Chapter 45 It's Over It's Over
The next day, Mo Qingyan was having breakfast.
Butler Wang suddenly came in hurriedly and said to Mo Qingyan, "Sir, something happened at the food competition."
"What's the matter?" Mo Qingyan drank the porridge calmly.
"The senior judge was reported for favoritism and cheating by revealing the theme of the competition to the contestants in advance. The Food Association summoned the senior judge early in the morning to investigate. The senior judge will not be able to attend today's food competition. His position will be temporarily replaced by another gourmet judge from the Food Association."
The Gourmet Club is an organization that specializes in managing gourmets.
Similar to a chef's club.
The profession of gourmet is quite special and not everyone can be one.
That requires taking various exams, just like being a chef.
The Gourmet Association not only manages the Gourmet Examination, but also restrains and manages the Gourmets themselves.
Therefore, once it is discovered that a gourmet has accepted bribes, secretly provided backdoor access to participants in food competitions, or has been unfair in food evaluations, it will be a disaster. Once the Food Association verifies the facts, it will take relevant measures and impose penalties.
Of course, if the report is untrue, the reporter will also need to be punished accordingly.
This is also to prevent some people from deliberately targeting or framing others.
"Is there such a thing?" Mo Qingyan remembered what Zhou Ningren said to him yesterday, and immediately understood.
Could it be Gao Moqi, the one Zhou Ningren reported?
"Then what about my competition?" Since Gao Moqi has been reported, will his competition be affected?
Steward Wang said, "Mr.'s competition was held on schedule, and there was no additional notice. In this matter, Mr. and the senior judges did not commit any cheating. Mr. won first place on his own. The organizers of the food competition do not have any evidence, so they cannot arbitrarily suspend Mr.'s eligibility to compete."
"That's right. They couldn't have fabricated something we didn't do. But this is too much of a disaster."
Although he and Gao Moqi were innocent, Gao Moqi was suddenly summoned by the Food Club. When others get the news, they will definitely make all kinds of speculations.
This also had a great impact on Gao Moqi's reputation.
You know, if the reputation of a gourmet judge is affected, it will be a big problem.
Mo Qingyan had just entered the competition venue not long ago when he noticed that there was something wrong with the way people around him looked at him.
One by one, they pointed fingers at him.
"That's him, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's him, Mo Qingyan. The internet celebrity who is a second-generation rich man. He was the one who bribed the chief judge."
"Bribe the chief judge? Isn't the chief judge Gao Moqi? He is a first-class state banquet gourmet judge, famous for his strictness and fairness."
"Strict and fair? That's just a label you give yourself. I heard that this time it was a contestant in the food competition who reported it under his real name. If it wasn't true, would they risk going to jail and report Gao Moqi?"
"What you said does make some sense. After all, if you don't have solid evidence, you really wouldn't risk reporting it."
"I really didn't expect Gao Moqi to be this kind of person. I used to think that as long as he was in the competition, it would be absolutely fair! I even considered him as a benchmark for gourmets. I didn't expect that I was wrong."
"Who said it wasn't true? I didn't expect that even he couldn't resist the temptation of money. Who can we trust from now on? This food competition is not even fair and just. What else can we compare it to?"
"These second-generation rich are so hateful. When they were born, they were already standing at the end of our lives. Why do they have to compete with us for this only fair opportunity?"
"Alas, I didn't expect these second-generation rich people would eventually bring disaster to our food industry."
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The voices of those people's discussion were quite loud, and not only Mo Qingyan heard it.
At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room also heard it vaguely.
"What the hell? Did I hear it wrong? I seemed to hear those people saying that our Brother Mo bribed the chief judge?"
"I heard it too. They also said that a participating chef reported it by real name. The chief judge has been summoned by the Food Association."
"No way. Such an outrageous thing has happened? Who is this crazy guy who framed our Brother Mo?"
"That's right. With our brother Mo's cooking skills, do we need to bribe the chief judge? This is pure nonsense!"
"The person who dared to report it with his real name is really a fool. Our brother Mo can easily win this kind of competition. Why does he need to bribe the judges?"
"Isn't the chief judge that handsome guy, Gao Moqi?"
"That's him. If you ask me, is it because he and Brother Mo are too handsome that people are jealous and report them?"
"No way? Is it wrong to be handsome now?"
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Every viewer in the live broadcast room believed that Mo Qingyan would cheat.
After all, Mo Qingyan’s cooking skills are great, although many of them have never tasted it. But Song Beichen, Yin Yiyi and other rich second-generations have tried it!
In order to taste Mo Qingyan's delicious food, Qina and Tao Zui signed up for the show directly.
