The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 147: Kryptonian Warriors, Start (Two-in-one Chapter 5K)

After arriving at the Tianfu Airport in Shu, Xia An looked at the time and decided not to go to the hotel to rest. The show would start in a few hours, so he could just go to the Juxialou Garden and wait.

Team leader Lu Jiaxin naturally had no objection to Xia An's itinerary. The group got in a special car and headed directly to Juxialou.

In the car, Xia An created a small group for Gao Shengqi, the director of the show "Chrysanthemum Downstairs Competition", and Liu Heng, and sent a WeChat message to the group:

"I'm on my way and will be there soon. I have something to discuss with you two."

at the same time.

Gao Shengqi had a dizzy look on his face. He quietly closed the door to the side hall and stood there for a long time. He wanted to find a place to take a breath and recover from the shock.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated and Gao Shengqi found that he was added to a group and Boss Xia was speaking in the group.

Will be here soon?

Need to discuss something?

Gao Shengqi was stunned for a moment, then his expression became extremely serious.

Boss Xia, this is...

It's a rare serious attitude. When cooperating in the first two events, even when asking for some fantasy ingredients, I didn't see Boss Xia specially organizing a group.

For Gao Shengqi, or rather, for the entire program team.

Boss Xia is undoubtedly a big Buddha with terrifying traffic, and he must be treated with all his heart and soul.

Gao Shengqi: "(Holding fists) I'll wait for you downstairs at Juxia!"

The reply is complete.

Gao Shengqi casually replied to a few work messages and then found a place to take a few puffs of Shenxian cigarettes.

And in the side hall.

Liu Heng, who was chatting and laughing with two old friends who came as parachuted guests, suddenly frowned, took out his mobile phone with message reminders set for special people from his pocket and opened the WeChat interface.

Ok?
In front of the previous chef Mr. Fan and the Hong Kong chef king Mr. Yang.

Liu Heng's expression changed, and he lowered his head to edit a message in the group and replied:
"Whatever it is, we should sit down and talk it out. I'll wait for you!"

After sending, put away your phone.

Liu Heng's expression still looked a little strange.

Seeing this, Mr. Fan and Mr. Yang looked at each other in confusion.

"Hengzi, what's wrong with you?"

"Why do you look so worried?"

Liu Heng did not hide it and gave his two old friends a forced smile:

"Boss Xia has arrived at Jinguan City and is heading down to Juxia Building."

? ?
The two bosses were even more confused.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"That's great. It's great that the young man came to Juxialou Garden so early. We can chat with him."

Liu Heng sighed: "This is not right."

"What's wrong?"

"Heh, you haven't worked with Boss Xia before, so you don't understand his style of doing things."

"How to say?"

"Let me put it this way. In the first two episodes, he always made people feel at ease. He quietly took care of many things and didn't need the production team to worry about him. But this time, he came to Juxialou in such a solemn manner in advance..."

As he spoke, Liu Heng's expression changed several times, showing relief, understanding, and amazement.

He seemed to have a vague premonition of what Xia An was here to discuss.

Seeing this, Mr. Fan and Mr. Yang became very curious.

"So, what on earth does that young man want to talk to you about?"

Liu Heng smiled, shook his head deliberately in front of his two old friends, and said pretentiously:
"Pity."

"If you have ever eaten any dish cooked by Boss Xia at the night market stalls in Guangzhou, Zhuhai or Shenzhen, you will have an answer in your mind!"

Seeing Liu Heng in front of these two heavyweight guests, he seemed to be the opposite of Tian Gang and acted as a riddler.

The anger levels of both Elder Fan and Elder Yang skyrocketed.

"Okay, we don't want any compensation. We'll be your guests. Do you want to be the riddle teller?"

About an hour later.

Gao Shengqi brought Xia An to this side room.

Also accompanying them was Meng Yulu, the contemporary female chef of Yangquan Restaurant.

As for the four little ones of the F4 group, they were entertained by the "landlord" Liu Shimeng, who took them to other places for visits.

"Master Fan, Master Yang is here too?"

When he entered the room, he saw three Lin chefs sitting there. Two of them, Xia An had seen them at the night market stall at Shenzhen Station last night.

"I never joke." Mr. Fan said with a smile.

"That's right. You think we are bragging when you say you will be an unannounced guest?" said Mr. Yang.

