Chapter 200 The Battle of Taste
After handing over all other things to the person in charge of various departments, Wu Ming only had two things left. One was to prepare a new pharmaceutical factory. As long as Wu Ming had enough funds, once the new pharmaceutical factory came out, it would be the second Wu's Pharmaceutical, and the limelight would even snatch the previous factory.
After all, Wu's Pharmaceutical's real core competitiveness does not lie in the cement blocks such as the dormitory building and office building in the factory. What is really important is Wu Ming's brand and formula. The brand has been exported now. In the future, all the intermittent, rheumatoid patches and stamina will be Feng Long's products.
However, Wu Ming still held the formula tightly in his hand. Even if Feng Long got the factory, he could not get the real formula. Now that the raw materials in stock are used up, Wu Ming is waiting to see where Feng Long can make the medicine.
However, it still takes a certain amount of time to build a factory, so the most important thing for Wu Ming now is Gu Xingzhi.
After some time of treatment, Gu Xingzhi's sense of taste has recovered a lot, and at least now he can clearly distinguish the five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.
But for a chef, especially a Michelin three-star chef, this is far from enough. A chef is an artist responsible for challenging the limits of human taste buds. Each chef is a gourmet and has a harsh tongue to be considered as the top class of food reviews.
What Wu Ming needs to do now is to help Gu Xingzhi restore his previous sense of taste first, and at least reach the previous level of 50% or 60%. Now, Gu Xingzhi's situation is one step away from.
Thinking of this, Wu Ming was anxious and was about to get angry. His next plan was to make Gu Xingzhi go from a niche, cutting-edge Michelin top chef to a popular star. Only in this way can he bring real exhibition to Wu Ming.
Seeing that Gu Xingzhi's sense of taste has only recovered 30% of his previous skills, Wu Ming thought about it and felt that this matter could not be waited for.
"Mr. Wu, you have already paid too much for my work. Your career is now in a mess. I am so scared that you spend so much time on me." Gu Xingzhi said.
Wu Ming snorted: "What are you so scared and terrified? What I want is your tongue that should be worth it. Although you have only recovered 30% of your skills, I have a big thing for you to do now. I wonder if you have confidence."
Gu Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, "What's the matter?"
"Look at this." Wu Ming said, taking out a poster from his arms and putting it in front of Gu Xingzhi.
Gu Xingzhi looked at the content above and was stunned: "Damn, no. Let me do this now?"
"Why? Don't have confidence?" Wu Ming said: "They are all ordinary domestic first-class and special-level. Compared with your real Michelin three-star, it is bicycles and Ferrari. Don't you have the confidence to teach them a lesson?"
"However, if I win this kind of chef king competition, it will be well-known and will attract some experts to participate. For those mediocre players, not to mention that my sense of taste has recovered by 30% or 40%, even if I don't have a sense of taste, I can beat them by feeling.
But I am no longer an opponent for those real masters." Gu Xingzhi said: "I have no confidence in winning this kind of game."
"You don't need to be sure of winning." Wu Ming said: "I'll just have it."
Gu Xingzhi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wu, then tell me what you think?"
"I am a idler anyway, and there are dedicated people in other places to worry about it. I will accompany you to treat you and be responsible for you in the Chef King Competition!" Wu Ming said.
"Then we will register tomorrow?" Gu Xingzhi said: "This chef king competition is divided into auditions, preliminary rounds, semi-finals and finals.
The whole period takes nearly two weeks. With my current state, I am confident to enter the semi-finals, which means you have ten days left to help me try to restore my taste before the finals start.”
"Ten days are enough." Wu Ming said: "This matter is decided so. I will send someone to register for you tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, we will leave tomorrow afternoon and go to the provincial capital to participate in the auditions, and then we will go directly to the Magic City to participate in the semi-finals and finals."
Gu Xingzhi nodded: "You are the boss, I'll listen to you."
Wu Ming was overjoyed and called Bai Bin to take charge of this matter. The reason why Bai Bin saved his life was because Wu Ming had already thought about it. If he wanted to make Gu Xingzhi hotter, he would inevitably let Bai Bin and 6 Feier work together again.
Bai Bin quickly reported the news that there was no problem with the registration. Gu Xingzhi himself is a Michelin three-star chef and is quite famous in the industry. When the other party heard that Gu Xingzhi wanted to register, he respectfully gave the registration form to Bai Bin.
This time, Gu Xingzhi represented Xiangwenjian to participate in the competition. As long as he could win, not only would Gu Xingzhi become a star, but Xiangwenjian also became a hot keyword. If you want to open a chain store in the future, you can watch it.
After signing up, Wu Ming handed everyone over to the restaurant in the town. The place is now being renovated. After everyone held a simple situation report meeting, Wu Ming took everyone to the barbecue stall next to him.
"Taste good and drink well." Wu Ming smiled.
