Chapter 393 (2/2)
“Not really. Since you come here, I must make you satisfied with the food here. Do you have any dietetic restraints?” Wu Zhou asked carefully.
“No, I don’t. But I don’t like the eggs that go bad.” Martin knitted his brows while speaking of the egg.
“Are you talking about the preserved egg?” Wu Zhou knew that foreigners didn’t like eating the preserved eggs.
“Yeah, yeah, you are right. That’s the name.” Martin revealed a lingering fear on his face.
“Don’t worry. There isn’t this dish there. Can you eat spicy food?” Wu Zhou said smilingly.
“No problem. I can.” Martin nodded his head.
“Then you follow me.” Wu Zhou waved his hand and signaled Martin to go with him.
On the way there, Wu Zhou briefly introduced Chengdu City to Martin in English fluently all along and Martin just listened to him earnestly. Occasionally, he asked some questions. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.
“Here we are.” Wu Zhou said while pointing at the crowd of people that lined up and waited to get the number ticket.
“It seems to be a good restaurant. Look, there are so many people.” Martin looked at the crowds of people and sighed with emotion.
“Of course. The dishes here are so tasty that they can even outclass those made by any other restaurant in China.” Wu Zhou said immodestly.
“It seems to be so.” For that short moment, Martin had seen more than ten people join in the long line and thus he nodded his head.
“Hey, wait a moment. I feel that this restaurant is a little familiar.” While looking at the door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, Martin revealed a look of deep thought.
“You might have seen this restaurant on some websites that recommend nice food. Look, those people are the tourists.” Wu Zhou pointed at some people and said.
“Website. Oh, yeah, it’s the website.” On hearing that, Martin quivered. Then, he took out his phone and started to check.
“Yes, I got it. It turns out to be this restaurant evil-mind black-hearted shop.” Martin pointed at the door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant and said loudly.
“Haw?” Wu Zhou indicated that he suddenly couldn’t understand English well.
“Zhou, you check by yourself.” Martin handed his phone to Wu Zhou.
Then, Wu Zhou saw various comments on the website, all from abroad. Of course, there were also some comments in Chinese, but all of them were overwhelmed by the English comments.
[Hey, I don’t believe it. Since the restaurant is so black-hearted, its dishes definitely taste terrible] from Radiance of Cilveti.
[But some say the dishes are not bad] from Abigail.
[I think we’d better go for a look in person and then make the conclusion. However, the price is indeed very high.] from William.
“This is …?” Wu Zhou glanced at them quickly.
“It’s said that the boss charges the foreigners dollars while for your fellow countrymen, he charges RMB.” Martin shrugged and said.
“It’s indeed like that. This is the privilege offered by Boss Yuan.” Wu Zhou nodded his head.
“But it’s quite unfair to us foreigners.” Martin said discontentedly.
“Indeed.” Wu Zhou nodded his head. He agreed to Martin concerning the “unfair” part.
“But it seems that injustice exists everywhere. Take the clauses of Screen Actors Guild concerning the protection to the Black people for example, if there’s no discrimination, how would they protect?” Wu Zhou said that right after that.
“You are right, Zhou. But I won’t eat here.” Martin nodded his head, but still insisted on his opinion.
“Ok. I’m in favor of your decision. Then let’s go to the western restaurant next door, shall we?” Wu Zhou didn’t insist on persuading Martin, but only pointed at the western restaurant next door and suggested.
“Ok.” Martin only nodded his head by then.
This was only one case out of many. Many foreign tourists came here. Some came over to visit Yuan Zhou’s restaurant specially and some came to taste.
Therefore, the protests seen by Wu Zhou wasn’t that fierce anymore.
When Jet Li became well-known to all by means of his film Shaolin Temple, the Songshan Shaolin Temple received the attention from all over the world.
During that period, many martial arts enthusiasts from all over the world studied in Shaolin Temple.
The instructors naturally wouldn’t teach them for free. They also charged foreigners US dollars. And the entrance ticket was 10 times more expensive than that of the native people.
The price at that time was even as high as 1300 USD per month, which was approved by the authorities.
Therefore, there were examples for Yuan Zhou’s differential treatment to the foreigners. Of the foreign tourists that came to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant now, however, more were here to hunt novelty.
But most were there to protest…