It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

"So you agree?" Zhou Zhe asked directly.

"No, I don't agree."

"Eh?"

"My suggestion is to build a semi-permanent small satellite colony with power supply and propulsion. And use it as an orbital factory and astronaut rest station."

"But, in this case..."

"Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. You are responsible for building it on the ground, and I will be responsible for transporting it to orbit. Having an orbital factory is much better than using a big stone to fool around. Besides, after performing the duties of a space factory, it can be converted into a pilot spacecraft!"

"good idea!"

0297 Finally it looks like a food novel

"Mr. Cheng, I seriously suspect that you have caused an extremely bad and far-reaching impact on our captain!"

"Come on! He just went to watch the season opening ceremony, and you're talking like he's joined Hydra!"

"But he's missing!"

"Missing!" The boss took out a ticket to Arena World and slapped it in front of Nick Fury. "If you're in a hurry, go to Arena World and find him yourself! You talk as if you've never seen a group of black people playing football!"

"That's called NBA!" Nick emphasized.

Boss Cheng shrugged nonchalantly.

But Nick picked up the ticket package that Boss Cheng put in front of him and asked Boss Cheng: "How do I use this thing?"

Boss Cheng didn't bother to be polite with Nick and sent him directly to the entrance of the competitive world. Nick was still wondering why the boss, a retired person, could come and go here at will. But the boss told him concisely: "I have an employee pass."

Before parting with his boss, Nick told him: "Pierce wants to see you. He will send someone to look for you in the next two days."

Pierce?

Of course the boss remembers!

The Hydra leader who was kicked by him. But in the boss's opinion, this man was very strange. He almost kicked him to death, but he took the initiative to lick him not long after.

"Does he want to pull me into Hydra?"

But the fact is just the opposite. It is not that Pierce and the rational people he represents want Boss Cheng to join them, but they hope that Boss Cheng will allow them to surrender and give them a way to survive.

"Surrender?" In the high-end French restaurant with several stars, Boss Cheng was staring at Pierce who was sitting opposite him with a confused look on his face. "No, I mean, can Hydra be considered a super villain at least?"

Pierce nodded and said, "From the perspective of S.H.I.E.L.D. or liberalism, we are indeed a super villain organization with a long history."

However, Pierce just said this, but suddenly changed his tone and began to complain: "But as villains, we also have ideals, and we are also fighting for our ideals. But fighting for ideals does not mean fearlessly courting death!"

"What's going on? Some people in the organization are left-leaning and some are right-leaning. Is the organization split?" the boss asked curiously.

"Yeah, it's completely split."

"Why did the hug break?"

"Because of you." Pierce confessed, "You robbed alien predators in London, and many people know that you are the owner of the mysterious warship that protects the earth. Of course, we at Hydra also know it.

We rational people all know that if we continue to implement the plan, we will soon have a head-on conflict with you. No matter how sophisticated our plans or arrangements are, they will be easily broken by you. Then all members of Hydra will be slaughtered by you. "

"So your real purpose is not to surrender to me, but to find a way to respect each other, non-aggression, equality and mutual benefit, and allow everyone to coexist peacefully?"

Pierce nodded again and exclaimed: "Your statement is quite accurate."

"But what's the reason?" Boss Cheng stressed: "After all, you are all labeled as 'villains'."

"If I have to find a reason... there are no permanent friends, and no permanent enemies. Is this reason enough?"

"You wish to emphasize the importance of interests?"

"Why not?" Pierce continued, "In 1777, every Englishman was potentially an enemy of America, even Canada was considered a hostile element. But in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Britain became an extremely important overseas ally of America.

In World War II, Xiao Ri and Amei fought to the death. But just a few years after the end of World War II, Xiao Ri became the most obedient and loyal dog that Amei kept in the East. Similarly, Su Mao and Amei, who had fought together in World War II, became opposite sides of the Cold War after the war.

“So, the international political arena is all about positions and interests, right?”

"That's true. And in many cases, interests are far more important than positions!"

"So you Hydra?"

"So the rational people in Hydra decided to return to the mainstream world, choose to seek common ground while reserving differences, and work with everyone to find some development paths that will not cause humans to torture themselves to death."

At this point, the boss also asked a question all his own: "What is your attitude toward aliens?"

"Well..." Pierce judged for a moment and answered truthfully: "If humans have enough firepower to destroy any alien civilization, I think any alien spacecraft that dares to approach the earth should be warned and inspected by humans first. Otherwise, any reckless action must be killed without mercy!

Unfortunately, this is just my extravagant fantasy. After all, we don’t even have the ability to stop them from coming to Earth. If the other party is like Asgard, seeking peaceful development, I think this kind of alien civilization is not only worth interacting with, but even deeply cooperating with. But if it is like the Chitauri or the predators that appeared in London, then we can only turn our homeland into a battlefield and annihilate the enemy no matter what the cost. So…”

"So, when it comes to dealing with those alien bastards, as long as you are willing to fight them to the death, we have reached an agreement.

