Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 282 282. Departure, Capital

Li Xiao moved very quickly, and within a few minutes, dozens of round glutinous rice balls without any flaws appeared on the plate.

The white glutinous rice balls are covered with a thin layer of glutinous rice flour, which looks a bit hazy and beautiful.

Seal the finished glutinous rice balls with plastic wrap and put them in the fresh-keeping layer, and they can be eaten at night.

After finishing watching, Li Xiao cooked three or four home-cooked dishes with the audience. They were all very simple dishes, but most of them were both good-looking and delicious.

Time soon came to the evening, and Li Xiao started live teaching again.

After all, the popularity at noon today is not bad, and it was in the top ten of the popularity list in just over an hour.

Moreover, the environment of the live broadcast room looks much better than before, and there will no longer be deliberately rhythmic trolls controlling public opinion.

He is also happy to communicate more with everyone. After all, there has been no live broadcast for 7 days. It is indeed time to broadcast a few more hours of live broadcast to make everyone happy.

Since it was the Lantern Festival tonight, Li Xiao made a few extra dishes and made up eight dishes and one soup.

Of course, the portion of each dish is halved accordingly. After all, it is not a good habit to waste food, and there are glutinous rice balls as dessert after the meal, let alone waste.

The food was as usual without any blemishes and the glutinous rice balls were quite tasty.

The sesame and peanut filling in the glutinous rice balls is in a semi-fluid state, and the sesame and peanut fillings flow out of the glutinous rice balls after one bite.

Eat it in one bite, the peanut and sesame filling and the glutinous rice dough are delicious, glutinous and soft, perfect.

The three members of the Li family sat in the lobby and watched TV after eating the glutinous rice balls.

Li Xiao didn't have much interest in variety shows on TV. After all, the traces of the script were too obvious. He really didn't believe that a couple would make all their embarrassing things public.

What's more, they were blushing from the noise one second ago, and hugged each other and cried in the next second.

Isn't the gap a bit too big this time around, and brother, didn't you say that your wife spends too much money on cosmetics, and doesn't go out to work all day long?

Shouldn't the host guide the wife and husband to discuss the monthly cost of cosmetics and how to go to work?

Why did you get back together after just recalling the beauty of your first love?
Is the problem still unresolved?
Even if they reconcile now, they will still have to quarrel and get divorced later. This show is too careless.

But seeing his mother's engrossed attention, Li Xiao could only twitch the corners of his mouth and watch with his mother.

After watching for half an hour, he felt that it was getting late, so he took out a bank card from his body and handed it to his mother.

Liang Jinjian was a little surprised. Why did his son suddenly give him a bank card, so he heard his son say:
"There is 100 million on this card for you to open a store. I originally wanted to go to the store with you, but I didn't expect that both the agent and the landlord will rest around the Chinese New Year."

"But now I have other things to be busy on my side, so you and your father can discuss it together."

"The 100 million in it is for your store opening expenses. If you don't have enough in the future, ask me to take it. Don't save me money."

"Your son can earn money now, you should have a general understanding, there is really no need to save me so much money, understand?"

When Liang Jinjian heard that there was actually 100 million in the bank card, he suddenly felt that the cold bank card was a bit hot.

To be honest, she has worked for more than 20 years, and it is unknown whether her salary adds up to 100 million.

After all, the salary in the past few years was not as high as it is now, but now my son actually gave 100 million casually, just to give the two old guys a place to kill time.

She hesitated for a moment, then said:
"That's all right, I'll take this bank card first, and I'll save the money you can't use up first."

"Don't be so extravagant when you spend money there. Although you are making money very fast now, money is also very fast to spend."

"If you really want to spend it, buy a house or buy some land in the town. Don't spend it in a messy place, understand?"

"To be honest, the speed at which you are making money now makes me a little frightened."

"After all, the work your father and I have done in our whole life is probably not as much as you earn in a month. I'm really afraid that this is just a dream."

