1378 The Charm of Food
More than ten years ago, this pair of frustrated brothers got together again, each confiding in the troubles of his career. After getting drunk, the two hit it off. One was responsible for writing the script and the other was responsible for soliciting sponsorship to make the film. If it could not be distributed domestically, it would go abroad.
After applying for awards, the two of them now have a gold medal combination.
It's just that Cheng Wenhai has always been low-key and indifferent to fame and fortune, so outsiders always thought that Pan Yigang's award-winning films were all written and directed by him.
Huada Media, where Producer Wang works, is one of the largest private media and entertainment groups in China. Its main business includes TV program production and distribution, film investment, production, promotion, TV series investment, distribution, artist management, new media Internet,
Games etc.
Huada Media once cooperated with Pan Yigang and invested in his films. As a result, Huada gained a best actor and a best actress. With this incense and love, Huada almost became a long-standing sponsor of Pan Yigang's films.
It is a sponsor rather than an investor because as we all know, the film Pan Yi just made will definitely be a waste without any box office revenue.
This gives Huada Media a headache. After all, the company wants to make profits rather than charity. Besides, investing in movies is not a small amount. Every year, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of capital investment cannot be recovered. Even Huada's boss
The chairman couldn't bear to miss his old friendship, so he became more and more perfunctory in soliciting investment from Pan Yigang. Every time he proposed an investment of 50 million, it would be great if he could be given 20 million, so Pan Yigang had to go around to attract investment.
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Last year, the old chairman of Huada was hospitalized due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. The new chairman found Pan Yigang and told him straight to the point that if he wanted to invest, he could make a well-received and popular movie or TV series for Huada and earn enough to make a movie.
If he has enough money, Huada will invest in him. Otherwise, Huada will never fill this bottomless pit like before.
As Pan Yigang complained and told, Producer Wang's fat face was full of embarrassment. He knew that Pan Yigang had a weird personality, but he didn't expect that he would tell such secret information in public.
Since he had no backing and was not popular within Huada Media, he was sent by the company to deal with the difficult person Pan Yigang. After many years of cooperation, he became good friends with Pan Yigang and Cheng Wenhai.
, and also knew that once such things were spread, it would be troublesome for Huada Media and Pan Yigang.
Seeing Pan Yi just complaining without any restraint, he couldn't sit still anymore, so he winked at him and said jokingly: "Director Pan, you are talking drunkenly before you even drink."
"Haha, yes, I've been exhausted physically and mentally these past two days, and I'm already drunk before I even drink."
Pan Yigang suddenly realized that he had talked too much in his excitement and laughed.
Although he is a maverick and never cares what others think, it does not mean that he does not know some of the bottom lines and rules of the entertainment industry. The secret agreement between him and Huada Media is definitely confidential. Huada Media must really pursue it
Get up, he's going to be sued.
Yang Mi and others also knew that such a thing was taboo in the circle, so they pretended not to hear it and smiled happily, doing whatever they had to do, but the atmosphere suddenly became depressing.
"Xiaoyao, please arrange for someone to serve the food!"
Ding Ning saw that something was wrong and quickly interrupted.
"Okay, I'm going to ask people to serve the food. By the way, what kind of wine do you want to drink? There is spiritual fruit wine and scented tea here, which are all for beauty."
Xiaoyao also cleverly started to warm up the scene.
"I'll just drink scented tea."
"I am also a flower tea."
"scented tea!"
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The women unanimously chose scented tea.
"Lingguo wine, you must have Lingguo wine. I drank it last time, but I can't forget it. Lao Wang, Lao Pan, have you never drank it? I can only say that this wine should only be found in heaven.
How many times can this world be tasted?"
No matter how low his emotional intelligence, no matter how slow he was, Cheng Wenhai knew that his old friend had said the wrong thing, so he quickly opened his mouth to distract him.
Pan Yigang and Producer Wang are both wine lovers. When they heard this, their eyes lit up and they asked in unison: "Is it true or not?"
"I testify that I drank it once. From then on, when I drank other alcoholic beverages, I felt it was boring."
Ouyang Yuntian opened his mouth and assured.
"Then you must try it, Lingguo Bar."
Producer Wang and Pan Yigang both said expectantly.
"Okay, good wine, tea and delicious food. I guarantee that you will think about the next time after eating it once."
Xiao Yao smiled brightly, feeling a bit like Mrs. Wang was bragging about selling her own melons, and ran off to arrange for wine and food to be served.
As the food and wine arrived, the alluring aroma whetted everyone's appetites, especially Diba, who was sitting next to Ding Ning. He was a foodie, and his mouth was watering as he looked at the delicious food eagerly.
Ding Ning was secretly amused. The rumors were indeed true. This girl was indeed greedy. Every time she satisfied her appetite, she would work hard to maintain her figure. It was really hard on her.
He picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Today's meal is to calm Ziyi's shock. Let's not pay attention to any rules. Come on, let's go together and eat first."
"Okay, come on, Ziyi, let's go one by one."
Pan Yigang couldn't wait to try the Lingguo wine, and he immediately raised his glass in response with a smile on his face.
"Thank you Mr. Ding, Director Pan, Screenwriter Cheng, Producer Wang and everyone here."
Song Ziyi picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp. The women all chose to drink scented tea, but she insisted on drinking to express her gratitude.