The four of them were even willing to sacrifice themselves to eat the delicious food made by Mo Qingyan.
It’s just that Mo Qingyan doesn’t want to.
Other things can deceive people, but the joyful expression and eyes when eating delicious food cannot deceive people.
What's more, among the audience, there are people who have eaten the delicious food made by Mo Qingyan.
When there was a food poisoning incident before, many viewers who had eaten the three-fresh dumplings made by Mo Qingyan set up a group.
There can be more than two hundred, nearly three hundred people in the group.
Most of those people have eaten Mo Qingyan’s three-fresh dumplings.
It seems that those who have not eaten Mo Qingyan’s three-fresh dumplings are not qualified to join the group.
Yesterday afternoon, Mo Qingyan went to set up a stall to sell cold noodles again, and then, another cold noodles group was formed.
Anyway, everyone who has tasted the delicious food made by Mo Qingyan can't help but share and show off.
So naturally, more and more people will know about it.
The audience in Mo Qingyan's live broadcast room found it absurd, and Mo Qingyan also found it absurd that Gao Moqi was reported.
At the same time, he also felt a little guilty. After all, it was because of him that Gao Moqi suffered such an unexpected disaster.
Coincidentally, Li Zhenmin came.
After he arrived, he put down the kitchen knife he brought with him, and then asked Mo Qingyan mysteriously, "Have you heard about it?"
Mo Qingyan said calmly: "I heard about it."
"Then you don't have anything to say?" Li Zhenmin looked at Mo Qingyan and felt that this young man was too calm.
"What is there to say? Isn't the Food Club already investigating? If there really is a problem, you probably won't see me tomorrow." Mo Qingyan has nothing to fear and doesn't mind what others say.
"That makes sense. With your cooking skills, you don't need to bribe the judges. As long as you haven't done it, it's impossible for others to report you successfully."
After Li Zhenmin had eaten the cold noodles made by Mo Qingyan, he went back and tried making it himself.
It’s clearly the same ingredients, even the brand of flour and soy sauce are the same.
However, the cold noodles he made were different from those made by Mo Qingyan.
In terms of taste, no matter how you adjust it, it's just a little bit off.
The taste is a little worse, it's a completely different taste.
Cooking is such a magical thing, the same dish, the same ingredients, even everything is the same. The food produced still tastes different.
Cooking is something that really requires talent.
Li Zhenmin was afraid that Mo Qingyan would be influenced by those people, so he comforted her: "Just ignore them and focus on the game. Use your strength to shut them up."
Mo Qingyan smiled and nodded, "I understand, thank you Uncle Li."
Although he himself was not affected in any way, he was still very grateful for the kind concern and reminders from others.
Hearing Mo Qingyan calling him uncle, Li Zhenmin's eyes softened when he looked at Mo Qingyan.
In my heart, I really feel a little sorry for this young man who is such an excellent cook and so humble, and I treat him as my own nephew.
He said directly: "It's okay. If you need it, uncle is willing to testify for you."
Not long after, Zhou Ningren arrived.
As soon as he arrived, Lie immediately mocked Mo Qingyan.
"I heard that Gao Moqi was complained about by someone under his real name. The next person to be taken away will be you."
Mo Qingyan looked at him deeply, "Did you make the complaint?"
Zhou Ningren said disdainfully: "I am not a primary school student. I would not do such a thing as telling tales behind others' backs. See, I know that I am not the only one with good eyesight. Those who do evil will eventually perish. Since you have done it, you must bear the consequences."
Although Zhou Ningren was very angry before, he only warned Mo Qingyan repeatedly during the game to stop.
I did not file a real-name complaint against Gao Moqi.
In Zhou Ningren's opinion, only incompetent people would do such a thing as telling stories behind others' backs.
He has the ability, and he believes that he can rely on his own strength to defeat Mo Qingyan, who got in through the backdoor.
This is Zhou Ningren’s pride as a former state banquet chef.
Mo Qingyan looked at Zhou Ningren, who had a proud face and an air of contempt.
He suddenly felt that he had been a little petty before.
Indeed, it is impossible for such a proud and self-centered person to do something that only petty people would do.
Since it’s not Zhou Ningren, it could be another participating chef.
But no matter who it is, this matter was originally a misunderstanding, and Mo Qingyan has nothing to fear as he has an upright character.
Of course I am not afraid of being investigated.
Soon, the competition will begin.
There are still ten judges in this competition, but the judge sitting in the middle position has changed from the handsome Gao Moqi to a middle-aged gourmet with a big belly.
The judges' panel suddenly became boring.
