Chapter 842

Shortly after, they entered the car . Dean was seated at the back . With his head stretched forward, he looked on curiously as he waited to see Yuan Zhou’s map .

As for Bai Guo and Jiang Meisi, they directed sat around Li He waiting for him to open the envelope . Behind them and outside the opened door, cameras were aiming at them .

“I’m opening it,” Li He said with the envelope raised, intentionally keeping the suspense .

“Quickly, I can’t wait to know our next location,” Bai Guo urged in excitement .

This was a special feature of Roll, Dear Beef . They would be informed by the producers of the first filming location while the second location would have to be figured out by the celebrities with some clues .

The clues would be given in advance to the owner of the first location . The owner would be given full reign on how and what to give the celebrities . For the previous few episodes, they had been given riddles .

Li He opened the white envelope with the show’s logo on it .

“What is this?”

“Wait a minute . What am I looking at? This is a map?”

Right after they opened the envelope and saw what’s inside, they were stunned, an exaggerated expression that was a true reflection of their feelings frozen on their face .

Indeed, a map was drawn on the paper . But only a line was drawn in this map . The line would go straight and turn at times, and at the end of the line, the word “destination” was written . And at the corner of the map, a map scale of 1:50,000 was given .

“Um, his handwriting is nice,” Bai Guo gave an honest review .

“But what in the world is this drawing?” Jiang Meisi was speechless . “Look, he even has a map scale down there . “

Both Bai Guo and Jiang Meisi looked at Li He, trying to see if he could do anything with this .

“Don’t look at me . I don’t think I understand this map either,” Li He stared at the map for a bit before declaring helplessly .

The map scale was definitely accurate . The kind and helpful Yuan Zhou had even bought a ruler and drew his map as he measured .

Unfortunately, rather than hoping that Yuan Zhou could draw a map, one might as well tell him to sculpt a map instead . If it was a sculpted map, it would definitely be incomparably clear and easy to read, with the map being in 3D to top it off . But when it was a hand-drawn map by Yuan Zhou, it was no different than getting a dog to stamp its paw on the paper .

On the other hand, the mission description written at the back of the paper was extremely clear: “Look for the special soccer ball hidden in the gym . ” They stared at the map as they collapsed mentally . If it wasn’t for Bai Guo and Li He stopping Jiang Meisi, she would probably start raging right then and there .

“Um, excellent,” Dean nodded . Nobody had any idea what he was talking about . He had probably been dazzled to stupidity by Yuan Zhou’s cooking .

Yuan Zhou was completely oblivious of what they were feeling . After the filming crew left, he felt completely relaxed with the filming had ended . He started researching cooking skills again .

To review the old and learn the new was always something Yuan Zhou would do .

Meanwhile, Yang Shuxin had already arrived at Chengdu for the sake of his dragon ice sculpture . He had even prepared to visit Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

Yang Shuxin and Zhou Shijie had a simple relationship . Whenever Zhou Shijie was preparing some unique dishes and required unique ice sculptures or ice plates, he would look for Yang Shuxin .

An example would be the dish that earned Zhou Shijie his initial fame: Phoenix’s Return . The nest that the phoenix was returning to was sculpted by Yang Shuxin .

One could say that when Zhou Shijie needed Yang Shuxin’s help, Yang Shuxin had made things very difficult for him . And now, Yang Shuxin was the one needing Zhou Shijie’s help .

Would Zhou Shijie take this chance to have his revenge? The answer was obvious . During lunch, Zhou Shijie cooked a Bitter Gourd Stir-Fried With Meat dish, with Yang Shuxin being the one eating the bitter gourd while he was the one to eat the meat .

It was worth noting that in the past, it had always been the other way around .

After finishing the meat, Zhou Shijie sighed in lamentation . Yuan Zhou was indeed his pride and joy .

From this, one could see that a person would indeed turn childish when they grew older .

It had already been two days since Yang Shuxin arrived at Chengdu . The only reason he had decided to go to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant tonight was because he had heard about the filming of Roll, Dear Beef at the restaurant .

For the past two days, since there were too many people at the restaurant, he decided to not go there . Finally, after the filming crew had left, he decided to go right in the dark of the night . In any case, this was his personal business and he had no intention to disturb Yuan Zhou during his time of business . As such, he concluded that it was the best for him to go visit at night after the business hours ended .

