Three Hundred and Eleventh Chapter Chen Wei Seeks

While Shi Jinbin was leaving, Chen Wei also got in touch with several juniors from that year.

After making contact, Chen Wei found out that two of the seven juniors who ran away from Su Ji back then had already passed away.

After hearing the news, Chen Wei couldn't calm down the sadness in his heart for a long time.

After a long time, he got up and walked into the bathroom of the hotel room, and looked at the mirror in the bathroom for a long time.

Chen Wei suddenly discovered that he was already an old man. If it weren't for the better maintenance these years, Chen Wei would actually be 70 years old.

Recalling back then, when I was in my early thirties, I went to Su Ji to learn how to cook.

Everything seems like yesterday.

In a trance, I realized that forty years had passed.

Clenching his fists tightly, Chen Wei faced himself in the mirror at this moment, and suddenly understood that he had used profligacy to pretend to be himself all these years, but in fact he was always thinking about that little junior sister in his heart.

Maybe this time the chef competition will be the last time for him to stand up for his little junior sister.

But no matter what the final result is, Chen Wei still hopes in his heart that he can be by his wife's side in the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, Chen Wei walked out of the bathroom of the hotel, grabbed the mobile phone on the table, and made a call.

"Hello, hello, I'm Chen Wei, can we have a chat? Yes, just the two of us, okay, I can wait, tonight, okay, I'll go there and wait for you that night."

Just after hanging up the phone, the doorbell of Chen Wei's room rang.

Chen Wei quickly rushed into the bathroom first, performed a serious rinse, sorted out his image, and then opened the door with that unrestrained attitude.

Opening the door, Su Lanxin's secretary stood outside the door.

"Xiaomei, what's the matter?"

The secretary looked at the door, he was obviously older than Mr. Su, but Chen Wei was dressed in a loose manner, especially when he smelled the cologne on the other party, the secretary couldn't help frowning slightly.

After hesitating for a while, the secretary said, "Mr. Su asked me to inform you to go to a meeting about the Chinese Cuisine Suzhou Cuisine Cooking Competition."

Chen Wei nodded: "Well,

Okay, I see, you go back first, I'll be there in a while. "

Naturally, the secretary didn't talk too much nonsense, turned around and left the door.

Chen Wei closed the door, turned around and opened the box he brought back, took out the chef uniform that had accompanied him for many years, changed it very carefully, and then went out to the meeting room arranged by the hotel for Su Lanxin.

When I came to the meeting room, besides Su Lanxin, Su Liancheng and Tan Xueli were also there, as well as people from the provincial and municipal catering associations.

The moment Chen Wei entered the door, everyone felt a little awe when they saw his meticulous chef attire.

Especially Su Liancheng and Tan Xueli, seeing Chen Wei's attire, knew that Chen Wei was serious at this moment.

After Chen Wei sat down, everyone began to discuss the specific details.

According to the results of discussions between Zhuang Daozhong and the Catering Association, this time the culinary competition will focus on the classic dishes of Jiangsu Province. The general competition system is divided into auditions, preliminary rounds, and semi-finals to determine the top eight, and then go all the way to the finals.

As one of the organizers, the Catering Association's opinion is: "The sea elections and preliminary competitions will be held in various parts of the province at the same time, and preliminary selection will be carried out. In the end, eight people will be selected from each city, and then the semi-finals will be held.

The semi-finals will be held alternately in each city, with the special dishes selected by each place as the point of competition.

After the quarterfinals are determined, the quarterfinals will be held in Fujing Building, Huai City. The semi-finals will be held in Sioux City, and the final will be held in Jinling. "

After Su Lanxin finished listening, she frowned slightly and asked: "That is to say, if we host this competition, only the top eight will be in Fujing Building?"

Everyone in the Catering Association looked at each other, and the vice chairman of the Provincial Catering Association said: "That's right, after all, this is a cooking competition in our province, and the purpose is to select dishes that represent our province, so we must It can't just be in Huai City."

People from the Huaicheng Catering Association also said: "Yes, Mr. Su, I hope you can understand, and we will definitely fully support the Huaicheng audition and preliminary competition, as well as the final eight in the future."

Su Lanxin was silent for a moment, thought carefully, and finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, after all, it is a major event in the culinary art circle of our province, and our group will definitely support it."

Hearing that Su Lanxin was willing to support, the members of the Catering Association also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Lanxin then asked: "However, when it comes to the choice of dishes, how will they be selected in the end?"

The vice chairman of the Catering Association explained: "This is firstly selected by the Catering Associations in various regions, focusing on the most representative and most recognized dishes in each region, and then some screening will be carried out."

