Chapter 827

A lifelong rival . Such embarrassing lines .

On hearing that, Chu Xiao couldn’t help getting goosebumps on his back . He said straightforwardly, “What anime have you been watching recently?”

“No, I’m serious . ” Dean said affirmatively, “I have always believed that my talent is good enough, but yours is roughly the same with mine . You can only prove we are not lifelong rivals by outclassing me . ”

Dean’s Chinese was quite fluent . He could even use such a Chinese phrase of “roughly the same” . It was known that he had specifically learned all these words and phrases for Chu Xiao .

“There are two points that I must make clear . Firstly, my talent isn’t roughly the same as yours . Instead, mine is better . ”

Chu Xiao said lightly, “Secondly, if you define ‘lifelong rivals’ as something that can only be proved by outclassing that person, I’d say I have only one lifelong rival . His name is Yuan Zhou . ”

The words were too unkind . Dean didn’t look good, either because of the first point or the second point or both .

“Yuan Zhou? This name sounds a little familiar . ” Dean murmured, his expression a little ugly .

“You didn’t mishear me . Yes, it’s Yuan Zhou, not you . ” Chu Xian had never known what was “saving face” . He just said that absolutely without consideration for others .

“All right . ” Dean was a little stunned . He didn’t leave and still sat on his place . After all, the main course hadn’t arrived yet . Doing things halfway was not his style .

“The main course is coming,” said Chu Xiao .

Though he wasn’t recognized as Chu Xiao’s lifelong rival, Dean finally achieved what he wished and managed to eat Chu Xiao’s dishes . Furthermore, it was a traditional dish . Most importantly, he benefited a lot from what Chu Xiao said in the end .

Because Chu Xiao returned a question back to him when he asked curiously why Chu Xiao cooked the traditional fish soup for him .

“Which do you think is more important, inheritance or innovation?” said Chu Xiao .

“Innovation . No innovation, no progress . ” Dean answered directly . Actually, both he and Chu Xiao were good at creative cuisines .

“Really? But where does innovation come if there isn’t any inheritance?” Chu Xiao asked back .

As a matter of fact, all creative cuisines could progress or improve based on the traditions . They could all be found to originate from the traditional cuisines .

“Well, the inheritance…” Dean hadn’t finished his words when he reacted and immediately, he corrected himself, “is equally important . ”

Chu Xiao didn’t comment on Dean’s answer . However, that kind of indifferent attitude stimulated Dean at once .

“What’s the answer to this question?”

“One cannot stand for innovation or inheritance . Some people insist on inheritance while some others inevitably want to innovate,” said Chu Xiao . “So the answer to this question is, never take yourself too seriously . You can stand for nothing but yourself . ”

Chu Xiao was indeed a sharp-tongued man . However, Dean was already used to that . But the words “You can stand for nothing but yourself” really caused Dean to think deeply .

After he came out from Chu Xiao’s restaurant, Dean became absent-minded for quite a while . Not until when somebody asked him for his signature on the street did he come to himself and thought of a matter .

“The TV program that I’m going to take part in two days later is supposed to be held in that Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . ” Dean was still worried that he himself misremembered that . He specially asked his assistant for the phone number of program division and then called the producer to dispel doubts .

The reason why the program division would invite Dean to be the honored guest was because Dean’s assistant once posted a video of Dean cooking dishes .

Because of his quick movements and handsome actions, he instantly became famous in China and thus attracted many people’s attention . He was then regarded as the most gentlemanly chef on the Internet .

As for the reason why Dean would accept the invitation of the program division, it was also very simple . Because Chu Xiao was Chinese, he had every reason to go to China to have a look . And this variety show happened to give him this opportunity .

He had never thought he could get a pillow when he was drowsy . Dean got through to the producer .

“Who’s that?” The producer noticed it was an unknown phone call from France . If not for his occupation, he probably wouldn’t answer it .

“Hello . This is your special guest, Dean Bradbury . ” Dean introduced himself directly .

Then, the producer remembered that he was indeed the special guest invited to their program . But it was Dean’s agent who talked to them about signing the contract and they hadn’t spoken face to face . Why would he call the producer directly by himself? Was there any change in his schedule?

Thinking of that, the producer immediately asked, “Mr . Dean, do you have any doubts about the schedule or the arrangements of the hotel?”

“Not really . I’m calling to ask if the filming location of this program is in a Master Chef Restaurant, also known as Yuan Zhou’s restaurant?”

After the producer gave him an affirmative answer, Dean asked again, “Is the chef of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant Yuan Zhou? May I ask how many people are named Yuan Zhou in China?”

The producer was a little muddled . It was the job of the Statistics Department to calculate how many people were called Yuan Zhou . How could he possibly know that?

“I might have not made myself understood . I want to know how many famous chefs called Yuan Zhou are there?” Only then did Dean make himself understood .

“As far as I know, there is supposedly only one famous chef whose name is Yuan Zhou . And his restaurant is also the one we are heading later . ” Though the producer didn’t know what Dean really wanted to know, he still answered him clearly .

“Perfect . ” On hearing that, Dean blurted out and then said, “Thank you, Mr . Wang . I’ve got some work, so I’m hanging up . ”

Thereupon, the producer heard the sound of “Du Du Du” from the phone . He couldn’t help sighing with emotion, “We shouldn’t address Yuan Zhou as a famous chef nationwide . He should be a famous chef worldwide . Even the famous French chef, Dean, became delighted when he heard he would be with Yuan Zhou on the program . ”

The producer was very happy . When they went to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant for the filming, there would be a worldwide famous chef, who almost equalled to half of a special guest .

I’m going to give a lucky red packet to the screenwriter who proposed to film in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . The producer thought that inwardly .

The producer misunderstood Dean .

Having hung up the phone, Dean also murmured to himself, “Yuan Zhou, let me wait and see with what capabilities you can be called Chu Xiao’s lifelong rival . ”

Hence, just because of that, Dean didn’t go to the TV station to join Li He and some other people two days later . Instead, he directly went to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant with his assistant in hope of witnessing Yuan Zhou first .

Their idea was good, but it was just difficult to implement . Dean got lost in Chengdu during his first trip to China .

Therefore, Dean hadn’t reached the program division when Li He’s car arrived at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . The people from the program division immediately called him and urged him to come at once .

Li He and some other people needed to complete the first simple mission . When they got off the car and walked into the Taoxi Road, reaching Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, there were big crowds of people in sight .

All the members of the queuing committee arrived at the scene today to maintain order . And both Zhou Jia and Shen Min were here in the restaurant today . There were too many people and one single waitress could no longer take care of everything .

Yuan Zhou didn’t say anything this time . He just told them the salary today was twice as much as usual .

The temptation of the 10% discount!

Li He, Bai Guo, and Jiang Meisi all became astonished .

“That’s way too exaggerated . “

“Director, did you arrange this scene? There are so many people around here that we can’t even squeeze into the restaurant . ”

“I have never seen such a good business . ”

EMPTY