Li Xiao shook his head, how could this be a dream?Besides, I have never heard of such a long dream.

He chuckled and said:

"Okay, I won't spend money recklessly, don't worry! I'll pay off all the villa and car loans in a while, and you don't have to worry about me spending money recklessly. Didn't buy anything."

However, Li Xiao's words were instantly debunked by Li Jianguo:
"Yo? Are you ashamed to say that you didn't spend money randomly? I checked the tools you put in the utility room on the Internet on my mobile phone. Each of them is hundreds of dollars. Some of the larger tools are basically thousands of dollars." piece."

"This one tool of yours can be worth your dad's previous month's salary, and you said you didn't spend it indiscriminately."

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The corner of Li Xiao's mouth twitched. He didn't expect his father to keep up with the times and use his mobile phone to check the price of the equipment.

He was about to explain, but Li Jianguo waved his hand:

"Actually, it's not that I want to control you. After all, you can earn money now, and you use your own money. The quality of those equipment is really good."

"I just want to tell you that these gadgets cost thousands and hundreds, and you can just buy a little for fun. Those sports cars, young models in clubs, gambling, and white flour must never be touched, understand?"

"With these things, you have to spend all the money you can make."

"All right, all right, I get it, in short, I will give you money to save in the future, so that's fine!"

After returning to the room, Li Xiao felt a little helpless. He was criticized for giving money to his parents. What kind of world is this.

But he couldn't say anything, after all, they were his parents, so he quickly packed up the remaining clothes, after all, he was leaving tomorrow.

As soon as the door was opened, the phone rang, and a glance at the call indicated that it was Zhang Wenjing's call.

After picking up the phone, Zhang Wenjing's voice came from the opposite side:

"Hello, Mr. Li Xiao, I just received a notification letter from the Chefs Association today. The one-star senior chef exam will be held the day after tomorrow, that is, March 3th. I have sorted out the relevant matters. It became a document and sent it to your mailbox."

"It's too much trouble for you."

Li Xiao's thanks are sincere. After all, the other party was busy with the whole process of his chef exam, and he was completely confused.

If the other party hadn't informed him tonight, he wouldn't even know how to find the content of the star chef competition.

Zhang Wenjing didn't have any plans to take credit, she didn't dare to take the credit for herself, and now she didn't have the idea of ​​ordering the other party, and she didn't need the other party's favor at all.

As a local self-media, of course he also participated in this traffic feast, and she even went to take a look there in person, but she did not conduct a live broadcast to catch this wave of traffic.

Logically speaking, as a gourmet public account in Dongguan, it can be regarded as a professional counterpart for this kind of live broadcast, and it may also harvest a large number of fans.

But although she was moved, she didn't act, because she knew very well that although Zhao Buhui went in, her husband and her family were still outside.

Their family is not someone to mess with, and she doesn't want to take the heat and offend others to death.

Mountains don't turn and water turns, if I turn to someone else's hands anytime, it will be over.

So she would rather lose [-] to [-] fans, and earn less tens of thousands of dollars, and she is willing to protect herself wisely.

However, although she was not directly involved in this matter, she knew the ins and outs of this matter better than most people.

Logically speaking, Zhao Buhui wouldn't be defeated so easily at all. The reason why things went so smoothly was all driven by the power of Changhong Group.

Some people who originally wanted to come forward to intercede were all blocked by the relevant personnel of Changhong Group.

Now [Yuzhou Banquet] hotel has reopened, but the legal person is no longer Zhao Buhui or her husband, but has been resold to someone else at a low price.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to reopen in just 7 days.

There are many reasons why they sold this prosperous hotel so decisively. Of course, the most important reason is that Zhao Buhui's husband and family finally knew who they had offended.

And Changhong Group also made it clear that if you are willing to sell now, you can take the money and leave.

But if you insist on it, the consequence may be that you won't get a penny.

