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Chapter 400: Occupational Disease
Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth
After the shy man said that, others that lined up fell silent for a while. After some time, Ma Zhida uttered first.
"Your words seem to make some sense." Ma Zhida nodded his head and said earnestly.
"It does. If I'm alright, I naturally hope she could be normal, too." Even some other customers agreed to that.
"Um. So this is what you think." Ling Hong's word seemed casual, with yet some kind of deep meaning.
Only Wu Hai took a look at Ling Hong inexplicably while the others all changed the subject and talked about something else, naturally about women.
When it was almost the time to get the number tickets after a little while, the girl that the shy man had been waiting for arrived.
Just as usual, the shy man went to stand behind the girl swiftly when she started to line up.
There was an expression of bliss and pure happiness on his face.
The girl was still the same as before. No matter what the shy man said, she just stayed silent and smiled gently.
Fortunately, the shy man usually asked a question and answered it by himself, thus she didn't really need to answer.
Therefore, the chatting ability of the shy man was actually negative.
"Haw. It's so interesting." Seeing that, Ling Hong revealed an expression of interest on his cynical face.
"What an eccentric guy!" Wu Hai took a glimpse of contempt at Ling Hong.
"Everybody, the first twenty tickets are open to be taken. Please." Zhou Jia walked to them and reminded loudly.
"Finally, it started. I'm almost dead from starvation." The first twenty customers became slightly relieved.
"Exactly. I feel like I'm able to eat an entire cattle." The customer stroked his belly and said earnestly.
"The problem is that Boss Yuan doesn't sell an entire cattle." The customer behind him couldn't help ridiculing.
"Yes, that's true." Others echoed smilingly.
Then, the subject was diverted again.
"Speaking of which, it seems that Boss Yuan's dishes never make people put on weight." A plump girl said with puzzlement.
"Absolutely. Speaking of that, I have never put on weight since I ate here." A slender girl said happily.
"I think it's purely because we can't eat our fill here but don't want to eat anything else." It was Wu Hai who answered this time. He said with a deep feeling.
"Order each and every dish on the menu and then you'll be full." The rich guy Ling Hong said.
"I would love to, but my thin wallet has tried its best to stop me." The slender girl touched her wallet and said with bitter hatred.
"You can never eat them again next time if you can't finish them by myself." Wu Hai looked at Ling Hong sneeringly.
"I can eat my fill after the dishes increase." Ling Hong answered quite complacently.
"Speaking of which, when will you serve a new dish, Boss Yuan? A mere meat dish is ok for me." Once Wu Hai entered the door, he said to Yuan Zhou.
"I have just served a new dish." Yuan Zhou revealed a quite earnest expression on his face.
What a joke! He was way too diligent.
"That's only a side dish. I'm talking about a meat dish." Wu Hai liked eating meat very much.
"Dongpo Pig Knuckle. You can eat it either hot or cold and you can order it anytime." Yuan Zhou pointed at the menu and appeared rather earnest.
Hearing that, Wu Hai instantly thought of Dongpo Pig knuckle as well as the feeling of the fat being not greasy and the lean melting upon entry the mouth with strong soysauce-like aromas.
"Get me a serving of Dongpo Pig Knuckle, please. Cold." Wu Hai swallowed the saliva calmly and ordered the dish.
"Ok. One moment, please." Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
At that time, two people wearing face masks sat to the right of Wu Hai. Yuan Zhou stepped forward and took the order personally.
"What would you like to eat today?" Yuan Zhou asked.
Although he was wearing a face mask, his voice still passed to them clearly and precisely.
After all, anything provided by the system was definitely the best.
"We both want a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup." They were two girls.
They all wore a big dark face mask that almost covered their face. The hollow voice passed from the face masks vaguely.
"Ok. Wait a while, please." Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
The scene at the moment was a little interesting. Yuan Zhou was wearing a face mask while the two girls facing him were also wearing face masks.
"How long would it be from the dish being cooked well to cool?" Wu Hai suddenly asked.
"Ten minutes." Yuan Zhou said affirmatively.
"That's enough." When Wu Hai said that, he had walked to the door.
"He's definitely going to piss since he's in such a hurry." Ling Hong said with an affirmative tone.
"No. Brother Wu is definitely going to paint." Tang Xi retorted immediately at the side.
"He merely took you to see Yuan Zhou once. Do you really need to be partial to him?" Ling Hong took a look at Tangxi speechlessly.
"Humph. I'm going to eat and don't want to talk to you now." Tang Xi was originally a young girl and Ling Hong found it inappropriate to argue with her.
Nevertheless, the two face-mask girls that triggered Wu Hai's inspiration started to chat with the face mask still on them.
"How do you like it? It's good here, isn't it?" It was the girl who had been here twice that said that. Her voice was quite gentle.