Under Zhou Shijie’s lead, Yang Shuxin arrived at Taoxi Road . When he reached Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, he looked at the environment around the restaurant and formed his judgment .

“Zhou Shijie, look at how much of a money-grubber you are . Someone with such great sculpting skills like Yuan Zhou should definitely be staying in a luxurious place, not a run-down place like this if he was at Harbin,” Yang Shuxin cried out against the injustice he was seeing .

“Don’t forget your conscience while speaking,” Zhou Shijie glanced over at Yang Shuxin .

“My conscience is hurting when I see a talented sculptor stuck at a place like this,” Yang Shuxin said righteously .

Zhou Shijie sneered but had no fear since he had not done anything wrong .

In the current economy, even a skilled person was not without worries . Therefore, a person daring to open his restaurant in a place like this was definitely someone with true skills . Zhou Shijie was sure that Yang Shuxin was aware of this as well . He was merely acting dumb so as to look for a reason to steal Yuan Zhou away .

“Chairman Zhou, you’re here . “

A hawker that was closing his stall greeted when he saw Zhou Shijie . He then proceeded to offer a bowl of Sad Liangfen to Zhou Shijie .

“Chairman Zhou, I was keeping this bowl for myself but you can have it instead . “

Zhou Shijie did not reject the offered Sad Liangfen . He thanked the vendor and started eating the grass jelly . The taste was still the same: sour and spicy . It was spicy enough for him to tear up when eating . It was said that a Sad Liangfen would only be considered authentic if it was spicy enough to make someone tear up from eating it .

“Excellent . Keep it up,” Zhou Shijie said .

The hawker was extremely happy to receive Zhou Shijie’s acknowledgment . Next, he closed the stall and took his leave . One must not look down on this hawker because he was dressed blandly . He was, in fact, the boss of a chain restaurant .

Naturally, three months ago, he was still a normal hawker . What actually happened was rather complicated . To cut it short, during Chinese New Year, his wife got sick and required a huge sum of money for treatment . Since the hawker had already spent part of his savings to open this stall, he did not have enough money to get her treatment .

Then, Man Man found out about this and mentioned it in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . What happened next was a series of “coincidences” .

Chairman Zhou Shijie of China Chefs’ Alliance “passed by” and had a bowl of Sad Liangfen from this stall . After that, he started recommending this stall on a special article .

With Zhou Shijie’s status and the fact that it had been a long time since he recommended any food, the stall became popular .

The hawker was also a hardworking person, while his Sad Liangfen was indeed superior to the Sad Liangfen of others . And thus, more and more people sought to invest in him .

And thus, the Sad Liangfen of this stall transformed into a special brand unique to Chengdu . Although it had only been three months since then, he already had three branches opened .

One could say that a single recommendation by Zhou Shijie had transformed the hawker’s life . Because of that, the hawker was filled with gratitude towards Zhou Shijie .

Strictly speaking, the hawker was already at a level he could accept disciples and make them pay membership fees so he could start making money from it . He hesitated for a while about this but ultimately, he decided to remain in front of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . No matter how many branches he would open in the future, this tiny hawker stall here would always be the main branch . His wife was very supportive of this as well .

When Zhou Shijie and Yang Shuxin entered the restaurant, they saw Yuan Zhou researching something .

“Little Yuan, what are you doing?” Zhou Shijie asked when he saw Yuan Zhou with full concentration .

“Looking at Steamed Bun Wrapped In Leaves, trying to find out if there are better leaves than the tangerine leaf,” Yuan Zhou answered . He then lifted his head to see that Zhou Shijie had brought along someone unknown .

“Little Yuan, this is Yang Shuxin, an ice sculptor,” Zhou Shijie said .

Yuan Zhou greeted him as Master Yang, yet his eyes were still filled with doubt .

“You…”

Yang Shuxin interrupted Zhou Shijie . He intended to say the rest himself . Zhou Shijie nodded in agreement as it would definitely be more polite for Yang Shuxin to voice his request himself .

“Master Yuan, I saw you sculpting a dragon using non-specialized tools . That was very eye-opening for me . And thus, I am here to visit,” Yang Shuxin said .

Yuan Zhou nearly felt embarrassed by the praise he was receiving .

Since Yang Shuxin was also a person who focused on his craft, he wasn’t good at speaking in twists and turns . He immediately went straight to the point, “I am hoping to invite you to cooperate with me on completing the Nine Dragon Sculpture . ”