Chapter 24 He is narrow-minded
Seeing that he dared to tease Mo Qingyan, Song Beichen immediately became angry.
"Ren Zhongxing, I didn't beat you enough last time, did I? I think you don't want your eyeballs and mouth anymore."
"Ren Zhongxing, if you can't speak, just shut your mouth. If you don't want to, I can sew it up for you."
Taozui's face also darkened, Mo Qingyan was the guest he invited. He had just arrived and Ren Zhongxing called him his gigolo. Even if it wasn't true, Mo Qingyan would probably feel uncomfortable.
Tao Zui didn't want Mo Qingyan to hate him because of this.
"Hehe, look, it's just a joke, why are you so angry? You want to take my eyeballs and sew my mouth together." Ren Zhongxing was not afraid of their threats at all. Seeing the two of them getting angry actually made him even more excited.
Yin Yiyi was also angry and yelled at Ren Zhongxing, "Ren Zhongxing, shut up. If you continue to talk nonsense and frame Mo Ge, don't blame me for being rude."
Only then did Ren Zhongxing realize that the other person following Song Beichen was actually Yin Yiyi.
Just now, because Song Beichen and Mo Qingyan were blocking the way, he didn't pay much attention to her.
As a member of the upper class circle in City A, Ren Zhongxing certainly knew Yin Yiyi.
"Ms. Yin? How come you have time to join in the fun? I remember that you, Song Beichen, and Tao Zui are not in the same circle, right?"
If it were just Song Beichen and Tao Zui, Ren Zhongxing would certainly have no scruples. After all, they haven't been able to fight for who knows how many years.
However, although Yin Yiyi and they were both from the upper class circles of City A, they did not have much contact.
Because the Yin family moved back from abroad more than ten years ago.
Although the Yin family moved back from abroad, the upper circles in City B did not dare to underestimate them.
Because behind the Yin family, there are some big families in Beijing backing them up.
Don't offend easily.
Therefore, when facing Yin Yiyi, Ren Zhongxing did not dare to be as casual as he was when facing Tao Zui and Song Beichen.
Who exactly is that young man? It’s fine that Song Beichen and Tao Zui defended him, but Yin Yiyi also defended him like this.
Yin Yiyi said directly: "This has nothing to do with whether Song Beichen and I are in the same circle. Brother Mo is my friend. If you dare to talk nonsense to him, I will never let you go."
Seeing Yin Yiyi defending Mo Qingyan like this, Ren Zhongxing looked at Mo Qingyan deeply.
This man is something!
"Okay, since you've asked, Miss Yin, I'll certainly give you some face."
Ren Zhongxing stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and said to Tao Zui: "Then we'll meet in the kitchen of your restaurant downstairs. Tao Zui, I hope you won't be a coward. Let's go."
After saying that, Ren Zhongxing waved to the group of people behind him, and then the group of people left in a mighty manner.
Qian Fugui, who was chubby, said to Tao Zui, "Brother Zui, don't go. He just wants to provoke you into falling for it."
Others said:
"Fugui, don't be naive. Do you think that if Zui Ge doesn't go, this matter will be resolved? That will only make Ren Zhongxing more rampant."
"He brought people here on Zui Ge's birthday because he knew Zui Ge would not reject him tonight. If he rejects him, Zui Ge will basically have no chance to stay in the circle in the future."
"This is Zui Ge's home court. Zui Ge must play tonight. And he can't lose."
"Okay, stop talking. I know what I'm doing." Taoyu stopped them from speaking any further.
Then, he said to Mo Qingyan with an apologetic look on his face: "Mr. Mo, I'm sorry for making you feel wronged just now. I originally wanted to invite you and Miss Yin to come over to play tonight, but I didn't expect to encounter such an unpleasant thing. I may not be able to entertain you well tonight, so I'm here to say sorry to you two first."
"It doesn't matter. It's not something you want to encounter."
Although Ren Zhongxing's words just now were humiliating to him, Tao Zui and the other three were trying their best to protect him, so Mo Qingyan didn't feel that there was anything wronged.
"It's just that I don't quite understand why that person specially brought people here tonight to compete with your chef in cooking skills?"
This is a competition of cooking skills, and there is no time to compare.
Even though he knew that today was Taozui's birthday, he still brought people here on purpose.
Wouldn't that just add to the trouble?
By doing this, this person is completely offending Taozui.
Even if the relationship between the two parties is not good to begin with, there is no need to be so aggressive and not give them a single step, right?
"Brother Mo, you don't know?"
Song Beichen said in surprise.
"Should I know?"
Mo Qingyan was a little confused.
Seeing that Mo Qingyan really didn't seem to understand, Song Beichen began to murmur in his heart.
How could I not know? This is
So I explained it to him.
There is an unwritten rule in China's upper class circles.
