(This story is purely fictional) During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, in order to highlight the inheritance of Chinese cuisine and consolidate his rule, Yongzheng held the "World Chef Competition", using five places (Guangzhou, Sichuan, Hangzhou, Jilin, and Beijing) as the competition venue, and the competition system was kept confidential (only the winner will know the information of the next level). Su Yantang received the invitation from Yongzheng and set off from Guangzhou to Beijing to compete. On the way, he was accompanied by Chen Jingshan, Ling Feng and Liu Hanyan due to a "cooking crisis". The four of them worked hand in hand to pass through the three passes of Guangzhou, Sichuan and Hangzhou, but they were repeatedly interfered by shadow shops and gradually realized that there was a black hand behind the scenes. In the fourth level of Jilin, the shadow chef wanted to assassinate Su Yantang to silence his wife, and Ling Feng sacrificed his life to protect his companions. Everyone was saddened but became more determined to "protect the justice of cooking." In the finals in Beijing, Su Yantang used his excellent cooking skills and used the "evidence" in the cooking to help Yong Zheng expose the conspiracy of the Eight Wise Kings. After the competition, Su Yantang declined the position of imperial chef and continued to travel around the world in search of the "true meaning of delicious food." Yongzheng used the competition to consolidate the imperial court and highlight Chinese cuisine.
