The staff was angry and said, "No! Who let you come so late? First come, first served for all ingredients. Everyone is treated equally, absolutely fair!"
Three kilograms of Australian lobster, premium sea cucumber, 1982 Lafite... You're just a deliveryman with no great skills but talk big. You dare to speak like this.
"Leader, this is being livestreamed. Please watch your tone!" Zhao Luyao pointed at the barrage of comments on the phone screen and said, "The audience is now questioning whether you conducted private transactions..."
"Let me see..." Su He craned his neck to look over, "You're right, they're scolding you badly."
In the last five minutes of the competition, the other teams had finished and presented their dishes on the big table in front of the judges.
Su He was still working hard to stir-fry the fried rice in the big wok.
Backstage at the competition venue, Xue Dagui and a leader from the organizer were smoking. Xue Dagui was bowing and scraping, "Director Ma, thank you so much for the trouble this time. This is the Phoenix Restaurant’s supreme gold card that allows free meals."
Director Ma laughed as he took the card, nodded and said, "No need to be so polite. Since you managed to poach the chef from Pinwei Pavilion, Phoenix Restaurant will surely win this year's championship!"
...
Time's up!
Su He brought up a plate of egg fried rice and put it on the table.
"What's the name of your dish?" The staff asked.
"Egg fried rice..." Su He turned around, went to stand in front of the big wok, took a small bowl and shouted at the audience below, "Line up if you want to eat!"
Su He didn’t care at all whether he would win the prize or not. Just before he came, he was watching videos and scrolling on his phone. Suddenly three options appeared after seeing Xue Dagui's video of holding up a sign.
【Option 1: Participate in the food competition. Reward upon completion: 20,000 RMB in cash】
【Option 2: Win the food competition championship. Reward upon completion: Professional racing car driving skills】
【Option 3: Expose the inside story of the food competition. Reward upon completion: Professional photography skills】
Su He rushed over immediately on his electric scooter and chose the first option without hesitation, steady income with no loss!
He’s currently obsessed with making money and has no interest in car racing or photography.
This was the first time a contestant on stage interacted with the audience below. Usually they could only watch the judges eating enviously, not knowing whether the food was actually delicious or not. So they lined up eagerly now that there’s a chance.
Although it’s just a plate of egg fried rice, it’s still better than standing below salivating.
"Wow, smells so good!"
"It smells delicious... This deliveryman seems quite capable!"
"Aiya, young people these days are too impatient... Hey, don't squeeze me! Or I'll hit you with my cane!"
The judges on stage were tasting and critiquing the dishes, while people below were lining up to collect the egg fried rice.
Seeing this, Dong Li also ran over with several apprentices to serve the egg fried rice.
Su He was relieved of his duty and called to the judges.
The other chefs looked at Su He with contempt. The competition was to showcase culinary skills and creativity. Just making egg fried rice degraded their standard.
As Su He walked over, the judges were critiquing his egg fried rice.
The chairman of the Culinary Association frowned, “In my decades in the industry, this is the first time someone made egg fried rice for a gourmet competition... Lacks creativity judging from the ingredients and presentation...”
The chairman took a bite and continued, “The taste is acceptable, 5 points.”
Next was Cai the food blogger, who had tens of millions of fans on short video platforms. He often checked in and reviewed food from different places. Along with his good looks, his videos were very popular.
“Delicious... This is the most delicious egg fried rice I’ve ever eaten. My darlings, today I discovered a hidden gem deliveryman whose egg fried rice is incredible. More surprisingly, he managed to stir-fry portions for over a hundred people at one go. I give him 9.5 points!” Cai gave very positive feedback. He also took out a small toy, a crystal model of a thumbs up, which fans who knew Cai recognized as his seal of approval for good food.
“For you... Take it quickly, don’t hesitate. This honor belongs to you!” Cai was very enthusiastic, always with a radiant smile on his face.
“Tha...thanks...” Su He suddenly froze and looked straight at Cai’s eyes. That line! The tone of voice!
Two nights ago, when the boss handed him the tissue, he also said “For you... Go to the toilet quickly, don’t soil your pants.”
Just then, the next judge continued with the critique, a local internet celebrity who gave 9.2 points.
The organizer representative gave 4.5 points.
The food enthusiast and randomly selected audience member gave 9.5 and 9.8 points respectively.
Excluding highest and lowest scores, the average score was 8.3 points, undoubtedly the last place.
Su He didn’t care about the results. He couldn’t get Cai’s words out of his mind. Was that a coincidence?
No!
Su He was too familiar with the system’s tasks and rewards. He just obtained advanced cooking skills. And today, just one day later, a cooking related option appeared. Although there were no options for the supermarket murder case, the system would always guide him closer to clues.
It depends if he can seize those clues!
Cai’s introduction was on the background wall of the competition venue. Looking at his stylish, flamboyant image there, it was difficult for Su He to associate him with the boss he met at the supermarket.
At this moment, the organizer started announcing the rankings. As expected, Phoenix Restaurant took first place while Pinwei Pavilion’s egg fried rice was last.
“Shady dealings!”
Someone in the audience suddenly shouted loudly.
“Shady dealings... Shady dealings... Shady dealings!”
The crowd erupted into chanting in unison. They found the last place result unbelievable after having tasted the egg fried rice themselves.
Seeing this, Dong Li also angrily joined the chanting. He had originally suspected only Xue Dagui making trouble behind the scenes. But now that the Culinary Association and organizers also gave low scores, he couldn’t help but doubt them too.
After the organizer handed out the certificates and medals, they slipped away awkwardly.
Su He took a glance at Cai who was interacting and taking selfies with fans, and was about to approach him with more questions. At this time, Zhao Luyao came over with Dong Li.
“Su He, Mr Dong thanks you for your help. He wants to return this 10,000 yuan to you...”
Dong Li returned Su He's 10,000 yuan commission. Su He didn't reject it and directly pocketed the money.
"Su He, let me formally introduce myself. I’m Dong Li, owner of Pinwei Pavilion. I’d like to invite you to join Pinwei Pavilion, with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan. What do you think?” Dong Li had also tasted Su He’s egg fried rice. After discussing with his wife, he felt Su He indeed had some skills.
Twenty thousand... If Su He was still the deliveryman earning just a few thousand a month previously, he would have agreed without hesitation. But now, he shook his head, rejecting Dong Li’s offer.
Looking back, Cai had already left. Su He bid farewell to the others and departed too.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