"Yes. Thank you, Sister You." The girl who answered that sounded a little bit cute.
As they both wore the face masks and had short hair, it was difficult to distinguish them.
"Jiu Jiu, we can come here for meals later when we don't cook." The girl who was called "Sister You", namely the one that had been here twice, was a little taller.
"Ok. Are the dishes delicious?" Jiu Jiu smoothed her hair out with the fingers and still appeared a little nervous.
"Jiu Jiu, don't worry. No one here would feel that we are strange." When Sister You said that, she was rather confident and affirmative.
"Really?" Jiu Jiu glimpsed at the two sides secretly.
The customers were either eating or waiting to eat. And the waitress Zhou Jia wasn't looking at them, either.
Zhou Jia was busying greeting the customers or otherwise looking at Yuan Zhou earnestly, waiting to carry dishes.
"Now you believe me?" Sister You didn't stop her and just let her observe by herself.
"Um. Jiu Jiu nodded her head with more force this time and also looked more relaxed.
"We are not strange, actually. It's our job, instead." Sister You sighed.
"Yeah. The only thing is that we can get a high salary from the job as an odor-smelling master." Jiu Jiu was satisfied with the job, but was just worried about the adjunct questions brought by the job.
"You are right. Besides, there are not many people doing this job. That's why we look strange." Sister You thought for a while and continued saying.
"If there are as many odor-smelling masters like us as those white-collar workers in the office, the occupational disease of us disliking any scent would be as common as the low back pain and neck ache. It will be not so strange at all."
"Exactly. We are always in touch with the scents. After smelling so much, even fragrances start to stink." Jiu Jiu knitted her brows and complained.
Indeed. The odor-smelling master was mainly responsible for identifying some odors of unknown origin, which were unable to be distinguished even with instruments. Then, they will be needed to come and distinguish it.
For example, an enterprise discharged some bad gas, but the measurement results of the instruments showed there was no harmful gas beyond the limit. Then, the method of smelling by the masters was used and in the end, they would judge if the gas was beyond the limit.
Because of the specialty of the occupation, the odor-smelling master was also well-known as the "nurse of air quality".
"This is our job." Sister You patted on the shoulder of Jiu Jiu and said that.
They had no other choices concerning the job but for a place like Yuan Zhou's restaurant to exist was really great for them.
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Chapter 401: A Treat Being Refused
Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth
Business time at noon passed very soon.
"Hoo... Let me have a rest first, then read some books and practice sculpting." Yuan Zhou patted his sleeves.
"What a tasteful man! I am really a prince charming. Even my habits are like those of the prince charming." Yuan Zhou suddenly muttered to himself.
Yuan Zhou was quite satisfied with his own arrangement.
The system displayed, "Congratulations! Host, you have completed the mission."
[Main mission] Entertain at least 1000 foreign customers (completed)
(Mission tips: As a world-class tiny restaurant, how could you continue business without the support of foreign friends since you have an exotic dish now? Host, please work hard to increase your skills. I have confidence in you.)
[Mission reward] A set of western-style dishes with a total of three servings and also one set of standard western food etiquette (available to be received).
(Reward tips: A handsome reward can be a solid foundation for the host to become the Master Chef and Prince Charming.)
"It's finally completed. Can I level up after it's completed?" Yuan Zhou asked curiously.
To level up meant the increase of his profit sharing by ten percent. It was quite a lot."
The system displayed, "Not yet."
"Tsk-tsk. Then why did you mention the main mission?" Yuan Zhou ridiculed.
However, he was quite curious about what the thing in his hand was. It was provided by the system the reminder that Yuan Zhou had completed the mission popped up.
"System, what's this?" Yuan Zhou picked it up and looked at carefully, but still couldn't recognize what it was.
The system displayed, "A CD that can be played on the computer."
"Of course it's a CD. I mean what are the contents." Yuan Zhou first became speechless and only asked after a little while.
The system displayed, "It is a set of the standard western food etiquette from the reward."
"Is the etiquette only a CD? I might have encountered a fake system." Yuan Zhou felt the reward was full of flaws and thus couldn't help complaining.
The system displayed, "Careful observational and learning from it can increase the charm of a prince charming."
"Ohh. Does it have any particular function?" Yuan Zhou looked at the three CD's of unknown origin in his hand curiously.
The system displayed, "If one is well-educated, he will scintillate with it."
"Stupid system, are you kidding me?" Yuan Zhou looked at the CD and then said affirmatively, "This is really are three CD's of unknown origin."
After that, the system vanished again and no longer answered Yuan Zhou's question.
"Let me check the reward first in order to comfort myself." Yuan Zhou flipped through the three side dishes rewarded and checked the introductions carefully.
"After I obtained the system, I always feel that the food I ate formerly was all fake." Yuan Zhou sighed.
