Chapter 1617 Grilled Abalone

Next, let’s talk about Wu Hai, the Wu beast who was just confessed his love. He is arranging his gallery. Zheng Jiawei has already bought it and decorated it according to Wu Hai’s requirements.

There is another interesting thing about Wushou. Although Wushou is very afraid of Wulin, Wuhai bought the house and this gallery. In addition to his own name, Wuhai's name was also added to it.

Artists' minds are all unique, and Wu Hai's brain circuit is completely different.

In other galleries, paintings are hung on one wall of a gallery, or in the form of an exhibition hall, with paintings hung on all sides. Even the ones that are different are just door openings, transparent walls, or landscape-facing styles.

Take a look at Wuhai's gallery. The original warehouse was transformed into an orchard, with lemon trees, watermelons, bitter melons, and peppers planted respectively. There is also a small salt mountain in the end.

In Wu Hai's words, "The five flavors of life are sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and art is also among the five flavors."

Who knows how much follow-up work Zheng Jiawei did to prevent this "orchard" from affecting the painting.

Generally speaking, the gallery has two doors, the left side door and the main entrance. At the main entrance, there is a wordless stone wall with the same door. This is another eye-catching part of the gallery in addition to the "orchard" background.

As mentioned before, Wu Hai only auctions two or three paintings a year. This year, for example, only "The Most Expensive Hands" was auctioned.

Other than that, he keeps everything for himself. For example, Wu Hai's most satisfying work recently is "Monster Eating Picture", which was painted by Wu Hai who was extremely excited after having two dinners at Ling Hong's invitation.

None of these works have ever appeared outside. Now more than forty paintings are hanging quietly. As a die-hard fan, Zhou Xi is even more dazzled by them, and his eyes almost pop out.

"A masterpiece, definitely a masterpiece. The shadow arrangement of this eating picture is comparable to "The Supper at Emmaus."" Zhou Xi was so excited that his fingers were trembling.

Zhou Xi asked: "During the dinner, the background was extremely dim and blurry, even like a black hole. It formed the sharpest contrast with the golden light of Jesus in the center. The darkness brought out the divinity, while in the eating picture, large brush strokes were used to pile up the colorful characters. The tabletop supports the wildness of this dark monster. This contrast is really like a dinner at Emmaus. Is the black eaves intended to pay tribute to the master Rembrandt?"

This evaluation is quite professional. It can be said that Zhou Xi is very familiar with the painters of the golden age.

"Monster Eating Picture" actually depicts an eight-legged monster, pitch black, entrenched on the table, devouring the food on the plate.

“I don’t want to pay tribute to anyone,

When I was painting, I felt like I should paint like this. "In contrast, Wu Hai's answer was relatively calm.

Zhou Xi was deeply aware of the power of Wu Hai, who could easily reach the level of a master of the Golden Age.

Zhou Xi estimated that it would take him a day to read all the more than forty paintings, so Zhou Xi withdrew his gaze first because he still had business to do.

"Wu Menyan, have you decided on a name for this gallery?" Zhou Xi asked with concern.

"I've thought about it, let's call it the Painting God's Cabin." Wu Hai replied smoothly.

"Uh..." Zhou Xi was stunned. As a die-hard fan, he naturally felt that Wu Hai was the number one in today's painting world, unrivaled, but the title of God of Painting was really too big.

"This name...isn't it a bit bad?" Zhou Xi said tactfully: "It will cause a lot of criticism."

"What's wrong? Compass's store is called Kitchen God Shop. If you want to stand at the top of an industry, but you're afraid of big troubles, or even want to change the name just because you're afraid of a little criticism, then what else are you doing?"

When Wu Hai said these words, he was rarely serious: "And I am number one. If you are not convinced, come to me and speak directly with paintings. What are you afraid of?"

"It's no wonder it's Wu Menyan, with such a spirit of contempt for the world." Zhou Xi murmured to himself, and at the same time understood why his idol had such a good relationship with Boss Yuan.

It turns out that both of them have the domineering aura to look down on the world! This is what the brain child Zhou Xi thinks.

"Speaking of which, Taoxi Road in Rongcheng is really great. Foodies will look for the chef's shop with boss Yuan, and the painting god's hut with black eaves for those who like literature and art."

In fact, Zhou Xi was right. A few years later, the world-famous Shuangshen District, which foreigners called "Drstrict.of.st.dual" (Double Saint District), brought unexpected benefits to Chengdu.