On the second generation's birthday, if someone comes to challenge him, no matter what the challenge is, he must accept it.
If one refuses the challenge of the challenger, it proves that this person has no courage and boldness. If he does not even have the courage and boldness to accept the challenge of others, how can he inherit the family business in the future?
Therefore, if you do not accept the challenge of others, you will not only be looked down upon by others, but you will also lose the qualification to become the heir to the family.
Ren Zhongxing took advantage of this and deliberately brought people up tonight to compete in cooking skills.
As for why it is a cooking competition and not something else. That's because Ren Zhongxing knew that he couldn't beat Tao Zui in other aspects, but he was sure to win in cooking.
You know, if you challenge someone on their birthday and win, that is of course the best.
But if you lose, the cost will be huge.
Ren Zhongxing wanted to own Taozui's club. If he lost, he would lose to two clubs like Taozui.
Taozui's club is worth more than 20 million, so Ren Zhongxing must give Taozui more than 40 million.
This is the price that challengers have to pay.
Therefore, if one does not have absolute confidence, generally no one would dare to initiate a challenge on someone else's birthday.
Mo Qingyan said: "How does Ren Zhongxing know that he can win? Taozui, the chef here must have been poached from a five-star restaurant."
Although he felt that the cooking skills of the chef of this five-star restaurant were somewhat average.
However, the cooking skills of the chefs here seem to be average.
His cooking skills are just average, and he's not very innovative.
This has led to the world becoming a food desert.
Qian Fugui gave the answer to this question, "Because the chef that Ren Zhongxing brought with him is a state banquet chef. I heard that he spent a lot of money to hire him."
"A state-level chef? No wonder he's so confident. Damn it, he chose today on purpose and came here without even a heads up. He was just trying to catch Tao Zui off guard." Yin Yiyi asked Tao Zui meaningfully, "Tao Zui, are you ready to accept the challenge?"
"Do you think I have a choice?" Tao Zui no longer had any choice.
Even though he knew he would lose, he still had to fight.
Qian Fugui said, "But Brother Zui, the cooking skills of the five-star restaurant chef in your club are not as good as the state banquet chef, right? Otherwise, we should find a better chef."
Another red-haired young man quickly argued, "But in such a short time, where can we find a stronger person who can beat that state banquet chef? Isn't Ren Zhongxing so arrogant because he saw that Zui Ge couldn't find anyone?"
His words silenced Qian Fugui and others.
Yes, they all knew very well that Ren Zhongxing saw that Taozui could not find a state banquet-level chef in a short period of time, so he dared to come and disrupt the business.
"Who said there is no one? Don't we have Brother Mo?" Song Beichen seemed to have found a savior and grabbed Mo Qingyan.
"Yes, with Brother Mo here, what are you afraid of? Brother Mo, you go ahead. With your cooking skills, you are a state banquet-level chef. You can easily defeat him." Yin Yiyi was full of confidence in Mo Qingyan.
"Mr. Mo, is it okay?" Tao Zui looked at Mo Qingyan expectantly.
Although he had only eaten dumplings made by Mo Qingyan, the taste made him drool whenever he thought of it.
That was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten.
Just based on the dumplings made by Mo Qingyan, they can definitely beat everything else in seconds.
Qian Fugui saw that Tao Zui and others had come to this strange young man for help.
I was extremely curious, is this young man a chef?
No way, it doesn’t look like it!
Even if he is a chef, how old is he? Can he be better than the state banquet-level chef invited by Ren Zhongxing?
"This is not good. After all, I'm not a professional, this is just my hobby. Professional matters should be left to professionals."
Although Mo Qingyan tasted the cooking of the five-star chef, she found it to be just average.
But chefs at the state banquet level are different.
Can you become a state banquet-level chef without any real skills?
Mo Qingyan thought that with his strength, he might not be able to match the other party.
Therefore, Mo Qingyan did not dare to be arrogant.
This is not a simple competition. If you lose, you lose. At most you will lose some face.
If he loses, it means he will lose this intoxicated club.
The price is too high and he can't afford to lose.
Tao Zui saw Mo Qingyan's concerns and said with a wry smile: "Brother Mo, you can see the current situation. I don't have time to find the right person. Even if there is a suitable person, it may not be possible to invite him. So in this case, my loss is already a foreseeable outcome. So, please don't feel any burden."
"Of course, if you think it's inappropriate, Brother Mo, just think of it as me saying something too much and it's just a joke."
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Tao Zui seems to be easy to talk to and can chat with anyone, but he is actually very arrogant.
He has always been the only one calling others "brother", and he has never called anyone else "brother".
Even though he liked the dumplings made by Mo Qingyan very much, Tao Zui had always called Mo Qingyan Mr. Mo before, instead of following Song Beichen and calling him Brother Mo.
Now he called Brother Mo directly.
It was obvious that he was really anxious.
