The audience burst into applause. After waiting for such a long time, the most interesting part finally came. For a while, more passers-by came around to join in the fun, watching eagerly and waiting.
Long Ziyang glanced sideways at the three people at the Sihai Hotel a few steps away, snorted in his heart, and looked quietly into the arena, waiting for the final result to come out.
The host Xiao Yang took two steps to the side, held a small sign in his hand, took a look at it, and said: "The first dish, top-grade seafood chef Cheng Lin, steamed grouper in beef bone soup, please give the eight judges a score."
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The eight judges held up a sign with scores written on them. According to the rules of the competition, the maximum score is ten points and the minimum score is one point. Each point can be refined to 0.5 points.
"Seven points and five points, seven points, seven points and five points, eight points, six points and five points... After removing the highest score of 8.5 points and the lowest score of 6 points, Master Lin, the representative of Shangpin Seafood City, finally scored 43
point!"
The host Xiao Yang, the judges and the people around applauded. The chef from Shangpin Seafood City, who was standing next to the stove, also nodded and waved to everyone around him.
"Next is Master Hong's abalone sauce and goose feet from Longyun Hotel. Please rate it."
After the eight judges scored, the highest score and the lowest score were still removed, in order to prevent the competition results from being unfair due to individual judges having a soft spot for or disgust with a certain dish due to personal reasons.
In the end, this dish of abalone sauce and goose feet scored 42.5 points, which was 0.5 points less than the previous dish.
Dishes came one after another, and soon we arrived at Chef Gao’s first-class Snow Clam and Sea Soup of Mingxuan Hotel.
"Eight points, eight points and five points, seven points and five points, eight points, seven points and five points..."
"Master Gao of Mingxuan Hotel finally scored forty-seven points!"
There was an uproar of applause. The scoring of the four dishes had been completed. This was the dish with the highest score. The average score was almost eight points. Entering the semi-finals was almost a certainty.
Master Gao raised his hands with a happy smile on his face.
Outside the competition, the corners of Long Ziyang's lips were raised, full of pride. He secretly thought that he did not hire this chef with an annual salary of 500,000 to 600,000 yuan in vain. As expected, he had some ability. He turned to shout to Zhao Sihai.
"Brother Sihai, if you have time, I would like to invite you to try the Snow Clams and Sea Soup cooked by Master Gao. I think you must have never tasted such a delicious soup. I think even Brother Wuhu's abalone and duck can't compare.
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Zhao Sihai glanced at the proud Long Ziyang and said expressionlessly: "Then I'll treat you to some scrambled eggs with tomatoes some other time."
"Haha, Brother Sihai is really humorous. What's so delicious about scrambled eggs with tomatoes? If I want, I can eat a plate on the roadside for ten yuan. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in such cheap food." Long
Ziyang snorted softly.
At this time, the host Xiao Yang began to announce the results of the fifth chef: "The following one is Master Zhao who came to Sihai Hotel. The dish he cooked is... scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Please give the eight judges a score."
After it was over, host Xiao Yang felt a little embarrassed.
There were even more roars of laughter around the arena. Although they had known for a long time that there was such a strange person frying a plate of tomatoes and eggs, it still made many people laugh and want to laugh. This was really ridiculous and funny, and they were all curious about the judging panel.
No point will be awarded to the lowest score.
The eight judges showed their cards and scored quickly and easily, but this time they hesitated. They all looked at the other judges, as if they were hesitating.
In the end, it was President Wang of the Food Association who was the first to raise his placard, at 9:05!
When the first judge raised his placard and gave a high score of nine points and five points, the audience outside the arena fell into silence. They all looked at each other in shock, and there were continuous sounds of surprise.
"Nine past five, did you spell it wrong?"
"Well, I guess so."
"This should be the highest score from the beginning to now. How is it possible?"
The crowd looked confused, but Long Ziyang's eyes narrowed when he saw the score of nine and a half points, his face tightened, and he immediately turned to Zhao Sihai and said: "Brother Sihai, I didn't expect you and President Wang to be together."
We have a very good relationship, but unfortunately, the competition system requires the one with the highest score to be eliminated."
"President Wang and I have only met a few times, and we are just casual acquaintances. I don't understand what you are talking about." Zhao Sihai simply replied.
"Pretending, if you're not familiar with me, then you must be stuffing money. Thinking you can win like this is a joke." Long Ziyang said to himself with a cold face.
When President Wang of the Food Association saw that the other judges were hesitant to give a score, he coughed lightly and said, "Well, as a judge, I think the score should still rely on everyone's true inner thoughts. Although this tomato scrambled egg dish is a bit
, a bit... special, but I think everyone should have tasted its taste."
After hearing what Chairman Wang said, other hesitant judges also raised their cards to show their scores.
"Nine points, nine points and five points, nine points and five points, nine points, nine points and five points, ten points..."
