默記總部大廈,地下一層,年度大會會場。515Please respect copyright.PENANA2PYgzCTJb0
現正為希爾頓分店匯報年報時段,下一間上台匯報的分店為新城市廣場分店。515Please respect copyright.PENANAIhQSuoz5x5
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「本年度,我們希爾頓分店再度於每五年舉辦一次的全球默記蘋果批大賽晉身全球百大分店之一,獲發蘋果批樹作為獎勵......」515Please respect copyright.PENANAPZFSSMgKey
總經理默明站在舞台之上,讀出預先準備好的講稿。515Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cdjs7Wq6A
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啪啪啪啪啪啪啪!515Please respect copyright.PENANAp2wNt56Zhh
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默記全球分店數量多達三萬八千間,能夠成功列入世界百大絕對是一道值得慶賀的無比殊榮。515Please respect copyright.PENANAggOd71I168
會場接近所有人在這一刻均大力拍掌對希爾頓分店加以鼓勵,只有一小撮人沒有給予反應呆坐在座位之上,間時就是其中之一人。515Please respect copyright.PENANAfNhM7xNph0
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事實上,他沒有隨波逐流一起拍掌的原因並非緣於嫉妒又或是故意看低希爾頓分店,只是他現在的心情非常煩躁不安,全盤心神均放在陳平叔的健康狀況以及地下二層的煮食比賽之中,因此默明的講話甚至是周遭的掌聲均沒有聽在耳內。515Please respect copyright.PENANAIIPQ3C1SG5
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“過了這麼久,為何冥叔還沒有任何回音的?”515Please respect copyright.PENANAfYNpXANvUl
間時目瞪口呆凝視著手提電話螢幕畫面,期盼著冥叔來電或寄送短訊知會他事態的最新發展。515Please respect copyright.PENANAgirJDKQAQl
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「間時,你轉換了手提電話螢幕牆紙喎!」515Please respect copyright.PENANAjg2y0h2CfG
後方轉來了一道熟悉的女聲。515Please respect copyright.PENANAT65BlA8sHX
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「你......你為何會在這裡的?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAlK6x1lyPwO
間時回頭一看,只見阿霧這個不應該出現在這裡的人就在身後。515Please respect copyright.PENANAEznr5a1xGD
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「哦,我被克太驅逐了離場......」515Please respect copyright.PENANAk1fhwt1RSH
阿霧漫不經心道。515Please respect copyright.PENANA1mHajZXgPI
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「甚麼?究竟發生了甚麼事?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAdwCq4dYptx
聽到驅逐離場這四字後,間時倍感不安,神情極為焦慮。515Please respect copyright.PENANAMGONVXkdEp
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「放心,放心,我是故意激怒克太,耍計讓她驅逐我離場的。515Please respect copyright.PENANAPJjkpixAxO
你也知道我不是煮食及思考的材料,與其呆在比賽場地裡頭零貢獻,倒不如出來搜集資訊還好。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAlNqqBNtBP3
對於自己被克太轟走一事,阿霧顯然是感到非常自豪。515Please respect copyright.PENANAh2Xwa1Swkg
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「我就是知道你們二人無能力應對這次比賽,所以才特意派遣了冥叔來暗中協助你們。你在途中沒有看見他嗎?」515Please respect copyright.PENANASDzYk4r50q
間時始終認為阿霧自把自為從會場逃出的這個決定並不恰當。515Please respect copyright.PENANA4mLJE83zUE
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「沒有呀,反而我在折返的路上遇見希爾頓分店的默宋,但我跟她並沒有任何的對話。515Please respect copyright.PENANAWFHgQag9o4
無論如何,我與畢時約定好,四分鐘左右後便會在地下二層的男廁門口前集合,你有沒有甚麼訊息或想法需要由我來傳遞?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAUHfcZ9OULj
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阿霧同時間簡短講述了比賽規則,參賽者共有四十五分鐘的時間炮製菜式,作品必需是熱食。515Please respect copyright.PENANAgYe2oX3bAB
食材選擇由大會提供,幾乎是應有盡有。而評審準則有五大元素,外觀、味道、象徵香港的程度、與默記其他菜式的融入度以及實際投入大量生產的可行性,由克深臨及克太各自獨立評分,再取其平均分為最終分數。515Please respect copyright.PENANALZ64PhQWI4
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「我並不太清楚畢時的廚藝功力,但從他平日的工作表現來看,應該也是馬馬虎虎勉強能夠入口的類型。515Please respect copyright.PENANAvY9QpXCGn4
外觀和味道這兩方面,絕對沒有可能勝得過金鐘分店那方,所以唯一取勝的關鍵就在於後者三點......」515Please respect copyright.PENANA1yS0OJXxxr
時間實在是非常倉促,間時亦難以在一時之間想得出取勝的妙計。515Please respect copyright.PENANAT5VG0gux7u
