Chapter 1541 The Murder Caused by the Invitation Letter

"Chu, you have to help me with the invitation letter today." As soon as August got in the car, he turned his head and said to Chu Xiao beside him.

"I can't guarantee anything else, but I can take you to President Zhou's office now, and you can talk about the invitation letter in person." Chu Xiao spread his hands and looked helpless.

"Hey, this is really strange. You know, there used to be too many invitations to this kind of cooking show. Now it's better, I have to come by myself." August said helplessly.

"I can't help it. There are too many people coming this time. I heard that some dignitaries are inquiring about this matter and are preparing to come." Chu Xiao said.

"Moreover, this is also the first time Yuan Zhou holds a personal cooking exhibition." Chu Xiao continued.

"Although I have never seen it, those videos of yours impressed me so much. I am now looking forward to participating and observing Yuan's sword skills." August said excitedly.

"But you don't have an invitation letter yet." Chu Xiao said without mercy.

"Chu, you must know that we are still friends, you can't poke my wounds like this." August glanced at Chu Xiao angrily. Although he was over sixty, his mentality was still very young.

"Okay." Chu Xiao shrugged and then stopped talking.

Yes, what Chu Xiao and August were discussing was the invitation letter for Yuan Zhou’s personal cooking exhibition. It is said that such an invitation letter can be delivered to August, who has high status and seniority and is also a well-known overseas celebrity. It's a very honorable thing in the hands of a chef.

But unfortunately, August really didn’t.

The reason is quite simple. After Zhou Shijie became the sole agent for Yuan Zhou's personal cooking exhibition, he began to plan a series of things such as publicity and so on.

After the publicity was in place, many people came to ask for invitations first. First, some big names in the domestic culinary industry. They were the fastest to catch the news.

If Zhou Shijie hadn't said that there were fifty more invitations reserved for overseas chefs, these people would have snatched up all the two hundred invitations.

After all, there are eight famous cuisines in China, and there are also some famous chefs who are not classified into the eight major cuisines, such as Ke Lin and the two brothers Liu Xi and Liu Jian. These people did not have the opportunity to attend the tea held by Yuanzhou last time. After a short meeting of drinks and snacks, he started to stare at Zhou Shijie. You can imagine how fast he was.

Even Hang Tian, ​​a master of Huaiyang cuisine and inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, only has one invitation in his hand.

Yes,

Of the one hundred and fifty invitations, Zhou Shijie only secretly left two for his two disciples Liu Tong and Li Minghui, and the rest were all snatched away by those people.

As for the remaining apprentices, they were gone. If Zhou Shijie hadn't prepared his own invitations long ago, maybe even his would have been taken away. Even so, those who had invitations were still asking if they could bring their apprentices to participate.

This is true for the one hundred and fifty domestic ones, not to mention the fifty overseas ones. Overseas, Yuan Zhou has been to Thailand, Japan, and France.

Because of the relationship between three-star celebrity chefs such as Dean and Gabriel, overseas invitations were quickly snatched up even if the information was delayed.

For example, several invitations from France were snatched up immediately by Gabriel, Dean, and Mr. Alfreya, the second oldest person in China.

The rest is rather strange. These invitations were snatched away by some dignitaries who had attended the Asia-Pacific Exchange Conference last time. Yes, those were dignitaries. When they came to ask Zhou Shijie in person, they naturally couldn't refuse and could only give one. .

As a result, all the invitations distributed overseas were suddenly gone.

The rest was given by venue provider Wu Yungui to his friends and partners, the most important of which was Wu Yungui Chicken Thief. He asked Zhou Shijie for eight spots very early on.

These friends and partners are all carefully selected by Wu Yungui, who are busy flying abroad every day, and who are basically the bosses of foreign partners.

In Wu Yungui's words, only in this way can we appreciate the essence and deliciousness of Yuanzhou cuisine.

Therefore, Wu Yungui gave all the remaining seven cards to these people except the one he kept.

Under such circumstances, August, who sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and thought he would receive the invitation, naturally did not receive it until two days before the start of the cooking show.

In the end, he personally called Chu Xiao and found out that no one had sent him an invitation. Then he hurriedly booked a flight and went directly to China with Chu Xiao, preparing to ask Zhou Shijie for an invitation in person.

"You must know that these invitations are sent to the inviter. Why are they gone before they are sent?" August couldn't help but complain again.

"I can't help it, because this is his personal cooking show." Chu Xiao said.

"Okay, I understand, but an invitation letter should also be sent to me. After all, although I am retired, I can still cook." August muttered.

Seeing Auguste like this, Chu Xiao felt helpless and a little proud. Once upon a time, how could these high-minded French people come to China in person for an invitation letter? But now he has done it, and Yuan Zhou has also done it. arrive.

"As expected of my opponent." Chu Xiao thought to himself.

Chu Xiao took August on the way to Zhou Shijie's office. On the other side, there were people who were sitting on the Diaoyutai just like August two days ago, but now they were anxiously wandering around.

This person is none other than Fujiwara Iemoto, who claims to know Chinese cuisine better than Chinese people.

Yes, Fujiwara Iemoto did not receive the invitation letter, but Hidetoshi Oishi, who thought he could surpass Yuan Zhou in the future, did.

This is not surprising. After all, Oishi Xiujie has returned to Japan since the Asia-Pacific Exchange Conference, but his eyes have been focused on Yuan Zhou’s cooking affairs every day. As soon as the news of the personal cooking exhibition came, he I came to visit Zhou Shijie in person and got the invitation letter.

But Fujiwara Iemoto is different. He is a man named Iemoto in Japan. He goes there regardless of his status. The ones he usually attends are state banquets. Although he cares about Yuan Zhou very much, he also You can't stare at people like Oishi Xiujie every day.

When he knew that Yuan Zhou was going to hold a personal cooking exhibition, he took it for granted that Zhou Shijie would personally send the invitation letter to him.

But it wasn't until now that he made some indirect inquiries and discovered that Zhou Shijie had not sent an invitation letter at all. Only then did he become puzzled.

"Baga, President Zhou Jun is so incompetent that he doesn't even have an invitation letter from me." Fujiwara Iemoto sat in his study, put down the phone in his hand, and couldn't help but use foul language.

"Oishi-san has it, but I don't have it." When Fujiwara Iemoto said this, he completely forgot about the difficult process Oishi Hidetoshi said about how he got it.

"No, I want to ask Mr. Zhou personally." Fujiwara Iemoto took a deep breath, then picked up the phone and continued to call.

This time he called Zhou Shijie directly.

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