Chapter 21: The Crisis of Public Opinion
The star rating of the restaurant is evaluated after countless harsh conditions audit, and it is also the greatest recognition of this restaurant.
Tang Fengge, which has been operating in Xijing for more than 20 years, is only a star so far, and there are tens of thousands of restaurants in Xijing, large and small, and the restaurants that can reach one star are even less than one percent, which shows how difficult it is to obtain a star.
Among them, there are very few folk casual kitchens that can obtain star ratings, and most of them belong to restaurants under the huge system of eight major cuisines.
If Tang Feng Pavilion loses its star rating, then the signature unicorn sea bass will no longer be allowed to bear the name of the signboard, and if all the diners in Xijing want to eat the unicorn sea bass again, Zhang Mingchuan's Shanhai Food Court will become the first choice of restaurants recommended on the official website of the Cuisine Association.
The assistant chef beside him looked at Chef Qiao and said angry words, and he didn't dare to directly implement such a major decision, so he had to secretly find Qiao Fubao who was sitting in the backyard and told him what happened.
"Nonsense!" After Qiao Fubao heard the whole thing, he directly smashed the teacup in his hand.
"Let him get over to me right away!" Qiao Fubao scolded angrily.
"Dad, you're looking for me." After a while, Qiao Yuangu, who was still full of anger, walked into the study.
"Who gave you the guts of the dog and asked you to say in public that you want to have a culinary duel with the chef of Shanhai Restaurant!" Qiao Fubao asked loudly.
"Dad, this takeaway restaurant has been tossing us for so long, it is really no one, and it has always refused to communicate, besides, the business in our store is getting worse and worse now, I am afraid that it will not be long before our Tang Fengge does not go to the showdown, and we will not be able to gain a foothold in the high-end restaurants in Xijing." Qiao Yuangu said what he thought.
"Stupid! Although Shanhai Food Garden has emerged in the food industry of Xijing, it is still more prestigious in Tangfeng Pavilion among the people. If we take the initiative to fight, whether we succeed or fail, it will only become a stepping stone to the reputation of Shanhai Restaurant, and do you think you can win! Qiao Fubao said with hatred that iron does not become steel.
"This war without gunpowder is not just about cooking, understand?" Qiao Fubao said quietly.
"Dad, do you mean ......, if this is exposed, we Tang Fengge are afraid that it will not be as simple as picking stars." Qiao Yuangu looked worried.
"When that time comes, I'm afraid we won't have a choice." Qiao Fubao said.
"Yes, I'll get ready." Qiao Yuangu said.
After knowing his father's plan, Qiao Yuangu seemed absent-minded, recalling his father's heartfelt love for cooking and hard training when he was a child, and slowly Tang Fengge developed from a small street shop to today's scale, but now the restaurant is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more difficulties and obstacles to development, and time is quietly changing everyone.
The noisy kitchen staff all heard Chef Qiao's remarks just now, and Chef Qiao, who had no time to take care of him, also forgot to remind the kitchen staff to keep it secret, and gradually the news that Chef Qiao was going to launch a culinary duel against the Shanhai Restaurant with Tang Fengge star spread in the chef world, and the gluttony world gradually heard some rumors.
"Xijing has not had a cooking duel for many years, and it was a long time ago to bet on the star cooking duel of the restaurant, and I remember that the last cooking duel was still last time." Xijing gluttony Li Moumou said in a teahouse after hearing the news.
"Tang Fengge has not applied to the Cuisine Association, please don't spread rumors." Seeing that the news was getting more and more outrageous, the Xijing Cuisine Association issued an announcement.
"Fake news, but this is no wind and no waves, it is said that Tang Fengge's business is not very optimistic now, it is squeezed by the Shanhai Restaurant, Tang Fengge's unicorn perch has always been a must in Xijing before, and now the Shanhai Restaurant has launched a set of steamed meiyu, with various flavors, and many people go to eat steamed meiyu." Xijing gluttony Sun was chatting with his friends in the teahouse.
"That's not to say, people who have eaten it say that steamed fish is better." My friend accosted.
"Yes, I don't like fish, but I'm going to try it anyway." Gluttony Sun said.
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Zhang Mingchuan, who was basking in the sun at home, hadn't been to the Flood World for three days.
It's just because of the Xuanqi Gate three days ago.
"Geng Mountain, no grass and trees, more water, more big snakes. There is a beast, its shape is like a fox and fish wings, its name is called Zhu Xiong, and its song is self-reliant, then its country is afraid. "The Gate of Xuanqi on the right is displayed.
"Please cook a [perfect quality oil confit Zhu Xiong], hint: Zhu Xiong belongs to the branch bloodline of the divine beast nine-tailed fox, the current merit luck is too low, and the probability of survival is extremely low, please work hard to accumulate merit luck points." The Gate of the Xuan Xuan on the left is displayed.
"When did you become so humane, and it will remind me of the probability of survival, I am really a bolt." Zhang Mingchuan looked at the merit luck point that was stuck in a bottleneck.
