Chapter 245 - Ill Help You (1/2)
After receiving another loud applause, Wang Ming walked off the stage and towards his girls who had big smiles on their faces. It seems like his years staying in the kitchen and only talking with chefs and reading cook books paid off. He only had a few friends like Kang Xiang even though in the past he had little time to talk with them, he still felt close to them.
Thinking about his friends, Wang Ming regretted not spending more time with them when they were younger. Now they all have their own lives, like Kang Xiang he has a family and a business to manage. The most realistic way to spend time with each other is if Wang Ming commissions him for work. That way it would not only help Kang Xiang's business, but they could spend time together and catch up.
That would have to be another time. His girls came running at him after he walked offstage. With two women and one girl in his embrace, Wang Ming carried them all into the preparation room. There he got another applause from the other competitors, who wanted to congratulate him. Even though many of them yesterday acknowledged his skills, after seeing his performance today, Wang Ming could see with their tone that they really regarded him as their peer, even though many they were all twice his age. It didn't matter.
Wang Ming was afraid that the ruckus he and his girls made would make the other chefs feel uncomfortable or irritated, but most of them just smiled at the scene of Wang Ming carrying his girls around. They were all old people, seeing them just made them think about when they were young and their children. Thinking about his age just gave them a deeper respect for Wang Ming. When they were at his age most of them had just started their careers, yet here he is competing in one of the biggest competitions in the country.
”Hubby, I got something to tell you.”
”Husband, I have to tell you something.”
”Uh, both of you whisper in my ears at the same time.” Seeing both being so eager to talk to him, Wang Ming didn't want to play favorites. He told them both to whisper to him at the same time. This way they couldn't complain about him favoring one of them.
Funnily enough both of them told him exactly the same thing, that they both had bet on him after Meng Zhong had talked about it. They bet on that Wang Ming would not only win the competition, but be the first person to win the knowledge test. Since they bet for him to win first in the knowledge test, the odds they got were 250 to 1.
Lang Lin and Fu Ya both bet on Wang Ming, they didn't bet a big amount as they didn't have that much money on hand. They both bet 10 thousand yuan on him. Fu Ya had also bet with Wang Ming's money, she didn't have access to Wang Ming's accounts, so she couldn't do it through her phone. Though she heard from Zhang Hou that you could get at the venue too.
With Wang Ming's card in hand, she paid the man responsible for bets at the venue, but in her excitement she had bet 100 thousand yuan instead of 10 thousand yuan. She tried to get a refund from the man but he couldn't as it had already gotten processed through the system. She was afraid that Wang Ming would be angry, knowing that she might have wasted 100 thousand on a bet.
”Well then, I'll have to win this competition for the all of us. If I win that's 30 million yuan right?”
”So, you're not angry?” Fu Ya had never used 100 thousand yuan on anything in her life except for buying her house and car, especially not on a bet. She would have been livid if someone had used her money like that.
”What is it to be angry about? Even if I get angry, I can't get the money back, I'll just take it as more motivation to win the competition. But next time be careful, okay? If it had been 10 million instead of 100 thousand, I might have become bankrupt.”
”I promise to look thrice next time I pay for anything over 1 thousand.”
”Mhm, that's fine. Don't feel bad about it, I can earn the lost money back, though the money isn't lost yet we might win big.” After getting through the last round and getting first in this round, Wang Ming realized he might not be weaker than the other competitors.