Chapter 494: You haven’t slept yet!
"This guy was already dissatisfied, and since he was four or five years older than Yu Yiyuan, he always contradicted everything Yu Yiyuan said. Yu Yiyuan didn't pay much attention to him at first, but the female chef in their team couldn't stand it and came out to defend him.
It would have been fine if there was no maintenance, but once it started, it instantly turned into a mess, everyone started quarreling together, and the team of ten was directly divided into three groups!
The four female chefs and Yu Yiyuan were in one group, the two men and Pei were in another. Seeing the situation, two others didn't want to join in, so they formed their own group. The "Flowers and Full Moon" was made by the three Peis! The other two, who were already average, saw the situation and thought they had no chance, so they just gave up. That's why the table with the most gold medals ended up like that! The last one, with 9.3 hours, also came from that situation. They knew they couldn't win, so they didn't do their best!
"It seems that we are indeed divided very harmoniously..." Zhao Xiaojing blinked, and Nan Rongquan's evaluation of their team instantly became vivid in her mind.
"That's right, no wonder our group had fewer points deducted, it's all thanks to the support from our peers!"
"But think about it from another angle. Yu Yiyuan was able to arrange two tables with high scores in this situation, and even helped to remedy the poor performance of the table. He received high praise from the two big guys. His strength is quite impressive."
"It's also thanks to these four beautiful women who are willing to cooperate and directly assist him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do it alone even if he stayed up all night."
"Indeed, apart from our group, Yu Yiyuan's group has the most female chefs, and they all chose to join him."
"In my opinion, maybe it was these female chefs who helped Yu Yiyuan quarrel, which aroused the jealousy of the male chefs. Otherwise, some idiot would split the team into three groups. Isn't this just out of anger?" The fat man smiled and shook his head.
"Yes, this is the legendary beauty who brings disaster. I just don't know if this beauty is Yu Yiyuan or the female chef." Zhao Xiaojing, who knew the truth, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
While the two were exchanging gossip, the final score for the banquet environment was released. Dang Yongge gave it 14 points, a score slightly lower than Yu Yiyuan's group's 1 point. The final result of the Fatty Team was also released.
The public judges scored 287 points, the professional judges scored 70 points, and the final score was 221.9 points.
After the scores came out, there was an immediate excitement. All the members of the Fat Team were excited, while the other teams were sighing.
After the Fatty Team came Wen Xinyuan’s team.
Wen Xinyuan's team set up three tables: Pine Crane Eternal Spring, Full Moon and Flowers, and Golden List. Like the three sets originally planned by Fatty's team, the entire team proceeded normally, without any internal divisions like the previous two teams, and the cuisine was also stable. However, as the three sets were presented to the last, Fatty's expression changed from excitement to a frown, and he lowered his head and began to text frantically.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Xiaojing saw that the fat man's face was not right, so she looked down and saw that the fat man was bombarding Wen Xinyuan with messages.
"It seems that there are a lot of leftovers from Guan Yingxia's dishes. They don't seem to be very popular. Besides, apart from the full moon soup and a secondary main course, the other two dishes are on the third and fourth tiers, and not many of them were cooked. I can understand why not many of them were cooked. Taishi dishes are expensive, delicate, and time-consuming, so not many of them can be cooked. But how can they be put at the end?" The fat man explained and continued to question Wen Xinyuan.
After hearing what the fat man said, Zhao Xiaojing also began to feel confused. She absentmindedly used the comments of the judges on the stage as background music, while looking down at Wen Xinyuan's reply.
"After the banquet, we went to clean up. Sister Xia did have a lot of leftovers."
"I don't know what's going on. Why are you scolding me?!"
"Then we can't make the Taishi Five Snake Soup. What else can we do? Even farmed snakes can't produce all five flavors. Sister Xia and her family in Hongcheng have switched to Phoenix Soup. Sister Xia simmered this Phoenix Soup for over ten hours. How else can we make it?"
"I'm not trying to argue with you. I can't decide on my own. I actually want Sister Xia to make the main dish. I want to see it for myself! Sister Xia doesn't want to make it. She says it'll drag down everyone's score. I wanted to ask you!"
Wen Xinyuan was arguing with Fatty when a message from Yingxia suddenly popped up on his phone. Fatty hurriedly clicked on it. "Don't blame him, it's my own fault."
As soon as this message was sent, the fat man immediately forgot about Wen Xinyuan and continued to express his concern for Guan Yingxia for a few more words. However, after this sentence, Guan Yingxia did not reply again.
Zhao Xiaojing looked up and saw that Guan Yingxia had returned to her previous meticulous and attentive listening state.
On the stage, the judges also talked about profits, and the data appeared on the big screen.
Zhao Xiaojing took a look and hurriedly pulled the fat man. "Look at Sister Xia's personal time."
The fat man gasped, "She didn't sleep!"
In the human resources section, Guan Yingxia's personal working hours were as high as 21.3 hours.
Wen Xinyuan, who came in second, took a normal 15.4 hours, and the others were also around 15 hours.
"No wonder I didn't see her early in the morning. It looks like she just slept for a while and then went out again?" Zhao Xiaojing shook her head in admiration. The fat man lowered his head and opened the chat box of Wen Xinyuan on his mobile phone, but paused for a long time, didn't type a single word, and put it down again.
"Ask after it's over. We can't continue the competition today. We'll have a chance to ask." Zhao Xiaojing said to comfort the fat man when she saw that he was not doing well anyway.
"That's right. None of her dishes are hassle-free. They all take time to prepare. 20 hours is probably too short." The fat man didn't seem to hear what Zhao Xiaojing said. Instead, he lowered his head and muttered to himself.
"By the way, which dishes were made by Sister Xia? Wasn't the Taishi Five Snake Soup that Wen Xinyuan just mentioned lost long ago?" Zhao Xiaojing suddenly became curious.
Since the competition began, she'd been constantly updating her knowledge and gossip, partly thanks to insights gained during the competition and the judges' comments, and partly thanks to the lively explanations given by Fatty and the others. Even so, it was still impossible to accurately identify which dish belonged to which chef from a table. But Fatty was different. He could easily identify most dishes from which chef and faction by simply looking at their names and appearance.
"She made the Taishi Phoenix Soup on the "Flowers and Full Moon" table, the handmade golden crab box, the steamed crab claws in winter melon sauce, and the chicken egg dregs on the "Top of the List" table. The Taishi Five Snake Soup is a semi-lost recipe. The authentic Taishi Five Snake Soup requires a golden krait, a bungarus, a cobra, a water snake, and an elapid snake. The more upscale ones even use a king cobra, and they all have to be killed that day. But now, except for water snakes and elapid snakes, the others are nationally protected animals and are not allowed to be eaten."
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