Ye Chui was going to challenge all the chefs in China with the Manchu-Han Banquet as the stakes. Such a big event would naturally attract the attention of Food Weekly. It was also within Ye Chui's expectation that they would make a special report on it. However, Ye Chui was a little puzzled as to why Food Weekly did not let Li Xiuyun, who was previously in charge of the Manchu-Han Restaurant, to do the report, but replaced it with Wei Cheng.
Ye Chui felt vaguely that the name sounded familiar. He thought about it and suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly took out a magazine from the bookshelf beside him. It was the first issue of Food Weekly released in the new year. Turning to the first page, he saw Li Xiuyun's report on the grand opening of Manhan Building. The second report in the magazine was about the eight-star chef Jim joining Shenghuayuan.
The author of this report is Wei Cheng.
"Was that report that spoke well of Shenghuayuan written by Wei Cheng?" Han Yuyan also discovered this matter at this time. The two reports in Food Weekly had different tendencies. Li Xiuyun was generous in praising Manhanlou, while Wei Cheng's report praised Shenghuayuan highly and even had a vague intention of confronting Manhanlou. Sister Han was also quite annoyed when she saw the report.
At this time, she said in a somewhat strange tone: "Why did Food Weekly send Wei Cheng to interview you, Master? Why didn't they ask Li Xiuyun to come? I think I should call Li Xiuyun..."
Having said this, Han Yuyan took out his cell phone.
Ye Chui was somewhat surprised and asked, "Dayu, do you still have Li Xiuyun's phone number?"
"Of course. We who run a restaurant naturally have to maintain a good relationship with the food magazine. We will definitely use it frequently in the future. Of course, we have to write down his cell phone number." Han Yuyan said and dialed Li Xiuyun's number.
After the call was connected, Li Xiuyun's somewhat surprised voice soon came from the other end: "Ms. Han, is there anything you want to talk about?"
Han Yuyan put his phone into speaker mode and said to Li Xiuyun on the other side with a smile: "Reporter Li, are you busy now?"
"No, no, I'm free. Miss Han, is there anything you want to talk about?" Li Xiuyun said hurriedly with some excitement.
Ye Chui frowned. Li Xiuyun's excited tone... was a bit strange.
"Reporter Li, it's like this. Just now, reporter Wei Cheng from your magazine came here and wanted to interview us. Did you know about this? Aren't you responsible for the affairs of our Manhan Building?" Han Yuyan asked.
On the other side, Li Xiuyun heard that Han Yuyan was asking about this matter, and his voice was immediately filled with disappointment. Then he said with a bit of resentment, "Originally, I was the one who reported this matter, but my senior brother rushed to tell the editor-in-chief that I was still a newcomer and might not be able to do this job well, so he took the job away. I just learned about this matter. My senior brother is too much. At the beginning, we were assigned to interview the opening of Manhanlou together, but he pushed the task to me halfway. Now that Manhanlou is doing well, he is trying every means to get the job back!"
It was obvious that Li Xiuyun had a lot of resentment towards his senior brother, and he said a lot without paying attention. Ye Chui heard it and felt even worse about Wei Cheng.
"So that's how it is. What a pity. Reporter Li, can you talk to your editor-in-chief? We at Manhan Building will only accept interviews from you." Han Yuyan asked expectantly. Wei Cheng's behavior made her very angry. Moreover, he was on the side of Shenghuayuan. If she asked him to report on the challenge, he might even deliberately satirize Manhan Building in the article.
Li Xiuyun was somewhat flattered: "Ms. Han, do you want me to interview you?"
"Of course, I'm looking forward to your interview, Reporter Li." Han Yuyan said sincerely, "After all, our relationship is special, don't you think?"
Sister Han's words instantly filled Li Xiuyun with energy. He continued excitedly, "I'll go tell the editor right away. Since you want me to do the interview, and I was responsible for all the interviews at Manhanlou before, the editor will definitely agree."
Hearing what Li Xiuyun said, Han Yuyan showed Ye Chui an expression that said "Look at my social skills, don't you think I'm good at it?" and continued to say to Li Xiuyun, "Then reporter Li, go tell your editor-in-chief that I'm waiting for you at Manhanlou and I'll treat you to a big meal. If you don't mind, I'll call you brother from now on, and we'll be brother and sister from now on."
"Brother...sister!?" Li Xiuyun's originally excited voice froze.
"That's all. Goodbye." Han Yuyan hung up the phone and smiled at Ye Chui again, "Master, what do you think of my social skills?"
Ye Chui looked at his cute apprentice with a bit of sweat and said, "Is this the legendary honey trap?"
Han Yuyan's eyes froze: "What honey trap? She is close to him, this is a brother-sister relationship!"
Ye Chui: “…”
He had always thought that he was slow in relationships, and his biggest regret as the God of Food in his previous life was that he had never had a pure and innocent love affair. But now he knew... that his apprentice was even more slow than himself.
