"Interview? What do you want to interview?!" a somewhat brutal voice shouted.
Along with this voice, there was also a rustling sound of chairs being pulled out. Ye Chui turned his head and saw that at a table not far away, three guests who were waiting for their meals were standing up angrily and looking at Li Xiuyun who was standing on the side.
Li Xiuyun said hurriedly: "I just want to do a random interview, nothing else..."
"What kind of interview? We are here to eat. Do you know how disturbing it is to let others have fun?" The brutal voice from before continued to shout. It was a man with gold teeth in his mouth.
Apparently while he was waiting for his meal, Li Xiuyun happened to find him and asked for an interview, so he took the opportunity to stand up and make trouble.
Ye Chui's eyes became dazed. It was indeed a very disturbing thing for someone to interview him while he was having a meal, but it was not necessary for him to just stand up and start a fight with that person, right
Moreover, looking at the coordinated movements of these three people, it was obvious that this had been planned long ago, and they were just trying to find trouble.
Ye Chui thought for a moment, then walked over with a smile.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Ye Chui asked Jin Ya with a smile.
"You are the boss here, right?" Jin Ya looked Ye Chui up and down, then pointed at Li Xiuyun next to him, "What's wrong with your restaurant? You don't even allow people to eat the good food? Having someone interviewing next to you is really a dislike. I want to complain about this. The service in this restaurant is too bad!"
When he shouted, guests at other tables in the hall turned their heads and looked over.
Ye Chui was neither anxious nor annoyed, and continued with a smile: "Reporter Li is a reporter from Food Weekly. He wants to do an exclusive interview about the opening dinner of my Manhanlou. It is reasonable for him to randomly interview the guests. If you don't like it, you can just refuse directly. Isn't your reaction a bit too much?"
"Too much?" Jin Ya slammed the table. "What are you talking about? Am I wrong for having a problem with your service? Too much? I have gone too far. How can you be a boss..."
"Don't get excited, my guest." Ye Chui was more and more certain that this group of people were here to cause trouble, but he remained calm on the surface. He smiled and continued, "Today's New Year's Eve dinner is over. How about I send you a few boxes of my Man Han Lou's special snacks as an apology?"
"Don't think you can get rid of me with a few boxes of snacks!" Jin Ya said with his head raised and a look of arrogance.
He felt even more proud when he found that many guests were looking at him. He waved his arms and prepared to say something else, but at this moment an arm was suddenly placed on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Xing Sen's smiling face.
Jin Ya was furious: "What are you doing?"
"Why are you so angry on New Year's Day? Brother, why don't you sit at the same table with us and have a good chat later?" Xing Sen said with a smile, "Brothers can teach you how to calm down."
"What are you doing?" Jin Ya shook off Xing Sen's arm. "Who are you? Do I know you well?"
"Hey buddy, you're just being disrespectful by doing this!" Xing Sen pretended to be unhappy and reached out to lift up his black jacket - the outline of a gun on his waistband was clearly revealed.
Jin Ya was about to say something, but when he saw the gun, he swallowed all his words back into his stomach. They were just ordinary hooligans. Anyone who dared to bring a gun to such an occasion must be an extraordinary person...
His face turned pale and he couldn't utter a word.
"Brother, do you want to sit with us?" Xing Sen continued to ask with a smile.
Jin Ya no longer dared to refuse, and he nods subconsciously without any courage. "Okay... okay..."
Few people saw the scene of Xing Sen showing his gun, but Ye Chui saw it. As a food detective, although there are strict requirements for traveling with a gun, as long as he said that he came to the restaurant for inspection, it would be easy for the higher-ups to approve his application for a gun.
Jin Ya and the other two thugs immediately became completely wilted. Ye Chui smiled gratefully at Xing Sen and asked the waiter to put the two tables together. Each table could seat eight people, and together they could seat more than a dozen people. After a dozen gourmet detectives and the three thugs sat down, there were still a few empty seats. Ye Chui smiled faintly in his heart and invited anyone who wanted to make trouble to come to this table.
The table was quickly put together, and several food detectives took their seats. They had been carrying out their duties for the past few days, and today was a rare opportunity to relax on New Year's Eve. Several people were laughing and talking non-stop. Jin Ya and the other three were sandwiched in the crowd, and they were terrified and didn't even dare to drink a sip of water. They looked so pitiful...
Ye Chui nodded gratefully to Xing Sen. Seeing Li Xiuyun still standing there in a daze, he went over and patted him on the shoulder: "Continue the interview, it's okay."
"Mr. Ye, will this cause any trouble to the hotel's guests?" After all, this was the first time Li Xiuyun had to deal with such a situation, so he couldn't help but ask with some embarrassment.
"Don't worry, it's okay. Most people won't care about it." Ye Chui said with a smile. He comforted Li Xiuyun with a few more words to dispel his worries.
