Life is a Game

I don't know why, but Jiang Feng suddenly had a feeling that in the fantasy cultivating immortals, the young ones came to the old ones. But the problem now is that the young ones have not played before, and the old ones are here. This is simply not playing according to the routine.

Even if Jiang Feng has never paid attention to who is in the top ten of the celebrity chef list before, and does not know who the sacred chef is, but as the only active player in the top ten of the celebrity chef list, chef Arnold has been hanging out all year round. Jiang Feng wanted to report the opening of the restaurant on the top floor.

After arriving at Taifeng Building, Jiang Feng spent about 20 minutes to collect all the news, gossip, encyclopedia and comments and evaluations of professionals who came out of nowhere about Chef Arnold that could be searched on his mobile phone. Read it again.

Chef Arnold is actually an internet celebrity chef.

Unlike most of the fake internet celebrities on the market, Chef Arnold is a real internet celebrity because he has been popular for many years.

This bearded, burly, slightly fierce-looking chef took off his chef's uniform and changed into a domineering chef who was believed to be a mafia. He had participated in a cooking reality show many years ago. In that reality show, Chef Arnold has a bad temper, likes to swear at people, likes to hurt people, likes to hate people, scoffs at his peers and is merciless to his juniors, a little narrow-minded and very vengeful, tearing up and forcing him together with the female judges in the show You can't beat him, but he's a good cook.

Because of his outstanding performance in the reality show, this native American chef became popular all over the United States when the Internet was not very developed.

Later, although Chef Arnold kept a low profile, like all other top chefs, he took root in restaurants, occasionally participated in some cooking competitions and won championships, and lived a simple and boring life. But because his variety show back then was so popular, many amateur guests on reality shows later tried to copy his road to fame, and embarked on a road of no return.

But other people are not as natural and handy as Chef Arnold when they tear it up. If there is a divine help, people always feel that it is a little bit off-putting and a little bit less feeling. As a result, whenever there is a new large-scale tearing reality show, newspapers and magazines that cannot find news materials always want to write about the great achievements of Chef Arnold, which leads to the fact that even though he is no longer in the arena, there will always be him in the arena. The legend, even if you want to be low-key, you can't be low-key.

So here comes the question, how did the top-floor restaurant poach such a rich, famous, young and irascible chef from the other side of the ocean?

Are restaurants across America closing down? As a result, their top chefs had to travel across the ocean to find work.

After reading Chef Arnold's information, Jiang Feng suddenly recalled it, and looked surprised: "Such a powerful chef, his set meal is 10% off?"

Wu Minqi said: "I also find it strange. Although I haven't met Chef Arnold, I heard that he has a very violent temper. In the past few years, he had to change restaurants almost every few years. It has only stabilized in the last four or five years. I often quarrel with the owner of their restaurant because of a little thing."

"Actually, it's normal for him to change restaurants, but it's unbelievable for him to come to the top restaurant, because Chef Arnold likes to target Chinese chefs very much. Although he has never discussed or expressed his position publicly, but all the culinary arts he participated in In the competition, as long as the opponent is a Chinese chef, his ridicule after the game will be extremely sharp."

"Abnormal?" Jiang Feng caught the key word.

"Chef A Nuo likes to taunt his opponents after cooking competitions. This is quite famous. I was also taunted by him before." Zhang Guanghang, who has joined the gossip team, added.

Jiang Feng: ...

It is indeed a chef who was once famous all over the United States for his tearing.

"However, Chef Arnold really hates Chinese chefs..." Zhang Guanghang squinted his eyes and thought for a while, as if recalling, "I don't think I've heard anyone mention this before. How do you know?"

Jiang Feng and Ji Yue also looked at Wu Minqi. Zhang Guanghang, who had been mocked by Chef A Nuo, didn't know about it. How did Wu Minqi know.

"I heard what Master Pei Shenghua said." Wu Minqi said.

Several people suddenly realized that it was the melon king who said it, so there must be some credibility.

"Then that's a bit strange. He doesn't like Chinese chefs, so why does he come here to find trouble for himself? Could it be that he ran out to earn extra money because he was short of money recently?" Jiang Feng made a bold guess.