"I also hope that the merit and luck points can rise faster, but the atmosphere in Qinzhou is like this, those who have the conditions to try new things generally rarely order takeout, and few groups who often order takeout have the capital to taste it, so although it is very stable now, the increase has not been able to rise." At present, the daily growth of merit qi points is maintained at the early hundreds, and it will take at least a week to accumulate to reach the threshold of the first layer of the first realm.
So Zhang Mingchuan, who had been basking in the sun for another three days in the courtyard, looked at the merit luck points that were still more than 200 years away, and was ready to bask in the sun for another two days.
"Hey, how come the merit luck point has exceeded two hundred today, and I haven't done anything." Zhang Mingchuan, who was lying in a rocking chair in the courtyard, suddenly received a reminder from the takeaway platform.
Zhang Mingchuan, who received this unexpected joy, rushed into the mysterious space while undressing.
"Dad, it's ready, can you do it?" Qiao Yuangu came to the study and asked.
"Let's begin, so that you don't have too many dreams at night." Qiao Fubao, who had a few more gray hairs, said.
"But now that our Tang Feng Pavilion and Shanhai Food Garden are still on the cusp, it is not easy for others to suspect that it is us." Qiao Yuangu said.
"Now it's ready to fly, and there are pros and cons to this matter, because on the cusp of the storm, negative news about Shanhai Food Garden is also easier to search and spread. As long as Shanhai Food Garden continues to be reluctant to come forward, it will not be able to prove itself. "Qiao Fubao is clearly ready to take the plunge.
"yes, then I'll get them going." Qiao Yuangu had no choice but to obey orders.
"I've heard that the kitchen environment of the Shanhai Restaurant is very poor, and it is never cleaned."
"I've heard that after eating something from Shanhai Food Garden once, I want to eat it a second time because of the contraband added to it, which will make people addictive!"
"I also heard that the reason why the things in the Shanhai Food Garden are delicious is because those ingredients are all monsters cultivated by artificial modification genes."
"In fact, the chef of Shanhai Food Garden is an outcast of Cantonese cuisine, and he committed a heinous case and was expelled from the division back then!"
Tea houses large and small in Xijing began to appear all kinds of negative news about Shanhai Restaurant, from the hygienic environment to the chef's background.
There were more and more rumors, and finally it was on the hot search "Sinful Qinzhou Xijing Shanhai Food Garden"
Some people scoff at these rumors, especially the loyal diners who have been with Shanhai Food Court since its opening, and most of them who know the situation have a clear understanding of the situation, believing that Shanhai Food Court also believes in their taste as a gourmand for many years.
However, there are more netizens who have not eaten the dishes of Shanhai Restaurant, and people are also under the clouds, and there is a lot of scolding on the Internet about Shanhai Restaurant.
"Nonsense!" Boss Ma, who is not bad for money, as the first loyal diner of Shanhai Restaurant, can't help but be angry when he sees the news on the Internet.
"Secretary Li! You go to the trolls and bring back public opinion for me. Secretary Li is also a diner of Shanhai Restaurant, so he naturally can't get used to the current wind direction on the Internet, so he quickly executed Boss Ma's order.
Not only Boss Ma alone, but also many diners spontaneously organized themselves and began to argue on the Internet.
Junjun takes you to eat Xijing, as a local food blogger in Xijing, he still has a certain influence on the Internet, and after seeing the remarks on the Internet, he couldn't help but take the initiative to post a video and take the initiative to stand in the Shanhai Food Garden.
"As a food blogger who has witnessed the whole process of cooking by the chef of Shanhai Restaurant, I prove with my personality that rumors on the Internet are rumors." He gave a five-minute speech and again attached a link to the previous work of the chef of Shanhai Restaurant cooking at home.
This video of Junjun taking you to eat Xijing finally let many people who don't know the truth understand what kind of person the chef of Shanhai Food Garden is, and the wind direction of public opinion is no longer simply one-sided.
Qiao's father and son, who had been well prepared for a long time, continued to guide public opinion on the Internet, but from the initial one-sided abuse to arguments between the two sides.
"As long as there is a stain on the Internet, it will be difficult for him to have new customers, and it will be difficult for him to continue to expand and develop!" Qiao Fubao looked at the scolding on the Internet and said, he didn't expect to close the other party's store through public opinion from the beginning, and curbing the development of Shanhai Food Garden was his main purpose.
As soon as he stepped into the first layer of the self-refining realm, a large amount of black filth was discharged from Zhang Mingchuan's body through pores, covering Zhang Mingchuan's body.
"At the first layer of refining one's own realm, I didn't expect that there were so many impurities that had been inhaled into the body since I was a child, and now that I was expelled from the body, I felt that my body was as pure as a newborn. And the strength and recovery of the skin have also improved a lot. Zhang Mingchuan washed off the filth on his body, revealing white and flawless skin, glowing in the sun, and even his pores became much smaller.