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象徵香港的食物,間時的第一印象就是蛋撻,之後便是菠蘿包、咖喱魚蛋等等的街頭小食。515Please respect copyright.PENANAoNkdiZiBdv
但如何把這些富香港特色的小食融入在默記風格裡頭,這又演變成為一大難題。515Please respect copyright.PENANAULwBaRWl5A
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「我聽聞克深臨喜愛吃魚柳包,所以向畢時提議菜式裡頭盡量加上魚柳,希望可以至少討好一下克總裁評審。」515Please respect copyright.PENANA5rL5OtsJO6
這是阿霧日常八卦得回來的成果,她對此深感驕傲。515Please respect copyright.PENANATH9Eh48dAM
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「不,萬萬不可,你必須要制止畢時,無論如何也不能把魚柳放在作品之內!」515Please respect copyright.PENANAOxFYd7PWkA
間時神色極為凝重,認定了她此舉完全是好心做壞事。515Please respect copyright.PENANAcIALFE12b4
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「吓,為何呢?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAzphL5XgqL1
阿霧甚為疑惑。515Please respect copyright.PENANA0B1winVTZD
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「克深臨的而且確是對魚柳包情有獨鍾,但正因如此,他對魚柳的品質要求是異於常人地高。515Please respect copyright.PENANAiZEjiuaKUk
以畢時這個門外漢來說,絕對沒有可能製作得到讓克總裁感到滿意的魚柳,強行加上魚柳最終更會釀成壞印象和反效果!」515Please respect copyright.PENANAkp9QUeitnu
當年間時可是花下了不少功夫才成功取得克深臨的認同,獲得在新城市分店製作魚柳包的資格;515Please respect copyright.PENANAawwHy425h9
裡頭的竅門和技巧,並不是三言兩語就能學懂,必要經過漫長的訓練及嘗試才能精通。515Please respect copyright.PENANA31boMJNwFW
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啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪!515Please respect copyright.PENANAOodcqblkWv
一陣強烈的拍掌聲忽然驟起,默明完成了匯報,正從舞台右方的階級離開。515Please respect copyright.PENANA3yM4HMRjQ2
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「好!現在有請新城市分店成員上台匯報!」515Please respect copyright.PENANA2PFb6Z72mS
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「無論如何,你至少要向畢時強調,千萬不能把魚柳放在菜式之中!515Please respect copyright.PENANAXBWc1eyVye
之後的事,就靠他隨機應變執生了,我也想不出有甚麼的好主意。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAScCYREonul
間時一臉鬱悶的模樣,與朱柳強一同上台。515Please respect copyright.PENANAogHrm1VM7M
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“唔.......連間時你也想不出好辦法,那麼這次比試看來必輸無疑,完蛋了。”515Please respect copyright.PENANAF1pwnVEBMz
素來詭計多端見稱的間時竟然也會有拋下如此晦氣說話的一天,阿霧心裡大為失落,希望盡失。515Please respect copyright.PENANAqE9SP2UUZX
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唏又唏唏又唏!515Please respect copyright.PENANAkeNfQ6LRN6
克深臨的手提電話突然響起。515Please respect copyright.PENANAcQTFCj7x5n
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「喂,老婆?」515Please respect copyright.PENANAIYuM6AlSAe
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「.......」515Please respect copyright.PENANAhMVMgmu8ET
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「好,我明白了!我的確是有這樣的說過,但著她不要忘記蘋果批樹是有著默趣日分數乘五百的效果。515Please respect copyright.PENANAsgdiTTCvVV
如果用掉蘋果批樹的話,希爾頓分店的業績排名定必會大跌。」515Please respect copyright.PENANAPFxVaZhprn
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「.......」515Please respect copyright.PENANAbIHYkN9n6c
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「好,既然她明白的話,那就由她吧!我接受這個交易!」515Please respect copyright.PENANAD1dAgxjDUW
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啪!515Please respect copyright.PENANArfuxlyVsUx
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克深臨啪一聲的關上電話。515Please respect copyright.PENANAZrz2zJTqEW
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“這畢時,果真不簡單!”515Please respect copyright.PENANAeYFrgrUtlh
克深臨開始對新城市分店的作品生起些許的期待。