Meg maintained a certain distance from Angelina's deliberate closeness. He couldn't figure out what this woman was thinking.
The show had progressed to the semi-finals. She was currently ranked first with her strong and stable strength and popularity.
This was no longer the stage where the contestants had to compete for popularity with their own abilities. There was no need for her to stick close to him at this time. Instead, it would put her image in jeopardy.
Meg even suspected that this woman had ulterior motives towards him. Otherwise, her behavior would be too abnormal and not in line with the ability she had shown before.
The elevator was stable. Meg stepped into it first and stood in the innermost corner.
Meg thought that Angelina would back off, but he didn't expect her to step into the elevator before Iman and Padas and stand beside Meg.
Meg suddenly understood why idols hated the so-called obsessive fans so much. Although the other party was a beautiful girl, it was still quite annoying to delay his mission.
As if she saw the indifference in Meg's eyes, Angelina took half a step back and lowered her eyes slightly. She looked at Meg with some worry and puzzlement. Her lips moved, but she held back from continuing to talk to Meg.
Meg breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this woman wasn't to the extent where she didn't know how to read people's faces.
The elevator descended steadily from the 300th floor to the basement. Iman took the initiative to chat with Angelina in a gentlemanly manner, but the latter wasn't interested. Her eyes were always on Meg.
"That person looks like a dog."
"I feel sorry for Iman for three seconds, but this sudden relationship … It's really a little confusing."
"You're always tempted by what you can't get, and those who are favoured have nothing to fear."
Iman's participation increased the show's effect a lot, and the comments became more lively.
Padas looked at the three of them and hesitated to speak. In the end, he chose to smile without saying anything.
The circle of rich people was too messy, and he really didn't know how to intervene.
It only took thirty seconds for the elevator to reach the basement. The group got out of the elevator and received the amount of money for the competition from the staff.
100,000 card coins. This was the amount of money that the contestants had received to buy ingredients.
It was extremely extravagant to spend 100,000 yuan on ingredients to cook a dish.
But for the contestants of the Chef King Tournament, the cut was simply unacceptable.
Both Iman and Padas had puzzled expressions on their faces.
One had to know that from the moment they entered the top 16, any of the main ingredients provided by the production team was worth hundreds of thousands of copper coins. Including the side dishes, it was normal for the price of ingredients to exceed a million copper coins.
But now that it was the semifinals, his budget had fallen instead of rising. He was only left with 100,000 yuan.
"So generous?" Meg was a little surprised. After all, it was just a dish. 100,000 copper coins gave him the feeling that it was quite sufficient.
Take the charcoal grilled lamb chops he made yesterday as an example. The price of a Mongolian sheep was only 20,000 copper coins, and he only took 12 lamb chops, so the total price would not exceed 5,000 copper coins.
As for the dishes he was going to cook today, he had already decided in the elevator just now. All he needed to do was to look for the ingredients he needed later.
After taking the shopping card, Meg swiped an automatic shopping cart and entered the supermarket.
Angelina's expression was equally calm. After taking the shopping card, she glanced at Meg's back and walked quickly into the supermarket as well.
Meg quickly found the fresh section through the index on the shopping cart, then found the beef section.
Mocha Supermarket was a large high-end supermarket targeted at the small bourgeoisie. There was a wide variety of high-end ingredients and there were hundreds of types of beef based on the place of origin and location.
The beef here was butchered and placed on the shelves. The cuts were perfect and could be cooked directly after purchase.
However, Meg walked around and reached out to test the temperature of a few types of beef. He shook his head in disappointment and turned to the inquiry button on the shopping cart. He asked, "Where can I get warm beef?"
"This little cart doesn't understand what you're talking about. Can you repeat it?" replied the shopping cart in a gentle female voice.
"Is this artificial retard?" Meg pursed his lips.
"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" The artificial intelligence was turned off and a real artificial voice came in.
"I want to buy warm beef that was slaughtered less than an hour ago. Can you provide it here?" asked Meg directly.
"Please wait a moment, I need to make some inquiries," replied the voice.
