Lin Li's words were soft but abrupt. For a moment many people did not react to what he said and looked at him strangely. After a while, people gradually reacted.
"Lin Li, what do you mean?" Huang Yiyuan immediately questioned.
Zhang Jiahui looked at his boss in astonishment, but after a moment he sighed. In fact, when he saw his boss in the kitchen just now, he had already vaguely guessed what his boss was going to do. Now it was not a surprise, but he felt a little unwilling in his heart...
Jiang Yuemei, the fat lady who looked very friendly, immediately said to Lin Li: "Old Lin, are you sure you want to admit defeat?"
Lin Li nodded vigorously, looking a little timidly at the angry Huang Yiyuan and Mrs. Gao, who looked calm but could not hide the disappointment and anger in her eyes. Finally, his gaze shifted to Ye Chui's face: "That's right, I admit defeat directly. We, the Lin Family Pot, admit that we are not as good as Ye Chui. In this cooking competition, we, the Lin Family Pot, admit defeat directly!"
Ye Chui smiled and looked at Lin Li: "And then?"
"From now on... I will never get involved in the independence of Chinatown cuisine again. I will admit that the dishes in Lin's Pot belong to Chinese cuisine!" Lin Li is an old fox, so he naturally knows what Ye Chui means. Then his expression suddenly changed, and he continued to say to Ye Chui, "But... I hope Ye Chui can give me the recipe of your eggplant pot and the recipe of the mutton pot later!"
Profits are paramount. Lin Li doesn’t care about the ownership of Chinatown cuisine. All he cares about is the recipe that can take Lin’s Pot business to the next level!
"Okay." Ye Chui laughed, "I can give you the recipes for my salted fish and eggplant casserole and the mutton casserole I'll make later, but... I want 500,000 Chinese Yuan."
Lin Li's eyes suddenly widened.
Ye Chui continued, "Five hundred thousand is the price of a recipe."
"You...you..." Lin Li's face suddenly turned red, and his shoulders began to tremble slightly. He pointed his finger at Ye Chui and said, "You just said that if I admit defeat, you will give me these recipes and common sense methods for free!"
"That's right." Ye Chui nodded affirmatively, and then smiled again, "But you know that was just now. The mutton pot competition hadn't started yet. Now Master Zhang's mutton pot has been served on the table to be tasted by gourmets. Of course, it's completely different now, don't you think?"
Lin Li gasped like an old cow and stared at Ye Chui fiercely.
Ye Chui shrugged again: "Of course, you can choose to take back your words of surrender, but after my mutton stew is served on the table, if you want my recipe again, then I'm sorry, it will cost one million each."
It is most appropriate to say that Ye Chui is now pressing forward step by step and taking advantage of the situation.
He looked almost too cold. He didn't seem to be grateful at all for Lin Li's initiative to admit defeat, and even advised the other party to take back the defeat... Of course, Ye Chu dared to say this because he had absolute confidence in his cooking.
Lin Li began to hesitate.
Huang Yiyuan and Mrs. Gao both looked at Lin Li coldly.
"Lin Li, don't forget that you are from Chinatown!" Huang Yiyuan roared in a suppressed voice, clenching his fists tightly, wishing he could rush up and punch Lin Li.
Mrs. Gao also had similar emotions, but she controlled them very well.
Since Jiang Yuemei lost the fourth game, the remaining three restaurants have met many times. Every time they would strengthen their confidence and vow not to compromise... But Lin Li actually admitted defeat before he lost the game, what a traitor!
Forget righteousness when you see profit!
Lin Li looked at Huang Yiyuan and Mrs. Gao with some indifference, his eyes were full of disdain: Since they are businessmen, there is no need to compromise or forget about principles for the sake of profit. Business is based on interests, and the restaurant is also about interests.
Chinatown's honor? To hell with it!
Dignity and all that can go to hell!
So after thinking for a moment, Lin Li looked at Ye Chui with red eyes and said, "Okay, one million, I will buy the recipes of Salted Fish and Eggplant Casserole and Lamb Casserole from you!"
Many people in the Linjiabao Hall exclaimed in surprise.
The one who cheered the loudest among them was Tang Shanshan - this was one million, although it was in Chinese currency, considering the exchange rate in this world, one million Chinese currency was also a very considerable fortune. Tang Shanshan had never seen such a large sum of money in her life, but Ye Chui had cheated it out of her in the blink of an eye... Oh, no, he earned it. Undoubtedly, at this moment Tang Shanshan admired Ye Chui to the core.
Five hundred thousand for a recipe, this price is not worth it, even in the gourmet age where recipes are as precious as gold, this price is already ridiculously high. But mutton pot and eggplant pot are the representative dishes of Lin's Pot, and it is also the guarantee that Lin's Pot can become one of the seven major restaurants in Chinatown and be awarded a seven-star hotel. Ye Chui has the more delicious recipes for these two dishes, which has been confirmed by five gourmets from the International Gourmet Association. Therefore, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it - Lin Li quietly comforted himself in his heart, and this thought made him feel much better.
