Zhou Shijie was a little dazed when he saw these chefs. When he saw Liao Yue's anxious gaze, he came back to his senses.
"Everyone, please sit down." Zhou Shijie gestured for everyone to sit down with a calm demeanor.
"Chairman Zhou, you agreed?" Dashi Xiujie was the first to react and asked in surprise.
It was no wonder that Dashi Xiujie was so excited. That was because Zhou Shijie had a faint smile on his face. He didn't look solemn at all.
"Although you came here in a hurry, I also went to ask for Chairman Yuan's opinion before you said you would come here." Zhou Shijie kept them guessing. Instead of answering Dashi Xiujie's question immediately, he changed the topic.
Chef Green had been provided with an interpreter. The interpreter was the leader of the customer service team, Little Zhao. She translated Zhou Shijie's words into English word by word.
Therefore, when everyone heard that Zhou Shijie went to ask Yuan Zhou personally, they all became nervous. They stared at Zhou Shijie's mouth eagerly, eager to hear what he was going to say next.
"Chairman Yuan agreed to your proposal after careful consideration. However, he has a condition," Zhou Shijie said while looking at everyone.
"What is it? We have no problem with Head Chef Yuan's request," Dashi Xiujie looked at everyone and stood up.
"It's very simple. Just like what you said, Mr. Dashi, Chairman Yuan is a person who pays great attention to rules. Since he has decided on it, he won't change it. However, in view of everyone's enthusiasm, he agreed to this special invitation," Zhou Shijie explained in detail.
"That's right," Dashi Xiujie nodded, agreeing with Yuan Zhou's approach.
"However, each country can only have one invitation, including China," Zhou Shijie said.
"One?" Dashi Xiujie was surprised and asked.
"Yes, only one," Zhou Shijie nodded.
"Since this is Head Chef Yuan's intention, we understand," Dashi Xiujie thought for a while and was the first to nod in agreement.
The remaining chefs, Su Cha, and the others also nodded in agreement.
"Now that everyone has agreed, each country only needs to have the president of each country's Chef's Alliance hand in the special invitation quota before the registration deadline," Zhou Shijie said, "Of course, the age must not exceed 45 years old as stipulated by UNESCO."
The meaning was very clear. As long as the age was not over 45 years old, they didn't care who participated in the special invitation.
"Ok. Thank you, Head Chef Yuan. Thank you, Chairman Zhou. Thank you, Vice Chairman Liao." Dashi Xiujie stood up and thanked them.
"You're welcome. You've come from afar, so you're our guests," Zhou Shijie said.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the members of the alliance couldn't wait to leave. After all, they had received the invitation, but there was only one. They had to return to their respective countries and discuss amicably to decide who would participate in the competition.
Under such circumstances, he naturally didn't have the mood to stay any longer.
This aggressive meeting ended perfectly under such circumstances.
However, right after that, Liao Yue asked, "Chairman Zhou, who will decide the invitation quota for China?"
"That's easy. Find the presidents of each province and hold a small meeting. Everyone can vote by themselves," Zhou Shijie said straightforwardly.
"Ok. I'll send out the notice now." Liao Yue nodded.
"Ok. That's it." Zhou Shijie nodded and then turned around to leave. He went to Yuanzhou shop on the way and prepared to have dinner there.
After all, this meeting didn't seem to last long. But after all, it was already past four o 'clock. It was almost time to line up.
When Zhou Shijie arrived, he met his silly son again, who was sticking to Wuhai.
At that moment, he really didn't want to admit that the person who was fawning over Wuhai was his son. So he just went to line up silently and didn't pay attention to him.
Because of that, Zhou Xi didn't find his father had also come to the restaurant for dinner until the first batch of people entered the restaurant.
"Dad, you're here, too." Zhou Xi greeted him warmly. He directly dragged Zhou Shijie to sit beside him regardless of his intention to distance himself from him.
Of course, Wuhai was sitting on the other side of Zhou Xi.
"I'm here to see Yuan," Zhou Shijie said to his son with a straight face.
"Uncle Zhou," Yuan Zhou greeted him.
"Um. The invitation quota has been confirmed. The rest is up to them," said Zhou Shijie.
"Sorry to bother you, Uncle Zhou," said Yuan Zhou.
"Don't worry about it. It's what I should do," Zhou Shijie said amiably.
"What do you want to eat today?" Yuan Zhou knew that Zhou Shijie didn't like him treating him as an outsider, so he asked him.
"Get me some of your new Jiangsu dishes. I want to show off in front of Old Man Hang," said Zhou Shijie. Then, he ordered two dishes of Huaiyang Cuisine.
"Dad, I think you have to treat me to a meal today," after Zhou Shijie ordered the dishes, Zhou Xi said sneakily at the side.
"Humph. Not only do you want a son to be filial to his father, but you also want me, an old man, to treat you to a meal. I think you should eat your own face first," said Zhou Shijie straightforwardly.
"No, no, no. I've done something big recently. You will definitely praise me and be willing to pay for the All-Fish Banquet," said Zhou Xi.
"All-Fish Banquet? You might as well go to heaven." Zhou Shijie was so angry that he almost tore off his own beard.
"I signed up for the Young Chefs Exchange Meeting held by Boss Yuan," Zhou Xi directly ignored his father's sarcasm and said proudly.
"What?" This time, Zhou Shijie really tore off his beard accidentally.
"I signed up for the Young Chefs Exchange Meeting," said Zhou Xi complacently.
"What? Have you thought it through and want to inherit my mantle?" Zhou Shijie pretended to be calm and said.
"Hey hey," Zhou Xi stroked his head and smiled, but didn't answer him.
"Even if you signed up, you might not be able to qualify. You'd better not show your lame cooking skills to others and embarrass yourself." Zhou Shijie glanced at Zhou Xi and paused for a while before saying, "You might as well go home and read your notes. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn more."
Obviously, Zhou Shijie said he didn't care about Zhou Xi's signing up, but actually, he cared a lot about it.
"No need. I'm just going there to broaden my horizons," Zhou Xi looked at Wuhai who was seriously waiting for his meal at the side and said with embarrassment.
"You brat, you're always …" Zhou Shijie wanted to scold Zhou Xi again when he saw him not taking it seriously. At that time, Jiang Changxi opened her mouth.
"Uncle Zhou, don't count on him to learn cooking. He signed up for the Black Beast," said Jiang Changxi straightforwardly.
"For Wuhai?" Zhou Shijie didn't react for an instant and asked back subconsciously.
"In order to get closer to their idols, all kids like to do that." Jiang Changxi nodded her head.
"Hey hey. Sister Jiang knows me well." Zhou Xi patted on his chest and automatically ignored the following remarks about kids. The key point was that he didn't dare to argue with the Queen even if he didn't ignore it.
"…" Zhou Shijie indicated that he didn't want to say anything and was seriously considering the possibility of putting his son back.
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