"Huh?"
President Zhang was dumbfounded, and Yan Zi's smile froze.
After Li Shuo finished speaking, he picked up the phone and made a move to call Iwasaki Junko without waiting for President Zhang's reaction.
President Zhang was completely panicked when he saw this, and hugged Li Shuo's arm. However, because he was squatting on a high platform, he used too much force and rolled down from the top with a "bang".
"Hey...Master Li, Master Li, please spare me this time, please..."
As President Zhang screamed in pain, Li Shuo put away his phone and said angrily: "Look at you like this, you still have the demeanor of the president of the association!"
At this point, Li Shuo naturally couldn't continue his plan. He squatted down and helped President Zhang up like a "courteous corporal", and asked with concern: "How is it? Did you fall there? Let's go to the hospital. Take a look..."
After being beaten, President Zhang was immediately moved to a complete mess. The old man had tears in his eyes and trembling lips said: "It's okay, it's really okay, Mr. Li, what happened to Miss Yan this time..."
"Just correct the mistake. You are Junko after all. I was just saying angry words..."
Li Shuoyun changed his words calmly.
In fact, I was thinking in my heart that it was not good to change the president just after I joined the Food Association. It would be better to let President Zhang take the helm for a while...
"Thank you, Mr. Li!"
President Zhang said tremblingly, then looked at Yan Zi and said sincerely: "Well, Miss Yan, in order to apologize, I will be the host at noon, and I will treat you to a meal with Mr. Li? Do you think it is okay?"
Li Shuo didn't like to sit on the dining table with such an old cunning guy, but he had just forgiven her and couldn't refuse. After a slight thought, he came up with an idea:
"What's the point of going out to eat? We don't have ready-made food here. Miss Yan Zi, I just heard that you were treated unfairly this morning, but what exactly is unfair? You can only believe it when you see it. So, it's convenient for you to tell everyone now Show your hand?”
Si Jiawen nodded repeatedly after hearing this, secretly thinking that Li Shuo was calm and experienced in his work: not taking one side of the word in anything is the prerequisite for achieving great things. Just watching a beautiful woman cry like a child, and then trying to stand up for others when your heart is weak is the behavior of a fool.
Yan Zi, the client, was even more emotional. For a beauty like her, because so many people praised her appearance, what she wanted more in her heart was to be recognized for her talents. Li Shuo was undoubtedly trying to recognize her talents...
"Of course, no problem. What's your taste? Do you like spicy food?"
"I can eat a little bit" "I'm about the same as Brother Shuo, where's President Zhang?" "I can do both"
Lin Zhonggen went backstage to handle the Yan Zi incident. Yan Zi found the kitchen table she had used in the morning and started working again.
Li Shuo and the other three were standing at the kitchen counter, chatting and watching Yan Zi cook.
This was considered a one-on-one "examination". Yan Zi was a little nervous at first, but her hands were very steady, and she was slicing and shredding very smoothly. Just by looking at her movements, Li Shuo knew that this beautiful cook's skills should be excellent. Bad!
"Time is tight, so just cook some home-cooked food, don't make all the bells and whistles"
At this time, Li Shuo gave additional instructions.
In fact, this time is the entrance examination for the head chef of Shuoguo Manor. Li Shuo will not eat delicacies every time. Home-cooked dishes are really useful if they are well cooked.
Yan Zi did not doubt that he was there, she responded, and the speed in her hands increased...
In just over ten minutes, the first dish of stir-fried pork was served steaming hot. Yan Zi said slightly nervously: "Master Li, please taste it!"
"Hmm"
Li Shuo's expression was calm. He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat first, looked at the color, then picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, chewing and tasting slowly...
Looking at his look, Yan Zi's heart suddenly rose to her throat!
"Well, there is no thickening, which is actually good. The ingredients provided in our competition are all fresh meat of the day. Without thickening, you can taste the original flavor...Other aspects are a bit mediocre, but as a home-cooked dish, there is nothing special about it. There are tricks, as long as the heat and cooking time are mastered, the result will be the best stir-fried pork! ”
Li Shuo was a true taster of cooking, and his comments came completely from the heart, so they seemed particularly genuine. After speaking, he extended his hand for Si Jiawen and President Zhang to taste.
