Chapter 120 (1/2)

Chapter 120: Rescue Center for Boss Yuan

“No need. I don’t have any interest in that,” Yuan Zhou took the bowl of the broth and walked towards the Maltese while listening on the phone. When he heard the preferential conditions offered by Boss Guan, he still didn’t show any manner of being swayed.

Boss Guan changed into another sitting position and didn’t give up. He then continued saying, “maybe Master Yuan should listen to me for a while longer.”

“Ok, tell me,” Yuan Zhou answered as concisely as usual. Meanwhile, he looked at the Maltese that seemed to have never moved from its position.

He crouched down and poured the broth out of the bowl before turning around to go back to his restaurant.

“Seriously, I’m sincerely inviting you, Master Yuan. This small restaurant is definitely unworthy of your talents,” Boss Guan first complimented Yuan Zhou.

When he found that Yuan Zhou didn’t have any reaction, Boss Guan then continued to say, “I will be investing here to build large buildings especially for food, with my newly constructed 5-star hotel being the center of them all.”

“I would like to invite you to be a shareholder of the new hotel just with your culinary skills and give you 8% worth of free shares. Are you satisfied with these conditions?”

Boss Guan smiled confidently. The construction of a 5-star hotel required at least hundreds of millions RMB and the 8% share for Yuan Zhou was equivalent to dozens of million RMB. This generous move was simply extraordinary and remarkable.

Seen from the other point of view, it showed that Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills were pretty convincing.

However, there wasn’t any answer from the other end of the phone for quite a while.

Yuan Zhou vaguely knew the difficulty of constructing a 5-star hotel and the costs of hundreds of million RMB. The 8% shares were like gifting him money. Furthermore, it was a huge amount and, moreover, dividends could be obtained each year in future.

With a sound of “Peng”, Yuan Zhou closed the back door. He then became greatly tempted by the shares. However, thinking that he had to share his culinary skills, Yuan Zhou calmed down from the feeling of excitement.

“Share my culinary skills! A head chef who can cook only three dishes? A head chef who can cook less than 10 dishes?” having consecutively asked himself several times, Yuan Zhou eventually got rid of the temptation of the small devil, the money.

“Thanks for your appreciation but I refuse. I’m sorry.” the moment Yuan Zhou uttered that, he suddenly sat down in his special chair and began to count his fingers while placing the phone between his shoulder and head

He was carefully calculating the huge amount of money that he had missed. When he came to the amount of profit sharing each year, Yuan Zhou found his fingers were not enough. Having stared at his own toes for quite a little while, Yuan Zhou finally restrained the desire to take off his shoes since he was in the kitchen now.

Missing one hundred of million RMB could no longer describe Yuan Zhou’s current feelings. This was a matter of hundreds of million RMB. Then, Yuan Zhou started to regret saying those words so quickly.

“What? You won’t even consider the proposal at all?” Boss Guan had thought that he would get a reserved answer like ‘Let me consider it for a while.’ Who could know that Yuan Zhou would refuse him so bluntly and straightforwardly?

“Good night,” Yuan Zhou didn’t actually answer Boss Guan concerning the considering issue. After all, if he reconsidered, he was likely to change his answer; therefore, Yuan Zhou hung off decisively and firmly.

“How interesting!” When he initially started this business, Boss Guan had personally gone everywhere to recruit good chefs. Not having done this work for a long time, he unexpectedly encountered failure, which nevertheless made Boss Guan feel more challenging.

He made another call and said after getting through, “You make some arrangements. The next few days, I want to go to the restaurant where I was eating tonight.”

A vaguely affirmative answer came from the other end. With a smile, Boss Guan put down the phone and started to deal with some documents.

With a sound of “Hu”, Yuan Zhou took a deep breath and then went upstairs to clean himself, preparing to sleep.

Then, he began to toss and turn restlessly in the bed. It was his first fitful sleep since he got the system. When the alarm clock rang, Yuan Zhou was still a little muddled. The bad dream at night was too scary.

In the dream, all his money suddenly grew feet and ran away. He then anxiously ran after them but still failed. Even running after the money for a whole night, he still had empty pockets.

This dream was awfully frightening.

“Pa Pa”, Yuan Zhou patted on his forehead and became a little more clear-headed. After the helplessness shown on his face slightly vanished, he resumed his usual solemn and spirited manner.

Of course, grinning for quite a little while in the mirror, Yuan Zhou would never admit that his smiling face did not look as good as his solemn face.

During the next five days, Boss Guan really didn’t give up and basically came over here whenever he had time. Every time he showed up at the restaurant, he had a meal first and then began to persuade Yuan Zhou to be his head chef. Of course, the conditions he offered were getting better and better. The promised share remained the same, but he could enjoy the privilege of working for less time, only serving the head chef’s menu once per week.