Chapter 55 (2/2)

“Can this damn unbelievable reason also be used?”

“I will definitely kneel down to the talented boss,” said a man called Ye Liangchen.

“I really admire his talent.” After finishing that sentence, another man turned and left.

“The boss always acts pretty cool. I’m convinced of that now. If possible, I wish I could hit him. Of course, I will not hit his hand and face.” It’s quite a logical and reasonable statement.

After all, if Boss Yuan’s hands got hurt, he wouldn’t be able to cook anymore.

Notice, “I’m not happy today as I didn’t manage to find a holiday. So I declare today as a rest day to overcome my bad mood. However, the restaurant will be open for business tomorrow.”

The signature was still from Yuan Zhou.

This time, there was no customer waiting at the entrance anymore. It looked as same as other closed restaurants.

Having rushed over here hurriedly, Vice Division Chief Lee once again encountered a closed restaurant. This time, there wasn’t even a customer waiting outside, only the lonely notice being left pasted on the door. He got really angry when he took a look at the contents of the notice.

“How could a mere tiny restaurant dare to be so capricious?” He had much to grumble about to his boss on the way back.

As he didn’t even manage to enter the restaurant, Vice Division Chief Lee had nothing to report to his superior. Therefore, he could only head there again on the next day. Fortunately, the notice said that the restaurant would be opened tomorrow.

Change is the only constant in this world. At that moment, the Division Chief sent someone to inform him, “The Division Chief has something to talk with you.”

“All right. I’ll be there right away.” Vice Division Chief Lee could only helplessly agree.

“Dong Dong”

The knocks interrupted the Division Chief’s line of thought while editing documents. He then sat upright and said, “Come in.”

“Division Chief, I’m sorry. That restaurant has been closed for three days. I don’t know what happened either.” Once Vice Division Chief Lee entered the office, he first gave an apology and then explained carefully.

“So, many people are giving high praise concerning the culinary skills of that chef? The Division Chief asked with interest.

“Yes, they do. The problem is that the boss seems quite absurd.” No doubt, there was discontent in the Vice Division Chief Lee’s remarks.

“If the chef has such superb culinary skill as described by those people, it would be understandable.” the Division Chief said with a smile.

However, Vice Division Chief Lee didn’t think that way. He just stayed silent as there was no way for him to refute his superior face to face.

“Ok. After getting off work tomorrow, let’s go to the restaurant again.” The Division Chief was fairly curious about the 30-square-meter restaurant that needed to pay such a hefty amount of tax. Furthermore, the boss was known to be a strange person. He felt that these were sufficient reasons for him to go for an inspection himself, no matter for his own curiosity or for official business.

For the past two days, Yuan Zhou had been spending money to taste various dishes. He had gained quite a lot from those experiences. Some restaurants didn’t have the top quality ingredients that he had access to, but they still insist on using the freshest ingredients.

For example, there was a steamed bun store in a residential area. It was open for only 4 hours per day; furthermore, the price was twice of other restaurants. Yet, all their steamed buns were sold out every day. Many people even came back to ask for more.

Yuan Zhou failed to buy one the first time. All the steamed buns were sold out just when it reached his turn. By the way, that store only sold buns with meat fillings, no other fillings were available.

During his second try, Yuan Zhou managed to buy one. He then understood the reason why the store was opened only for 4 hours. It was to prepare clean ingredients. The boss had done everything he could to maintain the cleanliness along with obtaining the freshest ingredients. However, the taste couldn’t be said to be on par with those delicacies.

Yuan Zhou heard of another famous old restaurant this time. Its specialty dish was wild abalones. Each customer could only be served a limited amount for each meal. It was said to be incomparably fresh and delicate, thus Yuan Zhou followed its reputation and came here to taste it.