"That's how..."

At this time, Chen Nian was still a little hesitant because he knew that he would be very busy in the middle of the month next month.

"Mr. Cheng, that's it. I may not have time at that time. I will definitely be very busy if the new store is renovated..." Chen Nian said this and wanted to decline, but the other party refused to give up.

"Teacher Chen, why not do this? I will make some arrangements for you at that time. You can go back in the afternoon when you come in the morning."

Chen Nian heard the other party say this, and it was not easy to refuse for a while. He thought that if it doesn't work, he would take another day off. After all, this kind of communication competition is still beneficial to him, and he can get close to the way other chefs deal with dishes.

But after thinking about it for a few seconds, the other party thought that Chen Nian was still hesitating, so he continued to add: "Well, Teacher Chen, where are you living now and I'll go there? If it's convenient, I'll give you the information first. As for whether to attend or not, I'll ask you three days in advance. It's the best if you can come, but it doesn't matter if you can't come. We can wait for the next time when everyone has time."

"Okay." The other party had already said this, so Chen Nian had to nod and agreed. Sometimes it was not so easy to refuse others. Those who refused to confess their guilt were often when giving advice to others.

So Chen Nian told the other party about the hotel he stayed in.

It turned out to be less than half an hour.

Chen Nian's phone rang again: "Teacher Chen, I am Cheng Lin. I am now downstairs of the hotel. Why don't you tell me the room number and I will go up and give you the information?"

"It's okay, I'll come down."

"Okay, I'm wearing black short-sleeved shirts, black pants, and glasses. You should be able to see me when you come out."

"Okay, wait."

After saying that, Chen Nian hung up the phone, sighed, looked at some of the things he had just bought in the house, took a bottle of San and Simei pickles and headed downstairs.

When I came to the lobby of the hotel, I saw that there was indeed a slightly fat man wearing glasses and wearing black standing at the door.

Then he looked at each other and the other party obviously knew Chen Nian, so he walked over.

"Hello, Mr. Cheng." Chen Nian said hello first.

"Teacher Chen has long admired him."

"Where are there." Chen Nian waved his hand modestly.

"You're welcome, Teacher Chen is so polite."

After a burst of nutritional shake and greetings, they started to talk about the topic. Cheng Lin held a file bag in his left hand and handed it to Chen Nian.

"Teacher Chen, these are some information from our exchange competition. You can take a look first. It doesn't matter whether you participate or not. Although you are mainly in Sichuan, our association is not limited to these. As long as you cook Huaiyang cuisine well, it will be within the scope of invitation. Therefore, we used to invite some famous artists online."

Chen Nian couldn't help but think of a question when he heard this: "But why did I choose me this time? This is the first time I have come here in Jiangsu, and I only learned the Huaiyang cuisine myself."

Cheng Lin reached out and pushed the frameless glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled, saying honestly: "To be honest, because you are quite famous online recently, you have seen your videos many times without deliberately following them. I have watched all those videos. The color is very authentic. It is hard to imagine that you can make the essence of Huaiyang cuisine without being here. This shows that you must have studied them carefully."

"So that's it." Chen Nian thought to himself that it was.

It turns out that it is because I have traffic.

But this is also normal. If you have traffic, you will naturally get more attention.

In fact, this kind of competition is not a bad thing for me. Although I have brought more attention to this competition, I will also be promoted by the organizer. Now I have a personal brand effect. Being promoted more means that more people know me. It is mutually beneficial to come to Honghong Hotel for dinner.

After listening, Chen Nian handed the pickles he brought to the other party: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Cheng, you have been here for this trip. It's not expensive. You mainly don't have anything else to do. You can only wait until you go to Sichuan in the future and come to my store to have a meal."

"How can I be so embarrassed? I took the liberty to bother me, but I still had to accept gifts. This is really..."

"Why are you talking about this? You can't just bribe you just because of this bottle of pickles, right? Meeting is fate."

"Hahaha, Teacher Chen is quite humorous. OK, then I'll accept this gift. Thank you Teacher Chen. Then I'll add you WeChat again. Your WeChat is the mobile phone number I called before?"

"Yes, that's that."

"Okay, I'll add it back, so I won't bother Teacher Chen today."

"Okay, goodbye Mr. Cheng."

"Goodbye Teacher Chen."

After watching the other party leave, Chen Nian took the information back to his room. After opening it, he roughly looked at the relevant regulations.

In addition to the competition, there is also a day of course and a half-day exchange salon.

But those are all afterwards.

Moreover, this competition was also organized by the Provincial Chefs Association, and some young chefs under the age of 30 were invited.

The judges are also the president and vice president of the association, so they are quite authoritative.

Moreover, the ranking of the competition was evaluated on the spot.

Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. As long as he didn't look back after the live competition, he would be posted on the official account for everyone to vote. Whoever has the higher votes will be the first place.

