"Lifelong rival." Such a childish line.
When Chu Xiao heard this, he couldn't help having goosebumps on his back. He said directly, "What Japanese anime have you been watching recently?"
"No, I'm serious." Dean said affirmatively, "I always feel that my talent is good enough, but your talent is on par with mine. Only by surpassing you can you prove it."
Dean spoke Chinese fluently. He could even use the words "on par". It should be known that he had learned these words especially for Chu Xiao.
"There are two points I want to make clear. First, my talent is not on par with yours, but it is definitely better than yours."
Chu Xiao said lightly, "Second, if you define a lifelong rival as one that can only be proved by surpassing you, then I have only one lifelong rival. His name is Yuan Zhou."
These words were too hurtful. Dean didn't look good. He didn't know whether it was because of the words about talent or the latter, or both.
"Yuan Zhou? This name sounds a little familiar. "Dean muttered with a gloomy face.
"Yes, I heard it right. It's Yuan Zhou, not you." Chu Xiao never knew how to save face. He said ruthlessly.
"All right." Dean was a little listless, but he didn't leave. He still sat in his seat. After all, the main course hadn't been eaten yet. It wasn't his style to give up halfway.
"The main course is here," said Chu Xiao.
Although he wasn't recognized as a lifelong rival, Dean still ate the dish cooked by Chu Xiao as he wished. Moreover, it was a traditional dish. The most important thing was that what Chu Xiao said at the end benefited him a lot.
Because when he curiously asked why Chu Xiao cooked such a traditional fish soup, Chu Xiao asked him a question in reply.
Chu Xiao said, "Which do you think is more important, inheritance or innovation?"
"Innovation. Without innovation, how can there be progress?" Dean answered straightforwardly. As a matter of fact, he and Chu Xiao were both good at creative dishes.
"How can there be progress without innovation? Then how can there be innovation without inheritance?" Chu Xiao asked.
In fact, all creative dishes were based on the foundation of traditional dishes, or even improved upon them. It was possible to find the root of the problem.
"That inheritance …" Before Dean could finish his words, he reacted and corrected himself, "is equally important."
Chu Xiao didn't comment on Dean's answer. This kind of attitude immediately provoked Dean.
"Then what is the answer to this question?"
"One person cannot represent innovation or inheritance. There will definitely be people who adhere to inheritance, and there will definitely be people who are unwilling to be left out and want to innovate." Chu Xiao said, "So the answer to this question is, don't think too highly of yourself. You can't represent anything. You can only represent yourself."
It was a very sharp remark. However, Dean had been used to Chu Xiao's sharp tongue. But the words "you can only represent yourself" made Dean think deeply.
After walking out of Chu Xiao's restaurant, Dean was in a daze for quite a while. It was not until someone on the street asked him for an autograph that he came back to his senses and suddenly thought of something.
"The program I am going to attend two days later seems to be recorded in Yuanzhou shop." Dean was still worried that he remembered wrongly, so he asked his assistant for the phone number of the program group and directly called the producer of the program group.
The reason why the program group invited Dean as a guest was that Dean's assistant once posted a video of him cooking on the Internet.
Then he became famous in Huaxia in an instant and attracted a large number of fans. He was named the most gentlemanly chef on the Internet.
As for why Dean agreed to the invitation of the program, the reason was very simple. It was because Chu Xiao was from Huaxia, so he had to go to Huaxia to have a look. This variety program just happened to give him this opportunity.
Unexpectedly, Dean met a pillow when he was sleepy, so he called the producer.
"Who is it?" The producer saw that the caller was an unknown number from France. If it were not for his profession, he might not necessarily answer it.
"Hello, my guest, Dean Bradbury." Dean introduced directly.
The producer remembered that this was the guest invited by their program. But about signing the contract, it was his agent who talked to them, and they didn't talk face to face. Why did he call? Was there any change in the itinerary?
Thinking of this, the producer hurriedly asked, "Mr. Dean, is there any doubt about the itinerary or the hotel arrangement?"
"No. I'm calling this time to ask if the recording place of my program is a place called The Kitchen God, commonly known as Yuanzhou Shop."
The producer gave an affirmative answer. Then Dean asked again, "Is the chef of Yuanzhou Shop Yuan Zhou? I want to ask how many chefs named Yuan Zhou are there in your country."
The producer was a little confused. How many chefs named Yuan Zhou were there? He should ask the statistics bureau. How did he know?
"I may not have expressed it clearly. I want to know how many famous chefs named Yuan Zhou are there in your country." Dean then made it clear.
"According to my understanding, there should be only one famous chef named Yuan Zhou, which is the place our program group is going to." The producer didn't understand what Dean wanted to ask, but he still answered accurately.
"That's great," Dean blurted out and then said, "Thank you, Mr. Wang. I have something else to do. I'll hang up now."
Then, the producer heard the beeping sound of the phone. He couldn't help sighing. "Yuan Zhou can't be called a famous chef in our country anymore. He should be famous all over the world. Even the famous French chef Dean would jump for joy when he heard that Yuan Zhou was going to be on the program together."
The producer was elated. Having a world-famous chef in Yuan Zhou's restaurant to film was equivalent to having half a special guest.
"I'll send an auspicious red packet to the scriptwriter who suggested the Yuanzhou Shop," the producer thought.
Well, the producer misunderstood.
After hanging up the phone, Dean also murmured to himself, "Yuan Zhou, I want to see how capable you are to be Chu's rival."
Therefore, two days later, Dean didn't go to the TV station to meet Li He and the others. Instead, he went directly to Yuanzhou Shop with his assistant, wanting to have a look by himself.
However, the idea was good, but it was difficult to put it into practice. Dean, who came to Huaxia for the first time, got lost in Chengdu.
Therefore, when Li He's car arrived, Dean still hadn't arrived at the program group. The staff of the program group called to urge him to hurry up.
Li He and the others were about to finish the first simple task … When they got off the car and walked into Taoxi Road, they saw a sea of people in front of them when they arrived at Yuanzhou Shop.
All the members of the queuing committee had been dispatched to maintain the order. There were so many people in the shop that one waitress couldn't handle all of them with Zhou Jia and Shin Min.
This time, Yuan Zhou didn't say anything. He just told them that their salary today would be doubled.
The temptation of a 10% discount!
Li He, Bai Guo, and Jiang Meisi were about to collapse.
"That's too much."
"Director, you arranged this, right? There are so many people around. We can't even squeeze in."
"I've never seen a shop with such good business."
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