The host Xiao Yang watched the judges raise their placards one by one and read them out loud. When he finished reading the last score, he felt bad all over, especially when he saw Deputy Director Geng of the Tourism Bureau giving a perfect score of 10,
His eyes almost popped out, and he was breathing heavily.
The crowd outside the stadium was all spartan. What was going on? Was it a collective convulsion, or was it possessed by evil spirits?
As a famous local TV station, Xiao Yang feels that he can't control the scene in front of him. What is going on?
"Ahem, Xiao Yang, it's time to announce the scores." Section Chief Lu of the Health Bureau reminded.
Xiao Yang nodded tangledly, quickly calculated the scores, and announced loudly and hard: "Excluding the highest score of ten points and the lowest score of nine points, the final score of Chef Zhao's tomato scrambled eggs at Sihai Hotel is... five
Sixteen points!”
It was at least four points away from the perfect score of 60. As soon as this score came out, the champions immediately surpassed the previous four dishes by nearly ten points, forming a gap that was almost impossible to surpass.
There was an uproar and roar all around, like a rising tide. All the people went crazy and started discussing loudly. A dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes actually got nearly full marks. How was this done? Why was it like this?
"There must be something behind the game." Some people shouted loudly.
More people shook their heads. If there is an inside story, how could He Dehe of Sihai Hotel bribe eight judges? Many people have been to Sihai Hotel to eat. It is just an ordinary restaurant with no big background at all. How could he control it?
What about such a competition led by the government?
Seeing this score, Xue Chen nodded with satisfaction. He felt that these judges were very reliable and the scores were considered normal. Zhao Tiekai clapped his fists and shouted excitedly!
Zhao Sihai couldn't help but smile on his face, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes spread with joy.
On the other hand, Long Ziyang's face didn't look good. He looked at the exaggerated scores on the signs held up by the judges. The phone in his hand was almost crushed, and he screamed in his heart: "How is this possible!"
With such a good opportunity, how could Zhao Tiekai not seize it? He turned to face the gloomy Long Ziyang and said sarcastically: "Mr. Long, don't underestimate home-cooked food. Whether a dish is delicious or not depends not on the value of the ingredients. You are so
You are now a grown man, how come you still don’t understand this truth? Can you make a good restaurant like this? Do you need me to teach you?"
Zhao Tiekai's condescending words made Long Ziyang's whole body gloomy, and the fire in his heart started to boil. He was so angry that he almost ran away, gritting his teeth.
This dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes from Sihai Restaurant caused an uproar at the scene, so much so that the following three dishes were all suppressed, and none of them scored more than 45 points. It was completely impossible to compete for the first place.
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"I protest!"
When all the scores came out, an angry roar sounded from the edge of the field.
Seeing that Sihai Hotel was about to enter the semi-finals with the first place in the quarter-finals if it continued, Long Ziyang couldn't sit still. He couldn't accept this result. Why could a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes win the first place? There must be something wrong.
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Long Ziyang strode into the center of the arena and came to the front of the eight judges.
"Oh, it's Mr. Long. Do you have any questions?" President Wang looked at Long Ziyang and asked.
"I have objections to the rating results of Sihai Hotel!" Long Ziyang said loudly, then looked around for a week, and then said, "I think it is not only me, but also the other six participating parties, and those present who are concerned about this result.
The masses also have objections."
"Yes, I think Sihai Hotel's rating is unscientific."
"Why did you get fifty-six points? Please give a reasonable explanation."
Under Long Ziyang's instigation, the heads of the remaining six participating hotels also walked into the center of the arena and stood on the same front as Long Ziyang, protesting that Sihai Hotel's rating was too high.
More and more people gathered around, thinking to themselves that this would be a good show, and they all wanted to see how the game would end.
The highest-ranking leader at the scene was Deputy Director Geng of the Tourism Bureau. He stood up, looked at the managers of the seven hotels with a serious expression, and scolded: "Nonsense! What are you doing, questioning the fairness and impartiality of the competition judges?
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Long Ziyang is not afraid of a deputy director of the tourism bureau at all. Even if he offends him, he still wants to get to the bottom of the matter. He cannot let the Sihai Hotel fish in troubled waters and enter the semi-finals as the first. This is absolutely not possible, otherwise he will not have wasted so much.
Has your scheming ruined the other party's carefully prepared ingredients?
"Director Geng, we are not fooling around, we are just a little confused. How can a scrambled egg with tomatoes get such a high score? It is simply impossible. If a reasonable explanation is not given, not only us, but also all the audience present will be affected."
They will also question the fairness of the competition." The general manager of Longyun Hotel said plausibly.
The chef of their hotel ranks fifth in the score. Normally, he would not be able to enter the top four, but now he sees hope and gets rid of the problematic Sihai Hotel, and they can squeeze in. (To be completed.)