Now Qian Fugui and others behind Tao Zui heard Tao Zui actually calling Mo Qingyan, "Brother Mo".
They couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise on their faces.
Who is this other person that Brother Tao could call him “Brother” directly?
Seeing that Mo Qingyan was still hesitating, Song Beichen immediately helped persuade her, "Brother Mo, just help Tao Zui. If Ren Zhongxing really wins tonight, Tao Zui will have a hard time in the future. Anyway, if you don't play, Tao Zui will definitely lose. So, Brother Mo, you really don't need to have any burden. Otherwise, Brother Mo, just go and make some fried rice. I think fried rice is a sure win."
"Brother Mo, please help. If Taozui loses, the impact will be huge." Yin Yiyi also helped to persuade. Although she was not familiar with Tao Zui, they had eaten dumplings together after all.
Plus, Ren Zhongxing didn't leave a good impression on her just now, so Yin Yiyi was of course more inclined to be intoxicated.
The three of them have already said this, and Mo Qingyan feels that if she doesn't help, it would seem like she is being too hypocritical.
What's more, Ren Zhongxing had humiliated him just now. Mo Qingyan was good in every other way except that he was narrow-minded.
"Okay, I agree. But if you lose, you can't blame me. My cooking skills are average."
"No, no, absolutely not." Upon hearing that Mo Qingyan was willing to help, Tao Zui quickly said, "If you lose, it's mine, and if you win, it's yours."
"Haha, Brother Mo, if your cooking skills are just average, then there is no one with good cooking skills in this world." Song Beichen immediately began to flatter Mo Qingyan.
"Don't flatter me. Tell me, what is this cooking competition about?"
Song Beichen really was feeding him hallucinogenic soup anytime and anywhere. Fortunately, Mo Qingyan was sober enough and knew his own level.
His current cooking skills are only average compared to those top chefs before him.
It’s just that, because the original owner had a keen sense of taste and smell, his cooking skills have obviously improved compared to before.
However, he knew that he still had a long way to go.
Tao Zui replied: "Ren Zhongxing said to compare noodles, so the chef he brought should be good at noodles."
"Noodles?" Yin Yiyi smiled and said, "What a coincidence! Isn't it that we sell noodles in the afternoon?"
Taozui was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that dumplings are indeed considered a type of pasta.
After realizing what was happening, Taozui immediately smiled.
"That's right. The dumplings that Brother Mo sells in the afternoon are noodles. Just the dumplings sold in the afternoon are enough to beat everything else."
Tao Zui didn’t know about other things, but he was very confident in Mo Qingyan’s dumplings.
Because he had eaten the dumplings before, he knew how delicious the dumplings made by Mo Qingyan were.
"Okay, I got it." Mo Qingyan actually didn't want to make dumplings.
He felt that it would be more reliable to go to the kitchen, see what ingredients were available, and then decide what to cook.
By the way, see what the other party is going to do.
Ren Zhongxing took the chef directly to the club's large kitchen.
The five-star chef who was hired by Taozui saw a group of people coming in and was about to stop them loudly. But when he saw the chef following Ren Zhongxing, his face changed in shock.
He immediately walked up to the chef and said excitedly, "Master Chen? You are Chen Kang, the master of state banquet pastry, Master Chen, right?"
The chef behind Ren Zhongxing raised his chin arrogantly and nodded slightly.
"It's me. Are you the chef of this club?"
"Yes, yes, I'm the head chef of this club. My name is Ma Ming. When I was the head chef of a five-star restaurant, I had the honor of participating in the hall-of-fame competition where you became a god. But I didn't even make it to the finals at that time."
Ma Ming is already in his forties, almost fifty.
Chen Kang is only in his thirties, young and strong.
Ma Ming is old enough to be Chen Kang’s father, but when facing Chen Kang, Ma Ming is extremely respectful and calls him “you” all the time.
There's no way. In the culinary world, age is never a factor; strength is what matters.
As long as you are strong enough, you are ten years old. Others also have to respectfully call you Master.
"You didn't even make it to the finals? It seems your cooking skills aren't that great."
When Chen Kang heard this, he did not hide his contempt for Ma Ming on his face.
Chen Kang didn't even bother to look at those who didn't even make it to the finals.
The two of them are simply not on the same level.
Seeing Chen Kang's undisguised contempt, Ma Ming said with embarrassment: "Yes, yes, my cooking skills are naturally incomparable to yours."
Seeing Ma Ming being so humble in front of Chen Kang, he even personally admitted that his cooking skills were not as good as Chen Kang's.
Ren Zhongxing was extremely happy at this moment.
Although Chen Kang is a state-banquet-level chef, Ren Zhongxing is not 100% sure.
Because he also heard that Taozui had poached a very talented chef from a five-star restaurant.
Anyone who can be the head chef of a five-star restaurant must have good cooking skills.