This kind of comment, which was neither belittling nor praising, and was entirely based on fairness, moved Yan Zi even more. She looked at Li Shuo blankly, and was filled with emotions for a while:
No wonder Si Jiawen was willing to divorce for him, and even ignored the gossip inside the station. Li Shuo has a strong background, is fair, impartial, and reassuring!
If all I encounter are bosses and colleagues like this, why would I need to resign from a TV station?
"Well, not bad."
"This is my first time to taste Xiaozi's craftsmanship..."
Si Jiawen's voice quickly brought Yan Zi back to reality. She quickly responded and then returned to the kitchen to continue cooking.
The lunch meal took about an hour and a half. Yan Zi cooked eight dishes and two soups by herself. No matter how President Zhang and the two felt, Li Shuo was very happy with the meal anyway!
The food is delicious, but Li Shuo is particularly satisfied with Yan Zi's cooking style. It is very different from the restaurant chefs. Yan Zi's food is lighter, Cantonese style, and more homely.
Isn’t this the kind of person you should be looking for as a personal chef?
While Li Shuo was dining, the judges and chefs also returned to the competition site one after another. Lin Zhonggen had already posted an announcement in the most conspicuous place. The content was probably that there was an error in calculating the results in the morning. The organizer apologized to everyone and had corrected the results, blah blah blah.
Those who can participate in the competition are all chefs working in major hotels. Everyone can tell what is going on at a glance:
"Tsk, tsk, the organizer bowed his head so quickly? That Miss Yan is a capable person!"
"Hey, it should be said that there is a capable person behind Miss Yan..."
"Hahahaha"
"Keep your voice down, didn't you see that the 'capable man' is still there?"
While everyone was discussing, it was naturally easy to see President Zhang, Li Shuo and others sitting in front of the kitchen counter.
In the morning, it was President Zhang who advocated suppressing Yan Zi, so it was obvious to everyone who was supporting Yan Zi!
Originally, when Li Shuo first joined, President Zhang was the one who rated the teaching carefully. Now everyone feels that the energy of this "Master Li" may be greater than they imagined!
No matter what others think, Li Shuo is very happy after eating this meal, because he has confirmed that Yan Zi is the beautiful cook he is looking for!
Of course, Yan Zi didn't know that Li Shuo was her employer. She watched Li Shuo finish eating eagerly and said, "Very good, come on." Then nothing more happened, which made her worry a little.
"Very good", right? How good is it? Do you hope to win the first place in the food competition?
At this time, Si Jiawen patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't be in a daze. Take a break. The afternoon food competition is about to begin!"
"Ah?" Yan Zi's little face suddenly turned bitter!
But since she had chosen to participate, she had to persevere to the end. In the end, Yan Zi only rested for half an hour, and then participated in the afternoon competition non-stop.
However, Yan Zi soon discovered that the competition changed from the "whole world was against her" situation in the morning to:
"Miss Yan, why are you alone? Come on, come on, I'll arrange two handlers for you." "Miss Yan, let me turn off the stove for you."
"The freshest ingredients are brought to you by Miss Yan..."
In the morning, when she was cooking, almost no one paid attention or helped her. But in the afternoon, not only the staff gathered around her, but also the chefs helped her with operations such as cooking and spooning that were part of the competition!
Yan Zi was straight-tempered and asked dumbly: "Is this really good? Is this still my game?"
The person who was sent to assist her was a middle-aged chef. He said nonchalantly: "In a restaurant, when did the chef in charge of the spoon really turn the spoon? You are playing the role of the chef now. This is our food. The rules of the world, don’t worry, others are the same!”
Yan Zi looked at the others. Although she did have a helping hand as a cook, it was not like she was now...
But people always accept things that are beneficial to them very quickly. It only took Yan Zi more than an hour from being nervous and frightened at the beginning to calming down at the end.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, today's food competition came to an end. President Zhang stood on the stage and manually read out the results of today's competition:
"First place, Miss Yan Zi..."
This was something that everyone expected, so when the announcement was announced, there was thunderous applause, which made Yan Zi think that she really got the first place based on her strength.
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After the rankings were announced, Si Jiawen came up and patted her on the shoulder: "Hey, what are you doing standing still? Don't you know who you really want to thank?"
Yan Zi was stunned for a while, and it was only then that she woke up from the dreamlike state.
She chuckled and hugged Si Jiawen's arm:
"Of course I know, thank you dearest sister Wen!"