Because in that case, the nature of the competition will change, and it is not a cooking competition at all, but a popular competition.

If that was the case, Chen Nian would have to buy tens of thousands of tickets for everyone in front of him.

Although Chen Nian has never done such a thing, he had known classmates from the School of Computer Science when he was in school. They said that after this system was made, it usually costs about two cents per ticket, and the speed and number of votes can be adjusted in the background.

10,000 tickets are just 200 yuan.

But if the judges conduct on-site selection based on the dishes, it would be much better. Although there will be favors, at least they will not be too blatant.

And not to mention it is an invitational competition.

Many people come from other provinces. If your shady scenes are too obvious, others can say bad things when they turn around.

In this way, there is only time for the issues I need to consider. Anyway, the other party said that he would contact him in advance, so Chen Nian planned to wait until then.

While watching, I thought about the time gradually came to noon.

Seeing that Chen Nian was about to take up his phone and send a message to An Hongdou, asking him to start dressing up and go out to eat hot pot. As a result, An Hongdou sent a message saying that he had washed and packed up and was about to come over to his side.

Chen Nian immediately became nervous when he saw the news, although the quilt, pillow and table were not messy.

But Chen Nian still ran to the bathroom and looked at the fact that there was nothing strange about his face and his hair was not messy.

Very handsome.

It happened that the doorbell rang.

Then Chen Nian packed the room card and put his cell phone in it and went out to have hot pot with An Hongdou.

An Hongdou chose a time-honored hotpot restaurant here.

The reason I chose this place is because An Hongdou said that this store is not expensive, and the second reason is that it tastes very good, and many locals recommend it.

The two of them wore masks when they went out. Although it was a bit hot, it was a special time after all.

There are also many people wearing masks on the street, so An Hongdou is not worried about being recognized.

Although An Hongdou is now the kind of singer-song-popular person who is not popular, it is inevitable that someone will see what An Hongdou looks like.

Now is her personal life time, and she doesn't want to live such a troublesome life.

The distance between this hotel is not too far away, and there are many people eating around, but today is the last few days of the holiday, so there are many people at the door.

However, An Hongdou had already made an appointment online before leaving the door. After arriving at the door, they just waited for about ten minutes before entering.

"The duck claws in this restaurant are quite famous. Let's order a duck claw first." An Hongdou said after sitting down. Since the current restaurants basically order food by scanning the code, there is no need to look at the menu.

"Okay, you choose the place, just choose what you eat."

Chen Nian doesn’t care about what he eats, anyway, as long as he can eat something spicy.

Seeing this, Hongdou was not polite. He ordered a few of them that he liked to eat, and then asked some of them that he loved to eat, and then submitted an order.

Just as they were waiting to put the pot on the bottom, they suddenly heard a familiar melody.

"Isn't this your song?" Chen Nian asked curiously.

"Yes, this song was written after you ate it in your store." An Hongdou's face was a little red, and she didn't know if it was hot or excited. After all, she was an unknown singer not long ago. Although she is a bit famous now, she can't help but be excited to hear her songs when she comes out to eat.

"It seems you can really be called a star."

"What big star? Are you scolding me? I'm thanking you now. If it weren't for the inspiration I found in your store, and the later Miaomiao Wu put my songs in her video for promotion, I don't know which city bar I'll continue to be a resident singer. I'm not sure what kind of city I'll eat, and I didn't have the last meal."

He even showed a crying look as he said.

"Where are you, this is your strength, and gold will shine sooner or later." Chen Nian waved his hand quickly.

"Will shine in the morning and evening? That is, it won't shine at noon?"

"Hahaha, you're so old. I heard this in elementary school." Chen Nian laughed, "But is it considered infringement to play your songs in the hotel? After all, you have not received your consent."

An Hongdou shook his head: "It is not considered infringement. I have checked these online before. Although the songs are copyrighted and protected by copyright law, as long as they are used within a reasonable range, they will not infringe on the rights issue and do not require consent.

For example, playing in a hotel is a personal appreciation. This mechanical use is legal in itself. As long as you don’t have to promote the hotel’s brand, there is no problem.”

"So that's it." Chen Nian nodded, "I was worried that the song I had in my store would be considered infringement."

"You'll be disgusted by saying this." An Hongdou pretended to be angry, "We are friends too. Even if we really want to use it for commercial use, just say it to me. At worst, I'll write you a letter of authorization at that time, which is all about writing a few words."

"Just, just kidding." Chen Nian apologized quickly.

Soon the bottom of the pot was served and the dishes were placed on the table.

They ordered spicy pot bottoms, and the two of them didn't need to eat any light soup pots.

After the heat boiled, the red pot kept rolling.

The red oil floats and keeps rolling along with the boiling soup.
To be continued...