"Looking for it now?" Liu Taiyuan said with a smile, "Do you think what you are opening here is a roadside stall? As you said, you have to open a higher-end restaurant than here, so the chef can be whatever you want.
Found it?"
Lu Xiaozhan yawned: "Whether you believe it or not... How about we make a bet?"
Liu Taiyuan said: "Okay, what are you betting on?"
Lu Xiaozhan rolled his eyes: "What if I can find a master who is better than your chef, then your hotel will no longer serve Western food?"
Liu Taiyuan smiled and said: "I said you are too evil-minded. Why don't you allow me to cook Western food when you open a Western restaurant? What about the French chef I hired with a high salary?"
Lu Xiaozhan said: "Let him learn the eight major Chinese cuisines, or let him set up a spicy hotpot stall in front of your hotel. I'm sure there will be business."
Liu Taiyuan said: "Don't just think about blackmailing me. What if you can't find a more upscale chef than mine? What do you have to lose to me? Let's say it first, I don't care whether you cook Western food or not.
Your cook goes to sell spicy hotpot."
Lu Xiaozhan chuckled: "Then I will lose... I will give you a wife. If I can't find a better chef than you, I will go back and break off the engagement with An Qi immediately. From now on, you can pursue her as much as you like."
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Such words made Liu Taiyuan's heart beat fast. An Qi... This is what he has been dreaming of for a long time. Not to mention An Qi's beautiful appearance and noble temperament, and with the An family, one of the best in China,
As long as the family can establish such a line of in-laws with them, then the Liu family will no longer be the dominant one in the three eastern provinces, and it is not impossible to dominate half of China.
And Liu Taiyuan didn't believe that Lu Xiaozhan could find a high-level chef temporarily, unless he had already contacted him. Now this was just a trick. Besides, he had been very confident since he was a child, so he nodded without thinking too much.
: "Okay, then I'll make a bet with you, within the limit of how many days?"
Lu Xiaozhan reached out and took out his mobile phone and waved it in front of Liu Taiyuan's eyes: "Right now, if I don't find it before you check out, then I lose." As he said this, he pulled out a person he had not contacted for a long time from his business card book.
Name - Marty, the Frenchman with whom he once participated in the Master Chef Competition held in Tianhai City. Lu Xiaozhan pressed the button to dial the number, then pressed the hands-free button and said to Liu Taiyuan:
"In order to save you from saying that I lied to you about your bet, we will broadcast it live."
The phone didn't ring for long before it was picked up. A man with a man's accent that sounded full of vicissitudes of life shouted excitedly: "Oh my god! Lu? Is it really you?"
Lu Xiaozhan smiled and greeted: "Hi Marty, long time no see, it's really me, absolutely right."
Marty said slightly unhappily: "Man, why haven't you contacted me for so long? You always turn off your phone when I call you. Do you think you don't regard me as a friend?"
Lu Xiaozhan smiled and said: "I have been busy the past few days, so I haven't turned on my phone much, but I treat you as a friend from the bottom of my heart."
Marty laughed loudly: "That's good, that's good! Are you looking for me today for something?"
Lu Xiaozhan thought for a while and then went straight to the topic: "Dear Marty, my friend, I need your help."
Marty heard his serious tone and immediately became nervous: "Tell me, if I can help you, I will help you."
Lu Xiaozhan said: "You know I have a restaurant, but now I am planning to open a branch, and I want to invite you to join. I wonder if my old friend is willing?"
Marty seemed stunned for a moment, but then he exclaimed excitedly: "A branch of your restaurant? Then I will definitely come! Oh my God, you don't know that I came to you a few days ago just to ask you if there is any need in that restaurant.
Manpower, I really want to come and work at your place."
The conversation between the two was absolutely pure French, but Liu Taiyuan came from different backgrounds after all. He had received training in multiple languages since he was a child, and French happened to be a language he was familiar with. At this time, the conversation between the two was revealed word for word.
He listened and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Is this Marty also a world-class chef? Is Lu Xiaozhan really so capable that he can be invited here with just a phone call?
Liu Taiyuan was sitting there in a daze with a tea cup in his hand. Lu Xiaozhan saw this and was happy in his heart. He said to the phone again: "Marty, my new store is in Chunyang City, China. What are you talking about?"
When can I come over? Regarding salary, I think it’s better to have an interview.”
Marty seemed to be stunned again. There was no mention of salary at all, but he suddenly laughed and said: "Chunyang? What a coincidence? I happened to be in Chunyang just yesterday."
Lu Xiaozhan wondered: "Ah!? Such a coincidence?"
Marty said happily on the other end of the phone: "I just happened to be here to help a friend for a few days... Where are you now? I'll be right over."
Lu Xiaozhan was a little confused, and he told him the name of the store and the box number. When Marty heard this, he was stunned again, but he didn't say anything. He paused and said with a smile: "Okay,
I'll come now, and you'll be able to see me soon." After that, he hung up the phone.
Liu Taiyuan looked at Lu Xiaozhan and felt a little confused about what to say. Lu Xiaozhan suddenly laughed and whispered: "Brother Taiyuan, didn't you once tell me that you wanted to defeat me? I guess you don't have the strength to fight or kick for the time being.
