wood, bring me here

A few days later, the finals of the food competition began.

The theme of this final is "Looking for the Taste in Memories." A total of eight finalists entered the final, including Li Jie, the head chef, Tianhua and senior chefs from several other hotels.

For the sake of fairness, the competition was held at the place designated by the Food Association, Shen Group, and all the ingredients were also provided by Shen Group. Members act as referees.

On the day of the competition, many news media came to broadcast live, and Qin Shaoyang also came to Shen Group early in the morning.

Huge kitchen, clean and tidy.

When Qin Shaoyang entered, two contestants had already arrived. Today he is full of confidence and is ready to show all his skills in the competition, show himself well, and win glory for Lijing and Li Jie.

During these four days, Qin Shaoyang hadn't contacted Li Jie, maybe because he said that sentence, after experiencing short-term depression and unhappiness, he felt relieved now.

Although Li Jie was very resistant to himself at the time, he cared about himself. In other words, as long as he performed well, he still had a chance.

So, these few days, he devoted himself to studying alone at home, and prepared well for the competition, so that Li Jie must impress him.

There was still a while before the match, Qin Shaoyang quickly changed into his clothes, washed his hands, and sat quietly with his eyes closed to rest.

After a while, the contestants and referees arrived, as did the head chef.

The head chef has been in a bad mood for the past few days. On the one hand, he is afraid that Qin Shaoyang won the grand prize in the competition and will be favored by the boss, which will make his position in Lijing unstable. On the other hand, he is hesitant to cooperate with Yu Zixin.

After all, that Yu Zixin knew too many things, including her relationship with Guo Wei and Luo Ming, as well as her purpose.

The more vacillating he was, the more uneasy he felt. He couldn't rest well day and night, and his whole body began to feel bad.

When he saw Qin Shaoyang sitting there meditating calmly, his mood couldn't have been worse.

"Qin Shaoyang, don't think that you can do anything with Li Jie backing you up. Let me tell you, you won't be complacent for a few days."

Qin Shaoyang opened his eyes and stared at the head chef without speaking.

"Hmph, even if you don't speak, I won't let you go. In this competition, I will definitely let you know how good I am. Just wait and see."

The head chef left with a livid face.

After Shen Lulin announced the start of the competition, the food competition in City D officially started.

Two hours later, Qin Shaoyang's first cold dish came out, and the other seven contestants had also finished it.

Several referees tasted eight kinds of cold dishes, and then scored them one by one.

Although Mayor Li gave Qin Shaoyang a high score, after taking into account the average score, the chef's Cold Salad Sisi surpassed Qin Shaoyang's sauced duck score, temporarily ranking first.

While the food competition was in progress, Li Jie was holding an emergency meeting in the conference room. Just a few days ago, Huamei suddenly made a big move. Not only did it take over an exhibition event in City D, but it also opened branches in two surrounding second-tier cities. On the map, it forms a triangle outflanking shape with Huami's stronghold in City D, which is not good for Lijing.

Regent's headquarters is in Hong Kong. Although there are many stores in China, there is only one store in D City and its surrounding areas. Therefore, Li Jie's boss flew to Hong Kong a few days ago to discuss countermeasures with the headquarters. Today, he called all the middle-level and above managers layer meetings.

Li Jie took a pen to record seriously, but his thoughts had already flown to the food contest.

Looking for the taste in memory, there are three dishes in total.

One cold dish, one hot dish, and one dish that can be soup or dessert. The time for each dish is two hours. The game has already started for two hours. The first dish must have been finished, and I don’t know what happened to the piece of wood. That's it.

Qin Shaoyang's ability is clear to him. Whether it is selfishly or from the hotel point of view, he hopes that he can stand out, but the other contestants are also very good, including the head chef.

That man was at odds with him, and he even regarded Qin Shaoyang as a thorn in his side, finding fault with him many times and trying to drive him away.In addition, he occupied Xiaoxia's spot in Lijing's internal selection, the head chef must hate him to the bone.

Only by winning the competition can he stabilize his position in Lijing, but, can he cheer himself up when he treated him like that that night?

Thinking of the intense kiss with the man that night, and his whispered confession, Li Jie felt feverish in his ears, and he was a little absent-minded when he even recorded it.

"Xiao Li, Xiao Li..."

Li Jie came back to his senses, and the pen in his hand fell to the ground.

He quickly picked up the pen and stood up, smiling apologetically at the boss: "Sorry, I was a little distracted just now."

The boss waved his hand: "Nothing, what do you think about this matter?"

"The Huamei Group is doing nothing more than trying to put psychological pressure on us in terms of momentum. In fact, we just need to calm down."

The boss nodded lightly and said: "The headquarters has already discussed the countermeasures with me, and we don't need to be too nervous. Everyone has worked hard recently, so let's all go back."

Li Jie tidied up his things and walked out of the conference room with the others.

Yu Zixin leaned over: "Manager Li, why were you distracted just now?"

"It's nothing."

"It's rare to see you in this situation." Yu Zixin chuckled, pretending to be mysterious: "I see, Master Qin is competing, you are worried about him."

Li Jie glanced at Yu Zixin from the corner of his eyes, and said calmly, "How do you know I'm worried about him?"

Yu Zixin shrugged her shoulders slightly: "A woman's intuition is that it's normal for friends to care about each other. By the way, have you been having conflicts recently? I haven't seen you together anymore."

Li Jie's face turned a little cold: "This has nothing to do with you."

Yu Zixin said disapprovingly: "I see that Master Qin cares about you so much. I heard that he sent you to the hospital even when you fainted from stomach pain last time, and you also ran around to make arrangements for him to participate in the competition. Why did you enter the finals? On the contrary, you are so unhappy, is there a conflict?"

Hearing what Yu Zixin said, an imperceptible surprise flashed across Li Jie's eyes, but that look was fleeting: "You don't need to worry about the matter between me and Qin Shaoyang."

Yu Zixin said reluctantly: "Manager Li, why did you react like this when you mentioned Master Qin? When Master Qin was drunk that day, he told me a lot."

Li Jie paused: "What did you say?"

Yu Zixin raised her slender eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly to form a strange arc: "He said he fell in love with someone he shouldn't, and said that person hated him. You must know the person he has a crush on, right?"

How much does this woman know?What do you want to do when you stare at yourself again and again?

Li Jie clenched his fists tightly, his face remained indifferent: "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

The food competition has entered a white-hot stage.

At present, Qin Shaoyang's total score is temporarily ranked third, which is almost the same as the score of No.2 head chef, and No.1 is the chef of Tianhua Hotel. The scores of the three are evenly matched, and the situation is very fierce.In this way, the third course becomes the key.

Since the competition time has passed for a full four hours, the contestants and referees have experienced varying degrees of fatigue, so the referee team unanimously decided to rest for one hour.

A group of people were arranged in Shen's big lounge, and Qin Shaoyang also sat on the luxurious sofa in the lounge.

Some of us were reading newspapers, some were having tea and snacks, and some were chatting together.

Qin Shaoyang rested his mind for a while by closing his eyes, drank some coffee and went to the bathroom.

As soon as he walked out of the bathroom, the phone rang.