So, he went on to say to Ye Chui: "Master Ye, please tell me how to make the eggplant stew and the mutton stew now."
"Um?"
Hearing Lin Li's words, many people were puzzled. Recipes were very confidential. Lin Li had just spent one million to buy two recipes from Ye Chui, and then he was going to announce the recipes of the two dishes
Ye Chui also hesitated for a moment, but then he figured out Lin Li's plan and secretly called him an old fox.
Although recipes are precious, they are also copyrighted in the food era. If a recipe is bought by a restaurant at a high price, then the restaurant has the right to make this dish. If other restaurants make it secretly, it is a copyright infringement and will be punished according to the value of the recipe.
When Ye Chui held the Manchu Han Banquet Challenge, he could tell the recipe of the Manchu Han Banquet to other chefs without any worries because of this rule. If there was a violation, there would be severe punishment.
At this moment, the five senior gourmets of the National Gourmet Association and the chairman of the gourmet department were all in the hotel. Lin Li asked Ye Chu to publish the recipe. With these six people as witnesses, he could take anyone else who wanted to steal the recipe to court. Even if other restaurants had similar dishes, Lin Li could punish them.
- Publishing the recipe is enough to reveal Lin Li’s true nature as an old fox, and it will do him no harm.
So Ye Chui smiled and said, "In that case, then fine, I can directly tell you the recipes for these two dishes—"
The recipe for Salted Fish and Eggplant Casserole is nothing special. The method is very similar to Lin's Eggplant Casserole. The only difference is that the eggplants in Lin's Eggplant Casserole are steamed before cooking, while Ye Chui's Eggplant Casserole is stir-fried until golden brown, allowing the eggplant to fully absorb the oil.
In addition, the key point of salted fish and eggplant casserole lies in the salted fish.
When the five gourmets tasted it before, they all thought that this so-called salted fish was made using some secret method, which must be very amazing. But in fact, the fresh fish is cleaned, pickled, and then hung in the sun to dry out.
This is how dried salted fish came about.
It’s so simple that anyone can make it.
Tang Shanshan quickly translated Ye Chui's words to the five gourmets, who all showed surprised expressions on their faces. They obviously did not expect that making dried salted fish would be so easy, so easy that it did not require any technical skills at all.
"In fact, dried salted fish is a food preservation technique, which is clearly recorded in various literature. However, the technology for preserving salted fish is very advanced now, and coupled with the vegetarian movement, this is why no one knows about this simple but effective food preservation technique."
Ye Chui smiled and explained to the five gourmets.
Lin Li's eyes twitched. He was willing to pay Ye Chui 500,000 yuan for the recipe. The main reason was that he wanted to know how the salted fish was made... But the result disappointed him. This method was simply too bland.
Of course, Lin Li was not afraid that Ye Chui was deliberately hiding something and talking nonsense, after all, the five gourmets were right in front of him.
Then Ye Chui talked about how to cook mutton stew.
"I think it's better to explain the recipe of my mutton stew after my dish is out of the pot." Ye Chui deliberately kept everyone in suspense. He glanced at the quartz clock on the side of the hall and said, "You just need to wait for another forty minutes."
After saying that, Ye Chui smiled and walked into the kitchen.
There was some commotion in the hall.
Lin Li walked up to Zhang Jiahui and whispered something in his ear. They must be discussing the recipe for the salted fish and eggplant casserole. After all, it cost five hundred thousand yuan.
Huang Yiyuan and Mrs. Gao were also discussing in a low voice, and when they looked at Lin Li, their eyes were filled with endless coldness.
In the corner of the hall, He Chengqing's face was extremely cold. No one noticed her arrival. She stood there and saw everything that had just happened. She lost. The game was lost before it was over...
She didn't know how to explain to Davis. When she thought about how Davis had tried to get Ye Chu to join her by saying "he could do whatever he wanted with her", He Chengqing couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
This made her hatred for Ye Chui simply indescribable.
She bit her lip, not noticing that because she bit too hard, there was already bright red blood on one side of her lip...
The quick and long forty minutes passed quickly.
Ye Chui’s mutton pot is ready.
Ye Chui brought the exquisite square casserole to the center of the dining table. The five gourmets, who seemed a little listless due to the long wait, were all shocked at the same time. Good food is worth waiting for a long time, and their wait now is very worthwhile.
"Please enjoy the mutton stew." Ye Chui smiled and lifted the lid of the casserole.
The aroma is rich.
the most important is-
"Why is the soup of this dish white? It's just like milk!" Chris couldn't help but shout out. (~^~)