Adorable Food Goddess

"I see." Someone nodded suddenly.

Shopkeeper Li in the front row was very annoyed when he heard Zheng Sanduo's words, so he wanted to refute a few words, and felt that it was not appropriate for him to argue with his juniors, so while hesitating, he only heard Lu Xiaotian laughing.

"Brother San Duo underestimated him. I heard that yesterday the emperor uploaded that he entered the palace to cook the imperial meal. Eighteen dishes and one soup surprised everyone. The emperor even bestowed the name of the dish and named him as the imperial dining room walker."

Everyone gasped.

"No way? What kind of official is walking in the imperial dining room?"

"The imperial chef is not an official, what kind of official is he who walks in the imperial dining room? He is just a servant in the palace." Zheng Sanduo was sour, he couldn't believe that Li Yao was actually walking in the imperial dining room. "

Lu Xiaotian said: "The imperial chef is really nothing special, that is, the first place in the culinary competition is eligible to enter the palace as the imperial chef, and the second place can only be a handyman in the imperial dining room."

These words were obviously aimed at Zheng Sanduo. Everyone here knows that Lu Yiming became the imperial chef only after he won the first prize in the culinary art competition, and he specially made imperial meals for the emperor. As for Zheng Fugui, although he also has Qualified to enter the imperial dining room, but the status is obviously not as good as Lu Yiming.

Ye Jiayao thought to herself: This is a wonderful thing to say, just to slap the face of this guy with upturned nostrils.

Zheng Sanduo knew that he had made a mistake, and was choked by Lu Xiaotian again, his face turned green and pale, and he was very embarrassed.

"So, then Li Yao has some real skills." Someone said.

"He is so powerful that he is supposed to be eligible to participate in today's parliament."

"That's right, shopkeeper Li didn't bring anyone here anyway, so we can get to know each other."

"Hmph!" Someone snorted coldly.

Ye Jiayao looked around, and it turned out to be Niu Baoshun sitting in the first seat in the second row.

"The level of cooking skills can be seen in the competition." Niu Baoshun said.

Zheng Sanduo finally found an ally, and said: "Exactly, just how powerful Li Yao is. Now everyone just heard that being famous doesn't mean he has real skills. It doesn't necessarily depend on cooking skills to make the emperor happy. This Li Yao Yao is used to clinging to the powerful, so I'm afraid he is quite capable of flattering and flattering horses."

I care about you, a child of more than three years, you have never had the opportunity to cling to the powerful and flatter you! Ye Jiayao stared at the back of Zheng Sanduo's head, really wanted to kick him like a dog.

Lu Xiaotian sneered twice: "I think Li Yao will definitely participate in this culinary competition, and Brother San will be able to see whether Li Yao's name is real or not."

Lin Changchun, the shopkeeper of Jufulin, who was sitting next to shopkeeper Li, smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Li, five years ago, you had Niu Baoshun, who was a dark horse, and won the third place. It is already the hottest topic, your chef is not easy!"

Shopkeeper Li smiled modestly: "Where is it, I heard that the chef of your Jufulin is the one who hides his secrets."

The seated Zheng Fugui glanced at the hall, seeing that it was full, he said, "Since everyone is here, let's start the discussion!"

"First of all, the first issue is that several pastry shops in Jinling lodged a protest."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's eyes gathered on Shopkeeper Li in unison, but Shopkeeper Li ignored him and drank tea indifferently.

Ye Jiayao's heart skipped a beat, what the hell is going on with your grandma, why does my old lady hinder you by making cakes for a few months? To actually bring it up for discussion, it's clearly jealousy.

Zheng Fugui continued: "Although the chamber of commerce does not have explicit regulations, the rules of the industry are established by convention. Restaurants, pastry shops, tea houses, wine shops and even vinegar shops all have their own clear business scope, and they will not cross the boundaries easily. I heard that Tianshangju recently launched ice cream. The leather mooncakes have had a great impact on several pastry shops in Jinling, so they jointly protested, shopkeeper Li, can you explain this matter."

Shopkeeper Li put down the teacup, and said calmly: "Since someone has protested, the old man will say that the business scope of the restaurant is comprehensive, not just cooking, and the restaurant also makes wine. For example, the Fu Shou Chun of your Fuji is Self-brewed, the business is very good, and the winery didn't protest because of it, did it?"

Zheng Fugui's face was not very good-looking, he didn't expect Shopkeeper Li to drag his fortune into it when he opened his mouth.

"Restaurants also make drinks. For example, each restaurant will offer iced sour plum soup, lotus seed fungus soup, etc. in summer. Restaurants also make pastries, and some even pickled preserves. For example, the pastries of Xiangyilou and the preserves of Qilin Pavilion are all delicious. It is very famous, why don’t you see someone jumping out to protest? When it comes to selling moon cakes, in what year did the restaurants here not sell moon cakes? Now that we sell mooncakes for a few months in Tiantianju, why is it an eyesore?” Shopkeeper Li said.

Mei Xiuguang who was on the opposite side jumped out and said: "Other homemade wine, pastries, and pickled candied fruit have not caused a devastating blow to others, but your snowskin mooncakes have caused all our mooncakes to be unsalable and unable to sell. .”

