Wang Xu walked into Chen Shouyi's office, Xiao Hansheng was already inside, and he was drinking tea and playing chess with Ji Yi, Wang Xu originally thought that the two were playing chess, but when he got closer, he found that the table was black and white, and the two of them played Go.

"Doctor Wang is late." Xiao Hansheng put a cup of white seeds on the chessboard, looked at Wang Xu with a smile and said, "I just said that Dr. Wang didn't oversleep." ”

Mr. Xiao laughed. Wang Xu smiled, looked at the chessboard, and said in surprise: "Mr. Chen is a little bad, a big dragon on the right seems to have become Mr. Xiao's meal." ”

Chen Shouyi was frowning and pondering, and when he heard Wang Xu's surprised voice, he also exclaimed: "Doctor Wang also knows Go?" ”

"A little bit of understanding, a little bit of fur." Wang Xu smiled faintly, took a closer look again, couldn't help frowning, and praised: "Mr. Chen is amazing, it turns out that I was wrong." ”

"Hmm!" When Chen Shouyi heard Wang Xu say this, he also subconsciously looked at the chessboard, and the white child in his hand was gently placed on the chessboard, and laughed: "Where am I powerful, I didn't expect it at all." ”

Listening to Chen Shouyi's laughter, Xiao Hansheng looked at it fixedly, only to find that Chen Shouyi's white son fell, and the pattern on the chessboard suddenly changed greatly, blocking all his retreats, and Chen Shouyi's big dragon that was originally trapped by him turned out to be a cavalry.

"Hehe, Dr. Wang is really powerful, I have been working with Mr. Chen for half an hour, and I thought that I had the upper hand, but Wang Xu broke it with a word, and it became a defeat in a blink of an eye."

"The authorities are fascinated, the bystanders are clear, and I am also a coincidence." Wang Xu smiled faintly, looked at the time and said, "When are we going up?" ”

Chen Shouyi looked at the time, it was already 8:40, and gently pushed the chessboard and said, "Let's go up now, and play two more games with Dr. Wang at noon." ”

Wang Xu and the three of them went up to the top floor, the auditorium at this time was already full of people, and a young man in his thirties stood in the center of the rostrum with a microphone in his hand, and said a speech, seeing that Chen Shouyi and Wang Xu had already arrived at the door, he said loudly: "Next, we welcome a few judges to enter the venue." ”

The young man's voice fell and there was a burst of warm applause immediately from the audience, Chen Shouyi in front, Xiao Hansheng in the center, Wang Xu in the back, and the three of them entered the venue from the side door on the side of the rostrum in turn, and sat down on the judges' bench.

"Wang ̈ Yi" looked at Wang Xu and the three people sitting on the rostrum, and many people in the audience whispered, and one of the twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man exclaimed in surprise, stretched out his hand to cover his mouth, and his face was full of surprise.

This young man is none other than Gao Wuke, who was talking to Wang Xu at the door just now, when he was at the door, Gao Wuke also planned to chat with Wang Xu more, but he didn't expect to be stopped by his master, and he didn't have time to ask Wang Xu what he was doing on Hong Kong Island, and subconsciously thought that Wang Xu was coming to see the excitement, but he didn't expect it to be a judge.

A middle-aged man sitting next to Chen Shouyi was also full of surprise, and subconsciously glanced at Gao Wuke on the side, and the chagrin in his heart was not to be mentioned.

At the door just now, he saw Gao Wuke talking to the other party, and he was still a little impatient, but he didn't guess that this young man was actually a judge in their area.

"This young judge should be Wang Xu." The middle-aged man muttered in his heart, he knew that he had asked the other party's name just now, and he could also have a little relationship with the other party because of Gao Wuke.

"Hey!" The middle-aged man sighed, his face full of remorse, not only failed to tie the relationship, but left a bad impression on the other party.

