"Thank you, president. By the way, how did you practice your knife skills so well?"
"Thank you, president. You made me realize that my knife skills are still too weak."
"Today, your knife skills opened the door to a whole new world for me."
Liao Yue, Wan Li, Kang Hu, and the tall guy thanked him one by one. They had thanked him many times since they arrived at the restaurant, but in fact, they should thank him no matter how many times they thanked him.
"There are no shortcuts in craftsmanship. Practice makes perfect." Yuan Zhou thought for a while and answered Liao Yue's question.
Practice makes perfect. It was easy to say, but it was incomparably difficult to do it.
Because no one knew how much sweat and loneliness were hidden behind the words' practice makes perfect '.
"President, I have recorded all the sculpting today." Qin Kaili reported.
"Um. Don't save the failed ones." Yuan Zhou was also a person who cared about his reputation.
"Got it, Guild Leader," Qin Kaili replied. Immediately, she started deleting the minor details.
It was not appropriate to say that there were small mistakes. It was more appropriate to say that Yuan Zhou was too demanding for perfection.
"I will put this video in the collection study of the Green Chef's Guild. President, do you need a copy?" Qin Kaili asked.
"No need." Yuan Zhou thought for a while and shook his head.
Qin Kaili nodded. Then, Liao Yue, Wan Li, the tall guy, and Kang Hu looked at each other.
Normally, they would take their leave so as not to disturb Yuan Zhou's follow-up arrangements.
But now, they were all staring at the three sculptures carved by Yuan Zhou with the water radish. Undoubtedly, they wanted to collect one of them. After all, the sculptures of Wu Song beating the tiger, Lin Chong beating Instructor Hong, and Lu Da pulling the willow upside down were really good.
However, the three of them were too embarrassed to ask for one. After all, if they did that, they would be eating and taking. Obviously, the five of them had to learn more from Wu Hai to be thick-skinned.
If it was a black beast, it could not only eat them, but also take them away without saying anything.
"Anything else?" Yuan Zhou asked directly when he saw Liao Yue and the other four hesitating.
"Ah, nothing else. We are leaving now, president."
"We won't bother you anymore, president."
"Guild Leader, we'll be taking our leave first."
Still not daring to speak, Liao Yue's group of five waved goodbye and left. Only when they were out of sight of Yuan Zhou did they slow down.
Under Yuan Zhou's gaze, it was quite stressful.
Wan Li walked to the end of the street and said to Kang Hu, "If you're so talkative, why didn't you open your mouth just now?"
"You didn't even say anything. What right do you have to criticize me?" Kang Hu said stubbornly.
The two of them started bickering again.
"Yuanzhou shop currently has four major regrets. One of them is that Boss Yuan's sculpture can't be preserved. Before I came here, I wanted to preserve Boss Yuan's sculpture and put it in my study." Qin Kaili sighed.
An association like this would usually have its own collection library that only its members were allowed to borrow to read. It would collect many lost skills, or the experience notes of senior masters.
Naturally, the Green Chef Association also existed. With Yuan Zhou's sculpting skills, not only could his sculpting videos be placed in the collection study, but his sculptures could also be placed there.
It was not appropriate to say that. Currently, the sculptures made with the 《Three Beasts Salvation》 could be placed in any collection study.
There were 108 sculptures and they could even be auctioned in the auction house. Not to mention the value of the knife skills, even the artistic value was extremely high.
The next second, Kang Hu said, "That's enough. I'm leaving. The taxi is here."
That's right. During the distance from Yuanzhou shop to the end of the street, Kang Hu had already called for a taxi.
"After observing the Chairman's knife skills, I have a new idea about Sichuan Cuisine. So I have to hurry back to prepare." After that, he got in the car and left without waiting for Liao Yue's reaction.
The tall man who had been silent all along also bowed slightly. Then, he flagged down a taxi and left, too.
"What about you?" Liao Yue looked at Wan Li.
"I think I can watch it again." Wan Li also had an idea, but he still wanted to watch it for two more times.
Liao Yue nodded, "I also want to study the previous Chairman's Spiral Tip for two more times."
The two of them decided to go back to the Green Chef Association first and watch the video twice with the projector.
It would be a little troublesome for Qin Kaili. She had to record the video into the database first and then encode it before transferring it to the projector.
On the other side, after watching the five people leave, Yuan Zhou prepared to tidy up as usual. The onlookers also dispersed. It was also at this time that a middle-aged man jumped out from the crowd. He was a balding man with sparse hair.