There were already some tourists holding reserved tickets visiting the Juxialou Gardens. In addition, the "Juxialou Competition" program has been organized recently, so this ancient and famous family is crowded with people.

Gao Shengqi was closing the door.

Haven't turned around yet.

Then Xia An came straight to the point and said:
"After this episode, I plan to withdraw from the competition."

"what?!"

Several surprised voices were heard in the house at the same time.

"Withdraw from the competition? Why withdraw from the competition?" Gao Shengqi was extremely anxious.

Meng Yulu smiled and said:
"Let me speak for him."

"It was a helpless move for him to withdraw from the competition, because he has been promoted to a top chef."

what?
Gao Shengqi was stunned: "Special grade..."

Sitting on the main seat, Liu Heng had a complicated expression on his face, and kept muttering:

"I knew it, I knew it..."

Mr. Fan pulled out his white beard and said in surprise:

"You went for certification, and your exam level was upgraded?"

Hearing this, Xia An shook his head:

"I did a self-assessment and did not formally go to an official organization for certification."

After saying that, Xia An spread his hands.

"Because I'm not registered with the official association. I'm a member of the Late-Night Cooks Association. The evaluation method is very simple. If I win the Late-Night Food Battle against a top-class chef, I'll be top-class!"

Everyone in the room was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, it seemed that this was really the case.

Chefs from the official association need to go to a special examination room and go through a series of fancy challenges.

You can go inside the Late Night Cook Association.

People have always only looked at the actual "rank" or cooking skills.

What level of strong enemy can be defeated?

This means that the rank has been reached.

There is no need to go through layers of certification and selection.

"In fact, I already had a premonition." Liu Heng said with emotion, "In your dishes in the first two episodes, especially the second episode's "Fantasy Galaxy Noodles", I have tasted your 'chef's heart', and it almost broke through that layer of window paper, but it seems that you restrained yourself."

"Can you tell me why you restrained yourself before?"

Xia An smiled helplessly:
"Restraint? Rather, I felt that my foundation was too shallow. I could have broken through in one fell swoop at that time."

"But what happens after I get promoted to a special class? I guess I'll be the 'worst special class' and won't be able to win any food battle between special classes."

Mr. Fan said with a sigh:
"From what you said, you think you have enough experience now? And you think you can completely get rid of the label of 'the weakest special class' and no longer be afraid of the special class food battle?"

Xia An just smiled and didn't give a direct answer, but his eyes looked a little deeper.

Background…

Don't talk about the distance.

Just say that after closing the stall last night.

I just spent the maximum points to unlock the [Ultimate Fire], which is also a very sharp "weapon" in the special field.

What's more, the extreme temperature has also spawned a new talent ability with a pseudo-gold frame, [Inferno].

Xia An is looking forward to seeing how this new talent will be demonstrated in the dishes and what the specific effects will be in the third episode after six o'clock in the evening.

of course!

In Xia An's opinion, all these "foundations" are not as good as the transformed food ethics.

【Market life and food ethics】!
"This is not the secret of the special field." Xia An thought silently with a surge of emotion, "Food justice is the next stage of secret that senior specials like Meng Yulu and Chi Xiaobai are seeking to incubate. It is a deepening and transformation version of the chef's heart."

Therefore, this card is only of shameful white quality.

But it is already a leap from 0 to 1.

Yes, there is!

If worst comes to worst, he can still spend the second limit point to strengthen it to green quality.

"Boss Xia, your decision to withdraw from the competition is reasonable."

Gao Shengqi said with a complicated expression: "The nine-star competition is no longer your stage. If you force yourself to stay, both the program team and you will be criticized and fall into a very unfavorable public opinion field."

Liu Heng hesitated to speak, but he still couldn't say the words to keep her:

"Then we will arrange it so that you can explain the situation to the audience in person after the tasting session of the show."

Xia An smiled and said:

"Come on, guys. We are old partners. It's not like we won't have the opportunity to work together in the future."

"'Chrysanthemum Downstairs Competition' is a new program, right? In order to compete with the leading programs in Guangdong, shouldn't we launch a top-notch competition program next?"

Liu Heng's expression was obviously shocked:
"Boss Xia, do you want to participate in a special-level program?"

Then he reacted quickly, slapped the armrest of the chair hard, and stood up suddenly.

