, he wants to slap his face head-on this time, he must defeat the group of chefs in an all-round way, and speak with cooking skills.
I'm not from this circle?
I'm not qualified to be a judge?
Give me a stumbling block?
Then buddy will show you what real regret is.
After taking the number plate, the contestants entered the venue in order, and Wang Gang and Jiang Tianyang walked last.
The first question is an open question, without any theme, that is, let the contestants play at will, the time is one and a half hours, and the scoring will officially begin at half past seven, and the judges and guests will vote for scoring together with the audience who have votes on the spot, and the one with the highest score will be promoted, and the one with the lowest score will be withdrawn.
All kinds of ingredients on the side of the arena have been stacked properly, all fresh ingredients, the contestants can take any choice, Wang Gang took a look, the ingredients are indeed very rich, as long as you can think of it, there are basically them.
After entering the venue, everyone began to do it.
Fritters, buns, pancakes and fruits.
Rice porridge, spicy soup, sweet soup, white fungus lotus seed porridge.
All kinds of traditional breakfasts have been made by everyone, and after a while, all kinds of aromas came out, everyone basically did not eat breakfast, and the onlookers began to drool after smelling the taste.
There are 500 powerful seed players from all over the world, who are pleasing to the eye, frying and frying, and showing their abilities, and the assistants are also busy in a mess, making noodles, pouring oil, and cutting fillings dazzling.
Wang Gang also calmed down and began to think about this preliminary competition.
Wang Gang first observed the practices of everyone around him, basically going to the boutique, this is no way, the quantity is too much and the quality must not be guaranteed, tens of thousands of people on the scene, the time is limited, no one can cook food for tens of thousands of people, then it is not a chef, then it should be called a robot.
However, there are also some people who make a lot of portions, and a breakfast of 100 people is still difficult to help the chef with two assistants, but that's it, 100 people is their limit.
Wang Gang also has his own considerations about what to do, as the last contestant, when he shows, the main guest judges must be overwhelmed, plus a few guest judges do not deal with themselves, they will definitely not be able to give high scores, maybe they dare to brush themselves directly, judging by the means that the chef association just played, they can really do such low-level things.
At this time, it is very particular about what to do.
First of all, it is not difficult to achieve freshness, and there are many food practices in cooking skills, which have never appeared in this world.
Secondly, it is necessary to achieve a large amount, which is very important, the people of the chef association will play tricks with themselves without thinking, and they can't be counted on at all, only by making the quantity, so that more audiences can eat their own craftsmanship, so as to win a high score and successfully advance to the top 30.
Again, Wang Gang is holding back his anger, what he wants is contrast, only the judges disdain it, and the audience applauds loudly The contrast can achieve the effect of slapping the face.
Three points and one synthesis, Wang Gang has a goal.
Wang Gang said to Jiang Tianyang: "Old Jiang, you bring all the cauldrons, you boil water first, don't be afraid of more, the more the better." ”
Jiang Tianyang asked questions: "Master, what are we going to do?" ”
Wang Gang smiled mysteriously, "I'll teach you a trick today, let's make a white jade assorted package."
"Master, there is so much water to live in, if you want, we have to boil dozens of pots, so much quantity, can the quality be guaranteed?" Jiang Tianyang didn't believe in Wang Gang's strength, mainly because he was afraid that Wang Gang would use the secret sauce, and as soon as the secret sauce was used, there would be no sense of mystery.
Wang Gang immediately understood what Jiang Tianyang meant, "Don't worry, you don't need secret sauces, you can definitely advance with a simple breakfast." ”
Jiang Tianyang has nothing to do with Wang Gang, nominally Wang Gang is his assistant, but only he knows that in this competition, he is his assistant, and Wang Gang is the chef.
Jiang Tianyang went to boil water, Wang Gang was not idle, he quickly walked to the food stack, found the staff and said, "Excuse me, where are the millet, rice, and soybeans?" ”
The staff member is a young woman, she is Taihe's accountant, and this time she is in charge of the food quantity, but she is familiar with Wang Gang.
"God of War, oops, I've heard that you are also competing, and many people at the scene didn't see you, hello, I'm your fan." The excitement on this little girl's face is just like seeing an idol, but no, Wang Gang is really her idol.
