National Tide 1980

In twelve days, Ning Weimin packed the schedules of the crew members of "Dream of Red Mansions", and several leading actors were particularly busy.

After attending the welcome banquet held by TBS TV at Tokyo Dangong Restaurant on the night of their arrival in Tokyo.

Since then, the crew members have no leisure time.

Everyone needs to deal with various press conferences, tea parties from all walks of life, live interviews on TV stations, performances, university teacher-student seminars, opening ceremonies of costume exhibitions, opening ceremonies of stills exhibitions, book signing activities, etc., leaving them with very little free time to arrange their spare time.

There are not many opportunities to return to the hotel before 10 o'clock every night.

So even Ouyang Fenqiang, Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li, Deng Jie, the "troublemakers" who always like to play pranks on each other, have stopped consciously, and no one is tossing anymore.

You know, when they were in Hong Kong a few months ago, they used the phone to pass false news to each other at night to trick people into going downstairs to meet guests.

From this, we can see how busy and tired they are here.

In fact, after a day of activities, the crew members were so tired that they didn't even want to eat supper.

They would go back to their rooms and wash up as soon as possible, and fall asleep as soon as they lay down on the bed.

But even so, no one in the crew had any complaints.

It was because Ning Weimin paid enough money.

In addition to the generous remuneration, the logistics arrangements for food, clothing, housing and transportation were also in place.

They let everyone eat well, dress well, pick up and drop off, and have interpreters to accompany them, which was extremely convenient and very grateful.

Since everyone was grateful for his benefits, they would naturally cheer up and cooperate with him.

In addition, the activity plan arranged by Ning Weimin for everyone was also very appropriate.

Although they were busy and rushed, Ning Weimin told everyone in advance that the crew in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka would be busy for three days and rest for one day.

That day was reserved for them to visit and shop.

Tokyo's famous Disneyland, Kyoto's Gion, Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Osaka Castle Park, Shinsaibashi, Dotonbori, Osaka, all have arrangements.

And there are tour guides and drivers to accompany them, provide services for them, and take care of all chores for them.

Who wouldn't feel at ease?

You know, in the mainland of the Republic, so far, a single day of rest per week is still implemented.

Working three days in Japan and getting one day off is already very happy for the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is equivalent to earning a day.

They all feel that such a work process arrangement is already very humane and quite kind.

If anyone is not satisfied, has higher extravagant expectations, and is picky about something.

That's simply hypocritical and too ignorant.

He will be besieged by everyone and scolded for being conscienceless.

That's not all, even the specific working environment and content are much more interesting than everyone imagines.

As Ning Weimin has been deeply involved in the Japanese market in recent years, he has not only become an organizer with sufficient strength, but he is also good at organizing activities in Beijing and likes to be unique.

This time, he used the resources in his hands and had some unconventional ideas that were beyond the times.

As a result, the rigid pattern of cultural exchange activities, which originally only had indoor interviews and performance programs, was broken in one fell swoop.

Instead, this kind of activity became three-dimensional and lively and interesting in his hands.

Not only did it have great appeal to the Japanese, but even the crew members of "Dream of Red Mansions" felt quite novel and learned a lot.

It turned out that in order to promote the exchange activities held by Ning Weimin this time, the crew did not fight alone, but dispatched a "group army" to carry out "cooperative operations" - holding a "cultural festival" with the theme of "Dream of Red Mansions" at each event site.

Enterprises such as Tan Gong Restaurant and Huiwentang Bookstore are personally directed by him, so naturally he will fight wherever he points.

There are also two friendly cooperative enterprises, Jinniu Palace and Yamato Tourism, who sent people to join in the fun and set up booths at the event site for Ning Weimin's sake.

In this way, it is equivalent to holding a mobile theme tour, or a theme garden party.

Compared with the traditional approach, the form of the announcement is much more flexible.

And although there are not many booths, the content provided by several units is not monotonous, and it should even be said that it is quite rich and three-dimensional.

First of all, the theme poster of "Dream of Red Mansions" with Bao Dai Chai as the background is enough to attract attention.

As long as it is placed in front of the venue, it will make people's eyes bright.

Regardless of whether anyone is invited, it is eye-catching enough with the title of TBS TV station.

As long as someone sees it, they will have an impression that this TV series is being broadcast in the TBS morning drama time slot.

At least there will be more viewers who pay attention to it out of curiosity, which will increase the ratings.

