"Yu Zhi invited me to participate in the second round of interviews!" Tang Mi had a difficult time concealing her excitement as she waved her phone in Fu Xin's face——-
「Hello, Miss Tang Mi,
Congratulations on passing 『 Sweet Dream 』 Restaurant's preliminary round. The second round of interviews will be held this Friday. In preparation for the interview, please bring along a personally baked cake, a plate of biscuits, and a bar of chocolate. Your second round interview is at 10 o'clock in the morning in Yu Zhi Tower. Please be on time.
Please note: The interviewer for the second round of interviews will be CEO Yu himself. Please make sure you are fully prepared. 」
Fu Xin read the SMS word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase out loud. She then blinked blankly.
"Fuck, Tang Tang, you're going to be interviewed by the King of the Culinary World?!" This world really was extremely mysterious and fantastical. Fu Xin threw the broom away from her and grabbed Tang Mi's shoulders, shaking her fiercely.
Tang Mi completely understood why Fu Xin was so excited. After all, Fu Xin had wanted to interview this king for a year, but to this day, she was still stuck in the 'in-your-dreams' stage.
She grasped Fu Xin's hand in hers and, somewhat giddily, said, "If you keep shaking me like this, I can only go meet your king as a pile of ash. "
Fu Xin stopped, embarrassed. She immediately looked at Tang Mi in concern. "CEO Yu is personally interviewing you. You'll most likely not pass. "
"...Why?"
"Don't tell me that you don't know? Yu Yi's tongue is very famous in the industry for being picky! All the restaurants under the banner of Yu Zhi, before a new dish can hit the market, they all must be served to him to taste-test first. If he doesn't say it's delicious, this dish can only be sent to the cold palace!3 His tongue is the only true standard of measurement!"
Tang Mi's brows rose. She actually seemed to have had heard of this before.
Fu Xin watched Tang Mi's face as Tang Mi sank into contemplation. She began consoling her. "Just relax. If you get eliminated, I wouldn't blame you. After all, that is Yu Yi!"
Tang Mi: "..."
She completely didn't feel comforted.
Fu Xin looked up through her eyelashes and adopted a wretched expression. "Tang Mi, after you see Yu Yi, help me take a picture or two of him. If a photo isn't possible, at least try your best to memorize his entire appearance, so when you come back, you can help me draw him. "
Tang Mi: "..."
How could she try her best to memorize his appearance? Did she need to glue her eyes open?
Fu Xin didn't sense her misgivings. With a completely regretful tone, she said to Tang Mi, "I also really want to meet CEO Yu... If I had known earlier, I also would've learned how to bake cakes and pastries. "
Tang Mi's lips curled down. "You better practice how to properly separate egg whites and egg yolks first. "
Fu Xin whispered, "CEO Yu is the flower atop the highest mountain peak in the Culinary World. Reportedly, no one has ever seen him smile. And it's not just smiling; I've heard that he never expresses basic emotions like anger and joy. "
Tang Mi's brows rose——an emotionless man?
"Does he have an illness?"
Fu Xing: "..."
"You have an illness! This is called being able to perfectly control one's emotions and not be influenced by them. This talent allows him to make the best decisions!" Fu Xin defended her king as if her life depended on it.
Tang Mi tilted her head, staring at her. She said, "What you've said is right, but an emotionless man...can he still be considered human?"
Fu Xin: "..."
She raised her sleeve and stood up from the sofa. "Tang Mi, come. We're going to duel on the rooftop. "
Tang Mi: "..."
A friendship between women would always be unable to persevere through ordeals.
Her lips slanted down slightly. She raised her head to look at Fu Xin. "Although, why do you think he still passed me when I had beaten up the director?"
Fu Xin had also pondered this. "If it's not because he is broad-minded, could it be that... he is an M?"
Both of their gazes met in mid-air, and a tacit understanding flowed between them.
They would guard the director's secret.
Following this, Tang Mi actively prepared for Friday's interview.
Because CEO Yu was personally interviewing her, she valued this opportunity highly. She had made even more effort than usual to choose the best ingredients and tools.
The night before the interview, Fu Xin rested her shoulder against the kitchen doorway as she watched Tang Mi make a white chocolate mousse. She couldn't help but sigh, commenting, "Why do you, a pastry chef, not have even an ounce of fat?"
It simply defied scientific logic.
Tang Mi glanced at her slim belly and said, "You can train the sit-ups you do every night to fifty reps. "
Fu Xin frowned. "A small belly is sexy and a symbol of gracefulness. "
"It will always be a beautiful gem of virtue on my body, but on your body, it will always be simply fat. "
Fu Xin: "..."
She seriously suspected that all the fat that should be on Tang Mi's body was actually on her own.
She watched as Tang Mi made the mousse and placed it in the refrigerator to set. Fu Xin walked up to her and clapped Tang Mi's shoulder. "Tomorrow, don't think about passing the interview; just think about helping me see what CEO Yu looks like. "
Tang Mi: "..."
Betting her tuition for France, she must pass tomorrow's interview!
But when she stood in front of the door to Yu Zhi Tower, she didn't feel that confident. Yu Zhi's national reputation was tremendous. This time, although she had been fortunate to find out that Yu Zhi needed a pastry chef for the new restaurant, she had just returned from studying abroad and was a newcomer without any work experience. Her competitive strength wasn't prominent at all.
She had researched information online about Yu Zhi and other Western-style family restaurants. Among the information she gathered, she had found out that two pastry chefs were hired from France while the rest were all nationally famous Western-style pastry chefs.
For her, her only reputation was probably the cream cake she had thrown into the Human Resources director's face.
She carried her cake boxes and paced back and forth in front of the doors for a while. Still, she summoned her courage and entered. The security guards at the door asked her a few questions before allowing her to pass. Taking the elevator until she reached the top floor, Tang Mi's heart hung in suspense the entire time.
The entire top floor of Yu Zhi was the CEO's office. Tang Mi's sense of direction wasn't very good, but luckily, waiting for her at the elevator was a beautiful female secretary. The secretary heard her purpose for coming and beamed, asking her to wait in the waiting area.
"The appointment still isn't for another ten minutes. CEO Yu is still in a meeting, so you can just rest here until then. "
"Alright. "
These ten minutes stretched on endlessly for her. She had changed her sitting posture eighteen times, but she still couldn't relax.
Two bell-like sounds rang out from the crystal-clear glass door. The beautiful secretary appeared once more. "Miss Tang, CEO Yu will see you now. "
"Yes, okay. " Tang Mi anxiously picked up the small cake boxes from the table and followed the secretary to the CEO office.
Sunlight streamed through the imposing entrance. Tang Mi thought to herself, I won't be the same after I come out. She would also be a woman who had entered the CEO's office.