
A humble wonton stall run by a ‘simple’ father hides a fortune that the world’s richest are desperate to taste. His son thought his father was out of touch—until the big players came knocking.

The episode opens with Li Yue, a rising star in the business world, visiting his father Li Zhongliang's wonton stall. His words drip with boasts of his success and disdain for his father's profession. Li Zhongliang warns his son about an impending stock market crash, only to be mocked for his lack of financial knowledge. Li Yue proudly announces his intention to attend a stock trading foundation organized by Elder Wu and financial magnate Zhang Yuan. After Li Yue leaves, the seemingly unassuming Li Zhongliang makes a mysterious phone call, inviting his friend Old Liu to meet under the guise of "exchanging culinary skills." He then takes a taxi to the luxurious hotel his son mentioned. At the hotel entrance, he not only spots his son's luxury car but is also hurried into the banquet hall by his friend Old Liu. It turns out the so-called "culinary exchange" is the high-end banquet his son spoke of, setting the stage for a confrontation between father and son.

At a lavish banquet hosted by the Stock Market Foundation, Xiao Ran and Zhang Ruikai publicly mocked the newly acclaimed "Stock God" Li Yue. Xiao Ran, boasting about his ten-times leveraged investments and calling himself the "Stock Saint" to impress Feng Qingqing, was met with disdain. Feng Qingqing, unimpressed by Xiao Ran's showmanship, instead approached Li Yue to express her gratitude and admiration. At that moment, Li Yue's father, Li Zhongliang, was humiliated by a doorman for his plain attire and barred from entering through the main entrance. Li Yue witnessed this scene, and the atmosphere turned instantly tense.

At a banquet, Li Yue is unfazed by taunts from his old acquaintance, Mr. Zhang. Meanwhile, his father, Li Zhongliang, is tricked by his old friend Zheng Kai into the hotel's kitchen under the guise of a meal, but in reality, he's there to help with Xiao Ran's important banquet. Despite his reluctance, Li Zhongliang agrees to offer guidance. In the kitchen, he showcases his superb culinary skills while taking calls about a multi-billion dollar investment, his hidden identity as a financial tycoon creating a stark and shocking contrast with his chef persona.

This episode creates comedic effect through a cross-narrative of two storylines. In the back kitchen, business magnate Li Zhongliang, while on a call directing the "release" of billions, absentmindedly instructs on cooking. This leads his subordinate, Chef B, to misunderstand the instruction as "adding salt," resulting in a dish so salty it's inedible. In the banquet hall, a male guest, attempting to impress his beloved Feng Qingqing, specifically orders this dish prepared by the "famous chef" Li Zhongliang. When Feng Qingqing tastes it and finds the flavor extremely strange, the male guest's eager efforts immediately crumble. Meanwhile, the subtle interaction between Li Yue and Feng Qingqing at the same table adds further suspense to the plot.

At a business banquet celebrating the founding of a foundation, Li Yue, Feng Qingqing, Xiao Ran, Zhang Ruikai, and others discover that a supposedly delicate Huaiyang dish is astonishingly salty, triggering a series of exaggerated and comical reactions. As they scramble to deal with the situation, the respected Elder Wu arrives. Everyone tries to stop him, but Elder Wu tastes the dish dismissively, only to erupt in fury and demand to see the chef on the spot, pushing the previously lighthearted banquet to a tense climax.

The episode opens with Chef Li Zhongliang meticulously preparing fried rice for his son, Li Yue. The scene then shifts to a high-end banquet hosted by Xiao Ran, the president of the Xiao Group. Elder Wu, a business veteran, is furious about the quality of a dish, creating a tense atmosphere. During the meal, Xiao Ran, Zhang Ruikai of the Wanxin Group, and others boast about their family backgrounds in front of Elder Wu. When the newcomer Li Yue introduces himself, he is met with disdain and mockery from Xiao Ran, who dismisses him as a "phoenix man" with no background. Just as Elder Wu questions Li Yue's family origins, Li Zhongliang enters the banquet hall carrying the fried rice. Li Yue looks at his father and calmly and proudly announces his father's profession to everyone.

At a high-class banquet, Li Yue, to conceal his identity, falsely claims his father is in the catering business. He is publicly questioned and humiliated by Song Hao at the same table. With the help of his friend Feng Qingqing, Li Yue narrowly avoids trouble. Later, under pressure from business elder Wu Lao, Li Yue is forced to publicly reprimand a line of chefs, revealing a side completely different from his previous timid demeanor. Just then, Li Yue's father, Li Zhongliang, appears as a chef serving dishes and publicly addresses Li Yue as "son," instantly electrifying the room and leaving everyone present stunned.

At a lavish banquet hosted by his son Li Yue, chef Li Zhongliang makes an unexpected appearance. Li Yue had previously boasted to his friends that his father was a big shot in the "catering industry," and now his father's true identity as a chef running a wonton shop is exposed, drawing merciless laughter from the guests. Humiliated, Li Yue unleashes his fury on his father. The host of the banquet, citing "no loitering allowed," escorts Li Zhongliang and his friend, Chef Liu, away. However, the expelled Li Zhongliang doesn't leave, instead stating he's waiting for someone, leaving a cliffhanger.

At a high-society financial banquet, Li Yue is embarrassed by his father, Li Zhongliang's, humble background and simple demeanor, as Li Zhongliang is a chef. Guests, led by Elder Wu and Xiao Ran, publicly mock Li Zhongliang for his low origins and petty behavior, instilling in Li Yue the class concept that "one's background determines their potential." Just as Elder Wu announces an impending "once-in-a-century bull market" and encourages everyone to leverage their investments, Li Zhongliang, who sees through the scheme, uses his experience to identify it as a fraud. He urgently stops his son, Li Yue, advising him to liquidate all positions immediately. However, Li Yue completely disbelieves him, thinking his father is pretending to know what he doesn't, and the father-son conflict escalates.

At a high-end investment gathering hosted by Mr. Wu, everyone is confident about an upcoming stock offering. However, Li Yue's father, Li Zhongliang, a seemingly ordinary chef, predicts a stock market crash, drawing public ridicule from investors Mr. Xiao and Feng Xishan. After the market opens, the stock price briefly soars, sending everyone into a frenzy, and Li Yue even blames his father for hindering his earnings. But in a swift turn of events, the stock plummets as Li Zhongliang predicted, leading to all investors' positions being liquidated, plunging the venue into panic and chaos. Li Zhongliang remains unfazed, exuding an air of profound mystery.