"Chu, you have to help me with the invitation letter today." As soon as August got in the car, he turned his head and said to Chu Xiao.
"I can't guarantee anything else, but I can take you to Chairman Zhou's office now. You can talk about the invitation in person." Chu Xiao shrugged helplessly.
"Hey, this is really strange. You know, there were too many invitations to cooking shows like this in the past. Now, I have to do it myself," Ogyust said helplessly.
"I have no choice. There are too many people coming this time. I heard that some politicians are inquiring about this and are preparing to come," Chu Xiao said.
"Moreover, this is the first time that Yuan Zhou holds a personal cooking show," Chu Xiao said.
"Although I haven't seen it before, your videos left a deep impression on me. I'm looking forward to attending and observing Yuan Zhou's knife skills," Ogyust said excitedly.
"But you don't have an invitation yet," Chu Xiao said mercilessly.
"Chu, we are still friends. You can't poke my wound like this." Ogyust glanced at Chu Xiao snappily. Although he was already over 60 years old, his mentality was still very young.
"Fine." Chu Xiao shrugged and didn't say anything.
That's right. Chu Xiao and Ogyust were talking about the invitation letter of Yuan Zhou's personal cooking exhibition this time. Normally, it was a very honorable thing for such an invitation letter to be handed to a well-known overseas chef like Ogyust, who had a high status and seniority.
However, Ogyust didn't have it.
The reason was very simple. After Zhou Shijie became the sole agent of Yuan Zhou's personal cooking show, he began to plan and publicize a series of things.
After the publicity was done, many people first came to ask for the invitation. First, it was some domestic big shots in the cooking world. They were the fastest to act after hearing the news.
If it weren't for Zhou Shijie saying that there were still 50 invitation cards reserved for overseas chefs, these people would have grabbed all the 200 invitation cards.
After all, there were eight famous cuisines in China. There were also some famous chefs who were not classified into the eight cuisines, such as Colin, Liu Xi and Liu Jian. After they didn't have the opportunity to attend the tea, wine, and dessert party held by Yuan Zhou last time, they began to pay attention to Zhou Shijie.
Even Hang Tian, the master of Huaiyang Cuisine and the inheritor of Non-Heritage Culture, only had one invitation card.
Therefore, out of the 150 invitations, Zhou Shijie only secretly left two for his two beloved disciples, Liu Tong and Li Minghui. The rest were all snatched away by those people.
As for his other disciples, they didn't get any. If it weren't for Zhou Shijie's invitation cards, even his invitation cards would be taken away. Even so, those who had invitation cards were still asking if they could bring their disciples to attend.
This was already the case for the 150 invitation cards in China, let alone the 50 overseas ones. Overseas, Yuan Zhou had been to Thailand, Japan, and France.
Because of the three-star chefs such as Dean and Gabriel, the overseas invitation cards were quickly taken away even if the information was lagging.
For example, several invitation cards from France were taken away by Gabriel, Dean, and Mr. Alfreya, the second-in-command, because they were in Huaxia.
The rest of the invitation cards were taken away by some political big shots who had attended the Asia-Pacific Exchange Conference last time. Yes, those were political big shots. They came to ask Zhou Shijie in person. Naturally, he couldn't refuse them, so he could only give them one.
As a result, the invitation cards distributed to overseas parties were all taken away.
Wu Yungui, the provider of the venue, gave them to his friends and partners. The most important thing was that Wu Yungui was very cunning. He asked Zhou Shijie for eight invitation cards a long time ago.
These friends and partners were carefully selected by Wu Yungui. They were busy flying abroad every day, and they were basically the big shots of foreign partners.
In Wu Yungui's words, this was the only way to appreciate the essence and taste of Yuan Zhou's cuisine.
Therefore, except for one invitation card for himself, Wu Yungui gave the remaining seven to these people.
Under such circumstances, Ogyust, who was sitting on the fishing platform and thought that he would receive an invitation card, naturally didn't receive it until two days before the cooking exhibition began.
In the end, he called Chu Xiao in person and found out that no one had sent him an invitation card. Then, he hurriedly booked a plane ticket and went directly to Huaxia with Chu Xiao, preparing to ask Zhou Shijie for an invitation card in person.
"You should know that the invitation card is sent to the person who invited it. Why is it gone before it was sent?" Ogyust couldn't help but complain again.
"It can't be helped. This is his personal cooking exhibition," Chu Xiao said.
"Well, I can understand. But he should have sent me an invitation card. After all, although I am retired, I can still cook," Ogyust muttered.
Looking at Ogyust, Chu Xiao felt both helpless and a little proud. Once upon a time, it was impossible for these arrogant Frenchmen to come all the way to China just for an invitation letter. But now, both he and Yuan Zhou had done it.
"No wonder they are my rivals," Chu Xiao said inwardly.
On the way to Zhou Shijie's office, Chu Xiao took Ogyust with him. On the other side, there was another person who was sitting on the fishing platform just like Ogyust two days ago, but now, he was walking around anxiously.
This person was none other than Tengyuan Jiayuan, who was said to know more about Huaxia's cuisine than Huaxia people.
That's right. Tengyuan Jiayuan didn't receive an invitation card, but Dashi Xiujie, who believed that he could surpass Yuan Zhou in the future, got one.
After all, Dashi Xiujie had returned to Japan after the Asia-Pacific Exchange Conference, but he had been paying attention to Yuan Zhou's cooking every day. Therefore, when he heard the news of the personal cooking exhibition, he came to visit Zhou Shijie in person and got the invitation card.
But Tengyuan Jiayuan was different. He was a man who was called Jiayuan in Japan. Regardless of his identity or status, he was very high. Usually, he attended state banquets. Although he cared about Yuan Zhou very much, he couldn't keep an eye on him every day like Dashi Xiujie.
When he knew that Yuan Zhou was going to hold a personal cooking exhibition, he took it for granted that Zhou Shijie would send the invitation card to him in person.
But he hadn't received it until now. After asking indirectly, he found that Zhou Shijie didn't send him an invitation card at all. Only then did he feel puzzled.
"Baka, Mr. Zhou is so incompetent. He didn't even send me an invitation card." Sitting in his study, Tengyuan Jiayuan put down the phone in his hand and couldn't help cursing.
"Even Dashi Sang has one, but I didn't." When Tengyuan Jiayuan said that, he completely forgot the difficult process of how he got the invitation card that Dashi Xiujie had told him.
"No, I have to ask Mr. Zhou in person." Tengyuan Jiayuan took a deep breath and then picked up the phone and continued to make calls.
This time, he called Zhou Shijie directly.
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