Chapter 952: 952

“A fixed salary of 4000-5000RMB per month and some performance bonus as well as some extra income . Tsk . It seems that I still can’t eat more than a few times . ” The reporter’s mental arithmetic ability was fairly good .

He suddenly found that he couldn’t eat more than a few times with his income and hence knitted his brows tight .

“Those that have finished their meal . Please go this way . ” Zhou Jia’s voice sounded by the reporter’s ear .

Only then did he found that he had stood up and left his seat .

“Oh, okay . ” On hearing that, the reporter answered subconsciously and then walked out .

As soon as he went out, he heard people discussing the matter about Yuan Zhou winning the award . Then, he suddenly reacted that he wasn’t here to eat a meal .

“I haven’t interviewed him . ” The reporter cried out in alarm and immediately turned around towards the restaurant .

“Excuse me! Did you forget to take something?” It was someone from the queuing committee who asked .

Besides that, he was a trainee of Chen Wei, the young and strong man who helped to draw liquor for Chen Wei for the first time .

After he helped Chen Wei to draw the liquor and drank it, he became a loyal customer of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . Furthermore, he had joined the queuing committee for a very long time .

And he happened to be on duty at the door today . He had already heard the reporter shout and wrangle in front and hence came over to check the situation .

“Oh, no . I have a very important matter about the award,” the reporter was also very shrewd . He replied inexplicitly .

“It’s business time right now . Boss Yuan won’t see you . ” The young man immediately went up and stopped the reporter from going inside .

“Say no more . I asked you just now out of my duty . I already knew you were a reporter who sneaked into the restaurant . You better leave now . ” The young man was a full head taller than the reporter . When he talked with the reporter, he directly looked down at him .

“But…”

“Don’t say but . I have seen so many people like you, who claim to be a reporter and wanted to interview him . However, they would only want to interview after eating . Then, basically, they would end up the same as you . They forget everything after the meal,” the young man said straightforwardly .

“Well…” The reporter instantly became speechless .

The young man was right . He had intended to sneak into the restaurant and eat something casually and then do the interview, as he also heard the dishes here were quite delicious . Therefore, he ordered a serving of 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine, namely the plain cooked rice .

However, he still forgot to interview Yuan Zhou .

“All right, forget it . I would rather not take this job next time . Fortunately, I have some photos . ” On second thought, he prepared to use these few photos, which were taken by him when he first entered the restaurant, to report to his employer .

After all, he had been paid to take this job .

That’s right . The reporter took a job, a job to blacken Yuan Zhou’s name .

The payer was the boss of that shrimp and crab restaurant, more specifically, a crowd of people employed by that boss .

They prepared to mould public opinion when Yuan Zhou had just received the pennant of the Exemplary Restaurant and then implemented their own plan .

However, Yuan Zhou had no idea of all these things . He was now staring blankly at the reward of the system .

“The work hasn’t ended yet . Let me suspend receiving the reward temporarily . ” Yuan Zhou turned off the interface on the computer and sighed .

“Will there be a result from the search tomorrow?” Yuan Zhou thought before he went to bed .

While Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills were improving rapidly, he was also looking for the family members of the boxer . But till now, he still had no clue .

At noon on the following day…

Two people, one young and old, came to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . One was a regular customer of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant while the other came here for the very first time .

Actually, these kinds of things often happened . And this was the source of the reputation effect . One introduced another to come here . Of course, there were also some people who never shared good things for the sake of their own benefits like Wu Hai and Lee Yanyi .

“Here we are . This is the place,” said Zhou Shijie .

That’s right . They were Zhou Shijie and his little son, Zhou Xi, who had just returned home from abroad . Zhou Xi was in his twenties and was quite slim . He looked like Zhou Shijie very much and looked as prideful as Zhou Shijie in his youth .

“Dad, you specifically told me not to go to work just in order to come to such a small place to eat?” Zhou Xi revealed a manner of dissatisfaction, “I’m going to see Ming’s art show today . Dad, do you know Mingyi? He is an emerging artist of surrealism, who’s rarely seen at home . He was even invited to attend the Ernst Reminiscence Art Show before and was the only Chinese . ”

Speaking of Mingyi, Zhou Xi instantly couldn’t control himself . He began to talk wordily, not caring if Zhou Shijie would like to hear that .

“Mingyi, I think, is the most distinguished young artist at home at present . His representative work, Rapidly Running Car Seated On A Man really has the style of Ernst’s representative work, Two Kids Scared By A Nightingale,” said Zhou Xi .

“Dad, how about I get another ticket and take you to see Mingyi’s art show? I don’t think there’s anything worth eating in this tiny restaurant,” Zhou Xi took Zhou Shijie’s hands and said on a whim .

When he caught sight of Zhou Shijie’s silent eyes, however, Zhou Xi suddenly stopped speaking . He was fairly afraid of Zhou Shijie .

“Hurry up and take the number ticket, then line up . There are more and more people coming . ” The good mood of Zhou Shijie was totally destroyed by Zhou Xi’s words .

The key point was that there had been seven or eight people in front of them at the door while they were talking . The first one was naturally Wu Hai .

“Shameless Wu, did you hear someone was discussing about the paintings over there just now? Go to lecture them . ” Qin Xiaoyi was the second one, right after him .

“No . ” Wu Hai stared at Yuan Zhou who was preparing the ingredients in the restaurant and said without turning his head .

Qin Xiaoyi asked, “Why not?”

“He isn’t qualified to discuss them with me,” said Wu Hai .

Qin Xiaoyi laughed, “I would almost believe you if you were not staring at Boss Yuan . I think you are just afraid of losing your first position . ”

Anyhow, Zhou Xi received the number ticket and began to line up .

“Dad, aren’t you the chairman of China Chefs’ Alliance?” Zhou Xi stopped abruptly before he finished his words, because he caught sight of a familiar person .

“My senior fellow student?” The person whom he referred to was Yu Chu, who was at the end of the line .

“Dad, are you really sure this restaurant serves nice dishes?” Zhou Xi pointed at Yu Chu without a trace .

He said cryptically, “Dad, you are the chairman, so I essentially don’t have a say in your taste . But that Yu Chu was a fellow student of mine who graduated several years earlier than me . He was never particular about eating . When we studied abroad, we had a saying . All restaurants where he liked to eat would not be on our radar . He successfully managed to avoid all restaurants that served delicious food . As a result, he was regarded as the quality inspector of fine food in Chinatown . ”

“How long has it been since you met him last time?” Zhou Shijie asked .

Zhou Xi said immediately, “It’s been a few years, but his appearance hasn’t changed at all . I’m quite sure it’s him . And Yu Chu doesn’t care about the taste, which is a changeless truth . ”

Zhou Shijie looked at his silly son . He wasn’t familiar with Yu Chu, but in any case, his son hadn’t seen Yu Chu for a few years . Even if he didn’t care about food before, it was fairly common for one to be changed in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

Not to mention Zhou Shijie could still remember Yu Chu’s incisive and merciless comments during the appraisal of the Exemplary Restaurant last time…