Su Lanxin continued to ask: "How many dishes will be on the 'Chinese Cuisine' menu in the end?"

The people from the catering association present shook their heads: "We can't be sure about this, and we need to discuss it with Mr. Zhuang and the National Federation of Catering and Culinary Arts."

Su Lanxin felt a little complicated when she heard it, but Chen Wei reminded her in a low voice when she saw her frowning slightly.

"This is nationwide and represents the essence of our entire Chinese Chinese cuisine, so don't be careless."

Hearing Chen Wei's reminder, Su Lanxin also understood. Said to everyone in the Catering Association: "Okay, our group will cooperate with power, if you need anything, you can contact my secretary, and we will do our best."

Everyone in the Catering Association was really satisfied with Su Lanxin's reply.

Such a major event requires not only the support of the government, but also the support of all sectors of society.

Especially if a multinational catering group like Su Lanxin is willing to provide financial and culinary support, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

The next few conversations, and specific details, were relatively easy to chat about.

Regarding the specific details of cooking skills, Chen Wei also stood up at the right time, gave some professional opinions, and expressed some thoughts of their group. The conversation between the two parties was very smooth.

After the meeting, Su Lanxin naturally wanted to receive people from the Catering Association.

But Chen Wei did not participate, he was alone, changed his clothes, and left the hotel.

Su Lanxin was very dissatisfied when she heard the news, but she didn't show it too much.

Chen Wei arrived at the old street where Su Ji was at about nine o'clock in the evening. This time he didn't enter the old street, nor did he go to Su Ji, but waited quietly at the corner of the street.

Looking at the hustle and bustle of people on the old street at night, Chen Wei seems to have returned to the past in a trance.

In the era when Su Ji was famous and many people would come to Su Ji to taste the dishes, Chen Wei and his juniors followed Master to cook dishes of a very high level in the small restaurant with only ten tables. .

In today's era, many people may find it incredible.

A cook with such strength, why doesn't he go to those well-known restaurants? Why not develop in a big city?

But in fact, it is precisely because Su Ji didn't have those troubles back then that it was able to stick to the consistent taste.

Chen Wei waited until about half past nine when he saw Feng Yifan walking towards him from the old street.

After the two people met, the two of them didn't know what to say for the first time. The two fell into a silence at the intersection of the street. They always felt that this way of meeting was a bit strange.

In the end, it was Feng Yifan who spoke first: "Uncle, why don't we find a place to sit?"

Chen Wei came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Okay, let's find a place to sit down and talk."

Because Chen Wei didn't want to go to Suji, the last two people sat down on the leisure bench beside the roadside green belt outside the old street. In front of them was a spacious road with vehicles passing by from time to time.

There was another silence, and it was Feng Yifan who spoke first: "Uncle, are you looking for me for my cooking competition with you?"

Looking at the traffic on the road in front of him, Chen Wei was silent for a while before speaking: "I really envy you."

Unexpectedly, Chen Wei said such a sentence, Feng Yifan was stunned for a moment, and asked: "I am envious of me who is also the son-in-law of Su Ji, because I can inherit Su Ji in a fair and honest manner without my brother-in-law snatching the old plaque?"

Such a question stopped Chen Wei from asking.

After being stunned for a long time, Chen Wei finally regained his composure, then raised his head and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, your answer is really amazing."

Feng Yifan also laughed.

After Chen Wei laughed, he was very honest: "Although I really don't want to admit this, I can only admit that I really envy you for this. No one will rob Su Ji from you."

Feng Yifan then asked: "So, uncle also thinks that my father-in-law is not qualified to inherit Su Ji?"

Chen Wei was questioned again, and suddenly there was a conversation where Feng Yifan turned the other way, and he seemed to be completely led by the nose.

In order to reverse the situation, Chen Wei said: "It would be a lie to say that you are not jealous, but I don't think that your father-in-law is not qualified to inherit Su Ji. From the perspective of blood relationship, he is also the most qualified."

Feng Yifan asked directly: "It seems that uncle, you are still very unconvinced, do you think my father-in-law took advantage of it?"

Being asked such a straight-forward question again, Chen Wei really wanted to jump up and flip the table.

Can we still have a good chat?

But these problems cannot be avoided.

Over the years, Chen Wei has always been avoiding this question. Even if he succeeded, working hard abroad with Su Lanxin and creating a multinational catering group, he still thinks he has achieved success.

But the more successful he was, the more Chen Wei was worried about the chef competition back then, and the more he believed that the inheritance of the old plaque was unfair.

