Mo Xin remained calm, seeing that Bai Xiaosheng had no objection to what Master Owen said, and felt relieved.
Over the past two years, she had frequently discussed cocktail mixing, wine making, and wine tasting with Bai Xiaosheng online, and much of her inspiration ca from him.
In her view, Bai Xiaosheng was the true uncrowned king, the real master.
However, Mo Xin still leaned closer to Bai Xiaosheng and whispered, "I’ve placed all my bets on you, even betting your ’Encounter’ formula. If you win, we’ll make a fortune! If you lose... you’re in trouble, and I’m even worse off!"
Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help but secretly give Mo Xin a sideways glance and whispered, "You say that! It’s all because of you, wanting to stir things up!"
"Actually, I’d quite like to see you lose!" Mo Xin bit her lip with her white teeth and giggled, "If you lose, will you cry?"
Bai Xiaosheng rolled his eyes at her.
In Mo Xin’s opinion, since Bai Xiaosheng dared to agree in front of everyone, he wasn’t feeling any nervousness.
So he must have confidence!
She felt at ease too.
While they were talking, Master Owen had already explained the requirents to Antonio, the owner of Ferro Winery, who then called the butler to give the instructions.
In such a large winery, there were at least eighty or a hundred servants, maids, and helpers. If they all pitched in, everything could be arranged in no ti.
After the butler left, he returned to the hall with people in just a few minutes.
The staff from Ferro Winery lined up and moved like ants, quickly arranging three rows of long tables in the hall. These were Western-style dining tables covered with thick, white tablecloths, equipped with various utensils, tools, and even ingredients as requested.
This efficiency was truly astonishing.
In less than ten minutes, the majority of items were brought over. The remaining needed items were still being transported.
Seeing that almost everything had been brought over, Master Owen smiled proudly at Bai Xiaosheng and said with what he thought was elegance, "In this first round, we’ll compete in cocktail mixing, which should be your forte. Consider it giving a chance to you, the junior!"
Master Owen spoke nicely, taking full credit for these words.
The most incredible thing was that the surrounding people didn’t feel there was anything wrong with what he said.
Only Mo Xin frowned slightly.
Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying had a faint, speechless expression on their faces.
"Alright then, I won’t be polite. Later, I hope Master Owen will give so guidance!" Bai Xiaosheng smiled and stepped towards the first row of long tables.
From the perspective of others, Bai Xiaosheng appeared quite aloof as he did so.
Lin Weiwei and Lei Ying followed closely behind.
Master Owen snorted lightly from his nose, gave Antonio a smile and made a "please" gesture, but was the first to step forward and follow.
Antonio, smiling, followed behind him.
Mo Xin, Milos, Allen, Feng Moyu, and Feng Moyan, who were appointed as witnesses, naturally followed.
The surrounding guests wouldn’t miss such excitent.
They sward forward, tightly surrounding the arranged "ring."
The guests at the back couldn’t see, so they had the servants bring over chairs to stand on.
In the end, several tables were even brought over, and people stood on them too.
For such a scene to appear at such a high-class wine event was undeniably comical and indeed rare.
To make Westerners, who are particular about manners and elegance, behave in such a manner, it indeed showed how enticing this competition was!
Master Owen had just openly stated that the first round was a cocktail mixing competition, which was considered him giving Bai Xiaosheng a chance.
Therefore, the first table was naturally equipped with cocktail mixing tools, various base spirits, liqueurs, sodas, and juices.
A range of optional ingredients, such as cardamom powder, celery powder, red and green cherries, and vanilla slices, were also prepared.
Even items that generally shouldn’t appear in drinks in people’s usual perception, like onion bits, olive pieces, hot sauce, and chili oil, were all present.
In other wineries, these certainly wouldn’t be prepared, but Ferro Winery usually had these on hand and had prepared even more thoroughly for today’s event.
The crowd saw the full array of bottles and jars, ticulously arranged, orderly and abundant, leaving them dazzled and astonished.
Even an experienced bartender would probably have to spend so effort to plan the cocktail and find the ingredients.
"Since it’s a competition and with , I have to raise the difficulty a bit!" Master Owen’s eyes watched as Bai Xiaosheng slowly walked from one end of the long table to the other. His eyes skimd over the countless bottles and jars, and a slight smile appeared on his lips. In front of everyone, he said, "We won’t use the winery’s assistants. We’ll find the materials ourselves, prepare within three minutes, and mix within five, how about that?!"
Master Owen’s words left the surrounding guests gasping.
"How many bottles and jars of ingredients are there, hundreds, right? Just checking where each ingredient is would take considerable ti!"
"I heard that top great masters can, with just a glance and a sniff, accurately identify where the needed ingredients are among a hundred!"
"No way, that’s too exaggerated!"
"Finding ingredients isn’t even the hardest part. The key is to consider what kind of drink to mix. Think about it, experts won’t just make sothing ordinary—wouldn’t that give their opponent an opportunity? I think they’ll create a new drink on the spot!"
"Creating a cocktail on the spot and using it for a competition! My God! Only a great master could be this confident!"
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