Chapter 945 - Learning from Oscars, Depending on the Face (1/2)

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Whoosh. Yuan Zhou stood up calmly and took some time tidying up his cuffs while his gaze focused straight ahead. He did not look nervous at all.

As Yuan Zhou was the award recipient, he was seated in the front row. Because of that, he could only look at the cameras in front of him. All other cameras basically only got the view of his back.

Because of that, his nervousness lessened.

Pa. Pa. Pa. Pa. Sounds of claps filled the room. Yuan Zhou turned and bowed to the people behind him to express his gratitude before turning and bowing to the cameras in front.

When bowing, he maintained a calm and collected look on his face. After bowing, he started heading up the stage.

Naturally, there were people crouched somewhere pointing the direction for him. With their guidance, Yuan Zhou leisurely walked up the stage.

“The head chef of Master Chef Restaurant sure is young, am I right?” Li Wei said with a smile.

“Hahaha, that’s right. He is young,” the crowd agreed, and another round of applause filled the room.

By this point, Yuan Zhou had already arrived on the stage.

“Mr. Li, please confer the pennant to the young and promising Head Chef Yuan,” said the host.

The assistant arrived timely with the tray with the pennant on it. That was a red velvet pennant with gold letters on it. She walked towards Li Wei and stood there waiting for Li Wei to take the pennant.

“Boss Yuan, you are young and promising. Continue working hard,” Li Wei had a kind look on his face as he spoke while picking up the pennant.

“Thank you,” Yuan Zhou thanked with a nod before accepting the pennant with both hands.

Next, Li Wei guided Yuan Zhou and took two steps forward before speaking to the microphone, “Alright. Let us welcome our award recipient’s speech.”

Then, Li Wei looked at Yuan Zhou with a smile, waiting for Yuan Zhou’s speech.

With the pennant on hand, Yuan Zhou slightly lowered his head and started speaking calmly to the microphone.

“First, I would like to thank the appraisal committee for their hard work, thank the organizers for organizing this event, and thank Mr. Li for presenting the award to me. Naturally, I also thank my customers and last but not least, I would also like to thank myself,” said Yuan Zhou.

When speaking, Yuan Zhou was looking straight ahead while his voice was confident and calm. He looked like he was making a government announcement, looking very solemn and serious.

“Haha, Head Chef Yuan’s thanks are all very reasonable. True, we have to thank the chefs, thanking them for their contribution to Sichuan Cuisine. Do you have any other thoughts on Sichuan Cuisine, Head Chef Yuan?” asked the host.

“I will continue putting great effort into studying Sichuan Cuisine, making Sichuan Cuisine great. Thank you,” Yuan Zhou gave a concise reply.

“That’s right. The reason why this event was held in the first place was to enrich the culture of Sichuan Cuisine, to help promote it to the masses,” said the host.

With the pennant, Yuan Zhou slowly got off the stage.

The moment he got off the stage, when his back was finally facing the cameras again, Yuan Zhou heaved a sigh of relief. In his mind, he thought to himself, “I was so nervous. I don’t think there is any problem with the tone of my voice.”

That’s right. Yuan Zhou was extremely nervous, so nervous he reached the point of calmness instead. Fortunately, he had been operating the restaurant for a while and had been trained well in maintaining his deadpan face under the numerous teasing from Jiang Changxi.

After stealthily taking a deep breath, Yuan Zhou sat back down. Other leading figures would be giving speeches next.

Apart from conferring the award, this ceremony also aimed to transform Sichuan Cuisine into a signature of Sichuan province. Thus, after the award conferment, there would be leader figures giving speeches.

Nevertheless, the main characters for today would still be the chefs. After Yuan Zhou got off the stage, the leader figure tactfully gave only a 10-minute speech before moving on to the after-party.

That’s right. After the ceremony was the after-party. With so many chefs, food companies, official medias, and investors here, there naturally needed to be an after-party to act as a buffer and provide everyone an opportunity to talk with each other.

“Come, here, Little Yuan,” the moment the ceremony ended, Zhou Shijie called Yuan Zhou over.