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Liu Guangtian was upset and harbored great resentment towards He Yuzhu.

When Li Huaide met He Yuzhu, he couldn't help but complain about him.

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide asked, "Do you want to vent your anger?"

"Of course we've thought about it. But we can't do anything about it, Director Li, do you have a solution?" Yan Jiefang asked.

Li Huaide smiled and said, "He Yuzhu has a powerful background, so it won't be easy to deal with him."

However, it would be easy to upset him.

I have a ready-made idea here.

"What idea?" Several people looked at Li Huaide curiously.

"Let's have a culinary competition with Chaoyang Hotel." After piquing everyone's curiosity, Li Huaide slowly revealed his plan.

The group exchanged glances, feeling that this approach wasn't quite right.

"Director Li, you've eaten Sha Zhu's cooking before. You know how good his cooking is."

Do we have a chance of winning?

Li Huaide said, "Don't you guys even consider who He Yuzhu is? No matter how good his cooking is, he wouldn't cook himself."

When the time comes, it will definitely be Duan Zicong and Ma Hua who step forward to compete.

You've both tried their food; what did you think of it?

Several people had no idea how to eat properly, but they gave their opinions based on their own ideas.

"Their cooking skills are just average. There are plenty of people in Beijing who are better cooks than them."

Li Huaide added, "Your restaurant's head chef was specially hired from outside; his skills are no worse than theirs."

We still have a chance of winning.

"Even if we win, so what?" Liu Guangtian retorted.

You Fengxia said with a smile, "Winning means that your restaurant is better than Chaoyang Restaurant."

"What if we lose?" Yan Jiekuang asked worriedly.

You Fengxia said calmly, "So what if he lost? His cooking skills are the foundation of He Yuzhu's career, he can't afford to lose."

We're different; those who have nothing to lose aren't afraid of those who have shoes on.

Liu Guangtian was intrigued, so he looked at the others and found that they shared the same idea as him.

"The idea is good, but we can't make the decision."

“Go back and talk to the people who can make the decision. If it works, it works; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t. There’s no loss.” You Fengxia said with a disdainful look.

She really looked down on a few people; they were greedy and cowardly, and her greatest skill was turning against her own people.

At first, You Fengxia couldn't understand why He Yuzhu, with such great abilities, would insist on going against a group of old men.

After interacting with them, You Fengxia came to understand them.

If it were her, she would have arranged for those people to be arrested and imprisoned long ago.

Being looked down upon by such a beautiful woman as You Fengxia made Liu Guangtian and the others blush with embarrassment.

He Yuzhu was explaining the cooking competition to Duan Zicong and Liu Tao.

"In a few days, the other side will challenge you to a cooking competition."

Do you have confidence?

Duan Zicong said confidently, "Master, don't worry."

Liu Tao and I have both tried the food from the restaurant across the street. While their cooking is decent, it's still a bit inferior to ours.

"Have you eaten their cooking?" He Yuzhu asked curiously.

He didn't forbid the people from Chaoyang Hotel from eating across the street.

However, the people at Chaoyang Hotel consciously avoided eating the food across the street.

Duan Zicong explained, "We would like to try it, but those people on the other side are too stingy and treat us like enemies."

Later, Sister Lan had someone buy some and bring it back for us to try.

Whether it was Yi Zhonghai's instruction or Bang Geng's own initiative, people from Chaoyang Hotel were not welcome to dine there.

Especially Liu Lan and Duan Zicong, as soon as they went there, someone would keep a close eye on them.

This kind of petty-mindedness is something that can only be produced over there.

Since Duan Zicong was confident, He Yuzhu felt relieved.

This cooking competition was He Yuzhu's idea.

The purpose was not to trip up the restaurant across the street.

His goal remained the same as before: to provoke Yi Zhonghai into targeting He Yuzhu. If he lost the cooking competition, given Yi Zhonghai's vengeful nature, he would definitely retaliate against He Yuzhu.

If he wins, he will become smug and think that He Yuzhu is nothing special, and he will want to teach He Yuzhu a lesson.

Regardless of winning or losing, Yi Zhonghai would always think about taking revenge on He Yuzhu.

Actually, He Yuzhu had no intention of losing this match, nor did he ever think about losing.

With him around, how could we possibly lose?

Another purpose of He Yuzhu's suggestion of a cooking competition was to suppress the restaurant across the street.

As long as they win the competition, the guests will start to feel uneasy when they begin their meal.

If you're spending the same amount of money, of course you should eat the best.

People are naturally inclined to compare themselves to others.

Even if the restaurant across the street doesn't go out of business, it won't do well.

He Yuzhu wasn't worried that Yi Zhonghai would object. Because he knew that Yi Zhonghai would definitely not object.

The only one to worry about is Jin Qihao.

Jin Qihao is not like Yi Zhonghai; he wouldn't do something thoughtless just because of personal grudges.

Although Jin Qihao doesn't seem to care about the restaurant, what he does is actually far more important than the restaurant itself.

During this period, Jin Qihao has been contacting government officials through the counter service, and he has managed to win over several of them.

Moreover, Jin Qihao did not stop there, but instead set his sights on the leaders of several important departments.

After learning the news, He Yuzhu had been secretly keeping an eye on things.

After separating from Li Huaide, Liu Guangtian and the others gathered together to discuss the matter.

What do you think of this cooking competition format?

"Is there even a question? Of course it would be great. Sha Zhu's proudest achievement is his cooking skills. If someone could beat him in cooking, would he still have the face to go out and face people?"

"But what if we lose?"

"If we lose, we lose. At worst, we'll find other chefs to compete with Sha Zhu."

Anyway, it doesn't cost us any money.

Even if you don't tell, Banggeng will tell the old man anyway.

The group reached a consensus and went back to the courtyard to find Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, we've come up with a great way to deal with Sha Zhu."

Yi Zhonghai initially didn't pay much attention, not thinking that the four of them could come up with any good ideas.

"What terrible idea have you come up with this time?"

Liu Guangtian quickly added, "This isn't a bad idea. Our solution is to have a culinary competition with Chaoyang Restaurant."

"Defeat Sha-zhu in cooking."

Yi Zhonghai suddenly paused, pondering this idea. The more he thought about it, the better he felt it was.

In his mind, He Yuzhu had no real skills; he only rose to prominence because of his culinary abilities.

Previously, they didn't know anything about cooking, so naturally they couldn't do anything about He Yuzhu.

Things are different now. They have money now and have hired several top chefs.

The chef's skills are no worse than those of the food at Chaoyang Hotel.

They now have the resources to confront He Yuzhu.

"This is the idea you came up with?"

"No, this was Li Huaide's idea. Uncle, Li Huaide came back this time to deal with Sha Zhu."

"Don't have such a big prejudice against him," Liu Guangtian explained.

It's impossible to expect Yi Zhonghai to be without prejudice against Li Huaide.

In Yi Zhonghai's heart, his hatred for Li Huaide went beyond just being caught smuggling.

However, in the face of the overwhelming trend of dealing with He Yuzhu, his hatred for Li Huaide became less important.

"Old Liu, Old Yan, what do you think of this idea?"

"I think it's feasible. We've both eaten at the two restaurants."

"I think the food at our restaurant is better than at Shazhu Restaurant," Liu Haizhong blurted out.

Yan Bugui also expressed his agreement. (End of Chapter)