"Impossible." Zhang Guanghang directly vetoed, "Although there are many chefs who are not good at managing finances, and some famous chefs will face bankruptcy after retirement, Chef Arnold definitely does not have this problem. Although he has a bad temper Not good, but he is very good at investment and financial management, except for opening a restaurant in the early years and closing down due to poor management, he has not had any other major problems, and his financial situation should be very good."

"Could it be... the owner behind the restaurant on the top floor is actually Chef Arnold's son?" Jiang Feng made a bolder guess.

"He was married and divorced only once and has no children."

Jiang Feng: ...

It seems like only restaurants across the US are closing down, leaving their top chefs to travel across the ocean to find work as a last resort.

"Actually..." Zhang Guanghang paused, obviously hesitating whether to say this, "Since the restaurant on the top floor has launched the chef's set meal, I think we can grab it if possible."

Jiang Feng:? ? ?

Old Zhang, you have changed. You used to be my enemy, but now you are the leader of the enemy!

"Chef A Nuo personally cooks the set meals that need to be booked more than half a year in advance. The price will fluctuate, but generally it will not be lower than five figures." Zhang Guanghang thought for a while, "U.S. dollars."

"And the most important thing is that Chef A Nuo is the only chef who is still working in the top ten of the famous chefs. In the past two years, when Fenyuan was open as usual, it might have been a little bit better. Since Fenyuan closed its business, A Chef Nuo became the only choice."

"Chef Arnold's cooking style is very characteristic. He likes to use fresh and precious ingredients. His cooking is unrestrained and wild, with a strong Western cooking style. Tasting the dishes cooked by top chefs with different cooking styles, Very beneficial for a chef of our level."

Jiang Feng's heart was moved immediately.

What you eat is what you earn!

Although I don't know why the famous Chef Arnold suddenly went to the restaurant on the top floor to work illegally, but who cares, just have a meal first. Jiang Feng didn't know how much Babaozhai's pastries and mooncakes were at full price plus delivery fee. It would be his fault to miss the 10% off chef's set meal.

Now that he decided to join the enemy, Jiang Feng sent Ji Yue to pay attention to the real-time news of the restaurant on the top floor. If there was any news, he would be notified as soon as possible, and then Jiang Feng went to earn experience as before.

No matter how many bosses came to the restaurant on the top floor, even if Peng Changping went to the restaurant to work illegally, he still had to get the experience he needed.

At noon, Jiang Feng received a message from Zhang Zhiyun. Zhang Chu was a little excited when he learned that Peng Changping had returned to China, and wished he could book a ticket to Peking on the spot. But the Zhang family was worried about letting Zhang Chu, a retired old man, come to Peiping alone, so they sent Zhang Zhiyun, who was easier to ask for leave at first glance, to ask for a few days off to accompany Zhang Chu to Peiping.

Zhang Zhiyun wanted to ask Jiang Feng for Peng Changping's contact information, but Peng Changping didn't have WeChat or a domestic phone number, so Jiang Feng gave Zhang Zhiyun Lu Sheng's contact information, and sent Lu Sheng a message to tell him about it. It's over.

After sending the message, Jiang Feng originally wanted to go to the convenience store next door to buy some snacks and then go back to the back kitchen to brush up his experience, but the phone rang just before he entered the convenience store, and the caller was from an unfamiliar number.

This strange number still looks familiar.

Jiang Feng stared at the phone for a few seconds before realizing it belatedly. This strange number seemed a bit like the phone number that was suspected of being a salesperson who called him several times this morning.

Jiang Feng sighed in his heart that it's really not easy to sell these years. He called the same number in the morning and at noon, and he got through.

"Hello." The voice on the other end of the phone was slightly familiar, a little nervous, and a little excited. Jiang Feng could even clearly hear the person on the other end of the phone swallowing after saying hello.

"Little boss, recently... how is the business in the store?" Jiang Feng recognized that it was Zhou Shi.

Because of wechat, Jiang Feng didn't save the phone numbers of many kitchen staff in Taifeng building.

