"Hu."
Little Guo let out a sigh of relief. She tidied up the documents in her hands, controlled her expression and clothes and then knocked on the door directly.
"Come in, please." A solemn and orderly voice passed from the other side of the door.
"I'm so lucky to be here," Little Guo said inwardly and then pushed the door open and entered.
"Hello, Mr. Lee. I'm the organizer of the Sichuan Province Exemplary Restaurant Election. I hope to invite you to participate in this activity as a judge to select the exemplary restaurant of our Sichuan Cuisine," Little Guo said her purpose clearly and fluently.
Of course, it was also because of the previous two experiences. Otherwise, she would probably be rejected before she could finish her words.
"This activity again?" Lee Yanyi raised his head and knitted his brows.
"Yes. This is the program of the activity and the participating restaurants. I hope you can accept the invitation." Little Guo nodded her head and then put down the documents.
"What's the point of competing with a group of restaurants obsessed with fame?" Lee Yanyi sneered. Before he read the documents, he made a comment. Little Guo didn't dare to agree or disagree with him.
Lee Yanyi flipped through the documents subconsciously. When he was about to reject the invitation, he suddenly saw a familiar name of the participating restaurant — The Kitchen God.
Little Guo knew she couldn't succeed, but she still couldn't leave until she was rejected. Therefore, she stood there quietly and waited.
At that time, Lee Yanyi suddenly raised his head and took up the documents in his hands and asked.
"Is this restaurant also participating?" Lee Yanyi pointed at The Kitchen God.
"Yes. This is the restaurant recommended by Chairman Zhou this year." Little Guo was puzzled, but she still answered dutifully.
"Ok. I agree. Let me know when the time comes." Lee Yanyi made the decision immediately.
"Ok. I hope we can cooperate next time … Wait. You agree?" Little Guo answered habitually, but she suddenly reacted halfway and asked in surprise.
"Um." Lee Yanyi didn't say anything more but just nodded his head.
"Ok. I'll send the program to Yan Jia. Please attend the activity on time." Little Guo stopped being in a daze and said with a professional attitude.
"Ok." Lee Yanyi waved his hand and signaled Little Guo to go out.
"No problem. Um, ok. Sorry to bother you." Little Guo nodded her head and said incoherently. Then, she turned around and went out.
"Li Mingzui actually agreed?" Little Guo was still in shock as she walked out of the school gate.
"No, I have to tell Director Gu about this as soon as possible." Little Guo ran into her car in high heels and sped all the way to the company.
In the office, Lee Yanyi was also a little surprised.
"I didn't expect this old man to be so cunning. He actually recommended Yuan Zhou to participate in this competition." Lee Yanyi snorted.
Actually, Lee Yanyi didn't like the activity of the Exemplary Restaurant. In his opinion, a group of people would rather polish their skills than fight for a title.
With a good reputation and customers, he would naturally have a reputation. What was the point of fighting like this?
But now, with Yuan Zhou participating in this show, he definitely had to join in the fun. This was Lee Yanyi's idea.
Putting aside Director Gu's joy and surprise at receiving Xiao Guo's news, Yuan Zhou had encountered a problem.
"There's actually such a requirement?" Yuan Zhou asked in surprise while holding the phone.
"I knew you didn't read the rules carefully. That's exactly the requirement. Think about who you will choose." Zhou Shijie's voice passed from the phone.
"Even if I choose someone to represent my restaurant to participate in the selection, I still need someone. You know I'm the only one in my restaurant." Yuan Zhou said helplessly.
"You brat, the rules are dead while people are alive. The rules of your restaurant can't be changed. There's no hard and fast rule that the person must be a chef." While reminding Yuan Zhou, Zhou Shijie didn't forget to ridicule Yuan Zhou's Compass character.
"Ok. I got it." Yuan Zhou instantly understood Zhou Shijie's meaning and answered with a nod.
"Ok. Hurry up and choose. It's best to submit it tonight." Zhou Shijie said.
"Ok." Yuan Zhou said.
"Two people. Don't forget," Zhou Shijie reminded him again.
"Thank you, chairman." Yuan Zhou said.
"Stop talking. Hurry up and choose your people." After saying that, Zhou Shijie hung up the phone.
Yuan Zhou was a little absent-minded while holding the phone.
It was Zhou Shijie who called because he didn't see the candidates submitted by Yuan Zhou.
That's right. The evaluation of this activity was a little different.
There were a total of four judges. One was the chairman of China Chefs' Alliance, Zhou Shijie; the chairman of Sichuan Cuisine Alliance, Li Changfeng; the chief editor of The Dog That Discovered Food; and the last one was a judge nominated by the producer. The four judges would make the selection.
At the same time, for the sake of fairness and impartiality, each of the ten participating restaurants had to choose two people to go to the restaurant to taste the dishes together with the four judges.
That's right. The judges had to go to the restaurant to taste the dishes when the restaurant was open. Besides, they would only sit in the lobby and wouldn't be notified in advance. This was to take into account the business capacity of the restaurant during normal times.
It couldn't be said that the restaurant cooked very well for the competition but was just ordinary during normal times. This also eliminated the possibility of cheating.
"What we want is the feeling of being caught off guard." That was exactly what Director Gu wanted.
Every time the dishes were tasted, the four judges would choose two people from the 20 people to go to the restaurant together. Of course, the two people were also from the two restaurants.
Although the 20 people didn't have the right to vote directly, they had the right to make suggestions. Besides, the suggestions were relatively important. If the suggestions were meaningful, they would naturally be taken into consideration.
Besides, if the two restaurants were rivals and they happened to go to each other's restaurant to taste the dishes, there would be a lot of fun.
What troubled Yuan Zhou now was the choice of the two representatives. In other restaurants, the sous-chef would usually go with them. This was basically an unspoken rule.
At the beginning, Yuan Zhou didn't pay attention to this rule. It was not until Zhou Shijie reminded Yuan Zhou today that he started to struggle.
"I can't choose Shin Min and Zhou Jia, can I?" Yuan Zhou knitted his brows tightly and felt quite conflicted.
"System, can you create two people for me to deal with this matter?" Yuan Zhou asked tentatively.
The system displayed, "This system is the Master Chef System. I don't have the ability to create living people."
"Alright." Yuan Zhou sighed.
"Compass, it's almost noon. Why are you still sitting at the door? It's time to prepare the ingredients." Wuhai's voice came from the second floor.
Every day at noon, Wuhai would look downstairs. As long as he saw Yuan Zhou enter the restaurant, Wuhai would go downstairs and wait for the dishes.
Today, however, two minutes had passed since the usual time. Yet, Yuan Zhou was still sitting at the door while Wuhai didn't say anything.
"Wuhai?" Yuan Zhou raised his head and suddenly thought of something. When he called Wuhai's name, his tone became gentle.
"What? Compass? "Wuhai looked at Yuan Zhou warily.
"Come down." Yuan Zhou raised his head and felt it was inconvenient to do that.
"It's impossible for me to ask for leave. I will never allow you to ask for leave peacefully in this lifetime. I will never agree to it. Think about it, I will starve to death if you ask for leave. I will never agree to it. If you fall sick, I can just remind you to take your medicine or even send it to you." Wuhai looked at Yuan Zhou and started nagging.
However, Wuhai was very loud. Not only did he not say anything, he even walked downstairs while muttering. It was hard for Yuan Zhou not to hear him.
Wuhai's words immediately reminded Yuan Zhou of the phone call that happened once every four hours. It was a pain in the ass …
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