Chapter 536: Group Preliminary Round
Not only was Wang Xu stunned in his heart, he was almost choked by what Yin Weihua said, but even the other judges present were also surprised, and they couldn't understand what Yin Weihua meant by the living king of Hades, could it be that this young man was very famous?
Not to mention Wang Xu and the others, even Li Jinhong, who just spoke out in Yin Weihua's ear to tell Yin Weihua about Wang Xu's identity, was also stunned for a moment, with a wry smile on his face.
In fact, Yin Weihua knows the nickname of Wang Xuhuo, but it is not surprising that even before Hong Kong Island was not returned, Hong Kong Island has never paid less attention to the mainland, let alone who has returned to Hong Kong Island now.
Yin Weihua may not know about Wang Xu's other things, but when he beat Xie Cong, Yin Weihua knew that in fact, not only Yin Weihua, but even many feudal officials in other provinces had heard of it.
You must know that the contradiction between Xie Cong and Wang Xu is definitely not as simple as a fight between the two in the end, and even involves the Shen family and the Xie family.
Fortunately, Yin Weihua didn't say the second half of the sentence, otherwise, Wang Xu would have been even more stunned, and after saying the nickname of the Living Yama King, Yin Weihua even smiled bitterly in his heart: "It's actually this troublemaker, I hope you don't toss around on my Hong Kong Island." ”
I have to say that it is really a good thing that does not go out, but a bad thing spreads thousands of miles, and Wang Xu's ability to cause trouble has actually reached the ears of Yin Weihua, the chief executive of Hong Kong Island.
Wang Xu, who came back to his senses, smiled wryly: "I didn't expect that I, the chief executive with a bad reputation, would know about it." ”
Yin Weihua laughed and said: "I don't think it's a bad reputation, Living Hades, what a domineering title, I'm a little envious." ”
"Tsk!" Listening to Yin Weihua's tone of laughter, everyone could see that this Wang Xu is definitely not simple, and the chief executive rarely jokes with anyone like this.
With this episode, others naturally won't mind that Wang Xu did the wrong position, if you really want to count it, with the chief executive being so polite to this Wang Xu, even if the other party sits under Dong Yanfeng, there is nothing wrong with it.
Of course, it's not that no one has an opinion, Nie Wentong's face is very unsightly, originally Nie Wentong was a little jealous of Wang Xu, Wang Xu and Li Jinhong have a good relationship, it is definitely not something that they Tonghua Group can afford, and now with the addition of a chief executive, Nie Wentong is completely desperate.
"Huh." Yin Weihua and Wang Xu made a joke, and did not continue to say more to Wang Xu, but smiled and picked up the wine glass in front of him and said: "Everyone, first of all, we wish the 9th Cooking Competition a smooth convening, and wish our Hong Kong Island's economy to continue to take off." ”
Everyone else also raised their glasses and said with a smile: "I wish the 9th Cooking Competition a smooth convening, and I wish Hong Kong Island's economy to take off." Then he drank it all.
Some people say that there is a strong sense of circle in Shanghai City, but in fact, if you really want to talk about it, the circle consciousness of Hong Kong Island people is stronger than that of Shanghai City.
Because of the historical reasons of Hong Kong Island, the people of Hong Kong Island have always been relatively united, and they do not look down on the mainlanders very much, and the chief executive of Hong Kong Island is also elected within Hong Kong Island.
Wang Xu sat at the dinner table, listening to Yin Weihua and a group of judges talking and laughing, basically three sentences did not leave the entire Hong Kong Island, and most of the judges were from Hong Kong Island, and a few mainlanders such as Wang Xu and Xiao Hansheng basically did not intervene much.
After lunch, a group of people rested until 1 p.m., and then entered the conference room again, presided over by Hong Kong Island's Financial Secretary Tung Yanfeng.
Wang Xu has been here for a while, and now he basically understands the details of the Hong Kong Island Cooking Competition, as the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong Island, Dong Yanfeng is the chief judge of the judging panel this time, responsible for supervising the fairness and fairness of the entire cooking competition, and Dong Yanfeng and Li Jinhong and Chen Shouyi are the final jury, if there are disputes and disagreements between other judges, the final jury composed of Dong Yanfeng will decide the result.
Of course, there was no such trouble in the past, but this year's cooking competition allowed many Chinese chefs from mainland Taiwan and other islands to participate, and the number of participants was relatively large, and the interest groups involved were not large, so the jury was much more standardized than the previous years.
As the biggest sponsor of this cooking competition, Li Jinhong is naturally qualified to serve as one of the three judges of the jury, as for Chen Shouyi, it is because he is the owner of Xiaoxiang Restaurant, and the original intention of the Hong Kong Island cooking competition was originally to commemorate a generation of kitchen god Chen Sitong, and Chen Shouyi, as a descendant of Chen Sitong, naturally has this qualification.
Dong Yanfeng sat at the head of the conference room, Li Jinhong sat on the left of Dong Yanfeng, Chen Shouyi was on the right, and down were many judges who came, a total of sixteen people.
Waiting for everyone to sit down, Dong Yanfeng glanced at the judges seated, and then said loudly: "Everyone, according to the previous rules, the cooking competition is divided into the preliminary round, the semi-final and the final, and this session is naturally no exception, but in view of the fact that there are too many famous chefs participating in the competition, I discussed it with Mr. Li and Mr. Chen, and decided to divide the judges sitting into five groups, and the preliminary round is divided into five areas at the same time, I don't know if you have any opinions?" ”
"Nope." Everyone has expressed their opinions, the preliminary round of the cooking competition is basically not exquisite, that is, to eliminate the worst group of people, this time the competition attacked more than 500 chefs, and there were 100 places in the semi-finals, which sounded fierce, in fact, there were a lot of indiscriminate fillers, and there was nothing bad about separating them.