"Really?" Pierce suddenly showed an uncontrollable smile on his face.

"Really! But it's not enough! At least it's not enough for others!"

"You still need a sincere letter of surrender, right?"

But this time, Boss Cheng did not reply, not because he was arrogant, but because their conversation was interrupted by the chef of the restaurant. After the conversation was interrupted, Boss Cheng found out that this very rude chef of the Michelin★★ restaurant was actually a frequent customer of his own lunch box restaurant!

Don’t assume that there are a lot of three-star restaurants just because they are often praised in short videos. In fact, until 2014, there were only nine three-star Michelin restaurants in the United States.

Although New York alone has six of them, considering the size of New York City, these six three-star stores can still be described as "rare". In this way, the 6 two-star stores, which are only one less than three stars, also highlight their scarcity.

However, the chef of this two-star restaurant told Boss Cheng that the chefs from 68 two-star and one-star restaurants in New York are regular customers of Boss Cheng's restaurant.

To be fair, the cooking skills of Shicheng boss are not much better than those of the chefs. But these chefs just like to go to the boss's shop to relax or satisfy their personal appetite.

Although chefs are often classified as "artists" in the Western world, Mr. Cheng's fans believe that his dishes have long abandoned the so-called artistic sense of cooking and simply pursue the essence of cooking - filling the stomach while satisfying the appetite as much as possible!

To put it in the most straightforward terms, it means only pursuing eating well, eating to your heart's content, and eating enough!

Not healthy, but very addictive!

After all, Boss Cheng's restaurant is a buffet, and the Chinese buffet cannot pursue any aesthetics or artistic forms. Even the taste of the dishes will become worse and worse as time goes by.

This is why Michelin's reviewers have come many times, but every time they can't give the boss's box lunch restaurant a star because of the inconsistent quality of the dishes. According to the scoring rules, the boss's restaurant can't even make the recommended list.

But if you ask these judges whether they are willing to eat at Boss Cheng's restaurant, they all say they are very willing to do so. They will follow the boss and eat whatever dish is freshly cooked.

However, it does not include dishes such as fried red peppers and fried green peppers with pork belly, where the proportion of peppers in the dishes exceeds 50% of the total amount.

The chef recommends enthusiastically: "How about trying my new cognac-crusted steak?"

"It sounds like a heretical version of sweet and sour pork to me." The boss then asked, "You asked me some time ago if sweet and sour pork could be made with beef. Was it just for this dish?"

The chef nodded shyly.

"I'm really interested! But aren't you afraid that I'll learn from you after you eat me?"

The chef said calmly: "You also taught me all the techniques of coating and frying meat, as well as the difference between pouring sauce and cooking sauce. Master Biao of your restaurant also taught me the role of wolfberry, a slightly sweet small tomato, in making soup."

“Although wolfberry is from the Solanaceae family, it is not a tomato!”

Unfortunately, in the New York culinary world of 2013, wolfberry is a kind of "magic little sun-dried tomato" from the East.

I can't understand how to explain it!

And when Pierce and his boss's cognac-glazed steak was served to their table, Pierce completely understood the difference between a "guest" and a "taste taster"!

What was on Pierce's plate was a dish that looked like what you would see on a Michelin★★ restaurant menu, with a very beautiful presentation and a moderate portion (a little gada). But the dish on Cheng's plate was just a heap!

Because the boss put 4 large pieces of brandy-roasted sugar-coated crispy steak on his plate, and there was no presentation at all!

The chef really didn't treat the boss as an outsider. He directly told Boss Cheng that the four large steaks on his plate were the same dish cooked in different ways.

Before cutting, Mr. Cheng asked the chef: "What do you want to convey to the diners with this dish? The chef's skills? The quality of the meat? Or a refreshing chewing experience?"

“I just want to give customers the experience of ‘delicious’.”

But after finishing the first palm-sized steak, Mr. Cheng commented: "The brandy, pepper, sweetness and beef flavors are completely separated. It's like four brothers who have separated from each other, although they still live under the same roof. But because they have separated and each lives his own life, they can't get together at all."

The chef was relieved when he heard what the boss said, because his evaluation of the first steak was actually basically the same as that given by Boss Cheng.

“Can you give me some suggestions if it can be improved?”

However, the boss smiled and asked the other party: "In fact, the cooking method of this first dish has been abandoned by you, right?"

The chef nodded.

"Then there's no need to fight to the death."

After saying that, the boss quickly started chewing the second piece of steak.

"Chinese white pepper was used in moderation. The white pepper did not deprive the beef of its original flavor, and the quality of the beef was high enough! The brandy and the sugar coating blended perfectly, leaving only the aroma of wine without the smell of alcohol. The aroma of wine and meat was present, the meat was fried to the right temperature, and the beef was tender and chewy. Moreover, because the quality of the beef was excellent, I could also taste the wild flavor of the beef in the gravy. It is no exaggeration to say that the degree of completion of this dish is quite high!"

