Chapter 60: I'm Not Interested in Money
"Do you think you'll be able to defeat me by taking a different approach? It's naïve. Zhai Daozhen also noticed that Zhang Mingchuan handled it differently from his own, and muttered to himself.
"I'm confident." Zhang Mingchuan, who was on the tip of his ear, heard the voice of Saidao Shinya, and responded seemingly nothing.
"Huh." When Saito heard this, he didn't say anything more.
At this moment, the atmosphere of the scene was very solemn, and the entire wide hall became extremely quiet, waiting for the final decision of the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association, and at this time, only the two parties had indifferent expressions as if they had nothing to do with themselves.
The president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association first picked up the octopus sashimi of Saito Shinya, and after a while, he picked up Zhang Mingchuan's octopus sashimi.
After a while, the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association picked up the octopus sashimi of Masaya with chopsticks, and then tasted Zhang Mingchuan's octopus sashimi.
After tasting three sips in turn, I fell into deep thought.
Although Qin Fang is a native of Donghua, as the chief judge of the competition, everyone is very convinced by his comments, including Zhaidao Shinya, a native of Dongying Island who has known Qin Fang.
"After my careful consideration and careful consideration, I already have a plan in my heart. But for the sake of fairness, I prefer that the two contestants will taste each other and give each other a fair answer. "Before the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association announced the final results, he wanted both sides to be convinced.
After hearing the words of the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association, Saidao Zhen also had a trace of disdain, because although he was optimistic about Zhang Mingchuan, it did not mean that he thought he would lose to a mid-level chef working in a takeaway restaurant. At the same time, a trace of uneasiness rose inexplicably in his heart.
Zhang Mingchuan didn't think about it so much, and came to the octopus sashimi of Saidao Shinya, picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.
"Just like the octopus sashimi I tried to make for the fourth time, although I also took into account the season, I am not as familiar with the quality of this octopus as I am after eating the same octopus sashimi six times in a row, and I can only make a perfect quality octopus sashimi after being guided by Genji no Mon." All this was expected by Zhang Mingchuan.
It turned out that Zhang Mingchuan had this plan from the beginning, he was definitely not as familiar with sashimi as Saisa, and the octopus was an ingredient that he had rarely come into contact with recently, so he made full use of the time stillness of the kitchen god space and the characteristics of infinite ingredients, entered the kitchen god space on the field, and kept practicing targetedly.
It can be said that Zhang Mingchuan at this time is still more familiar with its own meat than the octopus itself, which is also Zhang Mingchuan's confidence.
As a professional sashimi chef, after tasting Zhang Mingchuan's octopus sashimi, he also tasted the subtle difference between himself and his octopus sashimi.
"Why can you take into account the meat quality of this octopus so perfectly?" Under Saito Shinya's calm face, those trembling eyes betrayed the shock in his heart.
Zhaidao Zhen has also seen his teacher Sashimi God, just gently touching the ingredients, you can clearly understand the essence of the ingredients, this is also the realm he has been pursuing, I didn't expect to come to Qinzhou now, met a young man in his twenties, and actually reached the realm of almost his teacher.
Saito Shinya's self-esteem made him unable to accept for a while that there was someone better at making sashimi than him, especially that person was younger than him, this impact made Saidao Shinya stand in place in a daze, and the chopsticks in his hand had fallen to the ground.
Everyone at the scene looked at the two who behaved strangely, and they quieted down for some reason, and the atmosphere froze to the extreme.
The president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association was about to speak, when another judge beside him, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke.
"Zhang Mingchuan, I didn't taste the strange taste from your octopus sashimi, which means that you are not using Reiki kitchenware, where did you get the confidence that you can defeat the disciple of the Dongying Island Country Sashimi God who uses yellow-level kitchenware." Zhu Ruhu asked.
Zhu Ruhu is a taster, once known as the "tongue of the gods of Qinzhou", after the age of 30, he went out to travel far away to increase his knowledge, many restaurants are prosperous because of his words, and more restaurants are also dead because of a word. Recently, he returned to Qinzhou to run errands, and then received an invitation from the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association to become one of the judges of this open challenge.
None of the more than 100 special chefs had ever asked him to speak before about the dishes, even the sashimi of Saiya Manya, because he ate it in one bite, and Sato Maya's sashimi was made with yellow-grade kitchen utensils.
Now the young middle-level chef in front of him, using ordinary knives to make sashimi, can actually attract the tongue of the former Qinzhou god to speak, even the president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association is surprised.
