Gu Zheng and the driver finished the four dishes. The driver ate more than Gu Zheng. After all, the food here was really good.
Four dishes sounded like a lot, but in fact, only the fish was bigger. There were about ten chicken feet, one piece of Dongpo pork, and a small bowl of shrimp and egg soup.
After finishing all the dishes, the driver also ate two bowls of rice. In the end, he was embarrassed.
"Boss, I'm sorry. The food here is too delicious. I couldn't help it!"
He had already eaten a bowl of rice noodles, and now he ate so much. He was like a rice bucket. Besides, this meal was not cheap. The driver hurriedly explained to Gu Zheng.
"It's okay. I can't finish it if you don't eat. It's not a waste!"
Gu Zheng smiled. The waiter soon came. Gu Zheng paid the bill. The meal and tea cost more than 600 yuan, which was more than 300 yuan per person.
However, they ate the special dishes, which were more expensive. If it were other people, two people couldn't eat so much. Most importantly, the food here was very good.
"Can I go to your back kitchen?"
After paying the bill, Gu Zheng suddenly asked. This chef did a good job. Although there were some small defects, it was already very good. Especially some of his ideas were very good, which attracted Gu Zheng's curiosity.
In addition, Gu Zheng also had a draft for this time. He decided to write it here. Regardless of taste or creativity, there were many things worth writing about.
"Sir, don't worry. Our dishes here are guaranteed to be clean!"
The waiter was a little surprised and hurriedly explained. Gu Zheng smiled and shook his head. "I'm not doubting your hygiene. I'm interested in the chef who made these dishes. Can I go and get to know him?"
"I see. Then I have to ask first!"
The waiter nodded. He did think that Gu Zheng doubted the hygiene, so he explained. But even if he doubted, it was not a problem to go to the back kitchen. But if he wanted to know the chef, he had to ask in advance.
Soon the waiter returned and the chef agreed.
The kitchen here was not at the back, but at the front. They had used the empty space in front to build a kitchen, but the kitchen seemed to be sealed, so the guests did not know.
The kitchen wasn't big, but everything was arranged neatly. There were a few chefs working in the kitchen. There were a total of five chefs, and they all had one thing in common: they were young.
The oldest of the five was not even thirty years old.
"This is our chef!"
The waiter brought Gu Zheng in front of a young man. This young man was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, about the same age as Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng did not expect that the chef was him.
"Master, Master Gu!"
The young chef also raised his head. Suddenly, he was stunned and stuttered. The other chefs also turned around. When they saw Gu Zheng, they were all stunned.
"You know me?"
Gu Zheng was a little surprised that he was recognized. He did not wear sunglasses at this time. It was not good to wear sunglasses to meet people.
"Yes, I know you. I participated in the Hangzhou Food Competition with you, but I didn't last until the end!"
The young chef shouted excitedly. He wanted to reach out and shake hands with Gu Zheng, but found that his hands were wet. He hurriedly wiped them on his body, but he felt that it was impolite. He was embarrassed and stiffened there.
"I see!"
Gu Zheng suddenly realized that the young chef also participated in the Hangzhou Food Competition, so he knew him. He did not know where the young chef went in the end. Anyway, he was definitely not eliminated in the first round. He was not good enough.
"I entered the semi-finals, but those direct contestants were too strong. I was eliminated after that. I was not in the same venue as you!"
The young chef hurriedly explained. His cooking skills were really good. Last time, he entered the semi-finals with Gu Zheng, which was the fourth round of the competition. Unfortunately, he was eliminated in the end.
However, this also proved that his level was really not bad.
Although he was eliminated, he was not discouraged. Especially after seeing Gu Zheng win the championship, it gave him a lot of encouragement. In addition, he was also one of the people who supported Gu Zheng. He was also one of the people who waited in the square at that time.
So he recognized Gu Zheng at a glance. Gu Zheng was his idol in his heart.
"Master Gu, why are you here? Just now, just now, was it you who said that I wanted to know him?"
The young chef just remembered that the waiter had asked him before that a customer wanted to know him. At that time, he did not think much about it. He thought that it was a customer who just liked his food. He did not expect that this person was Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng nodded with a smile and said the advantages and disadvantages of his food.
He said all the advantages and some disadvantages. The young chef listened carefully. After Gu Zheng finished, he took a paper and wrote it down. This young chef had a very good attitude.
The chef who made these dishes was actually his fan. This made Gu Zheng very surprised, but also more gratified. In this way, this manuscript should be written.
After chatting for a while and exchanging contact information, Gu Zheng left.
During the whole process, the driver widened his eyes. He was not stupid. After the young chef said a few times, he understood who Gu Zheng was. He secretly took out his mobile phone to search for videos and found that the winner of the National Gourmet Food Competition, Gu Zheng, looked exactly like his customer.
This discovery made him feel dizzy.
Especially when he remembered that he took Gu Zheng to eat Golden Dragon Flies in the Sky at the beginning and said that it was the most authentic restaurant. Now, he blushed when he thought about it and wanted to find a hole to hide in.
