i'm just a cook

"Looking for it now?" Liu Taiyuan laughed, "Do you think you're running a roadside stall here? Just as you said, you have to open a restaurant that is even more upscale than here, so the chef can be whatever you want." Did you find it?"

Lu Xiaozhan yawned: "Believe it or not...how about we make a bet?"

Liu Taiyuan said: "Okay, what are you betting on?"

Lu Xiaozhan rolled his eyes: "If I can find a master chef who is better than your chef, then your hotel will no longer serve Western food, how about it?"

Liu Taiyuan smiled and said: "I said you are too dark-hearted. Why don't you allow me to cook Western food once you open a Western restaurant? Then what about the French chef I hired with a high salary?"

Lu Xiaozhan said: "Let him learn the eight major cuisines of China, or let him set up a Mala Tang stall in front of your hotel, and there will be business for sure."

Liu Taiyuan said: "Don't just think about blackmailing me, what if you can't find a chef who is more advanced than me here? What do you lose to me? Let me tell you first, I don't care if you cook Western food or not, and I don't have to. Your cook is going to sell Malatang."

Lu Xiaozhan chuckled: "Then I'll lose...I'll lose a wife to you, if I can't find a better chef than you, I'll go back and break off the engagement with An Qi immediately, and from now on you can chase after me however you like. "

Such a sentence made Liu Taiyuan's heart pounding, An Qi... This is what he has been dreaming of for a long time, not to mention An Qi's beautiful appearance and noble temperament, and with An Jia, one of the best college students in China, The family, as long as they can establish such a line of in-laws with them, then the Liu family will no longer be the top three provinces in the east, even if they can dominate the small half of China.

Moreover, Liu Taiyuan didn't believe that Lu Xiaozhan could find a high-level chef temporarily, unless he had already contacted him a long time ago. Now this is a trick of mystery. Besides, he has been full of self-confidence since he was a child, so he nodded without thinking too much. : "Okay, then I'll bet you, how many days is the limit?"

Lu Xiaozhan reached out his hand and took out his mobile phone, shaking it in front of Liu Taiyuan's eyes: "Right now, if I don't find it before you pay the bill, then I will lose." He dug out a phone he hadn't contacted for a long time from the business card book. Name—Marty, the Frenchman who once participated in the Master Chef Competition held in Tianhai City with him.Lu Xiaozhan pressed the button to dial out the number, and then pressed the hands-free button, and said to Liu Taiyuan: "For you to say that I lied to you for a bet, let's broadcast it live."

Not long after the phone rang, it was picked up over there, and a man who was full of vicissitudes of life called excitedly: "Oh my god! Lu? Is it really you?"

Lu Xiaozhan greeted with a smile: "Hey Marty, long time no see, it's really me, absolutely right."

Marty said with a little displeasure: "Dude, why haven't you contacted me for so long? I always turn off your phone when I call you. Do you not regard me as a friend?"

Lu Xiaozhan smiled and said, "I've been busy the past few days, so I didn't turn on my phone much, but I regard you as a friend from the bottom of my heart."

Marty laughed loudly: "That's good, that's good! Are you looking for something with me today?"

Lu Xiaozhan thought for a while, and then went straight to the point: "Dear Marty, my friend, I need your help."

Marty was very serious when he heard his tone, and immediately became nervous: "Say, if I can help, I will help you."

Lu Xiaozhan said: "You know that I have a restaurant, but now I am planning to open a branch, and I want to invite you to join. I wonder if my old friend would like it?"

Marty seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but then exclaimed excitedly: "The branch of your restaurant? Then I will definitely come! Oh my God, you don't know that I came to you a few days ago to ask if there is any need in your restaurant? Manpower, I really want to come to work with you."

The conversations between the two were in absolutely pure French, but Liu Taiyuan came from different backgrounds after all, and had received training in many languages ​​since he was a child, and French happened to be one he knew well. He listened in, and couldn't help but make him a little dazed.Is this what Marty is also a world-class chef?Is Lu Xiaozhan really so capable that he can be invited here with just a phone call?

Liu Taiyuan was sitting there with a teacup in his hand in a daze. Lu Xiaozhan saw it and was happy in his heart. He said to his mobile phone: "Marty, my new store is in Chunyang City in China. What are you doing?" Can you come over in time? Regarding salary, I think it’s better to have a face-to-face meeting.”

Marty seemed to be taken aback for a second, and didn't mention the salary at all, but suddenly laughed and said, "Chunyang? What a coincidence? I just arrived at Chunyang yesterday."

Lu Xiaozhan wondered: "Ah!? What a coincidence?"

Marty said happily on the other end of the phone: "I just came here to help a friend for a few days... Where are you now? I'll be right over."

Lu Xiaozhan still didn't come back to his senses, he told him the name of the store and the number of the box, and Marty was stunned when he heard it, but he didn't say anything, he smiled and said: "Okay, I'm coming now, and you'll see me soon." After speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

Liu Taiyuan looked at Lu Xiaozhan, feeling like he didn't know what to say. Lu Xiaozhan suddenly chuckled and said in a low voice, "Brother Taiyuan, didn't you tell me that you wanted to beat me? I guess you don't know how to beat me for the time being." I hope, how about we compare this restaurant?"

