Chapter 280

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Lu Feng listened to his words, a faint smile appearing on his face, and said humbly, "No need to be so polite, we're all running shops to make a living, helping each other out is only natural."

The ramen shop owner was a straightforward person, and without further ado insisted on dragging Lu Feng into his own shop, saying he absolutely had to make him a few dishes no matter what.

Lu Feng declined repeatedly, saying several times that he had already eaten, and only then did the ramen shop owner give up.

The two stood at the door and exchanged pleasantries for a short while longer.

Just as the two were speaking, the sound of engines came from the parking lot not far away.

A silver-white interview van printed with the Jiangcheng Television Station logo slowly came to a stop in the parking lot.

The car window slowly rolled down, and Han Lu poked her head out to glance in the direction of Lu Feng's shop.

When she saw Lu Feng standing right at the shop entrance chatting with someone, her eyes instantly lit up.

Then the car door opened, and Han Lu, Wang Mo, and the others jumped out of the car and walked quickly over this way.

The ramen shop owner had sharp eyes and was the first to notice Han Lu's group over at the parking lot.

"Boss Lu, those people are here looking for you, right?"

He nudged Lu Feng with his elbow, pointing in the direction the group was walking from, his tone carrying a bit of gossipy curiosity: "They look like the reporters who came last time."

Last time when Han Lu and them came over for an interview, the ramen shop owner had met them once.

And since Han Lu, as the program host, often appears on TV screens.

Therefore, the moment she showed her face, she was recognized by the ramen shop owner.

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng turned his head and looked in the direction the ramen shop owner was pointing.

Sure enough, he saw Han Lu, Wang Mo, and the others walking quickly over here.

"They should be looking for me."

Lu Feng answered with a sentence, then his brows furrowed slightly, some doubt rising in his heart.

When the interview ended last time, listening to Han Lu say the station would notify him before the program passed review and aired.

By rights, these people shouldn't be coming again after this.

It's only been one day, how come they've come again?

If it's just to notify him, would they need to personally run over to notify him?

"Then Boss Lu, you guys talk business, I'll head back to the shop to get busy."

Seeing Han Lu's group approach, the ramen shop owner tactfully left.

"Hello, Boss Lu."

Lu Feng still hadn't figured things out in his heart when Han Lu had already walked up to him, taking the lead to greet him.

Wang Mo followed behind Han Lu and nodded at Lu Feng along with her, just without speaking.

"Hello."

Lu Feng also nodded, replying with a calm tone.

"It's like this, we know you're busier during evening business hours, afraid of delaying your business, so we thought we'd come take a look when there were fewer people at noon, didn't expect such a coincidence, just happened to catch you in the shop."

Han Lu said to Lu Feng with a smile.

"Mm, indeed quite a coincidence."

Lu Feng spoke the truth.

If it weren't for the system's unlock-recipe treat-guests mission, he'd probably still be lying in the spacious big villa right now, impossible to appear on Food Street.

So today Han Lu being able to run into him at noon really was a fluke.

Lu Feng's gaze swept over the cameraman behind them, the other party still carrying a heavy camera in hand, and doubt rose in his heart again.

Wasn't the footage already shot yesterday?

Looking at this group's formation, how does it seem like they're coming to shoot again?

Lu Feng couldn't help but ask directly: "You're looking for me, is there something?"

"There is indeed a matter we want to discuss with you, Boss Lu."

Han Lu said with a smile.

As a television station host, she was originally quite good-looking, and when she smiled she appeared even more approachable.

"Not open for business at noon today, but I have to head back in a bit, if there's something just say it directly."

Although Lu Feng spoke rather directly, he was still considered cooperative.

His attitude was also much better than the previous two times Han Lu and them came.

"Boss Lu, it's like this."

Seeing Lu Feng didn't refuse outright like last time, Han Lu hurriedly said with a smile: "After coming to your place yesterday to record and shoot, the station leaders watched the sample episode, and were all won over by your superb culinary skills, they're very interested in you, and want to do a few more series episodes centered around you and this little shop of yours, what do you think?"

As she spoke these words, her gaze stared fixedly at the expression on Lu Feng's face.

After all, during yesterday's shooting, Lu Feng hadn't shown much willingness.

Now having to shoot a series, Han Lu had no confidence in her heart either.

"How come there's still a series to shoot?"

Lu Feng's brows subconsciously furrowed, instinctively wanting to refuse.

Yesterday he cooked in front of the lens for an hour and a half, although he looked like he didn't care at all on the surface.

But for the sake of a better image on television, he more or less still put on some airs.

After an hour and a half of filming, he felt more tired than he usually did after a whole busy day.

Lu Feng was originally someone who liked being at ease; when he normally cooked, chatting a couple of sentences with the diners was fine.

But if there was a lens facing him, he always felt uncomfortable all over, more or less resistant to it.

"Right, right, right, we just want to make a series."

Han Lu didn't wait for Lu Feng to continue speaking, hurriedly moving forward a bit: "Actually this is also for the sake of……"

She paused, her mind rapidly calculating.

Yesterday when she came to Lu Feng's shop, looking at those queues lined up into a long dragon that couldn't be seen to the end at a glance, plus the situation of diners coming one or two hours early to grab seats.

The degree to which Lu Feng's shop was booming had already exceeded her previous imagination.

If this time it was just simply saying to help him promote the shop, that would definitely not move Lu Feng.

His business right now was already prosperous enough, fundamentally not needing any promotion at all.

To make the other party's heart move, she had to change to a high-sounding reason.

"Actually it's also to promote the chef profession properly through your culinary skill."

Han Lu quickly thought of a new reason, her tone becoming solemn: "You think about it, many people now feel that being a chef is both hard and has no future; if the audience sees an artisan like you, it might make more people want to understand this profession."

However even though she spoke beautifully, she still failed to persuade Lu Feng.

Those food interview programs on TV, he had also watched quite a few.

Thinking about still having to face the lens, having to introduce ingredients and methods while cooking, just thinking about it felt troublesome.

Compared to going on TV, he still liked quietly cooking for diners.

Besides, the ingredients he used now, most were high-end goods bought from the System Mall.

Among them were quite a few that couldn't be bought on the market at all; explaining these would also be quite troublesome.

He shook his head, just about to open his mouth to refuse.

Han Lu seemed to have already predicted his reaction, hurriedly adding another sentence: "Boss Lu, I know you actually don't like to talk much when cooking; we could tell yesterday during filming too."

These words spoken, Han Lu in her heart couldn't help but silently complain.