Manager Kaito, who was crying miserably in front of Yan Kai, stopped crying the moment Yan Kai hung up the phone. He wiped his tear-stained cheeks with his fingers, straightened his chest, and strode out of his office. He looked arrogantly and said to the staff of the "Food Center" waiting outside: "The new chef will be arriving soon. Please start making preparations here."
There is a hint of impatience in his indifference, like a newspaper salesman who has been unable to resist and has only subscribed to the newspaper for three months and plans to unsubscribe immediately after three months.
Manager Kaito only gives in in front of a few people. In front of others, he has always been known for being unruly and unruly.
The staff at the "Gourmet Central Agency" are slightly different. This is the first time in these days that he has seen someone so simply agree to a challenge from Totsuki. Other high-end restaurants heard that Totsuki Academy came to ruin the place, and none of them Instead of being shocked and sweating profusely, the whole face was covered with fear, and some even surrendered without fear.
Is the so-called "new chef" really so powerful that Manager Kaito doesn't even care about Totsuki's reputation?
The staff of the "Food Center Agency" had a slight feeling that the newly emerged Chinese raw material manager might be very special, but they did not worry too much, because the "Food Center Agency" did not look down upon this Xinchuan restaurant, and the ones dispatched were not An ordinary character, but now the number one cook in Totsuki Academy and one of the "Top Ten" Siyingshi. Although he is still a student, Siyingshi has won multiple championships in cooking competitions at home and abroad. His record is even It's not much better than the man called "Shura" in the legend of Yuanyue.
With Sir Si Yingshi here, no matter what kind of ruthless character the "new chef" is, he will eventually be defeated by Sir Si Yingshi's perfect cooking!
Thinking of this, the staff of the "Gourmet Center" started to tremble again, and nodded to Manager Kaito reservedly: "Get ready early in the morning, and I'm just waiting for the chef of your restaurant!"
"I'm ready over there, just waiting for your inspection."
Manager Kaito nodded, and then led the staff to the lobby of Xinchuan Building.
In the restaurant lobby, all the tables and chairs have been put away, and two cooking tables have been erected.
Under the leadership of Totsuki Gakuen, cooking showdowns similar to "Shokuji" are not uncommon in Tokyo. All high-end restaurants have to go through several cooking showdowns before they can gain a foothold in Tokyo. Basically all high-end restaurants have special skills in cooking. In preparation for the duel, no one from Xinchuan House came to the door for almost half a year, but the preparations did not fall behind at all. After the people from the "Gourmet Central Agency" came to the door, Manager Kaito quickly arranged the duel. The stage is almost completed now and is just waiting for inspection and acceptance by the other party's personnel.
In away games, this kind of mutual check step is of course indispensable.
It's only around three o'clock in the afternoon, and Xinchuan Building has not yet opened for business. However, many guests have already arrived in the restaurant lobby where the cooking table is ready. They are all dressed in luxurious clothes and jewels, and they look like unusual people at first glance.
Tokyo is such a big place, and the news that Totsuki Academy was going to operate Shinkawa-ro, which has become famous in the past six months, spread quickly. Many food lovers immediately heard about it and planned to come and experience this rare cooking showdown. .
And the people who can come to join in the fun during this hard-working time of the social animals are naturally those who don't need to work for a living at all and can just focus on enjoying every day, that is, the bosses of the social animals.
Only these capitalists who have given blessings to others have time to join in the fun at this point, and they can say afterwards that they are inspecting the project. In short, they will not let others gossip.
The staff of the "Gourmet Center" directed their subordinates to carefully check the two cooking tables. After confirming that there was no difference between the two cooking tables, they nodded slightly and informed Si Yingshi, who was waiting in the lounge, to come over and make preparations.
As soon as the elegant Si Yingshifu appeared, the women in the crowd couldn't help but express their admiration.
