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There are competitions in all walks of life, and bartending is no exception.This is another very performative and skillful profession, and the sponsors of various famous wine brands are also keen to name and promote related events.Chivas Regal, Bacardi... whichever one is pulled out will be famous and glittering, making people flock to it.

For many bartenders, it's an opportunity to make their mark and pay off handsomely.Some people are for the title, for the title of the so-called champion, to add a lot of weight to their next job-hopping; some are for investment and connections, and there are many people who won the award and quickly took the investment to open a store to make money, realizing a gorgeous turn from being a worker to a boss …All walks of life are profit-seeking fields, and competitions are where temptations are nakedly placed. The threshold for entry is very low. Whether it is a stunt or a good self-feeling, anyone can try it.

It has to be said that these years are indeed the golden age of rapid development and frequent easterly winds in the domestic cocktail industry.More than ten or twenty years ago, when the old and new centuries turned, Huadu had just developed, and the bar industry was far less prosperous than it is now.Those seniors can be said to be crossing the river by feeling the stones, and even those experiences were obtained by their own speculation or imitation.The bar is underground, and the bartender is a profession that many people can't think of, let alone holding or participating in any large-scale competitions.

Brother, be sober, if you can earn tomorrow's meal money, it is already very good.

It can only be said that today is not what it used to be.

Zhao Shengyan looked at Li Mu, knowing that he was thinking about how to answer this seemingly simple question properly and completely.He helped Li Mu unscrew the mineral water spring bottle, "Drink some water."

Li Mu raised his head, "I don't know why, I just want to try."

Zhao Shengyan drank half of the water in a sip, paused, "Oh?" After thinking for a while, "Could it be that Zhu Zhu has gone, you think you should go too."

Seeing Li Mu's changed expression, Zhao Shengyan knew that he had guessed right again.

"You..."

Li Musheng was afraid that Zhao Shengyan would misunderstand, so he straightened his back and spoke a lot faster, "Brother Zhao, don't get me wrong... Zhu Zhu and I are just ordinary friends..."

Zhao Shengyan looked at him with a half-smile, and heard Li Mu say: "We only contact occasionally. She said that she has done very well in Hualang, and this time she was recommended by you to participate in the competition. Since she can Go, I just want to..."

Zhao Shengyan smiled, "Why do you always compare yourself to her?"

Li Mu became stubborn now, "Isn't it possible?"

Of course it is not impossible.Zhao Shengyan just felt that this way of comparison was unreasonable.

He knew Zhu Zhu, and he had been working in Hualang for a while, and he made rapid progress and was excellent.She is different from Li Mu.Zhu Zhu walked quickly because of her good background.Li Mu walked a little slower, but it doesn't mean his way is wrong.

But Zhao Shengyan could understand Li Mu's mood.After all, you are a young man, and it is rare to have a peer of the same strength who is moving towards the same goal together - just like the opponent you met in school who always beat yourself a little bit in exams.This is not a bad thing. In many cases, the existence of such people will add a little motivation to the way forward.

Zhao Shengyan was thinking to himself, a black shadow jumped down from a high place while he was not paying attention, and happened to land on his knee. "Ouch! Wang Defu!" Zhao Shengyan screamed, and Li Mu was also taken aback.It was a pure black cat with no stray hairs on its body, and a pair of big glazed yellow eyes stared straight at Li Mu.

"... Defu has grown so big?" Li Mu was surprised.

"Yeah," Zhao Shengyan smiled and stroked the cat, "Look at this day, I don't know anything except cooking, I just know how to catch cockroaches and put them on my bedside. Little cat, thanks to your father, I have a good temper .”

Li Mu pursed his lips and smiled.

Telford is actually an old cat.

In fact, Liang Chuan originally liked cats, and he liked dogs.But for Liang Chuan and Zhao Shengyan, he chose Defu at the pet rescue station.It's a pity that people's wish was not fulfilled, and the family of three could not get together after all, and in the end only the father and two were left alone.

"Brother Zhao, why is this cat called Wang Defu?" Li Mu was really curious, since Zhao Shengyan's surname is not Wang after all.

Unless he wants to be the king next door.

"Wonderful!" Zhao Shengyan grinned, and the black cat bared its teeth at Li Mu as if it had a sympathetic heart.The cat resembles the master, not to mention, the two are really similar.

"Defu is with me," Zhao Shengyan brushed the cat comfortably, "stable. Probably because it is old. You don't know, when it was a child, it would tear down the house, and we used the broken sofa every day. It will shed hair again, and I guess it sheds enough hair in a year for me to knit a sweater."

Now, the cat is old, the sofa is healed, and the people are gone.

The smile on Zhao Shengyan's face was fixed, he sniffed, and after a while, he said, "If you just want to take a look, I don't think it's a big problem."

He said: "But I think you still need to have a good talk with Yue Renge. Not to mention what kind of relationship you have in private now, just because he is your boss now, out of respect for him, you should also talk to Yue Renge." He had a good talk."

"He won't agree." Li Mu shook his head.

"Go and try it." Zhao Shengyan said, "If he really disagrees and you really want to go, we'll figure out a way then."