"It's an ordinary knife." The president of the Qinzhou Cuisine Association secretly thought after hearing Zhu Ruhu's words.
"It's an ordinary knife!" Zhai Dao Zhen also felt even more hit after hearing Zhu Ruhu's words, he can be said to be a famous teacher, holding a spiritual treasure, and he will be defeated in the hands of ordinary kitchenware!
"It's an ordinary knife?" Zhang Mingchuan was even more unbelieving after hearing Zhu Ruhu's words, this is a knife he brought out from the kitchen god space, how can it be ordinary!
"I think this answer, Saidao really has more say than me, no matter how you say it, kitchen utensils are just tools, only by cooking with heart, can you inject soul into it, just like soaked instant noodles are always more soul than boiled instant noodles." Zhang Mingchuan pretended to be forced.
"How could I be worse than you in my heart for sashimi! Do you have to change the ingredients yourself and try it again! "The belief in Saidao Shinya's heart has never wavered, where is Zhang Mingchuan allowed to question his love for sashimi so much.
"Are you really trying to get a tattoo? Isn't it more focused on your sashimi knife? You're just putting the cart before the horse! Zhang Mingchuan's murderous remarks hit the soul of Zhaidao Zhenya.
"Am I putting the cart before the horse?" Zhaidao Zhen also recalled that after leaving the school, the teacher gave him this Qinglin, although the days after that have not stopped practicing making sashimi, but it is true that more attention has been put on cultivating the tacit understanding with Qinglin, and there is no single-minded state of sashimi when learning art.
"Mingchuan-kun! Teachable! Zhai Dao Zhen also bowed deeply to Zhang Mingchuan and never got up for a long time.
"I will abide by the agreement and publicly apologize to the Qinzhou cuisine community, and at the same time, I will stay in Qinzhou to learn the mystery of cooking! And my hermit is always open to Mingchuan-kun for free! Although the results of this open challenge did not achieve the goal that Saidao Shinya wanted, Zhang Mingchuan's words also made him feel that the trip was worthwhile.
"Donghua Qinzhou is inclusive, of course, we welcome all walks of life to come, learn from each other, and make progress together, which is our goal!" Qin Fang, president of Qinzhou Cuisine Association, made a final concluding speech.
Zhang Mingchuan finally turned the tide and saved the face of the entire Qinzhou cuisine industry, which can be regarded as a happy ending.
As the saying goes, no one asks for ten years, and the world knows once he wields a knife.
It's been a week since the Open Challenge, and now Zhang Mingchuan has become a rising star in the Qinzhou culinary world.
Even the sales of Shanhai Restaurant have been rising, and even many of the special chefs who have participated in the Open Challenge have become loyal diners of Shanhai Restaurant after tasting the dishes of Shanhai Restaurant.
There are also many special chefs who hope to hang the takeaway of Shanhai Restaurant in their restaurant, first, to repay Zhang Mingchuan for defeating Saidao Maya and saving their face; The second is that the dishes of Shanhai Food Garden are really delicious, and they can also improve the competitiveness of their restaurant in the local area after hanging up.
After Zhang Mingchuan heard their suggestion, he exclaimed, who would dislike the slowness of merit and luck, these special chefs are all mid-to-high-end restaurants, and they are also completely the sales target group of Shanhai Restaurant.
Zhang Mingchuan agreed to this plan without saying a word, which is invisibly equivalent to him having more than 40 sales channels, and several of the high-end restaurants after getting Zhang Mingchuan's authorization, even said that the pricing of some dishes is still lower, and the price is completely unworthy of the quality of the dishes, and the price must be increased by at least 30% to be appropriate.
Zhang Mingchuan only has one feeling, that is, no wonder they can become bigger and stronger, and open a high-end restaurant, it is really professional.
However, Zhang Mingchuan at least knows one thing, that is, only mutual benefit can form a good long-term cooperation, so he said that the price here remains the same, and as for the price hanging in their restaurant, it is completely up to them to decide.
And the reason why Zhang Mingchuan is so confident is because these dishes have no cost to him at all, and now his account has changed from the original four figures to seven figures, and now he can be said to have no interest in money at all.
The most important thing is that the dishes of Shanhai Food Garden are not afraid of being imitated, all the ingredients are monopolized by him, even if those restaurants sell at a reduced price, it will not affect him in the slightest, because he is the only channel.