As soon as the words fell, the lights on the stage suddenly went out, and the darkness lasted for a short period of three or five seconds, and then, a soft light shone from the zenith to the diagonal opposite side of the backstage where Yi Baitang and the others were.

A figure appears from the end of the light.

He slowly approached everyone's attention.

The man is still the same person, the face is still the same face, and even the clothes are no different from the past of the owner who appeared here. But for some reason, when he slowly approached from afar, everyone held their breath and stared, and their hearts were nervous for no reason, as if what slowly appeared in front of them was not the same person as himself, but a legend that spanned an entire century!

As the host just said.

He has long since retired.

He deserves honors.

His name is known and must be known by all people in the chef world, and in a hundred years, there must be a pivotal page in the history of the chef world!

Yi Baitang left the scarlet curtain.

The next step was the award ceremony and high-ranking speeches for the Great Demon King. It may be very new to others, but for Yi Baitang, this kind of award ceremony was experienced by the big demon king at a very young age, and most of those experiences were that the big demon king as the award presenter, awarding large or small trophies to the excited winners...... I remember a long time ago, he also thought that this kind of award ceremony was very noble, and then when the Great Demon King was about to present the trophy to the awarder, he secretly took another small silver trophy and wanted to award it as well......

"The result?" Shang Huaiyan couldn't help asking. Senior Brother Jiang and the two children are huddled behind the curtain to pay close attention to the progress of the award ceremony, and there is no time to manage Shang Huaiyan for the time being.

“？” Yi Baitang glanced at Shang Huaiyan in confusion, thinking that he was an inner activity just now, and he didn't say anything, right?

"You didn't say it," Shang Huaiyan replied briskly, "I just saw the question you thought of from your face~"

"Then I fell on stage." Yi Baitang said lightly.

Since then, he has had a faint shadow on the podium.

"Is Bai Tang talking about the past?" Inserting Senior Brother Jiang's laughing voice from behind, Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan turned their heads to look, and saw Senior Brother Jiang and the little fat man and Jiang Xue with exactly the same satisfied faces, leaving behind the curtain and walking towards here.

Senior Brother Jiang was obviously very happy today, and he had already called out Yi Baitang's name twice in a row.

You must know that as the chief judge of the jury of the King of Chefs Competition and the senior management of the Chef Association, he usually pays great attention to avoiding suspicion, and the specific attitude can be seen in the last Yi Baitang Xiaosuiyuan Challenge.

But now, Senior Brother Jiang has completed his last goal of this year's King Chef Competition:

Throw an unprecedented feast for your teacher.

Therefore, he was a little out of shape, smiling and squinting his eyes from beginning to end, even Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan were able to ignore the ** as if they didn't see it.

The makeup on the little fat man's face was halfway through, and now he sat back in the chair, sighing with emotion and envy: "Master Dong is so amazing, he can actually let national-level leaders present awards, I always feel that in the past, only scientific and technological workers could get such an honor, and the 'Special Contribution Award', the name of this award is so special, so strange that I have never heard of it before-"

Jiang Xue rolled her eyes and put on her own makeup in the mirror.

Yi Baitang was bored and emptied his mind, and continued to think about what was wrong with the dishes he made.

Only Senior Brother Jiang looked at the little fat man with a smile, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, the more he liked it, and the more he liked it, he almost touched the little fat man's chubby cheek gently.

The little fat man also read something wrong from everyone's reactions at this time.

"Wait, what kind of expression do you have, don't you ......?"

"The name of this award is indeed quite special," Senior Brother Jiang paused deliberately, "because this is an award specially set up by the state for Master Dong after being voted on by the State Council." And after this award, it is not intended to be a regular award. ”

"That, that—" The little fat man looked horrified.

"To give another award like this, I think at least there needs to be a chef who can use a dish to promote a national treaty." Senior Brother Jiang smiled lovely, and his voice was very low, making himself look as subtle and low-key as possible, but his face had already smiled like a blooming flower~

"So how do you want to fight with He and the King of Chefs later?!" The little fat man wailed.

"It's too early to think about that." Jiang Xue finally spoke up, "Don't we have to fight first, and the final winner will be qualified to face the chef face-to-face?" ”

When the words fell, the relaxed atmosphere instantly condensed, and suddenly sank downward, the little fat man and Jiang Xue glanced at each other, and they both saw in each other's eyes that they were determined to win, and then they suddenly remembered that they and the other party were competitors with me and him.

They looked at Yi Baitang who was sitting next to them, and saw that the other party was also expressionless, and sure enough, he was also thinking about how to do his best to win the game!

Five minutes of silence.

Yi Baitang suddenly came back to his senses: "What, is the game about to start?" ”

The other two: "......" seems to have swung a fist on cotton, so annoying!

"It's about ten minutes out there. After a five-minute break, your game begins. At this time, Senior Brother Jiang finally restrained his heart floating in mid-air and said to the few people present.

Then he glanced at his watch and glanced at Shang Huaiyan with a hint.

Shang Huaiyan took it when he saw it, stood up and smiled slightly: "Senior brother, let's go together, leave time and space to them, and let them make the final preparations." ”

It's like I know you very well.

