At 9: 00 am on the 10th of January, Yuan Zhou put on the Han Chinese costume for cooking and directly took the elevator to the floor of the venue.
With a sound of "Ding", the door of the elevator was opened and many people gathered outside.
Only then did Yuan Zhou find that there were two red carpets from the elevator to the entrance of the venue. There were carpets at both the front and back doors.
It looked gorgeous and solemn. Both sides of the carpets were surrounded by people, all of whom were cameramen and reporters with long and short cameras.
They scattered in front of the red carpets on both sides and took photos of the chefs entering the door constantly. The flashes were very strong.
With a sound of "Hu", Yuan Zhou straightened his back subconsciously and looked straight ahead. With a solemn expression, he walked across the carpets and entered the door of the venue.
Who knew that it would be even more exaggerated inside. The venue, which had seemed empty yesterday, was now occupied by cameras and reporters.
As it hadn't officially started yet, the chefs were all being interviewed by reporters in twos and threes in the entire venue.
While Zhou Shijie was greeting the Japanese guests with Zhong Lili beside him, surrounded by reporters who were interviewing them.
Actually, that was the place with the most reporters.
Just when Yuan Zhou was looking around, a group of reporters surrounded him.
"Hello, you are Chef Yuan, right? I heard that Chairman Zhou thinks highly of you and you are the youngest chef in this year's exchange of pointers meeting. Is that true?" A female reporter asked him a long speech as soon as she came up.
However, before Yuan Zhou had time to answer her, someone else asked again.
"Chef Yuan, what dish are you going to cook today for the exchange meeting?" Another reporter directly handed the microphone to Yuan Zhou.
"I heard that your background is very mysterious. Who are your teachers, Chef Yuan?" Another reporter asked.
"Chef Yuan, what kind of response are you going to make to the challenge of Dashi Xiujie?" Another reporter also handed the microphone and asked solemnly.
"Dashi Xiujie has invited a top appraiser like Tengyuan Jiayuan. What kind of dish are you going to make to respond to him?" The reporters asked one after another, which made Yuan Zhou want to frown. But when he saw the camera, he still held it back for the sake of his image.
"Thank you for your concern. I will treat this exchange meeting seriously." Yuan Zhou answered with a solemn expression. He appeared to be quite earnest.
However, Yuan Zhou couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "What's with the challenge?"
Yes, Yuan Zhou didn't know that Dashi Xiujie had clearly told the reporters that he was here to observe and learn from Yuan Zhou's cooking skills.
Of course, his tone was full of provocation. Beside him, Tengyuan did not say anything. Chairman Masheng smiled and nodded in agreement with Dashi Xiujie's words.
That was why so many reporters came to ask about Yuan Zhou's challenge.
Zhou Shijie had always known about this, but he didn't think it was necessary to tell Yuan Zhou. Others who knew about it didn't know that Yuan Zhou knew nothing about it.
That was why the main character didn't even know what was going on.
"That is to say, Chef Yuan is very confident in dealing with Dashi Xiujie's provocation this time, right?" The first female reporter asked sharply.
"Chef Yuan, are you sure you can defeat Dashi Xiujie?"
"Please tell us how you are going to deal with it this time."
"What's the dish that Chef Yuan is going to deal with it? Please tell us in advance."
"Dashi Xiujie is good at cooking eels and other fishes. Chef Yuan, how are you going to deal with it?"
The reporters' questions didn't stop because of Yuan Zhou's answer. Instead, they continued to ask him quickly and eagerly.
"It depends on what he wants to eat." Yuan Zhou said concisely.
While answering them, Yuan Zhou caught sight of Chu Xiao walking into the door from the corner of his eye. Then, the reporters dashed toward Chu Xiao like sharks that had smelled blood.
"Chef Chu, I heard that Mr. Tengyuan came here for you this time. What dish are you going to deal with him? Are you confident?"
"Chef Chu, what do you think about Tengyuan's visit this time?"
"Chef Chu, what dish are you going to cook this time?"
"This is the third exchange meeting that Chef Chu has participated in. I wonder if Chef Chu feels that there's anything different this time?"
"Will Chef Chu change your cooking strategy today because of Mr. Tengyuan's visit?"
The reporters surrounding Chu Xiao were almost twice as many as those in front of Yuan Zhou, which made Yuan Zhou a little puzzled.
"Is it because he is more handsome than me? That shouldn't be the case. "Yuan Zhou thought with puzzlement. He should have an advantage in both clothes and appearance.
"Nobody can influence my decision." After saying that, Chu Xiao immediately walked toward Zhou Shijie.
While Yuan Zhou was pondering over the serious topic of who was more handsome, he was woken up by Chu Xiao.
"Chef Yuan, let's go." Chu Xiao stopped beside Yuan Zhou and said to him.
"Um." Yuan Zhou looked at Chu Xiao up and down as if nothing had happened.
Chu Xiao was wearing an orthodox pure white chef's uniform. He was emitting a sharp and high-spirited aura. He looked like a very promising chef.
On the other hand, Yuan Zhou was dressed in a traditional Han costume with a straight back and a solemn and earnest expression. He appeared to be calm and confident.
"Chairman Zhou." Yuan Zhou and Chu Xiao greeted him almost at the same time.
"You two are here. Let me introduce you to each other." Zhou Shijie turned his head and revealed a relaxed look. Then, he turned his head and started to introduce them.
"You must have met Chairman Masheng before. And this is Professor Tengyuan. He teaches Chinese food culture and Chinese in Japan." When Zhou Shijie spoke of Chairman Masheng, his attitude was relaxed and at ease. But when he spoke of Tengyuan, who was as energetic as a middle-aged man, he used the title of professor and his attitude became more solemn.
"Hello, you two." Yuan Zhou's attitude had already been practiced in front of the customers. He greeted them calmly with an indifferent manner.
After all, he didn't know who Tengyuan was. Even if he knew him, it didn't make any difference to him. After all, he was quite confident in his craftsmanship.
"Mr. Tengyuan Jiayuan, nice to meet you." Chu Xiao directly ignored Chairman Masheng and greeted Tengyuan at the side.
"Nice to meet you. I've been looking forward to eating Chef Chu's craftsmanship. It seems that I have a chance this time." Tengyuan answered with a smile.
"Of course." Chu Xiao nodded the head.
"I heard this Chef Yuan's craftsmanship is also very good. I wonder if I can have the honor to eat it?" Tengyuan's Chinese was fluent and he could even use idioms skillfully. Thus, he asked Yuan Zhou politely.
"Sure." Yuan Zhou nodded the head and didn't say anything.
"Hopefully, Mr. Yuan won't let Jiayuan down this time." Tengyuan smiled and didn't say anything. Nevertheless, Dashi couldn't help jumping out at the side.
This time, Yuan Zhou also didn't say anything. He just looked at Dashi Xiujie just like that.
When Dashi Xiujie saw Yuan Zhou's indifferent expression and even indifferent expression, he was so angry that he opened his mouth again and said.
"I heard Mr. Yuan is from the inland. I guess it's hard for you to see saltwater fish and I'm not good at cooking saltwater fish. But I can still taste river fish and river fish. I wonder if Mr. Yuan can show me your cooking so that I can also learn from you." Dashi Xiujie had only learned Chinese these few days.
It was a little awkward to say that, but Yuan Zhou still understood the provocation in his words.
Yuan Zhou nodded the head and said earnestly, "Of course. It's not easy for you to come to China. You indeed need to learn well."
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