"Please thank Sir Brown for me!"
Gu Zheng said lightly. Now he understood why his father had such an attitude when he mentioned this food festival. But since he was already here, he could only do as the Romans do.
"Thank you for your understanding!"
Hao Sen breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, before Gu Zheng came, he was worried that Gu Zheng could not accept the fact that he was personally invited. After all, Gu Zheng was also one of the top chefs in China, and he was also the champion of this year's China Food Competition.
Hao Sen was a Chinese, and he understood the pride of the talented Chinese.
A top chef, no matter which industry he was in, would be proud. Originally, he came to participate in a public food festival, but after coming here, it became a private invitation. Especially for the chefs, it was like a chef who was personally invited. It would be strange if he had a good temper.
In fact, Hao Sen felt strange that Gu Zheng agreed so quickly.
But no matter what, it was a good thing. Gu Zheng could accept it and did not leave angrily. He had completed most of the tasks given by his boss.
"This way please!"
Hao Sen was very respectful to Gu Zheng. He was sent to serve Gu Zheng, and it could be said that he was the one who served Gu Zheng. If Gu Zheng was angry, he would not be able to bear the consequences.
Sir Brown was very generous to Gu Zheng. He gave him the most luxurious presidential suite. There were only three such rooms in the whole event. Sir Brown snatched one and gave it to Gu Zheng. This showed his strength and importance to Gu Zheng.
The Brown family had been prosperous in Europe for hundreds of years. The current Sir Brown was also a viscount, and he was much stronger than those ordinary nobles.
Gu Zheng did not refuse. Since the public invitation had become a private invitation, he did not need to save money for the other party.
The opening ceremony was held at ten o 'clock. Gu Zheng put away his luggage and simply packed up before leaving. This time, the food festival was held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Lyon. Even though it was very close, Hao Sen still drove a car and directly drove in to send Gu Zheng off.
There were many people in the Convention and Exhibition Center. Many of them had already arrived. There were dozens of people on the highest platform. Most of them were in their thirties, and a few were in their forties and twenties. Some of them were obviously in the Middle East.
"Mr. Gu, please wait a moment. Sir Brown will personally entertain you in a while!"
Hao Sen led Gu Zheng to the guest seats and let Gu Zheng sit down first. He politely said. Gu Zheng was a VIP invited by Sir Brown, and it was not easy to neglect.
In fact, Sir Brown himself did not expect Gu Zheng to agree to come. Their event had already deteriorated and became a game between nobles. Many really famous chefs were not willing to come.
When he first sent an invitation to Gu Zheng, he also thought that Gu Zheng was young and wanted to give it a try. Chefs like Gu Zheng would not accept an invitation, unless they had a very good relationship or the other party was very short of money.
To be able to reach the top of a country, no matter what industry they were in, they would not be short of money.
Because of this, Sir Brown attached great importance to Gu Zheng's arrival. If Gu Zheng did not come by private jet, he would have sent someone to pick him up and entertain him. Gu Zheng did not let him pick him up, but he also sent someone to wait in Lyon. He also asked the person sent to follow and serve him 24 hours a day.
"Mr. Gu, hello. It's a pleasure to meet you!"
After a while, a middle-aged man in his thirties came over with Hao Sen. The man even stretched out his arm and enthusiastically wanted to hug Gu Zheng.
"Thank you. Are you Sir Brown?"
Gu Zheng cleverly stopped him. The man was not old, but his face was full of whiskers. He was not the type he liked.
"Yes, you can call me Brown in the future!"
Sir Brown was a little stunned, but he still laughed and shook hands with Gu Zheng. After that, he sat here and chatted with Gu Zheng for a while before leaving.
He had already told Hao Sen that no matter what Gu Zheng asked, he had to satisfy it, unless it was something that Sir Brown could not do. This attitude was indeed good, but Gu Zheng really did not need him to do anything.
Gu Zheng was not short of money. Although he was not a top rich man, it was enough for him to use.