Senior Brother Jiang walked out expressionlessly, and had to predict pessimistically:

Now this person has followed Yi Baitang to dangle in front of the master, and there is no problem. Maybe I will indeed know him well in the future...... Well, he's not annoying!

The two left the players' lounge together, walked around the auditorium in a small half circle, and walked towards the back door of the venue.

Along the way, Shang Huaiyan was a little curious: "These are the three people who participated in the play-offs this time?" When I used to televise, I remember that the conditions for participating in the play-offs were quite relaxed, at least the winner of the tournament would definitely be able to participate. ”

Senior Brother Jiang was surprised: "Bai Tang didn't sue you about this?" ”

Shang Huaiyan: "This ...... Will Bai Tang pay attention to this? ”

Senior Brother Jiang thought about it: "It's really not. He smiled suddenly, "Have you misestimated Master's status a little?" Don't listen to Bai Tang saying that there is nothing to do, the old man and the old man, Master is the one who doesn't say his name in the chef world-" He was quite meaningful, "It's true that the conditions are over there, but not everyone dares to come......"

When they arrived at the back door of the award venue, Senior Brother Jiang pushed open the heavy wooden door, quietly entered the scene from behind with Shang Huaiyan, and found a vacant seat at the back to sit down.

Senior Brother Jiang continued: "Let's say the winner of the King Chef Contest this time—"

"What do you say about me?" The man in front of him suddenly turned his head.

The two rows of people looked at each other.

The person in front swept over Shang Huaiyan at a glance, a little sour: he looked good, his clothes were well matched, and he was sprayed with aftershave......

Shang Huaiyan also looked at each other and saw a face that often appeared in the TV shows that Yi Baitang watched recently: the winner of the gold medal of this year's King of Chef Challenge in his thirties, handsome, and with high added commercial value.

Well, I look pretty much the same as on TV.

It looks good, and it can also be dressed up.

This is rare for a chef, even if it is Baitang, that is, relying on his own foundation to toss around.

Shang Huaiyan commented quietly in his heart.

But...... It's also embarrassing to be heard in person behind your back.

Shang Huaiyan looked at Senior Brother Jiang who was speaking, and saw that Senior Brother Jiang's old god was there: "Said that although you won the first place in the competition, you didn't dare to meet Master alive or dead." ”

"Ahh

Hearing only a sigh, the gold medalist shook his head with a wry smile.

"Not all chefs can taste that chef's cooking. The first place in the King Chef Championship is already quite good, and it is enough for me to plan for the past few years, and I don't need to try eggs to stones for the time being. ”

"The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other." Senior Brother Jiang said politely.

The prize winner smiled again, but this time he seemed a little careless, just maintaining basic respect and not answering.

After watching for a while, Shang Huaiyan had already come back to his senses.

I see......

Senior Brother Jiang also ignored the winners of the competition, and only spoke to Shang Huaiyan: "You have been eating junior brother's food, right?" Although the cuisine of the little master has not yet fully inherited the taste of the master, some concepts should have begun to take shape - they all have a very strong exclusivity. Do you feel that after eating their food, for a long time, at least two or three days, you will feel that anything else does not taste like that?

"It's still for the average diner.

"For chefs, their reaction is even stronger, and after suddenly eating Master's food, they are likely to lose their confidence in cooking, and not only will they not improve, but they will continue to regress in the following years, and they will not even be able to reach their own level.

"So since the master retired, in addition to cooking for Bai Tang and himself, he has less time to use the knife."

Speaking of this, Senior Brother Jiang was very emotional, for a top chef, there are no diners and he doesn't use knives often, which is a very sad thing in itself.

"That is certainly a miracle and phenomenon in the culinary world, but there are so many people in the world, even if that person cooks every day, how many people's dishes can be cooked? It would be more meaningful to maximize the level of food that all diners can eat? The gold medal winner couldn't help but speak again, and he also asked Shang Huaiyan, "Do you think about the taste you taste every day—am I right?" ”

Shang Huaiyan smiled: "That's right." But I don't see any intrinsic connection between your actions and what you said, sir. ”

Gold Award Winner: "......" he snorted softly, "I can't develop my own career, how can I help the chef industry develop?" ”

Shang Huaiyan smiled but did not speak. He argues with people in the chef world about this, everyone is in business, who doesn't know whose mind?

But people in the world of chefs are obviously not so easy to deceive.

Senior Brother Jiang stared at the gold medal winner and said slowly, "Qingwei." There is a road in the book mountain, and diligence is the path; There is no end to learning, and hard work. ”

The gold medal winner didn't dare to look at Senior Brother Jiang, so he got up silently and left the scene.

Shang Huaiyan looked at the person who was leaving, and whispered to Senior Brother Jiang: "Do you know him? ”

Senior Brother Jiang disagreed: "It's such a palm-sized place, who doesn't know who." But he—" he sighed, too, "he's a genius too. Four years ago, I tried to introduce him to my teacher. ”

The voice fell, and in the loudspeakers around him, the host's excited voice suddenly sounded:

"Now, let's start the first game of the King of Chef play-offs—"