Even if the hotel reopens, there are ways to keep you out of business and make ends meet.

With such a threat, Zhao Buhui's husband decisively sold the five-star hotel at a low price.

Moreover, even if it is reopened, it is estimated that the business will not be as good as before because of this incident, and it is not possible to leave early if there is a break for some money.

A female local tyrant worth hundreds of millions is like an ant in front of Changhong Group.

Then if he really wanted to be a mistress and step in between the second miss of the Chang family and Li Xiao, he might not even have ashes left in the blink of an eye.

After a few polite words, the two hung up the phone, and Li Xiao quickly turned on the computer to check the files in the email
The Star Chef exam is divided into four steps, three to be precise, because step 1 is strictly a pre-exam step.

That is, you must be recommended by a recommender to participate in this competition, so without a recommender, you may not even have the qualifications to participate, let alone the exam.

The first part of the test is a written test, and some simple culinary knowledge will be tested. The score is very small, only [-]%.

The second part of the exam is a variety of small tests, which may test various knife skills, or live animal slaughter, or identification of ingredients, or the preparation of some specific dishes.

Every year, there will be different adjustments due to different chief judges.

However, the total number of these small tests is constant, 6 samples every year, and the score of the same small test is [-].

The last round of testing is to make a set of your best dishes, usually six to twelve in number.

Although there is no upper limit or lower limit, most of the contestants will not exceed this standard. After all, this is used to show what they are best at, and they must choose the best to prove it.

After completing three rounds of exams, participating chefs will get a score. Generally speaking, about 200 to [-] people will pass the exam for a one-star chef each year.

This number is usually determined by the number of participants in the year. If the number of participants is relatively small, the number of people who pass will be relatively small, otherwise the number of people who pass will be more.

Add up the results of the three rounds, and the top 100 to [-] people with the highest scores can become one-star chefs.

Of course, the ratings of star chefs are similar, but the difficulty increases step by step.

After understanding the content of the exam, Li Xiao's mood did not fluctuate much, and he closed the email expressionlessly.

After all, with his current chef level, let alone a one-star certification, even a three-star or even a four-star certification, he will not have any pressure.

But after closing the email, he reopened it immediately, because the last line of the email caught his attention.

Due to the huge number of contestants, different star ratings will be arranged on different dates.

He quickly clicked on another document to check the exam date.

Sure enough, just as he thought, the one-star exam is ranked first, and the higher the star rating, the lower the ranking.

There was a hesitant expression on his face after watching it. The star exam did not clearly stipulate that those who took the one-star chef exam this year cannot continue to take the two-star exam.

Because he had seen a similar news on a certain official account before, a talented chef in his 20s participated in a one-star chef competition.

Because his strength almost crushed all the opponents present, he immediately participated in the two-star chef appraisal.

Things didn't turn around, and he successfully passed the evaluation of a two-star chef.

However, he did not continue to participate in the three-star chef appraisal because he was at the bottom of the two-star appraisal.

But just a seemingly simple thing like taking two consecutive exams has already caused quite a stir in the industry, because the gap between the first grades is actually quite huge.

Li Xiao stroked his smooth chin, and there was some possibility of manipulation.

But the premise is that he needs other recommenders on his side, so he hurriedly called Zhang Wenjing again.

The call was quickly connected, and Li Xiao stated his request straight to the point without hesitation.

Zhang Jingwen was stunned for a moment when she heard Li Xiao's words, and then his brows frowned. This matter seemed to be beyond her ability.

Although what he told Li Xiao was an invitation sent to him by the Guangdong Chefs Association, the truth is that Changhong Group found him a relationship.

And Zhang Wenjing didn't quite know what Secretary Zhang of Changhong Group wanted to do. She hesitated for a moment and said:
"Well, I'll help you contact the association immediately to see if there is any way to implement your request, and I will reply to you as soon as possible whether it is possible or not."