After a while, Zhou Xi asked again: "So when is the gallery opening? Have you invited someone to open the curtain?"

The opening of a new store will be a big deal, not to mention a gallery, which usually invites insiders, and Wumenyan's art exhibition is even more lively.

Ever since the news came out that Wu Hai was going to open a gallery, the sensation in the painting world was understandable. Zheng Jiawei had already received countless calls.

There were also many famous painters who called Wuhai, wildly hinting that they wanted to be the one to open the curtain.

Wu Haidu's answer was: "Oh, I've already hired someone to lift the curtain." Then with a plop, he hung up the phone.

The people who called Wu Hai included a number of modern painting masters from Italy, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, etc. After receiving Wu Hai's reply, they began to inquire in the circle who was the person who opened the curtain.

"I don't know the approximate opening time. Xiaowei said he would arrange a good day, but I know the specific time, which is three o'clock in the afternoon." Wu Hai said.

Zhou Xi felt that she couldn't keep up with her idol's thinking. She knew the specific time but not the approximate time.

When a gallery opens, there will always be a work that is the highlight of the gallery, and lifting the red curtain on this work is called the curtain lifter.

Generally speaking, the curtain-raiser and the painter are in love. This rule has been around for a long time and is used by European painting circles to support younger generations.

When this younger generation becomes famous, the person who lifts the curtain will also gain a reputation as a discerning person.

Wu Hai's potential is recognized, so this group of talents want to take advantage of him. Of course, the older generation of masters do so because of their appreciation.

After searching around, I couldn't find out who the person who opened the curtain in Wuhai was, and it became a mystery for a while.

"Then Wu Menyan, I'll go and see if they're selling barbecue tonight." Zhou Xi was about to go out.

Wu Hai gave him a quick look, and Zhou Xi immediately felt full of strength and ran to Yuanzhou's store in a hurry.

When I arrived at the door, I said hello to several security guards.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the gallery was robbed, the amount involved would definitely be a major case that would shock the world.

Therefore, both the local government and Zheng Jiawei have arranged sufficient security.

It hadn't rained yet during dinner, but by the end of dinner time, the sky started to rain. Maybe it was because I wanted to smell Yuanzhou's barbecue even in the dark night.

On a drizzly day, there will be a barbecue tonight.

Whenever there is a barbecue, Wang Hong will be there. After all, he is a loyal fan of grilled chicken wings.

"Hahaha, I have been waiting for a long time and finally today, I have been dreaming for a long time and finally my dream has come true." Wang Hong was moved to heaven and earth.

After all, there is very little rain in this season in Chengdu. If it doesn’t rain at night, it means it’s a tavern.

"Fang Heng, what are you doing here? Today is a barbecue, not a tavern." Wang Hong looked at Fang Heng.

You must know that Fang Heng was always quarrelsome before, and the angry Wang Hong even wrote Fang Heng as the boss behind the scenes of his new book.

Yes, Wang Hong has opened another book, and he is also writing about martial arts, called "Zhu Xie". In the book, there is a witch named Fang Heng from the "Heavenly Evil Cult". Please pay attention to the gender, she is a witch.

In the book, she loves to drink and kill people, is cunning and cunning, and likes to be sarcastic. She almost killed the protagonist many times through her designs.

The wonderful thing is that Wang Hong's book has become popular. Today, when the martial arts market is in a slump, it has sold 50,000 copies.

Note, please note that there is no moisture in the 50,000 volumes here.

There are also newspapers that evaluate the role of Fang Heng as the most successful female character in the past twenty years.

"Go away." Fang Heng had no time to pay attention to Wang Hong and rushed in to find Yuan Zhou.

"Poor guy who can't drink, hahaha." Wang Hong also said something.

When he stepped into the door, the shop was only so big, so Fang Heng took a quick look and saw Boss Yuan preparing barbecue ingredients.

Bamboo shrimp, conch meat, and baby abalone are three barbecue ingredients that have never been seen before.

"Wow, Boss Yuan, this is the new barbecue." Fang Heng asked subconsciously.

"Well, the new seafood series." Yuan Zhou replied, and waited for Fang Heng's next words, because generally speaking, diners would not disturb him while he was preparing ingredients unless there was something very important.

"Then I have to take a bite too, uh... no, no, no." Fang Heng replied subconsciously, and then realized it.

Fang Heng came back to his senses and said: "Boss Yuan, I don't know if you have time after the barbecue. I have something to discuss with you."

"Of course, if I don't have time, I will come back to Boss Yuan at another time." Fang Heng added.