If someone really comes over, the first thing they will see is the dazzling array of TV drama brochures and Japanese version of "Dream of Red Mansions" books and comic books on the Huiwentang booth, which are all things that can directly reflect the cultural theme.

In addition, the joyful and festive "Chinese knots", various straw insects, round fans, incense fans, palace lanterns, brocade boxes, as well as silk figurines with the theme of "Dream of Red Mansions" and various Red Mansion-themed crafts are placed on the booth of Huiwentang Bookstore, which is enough to attract people to stop.

Especially the props brought by the crew and the related displays of costumes are particularly dazzling.

So much so that many Japanese girls who visited the scene exclaimed "It's so beautiful, I really want to wear it and take a photo."

Taurus Palace and Yamato GG took the opportunity to promote their products.

One is to strongly recommend "Dream of Red Mansions", "Li Xianglan" and Teresa Teng's music tapes.

The other is to take the opportunity to undertake the Chinese tourism business by means of the Chinese tourism promotional brochure.

Not to mention, there are really many people who come to ask.

In addition, in order to increase the effectiveness and fun of interactive communication, Ning Weimin directly turned on the "entertainment mode" on the scene.

After the cultural exchange meeting, the actors will have a session of interacting with the audience and taking photos at the cultural festival event site. Needless to say, this will definitely be popular with the audience.

In addition, Ning Weimin will also use the dough figurine master of the Tan Palace Restaurant and the sugar painting skills of the cold dish chef to interact with the audience to add popularity and momentum to the scene.

And with the help of folk music musicians' performances, calligraphy demonstrations, and Go endgames, these literary and artistic activities will liven up the atmosphere on the scene.

There are also consumer lottery, ring tossing, and money eye, these interesting prize-winning entertainment projects to increase the pleasant experience for visitors.

But the most important thing, the most popular thing that can attract people and keep the atmosphere of the event at its peak, is the experience of Chinese food.

Ning Weimin has always been convinced that cultural exchange is easiest to start with food.

So this time, he also took Chinese snacks as the main project.

At least 20 chefs from the Tan Palace were transferred by him.

They lined up at the event site and set up a food stall at least 30 meters long to provide food services for the people participating in the event and show the charm of Chinese food.

Above each stall, the food provided was almost written in Chinese.

The first tier, meat pies, pasties, pot stickers, hot pot, daluo fire, with lotus leaf porridge and eight-treasure porridge.

The second tier, fried rice, fried noodles, fried cakes, fried dumplings, stewed cat ears, with tomato egg soup, hot and sour soup.

The third tier, steamed dumplings, boiled dumplings, siu mai, buns, lazy dragon, with sour plum soup and mung bean soup.

The fourth stall offers jelly, braised cake, sesame paste cold noodles, spicy cold noodles, and fried noodles with sauce, with lemonade and beer.

In addition, there are scallion pancakes, silver rolls, sugar triangles, old-style steamed buns, rice dumplings, glutinous rice chicken, cold rice cakes, pea yellow, donkey rolls, and Aiwowo for sale.

Cold dishes such as osmanthus lotus root, mustard pile, nut spinach, and celery bean curd are sold.

Refreshing desserts such as palace cheese, almond tofu, bayberry shaved ice, and dried fruits are sold.

And cooked foods such as barbecued pork, sauced duck, sauced meat, smoked chicken, vegetarian assortment, and vegetarian chicken, as well as sesame cakes with meat, grilled skewers, fried goods, sausages, and pancakes for sale.

Of course, there will definitely be cake gift boxes, tea gift boxes, and pastry gift boxes, as well as candied fruits, candies, and rice wine named after Dream of the Red Chamber and Twelve Golden Hairpins for sale.

Ning Weimin even "generously" gave away free jasmine tea to all the guests who visited.

As expected, the situation on the scene was just as Ning Weimin expected.

At the beginning, the flow of people was limited.

But after each stall was filled with a variety of hot or cold Chinese snacks, it didn't take long for the event site to be surrounded by people.

Among the people attracted, in addition to the main audience, university teachers and students, there were also tourists in the park, passers-by who happened to pass by and were attracted by the fireworks, housewives and retired elderly people who came here to smell the fragrance, and even old overseas Chinese who missed the taste of their hometown.

Especially at noon, when office workers who came out to eat also came to join in the fun, that was definitely the time when the flow of people was the largest.