"Nice to meet you, Boss Yuan. This is my business card." The balding man introduced himself very quickly, "My name is Zhao Lunze. I specialize in the maintenance and protection of the museum environment. I've also gone to the Louvre in France and the Tokyo Museum for further studies. I have a certain understanding of the protection of cultural relics. I've also opened my own private museum."
The title on the business card was — Curator of the Private Museum of Modern Cultural Relics in Chengdu. Yuan Zhou looked at the balding man, Zhao Lunze, and waited for him to continue.
A person who could open his own private museum must be a rich man. However, the Zhao Lunze in front of him didn't look like a rich man at all.
"We have two definitions of cultural relics. They are made by humans, and they have historical value and can't be replicated.
"I think that many cultural relics in the same era are not well protected. Therefore, I overestimated myself and came up with a Future Cultural Relics Protection Plan. Now, we will scientifically and systematically preserve things with artistic value. This way, in one or two hundred years, our descendants will be able to receive a complete set of cultural relics from our era."
The more Zhao Lunze spoke, the more agitated he became. In the end, he even clenched his fists.
Yuan Zhou roughly understood what Zhao Lunze meant. It was a kind of protection in advance.
"Boss Yuan, this sculpture of yours has a very high artistic value. So, can you temporarily store it in my private museum? I can preserve this sculpture for decades, or even longer." Zhao Lunze said, "In the meantime, Boss Yuan can take it away anytime you want."
"No problem, but I have a few questions. I hope you can answer me, Curator Zhao," Yuan Zhou said.
Zhao Lunze said, "Please ask, Boss Yuan."
Yuan Zhou said, "I want to know the general situation of this museum."
"Currently, the museum has collected a total of 1070 pieces of what I believe to be future cultural relics." Zhao Lunze was very familiar with them. "Currently, this museum is a free exhibition and doesn't charge admission. It is only a dozen kilometers away from Taoxi Road. If Boss Yuan is interested, you can go and have a look."
A private museum was a money-burning job. The main thing was not the venue, but the maintenance of the cultural relics. It needed a lot of money every year.
For example, Yuan Zhou's sculpture was made of vegetables. Even if it was carefully preserved, it could only be preserved for a week at most. However, Zhao Lunze directly said that it could be preserved for decades. The cost was definitely not a small amount.
"If you don't charge admission, how will the museum balance its income?" Yuan Zhou asked a very straightforward question.
"I earned some money from my work in the past. My expenses are not a problem at the moment." Zhao Lunze said, "Currently, I have already contacted some enterprises to cooperate with the National Museum."
"Boss Yuan, you must be curious why I opened such a private museum." Zhao Lunze said.
"I am not curious." Yuan Zhou replied.
"Err … …" Zhao Lunze was speechless. He could feel that Yuan Zhou was curious about the museum just now.
"Yes. I am just joking. I am very curious." Yuan Zhou was still expressionless.
"Err … … I think our Chinese craftsmen are very good. Even now, there are still many good craftsmen. Their creations need to be professionally preserved." Zhao Lunze said.
"Thank you for helping me to preserve these sculptures." Yuan Zhou said, which meant that he agreed.
"Thank you for your trust, Boss Yuan. I will definitely take good care of them." Zhao Lunze thanked him and put down the big bag he was carrying.
Yuan Zhou noticed that Zhao Lunze was carrying a small box on his back. It looked like the kind of box a delivery boy used to deliver food, but it was one size smaller.
From the square backpack, Zhao Lunze took out many professional tools and carefully carried the three radish sculptures into the bag. He didn't bump into anything during the process.
"I am leaving now, Boss Yuan. The address of the private museum is written on the business card. If you are free, Boss Yuan, please do me the honor." Zhao Lunze left without any hesitation.
"He is a man with his own beliefs." Yuan Zhou commented. Then, he entered the restaurant and started to work.
During dinner time, there were more customers than usual waiting in line today.
However, the Yuanzhou shop was only so big. No matter how many people came, they couldn't do anything.
There were also tourists who hadn't read the guide and rushed to the restaurant just before dinner time. However, when they saw the long line, they couldn't help changing their target.
Just thinking about it, the tourists wouldn't go back if they didn't eat anything when they came out to have fun. A large flow of foodies on Taoxi Road was brought up in this way.
The billboards on Taoxi Road were all influenced by Li Li's "Best Quality Western Restaurant".
About three months ago, a new billboard was installed at the entrance of Li Li's restaurant.
It went like this: "Customers waiting in line at The Kitchen God, thank you for your hard work. If you are free, come and taste the steak of our restaurant. Our restaurant uses the best beef from Australia. Although the ingredients and craftsmanship aren't as good as The Kitchen God's, the taste won't disappoint you."