At this time, Han Yuyan walked up to him, holding a document in his hand and looking through it: "Master, I just checked, and these people are not among those we invited to attend the opening dinner. I don't know how they got the invitation letters and sneaked in."
"We have sent out quite a few invitations. It's easy for someone with ulterior motives to get one or two." Ye Chui didn't really care about this. He glanced at the three people who were shivering in their seats, and continued to say to Han Yuyan with a smile, "Don't worry. Xing Sen and the others are here. Nothing will happen. If anyone dares to cause trouble, Xing Sen will arrest them directly."
The food police have great power and a special status. Even if an ordinary restaurant wants to invite the food police to open, it does not have the means to do so. They belong to a special power agency.
With them around, Ye Chui really doesn't have to worry about anyone being blind enough to cause trouble on purpose.
Han Yuyan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'm relieved, Master, I will continue to receive guests."
"Well, but you can go find your grandfather after the food starts being served." Ye Chui said.
"Got it, Master."
Han Yuyan said as she came to the door to receive the guests. But not long after, she came to Ye Chui again and said, "Master, an important guest has arrived."
"Who is it?" Ye Chui looked towards the door and happened to see an old man in his sixties dressed in a formal suit, walking into the hotel with the help of two young men. He had a serious expression on his face, his eyes still looking at the decoration of the hotel. There was an old lady and a group of young couples beside him - it was obvious that they were a family.
Han Yuyan continued, "That old man is the vice president of the Gourmet Association. His name is Zhong Weiguo. Unlike Shi Dingping, he is the vice president of the entire Chinese Gourmet Association. I don't know why he came here today."
“He’s a star rater.”
Ye Chui answered as he walked towards Zhong Weiguo. Such an important guest would naturally be received personally by Ye Chui: "Hello, President Zhong. Welcome to my Manhan Building. I have prepared a private room for you upstairs."
Zhong Weiguo looked at Ye Chui for a few times and said, "Are you the owner of this Manhanlou, Ye Chui?"
"It's me." Ye Chui nodded with a smile.
"I heard that the owner of this Manhanlou is a teenager of 17 or 18 years old. I didn't believe it before, but now I have to believe it." Zhong Weiguo said lightly. There was no emotion in his voice, but it was full of a certain scrutiny. He glanced at the huge hotel lobby again and continued, "As for eating, forget about the private room. Just prepare a table for me in the lobby. My house is not that expensive, so there is no need to go into the private room."
Upon hearing Zhong Weiguo's request, Ye Chui was slightly stunned. Zhong Weiguo's status was more than enough for him to eat in a private room, but he wanted to eat in the hall
Ye Chui quickly figured out the key point. Zhong Weiguo was here to do a star rating. To judge the food quality of a restaurant, one should look at how the restaurant treats ordinary guests. The guests in the hall are relatively ordinary, and eating here is naturally the best way to see the real side of the restaurant. Thinking of this, Ye Chui immediately nodded: "Okay, President Zhong, I will arrange a seat for you right away."
Zhong Weiguo came to do the star rating. When the star raters come to the hotel, they usually check every private room one by one, and also check the kitchen, storage room and other places. But Zhong Weiguo obviously did not have that plan. After he sat down at the table with his family, he chatted and laughed with his family, and seemed to have no intention of checking the private rooms and the kitchen.
But Ye Chui could see that while Zhong Weiguo was chatting and laughing with his family, his eyes were constantly looking around, checking the guests' attitudes in the hall and the waiters' attitude towards them. It was obvious that this old man did not take the star rating lightly.
"Ye Chui." Lin Wei's voice called out to Ye Chui. He turned around and saw Lin Wei, who was wearing beautiful clothes, walking towards him. She came to Ye Chui and hugged his arm affectionately. Her face was slightly flushed because of happiness and excitement. "It's the first day of the hotel opening. There are so many customers."
"Yes, it's really good." Ye Chui said with a smile, "But why did you come out? Didn't I ask you and An Jing, Xiao Yu and Xiao Xiao to stay in the courtyard?"
"I just received a call from my dad. He, mom, and grandma will be here soon." Lin Wei said with a smile, looking towards the hotel entrance, and then she exclaimed.
Ye Chui looked towards the door curiously. At this moment, a group of people walked into the restaurant. They must be from an important family. Han Yuyan was greeting them. Lin Wei obviously knew these people. Among them, a young man who was about the same age as Lin Wei suddenly looked at Lin Wei with shining eyes, then left the crowd and walked straight towards her.
"He was my former high school classmate, his name is Xie Ming." Lin Wei quickly explained to Ye Chui, and then revealed a somewhat disgusted expression, "He always harassed me before, I didn't expect to meet him here again..." (~^~)