"I don't know whether Boss Yuan knows how to paint or not, but I remember that Shameless Wu's painting wasn't bought by him."
"Of course it wasn't bought by Boss Yuan. Then Shameless Wu insisted on giving it to Boss Yuan."
"That's right. I remember it was the same. Boss Yuan didn't want it at first because he had no place to put it. Later, Wuhai was too annoyed, so he reluctantly accepted it and hung it on the ceiling."
"Based on what you said, these two paintings seem to be worth a lot of money?"
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What the customers said was the truth. But when Zhou Xi heard it, it was no less than a sudden clap of thunder. It was a bit exaggerated to say that his worldview had been destroyed.
But it wasn't a problem for his worldview to be destroyed. He looked at Zhou Shijie in disbelief, as if he wanted Zhou Shijie to give him an "honest" answer.
"I don't know about the second painting, but the first painting was indeed bought by Wuhai himself and then insisted on hanging it in the restaurant." Zhou Shijie answered honestly.
But this honesty wasn't the honesty that Zhou Xi wanted. He was completely petrified.
Not to mention This is Life, the final price of People Passing by A Small Restaurant in the auction was as high as eight figures.
Not to mention this was the initial price. If it wasn't for his age and lack of experience, he would have been the president of China Oil Painting Association.
Zhou Xi could understand why Wuhai bought such a painting. Sometimes, an artist didn't want his satisfactory works to fall into the hands of others, so he bought it for his own collection.
But how could no one want a painting worth eight figures, even if it was given to an illiterate person, he would still happily accept it.
So how could no one want it? It had to be Wuhai who insisted on giving it to him and the boss had no choice but to accept it.
The normal explanation was that Wuhai really gave it to him for unknown reasons. But even the two fathers of the Ma family wouldn't be so extravagant to hang a painting worth eight figures anywhere.
In conclusion, it must be fake! Zhou Xi decided to find out the truth.
"When will Eaves Wu come to the restaurant to eat again?" Zhou Xi asked.
Zhou Shijie said, "As long as the Yuanzhou shop is open, he will eat here every meal."
"Alright. Dad, let's have lunch here at noon. I want to ask Eaves Wu personally about this painting," said Zhou Xi.
The matter had almost come to an end, but Zhou Xi was still reluctant to leave. However, since the restaurant's business hours were over, he felt embarrassed to take up more space.
Therefore, he got a telescope from somewhere and placed it on the street, aiming it at the ceiling. It was not a joke. Those who didn't know him might really think that Zhou Xi was a pervert who peeped at Yuan Zhou.
Yuan Zhou cleaned up the kitchen first. After resting for a while, he started to prepare the ingredients for lunch. Yuan Zhou had also heard the conversation between Zhou Xi and Zhou Shijie just now.
Looking at the two paintings hanging on the ceiling, Yuan Zhou muttered to himself, "So these paintings are worth so much money? When can I get a discount? "
With the entire Sichuan Cuisine, Yuan Zhou felt much more confident. Yesterday, someone had ordered an all-fish banquet to celebrate his kid's graduation from high school. It was called Teacher Appreciation Banquet, which was very formal.
Therefore, some things still needed to be prepared and arranged.
In addition to Mansion Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine also included Ba Banquet, Abalone Banquet, Mischuan Banquet, etc. Among them, there was little information about Mischuan Banquet, but Yuan Zhou knew how to make Abalone Banquet.
According to the information obtained by Yuan Zhou, it was no exaggeration to say that the people or restaurants that could make Sichuan Cuisine Abalone Banquet were not in Sichuan now. This was also a black spot of Sichuan Cuisine.
Yuan Zhou was thinking whether he should recreate this Abalone Banquet and let everyone know that Sichuan Cuisine Abalone Banquet was still in Chengdu in Sichuan.
On the other side, someone was also preparing to make trouble. Needless to say, it was Chef Li from Shrimp and Crab Gathering.
Now, in the room, there were not only people from Shrimp and Crab Gathering, but also people from Seafood Gathering, Fragrant Spicy Prawns, Chengdu Crawling Prawns, etc. A total of more than ten chefs were gathered here.
These chefs all had one thing in common. Their scores on Yuan Zhou's Gourmet Evaluation Website were extremely low. Not to mention others, just Seafood Gathering alone had a score of 0.11 Yuan. How could Chef Li tolerate this?
"Let's not talk about how humiliating this scoring method is. Let me talk about another fact," Chef Li from Shrimp and Crab Gathering said. "On that so-called Gourmet Evaluation Website, there are more than seven hundred restaurants with a score of 0.3 Yuan and below. As for those with a score of 0.5 Yuan and above, less than one-tenth of the total."
"To sum it up, Yuan Zhou has provoked public anger this time," Chef Li said.
Chef Zhao Bai from Seafood Gathering said, "Since this evaluation website has offended so many restaurants, why are there only twenty of us today?"
"Don't be impatient, don't be impatient," Chef Li said. Chef Li said, "This time, we definitely want to win. If we send ourselves up and lose, we will only be the ones to lose face."
"Our Shrimp and Crab Gathering has gathered some detailed information during this period of data collection." Chef Li asked the sous-chef to distribute a stack of information to all the chefs present.
"The Kitchen God. It's a very arrogant name. But I have to say, ever since the restaurant opened more than a year ago, its reputation has been rising in a straight line.
"With its high prices, strange rules, excellent ingredients, and delicious dishes as its core, it has firmly gathered many diners. As for the chef of this restaurant, Yuan Zhou, he is alone and has no assistant chef. So even if I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Yuan Zhou's culinary skills are excellent, "Chef Li said.
"The ingredients are excellent. Who's the supplier of the ingredients for Chef Li's restaurant?" a head chef of a restaurant caught the key point at once and asked.
"I've checked. That restaurant seems to have connections with Europe, but I don't know the details," Chef Li said. "Of course, this is not important. What's important is how we defeat Yuan Zhou."
Indeed, the most important thing was to defeat Yuan Zhou.
"The Kitchen God is this year's Sichuan Cuisine Exemplary Restaurant. In terms of Sichuan Cuisine, I think very few restaurants can compete with it. Does anyone have any questions about this?" Chef Li asked.
All the chefs present shook their heads. As the saying goes, there is no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts. Actually, chefs were just like writers. It was difficult to judge the quality of a dish based on words. It was also difficult to judge the quality of the same dish due to different tastes.
But these chefs from Sichuan Province clearly saw the standard of Yuan Zhou's Sichuan Cuisine during the Exemplary Restaurant Competition.
Although only a few of them answered yes to Chef Li, in fact, all of them had no doubts about Yuan Zhou's Sichuan Cuisine.
"Then let's continue. From the menu of The Kitchen God, Yuan Zhou has studied Sichuan Cuisine, Jin 'ling Cuisine, wheaten food, and some foreign cuisines, especially the cooking method of rice."
Chef Li was not like a chef. From the data, he was more like a businessman, a businessman who wanted to make money.
In fact, as a chef with a lot of experience and absolute confidence in his own skills, these chefs would not think of his own problems. In his opinion, these negative comments must be deliberately made by someone.
"Whether it is wheaten food or foreign cuisines, Yuan Zhou has done it. As long as it is involved, he is proficient."
"Chef Li, if you put it like this, why don't we just admit defeat? He knows everything. How can we win?" a chef interrupted Chef Li discontentedly.
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