Ning Zhijun has seen a scene like this today countless times.

Whenever he felt that he had won, Lin Chen would miraculously turn the tables.

Therefore, when he saw that Hugo actually ate all the noodles given by Lin Chen, he immediately became uneasy.

Fortunately, it hasn't gotten any worse.

After eating the noodles, Hugo put down the dishes and chopsticks, closed his eyes and rested for a moment, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, he opened his eyes and said to Lin Chen: "Mr. Lin, thank you very much for allowing me to relive the taste that my grandfather longed for, and I will definitely repay this kindness." ”

When Ning Yingran heard this, she was overjoyed and said: "Mr. Hugo, then our cooperation ......"

Hugo suddenly raised his hand, shook his head and said, "Miss Ning, you misunderstood. I will repay Mr. Lin Chen's kindness, but not in this cooperation, because it is not in line with my principles. ”

"What?" When Ning Yingran heard this, she was directly dumbfounded.

Principle? What principle?

Hugo said with a smile: "My principle, you should also know, the outside world says that I love food and not the country, and this is indeed the case, if you can come up with food that satisfies me today, then our cooperation can be said to be a certainty." But unfortunately, it is the Xinning's Group that provides me with food today. ”

"But Lin Chen's bowl of noodles ......," Ning Yingran couldn't help asking.

"That bowl of noodles is really good, but it's not delicious, no matter how good the clear soup noodles are, it's just clear soup noodles, it really means a lot to our Planck family, but for me, it's not as satisfying as the delicious dishes made by the chefs invited by the Xinning Group." Hugo explained.

Hearing this, Ning Zhijun breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect the situation to take such a turn, and he almost didn't scare him to death.

Ning Yingran looked disappointed, only feeling that this Hugo was too old-fashioned, Lin Chen found for him the delicacy that his grandfather had been looking for for a long time, but he couldn't impress him.

"Mr. Hugo, do you mean that as long as we can provide the same delicious taste as theirs, you will choose us?"

At this time, Lin Chen said softly.

Hugo nodded: "Yes, that's right, but it's a pity, I think you should be too late today, unless you can get people to prepare immediately, otherwise, I will only sign this contract with Xinning Group today." ”

"No, it's too late, in that case, please wait a moment, Mr. Hugo, and I'll prepare enough delicacies for you to impress you now."

"What? You? ”

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Hugo was directly stunned.

Ning Yingran was also stunned, she couldn't help but ask, "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about?" ”

"Of course it's cooking, thanks to Mr. Hugo for giving us the opportunity, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare now."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Ning Zhijun and Ning Lizhi on the side couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahaha, Lin Chen, you actually want to cook? You idiot, do you think you can compare your cooking skills to the chef I hired? They are three-Michelin-starred chefs and royal chefs! ”

"I think...... I guess it's a little better than them. Lin Chen touched his nose and smiled.

Ning Zhijun and the others were directly dumbfounded when they heard this, how could people be shameless to such a point?

A door-to-door son-in-law dares to claim that his cooking skills are comparable to that of a royal chef?

"Don't listen to him, Monsieur Hugo! He's just a door-to-door son-in-law, where can he do anything? Ning Zhijun turned his head to Hugo and said.

Hugo looked at Lin Chen and shook his head: "No, Mr. Lin Chen, for the sake of the bowl of noodles just now, I can give you another chance." But ......"

Hugo glanced at the watch on his wrist: "It's almost half past twelve now, I can only give you an hour, my principle, after half past one is not lunchtime." ”

"Okay, then I'll go and prepare it now." Lin Chen nodded, then turned around and left.

Ning Yingran looked worried, and wanted to follow to have a look, but she was worried that if she left, Ning Zhijun would take the opportunity to persuade Hugo to sign immediately, so he had to wait at the scene.

Ning Zhijun and Ning Lizhi glanced at each other, and the latter said in a low voice: "This Lin Chen really knows how to cook?" ”

"It seems like he does, I've heard anyone say it." Ning Zhijun said with a gloomy face: "But he is a son-in-law who comes to the door, even if he makes the rice into flowers, it is impossible for him to surpass the chef we invited in terms of cooking skills, right?" ”

Ning Lizhi hesitated, still feeling that Lin Chen should not be given any chance.

She then said: "Mr. Hugo, that Lin Chen must be just playing tricks and delaying time, let's sign the contract first, right?" ”

Ning Yingran immediately defended Lin Chen: "Mr. Hugo, my brother-in-law's cooking skills are indeed very good!" I think you should give him a chance! ”

"Awesome? No matter how powerful he is, he's just a door-to-door son-in-law! Could it be that his level can be better than that of a three-Michelin-starred chef? Ning Lizhi shouted.

"Not necessarily!" Ning Yingran competed against each other.

"Alright, two ladies, don't be impatient." Hugo waved his hand to signal them to be quiet.

"For Mr. Lin's sake of clear soup noodles, he deserves an hour from me, so let's wait and see."

At the same time, in the hotel kitchen, the hotel personnel who received the news were welcoming Lin Chen's arrival.

And also got the news from Ning Zhijun, several Michelin chefs and palace chef Ang Xing and others stood aside with the attitude of watching the play, wanting to see what kind of dishes this guy who was said to be just a son-in-law could make.

"Master Ang, I heard that this kid made Mr. Hugo cry with a bowl of clear soup noodles just now, what do you think he will do this time?"

Another imperial chef, Lei Enjun, asked.

"How? I heard that Mr. Hugo would cry, but in fact, it was for other reasons, and it had nothing to do with the bowl of noodles. And even if he was a good cook, he wouldn't be able to beat us. Ang Xing smiled disdainfully.

On the side, the Michelin chefs also nodded in agreement.

In addition to cooking skills, another key factor in determining the taste of a dish is the ingredients.

For today's reception, they prepared the dishes several days in advance, and they brought in top-quality ingredients from all over the world to complete today's cooking.

Of course, they can't give these ingredients to Lin Chen, a competitor, so the only ingredients that Lin Chen can use here are the ingredients provided by the hotel.

But these ingredients may be good in Jiangcheng, but they are far from good in the world.

In the face of a culinary expert like Hugo, the gap in ingredients will be the winner or loser of this culinary showdown.

In the midst of these people's discussions, Lin Chen had already come to the stove and was checking the ingredients.

The chefs in the surrounding restaurants frowned when they saw him, and they were also helpless: "I'm sorry Mr. Lin, this is already the best ingredient we can provide." ”

These hotel chefs originally prepared a lot of delicacies for Hugo, but they didn't expect that because of the food corps brought by Ning Zhijun, their preparations were all in vain.

Therefore, even if there was no indication from the hotel, they spontaneously stood on Lin Chen's side, hoping that he could win so that the chef team of Xinning Group could have a little color.

It's just that, aside from the cooking skills, the gap between the two sides in terms of ingredients alone is already very different.