It was believed that no restaurant in the world would admit that it was not as good as others.
However, Li Li did it just like that. The customers who came to Taoxi Road for tourism didn't line up at The Kitchen God. At the sight of this billboard, they were quite interested.
Think about it carefully. If you advertised that the steak was better than The Kitchen God, would anyone believe it?
Therefore, it was better to be honest. Li Li's plan was very successful. The number of customers increased by 20%.
With such a successful example, other restaurants followed suit one after another.
[Customers waiting in line at The Kitchen God, thank you for your hard work. If you are free, come and taste the Sichuan Cuisine of our restaurant. Although it's not as good as …]
Basically, the format was the same. They all admitted that they had lost to The Kitchen God. But what was so shameful about that?
If it was Sichuan Cuisine, steak, cold noodles, barbecue, and so on, it was fine. The Kitchen God really sold them.
But the Stinky Tofu and Teppanyaki Squid were really too much. Yuan Zhou's restaurant didn't have these two dishes at all.
Anyway, Yuan Zhou was stupefied when he saw this billboard. He pondered inwardly, "So when did I make the Stinky Tofu and Teppanyaki Squid?"
"But speaking of which, the Stinky Tofu and Teppanyaki Squid are still my favorite dishes. I must find a chance to make them." Yuan Zhou asked the system while thinking.
"System, do you have a gift pack of street snacks? For example, the Stinky Tofu, Teppanyaki Squid, Jianbing, Fried Pork Tenderloin, etc."
The system remained silent and didn't say anything.
"I'll take your silence as a yes. The next time I issue a mission, I don't need anything else as a reward. The gift pack of street snacks is pretty good."
Yuan Zhou nodded his head contentedly. He felt that the communication between the system and the human was very good, although the system didn't display any words during the whole process.
"There's a good saying that the Stinky Tofu without any stench has no soul. If I were to make the Stinky Tofu, I would definitely make it stinky from the beginning to the end of the street. Hahaha." Yuan Zhou thought inwardly, but his expression didn't change.
At night, a girl confessed to the Black Beast. However, the Black Beast rejected her. After being rejected, the girl clenched her small fist and said, "I won't give up!"
After the girl left, almost all the companions in the restaurant were in a state of excitement and started making a ruckus.
"Even the Black Beast has been confessed to by someone. That's simply a fantasy, a fantasy!" Fang Heng kept repeating this sentence.
Chen Wei nodded his head vigorously in agreement and said, "That girl looks quite beautiful and cute. But why do I feel that there's something wrong with her eyes?"
"Little Wan, why aren't you surprised at all?" Chen Wei looked at Little Wan, who didn't seem surprised at all.
"Why should I be surprised?" Wan asked back.
"A girl confessed to Wuhai. Aren't you surprised? That's the Black Beast, the legendary guardian beast of Yuanzhou shop, "Chen Wei said loudly.
"What kind of boyfriend do you think girls like?" Wan asked back.
"It depends on what kind of boyfriend they like. For example, the overbearing CEO type, the talented type, the fitness type, or the aloof type," Chen Wei said.
"Let me simplify what you said. Men who are popular with girls are just talented, good-tempered, good-looking, rich, and if possible, they can also have a good figure," Wan said.
Wan said, "Then let's take a look at Wuhai. As Eaves Wu in the painting world, he is talented, right?"
"Talented." Both Chen Wei and Fang Heng had to admit that Wuhai was a talented painter.
"As a famous painter, one of his paintings can be sold for six figures or even seven figures. Wuhai must be rich, right?" Wan said again.
Chen Wei and Fang Heng couldn't help nodding. Wuhai was definitely one of the richest people in the restaurant. He treated the restaurant as his canteen.
"As for his character, apart from eating, who else have you seen Wuhai get angry with?" Wan asked again.
"I don't think so …"
Chen Wei and Fang Heng were surprised to find that apart from eating, Wuhai really didn't get angry with anyone. Thinking of it this way, Wuhai's temper was not bad.
"Lastly, Wuhai's appearance … Well, as for appearance, everyone has their own preferences. But no matter what, Wuhai is not ugly."
Wan's words were reasonable. Although Wuhai looked sloppy, his facial features were still passable. Plus, he was thin and his skin was white. No matter what, he couldn't be considered ugly. He even had the look of a wandering uncle.
"Then, is it strange that Wuhai, who is rich, talented, good-tempered, and not ugly, was confessed by a girl?" Wan hit the nail on the head.
Yuan Zhou revealed a look of understanding. After all, apart from him, the prince charming, no one could completely surpass Wuhai.
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