"Do you have anything to say?"

Under the shed, there was an unsettling atmosphere. Tao Ji's fingers were tapping on the table, like the countdown of a time bomb reaching the last three minutes.

On the computer on the table, the program team's special report on "food waste" was playing repeatedly.

"You can't blame me for this!"

The chef said innocently, "This is what we do in our hotel. What else can we do if the guests don't throw away the leftovers? The weather is so hot. If we give away the leftovers, who knows if they will keep them until they spoil and then eat them. Who will be responsible if there are any hygiene problems?"

"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame someone for providing the wrong number of diners!"

The chef said this and looked at the contractor.

Obviously, Tao Ji was convinced by the chef's words. Besides, the other party was the hotel's sous chef after all, a well-known figure. Even if Tao Ji was angry, he would not take it out on him.

So Tao Ji also looked at the contractor.

"I--"

The contractor was about to defend himself, but Tao Ji interrupted him mercilessly. Tao Ji said calmly: "I'm giving you two choices now. Either you get out, and I call on all the people I know in the construction industry to ban you. Or, you can continue to work here, but you must take full responsibility for these things! You choose!"

"I'm responsible for everything!"

The contractor was in tears, this was not a multiple-choice question at all.

"Very good!" Tao Ji nodded and said, "If you see someone scolding me online again, you will be in trouble!"

After saying that, Tao Ji stood up and went to find Director Kong.

He has to get an explanation for being backstabbed by the program crew.

"Director! You asked me to come to this remote little village, and I agreed! You set all the requirements for the show, and I agreed! But now, you have to give me an explanation for this matter!"

Director Kong was also helpless. Although he was quite tough with these architects, it would be unreasonable for him not to appease them.

"Don't worry, the production team is fair to both parties! The day after tomorrow I will write a column for you, and then I will raid Xu Shang's place. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Tao Ji was silent for a moment. After all, it was their architect who had something to ask of Director Kong. Director Kong was very respectful to give such an answer. So he nodded:

"Okay! I hope the production team can treat me fairly!"

…

The program crew naturally did not break their promise. At the beginning of the program preview two days later, the contractor was the first to come out and admit his mistake.

"I'm sorry! I'm Cai Lei, the contractor of the Taoji Construction Team. I want to apologize to everyone here!"

"Because of my personal reasons, I hired a very irresponsible chef, so when he served the workers, he deducted money from the food for his own benefit. After Master Tao found out about this, he immediately called me in and severely criticized me! At the same time, he specially invited the hotel chef to cook for everyone! He also raised everyone's dining standard by 3 yuan!"

"But what I didn't expect was that because of the last accident, everyone had lost trust in the cafeteria. As a result, the meals that Master Tao carefully prepared for everyone were not used. Due to weather considerations, I personally decided to throw the food away, and I failed Master Tao's kindness!"

"sorry!"

Some viewers of the video website immediately called him a scapegoat in the comments section, but this voice was in the minority. The main comments were divided into two parts, one part was skeptical of this answer, and the other part, out of disgust for the contractor, cursed him without hesitation.

"The King of Hell is easy to deal with, but little devils are hard to deal with! I knew that this kind of thing must be done by this kind of little devil!"

"Fooling the superiors and drinking the blood of the subordinates! There are too many people like this in society!"

"Master Tao is worth millions of dollars. Would he do such a petty thing as withholding chicken legs from workers? It's obvious that this bad guy did it! Look at his face, he's evil!"

The apology came to a temporary end, and the host led the topic in another direction.

"I heard that the chef of Master Tao Hotel cooked for everyone? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Then can we interview this chef?"

"Of course! Please follow me!"

In fact, the hotel chef was found by the contractor through his connections, but at this time he could only give this good reputation to Tao Ji, because he was his superior.

When we arrived at the kitchen, we saw the chef in a clean white work suit and a chef's hat. The entire kitchen was spotlessly clean, and it was obvious that he had prepared for the interview.

"Hello, sir! What is your name?"

"Hello! My name is Luo Jinguan, everyone calls me Master Luo."

"Master Luo, are you really the hotel's chef?"

"Yes, I am the head chef at the XX Hotel in Yunnan Province. Here is my work permit and senior chef qualification certificate!"

“It’s actually true!”

The host asked the camera to take a close-up of the two certificates, and even regretted not having eaten at Taoji Canteen yesterday and today. Although the food at Xushang Canteen was also great, if the opponent was a hotel chef with a senior chef qualification certificate, it would probably still be no match.

Not to mention, there is meal allowance here, so eating is free!

"Then Master Luo, why did you come to a small canteen for migrant workers to cook for everyone?"

“Of course I received a strong invitation from my good friend Architect Tao Ji!”

Of course, Master Luo and Tao Ji didn’t know each other, but that didn’t stop them from reconciling the words in advance.

"I heard that the canteen under my command had withheld workers' meal allowances. Tao Ji felt very guilty and felt that he was really sorry for his fellow workers! So he called me and asked me to come over! He wanted to express his apologies to his brothers with real actions!"

“It’s so touching!”

The host exclaimed enthusiastically, although he knew in his heart that a large degree of acting was involved.

However, it is obvious that this whitewashing is very effective. The audience who watched the preview of the live broadcast had a greatly changed impression of Tao Ji, and even a large number of people apologized for their previous insults to Tao Ji.

"Now, let's taste Master Luo's cooking skills!"

The host prepared a meal for himself and started eating in front of the camera. Because of the preparations, the food today was of a very high standard, including fried prawns, garlic pork, and fish-flavored eggplant. It can be said that Master Luo also brought out his signature skills.

The host picked up a piece of garlic pork and put it in his mouth, and blurted out the lines he had prepared long ago.

“It’s… so delicious!”

Um?

strangeness.

The host had a small thought in his mind. Wasn't he the hotel's chef? Why did the taste feel so good? Although it was indeed very good, why didn't it feel as good as Xu Shang's?

No way. No way.

The hotel chef is no match for Xu Shang?

Although the host tried his best to make the dish look delicious, the response from the audience before the live broadcast was lukewarm.

They always feel... a little fake.

"Alright, audience friends! Now let's go check out Xu Shang."

Soon, the host and the photographer came to the泔水桶 of Xu Shang Canteen.

The audience was stunned, and then they suddenly realized.

This preview live broadcast is intended to add fuel to the fire!