Hearing his master's words, his disciple nodded repeatedly and then continued.
"That's right. No matter how great Yuan Zhou is, what can he do? We have 28 restaurants and 28 head chefs. Besides, this is a fair and square competition," the disciple said.
"Yes. If we win the competition, we can not only break that guy's spirit, but also show our faces in front of Chairman Zhang and Chairman Zhou." Chef Li thought that because of this, his Shrimp and Crab Gathering might have a chance to break through the bottleneck and make further progress.
As long as he won the competition, he could prove that he challenged Yuan Zhou not because he was dissatisfied with the exemplary restaurant, but because he wanted to let everyone know that there was also seafood in Sichuan Cuisine.
Although he could say so even if he lost the competition, the winner's words were always the truth.
As long as he won the competition and defeated this year's exemplary restaurant, his reputation could be even greater!
Three birds with one stone. The more Chef Li thought about it, the more excited he became.
"Good, good. You deserve to be my disciple. Your thinking is very enlightening." Chef Li patted his disciple's shoulder with satisfaction.
The disciple hurriedly flattered, "Master, you taught me well."
"Call all the head chefs. The main force of this challenge, namely, the head chef, will be our Shrimp and Crab Gathering, namely, me," Chef Li said to his disciple in high spirits.
The disciple immediately took out his phone and turned it on, preparing to make the call.
At that time, Chef Li had already opened the invitation letter that Zhong Lili had just given him.
The invitation letter had a dark purple background and looked quite classy. In addition to the time and place written on it, there were also some hints and requirements.
For example, if you needed special seafood, you must apply to the evaluation committee in advance, because the evaluation committee was responsible for providing all the materials provided in this competition.
Besides, the main dish of this competition must be seafood. All these were perfect and didn't seem to be made by Zhong Lili on the spot.
As the secretary-general of China Chefs' Alliance, Zhong Lili's ability was obvious to all.
Otherwise, how could she sit in this position at the age of 20? What did she rely on?
Beauty?
Youth?
None of them!
It was because Zhong Lili's father and Zhou Shijie were good friends, neighbors and even relatives … Ahem, ahem, it was because of her ability.
The time of the competition was seven days later, and the venue was on the second floor of Renyu Building. Chef Li estimated the distance and found that it was between Shrimp and Crab Gathering and The Kitchen God. It was fair.
As for the dishes, the competition was divided into two sides. On one side was Yuan Zhou's Blue Team, and on the other side was the Red Team consisting of 28 restaurants.
The red team and the blue team would each make seven dishes for evaluation. The time limit was two hours, and each dish would be worth ten points. The team with the highest points would win.
"Um, very fair." Chef Li was very satisfied with the judging method.
But in fact, this rule was unfair to Yuan Zhou. Therefore, when Zhong Lili was making the rules, she specially called Yuan Zhou to ask him how many dishes were suitable.
In the beginning, Zhong Lili had planned to cook three dishes. Seven dishes were set by Yuan Zhou himself. He had said that he wanted to win so badly that Chef Li would start to doubt his life. Yuan Zhou rarely said such harsh words, but since he had said so, he would definitely accomplish it. Therefore, it was not something that could be solved with three or four dishes.
Even dragons had reverse scales, let alone humans. This was the first time that Yuan Zhou was so angry.
His disciple dialed Ao Pi's number and then handed it to Chef Li.
"What's wrong? Why didn't you answer my call and even turned off your phone?" Ao Pi's stiff voice passed from the other side of the phone. He was definitely not happy to be hung up on.
"Are you scared and don't want to do it?" Ao Pi questioned sarcastically.
Facing Ao Pi's doubt, Chef Li smiled lightly and said, "I don't want to do it. Do you know that I have been studying new dishes in seclusion recently in order to let Yuan Zhou know what respect is?"
"Do you know how much time I spend in the kitchen every day?!" Chef Li took the initiative and said, "Except for eating and sleeping, I spend 13 hours in the kitchen every day. Do you think it's a joke?"
On hearing that, Ao Pi's arrogance weakened immediately and then he said, "I have something to discuss with you. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so anxious."
"What's the matter?" Chef Li asked leisurely after calming everyone down with satisfaction.
"I want to know what kind of seafood dishes you will choose in this challenge." Ao Pi asked.
"Here's the thing. Since it's a challenge, I want to play it big. So I reported this challenge to the Chef's Alliance and they also agreed." Chef Li didn't answer Ao Pi's question at all, but directly began to brag.
"I have some connections in the Chef's Association, so both the Chef's Alliance and the Sichuan Cuisine Alliance agreed. The judges of this competition are Chairman Zhou Shijie and Chairman Zhang Yan. I have already received the invitation letter. It's estimated that you will receive it soon, too." Chef Li said lightly.
On hearing that, Ao Pi was shocked. He didn't expect that Zhou Shijie and Zhang Yan would be involved. It should be noted that any chef's competition or culinary evaluation would be on a completely different level as long as the two of them could be invited.
Therefore, Ao Pi originally wanted to say that he would be the leader this time. But on hearing Chef Li's words, he couldn't say it out.
There was strength in numbers. This saying was true, but it couldn't be applied to everything. That was because there was another saying in China, which was called being in a hurry.
Therefore, for this challenge, a head chef must be selected from the head chefs of the 28 restaurants to be the commander.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough for the 28 people to share 7 dishes, let alone winning. Cooking was different from other things. Naturally, it was impossible to cook half of each dish.
Ao Pi kept silent for a long time on the other side of the phone and then asked, "Is it okay for us to do this?"
"Head Chef Ao, don't tell me you're scared?" Chef Li asked back.
"Okay. We have 28 head chefs. Why should we be afraid of Yuan Zhou alone?" Chef Li said confidently.
"You're right." Ao Pi wasn't afraid of Yuan Zhou at all. Hearing that, he also felt it reasonable and nodded.
Then, Chef Li roughly explained the rules and added at the end, "There are 7 dishes. It's not a problem even if we lose one or two dishes."
Ao Pi thought about it carefully and felt it was reasonable. As long as one person showed his unique skills, he could win. Thinking of that, he became more confident.
"Inform the other head chefs to have a meeting. Let's discuss how to arrange these 7 dishes." Chef Li said that at last and then hung up the phone.
Chef Li's current look could be described as complacent. He seemed to have completely forgotten the consequences if he lost completely and the relationship between Zhou Shijie, Zhang Yan and Yuan Zhou.
Maybe he didn't forget it but just didn't remember it on purpose. After all, in his mind, only by winning could he get rid of the threat from Yuan Zhou.
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