Wang Gang smiled: "This is not the time to reminisce, I want a relatively large number, how many do you have here?" ”
The little girl smiled and said: "God of War, I have more here, millet has 600 catties, 1,000 catties of rice, and soybeans are a little less, only 300 catties, how much do you want?" ”
Wang Gang secretly calculated that if he wanted to ensure that all the people could eat, there would really be not enough food.
"It's not enough, I want a thousand catties, is there anything in the warehouse?"
"A thousand catties, okay, I'll weigh it out for you...... What the? Do you want a thousand pounds? The girl was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted, she still thought that this was about ten pounds, a thousand pounds in an hour and a half, did you do it?
Wang Gang nodded and said, "That's right, give me a thousand catties the same, it's not enough for me to come to you again." ”
When the little girl heard this, her face immediately changed, "God of War, although I am your fan, but you can't waste food like this, I can't agree to your request, so let's do it, I'll give you a hundred catties." ”
Wang Gang said speechlessly: "I may not be enough for a thousand catties, isn't it a toss for you to give me a hundred catties?" ”
"Anyway, I don't give it, I can't waste food." The little girl was quite resolute.
Just when the two of them were comparing themselves, Yang Jie came over from behind.
"Brother Gang, what are you doing, why did you make trouble with our little Cui."
Wang Gang stretched out his hands, "I want ingredients, but this girl won't give them to me." ”
Xiao Cui said: "Secretary Yang, it's not that I don't give it, it's that the God of War wants too much, I think it's a serious waste, anyway, I don't give it." ”
Yang Jie was confused: "Brother Gang, how much do you want?" ”
Wang Gang said: "Millet, rice, soybeans, the same 1,000 catties, if it's not enough, I'll get it again in a while." ”
"What? A thousand pounds, Brother Gang, do you want to play big again? ”
"Well, I want to have a big game, mainly because the people from the Chef Association are a little bit over, and I practice with them."
Yang Jie covered his head and said: "Brother Gang, don't toss, we Taihe took out 200 million yuan in this kitchen god competition, you can raise your noble hand, no." ”
Wang Gang patted Yang Jie on the shoulder and said, "I'll save my strength, if it weren't for Taihe's face, I would have beaten them as soon as I started, what, do you want to see me do it?" ”
As soon as Yang Jie heard that Wang Gang was about to make a move, he hurriedly said: "Brother Gang, I thank you, yes, I'll do this for you, a thousand catties, I'll give you a approval, you can't make trouble." ”
"Don't make trouble, am I that kind of person?" Wang Gang grinned.
Although Xiao Cui was unwilling, the chairman's secretary spoke, and even if she knew that it was a waste, she could only grit her teeth and admit it.
However, this girl was holding back her anger, and the excitement of meeting Wang Gang was gone, and she had a cold face inside and out.
She instructed the staff to go to the warehouse to pick up the ingredients, all of which were piled up on the side.
"Wang Gang, I won't give it to you, you can take as much as you want."
Xiao Cui This is deliberate, as an accountant, diligence and thrift are the virtues engraved in her bones, he feels that Wang Gang is seriously wasted, and now he is directly turning black and facing Wang Gang.
Wang Gang couldn't cry or laugh, yes, what do I have to do with you as a little girl, Wang Gang smiled and didn't squeak.
Yang Jie was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege and said, "Brother Gang, don't be angry, I'll arrange staff for you, and I'll send it to you." ”
"No, this thing can't bother me."
The ingredients prepared by Taihe are all standard, a bag of 100 catties.
Wang Gang stretched out his hand and grabbed two bags, and with a hard hand, the two bags were thrown on Wang Gang's shoulders, and the soles of his feet were picked hard, and a bag of rice was picked up by Wang Gang on his shoulders again, and after a few times, a thousand catties of rice were directly resisted by Wang Gang.
Wang Gang's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he walked back with the rice.
Xiao Cui couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
Mom, she actually broke her wrist with the God of War, but fortunately Wang Gang didn't get angry with her, she was so frightened that her face turned white. (To be continued.) )