Until Lu Xiang left the venue, the other players were quiet as if they were not the ones making noise just now.

"Does anyone else have any questions?" Gu Pingping looked around, his brows and eyes as calm as water.

There was silence for a few seconds.

"Hey, my food is burnt!" A sudden cry came from the crowd.

The Puzhong chefs who had finished cooking and had nothing to eat dispersed and returned to their seats. The Puzhong chefs who had not finished cooking looked at each other before remembering that they had other things to do.

Su Zifang's anxious heart finally fell, and he finally got the 9.7 points.

He doesn't think it matters whether he breaks the record or not. What matters is that he can finally prove that he can rely on his strength to speak for himself.

The competition is still going on, and plates of dishes are constantly being served in front of the judges.

However, after tasting the Longjing Shrimp, all the judges seemed to be in low spirits. They took one bite of the food and put it aside, which seemed extremely restrained.

"Why are these scores so low?" Gu Pingping was responsible for announcing the scores at the end. He was a little surprised when he saw the scores. The judges' scores were basically normal, but the food critics' scores were all on the low side.

In his opinion, these dishes should be at least 8.5 points, but in the end they were only about 8 points.

"Gourmets think these dishes are far inferior to Longjing Shrimp." The waiter replied honestly.

Gu Pingping:……

This situation can only be said to be bad luck. I happened to encounter a perfect Longjing shrimp, and the score was severely suppressed.

"Take off the plate of Longjing shrimps and let them taste it." Xue Yi interjected from behind.

"Huh?" Gu Pingping didn't quite understand.

"The junior chefs have such high scores. If they don't try this dish, if their confidence is undermined, half of the reserve power of Huaiyang Cuisine will collapse." Xue Yi shook his head, as if thinking of something, shook his head and sighed.

"What about the remaining dishes?" Gu Pingping was still worried about the low score in the future.

"Let the food judging panel treat you normally." Xue Yi said with great experience: "I haven't encountered cooking suppression once in several years. I didn't expect to encounter it three times this time."

With Xue Yi's arrangement, the subsequent cooking scores returned to normal.

Several old acquaintances also have relatively good results.

Mu Fei scored 8.7 points.

Zhao Xiaoman scored 8.9 points.

What does 8.8 points mean?

Zhang Zidan scored 9.0 points.

Su Zifang silently ranked the scores in his mind and found that all the people he knew were in the top twenty. He couldn't help but sigh at his koi physique.

"You're doing well, keep up the good work!" Shen Anyan suddenly sent a message.

"Huh? What?" Su Zifang was a little confused.

"Look ahead, about thirty meters away, next to the door." The second message came quickly.

Su Zifang looked up after Shen Anyan's words and saw Shen Anyan in palace attire standing by the door with a smile on her face, holding a shrimp in her hand.

A few seconds later, there was another message: "It's delicious, I like it very much."

"Me too!"

After sending the message, Su Zifang suddenly saw that there seemed to be a missing word behind Shen Anyan's words. It was not what he thought. He couldn't help but blush a little.

Just as I was about to withdraw, I saw a message and a reminder flash across the screen of my phone.

"you."

"Shen Anyan withdrew a message."

Before Su Zifang could ask questions, Shen Anyan's figure disappeared from the door: "I'm going to work first, I'll talk to you later."

Leave Su Zi to have unlimited reverie...

The dishes served by more than a hundred contestants didn't seem to be much, but it took two hours for the judges to finish scoring each contestant. Su Zi's stomach was full and he wailed: "Gu Gu..."

"Ahem!" Gu Pingping stood up and coughed twice to indicate that it was quiet: "Let me just say a few words to summarize."

Su Zifang:......

As usual, after these two sentences, it might take another two hours, and he felt like he was going to faint from hunger.

"It seems like you didn't eat when you came here this morning?"

"I should have known that I should have taken two more bites when I tasted the food just now?"

"I wonder if there are any steamed buns in the kitchen now?"

"It looks like someone made spring rolls. How about making some first?"

While Su Zi was thinking wildly, Gu Pingping's speech on the stage began normally: "Today is a very memorable day for everyone here. In this competition, we not only witnessed several legendary dishes, but also witnessed

It has inspired many contestants from other cuisines for their outstanding performance in Huaiyang cuisine. With limited ingredients, the dishes everyone made are a masterpiece of skill and taste. Of course, due to time constraints, many contestants’ novel creativity and wonderful performances were not enough.

They have not been fully demonstrated, and we look forward to the day when we can see them perfected in our future cooking careers.”

"I won't say much more. I believe everyone is still most concerned about today's promotion list. So finally, I will announce the 20 players who have advanced to the finals."

This time, not only Su Zifang, but other contestants also had "black question mark faces."

Unexpectedly, Gu Pingping only said two sentences.

But that's okay, at least I can eat later.

"Su Zifang, Ao Zuo, Zhang Zidan, Zhao Xiaoman, what do you mean..." Gu Pingping read out the names one by one.

The player who hears the name will automatically leave the table and stand at the front of the team.

Su Zifang looked around and saw that the others were either second-generation chefs or young talents from famous restaurants. Only the chefs with no more than one hand were promoted through hard work like himself.

However, why does Gu Pingping say he has advanced to the finals? Isn’t it just the third round now?

Just as he was thinking about it, Su Zifang saw Ao Zuo raise his hand: "Excuse me, why is it the final? Isn't there five rounds of selection?"

"The fifth round is assessed by the jury in person, so the fourth round is equivalent to the final." Gu Pingping added.

"Oh, okay." Ao Zuo nodded.

"Will the reward change?" Zhang Zidan is most concerned about: "I saw that the second place has a bonus of 100,000 yuan. If this is the case, will the 100,000 yuan be paid out?"

When Su Zifang heard about one hundred thousand yuan, he immediately felt that he was not participating in a competition with them: "What kind of bonus? Why didn't I see it?"

"On page 12, line 24 of the manual, after the first place reward, it says: The second place reward is 100,000 yuan in dream start-up funds." Zhao Xiaoman frowned, as if wondering whether Su Zifang had read it.

manual.

"Do you remember it so clearly?" Su Zifang was a little embarrassed.

"Can't you remember this kind of thing after just reading it once?" Zhao Xiaoman is indeed a top student at Jingling University. Saying this is like drinking water.

"Sorry to bother you!" Su Zifang felt that his IQ was being crushed.

"No, the reward will not change." Gu Pingping confirmed.

"I have decided! I will be second in the finals!" Su Zifang looked at Mu Fei and Zhao Xiaoman and said firmly.

Su Zifang has not forgotten his main mission, which is to turn Xile Street into the world's top business district.

Although there is no shortage of food and money now, the future is uncertain? After all, a water purifier costs two million. If a few other equipment are added, the current funds will be insufficient every minute!

For the main mission!
Chapter completed!