Chapter 127 Targeting
"It's Zhou Ningren."
"As soon as I saw the gesture, I knew it was him."
"This guy always makes such a big scene every time he appears."
"I'm really impressed. Didn't they say that except for the contestants and staff, no one else can come in? How did those people get in?"
"Is it possible that those people following Zhou Ningren are also chefs participating in the competition?"
"Those are all Master Zhou's disciples. They can be considered Zhou Ningren's fellow apprentices."
"Haha, what fellow disciples? They are just Zhou Ningren's followers."
"Zhou Ningren is no longer a third-level state banquet chef, what's so cool about that?"
"No way, since his father is a first-class state banquet chef!"
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Facing everyone's attention, Zhou Ningren raised his chin high, with an extremely arrogant look, and walked towards the empty seat at the back.
In his opinion, none of these contestants was worth wasting his attention.
However, when he walked to the empty seat at the back, he suddenly froze.
Mo Qingyan smiled at him and greeted him, "What a coincidence, we meet again."
Zhou Ningren, who was originally arrogant, suddenly looked away and said to Mo Qingyan with a stiff smile, "What a coincidence."
Afterwards, Zhou Ningren immediately turned a corner and walked to the other side, to the corner farthest from Mo Qingyan, and sat down.
The movement was so fast that it seemed as if one had seen some ferocious beast. The feeling of being afraid that if you can't dodge in time, you will be eaten.
Zhou Ningren's fellow disciples looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw him running away and sitting in a corner.
It was the first time they saw Zhou Ningren fleeing in such a panic.
Mo Qingyan is quite handsome, why does Zhou Ningren seem to be afraid of him?
Mo Qingyan was a little confused when she saw Zhou Ningren fleeing in panic.
I couldn't help but ask Li Zhenmin, "Uncle Li, do I look scary?"
Li Zhenmin looked at Mo Qingyan's face, which was so delicate that it seemed flawless, and shook his head.
The audience in Mo Qingyan's live broadcast room all burst out laughing.
"Haha, this is so funny, Zhou Ningren thinks our Brother Mo is a monster."
"It's because Brother Mo's beef brisket pot hit his face last time, and he felt ashamed to see Brother Mo again."
"The last time he acted so arrogant in front of Brother Mo, the slap in the face he received in the end was so painful."
"I heard that he thought Brother Mo gave up the game because he looked down on him, and he even went to Brother Mo to argue with him."
"It turns out that Brother Mo just had an occupational disease and went to squander the money."
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Seeing Zhou Ningren stealing glances at her from time to time, Mo Qingyan couldn't help but smile at him again.
As a result, Zhou Ningren immediately shrank his neck, withdrew his gaze, and sat upright.
Zhou Ningren's fellow disciples were very curious when they saw him like this.
One of the brothers asked, "Brother Zhou, what is it about Mo Qingyan that scares you so much?"
Zhou Ningren was trying to save face and said, "Afraid? Who said I was afraid of him? I would be afraid of him? What a joke."
However, his appearance just now was really unconvincing.
Seeing that Zhou Ningren ignored her, Mo Qingyan decided not to make trouble for herself.
Soon, other contestants arrived one after another.
Among them were Chen Kang, whom Mo Qingyan was familiar with, whom she met at Taozui Club, and Lang Yueming from Langwei Pavilion.
The two of them came one after the other. After seeing Mo Qingyan, they turned around and found a seat farthest away from Mo Qingyan to sit down.
This made Mo Qingyan laugh and cry.
In the judges' lounge on the other side.
The four first-level state banquet-level gourmet judges have all arrived and are teasing Gao Moqi.
A judge in his sixties with two-thirds of his hair already white said, "Judge Gao, did I hear that you gave the first recommendation spot to an amateur chef this time?"
"Yes." Gao Moqi nodded.
Another middle-aged judge said with a smile: "Everyone here knows that you, Judge Gao, have a good eye. Since you are favored by him, it seems that the cooking skills of that amateur chef must be extraordinary."
Gao Moqi praised without disguising, "Well, his cooking skills are really amazing."
Gao Moqi actually thinks that Mo Qingyan’s most amazing thing is his creative ideas.
Mo Qingyan can always make delicious food that others can't imagine, and always give people different surprises.
"But I heard that when you were in City B, you were invited by the Food Association to have a talk because of that amateur chef?" Another middle-aged judge said, "It seems to be because of accepting bribes or cheating for personal gain?"
As soon as I heard this, I knew the person was up to no good.
Faced with the judge's obvious words of picking fault, Gao Moqi just glanced at him indifferently.
"Judge Lu, I remember you graduated from an undergraduate university, right?"
Lu Weirong said proudly: "Yes, college students were very valuable back then. I was the only college student in our entire town. It's not like now, when college students are everywhere. If you throw a stone randomly, you can hit a college student."
Gao Moqi said calmly: "Oh, so Judge Lu, you are really an undergraduate student! But why did I hear before that your identity as a college student seemed to be fake?"
"Who said that? Who dares to talk nonsense like that?" Besides being a first-class state banquet gourmet, what Lu Weirong was most proud of was his status as a college student.
You know, thirty years ago, college students were a source of honor to their family.
Now that he heard that someone dared to spread rumors that his college student identity was fake, Lu Weirong's face suddenly showed anger.