On the other hand, in the control centre of Mocha Supermarket, the customer service supervisor looked at the supermarket's general manager.
"We have our own slaughterhouse on the 38th floor. A batch of high-quality silver-horned bison just arrived yesterday. If he wants it, we can send it to the supermarket in ten minutes," said the supervisor of the slaughterhouse as he stood up.
"Okay, then promise him. No matter what he wants, as long as it's in the main city, we can get it for him," ordered the manager.
The customer service manager nodded and reconnected the call. "Hello, dear customer. According to your request, we can provide customized service for you. What you need is a piece of beef that has been slaughtered for less than an hour and that still retains its body temperature, right? Do you have any other requirements for the beef's part, weight and breed? "
"I need the hind leg of a silver-horned bison that weighs about 1,500 kilograms. The weight is 1.5 kilograms." Meg said. He had just asked the system to check the supermarket's order list. The ingredients were ready-made and the price was reasonable. It just met his requirements.
"Okay, please wait a moment. The ingredients you need will be sent to you in ten minutes!"
"Is there anything else you need help with?"
"No, thank you." Meg turned off the voice inquiry and walked to the seafood section according to the index.
In ten minutes, Meg bought two kilograms of ordinary white water prawns, two pieces of pork skin in the promotional section, a few common side dishes, and the warm beef that was sent to him on time. The total cost was less than 3,000 copper coins.
"This is the so-called warm beef. The meat is bright red and has a lot of elasticity. It still retains the body temperature of the cow. Of course, you can use any kind of beef as a substitute, but it's better to choose the more elastic hind leg meat. " Meg showed the beef that he just received to the camera and smiled. "Now that the ingredients have been purchased, I have to go back to the site to cook."
"Wow, isn't this saving a lot of money for the program? He only spent 2,800 copper coins for a hundred thousand. "
"I feel so immersed watching Hades shopping. He buys everything cheaply. 2,800 for ingredients seems to be an acceptable price."
"Do you rich people shop in the market like this? That's a month's worth of food expenses, including the gas! "
"While others are still worried about the lack of funds, Hades has already returned with a full load. I feel like he knows what he wants to buy from the moment he stepped into the supermarket."
The comments quickly flashed by, mostly praising Meg.
At the same time, in the seafood section, Iman was looking at the two fish in the two fish tanks with a distressed expression.
"Which one should I choose?" Iman scratched his head with a conflicted expression.
Padas in the meat section had a similar expression. At this time, he already had a variety of ingredients in his shopping cart, but he also had difficulty choosing the main ingredient. He couldn't make up his mind for a long time.
Angelina was very efficient in choosing ingredients, but she seemed to need to buy a lot of ingredients. Half of her shopping cart was already filled, but she was still looking for something.
"I didn't expect the slowest contestant to buy ingredients yesterday to be Meg, the most efficient one today," said Dave as he looked at Meg, who was the first to enter the elevator to return to the main venue.
Julian shook his head and said, "It's obvious that the limits of a chef's vision are obvious. Even if he got a hundred thousand copper coins, he still couldn't choose the best ingredients at this price."
"I feel that from the moment he stepped into the supermarket, he already knew what ingredients he needed. Expensive doesn't mean the best, let alone the best ingredients for the dishes he chose." Old Hunter immediately retorted, "The price of whitewater prawn isn't outstanding among the various prawns because it's easy to catch and there are a lot of them. It's not because it tastes worse than other prawns. I personally think it can be ranked in the top three of the seafood list. It's also a common seafood that ordinary people often eat.
On the other hand, some contestants are completely disrupted by the new rules. They don't even know what ingredients they need after they start to choose the ingredients. It's worrying. "
Julian's face turned red. Naturally, he could tell that Old Hunter was hinting at Iman. As his master, he was naturally unhappy. He said coldly, "Prawn and beef are two completely opposite ingredients. I'd like to see what kind of tricks he can come up with."
Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more aggressive, Nancy chuckled and said, "It's the first time I've seen a chef cook with ingredients less than three thousand copper coins in the semi-finals. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of food he can make."
Julian glanced at Nancy and didn't say anything, but his face darkened a little.
Judging from Nancy's attitude towards Hades, she seemed to be very interested in this newcomer. This was a little disadvantageous for Iman in the finals.
This was the first time he'd let his disciple participate in the competition. One of the reasons was that he'd gotten the list of contestants in advance and confirmed that there weren't any famous or powerful chefs on it. That was why he'd let Iman participate in the competition.
The competition was considered one of the top competitions in the industry, and the champion had the opportunity to become a special chef of McCarthy Manor.
Just as he'd expected, Iman, who'd inherited his skills, had passed all the obstacles and successfully entered the quarter-finals.
According to the original plan, his only opponent was Angelina. As long as he won by surprise, he'd have a chance to turn the tables in the finals.
But now, Hades had appeared out of nowhere. He'd come in third place with a big gap in online ratings, less than one point behind Iman.
Julian didn't know what dish Meg would cook today, but judging from the current situation, Meg, who'd chosen an ordinary piece of beef and two kilograms of ordinary white water prawn, seemed to be less competitive.
Meg returned to the venue. There were only four operating desks left in the venue, on which the names and numbers of the semi-finalists were written.
Meg first greeted the judges, then returned to the operating desks.
"Contestant Hades, we see that you've chosen your ingredients very quickly and returned to the venue. Everyone is curious about one thing. What dish are you planning to cook today? Using silver-horn beef and white water prawn sounds like two completely different ingredients. Also, why did you choose these two ingredients? "asked Dave curiously as he looked at Meg.
This was probably one of the questions that the judges and audience were more curious about.
"Silver-horn bison is produced in the Xihua Prairie. Its meat is excellent, but its price is much lower than other high-quality beef. It's a low-cost, high-quality beef. The piece I chose is a hind leg with relatively less fascia and fat, and it's warm-bodied beef that was slaughtered less than half an hour ago.
White water prawn is delicious, delicate, and smooth. It's the best among prawns, and it won't change just because of its low price. The white water prawn I chose is produced in the southern region of Whitewater. The water quality there is better, and the white water prawn produced is of a higher quality.
As for the dish I'm going to cook today, I'll keep it a secret for now. When it's done, it'll be revealed, "answered Meg with a smile as he took out his tools one by one and placed them on the operating desks.
A sturdy wooden block, two large iron rods that looked like murder weapons, and two transparent glass pots.
The judges nodded as they listened to Meg's words. From Meg's answers, they could tell that he had a deep understanding of the ingredients he chose. He didn't choose cheap ingredients on purpose, but chose the ones with the highest cost-performance ratio.
After witnessing the extreme case of him cooking an ordinary lamb chop into a delicious dish yesterday, the judges' evaluation became more cautious.
As a judge, they had to be unafraid of being slapped in the face, but being slapped in the face on the show was indeed not something to be proud of.
Meg watched the teaching video that the class representative had compiled yesterday. While he gave the editor a thumbs up, he also felt sorry for him for a few seconds.
Therefore, he still didn't do a live commentary today.
As an idol, being cool was the most important thing.
He boiled the pig skin in a pot of water, and he needed to make a pot of meat jelly.
He didn't rush to deal with the fresh white water prawn. He washed the beef that still had the body temperature of a bison, removed some fascia and fat, and then picked up the two iron rods on the wooden block and began to beat it.
Dong dong dong!!!
The iron rods hit the beef, making a pleasant sound, as if a high-quality drum was being beaten.
The extremely fresh beef trembled slightly on the wooden block, as if it was undergoing an irresistible hammering massage.
At first glance, it looked a bit like a murder scene.
But if one looked carefully, the beef was being hammered by the iron rods that weighed dozens of kilograms, but there was no scene of flesh and blood flying. The fresh beef was tightly adhered, and became more and more sticky as it was hammered. It was changing shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"What is he doing?"
The judges and the audience were all confused.
(End of chapter)
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