"Okay, since that's the case, then do so, and I'll talk about the grouping situation in detail later." Dong Yanfeng nodded with a light smile, and once again explained in detail the rules of the cooking competition.
Whether it is the preliminary round or the semi-final, the rules of the cooking competition are the same, all the chefs participating in the competition each make three dishes, which are tasted and appreciated by the judges, and the elimination system is implemented, and the top ten are selected to participate in the final after the semi-finals.
The rules of the finals are a little different, there are still three dishes per person, but what dishes are not decided by the chef himself, but the chef who participates in the finals makes the same dish, and the judges taste, appreciate, score, and take the top three.
The reason why all the chefs participating in the finals are allowed to cook the same dish is precisely because the chefs who can enter the finals are basically famous in the country, and if they are still allowed to cook their own dishes, they will not show the real level, and it is not easy to comment, and the same dish is higher and which is lower, it is clear at a glance.
After talking about the rules of the cooking competition, Dong Yanfeng then announced the distribution of five groups of judges, Dong Yanfeng was present, a total of sixteen judges, except for Dong Yanfeng when assigned, the other fifteen people were divided into five groups, three people in each group, Wang Xu and Xiao Hansheng Chen Shouyi were divided into one group.
After the judges were allocated, Dong Yanfeng announced the locations of the five groups of preliminary competitions, namely the Cultural Center on Hong Kong Island, Conrad Hotel, Government House, Shangri-La Hotel, and Xiaoxiang Restaurant.
These five places are all famous places on Hong Kong Island, and Wang Xu went to the Cultural Center once, which is a comprehensive theater on Hong Kong Island, which is very spacious, and the Hong Kong Island Medical Exchange Conference he participated in was held in the Cultural Center.
As for Conrad Hotel, Shangri-La Hotel and Xiaoxiang Mansion, these three places are all famous five-star hotels and restaurants on Hong Kong Island, and the scale of each is not small, not to mention the Government House, which is the current chief executive of Hong Kong Island and the administrative and power center of Hong Kong Island.
Wang Xu and Chen Shouyi are in a group, and the preliminary area is naturally in Xiaoxiang Restaurant, and at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, the Hong Kong Island Cooking Competition will officially kick off.
At the end of the meeting at the Government House, all the celebrity chefs and the restaurants they represent were notified, and all the participants were divided into five parts to participate in the preliminary competition in five regions.
Wang Xu and a group of people out of the government house, followed Chen Shouyi and Xiao Hansheng to Xiaoxiang Restaurant to inspect the scene, the preliminary competition was divided into five areas, although it was announced at today's meeting, but the plan was already formulated, and the venues in the five places had already begun to be arranged.
Chen Shouyi led Wang Xu and Xiao Hansheng into Xiaoxiang Restaurant, went straight to the auditorium on the top floor, and entered the auditorium, Chen Shouyi said to Wang Xu with a smile: "This is actually the place where the first Hong Kong Island Cooking Competition was held, and it was moved to the Government House after the second session, two of you, please." ”
Wang Xu and Xiao Hansheng followed behind Chen Shouyi, and when they entered the auditorium, they were not only surprised, this auditorium is not ordinarily big, it is the size of several basketball courts, and the top floor of the entire Xiaoxiang restaurant is all opened, except for the entire auditorium, there are no other private rooms.
The top floor of the auditorium is cone-shaped, and in the middle is a transparent semi-circular glass cover, through which you can even see the white clouds in the sky, which is somewhat similar to the top floor design of the Conrad Hotel, the only difference is that the Xiaoxiang restaurant is built in comparison, the floor is not very high, and then ten floors, while the Conrad Hotel is full of sixty-one floors.
At this time, the auditorium has already been arranged, and on the wide rostrum at the front are ten simple cabinets and kitchen utensils, which are obviously the places used by the participating chefs to compete, and the back is slightly higher, and three tables and chairs are placed, which are where Wang Xu's three judges sit, and under the rostrum are thousands of chairs, which are reserved for the audience who come to watch.
Just looking at the whole venue, accommodating 2,000 people is definitely not a problem, this is just a small imperial restaurant, I really don't know how other places are arranged, really to talk about it, Xiaoxiang restaurant Among the five venues, the venue should be the smallest.
Despite this, Wang Xu and Xiao Hansheng were also surprised, especially Xiao Hansheng, who is the owner of Kyoto Imperial Restaurant, and when he saw the wide venue, he was not only a little embarrassed: "I didn't expect Xiaoxiang Restaurant to have this place, it's really not simple, if I can't help but feel a little wasteful." ”
Chen Shouyi smiled, and when he heard the taste in Xiao Hansheng's words, he couldn't help but feel a little proud: "This is also something that can't be helped, the place left by the ancestors, we can only keep it as juniors, and it can be regarded as a thought." ”
ps: Xiaoxiao has limited experience, and has not participated in any large-scale activities, this cooking competition can only rely on imagination, there is nothing to learn from, it is very difficult to write, some chapters may look very boring, I apologize to everyone, Xiaoxiao will try my best to write well, enter the competition, there will be a lot of jīng color places, please support Xiaoxiao. (To be continued.) )