Jiang Feng thought that Zhou Shi was far away from his hometown, so the news was not well-informed. He only learned about the top-floor restaurant in the past two days, so he called to care about the business situation of his old club, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it hasn't been affected too much. How about you? How about the blind date, do you have a partner?"

Jiang Feng and Zhou Shi had some short-term contact during the New Year because of the New Year's call, and then it was just a friend who liked it in the circle of friends.

The relationship between the two of them was mediocre. They basically had no contact at first, and they only started to contact after Zhou Shi told Jiang Feng that he was going to leave.

"It's okay, no, I mean I already have a partner now, and I'm still in the stage of dating." Zhou Shi was as nervous as a student reporting homework to the teacher, which was not his style at all.

He wouldn't be like this when Jiang Feng was his boss, let alone Jiang Feng is just his former boss now.

"Well, little boss, I called you a few times this morning and you didn't answer. Then I didn't call you in the morning because I was afraid of delaying the business of the kitchen, so I delayed the call until noon." Zhou Shi explained After a few sentences, the tone became a little calmer, "I called you today because I wanted to ask you something."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Feng asked, "Actually, if you have something to ask, you can ask on WeChat. I can't always answer the phone."

"Actually, it's just a little thing, but I want to confirm directly, that is, I saw Sang Ming's circle of friends yesterday, is it true?" Zhou Shi's tone was full of uncontrollable excitement.

"Circle of friends?" After eating a shocking melon in the morning, Jiang Feng had already forgotten what happened last night besides eating Peng Changping's barbecue and Buddha jumping over the wall. It took him about half a minute to remember.

"Oh, you mean Sang Ming's circle of friends, right? That's right, we went to team building yesterday and had barbecue, what's wrong?"

"I'm not asking about team building, I'm asking...that is, I saw Sang Ming in his circle of friends saying that he ate the barbecue of Master Peng Changping yesterday. Is it the Peng Changping we know? Or with the same name and surname, yes... ... Master Peng Changping, who ranks first in the list of famous chefs?" Zhou Shi's last sentence was even a little cautious when he asked.

Jiang Feng finally understood why Zhou Shi called him. He actually forgot about it. Zhou Shi was a fan of Peng Changping.

It turned out that when he was chatting with Zhou Shi, Zhou Shi had mentioned Peng Changping more than once, and his tone was full of admiration for Peng Changping. Zhou Shi also said that if he didn't know Peng Changping's specific address, he would have wanted to visit the other side of the ocean, even if he couldn't speak, it would be good to have a look from a distance.

"It's Master Peng Changping. He has returned to China." Jiang Feng said, "Yesterday, the barbecue restaurant built by our group is opposite Yongheju. Wasn't Master Peng the chef of Yongheju? He ate at Yongheju with Mr. Xu Cheng, because I came here for a special reason, and when I got interested, I cooked some barbecue myself."

"I remember you said before that you always wanted to see Master Peng. Master Peng will stay in China for a long time this time. If you need me, I can help you... Hey, Zhou Shi, are you still there? Hey, you Can you hear me? Is the signal not very good? Hello!" There was no answer from the phone.

Zhou Shi held the phone and raised his head slightly.

He was afraid that when he lowered his head, tears would not hold back from falling.

He regrets it!

He hates it!

Why did he resign, why did he go back to his hometown, why did he open this damn private restaurant.

If he hadn't resigned a few months ago, he would still be an employee of Taifeng Building now. He will be in Beiping, he will participate in last night's team building, he will be able to meet his idol, Mr. Peng Changping, maybe he can even say a few words to Peng Changping, the most important thing is, he can have Peng Changping in person Grilled kebabs!

Barbecue grilled by myself!

He is only one resignation away from the barbecue grilled by his idol himself.

But now there is nothing, no chance to talk, no chance to eat barbecue.

Jiang Feng on the other end of the phone hung up the phone because he couldn't hear an answer, thinking it was a signal problem, and Zhou Shi could only hold the phone with a black screen and grieve alone.