"I have time after supper," Yuan Zhou said.

"Okay, then I won't disturb Boss Yuan as he prepares the barbecue." After asking clearly, Fang Heng immediately retreated.

Yuanzhou continued to lower his head and prepare the ingredients.

The foodies outside are already impatient, and just when they are about to lift the floor, the barbecue business hours have finally arrived.

The barbecue grill and ingredients are laid out. .

"Eh? No chicken wings?" Wang Hong asked.

"Not today." Yuan Zhou replied affirmatively.

"It sounds like you can eat chicken wings if they are available." Fang Heng immediately mocked back.

In fact, what Fang Heng said is true, because Yuanzhou's barbecue has always been sold by portions and not ordered.

So whether you can win depends on your speed and luck.

Therefore, Wang Hong silently recited the words "Tianxie Cult Witch", and then ignored Fang Heng's sarcasm and directly placed his order.

Fortunately, the barbecue Wang Hong ordered this time included a new dish, grilled abalone.

"Since there are no chicken wings, I'll eat the new dishes first." With that said, Wang Hong directly pointed his chopsticks at one of the two baby abalones on the plate.

This baby abalone is cut into a diamond shape, and the tender meat of the abalone can be seen at a glance.

"This baby abalone is quite small. It must be very tender, but the meat taste of such a small abalone should not be good." Wang Hong thought.

Although he was thinking this, his movements with his hands were not slow. He directly picked up the abalone meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

This abalone is not the ordinary garlic roast, but a simpler salt roast.

Therefore, the abalone has a burnt texture as soon as it enters the mouth, but as soon as it is bitten open, the rich and delicious soup bursts directly into the mouth of the small abalone.

"Well, it's too fresh." Wang Hong couldn't help but say.

Yes, the unique delicious taste of seafood bursts out as soon as you bite into the baby abalone.

The meat of the abalone is extremely tender because of the smothered grilling, but because of the rich keratin, it tastes very willful. The smothered meat juice is completely absorbed into the abalone, and the juice explodes when you bite it, which is extremely delicious.

In addition to the fact that it is seafood, the light salty taste of abalone is simply the finishing touch.

"Delicious!" Wang Hong said with squinted eyes. For him, this can be said to be the most delicious food after grilled wings.

"It's so silly. Why can't I learn well? I actually doubt that Boss Yuan's stuff tastes like meat. I must have been so angry with the evil witch that day that my brain was damaged." Wang Hong said to himself.

The rest of the people who ate the baby abalone all showed the same expression.

Yuanzhou, on the other hand, was much calmer. After all, he was the one who had seen the system introduction. Well, he thought he had eaten a dozen barbecued abalones before.

In the afternoon, the system provided the growth environment of abalone larvae.

The system's current words: "The abalone in this system is taken from the area that naturally grows in the area known as the end of the world."

"The location is the most suitable latitude for abalone growth, which is 40° south latitude and 44° north latitude. The water there is cold, but the salt content is extremely high, and there are many rocks and leeward currents."

"Because it makes a living by eating pollution-free pure natural seaweed on the seabed, and the cold seawater also makes its growth slow, it takes five years of growth to reach the point of sale."

"Three liang in five years is indeed slow enough." Yuan Zhou said expressionlessly.

Yes, Yuan Zhou has long been accustomed to the system's food preparation being more refined than him, so this is just a complaint.

Therefore, seeing the diners praising the deliciousness of abalone, Yuan Zhou said it was a shame.

The friends stirred up the atmosphere. Fang Heng and Wang Hong, who were very excited, took a box of Tuborg next to them.

All kidding aside, at night on Peach Creek Road, when it rains, you can get any beer you want.

After supper, Yuan Zhou finished cleaning up, and Fang Heng found Yuan Zhou.

It looks so solemn, but in fact it's not a big deal. It's just that Fang Heng often drinks Yuanzhou's Pitong wine. If he doesn't drink enough, he just messes around at home.

Unexpectedly, he actually got it done. You should never underestimate the mobility of three types of people: drunkards, foodies, and women in shopping mode.

Although the taste is far inferior to the Pitong wine sold by Yuanzhou, it is still better than the wine he sold before, so Fang Heng plans to sell this as the main product of the winery.

But there is a premise. Fang Heng thinks that his Pitong wine is a bit copied from Yuan Zhou, so he had this conversation.

"If you can research it, that's your own ability." Yuan Zhou replied.

The big stone in Fang Heng's heart fell to the ground, and Feng Feng Huohuo left. After all, it was getting late.