"I heard about it." Facing Lu Weirong's anger, Gao Moqi seemed calm and composed.
"I heard?" Lu Weirong said with a dissatisfied look on his face: "Judge Gao, please don't talk nonsense about things without evidence, otherwise it will be slander. In our country, slander is illegal."
"Oh." Gao Moqi pointedly said, "So you also know that something without evidence is defamation?"
Lu Weirong was stunned, and immediately realized that Gao Moqi was making a veiled accusation.
His expression suddenly became very ugly, "Gao Moqi, what do you mean?"
"Whatever Judge Lu means, that's what I mean naturally." Gao Moqi would never indulge him.
Originally, Gao Moqi and Lu Weirong didn't have any major conflicts.
After all, as first-level state banquet gourmet judges, we will see each other every day.
Gao Moqi is not the kind of person who would deliberately target others.
The reason why Lu Weirong targeted Gao Moqi was just because, two years ago, Lu Weirong's son wanted to participate in the third-level state banquet chef competition, and Lu Weirong wanted Gao Moqi to give him a recommendation spot, but Gao Moqi didn't give it.
Therefore, Lu Weirong targeted Gao Moqi.
Although Lu Weirong is also a first-level state banquet gourmet judge, the number of recommendations is limited and cannot be given to blood relatives.
At that time, only Gao Moqi had a recommendation quota. Lu Weirong thought that as a first-level state banquet gourmet judge, Gao Moqi would definitely give him this face.
Unexpectedly, Gao Moqi directly refused.
This also resulted in Lu Weirong's son being unable to participate in the third-level state banquet chef competition.
Therefore, since that incident, Lu Weirong started to target Gao Moqi.
"Gao Moqi, you..."
The flames in this atmosphere seemed to be about to burst into flames.
Another middle-aged judge laughed twice and quickly changed the subject, "Oh, it seems like time is almost up. Let's go to the contestant lounge now."
“Hmph…” Lu Weirong snorted coldly, stood up, and walked out directly.
The judge who was trying to smooth things over said to Gao Moqi, "Judge Gao, Judge Lu is just like that. After all, he is old, so he tends to make mistakes easily. Just pretend that he didn't say anything just now."
Gao Moqi didn't say anything. Although he was usually cold in character, he still understood some common social etiquette.
The judges had already come out to smooth things over, so he couldn't say anything more. Follow them to the contestants' lounge.
At this time, all the seats in the lounge were occupied.
Mo Qingyan counted and found that there were almost five hundred contestants.
This also includes thirty level 3 state banquet chefs from last year.
You know, if you want to participate in the state banquet-level chef competition.
There are only three channels.
The first is to participate in food cooking competitions certified by major food associations. If you win the championship, you can participate in the third-level state banquet chef competition.
The second is to get a recommendation from the state-level gourmet judges.
The number of first-level state banquet gourmet judges who can recommend three candidates each year is limited.
The number of recommended spots for the second-level state banquet-level gourmet judges is two.
There is only one recommendation quota for the Level 3 state banquet gourmet judge.
The third way to qualify for the competition is to be a level 3 state banquet chef from the previous year.
There are only three ways to participate in the Level 3 State Banquet Chef Competition.
However, for ordinary chefs to get a place in the competition, there is actually only the first way.
The number of recommendations from the gourmet judges is limited. Moreover, the recommendation spots of the gourmet judges are not given out casually.
This is because if the recommended contestant’s cooking skills are not good, the reputation of the gourmet who made the recommendation will also be affected.
Therefore, gourmets are very cautious when giving recommendations. If you are not familiar with the person and do not know the details, you will not be given a recommendation.
Like Gao Moqi, after he became a national banquet-level gourmet judge, he never gave his recommendation quota to anyone else.
Mo Qingyan was the first one.
After the time for drawing numbers has come.
Five judges, including Gao Moqi, walked in at the same time.
Among these five judges, two have full white hair and two have half white hair.
Gao Moqi, with his head full of black hair, is now among them, with a tall and straight figure, making him particularly conspicuous.
Although Mo Qingyan knew before that Gao Moqi was the youngest first-level national banquet gourmet judge.
It’s amazing to know that Gao Moqi can become a first-level state banquet gourmet judge at such a young age.
However, I have no idea how powerful it is.
However, now seeing Mo Qingyan alone among a group of first-class state banquet-level gourmet judges, I realized how powerful Gao Moqi is.
Mo Qingyan couldn't help but smile at him.
When Gao Moqi saw Mo Qingyan smiling at him, he raised the corner of his mouth and also gave Mo Qingyan a faint smile.
Mo Qingyan instantly felt that he was okay again.
When Zhou Ningren and the other two saw him, they all ran away from him, as if he had some terrible virus.
But Mo Qingyan was very depressed.
Now that she received Gao Moqi's smile, Mo Qingyan was instantly comforted.
However, Mo Qingyan suddenly felt a gaze that seemed not so good.
The unfriendly look came from a middle-aged judge on the stage.
Mo Qingyan felt puzzled. He doesn't seem to know the judge? Why did that judge look at him as if he was ready to kill him?
The staff brought in a black square box and held up a microphone, saying, "Next, under the witness of our five first-class state banquet-level gourmet judges, we will begin to randomly draw the competition numbers of each contestant. Each contestant can only draw one number on the spot. Now, please ask the contestant whose name is called to come on stage to draw the competition number."
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