The video was placed in front of them, and the picture was relatively clear, so there was no use in trying to evade it.
Chen Li looked aggrieved and said, "Mr. Tang, you also know what happened in the last competition. We were defeated. Can't you guess the reason behind it?"
"This kind of thing depends on guessing? If you have anything to say, just say it. I'm already here, what are you afraid of?" Tang Yongting frowned slightly.
Chen Li looked at the people next to him, as if he was threatened but didn't dare to say anything.
After a while, he walked up to Tang Yongting and said, "Mr. Tang, I didn't mean to cause trouble. I was really threatened. My friends around me couldn't stand it and helped me to be exposed."
You can't hear the sound of their conversation on the video, so what he said was what it meant.
All that could be seen was that Song Jinuan was the first to take action, running out from behind Mrs. Chao and pushing Chen Li.
Then Chen Li was about to grab her hair.
As a result, Song Qianqian used a weapon to push him aside and almost fell down.
Use more to bully those who are less, but to punish those with less.
No one was injured or bleeding on the screen, but when something like this happened during the bidding period, the nature of it was very bad.
"Is that so?" Tang Yongting turned to look at Song Jinuan, who had his head lowered.
After all, he is the chief judge of this chef selection. He knows the level of Lingyun Hotel’s food last time and is afraid of burying talents or choosing the wrong person.
"He simply confuses right and wrong!" Mrs. Chao couldn't bear it.
"He threatened that our small hotel would lose and asked us to provide him with recipes so that he could win the bid!"
The secretary standing next to Tang Yongting smiled and said, "I'm afraid this statement is untenable."
Because Chen Li is the chief chef of the Genting Hotel, why would he ask unknown people like them for recipes? And use threats?
Song Qianqian looked at Tang Yongting and asked, "I want to know how the person at fault for this matter will be dealt with in the end?"
She was standing behind. Only then did Tang Yongting notice the girl who was wearing the most ordinary clothes and frowned, "If based on what you said, no matter which side is telling the truth, the other side will have no choice but to withdraw from the competition."
She nodded, "That's easy to do. Wouldn't it be nice to find out the audio of this video?"
The reason why Chen Li was so confident was simply because he felt that he couldn't hear what they were saying in this video, so he deliberately fabricated right and wrong.
Sure enough, Chen Li sneered after hearing this, "Evil prevails over good, what's the point of stalling for time?"
Song Qianqian smiled, "Evil cannot defeat good, so God must favor justice."
Tang Yongting looked at the secretary next to him and said, "Go and borrow someone and see if you can restore the audio."
It can be heard that he still has a relationship with the technical department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hearing this, Chen Li panicked a little and frowned.
Fortunately, the secretary came back ten minutes later.
"Mr. Tang, the technical department said that even if it is restored, it will take several days. What should I do?"
Tang Yongting looked at the people in front of him, what else could he do?
"The game will continue tomorrow, and I will focus on your performance."
Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief. He was sure that Lingyun Hotel couldn't compare with him. The last time was at best a matter of luck!
the next day.
The game continues as usual.
Today's cooking competition will determine the top three to advance to the finals, and finally select a hotel.
Because it was the second round, each chef had already shown off his or her own skills and selected different ingredients. The organizer also put up a barrier to separate each other.
All five dishes were completed within forty minutes.
The judges still tasted each dish carefully, but this time the rituals and procedures were stricter. When you taste a dish, you have to rinse your mouth and rest for a few minutes.
Tang Yongting may have placed them in the first and fifth positions respectively in order to distinguish the difference between Yunding and Lingyun.
Song Jinuan and Mrs. Chao's dish was still the last one.
Tang Yongting was the first to taste it. After taking a bite of beef, his eyebrows moved slightly.
Beef that is not coated in starch can be fried so tenderly. Very few people can master this heat.
He couldn't help but take another bite.
This behavior scared the other judges and Mrs. Chao.
When you take the second bite, in most cases there is something wrong. Want to confirm?
Everyone was staring at Tang Yongting.
Tang Yongting put down the tableware, wiped the corners of his mouth, and then asked: "What special seasonings did you put in?"
Mrs. Chao replied nervously, "Big coriander?"
When she said this, Tang Yongting looked puzzled. Of course he knew coriander, which was another name for coriander in the south, but there was a difference in fragrance.
Moreover, why do you add the word "big"?
He just tasted it for the first time and felt that his taste buds were being stimulated, but he couldn't figure out what it was. The taste was indescribable, but it went so well with beef!
It is a taste that no one in the culinary field can resist.
The intensity of the fragrance is also very particular.
Tang Yongting nodded. It was unexpected that the seemingly ordinary stir-fried beef could have such a taste!
"Let me see the big coriander you mentioned?" Tang Yongting said.
Mrs. Chao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Song Jinuan.
Song Jinuan was also a little embarrassed. Finally, she hesitated and took out the so-called big coriander from her pocket.
Everyone present was shocked.
"Are you planning to steal the ingredients and take them out?"
When Song Jinuan heard this, he frowned and said, "I brought this here originally, you don't have this thing in the first place!"
These are the plants she brought with her when she was at Xiang's house. As she loves growing vegetables, she planted a few plants in her own small vegetable garden.
I was originally going to study beef with Mrs. Chao today, but who knew I was suddenly invited here?
She didn't have time to put the big coriander in her hand, but she couldn't throw away such a rare thing in the north, so she had to put it in her pocket...
To be honest, Mrs. Chao had never seen this thing before, but Song Jinuan took it out and said it could be released. She believed it unconditionally!
Thus, the game of fried beef was born.
The judges were divided on this dish.
"The ingredients are too special and rare in the north. It's not practical to make them for art troupes!"
"That is, using materials that the organizer does not have is not considered a violation?"
"This taste may not be acceptable to international friends."
Just like things like Houttuynia cordata and stinky vegetables, some people love them and are crazy about them, while some people abandon them.
After hearing this, Tang Yongting hesitated in embarrassment.
The judges discussed this privately for a long time.
After Song Jimuan and Mrs. Chao came down, Song Qianqian asked about the situation.
Afterwards, she got up and left the table, and went out to make a phone call.
Within five minutes after she came back from the phone call, Tang Yongting's phone rang.
Tang Yongting turned off the microphone and answered in a low voice, "Minister?"
The call came from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with a simple sentence: "Let Lingyun Hotel advance to the finals."
Tang Yongting was stunned, "Do you know the differences here? I'm afraid this is not convincing."
The minister's voice was majestic, "Lao Xiang personally promised that he would provide as many ingredients as needed. What do they have to worry about?"