“Yes,” the chef said. “That’s what we serve to our guests right now.”

Pierce on the side quickly cut a piece of steak from his plate and put it into his mouth. Pierce's feelings were exactly the same as what Boss Cheng described. And he really found a pleasant satisfaction from these three or two bites of steak.

"That means your Michelin restaurant can use this meat." The boss smiled and shook his head, and pointed out: "Your dish is too demanding in terms of beef quality. Once the quality of the beef drops, the quality of the dish is likely to drop by two or three levels. If you really encounter the problem of declining beef quality, remember to use scallion and ginger water to remove the fishy smell of the beef, and only retain the aroma of the meat during cooking."

"Oh?" At this time, a man who looked like Nick Fury walked up to the boss's table and said with a smile, "It seems that you have made great achievements in cooking!"

0298 Do you shine when you cook?

"It seems that you have made great achievements in cooking!"

A man walked up to the boss's desk. Like Nick, he was wearing an eye patch, but he wasn't black at all and looked Asian.

But when the chef saw the guest who had disturbed him rudely, his smiling face immediately fell.

"What? You finally lost your patience and are ready to attack my restaurant?"

Boss Cheng also smelled a hint of fellow trader on the one-eyed man—the smell of chopped green onions. If he was not selling green onions, then he could only be a fellow trader.

But in addition to the smell of chopped green onions, he also has a strong smell of volatile substances of pepper and the spicy smell of bean paste.

No one knows the name of this one-eyed man, but they know that he suddenly appeared in New York a month ago and then began to challenge famous restaurants of all sizes in New York. However, he challenges restaurants not for fame or profit, and whenever he defeats a chef, he will attack the loser with extremely vicious words and finally walk away.

At first, he only harmed those high-end Chinese restaurants. But after he harmed all the high-end Chinese restaurants, he turned to all the Michelin-starred restaurants in New York. And this time, he happened to meet Mr. Cheng who was tasting food in this two-star restaurant.

Boss Cheng glanced at the man and then returned to the pleasant task of tasting dishes. However, the remaining two steaks had some problems to a greater or lesser extent, and the dishes were not as complete as the second one that was included in the official menu. Boss Cheng continued to give his suggestions for improvement, and the chef and his assistants also took small notebooks and wrote down the suggestions for improvement given by the boss.

You have to take notes, because the boss's suggestions are not just one or two, but three different directions. And these suggestions are indeed suggestions, and they are very experimental. However, the chefs in the restaurant like this kind of experimental suggestions, because this kind of suggestions is more like an equal discussion, rather than a condescending instruction.

The chefs all like this feeling of equality and respect.

As for the one-eyed chef who came to challenge, he had been quiet since the boss tried the dishes again. He did not speak again until the boss discussed with the chefs and gave suggestions.

"The advice you gave was too neutral and mild, even mild to the point of being mediocre. You could have given something more radical..."

"What the hell, this is a French restaurant! Can you please stop trying to use Jianghu cuisine to describe French cuisine? These two cuisines don't belong to the same system!"

"French food? From here? Haha." The one-eyed man said disdainfully, "Can French food in New York be considered authentic French food? The five-star chefs I know are far superior to the chefs here!"

But Boss Cheng told him: "It's no use arguing with me. New Yorkers don't like Sichuan cuisine. They prefer Cantonese cuisine with a lighter flavor and modified New York Chinese food. Even Huaiyang cuisine is more popular than Sichuan cuisine. But Mexicans and Latinos like Sichuan cuisine. If you want to open a restaurant, it's best to open it in Chinatown. Not only are there many Chinese people there, it's also closer to Mexican and Latino communities, and the security conditions are better than other places."

“Sorry, I have no interest in opening a restaurant.”

Hearing this, Boss Cheng was stunned.

"You're a cook, and you say you're not interested in opening a restaurant? What? You're not a cook, but you want to be a general?"

"General? Haha, I want to be a marshal!"

Boss Cheng took off his wig and wiped his slightly sweaty bald head with a napkin.

"How about a competition with me?" asked the one-eyed man.

"But I'm a big pot cook and a buffet seller! Isn't it impolite of you to compete with a big pot cook in cooking skills?"

The one-eyed man smiled and said, "Then let's compete in cooking a big pot of rice!"

When Boss Cheng heard that the chef was not opposed to cooking in a big pot, he immediately laughed. He turned around and apologized to Pierce, who said he could understand.

"Boss Pi, I am willing to accept your request in principle. But you should understand that the real difficult part is not with me."

"I understand. We will make other arrangements for Nick. And please rest assured that we will never take any radical actions."

"Then..." Boss Cheng took the initiative to extend his right hand, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation?"

Pierce also shook Boss Cheng's hand and thanked him, "I hope everything goes as we wish!"

Then, Boss Cheng took the one-eyed man back to his own lunch box restaurant.