However, this is a food competition, not a judged beauty contest.
Therefore, the focus is still on the contestants.
However, before the competition began, the new chief judge made some remarks.
"Before the game, I have something to say to you all."
"This is a formal food competition. We are competing in cooking skills, creativity, and understanding of food. I don't want anything messy to happen in this competition."
When saying this, the chief judge deliberately glanced at Mo Qingyan.
The other contestants immediately understood and looked at Mo Qingyan at the same time.
The news that Gao Moqi was summoned by the Gourmet Club has spread everywhere.
Now almost everyone knows that Gao Moqi gave Mo Qingyan a backdoor and helped Mo Qingyan cheat in the competition.
To the extent that, those people looked at Mo Qingyan with contempt.
Mo Qingyan didn't expect that before the matter was concluded, the new chief judge already had opinions about him.
It seems that the food we are going to make today will be a little more difficult.
Soon, the new chief judge began to draw the theme of today's competition.
In order to ensure fairness and impartiality, all competition themes were written on the spot by the judges. And it must be ensured that each one is different.
Afterwards, the chief judge will draw randomly, thus completely eliminating the possibility of cheating.
After the chief judge draws the theme, it is announced.
"beef".
The theme this time is actually beef.
"The ingredients provided this time will no longer be distributed evenly. The contestants can choose on their own."
As the chief judge waved his hand, the staff brought up all the ingredients and side dishes.
There were three large tables, filled to the brim with all kinds of food, side dishes and ingredients.
"This competition is limited to 2 hours. Now, the countdown begins."
As the countdown bell rang, all the contestants rushed to the table filled with ingredients.
I was afraid that if I was slow, the good ingredients would be snatched away.
After all, this is not a fairly distributed food. Even beef from the same cow can be good or bad.
Except for Mo Qingyan and Zhou Ningren, the other chefs in the top ten are all over 40 years old.
Their reaction speed was not as fast as Mo Qingyan and Zhou Ningren, not to mention, they were the closest to the food area.
Although Mo Qingyan was the first to arrive, he did not choose beef immediately.
Instead, he stood in front of the beef and carefully observed the color of the fibers of each piece of beef.
Determine which part each piece of beef belongs to.
Each piece of beef from different parts actually has a different cooking method.
Zhou Ningren was the second one to arrive at the food area.
He seemed to be very purposeful and took away the best beef tenderloin directly.
Beef tenderloin, in the West, is called fillet.
It is the most tender cut of beef and one of the most suitable cuts for making steak.
Of course, beef tenderloin is not only suitable for making steak.
It is also suitable for making many dishes.
There was more than one piece of beef tenderloin, but Mo Qingyan didn't choose.
In addition to beef tenderloin, there are also beef sirloin and beef T-bone, which are the best parts to choose from.
However, Mo Qingyan chose neither.
He chose the beef brisket that the chefs didn't even look at.
Seeing Mo Qingyan pick up the beef brisket at the edge that no one else would choose, Li Zhenmin widened his eyes in surprise.
"Why did you choose this? Come on, choose something else. This sirloin is the lowest quality meat among all the beef."
The so-called inferior meat does not mean that the beef brisket is of bad quality, but that it is more difficult to cook.
Beef brisket generally refers to beef chunks with tendons and fat.
Meat pieces like this are difficult to stew, boil or stir-fry because they have tendons. It's also hard to taste.
Therefore, when choosing beef, chefs generally avoid the meat from the brisket.
Li Zhenmin didn't expect that Mo Qingyan would directly choose beef brisket.
Isn’t any piece of meat here better than this beef brisket?
Seeing that Mo Qingyan chose beef brisket, Zhou Ningren mocked her directly, "Haha, look, now that she has lost her backdoor, she doesn't even have the ability to identify the ingredients. Her true strength is exposed. Mo Qingyan, I advise you to change a piece of beef. At least if you use another piece of beef, you may not lose so badly."
Although Zhou Ningren's words were unpleasant to the ear, Mo Qingyan also heard a reminder in his words.
He smiled and said, "Thanks for the reminder. I think this brisket is very good."
He had finally shown mercy and reminded Mo Qingyan, but he didn't expect that he would not appreciate it. Zhou Ningren snorted coldly, "Hmph, wait a minute, I'll see how you cry."
Then he turned and left.
After seeing Zhou Ningren leave angrily, Mo Qingyan turned to Li Zhenmin and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Li, what I want is beef brisket. I know how to deal with it."
Seeing that Mo Qingyan insisted on her own opinion, Li Zhenmin didn't want to persuade her anymore. After all, they were in a competition now.