In front of the system, Yuan Zhou was always like that. He was no longer the prince charming as shown during the working hours.
Instead, he was the genuine Yuan Zhou that bargained and tried to save money anytime anywhere.
"Hua La Hua La"
Having checked the reward contentedly, Yuan Zhou turned on the tap and began to wash the hands. Not long after, however, his phone suddenly rang.
"Ling Ling Ling"
"Zhou Shijie?" Yuan Zhou turned to look at the screen of his phone and then muttered to himself with puzzlement.
It was the chairman of the China Chef's Alliance that was calling. Yuan Zhou wasn't very close with him, therefore he felt it a little strange.
Having barely completed the mission, however, Yuan Zhou was in a good mood. He wiped his hands dry and then answered the phone.
This call of Zhou Shijie was actually made to Chu Xiao first.
"Ta Ta Ta", a seemingly pretty and cultured girl who was wearing an overskirt and a pair of rimless glasses came straight to Zhou Shijie while carrying the documents. She walked in a swift and imposing manner and gave the impression of an able woman.
"Chairman, who are you preparing to take with you to the exchange of pointers for new French dishes?" The woman handed the documents to him and asked with a slight nasal tone that sounded quite charming.
"Little Zhong, why haven't you gone for your meal?" Zhou Shijie raised his head and asked her mildly when he saw the woman.
"Grandpa Zhou, check this one first, please. It has been more than one month and it's the time for us to give them an answer now." There was some mischievousness of a daughter revealed in the voice of the woman instead of the expected swift and decisive manner.
"Ok, ok." Zhou Shijie agreed smilingly. He received the documents and wrote a name that had been decided by him a while ago.
"Yuan Zhou?" The woman called Little Zhong asked curiously.
"This guy is a prodigy, a real prodigy." Thinking of the delicacies cooked by Yuan Zhou, Zhou Shijie couldn't help praising him.
"Ok, chairman. I will hand his information to them today." Little Zhong said earnestly.
"Ok. Go ahead." Zhou Shijie nodded his head.
Little Zhong first handed the documents to the assistant waiting at the door and then returned to the office again.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Shijie signaled her to sit down.
"Zhi", Little Zhong pulled out the chair and sat down before she spoke.
"Grandpa Zhou, are you not prepared to take Adan there?" Judging from her tone to her behavior, it was obviously a private conversation.
"No, I am not. He's not stable and will not make it." Zhou Shijie said cleanly.
"Do you know your disciples are all waiting for this opportunity impatiently?" Little Zhong said smilingly with a pettish manner while supporting her chin.
"Those guys don't have the talent. It's a waste to give this opportunity to them." Zhou Shijie reached out his hands and patted on Little Zhong's head.
"Well, ok. Shall we go to eat something together, Grandpa Zhou?" Seeing Zhou Shijia not intend to say more, Little Zhong changed a subject.
"Girl, go eat now. Let me make two phone calls." Zhou Shijie stroked his beard and waved his hand to Little Zhong.
"Ok. I'm leaving. Grandpa, remember to eat something." Little Zhong stood up, turned around and then left the office.
"What a cute and mischievous girl." Zhou Shijie shook his head to the back of Little Zhong and said that.
After Little Zhong walked out and shut the door of the office considerately, Zhou Shijie began to make phone calls.
"Du Du Du", the phone was answered after a little while.
"Chairman Zhou, what's the matter?" It was the flaunty and confident voice of Chu Xiao at the other end of the phone.
"This old man wouldn't call you for no reason." Zhou Shijie was quite clear that Chu Xiao was frank and straightforward. Thus, he continued saying that directly.
"This old man wants to treat you to dinner."
"To dinner?" Chu Xiao was a little puzzled.
"Yes. Let's go to Yuan Zhou's restaurant to eat." Zhou Shijie said affirmatively.
"Well... I don't think that is necessary. I have returned to France." Chu Xiao immediately reacted and refused directly.
"You left so quickly?" Zhou Shijie knitted his brows as it was out of his expectation.
"Yes. I went back already." Chu Xiao answered positively.
"Ok. Let's talk about it next time." Zhou Shijie could only give up.
After some small talk, Chu Xiao hung up the phone. He didn't put his phone down immediately, but made a call instead.
"Change the flight ticket to France to today." Once the phone was put through, Chu Xiao said directly.
"Ok, Mr. Chu. I will notify you the precise time later." There passed a melodious male voice from the other end of the phone.
"Um." Chu Xiao answered, indicating that he got it.
"Interesting." Taking the phone, Chu Xiao smiled vaguely. Then he started to tidy things up and prepared to leave.
As for the matter that the original ticket was for two days later, only Chu Xiao and his assistant knew about it.
Since Zhou Shijie said he would make two phone calls, he indeed did so. The second one was made to Yuan Zhou...