Chapter 904 Who Would Dare Normally

With Lu Yan’s permission, Liu Shaoxian raised his voice and called out, “Come, everyone, please be quiet for a moment, I have something to say!”

The crowd turned their heads in unison toward him at the sound.

Liu Shaoxian waited until everyone was looking at him before speaking, “There is an announcement I would like to make to everyone! In fact, before today, I had already submitted a request to Chairman Lu, proposing to formally invite Fu Yu to join our research group as a consultant.”

“Originally, I planned to introduce Fu Yu to everyone after today’s award ceremony, but as you may already know, his involvement in assisting the authorities to break up the zombie meat illicit workshop prevented him from arriving at the venue on time.”

“However, I believe that his actions deserve support and praise, this is our pride as chefs! It is also the model for all of us engaged in the culinary profession!”

“Fu Yu’s culinary skills have already been clearly demonstrated to everyone through this cooking video competition. In addition, his abilities in customizing and preparing herbal cuisine are also outstanding, which is why I initially insisted on recommending him to join the research association as a consultant to our research group.”

“Therefore, here I propose, let us all conduct a vote right now by raising hands. Those who agree to Fu Yu joining the research association, please raise your hand. Those who disagree may opt out, everything should be decided based on personal conviction!”

“So, next, I ask everyone present to vote by raising their hands. If more than half agree, it signifies that the proposal is officially approved!”

After speaking, without waiting for the others to react, Liu Shaoxian was the first to raise his hand high.

Due to work requirements, he has attended many occasions like this, and is very experienced.

Liu Shaoxian’s speech was well-paced.

Even though this was just a spontaneous voting event, Liu Shaoxian’s pace was particularly well-managed.

Speaking of Fu Yu’s decision to forsake the award ceremony to uphold culinary ethics, it was with pride and approval.

Discussing the precarious state of the herbal cuisine industry and the lack of channels, linking traditional Chinese medicine with cooking is essentially complementing medical and nutritional theories, pairing certain medicinal herbs with food of medicinal value, prepared using our country’s unique culinary and modern scientific methods.

His voice was moderated, with the right highs and lows, and his body language was appropriately matched.

Those present nodded frequently, thinking there was nothing more to vote on, just raise hands.

Thus, next, the people in the carriage raised their hands one after another, even Ren Yuchang and Li Zongming, who were traveling together, cooperated and raised theirs.

The matter of inviting Fu Yu to join the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association as a consultant was unanimously approved!

Everyone was overjoyed.

However, amidst the happiness, others were fine, but Li Zongming’s smile was somewhat forced.

He didn’t say it aloud, but felt a bit disappointed inside.

Although he has always been practicing traditional Chinese medicine to cure and save lives, his fascination and genuine love for herbal cuisine are sincere.

He even decided that once he retires formally, he would completely devote himself to the research of cooking herbal cuisine.

His biggest goal is to join the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association.

For him, this is the organization he longs for.

He particularly hoped to communicate and exchange with the members of the association.

But the membership threshold of the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association is very high, with his level, wanting to join, unless he resorts to networking, he can’t meet the membership requirements at all.

This time, he proactively proposed to come along to the provincial capital for the Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Annual Conference to seize the opportunity to build relationships with the inspectors.

Previously, accompanying Ren Yuchang in Bei’an to host Liu Shaoxian, he already leveraged Ren Yuchang’s connections to link with Liu Shaoxian.

Initially, he thought when there was an opportunity in the future, he would ask Liu Shaoxian for help in introducing him to the association.

Hence, he valued today’s agenda greatly, considering paving the way for future development.

Unexpectedly, after struggling to lay down a bridge pier, Fu Yu had already crossed the river securely.

Nonetheless, surely, while he admired Fu Yu’s smooth development and felt envy, he held no resentment.

He understood that Fu Yu’s actions and endeavors truly deserved recognition and appreciation from everyone.

He also truly supported Fu Yu’s approach.

Moreover!

If it were him, he would certainly make the same choice!

But no matter how clearly he thought it out, his heart felt a bit regretful and disappointed.

After all, joining the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association alone is already a very challenging task, and being recognized as a consultant signifies an evaluation of one’s own level.

It means obtaining the recognition of all members of the association.

However, on second thought, Li Zongming couldn’t help but feel happy.

If Fu Yu becomes a consultant for the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association, then he only needs to build a good relationship with Fu Yu, and he will have further support when applying for membership later.

After all, Liu Shaoxian lives far away, making regular interpersonal interactions inconvenient.

Fu Yu is different, both reside in the same city, with regular contact, the relationship can gradually become closer.

In addition, previous excuses have been laid out, as long as he gets Ren Yuchang to invite Fu Yu to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, he can use the opportunity of herbal cuisine exchange to foster a good relationship with Fu Yu.