The two are actually rivals!
So, after choosing your beef, immediately turn around and go to the side dish area to choose the side dishes.
Seeing that Mo Qingyan had so many good beefs to choose from, he chose the inferior beef brisket.
When the chief judge saw this, he frowned.
So, that contestant really got in through the backdoor?
Otherwise, how could you give up so much good beef and choose the worst beef.
As expected, Gao Moqi fell.
Otherwise, an amateur chef who can't even tell the quality of the ingredients would not be given a backdoor.
The audience in the live broadcast room were also confused when they saw that Mo Qingyan actually chose beef brisket.
"Why did Brother Mo choose this beef brisket?"
"Yeah, I think this beef brisket is the worst. There's too much fascia and it's too hard to chew. No matter how you cook it, it's not tasty."
"In fact, there were quite a few good beefs just now, like the tenderloin that Zhou Ningren chose. That meat is the essence of the whole cow. Originally, Brother Mo could have chosen it, but it was chosen by Li Zhenmin."
"What are you going to do with this beef brisket, Brother Mo? This meat is very difficult to cook."
"Actually, I think we shouldn't jump to conclusions so quickly. Others can't cook meat well, but maybe Brother Mo can?"
"Yeah, I think we should trust Brother Mo."
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Although they say they believe in Mo Ge, many viewers and fans are still worried.
They were afraid that Mo Qingyan would get out of trouble this time.
After all, beef brisket is indeed the most difficult dish to cook.
Maybe others would think that when choosing beef, of course you should choose the most tender and best meat to cook, so that you have a better chance of winning the competition.
However, in Mo Qingyan's opinion, this meat is not divided into high and low quality.
Different meats require different cooking methods.
Perhaps in their opinion, beef tenderloin is the most tender and best.
However, in Mo Qingyan's opinion, beef brisket is also good.
Especially the tenderloin sirloin cut from the tenderloin he chose.
The tenderloin and sirloin here have less tendons, less oil, and more meat. The fat-to-lean ratio is a perfect 2:8.
It is the best beef brisket.
In their past, this kind of high-quality beef brisket was rare. Sometimes, it costs more than that beef tenderloin.
After choosing the beef brisket, Mo Qingyan walked to the ingredient area.
As expected of a food competition, the ingredients are quite complete.
Basically everything Mo Qingyan wants is here.
Then, Mo Qingyan started to grab the ingredients in the preparation area as if she was holding Chinese medicine.
Onions, ginger and garlic are already essential.
Afterwards, Mo Qingyan took some peppercorns, star anise, fennel and tangerine peel.
Then, he also took cinnamon and cardamom.
When she got the last one, Mo Qingyan discovered that a bay leaf was missing.
I thought it would be OK even without bay leaves.
So, I grabbed a little more fennel.
Seeing that Mo Qingyan took so many Chinese medicinal spices, Zhou Ningren and Li Zhenmin were a little surprised.
Zhou Ningren couldn't help but ask, "Are you holding Chinese medicine? What are you doing with so many Chinese medicinal spices?"
Foods like fennel and star anise are all traditional Chinese medicinal spices.
Because the taste is special and rich.
Generally, when cooking, only one or two of them are used.
If you put too much, it will easily have a mixed taste.
Moreover, it will cover up the taste of the meat.
What's more, Mo Qingyan also took cinnamon, cardamom, and tangerine peel, which are also important spices with strong flavors.
This is basically taking back all the important spices that can be used in the ingredient section.
If you don’t know, you might think he is not here to cook but to make sachets.
Facing Zhou Ningren's questioning, Mo Qingyan just smiled and said, "It's okay, I can use them all."
"You're really hopeless." Zhou Ningren originally thought that Mo Qingyan still had some basic skills because of the creative cold noodles and the fried tofu she made yesterday.
But Zhou Ningren felt that he was wrong.
Now that Mo Qingyan has lost Gao Moqi, the powerful backdoor, she is like an idiot who can't cook.
With so many ingredients piled together, what would the dish taste like?
Zhou Ningren couldn't even imagine it.
Li Zhenmin frowned. He originally wanted to remind Mo Qingyan.
But now they were in the middle of a competition and he had already returned to his own table, so it was not a good idea to remind Mo Qingyan.
Besides, in this kind of competition, even if he reminded them, it would be useless.
After all, he had already reminded Mo Qingyan just now, and it was impossible for him to remind her a second time.
After all, this is a competition, and he and Mo Qingyan are still competitors.
Therefore, he could only shake his head helplessly.
The audience in the live broadcast room were also stunned when they saw Mo Qingyan's action.