Ye Chui patted Han Yuyan on the shoulder: "Dayu, you did a great job..."
Han Yuyan didn't know what was going on with Ye Chui's reaction, but when he heard Ye Chui's praise, he still laughed... This laugh made him look even more adorable.
Afterwards, Ye Chui brought Han Yuyan to the lobby of Manhan Building. Li Xiuyun’s senior brother Wei Cheng was looking at the bustling lobby with envy. He was not optimistic about the opening of Manhan Building and believed that the restaurant would close down soon. He was always confident in his own judgment, but looking at the current situation of Manhan Building, he knew that he was wrong, very wrong. The business of Manhan Building was so prosperous, better than those of other restaurants in Yanjing. Recently, Li Xiuyun had been like a fish in water in the magazine because of Manhan Building, and was highly valued by the editor-in-chief, which made him extremely jealous. This guy was so lucky...
This time I applied to the editor-in-chief first and got this good opportunity. I must suppress that kid Li Xiuyun.
Seeing Ye Chui and Han Yuyan coming out, he immediately went up to them with a smile and said, "Hello, Boss Ye. I am Wei Cheng, a special correspondent for Food Weekly. I am doing an interview with Manhanlou today. Boss Ye, are you free?"
"Oh, sorry, I'm busy now." Ye Chui said to Wei Cheng with a smile.
"This..." Wei Cheng was stunned and asked quickly, "Boss Ye, what do you want to do later? If I come at the wrong time, we can do this interview another day."
"I will be interviewed by other magazines later. As for another day... I think I'd better forget it." Ye Chui continued with a smile.
"Interview with other people? Our Food Weekly is the most authoritative food magazine, Mr. Ye, don't you know that?" Wei Cheng said anxiously and angrily.
"Of course I know, so I will be interviewed by Li Xiuyun from your magazine later." Ye Chui continued with a smile.
"Li Xiuyun?" Wei Cheng was stunned. "I was the one who received the interview. Why did it get replaced by Li Xiuyun? He can't do this. This is breaking the rules!"
"It was me who requested that we only accept Li Xiuyun for the interview, Reporter Wei. Does this break the rules?" Ye Chui looked at Wei Cheng coldly. "From now on, when Food Weekly interviews Manhanlou, we will only accept Reporter Li Xiuyun. Do you understand what I mean, Reporter Wei?"
Wei Cheng looked dazed and didn't know what to say.
Ye Chui ignored him and glanced at Han Yuyan: "Dayu, please help me entertain reporter Wei. If he wants to stay for dinner, give him a 10% discount for reporter Li's sake. By the way, if reporter Li comes later, please invite him to the private room upstairs first. Since he wants to interview us, of course we have to treat him to a good meal."
Han Yuyan immediately agreed with a smile: "Got it, Master. I will ask Senior Brother to prepare a good meal to entertain Reporter Li."
Ye Chui nodded and glanced at Wei Cheng, who had a gray face, and returned to the office with satisfaction. His favorite way to hit people was to use delicious meals...
Han Yuyan looked at Wei Cheng politely and said, "Reporter Wei, would you like to eat?"
Wei Cheng glanced at the bustling lobby of Manhanlou. This was a high-end restaurant, so the food was naturally not cheap. He could not afford it at all. In fact, he had received a task from the editor-in-chief to interview Manhanlou this afternoon, and he had waited until the evening, hoping to have a delicious dinner... Now it seemed impossible. Wei Cheng snorted angrily at Han Yuyan, "No need. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"
Having said this, Wei Cheng left Manhan Building in indescribable anger.
Han Yuyan had a smile on his face, thinking that his master was really good, he could attack people without using any dirty words...
Little did she know that the blow Ye Chui dealt to Wei Cheng was far less than the blow she dealt to Li Xiuyun. Ye Chui's was a physical blow, while Li Xiuyun's was a psychological blow. In terms of striking at people, she was definitely better than her teacher...
A moment later, Li Xiuyun came to Manhan Building with a gloomy look on his face. Facing the smiling guests and Han Yuyan, who enthusiastically called him brother, Li Xiuyun felt even more dejected.
Fortunately, Li Xiuyun is very professional and was very dedicated in interviewing Ye Chui. When talking about the purpose of Ye Chui setting up this arena, Ye Chui also had some touching remarks, such as he did all this for the rise of Chinese food culture and hoped to sound a wake-up call to Chinese chefs... Of course, Ye Chui did take these reasons into consideration to some extent, but in the final analysis, Ye Chui's real purpose was to promote Man Han Lou and to prepare for his future challenge to Chinatown.
But these are not suitable to be told to Li Xiuyun.
After the interview, Han Yuyan saw Li Xiuyun off. He kept calling him "brother" so much that Li Xiuyun wanted to bang his head against the wall and die.
Ye Chui looked at Li Xiuyun's lonely back and couldn't help but sigh. This poor child, why did he like Han Yuyan when he could like anyone else... (~^~)