Shopkeeper Li smiled and said: "Treasurer Mei, please be safe and don't be impatient. The ice skin mooncakes we sell in Tianshangju are aimed at wealthy people. There are many rich people in Jinling City, but there are not as many people as there are ordinary people. Therefore, you pastry shop There are still a lot of customers! Doing business depends on competition. Whoever has the best products will naturally have good business, otherwise, Xiangyilou would not come to poach people."

"There will be development if there is competition. As for the competition, you should quickly find a way to change the way. If you can't sell high-end mooncakes, you can sell low-end ones. The shopkeeper Mei is also a veteran in business. Don't you need me to teach you? If you insist on eggs hitting rocks, Who is to blame for the loss?"

Ye Jiayao almost wanted to applaud Li's shopkeeper, old Li is so eloquent! Said straight to the point.

Mei Xiuguang was so annoyed by shopkeeper Li that she couldn't speak.

"Shopkeeper Li, don't be so aggressive, Feng Shui turns, and your chef can stay in your sky for a lifetime?" Some people can't understand Shopkeeper Li being so arrogant.

Shopkeeper Li said: "Who knows what will happen in the future, it will be good if you take care of it now."

Zheng Fugui said: "Treasurer Li, we are all in the same company. You can see each other when you look up and see you when you look down. I think this is good. You can reduce the amount of people living in the sky by half and leave a way for others to survive. How about it?"

Most of the people in the hall nodded in agreement. Although Tianshangju is an old restaurant and its business has not been bad, but suddenly it is so popular, red to purple, it is inevitable to make people jealous.

"I don't agree. Doing business depends on ability. As long as there is no cheating, kidnapping or stealing, and the means are legitimate, it's fine." Duan Qilin said.

Ye Jiayao looked at this big man in surprise. Before, she thought he looked a bit fierce, but now she felt that this man was full of righteousness.

"Forgive me for your bold words, junior." Lu Xiaotian stood up and clasped his fists.

"Chefs have many specialties, such as vegetarian food, meat food, and pasta. Because of limited talent and energy, they can't take care of both. Now, there is Li Yao, the chef of Tianshangju, who not only cooks dishes Exquisite and delicious, he is also a master of pastry, I heard that he also has a superb carving skill, this kind of talent is really rare, it is the heavenly residence's good luck to invite such a chef."

"To put it bluntly, the business of each company is not as good as others. I can only complain that I have not been able to hire such a comprehensive chef. As for the pastry room, it specializes in pastries and pastries but was defeated by a small chef from a restaurant. It’s like two people fighting, and the other party uses your skills to defeat you, you can’t ask your opponent to tie his hands and feet to fight you just because you lose, that’s cheating, and you can only blame yourself for being inferior to others.”

Mei Xiuguang's old face was flushed red, but she couldn't argue.

"What Lu Xiaotian said makes sense. Like us, Jufulin used to be prosperous, but now the business is sluggish. We don't blame others." Lin Changchun also said.

What Lu Xiaotian said was sharp, even if the people present were dissatisfied in their hearts, they did not dare to jump out and criticize. If they jumped out, they would inevitably be labeled as inferior to others and want to cheat.

Seeing that they were at loggerheads, Zheng Fugui asked for the opinion of the old president beside him, and said, "You guys should discuss this matter privately! Next, the second item on the agenda is about the culinary competition."

"The five-year cooking competition in Jinling City was originally held by our chamber of commerce in order to increase the popularity of major restaurants and introduce new ones. Anyone who has excellent cooking skills can participate in the competition."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the hall. In this way, the level of this competition will be raised, and it will no longer be a matter of one's own circle. At that time, there will definitely be as many people participating in the competition, and even people from other towns will Come on, the competition is fiercer.

"Why? The funds are all paid by the chamber of commerce." Lian Xingwang from Xiangyi Building objected.

Zheng Fugui said flatly: "Our chamber of commerce will only contribute 30% of this year's expenses, and the rest will be borne by the government."

He also didn't want to expand the scope of the competition, which would be detrimental to his son Sanduo. In Jinling City, Sanduo's culinary skills are guaranteed to win, but once it is opened, it will be unpredictable. There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people. , there are many folk masters.

Uh...since the officials are the big bosses, they can't object if they want to.

Ye Jiayao was thinking, when the time comes, Zhong Xiang and the others will also come to the competition,

"How to set up the awards?" Someone asked.

Zheng Fugui said: "Since the noodles have expanded, the awards will naturally increase. The officials said that this year's top ten can enter the imperial dining room. Moreover, this competition has added pastries, and the top three will be selected."

As soon as this remark came out, there was another uproar. It was unreasonable. The top ten all entered the imperial dining room. Did the imperial dining room want to take this opportunity to recruit cooks?

Ye Jiayao can understand the official decision, it must be that the masters in the palace are tired of the dishes made by these chefs and want something new.

This is the case in the first place, a restaurant will have to replace the chef in a few years, just because the customers are afraid that they will get tired of eating and lose their appetite.

"So, everyone present here should go back and prepare well. This competition is not only to win fame for ourselves, but also to win face for our restaurants in Jinling City." Zheng Fugui obviously wanted to encourage everyone, but he said what he said. Feel a little heavy.