Chapter 826: Chapter 825: Live Taste-Test (Part 1)
Just like that, a day passed, and the third round of preliminaries ca to an end.
The following day.
A brand-new list of the top 30 appeared on the conference table at the Hunt executive headquarters and was circulated around.
The room was filled with soft whispers.
“Why are there 31 spots?”
“Are you sure you didn’t count wrong?”
“I’m absolutely sure! Count carefully yourself!”
The middle-level managers gathered for the eting were whispering to each other, all with surprised looks on their faces.
Wei Qinglian sat at the head of the table, presiding over the eting, as the elder from the Lan Family was absent. She sighed lightly inwardly, thinking of the direct call from the Dragon last night.
The Dragon had obtained news through his own channels about Xia Yu achieving a perfect score for the second ti at the preliminary round, presumably with high-definition footage in hand.
Thus, the Dragon’s instructions were simple—
Separate Xia Yu from the rest of the young competitors and advance him straight to the top 20, skipping the next 30-round battle entirely!
“Everyone, please be quiet and listen to …”
Wei Qinglian began to explain the origin of the list.
“I see!” The middle-level managers suddenly understood, then quickly expressed their agreent, “Actually, we should have done this from the beginning!”
One middle-aged man wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, “After yesterday’s preliminary round, public opinion online started attacking us for putting a monster in the preliminaries.”
“Yes, yes, such a monster doesn’t need to prove himself. He’s already proven himself at the Sapporo tournant, and based on his fa and experience, since he’s back in the country, he has the right to be on par with the ‘Five Chinese Talents’, becoming the champion of the Hunt stage, letting the rookies challenge him instead of him bullying them like so newbie!”
Seeing the unanimous voice in the room, Wei Qinglian quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s fine if he’s missing from the 30-round battle.
One less battle ans one less montum-building event.
Wei Qinglian didn’t want Ye Feizhou facing a “Young Devil” advancing with three branches of terrifying perfect scores.
…
Zhao’s Vineyard.
Early in the morning, Tang Yuqiong drove over from Tang’s Mansion, the car gradually stopping at the parking lot in front of the vineyard entrance. As she unbuckled her seatbelt, she also picked up the phone holder next to her; the phone screen was bright, displaying the car’s interior, with a comnt box in the lower left corner scrolling ssages so fast that only those with excellent vision could read a full comnt.
“Arrived!”
Holding the stand, she got out of the car and switched to using the cara on the back of her phone to film Zhao’s Vineyard, “This is where our Chef Xia is staying, hehe, so today’s live stream the is to explore the daily life of the Young Devil, letting everyone see what kind of brat this famous chef is in life.”
Without a doubt, Tang Yuqiong was back to her old habit of live streaming.
In fact, ever since Tang Yuqiong started live streaming, she’s stood up her audience so many tis that her fans jokingly called her the “Pigeon Queen” of the gourt channel on a certain live streaming platform. If she’s seen streaming twice a month, and for several hours at a ti, it’s like a blessing from the heavens.
Even though she’s inconsistent with her streaming schedule, Tang Yuqiong’s popularity remains terrifying. Shortly after starting her stream while leaving the city, in just half an hour, in the early morning, her popularity had already broken a million, quite steadily.
Of course.
The talk about exploring the Young Devil’s living quarters was just sothing Tang Yuqiong said offhandedly as a pretext.
Ahem!
Thinking back to Nana’s several reminders before she left and her father’s intent yet unsaid looks during breakfast, with eyes filled with eagerness, Tang Yuqiong couldn’t help but find it amusing.
The Shanghai Tang Family had never humbled themselves so much to an outsider youth, Tang Yuqiong internally humd proudly at the thought.
However, two blushes silently crept up her cheeks.
She had woken up early, washed up, and then patiently sat at her dressing table, searching her closet for the right clothes. But after much back and forth, she ended up wearing her usual winter clothes: a cal alpacawool coat over base layers, paired with short boots. No matter how she dressed, her natural beauty couldn’t be hidden—a perfect clothes hanger.
Even before stepping out, she looked at the full-length dressing mirror, showcasing her mature and graceful curves, “Hmm, much better than those JK high school girls from Neon…”
Unintentionally, she compared herself with those two girls who were very close to the “Young Devil”.
Entering without any hindrance, Tang Yuqiong walked straight to the courtyard where Xia Yu and Zhu Qing stayed, holding her phone holder.
“Huh—”
The bamboo fence gate was open, with four people inside the courtyard—two n and two won; the n were carrying cara equipnt, and one of the won, clutching an interview script tightly, stood behind an elegant woman in an off-white lady’s suit.
Tang Yuqiong’s phone cara focused on them, and the comnt section exploded imdiately.
“Wow, it’s CCTV’s food channel star, Qi Qingyan!”
“She’s a mber of the last ‘Five Chinese Talents’; our Chef Tang should respectfully call her a senior!”
Tang Yuqiong’s expression stiffened a bit.
She suddenly rembered, Qi Qingyan was also a mber of the grand White Jade Tower Team from back then. However, she transitioned to behind-the-scenes work at CCTV, quietly following various classic matches during the Sapporo tournant and carefully docunting those classic recipes.
“Ah!”
Also recalling sothing else, Tang Yuqiong’s brows furrowed with intense wariness. She took out another phone from her pocket, opened Weibo, and there it was—the recently popular photo from a few days ago appeared before her:
The background was the Hunt’s stage, a dense crowd of people around.
In professional attire exuding a mature and charming urban woman’s vibe, her fair face a blush, like a little girl, nuzzling against the shoulder of a youngster, holding a phone for a selfie. The surprise in her pretty big eyes was evident for all to see.
“Hmph, this Old Lady wants to eat young grass too? Beautiful young romance exists only in Japanese dramas, so just go away!” Tang Yuqiong grew more annoyed as she looked, a usually cheerful and straightforward woman, now harboring slightly dark thoughts in her heart.
Seemingly sensing a malicious gaze, Qi Qingyan, who was flipping through the interview script over there, looked up, her eyebrows slightly raising.
“Xiao Tang?”
A tone of real surprise.
Tang Yuqiong felt a slight panic, her eyes flickering. She was feeling ashad of her recent display of human darkness, like a guilty conscience, her smile quite strained, “Sister Qi, you’re here too!”
Probably due to occupational habits, Qi Qingyan was quite sensitive to the cara, instinctively glancing at Tang Yuqiong’s phone holder, “You’re live streaming?”
“Wouldn’t it be a problem to expose Chef Xia’s lodging location like this through your stream?”
Qi Qingyan said as Tang Yuqiong was about to reply.
Clack!
At this mont, the kitchen door, which had been closed, opened. Zhu Qing ca out, turning back to close the door partially, “Yu said he agreed to your interview.”
Qi Qingyan’s face lit up with delight, “That’s wonderful!”
“Aunt Qing!”
Tang Yuqiong obediently stepped forward to greet.
“Morning, Aqiong.” Zhu Qing had a slightly mischievous look in her eyes, “Not bringing your little partners this ti?”
Tang Yuqiong pouted, “Can’t I co alone?”
After speaking, she stepped closer, glancing at the kitchen door, then lowered her voice to ask, “Yu is…?”
“Don’t ask, that guy didn’t sleep after returning from Dragon Gate Hall yesterday, he’s gone crazy with a flood of inspiration…”
“Just in ti, since you’re here, help him with tastings.”
Talking about tastings, Zhu Qing’s smile suddenly carried a hint of mischief.
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