Everyone smiled, raised their glasses, and drank together happily.
"Good wine, really good wine."
As soon as Pan Yi drank the wine, he smashed it into his mouth and tasted it carefully. His eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but scream in admiration.
"Good wine, indeed good wine. This wine is completely different from any wine I have ever drunk before. Compared with those famous wines that cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions, it is simply unpalatable. It is really amazing.
"
Ouyang Yuntian also shook his head and praised it.
Producer Wang held the wine glass and said with a melancholy face: "It's over, it's over, what should I do? I think I'm in love with this spiritual fruit wine. I'm afraid I won't be able to drink other wines in the future."
"My fatigue is gone, I am in a state of ecstasy. Even if I don't get drunk, everyone will get drunk. I think this wine can definitely be called the best wine in the world."
Cheng Wenhai smacked his lips intoxicatedly and gave the highest praise.
Song Ziyi drank a glass of wine, her pink cheeks were flushed, and she nodded in surprise: "This wine is soft in the mouth, but has a mellow and fragrant aftertaste, with a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks, and an endless aftertaste. It has the spiciness of white wine, but it does not lack the softness of red wine.
There is also the refreshing taste of beer
There is a light fruity aroma, and the most important thing is that there seems to be an indescribable feeling in the stamina of this wine, which can refresh people's spirits and eliminate fatigue, which is better than those drinks on the market that claim to replenish life energy.
I don’t know how much stronger it is.”
Yang Mi said with a smile: "I thought this scented tea was the best in the world, but I didn't expect that everyone would rate this spiritual fruit wine so highly. I couldn't help but want to try it."
"Yes, it's true. If it really tastes so delicious, I want to try it too."
Diba, who was salivating over the delicious dishes on the table, was also curious at this moment and temporarily diverted his attention.
"Give me a glass of spiritual fruit wine to try too."
The carefree Guan Xiaotong also became interested.
"I'll try it first. If it's really that delicious, everyone should switch to the spirit fruit wine."
Sister Lan poured herself a glass, took a sip, closed her eyes and savored it carefully.
All the girls looked at her eagerly, waiting for her comment.
"Change, must change. This wine is so delicious. I don't know how to describe it, but I dare say that if everyone misses this wine today, they will regret it for the rest of their lives."
Sister Lan opened her eyes and said excitedly.
"I want to drink, I want to drink!"
Diba's eyes suddenly lit up, and he poured the scented tea directly into his stomach without any ladylike appearance, holding up the cup and shouting.
"Okay, let's drink instead of tea tonight. We won't go home until we get drunk."
Yang Mi also became energetic, smoothed her sleeves, and said with great enthusiasm.
"Don't worry, this wine may have a bit of stamina, but it's definitely good for your health, so just drink it."
Xiaoyao said with a smile.
So, everyone put on the wine, and after just a brief taste, they were full of praise, and the atmosphere on the wine table suddenly became lively.
As Ding Ning chuckled and asked everyone to eat, as soon as the food was imported, even though most of the people present were public figures who needed to pay attention to their image, the so-called image was forgotten at this moment. The wine table fell into silence for an instant, and there was only one person buried in the table.
The sound of head feasting.
"It's so delicious. It's so delicious. Wow, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat any other food except the food from the castle in the air. What should I do?"
Diba had a straightforward temperament. He kept stuffing delicious dishes into his mouth while muttering in pain and happiness.
"Isn't that just right? If you can't eat normally, you don't have to lose weight all day long. When you're almost hungry, you can come to the castle in the air for a big meal."
Yang Mi joked with a smile.
"Ah! I thought I was a camel and could store food."
Diba rolled his eyes and muttered, his cheeks still bulging, and he didn't forget to stuff food into his mouth.
"Hey! Who is the boss of Castle in the Sky? Can you discuss with him to open a branch in Yanjing? I promise that as long as I am in Yanjing, I will take people to eat there every day."
Guan Xiaotong suggested faintly.
"Yes, this is a good idea. Mr. Ding, aren't you familiar with the boss? Can you tell him to open a branch in Yanjing? We promise to go there every day to support him."
Diba's eyes lit up, he struggled to swallow the food in his mouth, looked at Ding Ning expectantly and said.
Ding Ning burst out laughing. Before he could speak, Producer Wang smiled bitterly and said, "You are overthinking. The castle in the air doesn't care about your support. The business here is so good that it is unimaginable. Every day from five or six o'clock in the morning
People started queuing up, from the first floor to the top. I haven’t seen them opening a branch in Ninghai, so how could they go directly to Yanjing to open a branch?”
"Ah, the business is so good. With the delicious food in the sky, it would be strange if the business is not good."
Guan Xiaotong said with some understanding and some disappointment.
"Then what should we do? Do we only have to come to Ninghai to eat such delicacies in the future?"
Diba said with a frustrated face. Even so, he did not forget to continue stuffing food into his mouth.
"Yeah, it's such a pity. This kind of delicacy should be opened all over the country, no, all over the world, so that foreigners can also feel the charm of our Chinese cuisine, so that when people talk about delicacies, they just mean Western steak.
I said, the food in the castle in the air is countless times more delicious than the food cooked by the so-called Michelin three-star chefs."
Chapter completed!