Gu Zheng was not picky about food and accommodation. Besides, no one could compare to him in terms of food. The accommodation had already been arranged. As for playing, Gu Zheng had never been interested in it. Sir Brown had just directly said that he could send him a few top beauties to enjoy, but Gu Zheng directly refused.
Giving him women was not something that he liked.
The opening ceremony soon began. The mayor of Lyon and a deputy prime minister of France participated in the opening ceremony. From this point alone, it could be seen that the government attached great importance to this event. Now, although the Lyon Food Festival was still a local event, its influence had spread all over the world. They did not care about the nature of the food festival, as long as it could bring benefits to the city.
Every time the food festival was held, it would drive a lot of tourism industry, increasing the city's income and even some investment.
After all, most of the nobles were rich. Especially this time, there were a few princes from the Middle East, which made the government attach more importance to it. That was why the deputy prime minister came to preside over the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony was very exquisite and very good. A lot of exquisite food was placed in the opening ceremony for the guests and audience to eat.
Gu Zheng also tasted the food. The taste was not bad. Although the ingredients were ordinary, they were made with great care. It was considered a good food in China.
After the opening ceremony, all kinds of delicious food started to appear on the stage. Many tourists who came because of the food started to taste it. They drank red wine and ate delicious food. It was very pleasant.
The opening ceremony of the food festival was held in the exhibition center, but the event venue was not only here. There were tens of thousands of food stalls outside, which looked very spectacular. These food stalls were all local French snacks. Although they were very simple, the taste was very good. Many tourists were very happy and satisfied.
For ordinary tourists, this was the food festival that they were participating in, a very good food festival.
From this point alone, the Lyon Food Festival was not bad. If the nobles did not participate, perhaps this would be the purest food festival.
However, with the participation of the nobles, the food festival had a greater influence on the upper class. It could be said that there were pros and cons.
Gu Zheng did not have much to do on the first day of the event. Under Hao Sen's lead, he wandered around outside and ate a lot of French delicacies. Although he could find many problems with each dish, they were all representatives of foreign delicacies after all. They also had their own merits.
Unfortunately, he did not meet Shu Yu. There were a lot of people participating in the food festival. There were more than 100,000 people. It was not easy to find someone he knew among so many people, even for Gu Zheng. Plus, he did not purposely look for her.
The Lyon Food Festival lasted for ten days. The first three days were very leisurely. It was not different from a traditional food festival. The key was in the last seven days.
This time, there were 23 true nobles and 15 disciples of wealthy families participating in the food festival. These 38 people were the true backbone of the food festival, because the real top-notch chefs were all invited by them. Those who set up stalls outside were just street vendors.
It was not that street stalls did not have good food. Compared to the real professional chefs, they were indeed much worse.
Thirty-eight people invited fifty-six chefs, all of whom were chefs above the master level. With their status, it was a kind of humiliation for them to invite low-status chefs.
The 56 people came from all over the world and were quite famous in their own countries. Among them, there was the royal chef of England, the most famous chef in Florida, the number one chef in Argentina, the top ten chefs in Japan, and Gu Zheng, the new number one chef in China.
Although many chefs knew the nature of this event, some of them had no choice but to come because of their connections, money, and other reasons. There were also a few people like Gu Zheng who didn't know the nature of this event. Those who were deceived to come eventually gathered fifty-six chefs who were at least Master level.
56 chefs sounded like a lot, but it was not in line with the status of the Lyon Food Festival. Any food festival held in a big city would have many master level chefs.
For example, the Shanghai Food Festival would never have less than 100 master level chefs. Most of the time, there would be more than 200 master level chefs. Some international food festivals, such as the Canada International Food Festival and the New York International Food Festival, would have thousands of master level chefs participating.
Fifty-six. Although it was a little small, it was much better than having none.
The real battlefield of this food festival was these 56 chefs.
Among the thirty-eight people, fifty-six chefs came. Some invited one, some invited two, and some invited three. There were even some who didn't invite one. They just came to join in the fun and see how the others would play.