"Cub, what are you doing standing here? Have you eaten lunch? Don't work too hard. You still have to eat this meal on time. You can't make money. What's wrong with you? Why don't you answer?" Zhou Shi's mother I noticed that my son was in a very strange state, looking up at the wall sadly with his head slightly raised.

"Mom, I have eaten, don't talk to me now, I want to be quiet."

"If you want Jing Jing, call her. What, you two had a fight? Didn't you feel fine yesterday? You are old too, so don't lose your temper like a young man. I think Jing Jing is a good kid, take good care of her. "

"Not this quiet."

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In the next few days, everything was normal, and the turnover of Taifeng Building did not fluctuate violently as usual. The restaurant on the top floor has been silent since the announcement of the poster and the discount news that is still holding the pipa half-hidden. The specific chef's set meal is what is the snap-up method and the number of servings per day has not been announced, as if there is no more content.

During this period of time, Ji Yue and the foreman of Babaozhai are trying to get close to the foreman of the top-floor restaurant, trying to get some news about the top-floor restaurant from the foreman, but it has been fruitless.

What everyone doesn't know is that the reason why the restaurant on the top floor is so quiet and doesn't release any news is because their new chef has been having a bad temper these days. Training colleagues at work, scolding the boss after get off work, if Chef Arnold is still participating in the reality show now, he may be able to cut out an episode of cursing materials in the past few days, so that those poor imitators in the reality show will see what is called tearing The originator of the forced genre.

Chef Arnold is not a linguist. He once learned Spanish and French for a short period of time, but he couldn't even do daily conversations. He was proficient in only the curse words. This also caused him to swear in English mixed with Spanish and French. Of course, this sounds the same to people who don't understand.

Tao Shu couldn't understand.

Tao Shu is a very inconspicuous assistant chef in the back kitchen of the restaurant on the top floor. His experience is somewhat similar to that of Zhou Shi. At a young age, he drifted north and moved to many restaurants. He has cooked both Chinese and Western food. His cooking skills are slightly worse than Zhou Shi's , people do nothing in middle age, just want to find a high-paying job and make some money to go back to their hometown as soon as possible to buy a house in the school district so that their children can go to a good school in the future.

By the way, Tao Shu had worked with Zhou Shi for a period of time, and he was the one who told Zhou Shi about the recruitment of the restaurant on the top floor. However, Zhou Shi did not apply for the job because he had never worked in Western food. He was lucky enough to apply.

After a busy day at work, Tao Shu returned home and wanted to find someone to complain about at work. As usual, he turned on his mobile phone and clicked on WeChat, and found Zhou Shi and Zhou Shi in the address book to force him to go to work today. who scolded.

At the beginning, Tao Shu and Zhou Shi had a good relationship because Zhou Shi was willing to listen to his complaints about trivial matters. It's not because Zhou Shi likes to listen to gossip. At that time, Zhou Shi was young and very motivated. Apart from going to work every day, he was thinking about how to steal a skill or two from other chefs in the shop.

Although Tao Shu likes to complain, he is well-informed. When Zhou Shi listens to Tao Shu's complaints, he can hear a lot of useful news. One likes to talk and the other is willing to listen. In addition, they are similar in age and have the same education background. In such a situation, the relationship between the two of them got along quite well after a long time.

Later, after they left their jobs, they gradually lost contact. They had lost contact with each other, but the last time Tao Shu told Zhou Shi that the restaurant on the top floor was recruiting, they got in touch again.

Tao Shu was very envious when he learned that Zhou Shi had saved enough money to go home and open a private restaurant, so he always chatted and wanted to learn from Zhou Shi and then go home and open his own restaurant like him. After chatting too much, he habitually complained about some work matters to Zhou Shi like before. Zhou Shi remembered that Tao Shu specially told him about the recruitment news of the restaurant on the top floor, so he was willing to listen to him. Unknowingly, he was very Find out about the restaurant on the top floor.

Zhou Shi knew a thing or two about the owner of the restaurant on the top floor, which Jiang Feng and others didn't know about.