Thinking of this, Chen Wei said helplessly: "You are right, I will not be convinced."

Feng Yifan continued: "You and your aunt have achieved great success, but the more successful you are, the more dissatisfied you are with the competition back then, and you feel that you are more qualified to inherit Su Ji."

Chen Wei nodded: "Yes, that's true, maybe your aunt is going to be more serious, almost paranoid."

Feng Yifan responded: "Actually, it can be seen that my aunt must have fallen into a kind of paranoia. In fact, the old plaque of Su Ji has long lost its practical meaning to you, but I just can't let go of the knot in my heart."

Chen Wei suddenly said with a serious face: "So, I hope you can go all out this time."

Feng Yifan said with a smile: "Uncle, you came here on a special trip just to tell me this? Do you think that I will not go all out? You don't think that I will let you?"

Chen Wei continued: "Actually, I came here to hope that you can forgive your aunt."

Feng Yifan didn't speak, just stared at Chen Wei quietly.

The latter naturally went on to say: "Your aunt is also a poor person these years. She keeps doing a lot of things and uses all kinds of busyness to make herself seem to have a fulfilling life, but in fact she suffers from anxiety, and chronic insomnia."

After a pause, Chen Wei said solemnly, "She has actually suffered from a mental illness."

Feng Yifan heard this and asked: "So, Uncle, what you mean is that we hope we can forgive her, including some things she did to my father-in-law when she came back, right?"

Chen Wei was taken aback when he heard this, and then sighed helplessly: "Sometimes a person may do something that hurts others, but those may not be her original intention, she just wants to win back that tone."

Feng Yifan was silent for a moment, and asked bluntly: "Since I want to win back that tone, wouldn't she be more stimulated if I win?"

Before Chen Wei could open his mouth, Feng Yifan continued: "Besides, if I win this time, can she let it go?"

The two questions also caught Chen Wei, he really didn't know how to answer them?

This time, she lost to the chef, can Su Lanxin really accept it calmly? Can she really let it go?

Seeing that Chen Wei fell silent, Feng Yifan said very seriously: "Uncle, in fact, the ultimate problem in this matter is still on Auntie, if she can't let go, then even if I win many times, it will be useless. "

Chen Wei had to admit that this was indeed the case. The root of everything was Su Lanxin herself, not others.

The two fell into silence, sitting on a bench by the side of the road, quietly watching the traffic on the road not far away.

At this moment, neither of them knew what to say? Don't know how to solve the problem? Chen Wei didn't even know, how could Su Lanxin give up completely?

The two of them remained silent like this for an unknown how long.

Chen Wei suddenly said: "I remembered, there is a dish, maybe using that dish can untie her knot."

Feng Yifan looked at Chen Wei in surprise and asked, "What kind of food is it?"

But Chen Wei shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that there is a dish that Su Lanxin remembers. It was made by your grandfather for her back then, and it is said that she would make it for her every birthday."

Feng Yifan was a little surprised: "Do it every birthday? Don't you guys know about it, uncle?"

Chen Wei shook his head: "I've seen it, but I haven't eaten it, because Master will only cook that dish for Su Lanxin on her birthday, and we are too embarrassed to grab it."

Feng Yifan asked again: "Then how to do it?"

Chen Wei still shook his head: "I don't know about that either, every time Master does it, he doesn't let us see it."

Feng Yifan was really speechless, he could only ask: "What does that dish look like?"

This time Chen Wei described it a bit: "It looks like Yuanxiao, but it shouldn't be Yuanxiao, it looks like Yuanxiao."

Although Feng Yifan didn't know what the dish was, he probably understood Chen Wei's intentions: "Do you hope that I can reproduce that dish so that my aunt can eat that dish again, so as to untie her knot?"

Chen Wei nodded seriously: "Yes, please, I beg you."

Feng Yifan thought for a while and answered: "I can't agree for now. I need to go back and discuss it with my father-in-law. After all, this is a grievance between their brothers and sisters. If my father-in-law is willing to forgive, I will try to do it."

Chen Wei nodded again: "Okay, thank you all, and you can also ask Jin Rong, he may know that dish."

After the chat, Chen Wei stood up and bowed deeply to Feng Yifan very seriously: "Thank you, no matter what the result is, I will thank you for your tolerance."

Watching Chen Wei leave, Feng Yifan shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Just at this moment, my cell phone rang, and when I answered the call, my daughter's voice sounded over there: "Dad, why haven't you come back?"

Hearing his daughter's voice, Feng Yifan's mood immediately improved, and he quickly responded: "Okay, Dad will go back right away."