"It seems that Miss Ye's family background is also a tea ceremony family!"
Zhang Changhuai took a deep look at Ye Lan. He could see that this person's joy came from the bottom of his heart, and he was determined to get the piece of tea cake, and it was definitely not a pretense.
Those who are truly proficient in the art of tea are not ordinary people. Zhang Changhuai sighed like this, and he also wanted to find out about Ye Lan's background.
"That's right!"
Ye Lan was noncommittal, and then still stared at Zhang Changhuai and asked: "Dr. Zhang, my grandfather really likes Black Er Er, and he has been looking for it for a long time. Can he give it up?"
It seems that Ye Lan wants that piece of tea cake, but she doesn't want to drink it herself.
Black Erh tea is a strong tea, and almost no young people like it. It has always been the exclusive preserve of the elderly.
Therefore, Zhang Changhuai did not doubt the reason given by Ye Lan. This could be regarded as a kind of filial piety from Ye Lan.
"Well, if Miss Ye had said it a day earlier, I could have changed the prize, but now it's a bit late!"
Zhang Changhuai shook his head with some regret, and then explained: "Miss Ye is not the only one who likes this top-quality black Er tea cake. Now that the prize has been placed in the tea hall of the tea tasting conference, there is nothing I can do!
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Zhang Changhuai actually wanted to sell off Ye Lan's reputation, after all, the two parties had just reached a cooperation intention.
A piece of tea cake worth about 100,000 yuan is not a valuable thing to him.
But it just so happens that the top-grade black Erbo that has been produced for thirty years is so rare. Even if it is a first-grade Longdu wine, only one piece was collected this year.
Taking it as a reward for this tea tasting conference can be regarded as a gimmick.
Many people come here for this 30-year-old top-quality black Er Er. If the prize is withdrawn at this time, it will not be good for Longdu's first-grade reputation.
As the major shareholder of Longdu Yipin, Zhang Changhuai is naturally a tea lover. Now that the prizes have been given away, it would be embarrassing to take them back.
"Is that so?"
Hearing Zhang Changhuai's words, Ye Lan was also a little helpless. It was impossible to threaten the other party's cooperation with Langya Bang, right?
She couldn't do such a thing, and she didn't bother to do it.
"But it's not really impossible!"
Just when Ye Lan and Shen Mu both felt it was a pity, Zhang Changhuai smiled strangely again and said: "Miss Ye can participate in this tea tasting competition. After winning the first place, won't she be able to get the black cake?"
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As soon as Zhang Changhuai said these words, Ye Lan couldn't help but his eyes lit up and asked: "Can anyone participate in the tea tasting conference? No need to register in advance?"
"No, this is a tea ceremony exchange activity. There is no distinction between men and women, nor age. Only tea skills are used to judge the level!"
Zhang Changhuai smiled and shook his head. He first emphasized the rules of the tea tasting conference, and then said: "Looking at Miss Ye's understanding of tea ceremony, I guess her attainments in tea art must not be too low, right?"
"Haha, if I win by chance, I can give the black cake to Miss Ye!"
Mu Wenqing on the side suddenly spoke, causing Shen Mu and Ye Lan to instantly understand that this person must also be participating in the tea tasting conference today.
"Shen Mu, do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
Ye Lan should have made up her mind, but she still turned around and asked. This made Shen Mu have no choice but to risk his life to accompany the gentleman even if something really happened.
"It used to be there, but now it's gone!"
Shen Mu smiled and made a joke, which made Mu Wenqing couldn't help but curl up his lips, and at the same time he was a little envious of the relationship between the two.
"Okay, I'm determined to get that black cake!"
Ye Lan clenched her fist and glanced at Mu Wenqing next to her. If possible, she didn't want to owe him a favor.
"Ms. Ye, you can't say this too absolutely. Our Longdu Yipin Tea Tasting Conference has attracted many tea ceremony masters. No one dares to say that we are a sure winner!"
Mu Wenqing thought it was because he was extremely confident in his tea skills and felt a little bit competitive.
She could give in to other things for the sake of Zhang Changhuai, but even with this tea, she would never admit that she was worse than others.
"Director Zhang, how can we win this tea tasting competition?"
Ye Lan ignored Mu Wenqing's provocation and asked directly after going out.
You have to understand the rules of the tea tasting conference in order to know what you need to pay attention to.
"Every tea tasting conference will invite some highly respected seniors in the tea ceremony world to serve as judges. Each of them will have ten points in their hands, with a total score of fifty points. The one with the highest score wins!"
Zhang Changhuai briefly introduced the rules of the tea tasting conference, which made Ye Lan and Shen Mu nod. Such rules were quite fair.
While talking, Shen Mu had already walked not far from the door of a large tea room. Shen Mu looked around and could see people everywhere indoors and outdoors.
The huge tea room is like a large auditorium and can probably accommodate a hundred people. The scene already has a lively atmosphere like a tea tasting party.
"Huh? Director Shen, Sister Lan?"
Just as Shen Mu was walking towards the tea room, he suddenly heard a familiar voice in his ears.
When he turned his head, he saw two equally familiar figures.
"Mr. Gao, Brother Gao, are you here too?"
Shen Mu recognized at a glance that it was Gao Cheng and Gao Yuning and his son. After the cooperation with Lang Ya Bang, his relationship with the father and son has become better and better.
"Director Shen, Sister Lan, are you also here to attend the tea tasting party?"