This is said very lightly, but the time is tight.Li Mu returned from Zhao Shengyan's place without success, and looked up at the sky and sighed helplessly when he went out.There are only two days left.

After returning from Burgundy, Yue Renge quickly entered a highly busy state, and all those big and small affairs almost flooded towards him.Not surprisingly, he now has two stores under his control, one of which has had a staff change—Diony's main theme has now been replaced by Amy, and one of the former interns has stayed, doing the job that Li Mu once did.Needless to say, Thyme, the store manager is useless, and Yue Renge is at the helm most of the time.There are enough things about these two stores, not to mention other miscellaneous things: the director of the Huadu Bartenders Association, the special guest of a certain competition, the image ambassador of a certain brand...

As soon as the plane landed that day, Yue Renge began to answer the phone frequently, and threw all the luggage directly to Li Mu.After this, they did not see each other for two days.

But tonight, Li Mu was sure that he could meet Yue Renge.

Because this is their regular meeting.

After more than half a month, Dionys reopened, and there was a thriving scene.During the period of closure and reorganization, the store has been redecorated, almost a facelift.Li Mu has been working here for two days and is still a little uncomfortable.The lounge has also been redecorated, and the old sofa is still there. Li Mu always likes to sit there in his spare time—just as nostalgia.

Zhao Shengyan was right, he should have mentioned this matter to Yue Renge seriously.

It's just that it's hard to say whether Yue Renge will agree or not.

"Brother Mu," the intern who just became a regular called him, "Sister Amy is calling you."

Li Mu responded, smiled at him gently, and said that he would come soon.Since him, the newcomers seem to have changed several batches one after another-Liu Guang is easy to throw people away.If you don't pay attention, you and I will be ruthlessly left at the end.

The regular meeting was held before the evening business hours, and the time was tight. Everyone waited and waited. Yue Renge hurriedly arrived 5 minutes after the meeting was originally scheduled to start.

"Sorry." He took his seat in a hurry, and apologized to Amy and the others, "There was a traffic jam on the road, I just came here."

"Actually, you don't need to come," Amy kindly reminded him, "We have nothing to do now..."

Yue Renge smiled, "We've all reopened. Such a big event, is it okay? If I hadn't been busy a few days ago, this meeting should have been held a long time ago."

Yep, Dionysus has reopened with a bang.Mr. Wang from Jiaying came to support in person, and other brother bars sent flower baskets one after another.The whole team has formed a tacit understanding and cooperates handily.After coping with the busy early stage of reopening together, it is also time to calm down and reorganize and plan the way to go next.

Yue Renge took out the glasses case from the bag he was carrying, and picked up the information Amy handed over.Watching while putting on glasses - he has slight myopia and doesn't usually wear glasses easily.Amy reported the business situation of the three-day opening.

"...All in all, at present, our turnover can basically continue at the previous level."

"Yeah." Yue Renge nodded, "The next topic, is this season's wine list finalized?"

During the whole process, there was no time to give Li Mu a look.

In fact, Li Mu has long been used to it. Work is work, and life is life. The biggest taboo is that work and life cannot be separated.He didn't have much thought about the new wine list. Dionysia was mature, and compared to Thyme, which was still in a difficult growth period, all the problems faced by Dionysus were nothing.

"Oh, by the way." After finalizing several important issues, Yue Renge seemed to have finally remembered, "The registration for the Huawu Cup is about to close. The scale of this competition is not small. For some mature It is a good opportunity to try the bartender. I have read that the contestants in this competition need to be recommended by the manager of the bar or two or more bartenders who have award-winning experience. If you want to participate , you can find me or Amy."

Li Mu's heart beat faster.He looked around, but everyone seemed to be indifferent, some occasionally whispered to each other, looked at each other and smiled, as if nothing had happened, and finally fell silent.

Yue Renge also seemed to think that not many people would participate.After all, this is not Bacardi or Chivas Regal. The history of Huawu is not long, and it has only been held for two sessions. The scale has grown, but the grade may not be up. It is normal that there are not many people going.

Li Mu originally thought that everyone would sign up enthusiastically, but when the time comes, he will also fish in troubled waters, and maybe he will have a chance.After looking around, there was no one there, Yue Renge was talking to Amy, and he didn't give Li Mu a look at all.

Li Mu was timid.

He followed Yue Renge's gaze back.Now is not a good time to mention this to Yue Renge, he thought.

"Okay, it's okay, let's end the meeting." Yue Renge clapped his hands neatly.Everyone filed out, and Li Mu walked slowly at the end.Yue Renge patted him on the shoulder from behind, Li Mu turned his head and was slightly surprised to see it was him.

"Why, don't you recognize your husband?" Yue Renge smiled at him, and because there were people not far away, his voice was still subconsciously lowered, but it was nice and sexy like grains, "It's been a long time since we had a good time together Speak. Come to me tonight."

It was an invitation that couldn't be more straightforward, and there were colleagues not far away, Li Mu's face flushed instantly.Yue Renge really likes his vigorous childishness, even though they have already done everything, but who doesn't like an innocent little white rabbit?

Occasionally playing a little game of playing hard to get is one of the great joys of life.

Li Mu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.Yue Renge smiled and patted his shoulder, and walked away.

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