Gu Zheng didn't ask what they were going to do next. In any case, he had to eat and play. In addition, he made contact with his country and asked the government to pay attention to whether there were any immortal cultivators from India. He was very interested in the immortal cultivator who instilled immortal energy into the Indians. There weren't many immortal cultivators who could lend their immortal energy to others.
At least Shu Mountain and Kunlun could not do it. If they could, they could use their immortal power to create a group of Level Five masters.
Unfortunately, three days had passed, and there was no news from Emei. Gu Zheng was a little disappointed.
But it did not matter. He had already done something to the five people. If the cultivator did not appear, he would take the initiative to find him. But now was not the time.
Now he had not reached the realm of a cultivator. He was not a match for him at all. If he went there, he would only find trouble for himself. It was better to improve his strength and then drag Emei with him.
Gu Zheng believed that as long as he reached the realm of a cultivator and was with Emei, there were not many people in the world who could keep them.
Within three days, Gu Zheng tasted a lot of snacks here and had a lot of inspiration.
No cooking skill came out of thin air. The really good cooking skills had their own stories. Even these snacks, their birth, their development, and their improvement, each had a lot of stories. In addition to eating, Gu Zheng asked and heard a lot of stories about French food.
These stories included love, comedy, and tragedy. Of course, not all of them could be true. It should be said that most of them were fake. However, the birth and development of some food was indeed true.
In fact, there were a lot of such things in China.
There were even more delicacies in China. Many inconspicuous things had a lot of stories. For example, tofu. Who would have thought that tofu was invented by a feudal lord? The reason why this feudal lord invented tofu was that he himself was a foodie. Because there were very few delicacies in his era, he researched and invented tofu himself.
Some people said that tofu was accidentally invented by him for alchemy. But in any case, tofu was inseparable from this feudal lord. This feudal lord was the grandson of Liu Bang, the Duke of Huainan, Liu An.
Gu Zheng liked to listen to these stories when he was a child. Now, he heard a lot of such stories at the food festival. He was very satisfied.
"Mr. Gu, I'll have to trouble you today!"
Early in the morning of the fourth day, Hao Sen waited at Gu Zheng's door. When Gu Zheng came out, he went forward and bowed.
"It's no trouble. Tell me, what should I do?"
Gu Zheng was invited. He must show his cooking skills. As long as the other party's request was not too excessive, he would agree.
However, this was the only time. He would not participate in such activities in the future. If there were similar activities, he would first inquire about it. He would not come blindly like this time.
"You don't need to do anything. Sir Brown's prestige is very high. He doesn't need to find others. If someone comes forward to provoke you, you just need to fight back!"
Hao Sen lowered his head and said with a smile.
"Fight back? How do I fight back?" Gu Zheng asked again.
"It's very simple. You just need to make better food than them!"
"That simple?"
"Yes, that's it!"
"Then there's no problem. Let's go!"
Gu Zheng asked no more. He was not interested in the specific situation. Anyway, he would not make too much food, and it was absolutely impossible for others to force him to do it.
Whether it was here or in the country, there was no one who could force Gu Zheng to do something. Not to mention the nobles, even the president of the United States could not do it. He did not have the qualifications. Even if it was forced, it was impossible. No one could really force Gu Zheng.
The food festival continued. There were still many delicious snacks outside, which continued to attract many tourists. These tourists were French, Europeans, and people from all over the world.
When Gu Zheng arrived at the main venue of the exhibition center, there were already many people here. The fifty-six chefs who were invited this time were also here. Most of the chefs stood with the people who invited them. They were also talking and laughing. It looked very harmonious.
There were no cooking utensils here. Gu Zheng just glanced and walked towards Sir Brown.
"Mr. Gu, thank you!"
Sir Brown did not hug this time. Instead, he shook hands. He invited Gu Zheng, a chef. There was no one else beside him except Gu Zheng. Hao Sen just sent Gu Zheng here and did not come in.
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