"Then I'll tell you the truth. Director Gao and I have discussed the plan for the special-grade program privately many times. We plan to officially announce it after the first season of "The Chrysanthemum Downstairs Competition" ends."

"If you want to participate in a top-level program right away, we can recruit people and cooperate with you to launch this new program in a short time!"

The words trailed off.

Mr. Fan smiled with a fake smile, and suddenly interrupted him:

"It's a new show with no popularity or topics. Why did Boss Xia participate in it?"

"Come to our special stage of 'Who is the Leader of Yangquan Restaurant'. There are many heroes here, and all the top chefs are the best. By competing head-on with these heroes in cooking skills, Boss Xia, you will soon be able to understand the second kind of cooking heart, or even the third kind."

Mr. Yang also transformed into an excavator and said loudly:
"Hong Kong also has top-notch competition programs, which are official programs organized by the Hong Kong Food Association. Compared with the competitions in the mainland, Hong Kong's Chef King program, with top chefs from all over the world, can definitely be called a world war in the food industry!" "If you want to compete and exchange with the top chefs of Mexican cuisine, Italian cuisine, French cuisine, Indian cuisine and other major cuisines, it's right to choose our Hong Kong Chef King program!"

Xia An: “…”

Meng Yulu and Gao Shengqi both opened their mouths, but found that the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense and explosive. Due to their junior status and position, they could not get a word in.

"You guys are still trying to intercept? In person?"

Liu Heng was so angry that he roared, "Get out of here! I don't need you to be a parachuted guest!"

"Now I can see clearly that you two old men are full of bad intentions and have ulterior motives!"

Elder Fan and Elder Yang did not move at all, and their expressions showed no sign of any change.

"Don't play that game."

"That's right. The choice is up to Boss Xia. We are just reminding you that both Guangdong and Hong Kong have well-known special programs with a long history!"

I see the meaning has been conveyed.

Xia An shook his head, not intending to get involved in the horrific brawl between the three Lin chefs.

After giving Meng Yulu a wink, Gao Shengqi followed quietly, and the three of them left the side hall that was filled with tension.

Close the door.

It seemed to isolate itself from the atmosphere of the war.

Gao Shengqi's tense expression suddenly relaxed:
"Terrible……"

This golden director cast a look of admiration at Xia An:

"It's just you, Boss Xia. In order to get you to join, the three old seniors are willing to fight to the death for your brains!"

Xia An's mouth twitched: "Exaggerated."

"No exaggeration at all!"

Gao Shengqi said seriously.

"Do you still doubt your ability as the 'traffic password'?"

Meng Yulu said with a smile.

"The nine-star stage of the "Chrysanthemum Downstairs Competition" is a living example."

"With your participation, this new program immediately became far ahead in its field, and the old programs can only eat up the spoils!"

Xia An shook his head and didn't plan to talk more.

Special programs or events can trigger the goal of rewarding [Extreme Points], so it doesn’t hurt to participate.

Before that, though.

Let’s first give his “Last Dance” a perfect performance.

Xia An checked the time on his phone.

It's about three o'clock in the afternoon.

There are less than 3 hours left until the third evening show starts.

Locking himself in a kitchen in the Juxialou campus, Xia An was thinking that the recipes corresponding to the theme of "Heroes of China" must be "Ganges Fried Noodles" and "Unified Seven Kingdoms Fried Noodles".

Since "Ganges Fried Noodles" already has an 83% reproduction rate, it can initially shine.

Should it be further improved and imagined?
Still in order.

Then recreate and interpret the ancient dish of "Yaomai yaki"?
These two classics are the perfect answers to the theme of "Heroes of China" by Yakan and Liu Maoxing. No matter which ancient recipe he uses, he will not deviate from the topic and can do it boldly.

"I changed my plans at the last minute."

Xia An secretly said: "I originally promised Mr. Fan and Mr. Yang that I would improve the fantasy of "Ganges Fried Noodles" in the third episode."

Is this the reason why I suddenly want to use the recipe of "Seven Kingdoms Fried Noodles".

Very simple.

Whether it is explosive flame or Tianxiong flame wheel.

Or it could be the [Extreme Fire Temperament] and [Hellfire] talents with a pseudo-gold frame.

He was able to freely write about this classic recipe from the Explosive Chef Asian magazine without worrying about the space or the fear that overly aggressive heat would ruin the recipe’s spirit.