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man's eyes suddenly rolled, and he hurriedly looked at Gao Wuke on the side and asked, "Wuke, what is the relationship between you and that Wang Xu above?" ”

Gao Wuke was still a little stunned, and only then did he speak when asked by the other party: "That's my high school classmate, I met another classmate a while ago and everyone said that Wang Xu was good, but I didn't expect him to be the judge of this cooking competition." ”

Where did the middle-aged man have the heart to listen to Gao Wuke say so much nonsense at this time, and asked anxiously: "How is your relationship with him?" ”

"I haven't seen each other for more than five years, and when I was at school, I had a normal relationship." Gao Wuke said, there was emotion in his words, when he was in school, although Wang Xu's grades were good, but they were not so top-notch, who would have thought that he would be so promising now, it is estimated that among all the students in the whole grade, Wang Xu was the best, the judge of the Hong Kong Island Cooking Competition, and he was so young.

When the middle-aged man heard Gao Wuke say that the relationship between the two was average, there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes, and finally he gritted his teeth and said tentatively: "Wuke, can you invite your classmates to dinner at night, don't worry, the master will not treat you badly, as long as this matter is done, you will be the chef of our hotel in the future, in addition to the master, the back kitchen is your final say." ”

"Chef, I'm in charge?" Gao Wuke was a little dizzy, but he quickly understood what his master meant, the chefs participating in the semi-finals this time were not competing at the same time, each competition was carried out by up to ten people at the same time, thirty people a day, the preliminary round lasted for a week, his master was the day after tomorrow, if he could get in touch with Wang Xu, it would naturally be a great thing.

Not to mention anything else, even if the judges don't know how to help, it's a good thing to be a little biased when a certain dish is not up or down.

"I just left him my phone number outside, let him call for dinner in the evening, if he calls, I will definitely tell you." Gao Wuke swallowed his saliva and said, his heart was tired: "If you hadn't shouted just now, I would have asked Wang Xu's phone number, how could I be so passive, I could only wait for someone to call me." ”

"You don't have his number?" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and asked puzzled.

"I was just about to ask when you called me." Gao Wu Kedao.

"Ugh!" When the middle-aged man heard this, he suddenly looked stupid, opened his mouth, and shifted his gaze to the rostrum again after not speaking for a long time.!

At this time, Wang Xu and Chen Shouyi had already sat down, talking in a low voice, and the young host just now was holding the microphone and shouting: "Next, please invite the chefs of the first round of competition to the stage, they are, on behalf of a certain hotel."

As the host announced his name, ten people came up from the audience in turn, seven men and three women, standing on the stage that had been prepared for a long time.

When these ten people were in place, the host turned his head and glanced at Chen Shouyi and Wang Xu, and saw Wang Xu and the three nodded, and then said loudly: "The rules of the competition ask the contestants to make three dishes that they are good at, and each dish is timed for twenty minutes, and now I announce that the first dish will be timed." ”

As the host's voice fell, a loud gong sounded on the side, and Wang Xu, who was shocked, was startled, he didn't even pay attention to it just now, I don't know when there was an extra gong in the auditorium.

The gong sounded, the stopwatch in the center of the rostrum began to beat, and the ten participating chefs were busy when they came.

At first, Wang Xu was still a little curious, and after watching it for a few minutes, he suddenly felt bored, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, so he realized that this was a cooking competition in reality, not on TV, the chef reached out and slapped the board, and suddenly jumped up a big radish, the chef held a knife in both hands, and quickly waved it in the air a few times, and then dropped a bunch of thin shredded radish, or the chef flicked the big knife in his hand, and the cut vegetables on the board flew into the wok.

The cooking competition in reality naturally will not have such a scene, so it is estimated that it is not a cooking competition, but an acrobatic competition, although the chefs who are qualified to participate in the cooking competition are not simple, whether it is knife work or the movements under the hands are very capable, but Wang Xu wants to doze off.

Chen Shouyi, who was sitting in the middle, glanced back at Wang Xu and laughed in a low voice: "Why don't you think it's boring?" ”

"Hehe, I was pulled by Mr. Li to make up the numbers, and I don't know anything about this." Wang Xu said in a low voice.

