Martin smiled and looked at the audience, pretending to keep his mouth shut. The audience and reporters in the audience couldn't help shouting, as if they had made a secret agreement. Gradually, they began to shout the same name repeatedly: "
Lu Xiaozhan! Lu Xiaozhan! Lu Xiaozhan..."
Martin looked at the excited audience and said with a smile: "Yes, the winner of this competition is Mr. Lu Xiaozhan from the Bird of Paradise Western Restaurant in Xiahai City, China!" The audience responded with a roar, and everyone stood up and gave Lu Xiaozhan the warmest applause.
applause.
Lu Xiaozhan smoothed his bangs from his forehead, walked up to the stage with small steps, shook hands with Martin, took the golden trophy, held it high and grinned at the audience: "Thank you for supporting me so much. You said that I
Should we pretend to be shy and give an acceptance speech?" There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and Lu Xiaozhan continued, "I won't say more about the occasion. From now on, everyone here will get a discount when they come to our Bird of Paradise Western Restaurant."
A reporter asked: "How much discount can you give us?"
Lu Xiaozhan said generously: "95% off!"
The crowd booed: "Tsk...you are too tight-lipped!"
Lu Xiaozhan scratched his head in embarrassment: "This... is better than Ning Wan not discounting?"
After a burst of laughter, a reporter asked: "Chef Lu, I am a reporter from Xinhua Food News. Please forgive me for asking a question. How can you create such wonderful works at such a young age?"
Lu Xiaozhan looked at the distance and said with a deep expression: "Actually, I... have a very greedy godfather. When I was just able to make soy sauce, he forced me to learn how to cook. Imagine this.
I was holding a spatula and waving a kitchen knife before I started cooking. What a miserable kid! When I got a little older, he took me all over the world, learning how to make delicious food, which made me even pick up girls.
I don’t even have time. So... I owe all my craftsmanship to my godfather, the old man." Godfather Luo Qingshan suddenly sneezed in distant Canada, blew his nose and muttered: Who cares about me anymore?
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Another foreign reporter asked: "Chef Lu, I am a reporter from Essen Fashion Magazine. Why did you blindfold yourself when you participated in the competition this time? Is it for some stunt?"
Lu Xiaozhan put his thumb and index finger apart on his chin, winked and said with a smile: "Don't you think this is cool? But I suggest you don't try it easily. If you cut your hand, it will hurt and bleed." Behind him, Guo Jiaping closed his eyes and imitated Lu Xiaozhan's knife dance.
Ah let out a scream, dropped the sharp knife in his hand and covered his bleeding fingers.
A female reporter beside Chen Lei stood up excitedly and asked: "Chef Lu, I am a reporter from Tianhai Daily. I think you can cook so many delicious foods. Being your girlfriend or wife should be a big deal."
It’s a very happy thing. May I ask, Chef Lu, do you have a girlfriend now?”
Lu Xiaozhan glanced at Chen Lei with a smile and replied: "It was almost there. A beautiful woman once told me with tears in her eyes that she wanted to commit herself to her, but when I finally saw her again, she turned out to be a swindler. She was like a fool.
The female version of Chen Shimei!" Chen Lei covered her face and ran away...
The reporters asked various questions, and Lu Xiaozhan answered them one by one, and finally escaped with Fang Xu's rescue.
Xu Wei came over with Lu Xiaozhan's phone number: "Xiaozhan, your phone number."
Lu Xiaozhan took the phone without looking at it: "Hello, who is this?"
"Boss, this is Zheng Junguang." A voice came from the other end of the phone, "I'm at the venue."
Lu Xiaozhan looked around: "Where are you? Why didn't I see you?"
Zheng Junguang smiled and said, "Look at the door."
Lu Xiaozhan looked around and was immediately startled: "Ah... isn't this the popular singer Zhong Xian? Why did he get invited to the Master Chef Competition?"
Reporters and spectators apparently noticed this as they surrounded Zhong Xian with bursts of screams.
Zhong Xian greeted everyone with a smile and pointed at Lu Xiaozhan: "Sorry, I just got here. Let me say hello to my friends first."
A reporter asked in surprise: "Zhong Xian, are you and Chef Lu good friends?"
Zhong Xian nodded: "Yes, he and I are very good friends, and I came here specifically to cheer him on today."
