NOVEL WEB Chapter 2647
Chapter 2647: Concluding the past and looking into the future
Translator: 549690339
The system was speechless.
As for anything that wasn’t related to cooking, the system would reply based on his mood. Now that he was able to get back six points, he was already in a good mood.
After that, no matter how much Yuan Zhou ridiculed it, it didn’t say anything more. No matter how much manpower Yuan Zhou had, he couldn’t reach the level of the system. As its position was firm and unbreakable, he naturally didn’t need to worry about it.
“Boss Qian’s words are very reasonable. However, with a small business, it is indeed impossible to take on more orders at the moment. Take-out is not considered for the time being.” Yuan Zhou said directly.
Not to mention the question of whether he would do take-out as the future master chef or not, even if he did, it would definitely be different from other restaurants. Otherwise, it would not reflect his style as the master chef. Moreover, now was not the time to think about these things. At least, he had to wait until he obtained the title of the master chef before he would consider other problems.
Yuan Zhou was very strict when it came to cooking skills. He was very clear about what he should do at what time and what he should do. He had a clear direction and there was no such thing as turning to other roads.
Originally, when Qian Minghui heard the first half of the sentence, he was delighted in his heart, thinking that the heavens indeed did not forsake those who worked hard. As long as they worked hard, they would definitely be rewarded. Therefore, Yuan Zhou loosened his grip.
However, when she heard the last part, her heart turned cold. It was as if she had fallen into an ice hole. There was only a thin line between heaven and hell, and it really caught her off guard.
Since Qian Minghui was able to put in so much effort and make sufficient preparations in advance, he was naturally a person with a strong will. Even if he was disappointed, he knew in his heart that there were countless people who had been rejected before him. He was just one of the many people, so there was no need to be discouraged.
“What head chef Yuan said makes sense. However, if head chef Yuan is interested in taking-out or anything related to express delivery in the future, I hope you can contact me. We will definitely rush over at the speed of lightning.” Qian Minghui said earnestly.
Even if they didn’t come to an agreement on cooperation, it was still good to leave a good impression on Yuan Zhou. Perhaps if there were opportunities for cooperation in the future, Yuan Zhou would consider their company immediately. It was better to have more opportunities than less.
“Sure.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
Although Yuan Zhou didn’t really feel that Qian Minghui was a fast chef, he still felt that Qian Minghui was quite pleasing to the eye. If there was anything that he could cooperate with, Yuan Zhou would consider it. After all, even a master chef needed to have sponsored partnerships.
“Thank you, head chef Yuan. I won’t disturb you any longer. Goodbye.”
When Qian Minghui saw that things were not going well, he didn’t pester Yuan Zhou too much. He directly said goodbye to Yuan Zhou and then turned around to leave, not wasting any time.
“I didn’t expect so many people to still be thinking about takeaway. Unfortunately, there’s no way to consider this at the moment.”
Looking at Qian Minghui’s back, Yuan Zhou sighed with emotion. He didn’t know if it was because take-out had become popular recently. Apart from Qian Minghui, there were no less than ten companies that specialized in take-out that had come to talk to Yuan Zhou about this.
Of course, all of them were rejected without exception. Moreover, not only the express delivery companies, but also some gourmet platforms, such as a certain group and a certain group, all took the initiative to contact Yuan Zhou and discuss whether to put master chef Restaurant on their platform. The conditions were quite favorable.
It was a pity that those who came late to get a number ticket every day couldn’t even get one. The remaining customers could only eat on Taoxi road. It was a comfort that it was close to the restaurant and they didn’t need to go to any platform at all. Therefore, Yuan Zhou directly refused.
“What a joke.” There were already enough people. Even if Yuan Zhou used eight hands, he still wouldn’t be able to meet the needs of all the customers. If he went on these platforms, then wouldn’t there be even more customers? that would be terrible.
An extremely unbalanced supply and demand relationship would lead to big problems. As a chef of the five good qualities who always considered for his customers, Yuan Zhou felt that he should nip the bud in the bud. Therefore, when those people from the platforms came to him, he refused them without any hesitation, leaving no room for him to turn things around.
It was clean and neat, and his knife skills were even more accurate than those of a pig slaughterer who had been working for decades.
No matter how many people came to look for Yuan Zhou, it couldn’t change the fact that the restaurant was open on time every day. Otherwise, these customers would throw these troublemakers out spontaneously even without Yuan Zhou’s help. Those troublemakers couldn’t even break through the threshold of the customers, let alone in front of Yuan Zhou. It was no easier than 81 times.
It was the end of the year and the beginning of a New Year. This was the time for everyone to conclude the old year and look forward to the new year. Naturally, it was time to award those who had worked hard in the old year.
Many competitions and commendation meetings were held at this time. This was the best conclusion and reward for the past years. Therefore, even though Yuan Zhou barely participated in any activities, he did win many awards, such as ‘the most outstanding Chef of Sichuan Province Gold Award’,’Special Judge award of the food tasting competition’,’China’s most popular chef award’, and so on.
The key was that everyone knew Yuan Zhou’s schedule, especially the organizing committee of the competition who presented the award to Yuan Zhou. Therefore, Yuan Zhou didn’t need to go to receive the award in person. He could directly send someone to receive it or mail it to them. It was absolutely convenient.
Even August and his group of people from abroad had given Yuan Zhou several awards. Naturally, the trophies had been mailed over. For a while, Yuan Zhou could be said to have gained a lot at the end of the year. The trophies and certificates almost filled up the shelf again. From that, it could be seen how many awards he had won.
Now, in order to place these rewards, Yuan Zhou would almost always place the previous year’s rewards in a special warehouse and the New Year’s rewards on the antique shelves, so as not to waste other people’s good intentions.
For this reason, he even specially made several shelves himself. They looked pretty good. At least, when Carpenter Lian saw them, Ma Xiao and the others were in trouble again. Yuan Zhou usually focused on cooking and his woodworking skills were obviously improving. However, Ma Xiao and the others, who had been studying all the time, didn’t make as much progress as Yuan Zhou. Carpenter Lian felt that if he didn’t scold them, they might just be like a top that wouldn’t move if he didn’t whip them.
As Yuan Zhou had also received many grand prizes during this period of time, the officials even awarded him the title of the top ten outstanding young people this year.
As he needed to participate in official activities, Yuan Zhou took a day off to travel between the capital and Chengdu. The customers who hadn’t seen Yuan Zhou taking leave for a long time almost didn’t react when they saw the familiar white paper returning to the scene.
It had been a long time since they had seen a piece of white paper stuck on the door, with strange reasons for asking for leave on it, making the diners feel even more cordial and helpless.
They were all mature customers now. They wouldn’t feel as if their parents had lost their parents when they saw the white paper like before. Although they couldn’t get excited, it was inevitable that they would feel down.
In contrast, even the human traffic on Taoxi road had decreased by 30%. It could be seen how much influence Yuan Zhou’s leave of absence had on Taoxi road.
Director Wang couldn’t sit still anymore. He came to visit Yuan Zhou’s restaurant eight times a day, hoping that Yuan Zhou would come back earlier. It wasn’t just empty talk when he said that Yuan Zhou was the center of Taoxi road.
Yuan Zhou was well-known for being punctual and following the rules. Although everyone couldn’t help coming to have a look, it wasn’t because they were worried that Yuan Zhou wouldn’t come back on time, but rather because they wouldn’t be used to it if they didn’t come.
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