For example, although a top-floor restaurant is opened in Beiping, the kitchen staff are basically foreigners. Only the handyman and a few kitchen assistants are Chinese. Every time Tao Shu goes to work, he feels that he is going abroad, and he only returns home after get off work. . The chef usually speaks English habitually, and sometimes French. After a long time, Tao Shu can understand simple sentences and one or two French words. English level 4.

Including the fact that the top floor restaurant had a new chef in the past two days, Zhou Shi also knew about it, because Tao Shu had been complaining to him every day for the new chef. He has a bad temper, loves to lecture people, and speaks very loudly. Even if he doesn't understand well, he knows that he is swearing.

As usual, Tao Shu first complained to Zhou Shi that the new chef was swearing again today, and then told Zhou Shi that he found that the new chef had an unusual background.

Tao Shu: I heard from Xiao Luo today that our chef seems to be a chef who ranks particularly high in the list of celebrity chefs. Didn't I tell you yesterday that when I passed by the utility room, I heard him arguing with someone on the phone very loudly? That person is actually our boss! He and our boss seem to be arguing because he is dissatisfied that the restaurant wants to discount his set menu. It’s really strange if you say it. Since he is a famous chef ranked in the top chef list, why did he come to our restaurant? I heard that he worked for the most famous restaurant in the United States. This group of Americans is really strange. Some of them have to come to us to open restaurants when they are not staying in their own country.

Tao Shu: But our boss is really rich, he is indeed the son of a Wall Street tycoon. Recently, the restaurant is going to offer discounts again. It’s hard to relax a little these days. I guess I’ll be busy again in a while. When I save enough money, I’ll go back to my hometown to open a restaurant like you, and you can spend more time with me. Wife and children, no matter how tired and busy they are, the money they earn can go into their pockets anyway.

Tao Shu: I can take two days off in a row this month. I originally wanted to take two more days off. I can take advantage of the two days off to go home and spend time with my wife and children.

Tao Shu: Hey, I really envy you.

Tao Shu: When you are going to get married, please tell me in advance, I will ask for leave to attend your wedding.

Zhou Shi: Hey, I really envy you.

The aggressive Tao Shu:?

Originally, Zhou Shi didn't want to say it, anyway, Tao Shu just liked to force him not to reply every sentence, as long as he replied every 6 or 7 messages. But Tao Shu’s first paragraph of words included the three words “Famous Chef Records” that deeply hurt his heart, and he couldn’t resist clicking copy and paste for a while.

He wanted to go back to Peiping, but he knew very well that even if he went back to Peiping, he would not be able to eat the barbecue.

Once his dream was just to meet his idol, but since he learned that all the employees of Taifeng Building basically ate the barbecue made by the idol, his dream has changed.

Zhou Shi didn't hear Jiang Feng's last words on the phone. He wanted to go back to Beiping but was embarrassed to ask Jiang Feng. After all, when he refused Jiang Feng's offer to stay, he refused happily. Now that he turned around and begged his former boss, it was not only a slap in the face, but also a little rude.

Zhou Shi's thoughts drifted far away.

Tao Shu on the other side was taken aback when he saw Zhou Shi's copy and paste, then interpreted him as comfort from the copy and paste, and continued to push.

Tao Shu: My daughter's birthday is next week, and I originally wanted to go home to celebrate her birthday on Saturday, but now I guess I can only let my wife bring my daughter to Beiping to take them around on vacation. I hope that the boss will not ask us to work overtime next week. When I guess we will definitely have to work overtime, the store has changed chefs and two new chefs have come in, and the business hours have been extended. Xiao Cao resigned last week. Baozhai has poached him, and now he wants to recruit a cook. I guess we'll have to do the work of two again during this time, and I don't know what to do.

Tao Shu: Today the manager also asked us if there are any chefs we know who can be introduced as chef assistants, and a successful one will be rewarded with 1,000. Our shop does things every day, and now it is almost becoming the public enemy of Chinese restaurants in Peking. It is so easy to recruit a chef. If it weren’t for the money, I would have resigned. I go to work every day as if I am collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Tao Shu: Worry.

Tao Shu: Why doesn't Babaozhai come to poach me? I want to be poached too.