It’s okay not to mention this matter, but when Lu Xiaozhan mentioned this matter, Liu Taiyuan immediately remembered the scene at the freshman meeting, in front of thousands of students and teachers, Lu Xiaozhan beat him powerlessly, and finally he followed him Throwing it out like a broken sack, this is a big embarrassment.Speaking of fighting, Liu Taiyuan also knew that there was indeed a big gap between himself and Lu Xiaozhan after the competition, so he didn't think about it anymore, but Liu Taiyuan was the most confident about opening a restaurant. Even if Lu Xiaozhan invites a Frenchman in front of him, it doesn't explain anything. Does it mean that a Frenchman must be a chef?

Thinking of this, Liu Taiyuan nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll invite our chef here first. When your friends come later, let them have a chat. To become a world-class chef, I'm afraid it's just a few words. You can tell the difference." After speaking, he turned around and left the box door, and went to find his chef.

Not long after, the door of the box was opened from the outside, and Liu Taiyuan came back in with a proud face, followed by two foreigners with high noses and blue eyes, all dressed in white chef uniforms with gold rims, with a chimney on their heads It looks like a high hat, but it looks like a well-paid external chef.

Liu Taiyuan smiled and introduced to Lu Xiaozhan: "This is the chef I invited from France, Sisser. He is a master who won an award at the Paris Food Festival."

That Xiser came over and shook hands with Lu Xiaozhan very politely, and then backed away without saying anything. Liu Taiyuan then cleared his throat, raised his voice a few decibels, and introduced: "There is more behind Master Xiser." It’s amazing, he won No.2 in last year’s World Master Chef Competition, he’s an old friend of Chef Sisser, a world-class celebrity chef——Mr. McCull.”

When Liu Taiyuan introduced him to Lu Xiaozhan, he also spoke pure French. After hearing the introduction, Chef McCourt behind Siser also walked a few steps forward and stood still in front of Lu Xiaozhan, but suddenly made a gesture that asked Liu Taiyuan made an unexpected move—he suddenly took off the chimney cap on his head, revealing a half-bald head, and gave Lu Xiaozhan a bear hug with his hands, and laughed loudly: "Lu, you Forget that my last name is McCall?"

Lu Xiaozhan was startled, and pushed his head back a few centimeters, and finally saw the person holding him clearly, but was surprised to find that the half-bald person was none other than Marty, whom he had just called , Lu Xiaozhan hugged him back in surprise and joy, and shouted: "Marty? Why are you here?"

Marty smiled and pointed at Sisser: "My friend was hired to work here, but the business here is so good that he couldn't do it alone, so he called me to help for a few days."

Sisser suddenly looked stunned: "Oh! So you are the newly promoted Mr. Lu Xiaozhan, one of the eight famous chefs in the world?"

Lu Xiaozhan said in amazement: "What eight famous chefs? Is it for me?"

Marty smiled and thumped him: "You don't know yet? It was just judged this year, and two of the judges of this year's celebrity chef competition are judges of this year's master chef competition, and one is from the International Culinary Association. Vice President Martin, there is another one of you from China, the foodie Ms. Zhu Meiyi, they highly recommend you, and they also took out the pictures and videos of your competition, which immediately conquered all the other judges, so You are a well-deserved celebrity chef this year."

Siser added with admiration: "Mr. Lu, I also watched the video of that competition, and I admire your cooking skills very much, at least your miraculous knife skills are impossible for me to master anyway. I watched the video that day and told my master, if I can study with you for a while, it will definitely improve me a lot!" Pointing at Marty, he laughed again, "I forgot to say, actually I am Ma Chef Dee's apprentice."

Lu Xiaozhan smiled and scratched the back of his head: "Where is that... But I really don't know about it, and I can only blame it on me. A few days ago, my mobile phone was always turned off, and no one knew where I was. The judging committee was also very depressed, after finally selecting eight famous chefs, one of them disappeared after playing the game."

Marty asked, "Lu, when does your store open? I can come over anytime."

Lu Xiaozhan glanced at Liu Taiyuan with a smile: "Hurry up, hurry up!"

At this moment, Liu Taiyuan finally figured it out. Lu Xiaozhan is still such a famous master in the circle of cooks. The chef he hired after a lot of effort is nothing compared to him. Even he His masters are also one level lower than Lu Xiaozhan.Eight famous chefs in the world!What is this concept?

Lu Xiaozhan coughed dryly and said, "That...Brother Taiyuan, who do you think won our bet?"

Liu Taiyuan recovered from his daze, and felt that anger was slowly rising in his heart. It was really his own fault. He didn't know Lu Xiaozhan's background clearly, so he rashly made such a bet with him. But now it was too late to regret it, so I could only forced a smile and said, "Of course... you won, and what I said stands, and my shop will no longer serve western food in the future."

Lu Xiaozhan clapped his hands: "Brother Taiyuan really keeps his word! Well, then I will not be polite, and please support me after my store opens!" After speaking, he turned his head and said to that Sisser, "The boss of my new store The chef is your master, I wonder if you are interested in coming together? Or are you planning to sell Malatang here?"