"Dr. Wang is humble." Xiao Hansheng, who was sitting next to Chen Shouyi, heard Wang Xu's words and laughed in a low voice: "I heard that Dr. Wang tasted vegetables in Zhongjiang to determine life and death, and just relied on a dish of braised pork made by Liang Baohui, I deduced that Liang Baohui was terminally ill. ”

"What, and this?" Chen Shouyi was shocked when he heard this, looked at Xiao Hansheng incredulously and said, "Mr. Xiao, are you not joking?" ”

"How could I joke with such a thing." Xiao Hansheng laughed and said, "It's not a secret

Liang Baohui's daughter, Liang Qianru, also worked in my Imperial Restaurant for a while, and it was because of Dr. Wang that she went to Zhongjiang later. ”

"Ugh!" Hearing Xiao Hansheng talk about this, Wang Xu was suddenly a little embarrassed, so he simply closed his eyes and recuperated, and didn't interject.

However, Chen Shouyi's curiosity was aroused by Xiao Hansheng, and he asked anxiously, "What's the matter, Mr. Xiao, tell me quickly." ”

Xiao Hansheng smiled slightly, and simply said what happened: "Later, Wang Xu occasionally came to my imperial restaurant to eat, and it happened that there was a braised pork made by Liang Qianru at that time, and Dr. Wang tasted it, and guessed that the person who cooked the food had a relationship with Liang Baohui, and asked Liang Qianru to meet, Liang Qianru was worried about Liang Baohui, so she quit my job at the imperial restaurant and went to Zhongjiang." ”

"Tsk!" Chen Shouyi listened to Xiao Hansheng's words, and still couldn't help but smash his mouth, and said in amazement: "It's really amazing, I didn't expect Dr. Wang to have this hand, compared to the so-called gourmet, Dr. Wang is one of the experts." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Xiao Hansheng slightly, subconsciously glanced at Wang Xu, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

If Wang Xu saw the smile on the corner of Xiao Hansheng's mouth, he would definitely be able to guess that Xiao Hansheng's words just now were deliberate, and he deliberately took the opportunity to say about Liang Qianru, just to make Wang Xu feel guilty, so that if he had a good relationship with Wang Xu, and with the help of the grandson of the Shen family, their imperial restaurant would be more stable in Kyoto.

Chen Shouyi naturally didn't know Xiao Hansheng's thoughts, and now he was even more curious about Wang Xu, this young man was becoming more and more mysterious in his eyes.

While sighing in their hearts, Chen Shouyi and Xiao Hansheng looked at the ten chefs competing on the stage from time to time, the two of them are different from Wang Xu, they are both celebrity chefs, and they can naturally see the doorway.

As the saying goes, outsiders look at the bustle, insiders look at the doorway, as Xiao Hansheng and Chen Shouyi, two celebrity chefs of this level, even if they don't taste the dishes, just watching the actions of a few chefs cooking, you can probably see some clues.

"Boom!" A gong sounded, and Wang Xu, who had been slightly asleep, suddenly woke up, and when he opened his eyes, Wang Xu heard the host's voice: "It's time." ”

No need to be reminded by the host, the gong sounded, all the contestants knew that the time was up, and they all stood aside, Wang Xu originally thought that it was time to taste the dishes below, who wanted Chen Shouyi to cough lightly and said: "A real celebrity chef, cooking should pay attention to color, flavor, and taste, knife work, heat, seasoning, etc. are very important when cooking, the third contestant is half a second late when he tastes, and he is out, and the No. 6 contestant, if he does not master the heat properly, he is out of the game."

Chen Shouyi said three people in a row, and the three contestants all looked dead when they heard Chen Shouyi's words, standing quietly aside, they could participate in the competition, naturally they had a few brushes, so as soon as Chen Shouyi spoke, they knew where they had made a mistake.

Wang Xu, who was sitting next to Chen Shouyi, was also slightly stunned, and then showed a wry smile, he even dozed off just now, thinking that this process was nothing to look at, it turned out that there were so many doorways here.

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