A handsome and flawless face, a slender and slender figure, a clean and thorough temperament, and a slightly green and youthful atmosphere. These are the favorites of rich women. If possible, they are even willing to pay half of their net worth to support this little girl.
"It's true... no matter how many times I see him, I always think that this kid Si is so good-looking. I really want to make him my own!" COO of HUB Foods, the leader in the Japanese instant curry category, the mature blonde Qian Pyo Huan Ni drooled as she looked at Si Yingshi walking towards her, with a drunken expression on her face.
Next to her, her twin sister Qianbiao Natsuya, CEO of HUB Food, showed a helpless expression: "Sama, weren't you obsessed with that Totsuki student named Iseki Hui before? Why have you changed your mind now?"
Qianbiaoshan said with a shy look on her face: "Sister, you are mistaken. As long as you are a beautiful boy who cooks delicious food... I like them all, but there is no such thing as a 'change of heart'!"
"..."
Even though the person in front of her was her sister, Qianbiao Xia Ya was speechless by Qianbiao Xia's words.
But forget it, she didn't bother to ask about her sister's personal life, as long as there were no problems at work.
"Totsuki Academy is really different these days. They actually come directly to challenge other restaurants in a cooking showdown. This was unimaginable before!"
Qianbiao Xia Ya sighed.
I have never heard that Totsuki Academy appears as the arbiter of a duel between two high-end restaurants, or that there is a civil war between Totsuki graduates, and one of Totsuki's "Top Ten" initiates a cooking duel at a high-end restaurant. This is not what I heard. Something I’ve never heard of!
The referee personally leaves the game, so how can other players compete?
"Sister, have you heard about the recent rumors, right?" Qianbiao Huana asked her sister.
Qianbiao Natsuya frowned and said, "Of course I heard about it. I heard that Nagi Kiriji, under the pretext of cooperative management, has actually taken control of many small food companies, and now he has even begun to attack medium-sized food companies. .”
"Then tell me, in the future, will he even want our HUB food..."
Facing her twin sister, Qianbiao Lama directly expressed her uneasiness.
"He dares!" Qianbiao Xia Ya showed an angry look, "Our Qianbiao family has been running the HUB for so many years. It belongs to our two sisters. I will not give it to anyone else! Moreover, I will not allow anyone to do anything to us Qianbiao. Give me some advice on the curry recipe that I have worked so hard to experiment with!"
Qianbiao Xiaya had already sent people to investigate and found out that the so-called cooperative operation of the "Food Central Agency" actually meant sending staff to occupy important positions in the food company and at the same time changing the food company's food production formula. Basically, there was nothing except the name of the company. Changes, the packaging of food has not changed, and other core things have become the shape of a "gourmet central organ". Although the legal person of the company is still bitter... no, it is still the original operator, but it can be said that the company is no longer his. It’s a possession, and NTR is nothing more than that.
And this is actually the basic method used by Japanese chaebols to control their subordinate companies. It is not a means of cross-holding that will make people see the connection. The chaebols simply do not care about the equity dividends of their subordinate companies. What they pursue is to control their subordinates. control of the enterprise.
When one company has the power to appoint and remove the decision-makers of another company, who is the father and who is the son of the two companies? Does this still need to be questioned?
In order for one company to have the ability to influence the appointment and dismissal of the decision-makers of another company, it must naturally be that the former controls the lifeblood of the latter. For a food company, the lifeblood is their company's food production formula. When their company's food When the production formula is in the hands of others, aren't they just working for others?
Now, with Tokyo as the center, the "Gourmet Central Organization" has begun to embezzle many small and medium-sized food companies in this way. If they do not comply, the "Gourmet Central Organization" will directly use the influence of Totsuki Academy to cut off their upstream supply chain. , those food companies that refused to comply were almost shut down by the "Central Gourmet Agency". Other food companies dared to stand and knelt down to the "Central Gourmet Agency" and "voluntarily" were annexation.
In short, as long as you can survive, let’s put aside the inheritance of our ancestors!