Therefore, Ren Zhongxing was not 100% sure.
However, he was very clear about Chen Kang's strength.
Chen Kang is one of the youngest state banquet chefs to date.
Although he is young, Chen Kang's skills are not inferior to those veteran state banquet chefs.
The most important thing is that he is still so young. In terms of physical strength and innovation, he cannot be compared with those older state banquet chefs.
He felt that he had a good chance of winning.
Add to that a little bit of his scheming, and he didn't give Tao Zui any time to find someone, so his chances of winning were even greater.
In such a short time, Taozui probably won’t be able to find another capable chef except Ma Ming.
And Ma Ming just said in person that his cooking skills are not as good as Chen Kang's.
That means that Ren Zhongxing is sure to win this cooking competition.
When Chen Kang saw that his opponent was a guy who couldn't even make it to the finals of the state banquet chef competition, his expectations plummeted.
"Mr. Ren, you spent so much money to invite me to compete. I thought I would face a formidable opponent, but this is the result?"
No wonder Chen Kang was so disappointed.
Ren Zhongxing spent two million to invite him to compete in City A, and Chen Kang originally thought that he would be a very strong opponent.
At the very least, he is on the same level as him.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a guy who couldn’t even make it to the finals of the state banquet-level chef competition.
Competing with chefs of such a different level is like using a butcher knife to kill a pig, isn't it?
If this matter gets out, others might think that he is bullying the elderly and the weak!
"Oh, Master Chen, before I came, I didn't expect that the chef hired by this club would be of such a level! Now that you are here, let's have a competition before leaving." Ren Zhongxing was full of confidence at this time.
He felt he had won.
In fact, at this moment, he was already fantasizing about how he would humiliate Taozu as a winner after Taozui lost the game.
Let him have a taste of what it feels like to be a loser.
"Competition?" Ma Ming thought he had misheard and asked Chen Kang, "Master Chen, do you mean that you are here to compete with me in cooking? How come I don't know about this?"
Are you kidding? Chen Kang is a state-banquet-level chef.
To put it nicely, Ma Ming is the head chef of a five-star restaurant. To put it bluntly, he is just an ordinary chef.
He is not at the same level as Chen Kang who is at the state banquet level.
How can this be compared?
Isn't that just asking for humiliation?
If we really have to compete, we might as well just admit defeat. There's no need to waste that time.
Chen Kang said to Ma Ming with an impatient look: "Do you think I want to compete with you? This Mr. Ren wants to make a bet with your boss. It's a cooking competition. Mr. Ren invited me to be his representative in the competition, and here, besides you, which other chef is qualified to compete with me?"
Ma Ming was speechless when asked. Among all the chefs here, he was the best cook.
Therefore, if there really was to be a match with Chen Kang, he would be the only one to play.
However, he didn’t understand why his boss was so desperate as to compete with Mr. Ren.
"Strange, why hasn't Taozui come yet?" Ren Zhongxing looked at the time and found that he had been downstairs for ten minutes. But I haven’t seen Taozui and the others coming down yet.
Several people following Ren Zhongxing started to laugh.
"Brother Xing, I think Tao Zui knows he is doomed to fail, so he just pretends to be a coward and won't come again."
"He doesn't think that he can skip the competition if he doesn't come, does he?"
"Haha, if he doesn't come, it means he has automatically admitted defeat. This club will not only fall into Brother Xing's hands, but Taozui will also have no chance of mixing in the circle of City A."
"You don't even have the courage to stand up and compete with Brother Xing. Taozui is no better than that."
…
A group of people were talking to each other, and implicitly in their words, they were all stepping on Taozui and praising Ren Zhongxing.
Ren Zhongxing was flattered and felt flattered.
On the surface, he pretended to be modest and said, "You don't have to say that about Taozui. After all, not everyone is as courageous as me. Taozui just had too much luck. Now that he has encountered some difficulties, he doesn't know what to do, so he can only choose to escape. It's understandable."
"Since he doesn't have the courage to come down, I'll consider this game as my win. When you see him later, don't say a few words. Tao Zui is a face-saver. If I lose the game, Tao Zui might get angry and do something bad. I can't stop him."
Ren Zhongxing's words made the young people even more unscrupulous.
"What are you afraid of? Tao Zui doesn't even dare to come to the competition. With such courage, how could I be afraid of him?"
"That's right. I thought Tao Zui was quite capable before, but I didn't expect him to be such a coward who even dared to come to the competition. It's a sin for the Tao family to have such an heir."
"Since Tao Zui doesn't dare to come, there's no need for us to save face for him. Just say what needs to be said."
…
The more they spoke, the more excited they became, and their voices became louder and louder.
"Who said I dare not come?"
The intoxicated voice sounded behind them.
They turned around and saw Tao Zui and a group of people appearing at the gate.
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