"Although I can't cook, I know that those are spices, right?"
"What Brother Mo took are basically all spices. Isn't it a bit exaggerated to put such a large and fragrant spices in one dish?"
"That's not just an exaggeration, it's super exaggerated. Last time my mom put star anise and fennel in her cooking, and it made me vomit. When I think about that smell now, I want to vomit."
"Those spices can be used in cooking, but it seems that you can't put too much. And you can't use so many different spices together to cook."
"It's over, it's over. Could it be that Brother Mo woke up too early in the morning and hasn't woken up yet, so his mind is still a little fuzzy? Otherwise, how could he choose the worst ingredients, and even so many of the worst ingredients?"
"No way? Brother Mo, wake up!"
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At this time, Xu Yi was sitting at the entrance of the food party, waiting for Gao Moqi to come out while watching Mo Qingyan's live broadcast.
Although he is not very good at cooking.
However, he knows some basic cooking knowledge.
When he saw that Mo Qingyan chose beef brisket, he comforted himself that perhaps Mo Qingyan had come up with some new and novel dish.
So, believe in Mo Qingyan.
However, when Mo Qingyan selected a bunch of big stuff, Xu Yi just held his head in his hands.
"No, Brother Mo. Those spices are not suitable for cooking at all!"
Just at this moment, Gao Moqi came out and heard Xu Yi's loud shout.
He pursed his lips and said, "What are you shouting about?"
Xu Yi turned around and saw Gao Moqi coming out, and immediately stood up.
"Mo Qi, you're out. How's it going?"
"It's okay, we've checked everything. What were you shouting just now? What's not suitable for cooking?" Gao Moqi was a little unhappy about being summoned here so early this morning.
After all, he didn't expect that someone would be so outrageous as to think that he was giving Mo Qingyan a backdoor, which was why Mo Qingyan won the first place twice.
But it is very simple to find out the truth about this matter.
Therefore, the Food Club will quickly conduct an investigation and the results will be announced directly on the Food Club’s official website. Give him back his innocence.
Hearing Gao Moqi say that everything was fine, Xu Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he knew that Gao Moqi was innocent, he couldn't help but worry about being summoned here for no reason.
Hearing Gao Moqi's question, he immediately picked up his phone and said to Gao Moqi: "It's over, Moqi, Brother Mo might fail this time."
"What do you mean?" Gao Moqi didn't understand.
Xu Yi said excitedly: "The theme of this competition is beef. Brother Mo not only chose the lowest quality beef brisket, but also selected a lot of spices as ingredients. Do you think the dish made in this way is edible?"
"There is such a thing?" After hearing Xu Yi's words, Gao Moqi immediately looked over.
As expected, the camera in the live broadcast room clearly captured the ingredients and side dishes selected by Mo Qingyan.
Seeing the ingredients and condiments chosen by Mo Qingyan, Gao Moqi couldn't help but frown.
Gao Moqi didn't understand why Mo Qingyan chose those things.
As a first-class state banquet gourmet, Gao Moqi knows clearly what the dishes made with those spices taste like.
These spices are generally used to remove odors.
Among the ingredients, generally only those with unpleasant smells will require the use of these spices to cover up the unpleasant smell of the ingredients.
The most representative of these so-called unpleasant-tasting ingredients is lamb.
The fishy smell of mutton is too strong. It is actually difficult to cover up the smell without adding spices.
Note that this is about covering up, not removing.
Many times, only low-level chefs will use spices to cover up the taste of ingredients.
The best thing a truly good chef can do is to remove the bad taste of the ingredients themselves, rather than covering it up with spices.
But the theme of this competition is beef, not mutton.
The beef itself just tasted like normal meat.
It doesn't have the fishy smell of mutton.
There is no need to use spices to cover up the taste.
Anyone who knows a bit about cooking knows that Mo Qingyan’s choice of those big ingredients doomed him to failure before the dish was even prepared.
"Mo Qi, do you think there is a beef dish that requires so many spices to make?"
Xu Yi asked Gao Moqi persistently. In his heart, besides Gao Moqi, Mo Qingyan was the second person he admired.
He didn't want Mo Qingyan to lose in the qualifying match like this.
He was still thinking about Mo Qingyan winning the championship so that he could give those people a good slap in the face!
Otherwise, wouldn’t Mo Qi have come to this food club in vain?
However, Gao Moqi slowly shook his head under Xu Yi's gaze.
It directly extinguished all of Xu Yi's hopes.
"It's over, it's over this time." Xu Yi had a look of despair on his face. "Could it be that Brother Mo really hasn't woken up yet? Why did he choose those big news?"
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