I don’t know whether it was because he was afraid that Yuan Zhou would hang up the phone soon or because he was excited. Juman Li spoke very fast and in English, but with a very strong accent. If Yuan Zhou hadn’t made up a lot of relevant language, he would have said To be honest, you can definitely hear it in confusion.
After finishing the general meaning, he continued without waiting for Yuan Zhou's reaction: "This seminar is the Ankara Conference, which is one of the highest-level conferences in the world's culinary industry that is held only once every five years. First of all, those who can participate are leaders in the field of cooking from various countries. This is the first time that chefs from China are invited to participate. I hope Chef Yuan can consider it carefully."
Yuan Zhou's original refusal was immediately swallowed back. Although he has only been around for five years, his cooking skills are really superb. He is quite famous not only in China, but also in Asia and Europe. The circles are different. The people you interact with are naturally different.
He had really heard of the Ankara Conference. The first time he heard it was when Chu Xiao told him that a conference had just been held the year Yuan Zhou became famous, and Chu Xiao was not qualified to participate.
He is a cutting-edge representative of French cuisine, but there are still many representatives of French cuisine above him, such as Juman Li and Auguste. These are the mountains that are weighing on his head. Chu Xiao is far away from being able to attend this conference. It's quite a distance.
But it doesn't mean that Chu Xiao hasn't heard about it. He mentioned this meeting when explaining some things about France to Yuan Zhou before, but Chu Xiao doesn't know about some specific things. Naturally, he can't tell Yuan Zhou if he doesn't know.
The second time I heard it was from August, and the third time it was Zhou Shijie who inadvertently lamented that Chinese chefs have not been able to participate so far. It was not all due to cooking skills, but it was a problem for the Chinese cuisine school to invite more people. This is the fourth time I heard from Juman Li that not only could I exchange and learn with top chefs from all over the world, but I would not refuse it because it was the first time for the Chinese culinary circle to participate in Yuanzhou.
"Okay, I understand, Chef Juman Li, I will participate when the time comes." Yuan Zhou said.
"Okay, I know that Chef Yuan will definitely be interested. I will personally deliver the invitation letter when the time comes. Please don't worry about these trivial matters, Chef Yuan." Juman said with a beaming smile.
Juman Li seemed particularly happy because he had another reason to go to Chengdu. At least Yuan Zhou could feel his happy mood through the phone line. You can imagine how excited he was.
"Then I'll trouble Chef Juman Li." Yuanzhou thought for a while and said.
He originally thought about asking someone to send it over there, but after thinking about Juman Li's usual behavior, Yuanzhou thought it would be better to let Juman Li send it over himself.
Juman Li, who received Yuan Zhou's affirmative answer over there, raised his eyebrows proudly towards August across from him. If the phone hadn't been put down, he would have probably spoken out loud.
Naturally, it was Yuan Zhou on the other side of the phone who was more important now. After talking about the business, Juman Li also talked about some trivial matters and discussed the best conditions for using mozzarella cheese before hanging up the phone.
"I just said that there will be no problem if I call Chef Yuan about this phone call. If you still don't believe it, look at how much face Chef Yuan gave me. As soon as I told him, he said he would come to participate. If you call, maybe Chef Yuan won’t be here.”
Juman Li hung up the phone and walked directly to August. He was very proud of himself. His nostrils were turned up in the sky, which really made people want to punch him in the face.
The onlookers all had this idea, let alone August who was facing him, and he really wanted to fight.
But he was most concerned about Yuan Zhou's issue. He tried his best to suppress the burning fire in his heart and asked, "Did you say that Chef Yuan really agreed to come to the Ankara meeting?"
Although the meaning of Juman Li's phone call and the words he just said showed that Yuan Zhou was indeed coming to participate, August felt like he was in a dream, mainly because Yuan Zhou was too Indifferent to fame and fortune.
After the previous Bocuse d'Or competition, Yuan Zhou had never participated in any other conferences or competitions. As a result, many people in the European culinary circle were well-known and had never met Yuan Zhou in person. At most, they had seen Yuan Zhou in videos. .
The looks of Asians are almost the same to Europeans, just as the looks of Europeans to us Asians are almost all the same: a high nose bridge, big eyes, and blond hair.
Yuan Zhou's aura was different and he was not afraid of admitting his mistakes, but August still hoped that Yuan Zhou could participate in more activities, so that he would have many opportunities to discuss cooking skills with Yuan Zhou, but as the president of the World Federation of Famous Chefs, He was really busy. Even if he wanted to travel to Chengdu for more time, he was not allowed to do so.
On the contrary, Jumanli has a lot more leisure, especially since he leaves many things that he can do himself and August can do to August, so he will have more leisure, so August will also be more free. Busy.
So I hoped that Yuan Zhou could come to Europe so that they could have more exchanges. Unfortunately, Yuan Zhou was even busier than him. He hadn't been here since the competition. No wonder August was so uncertain.
"That's not true. How could there be any problems if I take action?" Juman Li was very proud.
"If this meeting wasn't also beneficial to the Chinese culinary circle itself, you wonder if Chef Yuan would come."
After the initial surprise, August's IQ came online. After thinking about it carefully, he realized why Yuan Zhou agreed so neatly this time. He just had an overall view of the situation.
He just stepped on Juman Li to prevent him from getting carried away.
"It doesn't matter anyway, the result is that I called Chef Yuan and agreed. But before you called Chef Yuan and didn't agree, it proves that I am better than you. It's that simple." Juman Li said without changing his expression.
There are historical reasons why Juman Li said this, mainly because who has more time to go to Rongcheng, China to meet with Yuan Zhou to discuss cooking skills, and also because of the issue of eating Yuan Zhou’s cooking, Juman Li and Aogu Stern won't give in to anyone, and won't obey anyone.
The two people have similar qualifications and similar cooking skills. Even if they fight, they are evenly matched. In the end, one of them can only take a step back, that is, every time there is an event or competition invitation, they take turns sending invitations to Yuan Zhou, no matter what method is used to convey the news. Just inform Yuan Zhou. It is definitely up to Yuan Zhou to decide whether to come or not.
How to notify August was their own business, and this time it was Juman Li's turn to notify them. It was also the only success in so long. You can imagine how proud Juman Li must be.
Yuan Zhou didn't know about Juman Li's lawsuit. After he put down the phone, he suddenly felt a sense of tension.
"Currently, my cooking skills can be compared with those of chefs, but I definitely don't have much advantage. I still need to practice my cooking skills more and master a few more cuisines. This will give me a lot of confidence, especially now." It seems I need to be more serious about Chinese cuisine."
Having made up his mind, Yuanzhou didn't think too much, but quickly got busy with his hands, processing the cassava separately. After all, everything else was just talk, and the current task was the actual task.
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