Thinking of this, Xia An was eager to try it and opened the recipe book.

……

[Recipe: "Unifying the Seven Kingdoms Fried Noodles" (90%)]

[Grade: Pseudo-gold]

[Progress: Getting Started]

……

Xia An then clicked his tongue and glanced at the available idle attribute points on the panel.

I saw the number [8].

He couldn't help but sigh to himself:
"I have now achieved attribute point freedom, right?"

Expand the basic skills column, except for the extreme level of skills, the rest of the skills are all [Perfect] proficiency, and you can only spend limit points.

Attribute points have lost their usefulness.

Expand the skills column.

They have both mastered the White Snake Chain Transformation and Zhou's Food Carving Techniques to [Great Accomplishment].

Even after Xia An was promoted to the special grade in the cooking rating on the panel, he could no longer upgrade it by spending attribute points. Instead, he needed the next stage of "pay-to-win item" limit points.

"It seems that from now on, attribute points can only be used to gain new skills or to improve recipe proficiency."

Xia An looked at the two advanced cooking skills that were recorded on his personal panel a few days ago because of his superb interpretation of the "Tianxiong Roasted Green Fish" recipe.

……

[Fire Skill: Explosive Flame (100%)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

【Progress: Beginner】

……

[Fire Skills: Tianxiong Flame Wheel (100%)]

[Grade: Rare (Purple)]

【Progress: Beginner】

……

I didn't spend money before because my attribute points were not free enough to be spent lavishly.

But now the situation has changed.

Xia An did not hesitate. He closed his eyes and used the countless cooking experience points he had accumulated to improve the two cooking skills.

[Explosive Flame (Beginner) → Explosive Flame (Beginner) → Explosive Flame (Basic)]

[Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Beginner) → Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Introduction) → Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Minor Success)]

then.

The proficiency of the two fire-control skills has jumped two levels respectively, reaching [Minor Success].

This realm is comparable to the enchanted effect of the ancient kitchen utensil Tianxiong Flame Chain.

Xia An would not be satisfied with just this.

Complete the cooking experience points.

It’s time to click on the attributes!
Keep your eyes closed.

……

【Explosive Flame (Small Success) → Explosive Flame (Dacheng)】

[Evaluation: Your accomplishments in this skill of controlling the heat are already impressive enough to surpass the dark culinary world of the past, and are on par with the Fiery Chef Asia. If you go one step further, you will stand shoulder to shoulder with this legend.]

……

[Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Small Success) → Tianxiong Flame Wheel (Great Success)]

[Comment: In the dance of chains, even the most fragile and easily burnt ingredients will be endowed with the essence of 'uniformity' of heat. ]

……

"simple."

"That's only 2 attribute points."

Xia An sighed, and suddenly realized why attribute points were so easily wasted.

No matter how much you squander, you still have to use up the cooking experience points, which are the lowest value and the largest amount, first, and then spend the attribute points. This is the most cost-effective way to spend money.

Let’s go back and look at the recipe for “Seven Kingdoms Fried Noodles”.

Xia An simply stopped pretending.

Kryptonian Warriors, start!
["Stir-fried Noodles of the Seven Kingdoms" (Beginner's Guide) → "Stir-fried Noodles of the Seven Kingdoms" (Small Master's Guide)]

Rumble.

There was movement in the head.

Xia An closed his eyes.

The ancient Chinese food world.

The headquarters of the dark cuisine world, the demonized Liangshanpo.

A dark hall called "Hubaoyi Cave".

In front of the blazing pond.

Yakan waved his arms, and in his palms were dense noodles tied like a waterfall.

wow——

wow——

As the noodles whirled, they gradually took on the beautiful color of the fire, turning into a dazzling golden waterfall in the fire.

From start to finish.

Xia An exited the "enlightenment" state, his face full of contemplation:

"Yakan's unique skill of stir-frying noodles doesn't even require any wok!"

And it is broken down into individual noodles of fried noodles.

It can be described as wild yet delicate and gorgeous.

Because the noodles are filled with something, when you eat them, hot sauce like magma will burst out.

If Xia An had not yet mastered the two unique skills [Explosive Flame] and [Tianxiong Flame Wheel] to perfection, he might have felt guilty, but now, he was eager to try.

"I also have my own ultimate fire level and exclusive talent, Hell of Fire!"

(End of this chapter)