Gao Yuning seemed quite excited, and while he was talking, Gao Cheng said hello to Zhang Changhuai.
Apparently these two have known each other before, but I don’t know what their relationship is like?
"Haha, I don't know much about tea ceremony. The one I'm going to perform today is Sister Lan!"
Shen Mu forced out a smile and pushed Ye Lan out next to him.
The latter does his best, and if it is compared to the tea ceremony, he is not weaker than others.
"Tsk, Director Shen said at the beginning that he didn't understand Go. Didn't he beat my dad?"
Gao Yuning thought about the scene when he met Shen Mu for the first time, and he felt that what Shen Mu said about "not understanding" was very different from other people's "not understanding".
"What?"
Hearing this, Gao Cheng himself didn't do anything, but Zhang Changhuai's eyes widened, and his gaze towards Shen Mu was full of surprise.
Chess and tea ceremony are inseparable. Many masters of chess also have high attainments in tea ceremony. Zhang Changhuai is proficient in both.
It's just that Zhang Changhuai's chess skills are much inferior to those of Gao Cheng, an amateur at 9th Dan. He can win at most one or two games out of ten against his opponent.
And Zhang Changhuai knew that in terms of chess, apart from those real professional chess players, Gao Cheng might not be able to find any opponents.
Unexpectedly, he lost to a young man in his early twenties?
"Haha, Director Zhang has never seen Tianyuan start, right?"
It had been so long since Gao Cheng had already been convinced by Shen Mu, so he didn't feel embarrassed at this time and just laughed.
"Humph, Tianyuan started, what a big tone!"
However, at this moment, a cold snort suddenly came from somewhere, attracting the attention of several people.
I saw an old man with a white beard striding over angrily.
"It turns out to be Mr. Ge. He came a little early today!"
Zhang Changhuai naturally knew the old man with the white beard. He seemed to have a high status in the tea ceremony world, so he stepped forward and spoke in an extremely polite tone.
"Gao Cheng, do you think this boy Tian Yuanqi defeated you?"
However, the white-bearded old man known as Mr. Ge ignored Zhang Changhuai at all.
He first glanced at Shen Mu, and then directly questioned Gao Cheng.
"yes!"
Gao Cheng looked a little embarrassed. He nodded first and then introduced: "Shen Mu, let me introduce to you. This is Mr. Ge Yunhe from the Go Academy. He is a sixth-dan professional!"
It sounds like Gao Cheng also has a lot of respect for Ge Yunhe. After all, this is a veteran of the Go Academy and a former professional chess player with high moral character.
"Mr. Ge is also one of the judges of this tea tasting competition!"
The words that came out of Zhang Changhuai's mouth immediately made Shen Mu look at Ye Lan helplessly and secretly thought that he really had a bad physique.
Okay, now, the tea tasting party hasn't even started yet. It seems that Mr. Ge doesn't like me very much. He won't take his anger out on Ye Lan later, right?
"I'm telling you, Gao Cheng, your chess skills are getting worse and worse. Can a kid like Tian Yuan beat you in the first move?"
Ge Yunhe seemed to still be struggling with Tian Yuan's move, which made Shen Mu's face become embarrassed again.
But Shen Mu hadn't gained the Go proficiency given by the system at that time. At that time, he could only be regarded as a novice at Go. How could he understand how arrogant Tianyuan started?
This is just like the rainbow pass in football, it is an active provocation that completely looks down on the opponent.
Thanks to Gao Cheng's good temper, otherwise, he would have been beaten out when he made his first move of Tian Yuan.
But now Shen Mu has been taken care of by the system and has achieved a palace-level proficiency in Go. He completely understands why this veteran Go player with a sixth-level career is so angry.
But until now, he has never thought of defending himself.
After all, this is all between him and Gao Cheng. What does it have to do with you, an old man with a white beard? You are really nosy.
"Mr. Ge, Shen Mu's chess skills are indeed superb. I'm afraid even the low-level professional chess players in the chess academy may not be his opponents!"
However, just when Shen Mu wanted to settle the matter and take a step back, Gao Cheng's words suddenly came out, causing him to secretly complain and look at the other party with some resentment.
Originally, this old man with a white beard didn't want to see me, but you Gao Cheng still wanted to add oil to the fire. Isn't this putting yourself on the fire to roast?
But at this moment, Gao Cheng didn't see Shen Mu's face at all.
He just wanted to let Mr. Ge, a sixth-dan professional, know how talented Shen Mu was at chess?
At that time, it was clear that Gao Cheng was sure of victory in the game of chess, but he didn't expect that the game would be overturned by Shen Mu.
Gao Cheng reviewed the game several times that day and felt that Shen Mu seemed to be a different person before and after.
Starting from a certain step and moving step by step, it seems that a new door has been opened for him.
During this period, Gao Cheng felt that his chess skills had greatly improved, and he might be able to challenge a first- or second-level professional chess player.
But in his heart, he never felt that he could beat Shen Mu.
Gao Cheng knew that Shen Mu was powerful, but he was a little unsure about how powerful the opponent was.
Today seems to be an opportunity. If Shen Mu can play against this sixth-level professional Ge Lao, he might be able to confirm his guess from the side.
It's more likely that Shen Mu will give him another big surprise. Anyway, Gao Cheng still has the slightest expectation in his heart.
What if Shen Mu really wins professional sixth-dan?