"Tch, you are quite clever! But we all know that the one you are most grateful to is Li Shuo, but it is a pity that he left temporarily because of something..."
"It doesn't matter. I'll invite you two to have dinner together another day. Well, let's not eat out. We'll go to your house and I'll cook it for you!"
"It's a good idea, but it's not going to my house..."
"That's..."
"Let's go to Li Shuo's house. His house is much more spacious than mine. He will have something to tell you then..."
"What's going on?"
"Haha, it's a good thing, but I can't say it. In short, you can play with peace of mind. When the game is over, I will take you to Li Shuo's house as a guest..."
"Oh, okay sister!"
Today's performance of Yan Zi has entered Li Shuo's must-select list of beautiful cooks, but now is not the right time to send out an invitation. When the food competition is over, Si Jiawen will take advantage of the opportunity to invite Yan Zi to Shuoguo Manor as a guest. It will be good then Some.
Li Shuo left early because he didn't want to get too heated with Yan Zi now, otherwise Yan Zi might feel betrayed when she found out that the "employer" was Li Shuo in the "final stage of the interview."
Of course, this is just a minor reason. The more important reason is that Li Shuo has passed the fresh period of food ratings, and Junko Iwasaki is not here in the afternoon, and he has no one to chat with. Yuan Ke just called and said that the people at Patek Philippe can't wait. , hoping to meet him immediately, so Li Shuo left early.
Patek Philippe's team has been in Lenghai for a few days, and the secretary's office has been receiving them before.
Li Shuo wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to win Patek Philippe's agency rights in China. It would be best to open a store on the ground in Beijing. If not, it could also be Lenghai. The final target would be cities such as Suzhou and Hangzhou.
But as early as during online negotiations, Patek Philippe insisted on claiming that "repurchase at a high price" was the bottom line even if it was in urgent need of goods!
It was only now that people from the company's Greater China headquarters came, and the attitude changed slightly, and the wording changed to "We can talk. We are committed to in-depth cooperation with all powerful customers in China."
Li Shuo is naturally a standard "powerful" customer, but he is still not in a hurry. During this period of time, Feng Linlin and Yuan Ke have been mediating with the other party on behalf of Li Shuo, and they have been delaying it to this day...
At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Shuo left the food exhibition and stepped into the Bentley where he had been waiting for a long time. When he got in the car, he saw Yuan Ke smiling bitterly: "Boss, I really can't delay this time. Schmidt insisted that we must meet today." To you personally, otherwise he will lead the delegation back to the capital headquarters!”
Schmidt-Patek is the leader of the Patek Philippe team this time. According to the information found by Yuan Ke, he is 35 years old, a native of Switzerland in the European Union, and is a senior executive of Patek Philippe in the Greater China region. This person has a rank in the Greater China headquarters. Not bad. After Yuan Ke got his information, he assisted Li Shuo in his "delay" decision.
Because the higher the level of the leader, the more it proves that Patek Philippe is in a hurry. There are not many "opportunities" for such a traditional luxury brand to make it anxious.
"Where are we going now?" Li Shuo glanced at the road outside and felt it looked very familiar, so he couldn't help but ask.
Yuan Ke smiled and said: "Of course we are going back to Shuoguo Manor. Schmidt's team has been claiming that you are a liar and deliberately delaying time... Although this is not completely wrong, we have to give this team a mark of power. Shuoguo Manor is the most suitable place.”
Li Shuo laughed. He had no idea that the first house he bought for himself would be used in business.
“What if I don’t buy Fruit Manor in the near future?”
"Then we will arrange the meeting place at the Hongqiao headquarters of Fruitful Fruit. The place there is big, but it is a little remote, which is quite suitable."
"It's great to arrange it in the company, but it doesn't matter if it's arranged at home. You won't be allowed to act so randomly in the future."
"Okay, Boss!"
"How is the renovation progress at Shuoguo Manor?"
"Lin Yuyan and Qian Xiaolu are keeping an eye on this. The construction is progressing very quickly. I read the report and the decoration on the first floor has been completed!"
"Oh, so fast?"
"It was originally a renovated building. When we renovated it, we only made adjustments to the original layout. Of course it was very fast."
While talking, Bentley slowly drove into Tan Gong Community.
Just half an hour later, a Mercedes-Benz business car loaded with seven people arrived at the gate of Tan Gong Community and was immediately intercepted by security guards. (End of chapter)