This kind of brutal governance method naturally caused dissatisfaction among major companies in the food industry. However, apart from dissatisfaction, they had no way to fight against the "central food agency" and could barely even protect themselves.
A long time ago, Yuanyue has been a dominant presence in the Japanese cuisine industry. However, Yuanyue has always ruled the Japanese cuisine industry from a vertical position, allowing other cooks, restaurants, and food companies to develop freely. Now Yuanyue Yue personally ended up, and no one else, whether it was a famous culinary school, a high-end restaurant famous in Japan, or a well-known large company, had no checks and balances on Yue Yue.
Players are not qualified to whistle at the referee, even if the referee has left the game.
"If possible, I really hope that the 'new chef' wins this time." Senato Natsuya said to Senomi Natsuya, "If he wins, he can at least rub off the spirit of Nagiri Thistle." , so that he doesn’t dare to be so arrogant again!”
The "Gourmet Central Organization" can wreak havoc in the Japanese cuisine world. In addition to Totsuki Academy's leading position in the Japanese cuisine world, it is also because Totsuki's cooks have never lost in foreign battles. If the "Gourmet Central Organization" can If he loses even once, his authority will be shaken and his arrogance will be reduced a little.
"Sister, have you ever tried the 'new chef''s food?" Qianbiao Huanxi asked Qianbiao Xia Ya.
Qianbiao Xia Ya showed an angry expression on her face: "No, I called to make an appointment once before, but the manager of Xinchuan Building actually told me that the appointment had been scheduled for several months, and because of my status, I couldn't jump in the queue. I was so angry I never made another appointment.”
Qianbiaoshan showed a regretful expression: "Really, I haven't eaten it either, but I heard from other people who have eaten it that it is better than the cuisine of Totsuki graduates!"
"Exactly!" Qianbiao Xia Ya sneered, "Shan Na, you really... open a high-end restaurant in Tokyo. That restaurant doesn't boast that the chef is as good as the 'Totsuki Graduate', but at most it can be comparable to There are just sous chefs and assistant cooks in restaurants opened by Totsuki graduates. Many people go to restaurants opened by Totsuki graduates and have only tasted the food cooked by the sous chefs and assistant chefs. They think that the food produced by Totsuki graduates is also of that level. This is so funny! Although I also hate Nagi Kirihisa, I hope that his "gourmet central organization" will be embarrassed, but this is impossible. Although that Shiyingshi has not graduated yet, his strength is even compared to the previous ones. All the graduates are top-notch, so if you want to win against him, it’s better to have Kojiro Shinomiya, who recently opened a store in Tokyo!”
"Is that so..." Qianbiao said with an even more regretful expression, "I thought I could see Si's devastated expression after his failure, so I could just go up and comfort him and persuade him not to work hard in the future, but it seems impossible now. Yes..."
"..."
Qianbiao Xia Ya looked at her sister blankly.
Hua Na, something seems wrong with you!
While the two were talking, Si Yingshi had already selected his cooking table, with all the kitchen utensils and ingredients spread out. The judges for this cooking showdown, three well-known Japanese gourmets, were also in place. It seemed that the only thing missing was the "new chef" Didn't play anymore.
"Why aren't you here yet? Could it be that you were scared and escaped through the back door?"
A person among gourmets.
Some people oppose the reform of Nagi-Kiri Thistle, but others support it. This gourmet is on the side that supports Nagi-Kiri Thistle, or in other words, he is on the side that can provide him with more and better food.
Although some people criticized Nagi Kiriji's reforms for stifling the innovation ability of most cooks and putting shackles on them, but for some gourmets, they only care about whether they can eat real delicacies, and they don't care about the delicacies. Who brought it? The "Food Center" is constantly developing new and delicious dishes, and is preparing to promote them to the entire Japan. This is a great thing. They can eat high-quality food more conveniently, so why not for?