Although there is no such huge industry as before, Wu Ming has regained the passion of his initial entrepreneurial period, which makes Wu Ming's mood suddenly improve at this time.
Everyone laughed and laughed all the way until late at night. At this time, a car stopped silently next to the barbecue stall. No one noticed that anyone was walking down from above.
When a slender little hand was placed on Wu Ming's shoulder, Wu Ming found that Du Yutong was standing behind him.
"Yutong!" Wu Ming said in surprise: "Why is it you! Come quickly!"
Du Yutong smiled bitterly: "I was worried that you would be in a low mood, but I didn't expect you to be in such a good mood now."
Wu Ming also laughed: "Money is something that you don't bring in life or death. I like to enjoy the process. The process is the most important, right? It's like I'm playing a game, and the big one is already invincible, but I was eventually killed by a boss.
Now that I have been practicing a small trumpet, I have taken the boss as my ultimate goal and rose again. Isn’t this process fun?”
"Boss?" Du Yutong laughed in silence: "Who do you think is the boss? My second grandfather?"
Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and never expected that Du Yutong would think of this. Wu Ming sighed: "Sit down and chat for a while."
"No, can you accompany me for a walk?" Du Yutong said.
Wu Ming nodded and told Huang Xiaomao and Zhang Yuanbao to greet everyone together, and then got into Du Yutong's car.
Du Yutong drove directly to the foot of the mountain. The two got out and walked on the road around the mountain with the cool mountain breeze blowing at night.
"Wu Ming, I'm sorry." Du Yutong broke the silence and whispered.
Wu Ming said calmly: "Yutong, you have not been sorry for me for anything, it is because I am not doing well. Thinking about it now, since I started my business, I have been so smooth that I have basically not experienced any hardships or blows.
So when I face a real blow, I became confused and lost my temper.”
Du Yutong frowned and asked in confusion: "Is it a mess? I tried it? Please, I think you are calmer than anyone else now, but you are not a mess."
"You didn't understand what I mean." Wu Ming said: "The blow I mentioned is not the loss of Wu's Pharmaceuticals and Wu's Cosmetics Factory industries. The blow I mentioned is the blow I made from your second grandfather."
Du Yutong's face suddenly turned red: "You mean, when I was having dinner at the Questioning Hall that day, my grandfather and Feng Hu were the real blow to you?"
"Yes, losing these industries in the face of this blow is nothing." Wu Ming said: "Because I am so humble and incompetent in front of you, this is what really makes me panic."
"I am really that important to you?" Du Yutong's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Wu Ming smiled slightly and said to him: "After that incident, I was extremely inferior. I felt that no matter how much money I made, in the eyes of your Du family, I was just a rich mud leg.
So I tried my best to make friends with those officials and celebrities, but it was because of this that my gods ignored your kindness reminder to me, which made me fall deeper and deeper step by step.”
Du Yutong sighed: "If you can understand this, I am not worried about you for nothing. Wu Ming, in fact, these so-called identities and so-called backgrounds are all artificial and meaningless things. Do you think this idea is ridiculous when judging a person's achievements with genes?"
"It's not too late to understand now." Wu Ming smiled and said, "At least I'm almost cheering up now, right? Now I'm preparing to let Gu Xingzhi participate in the Chef King Competition, which will start the audition the day after tomorrow. I want to make Gu Xingzhi the number one star chef in China!"
"No, isn't Gu Xingzhi already very famous? Three-star Michelin chefs, everyone in the industry should know about it." Du Yutong said.
"No, what I mean is not famous in the so-called industry." Wu Ming said: "You value this small circle too much. Now, this so-called celebrity and the upper-level small circle are not yarn in my eyes. What I want is to make Gu Xingzhi a celebrity chef well-known to the public.
Gu Xingzhi will serve the public in the future, not the so-called celebrities and upper classes."
"I understand, Wu Ming, I'm really happy for you." Du Yutong sighed.
The conversation lasted for a long time. The two finally waved goodbye. When Wu Ming returned to the barbecue stall, everyone had already dispersed. When Wu Ming returned home alone, he saw Gao Jin and Gu Xingzhi drinking themselves after they came back, and fell drunk next to the wine table.
Be drunk, be drunk, be drunk all, be drunk, and then we must stay awake.
Wu Ming said to himself.
The next morning, Wu Ming asked Bai Bin to drive and send him and Gu Xingzhi to the provincial capital. Before leaving, Gu Xiaowan held Gu Xingzhi's hand: "Dad, when will you come back?"
Without waiting for Gu Xingzhi to speak, Wu Ming said confidently: "Of course, after winning the championship, we will come back immediately. Xiaowan, clean the house well and look back and have a photo of your father winning the championship."
Gu Xiaowan smiled. Now she has basically recovered her health, and her face is rosy: "I believe in your father."
"When we come back, I will find you a good school." Wu Ming said: "You are such a beautiful girl, you shouldn't just stay at home. At least you can go to school to let those bastards drool."
Chapter completed!