At 8 o'clock, the competition started on time.
The sweet voice of the female host had already been automatically blocked out by the contestants; each one sprang into action, racing against time, and the atmosphere turned tense in an instant.
Jiang Feng untied the little hen from the farm on his cooking station. The hen was quite bewildered, and before it could stretch its wings to limber up, he grabbed it, his hand rose, and the knife fell, killing it with one swift cut.
This fine hen, which had only been in the world for two months, left behind only an ambiguous "cluck" as it met its end.
Jiang Feng expertly bled and plucked the hen, then deboned it with practiced skill and quick movements. In no time, he had the chicken neatly prepared. Nowadays he could debone an entire chicken in less than seven minutes without any special practice—a very impressive feat indeed.