Amid everyone's surprised exclamations, Lu Xiaozhan was confused and said confusedly: "When did I meet Zhong Xian? Are we still good friends with him? Is there anything else that I needed to do when I lost my memory?
"Forgot?" Suddenly he slapped his thigh and said in surprise: "Is there anything else that happened during that period that I forgot? Could it be that my virginity was also broken and I don't remember it? Oh no, no! Ouch!
Hey..." Xu Wei gave him a slap and rolled his eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Zhong Xian gently pushed away the crowd, stepped forward, held Lu Xiaozhan's hand, and said softly: "Boss, how do I look like a celebrity? Is it cool?"
Lu Xiaozhan was shocked: "You are..." He suddenly woke up and lowered his voice and said, "Are you Brother Guang? Damn it, you suddenly did this to me. My little heart can't bear the blow! I can't help it these days.
It's passed..." Then he raised his voice and said with a smile: "Oh, little white rabbit, you haven't come to see me for a while."
"Pfft..." The reporters on the side laughed collectively. Little White Rabbit? Zhong Xian's nickname really hit everyone's forehead like a thunder, so a minute later this message appeared on many people's Weibo
News: Extra large! Superstar Zhong Xian has a super cute nickname called Little White Rabbit!
Zheng Junguang tugged at Lu Xiaozhan awkwardly: "Hey, when you say that, I have to run away quickly. I'm all posting on Weibo. If Zhen Zhongxian finds out that I'm cheating here, I'll be ruined."
Lu Xiaozhan scratched the back of his head: "This...I didn't expect so much. Okay, you retreat quickly, I will come back to you. Be careful that Zhong Xian finds out and his fans will come to pat you with a big broomstick."
Zheng Junguang walked out of the hotel lobby with a smile on his pretty face. In the blink of an eye, he got rid of the reporters following him and ran to nowhere.
The series of chaos caused by Zhong Xian's appearance soon subsided. Everyone's eyes were once again fixed on Lu Xiaozhan. They asked Lu Xiaozhan how he met Zhong Xian and what the inside story was. He even called Zhong Xian "
Does the little white rabbit mean there is an ambiguity between the two? Lu Xiaozhan tried to deal with it one by one with a forced smile.
After Guo Jiaping packed up tools, raw materials and other items, he stood aside and waited for Lu Xiaozhan's instructions. Lu Xiaozhan ran to say goodbye to Ye Rongrong, Shi Ma Gang, Yuan Yongshen and others as well as several other contestants. He turned around and waved to reporters and the audience, saying:
"Welcome to visit our Bird of Paradise Western Restaurant. I'll take my leave first. Goodbye, everyone!" After saying that, he stopped looking for Fang Xu, Chen Lei, Dong Shu and other beauties, and pulled his sister and An Qi out of the hotel as if they were running for their lives.
, Back to Birds of Paradise.
The headline in the evening newspaper that day read in bold letters: A Chinese one-armed chef performed blindfolded, surpassing all others in skill and winning the championship! Next to it was a close-up photo of Lu Xiaozhan, who looked handsome and handsome with a smile on his face.
He has a black chef's scarf covering his eyes, a plaster on his right hand hanging around his neck, and a sharp boning knife in his left hand. In front of him is a table of neatly arranged prawns. He is handsome but domineering and restrained, what a character.
A coquettish cook who thrives independently.
I don’t know whether it was for a gimmick or to show off Lu Xiaozhan’s unique style. In the future, almost all newspapers, magazines and other media published photos of Lu Xiaozhan dancing with a knife while blindfolded. Even the TV station’s recording of the Master Chef Competition only had his blindfolded photos.
Through glasses, many good people searched for photos of the one-armed chef to no avail. They could only see a young assistant with a big head, a big face, and a dark fat face next to the blindfolded one-armed chef. It must be said that Lu Xiaozhan is in
The blindfolded knife-dancing stunt shown on TV shocked the entire Tianhai City. It is said that within a month after the footage was broadcast, the number of injured people who came to the emergency rooms of major hospitals to receive treatment for severed fingers soared.
In the days after the Magic Chef Competition, Bird of Paradise had more and more guests coming to dine, and even many guests who lived far away came here because of its reputation as a one-armed chef.