The two were polite, and Zhang Wenjing immediately hung up the phone. She glanced at the time, and it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the other party must be off work, but he must not be asleep yet.

Without hesitation, he immediately dialed Secretary Zhang's number, and the phone rang three times before he was picked up.

A suspicious voice came from the opposite side:
"Is there something urgent to find me so late?"

Zhang Wenjing quickly told Secretary Zhang the whole story, and the other party agreed to Li Xiao's decision without thinking too long or making other calls.

At the same time, he also said that he can temporarily find a 6-star recommender here, which means that if Li Xiao has enough strength, he can directly pass the exam from a [-]-star chef to a [-]-star chef.

But even though Secretary Zhang said so, neither Zhang Wenjing nor Secretary Zhang felt that Li Xiao had the ability to pass the six-star exam.

In their eyes, although Li Xiao's culinary skills are good, they are at most three-star.

After receiving the approval letter, the stone in Li Xiao's heart was relieved.

Since I have to pass the exam specially, I can use my full strength at once and pass all the exams I can.

See how many stars you can get in the exam, otherwise, if you want to take the exam again, you have to rush to the capital and ask others to help you find recommenders, which will be very troublesome.

Li Xiao quickly packed up his luggage and some portable live broadcast equipment. The reason why he brought the live broadcast equipment was because it took a long time to go to the capital.

So there will definitely be live broadcasts there. If you don’t bring equipment and only use portable live broadcasts, the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

In order to give his lovely audience the best experience, he is also willing to carry a few extra pounds.

He got up early on the second day, and since he was going to go for several days, he didn't want to trouble others to take him to the airport, so Li Xiao called a AutoNavi car.

Originally, he wanted to call Didi, but he realized that the app on his phone was gone.

Only then did he remember that Didi actually betrayed the national interests of the Great Han Kingdom in order to make money from the listing in the news these days, so he immediately deleted Didi Taxi on his phone.

Although it felt a little inconvenient, he hated this kind of group that was desperate for profit.

Departed on time at 5:00, the driver of Gaode's special car arrived at the door on time, and the service attitude was very good, and he even helped Li Xiao with the luggage.

After waving goodbye to his parents who got up early in the morning to make breakfast for him, Li Xiao boarded the AutoNavi limousine and drove towards Baiyun Airport.

The driver's driving skills are quite good, and the one-and-a-half-hour journey actually took only one hour.

Of course, Li Xiao didn't dare to say whether there was speeding among them, after all, he had never driven this road before.

Because the arrival time was an hour and a half earlier than expected, Li Xiao came to the airport with nothing to do.

Simply dragging a large suitcase of luggage around, Li Xiao used the most advanced means of transportation before taking the plane for the first time, that is, the subway and high-speed rail.

So it is very novel to see all kinds of shops in the airport. These shops open earlier, even 24 hours.

Li Xiao even saw a huge bookstore in it. The decoration is very simple, but the books inside are not simple.

He wandered around randomly, but there wasn't a single novel, most of them were business, business, and skill books.

For example, scientific management of time, if you use the minimum effort to meet the needs of your subordinates, books such as Houhei Xue.

At six o'clock in the morning, the bookstore was actually full, with more than a dozen people reading books.

Li Xiao had to lament that the time management level of these high-end business people is too high.

Flying everywhere already consumes a lot of mental and physical strength. Normal ordinary people will rest during the waiting time, but these business people are racing against time to supplement their knowledge.

Li Xiao, who was originally slow-moving, is also awed. This kind of spirit is not something ordinary people can have, and I really can't be arrogant because the system can continuously reward my skills and abilities.

Although I get something for nothing, others can also strive to catch up.

If you rely on the system forever, you will only be caught up and surpassed by more and more people.

After searching for a while, I found several books on cooking, both domestic and foreign.

Li Xiaotong bought it and was going to watch it on the plane. After all, with his current energy recovery speed, he didn't need to rest on the plane to live a life full of energy.

(End of this chapter)