Even if it was authentic, it was not as authentic as his customer.
"Mr, Mr Gu!"
Out of the door, the driver stammered. He really did not recognize Gu Zheng. If he did, he would not have said those words before.
"It's okay. Send me to the station. Thank you very much for taking me to eat good food today!"
Gu Zheng smiled. He knew what the driver wanted to say, but he did not let him say it. His task in Hangzhou was completed. He just needed to go back and write the manuscript.
Gu Zheng did not know if other people had written about this restaurant before. But at least he knew that no one in the Food Channel had written about it. It was fine as long as no one in the Food Channel wrote about it.
In fact, many people would write about and publicize a restaurant with good food. Just like Gu Zheng's Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup, there were more than ten manuscripts in the Food Channel alone. There were even more manuscripts in the whole country.
For Gu Zheng, as long as the Food Channel did not have it, he could write and publish it.
The manuscript was written very quickly. On the second day after returning to Shen City, Gu Zheng finished it. The manuscript was basically full of praises. Of course, he also wrote down the shortcomings. Gu Zheng's temper had always been like this. He would not be biased if something was good or bad.
However, because of his appreciation for the young chef, he wrote down the shortcomings in a general way, which highlighted the merits more.
Gu Zheng handed in the manuscript so quickly, which made Mumu very happy. He published it on the same day. It was the prime time slot at 5 pm, and it directly made the headlines.
Although Gu Zheng wrote about the food in Hangzhou, it did not have a big impact. After all, Hangzhou was very close to Shen City. Moreover, many readers of the Food Channel were from Hangzhou.
Mumu had been staring at Gu Zheng's manuscript since it was released.
As they had guessed, Gu Zheng's manuscript immediately attracted a lot of people's attention. After all, this was Gu Zheng's first food review manuscript after winning the National Competition. Many old readers of the website knew Gu Zheng's identity.
Gu Zheng highly praised a restaurant in Hangzhou, which made many people curious.
Among the readers, there were people from Hangzhou and even people who had been to that restaurant. They all agreed that the taste of that restaurant was really good, but the price was a little higher, but the food was really delicious.
Gu Zheng's manuscript, the number of clicks and comments kept rising, leaving other food review manuscripts behind. Seeing Gu Zheng's manuscript became popular, Mumu was relieved to get off work and go back to rest.
She knew that Gu Zheng's manuscript would be popular, but she didn't expect it to be so popular.
As soon as she arrived at the unit the next day, she heard many colleagues talking about Gu Zheng's manuscript. In just one night, the number of comments exceeded 20,000, and the number of clicks exceeded 500,000.
This result also left Mumu dumbfounded.
They were the Gourmet Channel, not the news channel. Even in the news channel, only some hot news would have such a high number of comments and clicks. For the Gourmet Channel, let alone 20,000, it was rare for them to have more than 10,000 comments. The last time it happened was Gu Zheng.
Moreover, it was only half a day, only half a day, not even a day.
This result also alarmed the upper management, and even the vice president personally came to ask about this manuscript.
Not only that, they also received a large number of emails requesting to reprint. Even many websites directly reprinted Gu Zheng's article without notice. After all, Gu Zheng's current identity was different, and such an article was very eye-catching.
After an urgent discussion, the website quickly made a decision. This article was transferred to the front page news.
The front page news, if it was not political news or hot news, it could not be on the front page. Their Food Channel had not published a manuscript on the front page for a long time. This was the front page of the portal website, not the front page of one of their sub-columns.
After it was published on the front page, the popularity rose again, the clicks exceeded a million, and the comments exceeded 40,000.
This result could be said to be a record for the Food Channel, a record that no one else could break.
To be able to cause such a result, first of all, Gu Zheng's fame. He was the most popular chef and the new national champion. Originally, many people knew him. Secondly, Gu Zheng's article was really well written. It made people want to eat it, so there were so many comments.
With so many comments, it was inevitable that there would be some negative comments. Gu Zheng did not care about it. In fact, after the article was published, he only glanced at it once and did not ask again.
After handing in the manuscript this time, Gu Zheng could be considered to have paid off the debt from last time. He was free again. Emei was developing in an orderly manner. There was no worry in the sect. Jia Si was in charge, and Du Wei had been cultivating. Last time, he took the Herbalism Cultivation and healed most of his injuries. Next, he needed to recuperate well for a while.
After recuperating, Gu Zheng would give him the Herbalism Cultivation again, and his injuries would be more or less healed. His injuries were too serious, and it took a long time. One time was simply not enough.
Knowing that his internal injuries could be healed, Du Wei was also very excited. He also knew that he could not be anxious. Now, he was in seclusion in the treasury. Firstly, he could recuperate, and secondly, he could also guard the treasury.
With him guarding, whether it was Wuyou or Gu Zheng, they were very relieved.
Since Emei was fine, Gu Zheng did not go back. He had been staying in Shen City.
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