The most requested dishes in the restaurant are naturally the "Die Lian Hua" and "Chinese Cuisine". Fortunately, the head chef of Bird of Paradise grabbed Lu Xiaozhan and asked him to demonstrate it on the day after the competition. Although it was not up to par,
It's on the same level as Lu Xiaozhan, but it's still similar in appearance.
Lu Man was so busy that he wished he could have more hands and feet. Even Xu Wei, Ding Feng, He Dandan and Zheng Junguang, who had just come to Tianhai, came to help. However, he was reluctant to let his injured brother work hard and insisted on letting him rest at home. Guo Jiaping was shocked at the competition site.
After seeing Lu Xiaozhan's superb cooking skills, he resolutely submitted his resignation to the proprietress who was a small chef. No matter whether the proprietress begged or promised a salary increase, or even got so excited that the pink on his face fell all over the place, the kind and honest Guo Jiaping still refused.
I unpacked my luggage and went to the Bird of Paradise.
This temporarily solved one of Lu Man's problems. Not only was the strength of the kitchen greatly increased, but when many guests asked to meet and take photos with the one-armed chef, Lu Man always pushed Guo Jiaping out, claiming
: In order to maintain a sense of mystery, the one-armed chef will not take photos with customers for the time being. This is his apprentice, who was also helping on the scene that day. If you want to take a photo, you can ask him to take a photo instead. Customers who settle for second best always happily take photos.
They hug or hold Guo Jiaping while taking photos. The result is that the one-armed chef is the most famous at Bird of Paradise Restaurant, and the one with the most popular image is Guo Jiaping's big, honest, dark, fat face. In order to take care of Guo Jiaping, he is far away
He came to join Lu Xiaozhan and was so busy for the Bird of Paradise. After discussion with Lu Man and Xu Wei, it was unanimously decided that from then on Guo Jiaping officially began to call Lu Xiaozhan his master, and Lu Xiaozhan himself was not allowed to object.
Of course, there are some customers who don’t come just for the delicious food. Angel Ye Zhenzhen, who had nothing to do before school started, also came to the Bird of Paradise to help. Yuan Yilin and Wang Lu, who had been looking for Lu Xiaozhan to become his disciple, also came over. Lu Man said that he wanted to be a disciple.
They were willing to work as waiters even if they were not paid. The four beauties each had their own styles, charming faces, graceful figures, and excellent English. It didn't take long for the customers who came to the store to jokingly call them the four beauties of the Bird of Paradise Western Restaurant. Part of
After the male guest came once, what he remembered deeply was not the various delicacies, but the four beautiful girls and the two beauties Lu Man and Xu Wei. From then on, the flower shop business near Bird of Paradise also became prosperous.
Every day, the restaurant receives many bouquets of roses and lilies, which are all ordered by male customers to show their courtesy to the six beauties. The ones who receive the most bouquets are Xu Wei and An Qi. He Dandan will deal with these bouquets at the end of the day.
However, this also brings another feature to Bird of Paradise. When customers are dining, they will find that there will be several roses and lilies on their dining table, and they will be changed several times a day to maintain the freshness of the flowers.
Full of vitality.
Wang Yan and Misha also come to enjoy delicious food from time to time. Of course, when they come, they will notify Lu Xiaozhan in advance and order him to arrive within a certain time. He will cook and accompany him to eat. Naturally, Lu Xiaozhan is very happy to enjoy the beauty.
He always paid attention to him, but when he was cooking, it was nothing. When he was eating with him, he would often feel a few eyes stabbing his back. Lu Xiaozhan knew without turning his head that it must be An Qi and Ye Zhenzhen, and occasionally even Yuan Yilin and Wang Lu.
They would glare at themselves a few times. When Lu Xiaozhan once asked in confusion why he looked at him with hatred, the two beautiful girls said angrily that he had time to pick up girls but was unwilling to spend some time to teach him how to play throwing knives.
, Lu Xiaozhan could only use Tai Chi to change the topic.
After just a few leisurely days, Lu Xiaozhan was wondering whether he should go to Wang Yan to talk about life today or go to Dong Shu to touch his little hands, when the phone rang.
Lu Xiaozhan picked up the phone and said impatiently: "Hey, who is it?"
Ding Feng's feeble voice came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao Zhan, I'm so fucked, I'm about to die..."