I hope so, how about we compete on this restaurant?"
It was okay not to mention this matter. As soon as Lu Xiaozhan mentioned it, Liu Taiyuan suddenly remembered the scene at the freshman assembly. In front of thousands of students and teachers, he was beaten by Lu Xiaozhan until he was unable to fight back. In the end, he followed him.
He was thrown out like a broken sack, which was a huge loss of face. When it came to fighting, after that competition, Liu Taiyuan also knew that there was indeed a big gap between himself and Lu Xiaozhan, so he stopped thinking about it, but for
When it comes to opening a restaurant, Liu Taiyuan is very confident. Even if Lu Xiaozhan invites a Frenchman in front of him, it doesn't mean anything. Does a Frenchman necessarily mean he is a chef?
Thinking of this, Liu Taiyuan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll invite our chef here first. Your friends will come soon and let them chat. I'm afraid you can become a world-class chef just by chatting a few words."
You can tell the difference." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the box door to find his chef.
Not long after, the box door was opened from the outside, and a proud Liu Taiyuan came back in, followed by two foreigners with tall noses and blue eyes, all wearing white chef uniforms with gold trim and a chimney on their heads.
With his tall hat, he looks like a highly paid external chef.
Liu Taiyuan smiled and introduced to Lu Xiaozhan: "This is the chef Sisel I invited from France. He is a master who has won an award at the Paris Food Festival."
That Xither came over and shook hands with Lu Xiaozhan politely, then stepped back without saying anything. Liu Taiyuan then cleared his throat, and his tone suddenly rose a few decibels and introduced: "The more senior person behind Master Xither is
It’s amazing, he won second place in last year’s World Master Chef Competition, and he is Master Sisel’s old friend and a world-class celebrity chef, Mr. McColl.”
When Liu Taiyuan introduced him to Lu Xiaozhan, he also spoke pure French. Chef Mai Kou behind Sisel heard the introduction and took a few steps forward. When he came to stand in front of Lu Xiaozhan, he suddenly made a move that asked Liu
Taiyuan made an unexpected move - he suddenly took off the chimney cap on his head, revealing a half-bald head, stretched out his hands and gave Lu Xiaozhan a bear hug, and laughed loudly: "Lu, you
Have you forgotten that my surname is Michael?"
Lu Xiaozhan was startled and pulled his head back a few centimeters. He finally saw the person holding him clearly, but was surprised to find that the half-bald man was none other than Marty, whom he had just called.
, Lu Xiaozhan hugged him back in surprise and joy, and shouted: "Marty? Why are you here?"
Marty smiled and pointed at Sissy: "My friend was hired to work here, but the business here is so good that he couldn't handle it alone, so he called me to help for a few days."
Sissy suddenly looked astonished: "Oh! So you are the newly promoted Mr. Lu Xiaozhan, one of the eight famous chefs in the world?"
Lu Xiaozhan said in astonishment: "What are the eight famous chefs? Do you have my share?"
Marty smiled and punched him: "You don't know yet? This was just judged this year, and two of the celebrity chef judges are the judges of this year's Master Chef Competition, and one is from the International Culinary Association.
Vice President Martin, there is another one of you from China, the gourmet Ms. Zhu Meiyi. They highly recommended you, and they also took out the pictures and videos of your competition, and you conquered all the other judges at once, so
You deserve to be the famous chef of this year."
Sisser added with admiration: "Mr. Lu, I have also watched the video of that competition. I admire your cooking skills very much. At least your magical knife skills are something that I can never master.
I watched the video that day and told my master that if I can study with you for a period of time, I will definitely improve a lot!" Then he pointed at Marty and said with a smile, "I forgot to mention that I am actually a horse.
Chef Dee’s apprentice.”
Lu Xiaozhan chuckled and scratched the back of his head: "Where, where... But I really don't know about this. If you want to blame me, you can only blame me. My mobile phone is always turned off a few days ago. No one knows where I am. I guess
The judging panel was also very depressed. After finally selecting eight celebrity chefs, one of them even disappeared."
Marty asked: "Lu, when will your store open? I can come over at any time."
Lu Xiaozhan glanced at Liu Taiyuan with a smile: "Come on, come on!"
Liu Taiyuan finally figured it out at this time. Lu Xiaozhan was still such a famous master in the chef circle. The chef he had spent a lot of effort to hire was nothing compared to him. Even he
The chefs are all one level lower than Lu Xiaozhan. The eight most famous chefs in the world! What is this concept?
Lu Xiaozhan coughed dryly and said, "Um...Brother Taiyuan, who do you think won our bet?"
Liu Taiyuan came back from his daze and felt a ball of anger slowly rising in his heart. He really had to blame himself for not knowing Lu Xiaozhan's background clearly and rashly making such a bet with him.
But now it was too late to regret it, so I had to force a smile and say: "Of course... you win. What I said will stand. From now on, my store will no longer serve Western food."
Lu Xiaozhan clapped his hands: "Brother Taiyuan is indeed trustworthy! Okay, then I won't be polite. Please support me when my store opens!" After saying that, he turned to Sisel and said, "I am the boss of the new store.
The chef is your master. I wonder if you are interested in coming together? Or do you plan to sell spicy hotpot here? "