Chapter 921 - Selection Starts (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Yuan Zhou was having trouble deciding on his representatives, but this was not a problem shared by others.

The other restaurants had their representatives decided long ago, and of them, one of the representatives from Shu Restaurant was Yuan Zhou’s old acquaintance, Zhao Xin.

It was worth noting that even though Cao Zhishu found out that Zhao Xin had never learned from Yuan Zhou and had even been chased over eight streets by Master Cheng due to his offense toward Yuan Zhou, Cao Zhishu was still the one to select Zhao Xin as the representative.

In the past, the two representatives of Shu Restaurant would be the sous-chef and one of Cao Zhishu’s disciples. That way, he could show that he was taking the competition seriously.

But as Cao Zhishu’s disciple, one would naturally hope to have the chance to stay beside him as much as possible before the apprenticeship ended. That would allow one to learn more from the master.

Thus, the disciples of Cao Zhishu weren’t particularly interested in being a representative. Therefore, after Zhao Xin tried asking around for anyone else that was interested in the position, it ultimately landed on him.

“Looks like that kid is still unwilling to give up. So he won’t stop trying no matter what? Unfortunately, he does not have the skills to back him up,” Cao Zhishu shook his head and remarked after seeing Zhao Xin’s name on the list submitted to him.

With a single glance, Cao Zhishu was able to see the reason Zhao Xin had done that. But since he had too many disciples, he could not care about that much.

Thus, Cao Zhishu did not look too much into it and approved the names before submitting them to the organizers.

Meanwhile, the busy lunchtime had just ended at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

Since Yu Chu was the fourth batch of customers to enter, after he finished eating, he did not need to wait long for all the other customers to leave.

Since this was lunchtime, the speed in which the customers left were faster as they still needed to rush back to work.

And after the customers left, Yuan Zhou came to Yu Chu.

There was also Ling Hong and Wu Hai lingering around. Yuan Zhou nodded as a way of greeting before speaking.

“Yu Chu, I’m looking for you because…” Yuan Zhou repeated the same words he told Wu Hai earlier.

After the explanation, Yu Chu agreed without thinking about it.

As for taking leave for work, Yu Chu replied, “I still have my annual leaves. I can take them and use the time off work to gather more information on food.”

Yu Chu replied seriously while Yuan Zhou thanked him seriously. To the side, Wu Hai was smugly stroking his mustache.

As this person was recommended by him, he was feeling smug after seeing it done.

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Today, all the preparations by the evaluation committee were completed and Yuan Zhou had also completed his preparations as well.

Early in the morning, right after Yuan Zhou, the system appeared.

The system displayed, “Sichuan Cuisine Exemplary Restaurant selection will start today. Host, please work hard to become the Exemplary Restaurant.”

“Um? It’s starting today?” Yuan Zhou asked doubtfully.

In truth, on the official website, only the date of the end of the preliminary selection was given. The start date was not given, and this was done to ensure they could catch the chefs off guard.

The system displayed, “Yes, host. It begins today.”

“When will it be my turn?” Yuan Zhou asked curiously.

The system displayed, “No written schedule of this event had been leaked. I am incapable of calculating people’s thoughts.”

“So that means you don’t know?” Yuan Zhou rolled his eyes.

The system displayed, “Yes.”

“You don’t even know that? What’s the point of having you around?” Yuan Zhou berated.

The system displayed, “This system’s existence is for the purpose of helping you learn both Chinese and Western Cuisines, helping you become the number one master chef in the world.”

“Cough, cough. Fine, you win,” Yuan Zhou raised his thumb to show his admiration.

“Forget it. If you don’t know, then you don’t know. In any case, my Master Chef Restaurant has no fear,” Yuan Zhou said as he stared at the mirror, suddenly feeling like he looked even more handsome today.