Anyway, in this gourmet's opinion, most Japanese cooks are mediocre, and there are only a very small number of cooks who can make dishes that are refreshing to him. Even if those mediocre cooks lose their ability to innovate, they are also known to the Japanese cuisine community. Not much of a loss.
As for him targeting Yan Kai... that's because he also couldn't make a reservation for the "New Chef" to cook. Naturally, he was quite critical of Yan Kai, who had such a big air. If he had the opportunity this time, he would naturally make things difficult for him. Give him a look.
Manager Haito sneered in his heart, but still replied with a decent manner: "How is it possible? Yan Sang is not in the store now. He is on his way here and will be there soon."
As soon as Manager Kaito finished speaking, Yan Kai took Eve into the lobby. Manager Kaito quickly left the three judges behind and greeted him enthusiastically.
"Yan Sang, you are finally here!"
"Miss Eve, you are very cute today!"
When facing Yan Kai and Eve, Manager Kaito put aside his rebelliousness without any psychological burden, and spoke to Yan Kai and Eve in an almost flattering manner.
"Is this the legendary 'New Chef'?" Qianbiao Yanzi looked at the rustic Yan Kai with a disappointed look on her face, "I heard that the 'New Chef' is a very young Central Plains person. I thought he would be a As for the handsome man, I didn’t expect him to be such a rustic young man. I was really disappointed. Seeing his face, I lost all interest in eating his food..."
Obviously, Qianbiaoshan is the legendary person who eats based on his appearance.
Qianbiao Xia Ya, on the other hand, was more practical. She said to Qianbiao: "Let's not talk about his appearance. If the manager of Xinchuan Building, who is now considered a figure, can serve him so carefully, this young man must have quite extraordinary abilities. It seems that Even if he can't compete with the 'Top Ten', he's still enough to give us a wonderful cooking showdown."
"It's a pity that we are just the audience this time. It would be great if we could be the judges. Of course, I am only interested in Tsukasa's cooking!" Senbiao said bluntly.
"..." Qianbiao Xia Ya.
Sister, could you please be more professional...
Qianbiao Xia Ya held her forehead and said.
Not only Qianbiao Yanyan was disappointed with Yan Kai's appearance, but other guests who came to watch the cooking showdown also felt that Yan Kai lost at least ten pacific to Si Yingshi in terms of appearance, and in terms of innate senses, leaving aside the cooking. After voting for Si Yingshi, some female guests even began to whisper about Yan Kai's rustic appearance. Of course, there were also some gentlemen who were praising Eve next to Yan Kai, saying things like "Three no lolita tops" and "Should You should wear Gothic style clothes,” “Puff skirts are the way to go,” “Why don’t you carry a schoolbag, sorry?” are words that people can’t understand.
Yan Kai ignored the gossip of the people around him and said to Manager Kaito as he walked: "My time is limited. The president only allows me to leave the club activities for thirty minutes. I only have twenty minutes to cook. I will go and change now." Clothes, help me prepare the ingredients..."
Manager Kaito was surprised at the ingredients that Yan Kai needed, but also complained to Yan Kai: "Yan Sang, why is the president of your club so unkind! He only allowed you to leave for thirty minutes. This kind of cooking duel, usually It all takes three hours! Who is he? Ask me to talk to him, and I will beg for more time for you!"
Manager Kaito boasts that he is now considered a figure in Tokyo. Even if the students at the private Kamama School are mostly wealthy children, if he went to plead with a student, the student would not reject his request as an older man.
"The president is me, and I can't break the rules I set myself."
Yan Kai said to Manager Haito.
"Yan Sang is a role model for our generation in being strict with himself. Today I learned from Yan Sang the principles of life! I am so grateful to Yan Sang!"
Manager Haito didn't need to rekindle his feelings. He gave Yan Kai a thumbs up, two thumbs up.
"..."
Yan Kai glanced at Manager Haito and said, forget it, time is limited, so I won't complain.
