It takes about one hour and fifteen minutes to travel from the airport to the office of the Kitchen Union where Zhou Shijie is located.
At this time, Fujiwara Iemoto’s phone called.
Because there is an hour difference between Japan and Huaxia, when it is twelve noon in Japan, it is eleven noon in Huaxia. At this time, Zhou Shijie has not left work yet.
So, when Zhong Lili answered the phone outside the door, Zhou Shijie directly picked up the phone and talked to Fujiwara Kamoto.
Fujiwara Iemoto suppressed his anxious mood, and after a long conversation with Zhou Shijie slowly, he said, “I heard that Yuan Jun will hold a personal cooking exhibition recently. I wonder if Zhou Jun is aware of this?”
“Yes, it will officially start in two days.” Zhou Shijie was shocked and had a bad premonition.
“So is Zhou Jun going to invite me?” Fujiwara Iamoto didn’t beat around the bush this time, but asked directly.
“This…Mr. Fujiwara, you have always attended state banquet-level banquets. This is only the first time Yuanzhou has held a personal cooking exhibition, and it is not planned to be held.” Zhou Shijie euphemistically said.
Yes, Zhou Shijie understood what he meant. He didn’t intend to send invitations to Kamoto Fujiwara, that’s why he was so prevaricious.
“No, no, this is Zhou Jun’s narrow-mindedness. Naturally, Yuan Jun’s excellent cooking skills should be great, and Yuan Jun’s cooking skills are completely suitable for state banquets.” Fujiwara Jiayuan said seriously.
“That is, Yuanzhou’s cooking skills are naturally not inferior to state banquets, but this time…” Zhou Shijie was proud of Yuanzhou’s cooking skills, but also a little worried.
Fujiwara Iemoto’s meaning Zhou Shijie can naturally hear, but at this time there are really no extra invitations.
But this time Zhou Shijie was interrupted by Fujiwara Jiayuan before he finished speaking, and he said directly: “Did Zhou Jun not intend to invite me?”
“This, it’s like this, the cooking show is about to start, I’m afraid you don’t have time, Mr. Fujiwara.” Zhou Shijie has always been hypocritical of adults, and said very euphemistically.
Fujiwara Iamoto naturally understood Zhou Shijie’s repeated rejections. If Fujiwara Iamoto would just drop the phone, he wouldn’t say anything.
Just kidding, what is his identity? It would be good to ask for the invitation in person. How could he be rejected several times like this, but when he thought of the shock of Yuan Zhou’s knife at the Sino-Japanese exchange meeting, he held back.
He wants to see how much such a young man has grown in the past year, and wants to taste the deliciousness that comes from the ingredients themselves.
“Since that’s the case, I’ll be waiting for Zhou Jun’s invitation.” Iamoto Fujiwara took a deep breath and immediately climbed down the pole. After speaking, he hung up the phone.
“This…what is this called.” Zhou Shijie looked at the hung up phone, both angry and funny.
“This old man has become shameless.” Zhou Shijie scolded with a smile, and was also happy for Yuan Zhou in his heart.
After laughing, Zhou Shijie was confused again, and began to think about where the invitation letter from Fujiwara Kamoto came from.
Although Zhou Shijie clearly refused, he would still invite Fujiwara Jiayuan to come. He couldn’t push Yuanzhou away from the reputation of being delivered to his door.
Fujiwara’s identity is still very high, and his popularity is also very wide. His title of Japanese who knows Chinese cuisine best is also recognized by the International Chef Federation.
Such a person came to ask for the invitation in person and strongly requested to participate, how could Zhou Shijie not allow it, but now the trouble is where to extract this invitation.
Zhou Shijie was sitting behind his desk and thinking seriously, but although the matter is urgent, there are other tasks about the cooking exhibition that need Zhou Shijie’s instructions, so he also thinks about ways while working.
After all, in his opinion, it’s enough to give Fujiwara Iamoto a word before today. The four-hour flight from Rongcheng, Japan, is not far.
However, I never expected that Fujiwara Iamoto was an impatient. After only 20 minutes, Fujiwara Iamoto called again. This time, he didn’t say anything about the invitation letter, but asked about the temperature of Rongcheng. matter.
He said he wanted to come and talk to him, Zhou Shijie, about a Chinese dish he recently researched.
This is obviously the drunkard’s intention not to drink alcohol, but to urge him to give an invitation.
After Zhou Shijie hung up the phone again, he was even more helpless, but it wasn’t over yet. At twelve o’clock, when Zhou Shijie was about to get off work for lunch, Fujiwara Jiayuan called again.
This time, Iamoto Fujiwara didn’t say anything else and started talking about the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan and the friendship between China and Japan.
The big hats are put on Zhou Shijie’s head one by one. The implication is that he is willing to make his own contribution to the friendship between China and Japan.
Fujiwara Jiayuan’s attitude is extremely low, and Zhou Shijie, who is low, said cheerfully: “Is the invitation letter delivered to you by air to you, Mr. Fujiwara, or will I send it to you when you arrive in Huaxia?”
“Don’t bother Zhou Jun, I can come and get my plane this afternoon.” Iemoto Fujiwara said immediately.
“Okay, then look forward to your arrival, Mr. Fujiwara.” Zhou Shijie said politely.
“See you in the evening.” After Fujiwara Jiayuan finished speaking, he hung up the phone with satisfaction, and went straight downstairs to prepare to leave.
“Alas, Li Minghui, he has been a teacher for so long anyway. It seems that he can’t catch up this time. It has to be next time.” Zhou Shijie took out the invitation card for Li Minghui from the drawer and sighed.
That’s right, Zhou Shijie was urged by the Fujiwara family to send out the invitation card of his eldest apprentice Li Minghui.
“Minghui shouldn’t mind.” Zhou Shijie resolutely wrote the name of Iemoto Fujiwara on the blank invitation, and put it on the other side.
Zhou Shijie’s two invitations for his apprentices in this drawer were originally intended for them to read and write to give them some preferential treatment, but now apparently only Liu Tong can enjoy it.
And Li Minghui, who had an appointment to pick up the invitation tonight, didn’t know anything.
However, the principle that good fortune and misfortune do not come singly applies everywhere.
Just after 1:30~IndoMTL.com~ Chu Xiao took August to the kitchen union building, and this time Zhou Shijie personally came downstairs to pick up the people.
This is the first time for August to come to the Kitchen Alliance, and in his capacity, he is on the same level as Zhou Shijie, or he is more famous abroad than August.
As soon as he arrived at the office, Chu Xiao said directly without waiting for August to speak: “I’ll bring the people, and you can discuss the rest yourself. I still have something to do, so I’ll go first.”
He also said the same thing to August, and then Chu Xiao left directly.
As soon as Chu Xiao left, the translator became Zhong Lili. Zhong Lili spoke French very well.
August fluently expressed his desire to participate in Yuanzhou’s personal cooking exhibition, and then Zhou Shijie naturally remembered the invitation in the drawer that belonged to his favorite apprentice Liu Tong.
This time, Liu Tong’s invitation was not kept.
“Master did his best.” Zhou Shijie thought to himself as he looked at August who was holding the invitation.
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