Chapter 792 - Minute Difference (2/2)

What was an idiot-proof reward? Take the Egg Fried Rice as an example. It was the first dish Yuan Zhou had obtained. There were many methods one could cook an Egg Fried Rice. Some methods differed in the preparation time, while some differed in the number of ingredients.

It was a fact that a tiny difference could change the entire taste of the dish, either improving or worsening it. As the first reward, the system had selected the most perfected recipe it had for Yuan Zhou.

Now, under Yuan Zhou’s insistence, the system would provide all variations of a dish’s recipe to Yuan Zhou. Yuan Zhou would be allowed to make his own choice on how exactly he wanted to cook the dish. For example, there were over 100 variations to the Mushroom Roasted Chicken Tail’s recipe. Some of them were the variations created in the latter days after this dish came into existence.

This was also why each time Yuan Zhou released a new dish, he would first spend one day to do his tests. He wanted to use the optimal and best preparation method, to use the best recipe. Therefore, Yuan Zhou’s dishes have always been improving.

Of course, the more skilled a person was, the tinier the improvement would be. Yuan Zhou could see his improvement all the time, and he was happy to see it as well. However, only a small number of his customers could actually taste the improvement in his dishes.

Yuan Zhou felt excellent having someone noticing his improvement. This made him feel like his life was more purposeful now.

The atmosphere in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was harmonious with everyone happily enjoying their lunch. Meanwhile, things weren’t looking that well for Zhou Shijie.

“What did you say?” Zhou Shijie asked with a frown as he stared at Zhong Lili.

“The chief secretary of Alliance of Cooked Wheaten Food Masters has stayed at Chengdu for eight days. Today, he went to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant the moment it was opened,” Zhong Lili repeated the information she obtained.

“What is that geezer doing here?” Zhou Shijie asked in bewilderment.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Zhou Shijie raised his head and asked again.

“Because the chief secretary has been spending the past few days with his old friend, Liu Zhang,” Zhong Lili answered.

“I thought they don’t like each other? Why did they stay together for so long?” Zhou Shijie was even more confused.

One ought to know that both Ji Yi and Liu Zhang were well-known in the cooking circle. Outsiders did not know about the affairs of these two, but it was still a common knowledge that these two dislike each other and would start bickering whenever they met.

That was why Zhou Shijie became confused when he heard them staying together for eight days. They should start fighting whenever they see each other instead.

“Boss Yuan went overseas in search for delicacies seven days ago. Perhaps they stayed together for him?” Zhong Lili suggested.

“Yuan Zhou? True, that kid is quite good in cooked wheaten food as well. Is that geezer here to snatch him?” Zhou Shijie asked.

As far as Zhou Shijie was concerned, Ji Yi had been staying here for seven days and had rushed to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant the moment Yuan Zhou opened his restaurant. The only reason he would do that was to recruit Yuan Zhou into the Alliance of Cooked Wheaten Food Masters.

“That man is actually snatching people from my turf? Hmph!” Zhou Shijie stood up and put on his jacket, obviously preparing to go somewhere.

It was very rare for Zhou Shijie to be so energetic. This shocked Zhong Lili greatly.

“President? Uncle Zhou, where are you going?” Zhong Lili asked.

“Of course I’m going to return Yuan Zhou to the rightful path. He is a person in the cooking circle. How can I allow him to become a baker?” Zhou Shijie said and left.

Thus arrived the eve of a war for talent.