After closing the store door, Yuan Zhou returned to the second floor after washing up.

When I was about to go to bed, I saw the ancient books sent by Huang Fei, Wang Qiang and others, neatly placed there.

"Speaking of which, do I still have an unfinished task?" Yuanzhou suddenly thought as he was about to take a rest.

He also had a mission to collect ancient recipes from chefs. Now that he thought about it, Yuanzhou suddenly had a new idea.

"System, the collection mentioned in the mission did not say that the originals must be used." Yuan Zhou said: "I suddenly remembered that I am also the director of the Kitchen Branch of the Ancient Books Restoration Association. This is really embarrassing, hahaha."

As a branch director, although it is impossible to take the ancient recipes from the association as your own, after all, they are public property, but there is absolutely no problem in scanning a few copies and making an electronic version.

The system now reads: "The task has changed, please check the host again."

"Huh?" Yuan Zhou checked silently, and the task list appeared in his mind.

[Ask the host to collect all ten ancient recipes] (Unfinished)

【Mission Progress】7/10

(Progress note: Only the original taste can reflect the identity of the host, so work hard to collect the originals of ancient recipes.)

[Task Reward] Manuscript of the inventor of twelve ancient recipes (not distributed)

(Reward description: Same as last time.)

"Temporarily tampering with the mission, you really learned the system badly." Yuan Zhou said: "But since the mission reward has been improved, I won't say anything."

"Also, the reward description is the same as last time, which is too perfunctory."

Yuan Zhou complained twice, but the system remained silent. Sometimes, the young comrades in this system really obeyed their will.

There are still three dishes left, but it is actually very close to the goal. Strictly speaking, the reward is really good. For Yuan Zhou's current cooking skills, it will be difficult to make significant progress unless he obtains an entire cuisine.

After all, his cooking skills have reached the top.

Of course, Jiangsu cuisine has just been put on the menu, so it’s a bit quick to add another cuisine, not to mention that the system has not issued such a task.

Therefore, obtaining the experience of ancient chefs' dishes and then verifying each other is currently the best and fastest way.

The reward for this task is the experience of the ancient creator.

With the addition of the previously unopened collection of knife skills, cooking skills can be slightly improved.

This improvement doesn't mean anything. Knife skills used to be 10 to 11. Knife skills, spooning, and cooking skills all require time to accumulate.

Confirming the master's experience, you may learn a new trick to apply, or maybe gain a new understanding of a seasoning.

For example, Liao Yue and the others gained a new understanding of swordsmanship after watching the Three Beasts Crossing used by Yuan Zhou.

In short, the ancient mission is still worth completing.

Yuanzhou thought for a while, and first posted a message on a website that sells second-hand books, "Buying ancient recipes about chefs at a high price."

Then Yuanzhou called Zhou Shijie again.

"Xiao Yuan, what's the matter?" Zhou Shijie always spoke in a friendly manner to Yuan Zhou.

"Uncle Zhou, I would like to ask you to send me a message about buying ancient recipes. If you want to sell them, you can call me." Yuan Zhou said.

Zhou Shijie said: "If you want to learn these, Xiao Yuan, there are many from the Kitchen Federation that you can borrow, and there are also many from the Kitchen Branch of the Ancient Book Restoration Association. Xiao Yuan, if you want to borrow them for a look, there is no problem."

"That's it. I recently obtained several ancient books, so I also want to collect them myself." Yuan Zhou said.

"That's it. Okay, I understand. I will ask Lili to spread the news tomorrow. But Xiao Yuan, you have to be mentally prepared. Ancient books and recipes about cooking are very popular and difficult to transfer." Zhou Shijie road.

"It's okay, Uncle Zhou. It's good to have it naturally. It won't affect me if you don't have it." Yuan Zhou said.

Zhou Shijie nodded when he heard this and said, "That's good."

The two of them didn't exchange a few words and hung up the phone because it was too late.

The reason Yuan Zhou didn't ask Zhou Shijie for help before was because he didn't want to trouble Zhou Shijie. After all, ancient recipes are private property, and it's not easy to just borrow them for free. However, in order for Yuan Zhou to improve Zhou Shijie, Zhou Shijie would definitely be willing to pay a lot to borrow many ancient recipes.

But Yuanzhou doesn't want this, and now he says it's just for collection purposes, so it's just a borrowing platform and doesn't require Zhou Shijie to spend a lot of effort.

After finishing the matter, Yuanzhou went to bed directly.

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