Chapter 473 - Directly Advancing to the National Top 15! (1/2)
Chapter 473 Directly Advancing to the National Top 15!
“Since it is highly requested,” said Director Li Huawen, looking at Fang Qiu and Luo Jie, “would you two please show us, Fang Qiu and Luo Jie?”
Fang Qiu and Luo Jie both stood up and nodded, agreeing, “No problem.”
Seeing the two of them stand up, Director Li Huawen immediately turned his head and said to a staff member, “Bring herbs here.”
Soon, a staff member brought a box for the lottery. As he handed it to Director Li Huawen, he whispered a few words in his ear.
After a while, Li Huawen nodded and said, “There are 18 kinds of herbs in this box. Now you two come forward and draw the herb you’re going to process.”
At his words, Fang Qiu and Luo Jie exchanged glances and stepped forward.
Somehow there seemed to be a vague rivalry between the two of them. They seemed to be competing with each other.
Looking at the two, some of the contestants were surprised.
They did not expect that the two actually dared to come forward and choose herbs. Could they really process medicine?
Others looked at them coldly. They were convinced that Fang Qiu and Luo Jie were not able to process medicine, and that they were out there just to keep their chin up. They believed that the fact that they couldn’t make medicine would be exposed soon!
Seconds later, Fang Qiu and Luo Jie were in front of Director Li Huawen.
In front of everyone, Director Li Huawen directly held up the lottery box in his hand and signaled the two of them to start drawing.
“You go first,” Fang Qiu said to Luo Jie, taking a step back.
“Good.”
Luo Jie smiled quietly and reached straight into the box. After a short pause, he pulled out a herb.
Looking at it closely, he found it was Bupleurum!
This piece of Bupleurum looked quite fresh.
Later, Luo Jie gave way to Fang Qiu, indicating the latter to draw.
Fang Qiu approached the box and grabbed a herb in it. When he took it out, he found it was Astragalus.
Fang Qiu sensed something.
The herbs in the box must be the same 18 kinds of herbs they picked last time in Ganzhou.
“The drawing is done.”
Li Huawen put down the box and said, “The next step is to process herbs.”
At this point, Fang Qiu suddenly called, “Director.”
The eyes of the rest of the contestants immediately shifted to him.
They noticed that Fang Qiu was frowning and holding up the Astragalus in his hand, looking a little weird.
Seeing this scene, the rest of the contestants secretly laughed.
In their eyes, Fang Qiu was in a typically awkward state.
In everyone’s prediction, Fang Qiu’s next move was either to admit the fact that he was unable to process herbs or to find some reasons to avoid it.
“Well, aren’t you great? I want to see how you process herbs!”
“You’ve got an internal wound out of repressing your feelings, haven’t you? You don’t know how to process herbs, but you pretend to know that. You are courting death!”
The other contestants all sneered in their hearts.
At this time, hearing Fang Qiu’s voice, Director Li Huawen was also startled in the heart, wondering, “Does this guy really not know how to process herbs?”
“What’s the matter?” Director Li Huawen asked in confusion.
“Well.”
Fang Qiu stopped frowning, gave a faint smile, and said, “It’s not really a big deal. I just want to say that there are four kinds of Astragalus: raw Astragalus, stir-fried Astragalus, stir-fried Astragalus with honey, and stir-fried Astragalus with wine. Which kind do you want me to make?”
His words shocked all the contestants.
“What? He can’t really make medicine, can he?”
“I don’t think so. Has he learned how to make medicine, the skill that he doesn’t need?”
“He asked such a professional question. Can he really make medicine?”
Everyone was stunned.
So was Luo Jie.
He didn’t expect that Fang Qiu knew so much.
“It’s up to the three judges,” commented Director Li Huawen.
After listening to his words, the three judges discussed for a while before the highly-skilled doctor Huang Zhengren stood up and announced, “We all agree that you fry Astragalus with honey.”
Fang Qiu nodded his head, showing that he knew it.
Then the highly-skilled doctor Huang Zhengren turned to look at Luo Jie and announced, “You’re going to fry Bupleurum with vinegar.”
“Good,” Luo Jie replied indifferently, suggesting that he didn’t care which kind of Bupleurum he was going to make.
“Props,” cried the highly-skilled doctor Huang Zhengren.
Since the competition that the program group had originally set up was to process herbs and identify medicinal materials, many pharmaceutical props had been prepared in advance.
Under the cry of the highly-skilled doctor, a staff member soon pushed up a one-meter-high prop cabinet.
The cabinet was stocked with all the tools needed to make medicine.
Fang Qiu didn’t hesitate to pick up the props: refined honey, boiling water, a knife, and a medicine-frying wok.
At the same time, Luo Jie also quickly selected the props he needed.
After the two contestants had selected their props, Director Li Huawen simply gave them the seat and asked the staff members to place a large rostrum-like table in front of them.
In the blink of an eye, the large conference room was like a classroom, with Fang Qiu and Luo Jie standing on the podium.
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After the staff member connected the props that needed electricity, the highly-skilled doctor Huang Zhengren asked, “Are you ready?”
“Yes,” Fang Qiu replied.
“I can start any time.”
Luo Jie nodded.
“Good.”
The highly-skilled doctor Huang Zhengren nodded and declared, “Then start!”
As soon as those words were spoken, Fang Qiu and Luo Jie took action at the same time.
The two men put the herbs in their hands on the table.
Fang Qiu got a basin, poured water into it, and started washing his herb.
Soon, the Astragalus was clean.