Even if there was a long queue, or even one day it rained, it couldn't stop or extinguish the enthusiasm of these diners.

It is clear that Chinese food has an irresistible magic, and there are too many Japanese who love Chinese food so deeply.

To be honest, in the eyes of Chinese people, these sensational "Chinese food" are nothing but home-cooked food.

In Beijing, most of the convenience restaurants can make it, and it can be bought at any snack stall in the downtown area.

In fact, it is a bit out of place with "Dream of Red Mansions", because it is all folk fireworks, not "high-end" at all.

But then again, the blandness of Japanese food is discussed, and even they themselves admit it.

Although today's Japanese restaurants have a good market in the world, the name of cuisine is also quite appealing.

Udon, tempura, sashimi, sushi, sake, are all very famous, and their business has reached Europe and the United States.

But in fact, there are only a few kinds of Japanese food.

And the taste of these Japanese dishes has been adjusted by Chinese chefs, otherwise Japanese food is simply unbearable.

Old overseas Chinese in Japan know that even when China was at its weakest and was invaded, in order to obtain the secrets of Chinese cooking, there were restaurant owners in Japan at that time who were willing to marry their daughters to excellent Chinese chefs.

But even so, because Chinese food is too complicated, the Japanese still can't learn it well and can't cook it well.

This is why the Japanese tongue can't stand the temptation of Chinese food, and Chinese restaurants in Japan are always crowded.

This is a worship that is soaked in the blood and bones, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Chinese food is the ancestor of Japanese food.

In addition, although these foods are ordinary, you have to see who makes them, right?

The chefs of Tan Palace are not mediocre.

The old chefs were all rehired from famous restaurants, and the middle-aged chefs were all backbones directly transferred from various famous restaurants in the district by the Chongwen District Service Bureau.

Not to mention that the people who came with Ning Weimin were all selected from the best, and each of them was a master who could handle his own work, and they were outstanding even in the Beijing kitchen industry.

Otherwise, how could the Tan Palace Restaurant climb to the top of the palace cuisine in just two or three years, and even Beihai's Fangshan was robbed of its limelight?

Otherwise, how come even the snack bar on the first floor of the Tan Palace Restaurant has a long queue at the door every day, and is sold out in advance every day?

That's all because of the craftsmanship.

How can the food they make not be delicious?

Moreover, there is an old saying in the Beijing kitchen industry that being able to make sea cucumbers, abalones and shark fins delicious is not a skill, but being able to make a plate of stir-fried cabbage delicious is a skill.

This is the principle of returning to nature, and seeing the magic in the ordinary, and the chefs of the Tan Palace have just such abilities.

Apart from other things, even the crew members who originally didn't take these things seriously were surprised when they tasted them at mealtime.

"Why is it so delicious?" "Sister Lin" was surprised.

"Yes, it's too weird. Is this what we eat every day?" "Ping'er" was also surprised.

"Well, it's definitely five-star level. Otherwise, it's said that the Tan Palace Restaurant is a golden sign." Wang Xifeng was convinced.

"Well... I... I'm afraid I have to order two more five-star silver rolls, do you want them?" "Baoyu" felt that his mouth was not full, and teased "Wang Xifeng" at the same time.

"Brother, wait, I'll go with you. I also have to order a few more five-star grilled skewers and a can of beer."

What's more, even "Jia Lian" "went along with the crowd" and lost his reserve.

Then think about it, even these pure descendants of the Chinese nation are like this, how surprised will the Japanese be when they eat it?

Being able to eat the food made by these chefs is definitely a great fortune for ordinary Japanese people.

The skills of these chefs are precious.

If it is not for the promotion of "Dream of Red Mansions" and cultural export, how can it be sold to the public at an affordable price?

The same thing, if consumed in the Tan Palace Restaurant, the price will be at least five times higher.

Finally, there is a very important and very real one, which best explains the reason - that is, wild boars cannot eat fine bran.

You know, every place has a special food culture, and every ethnic group has a special eating habit.

Specifically for our country, there is a special historical background, the evolution of the humanistic environment and the objective conditions of vast land and abundant resources.

It is these complex factors that have created our eight major cuisines and countless local specialties, making Chinese cuisine rich and colorful, profound and extensive.

But Chinese food is both successful and unsuccessful here.

Because high-end food has a corresponding cultural threshold, not everyone can understand and know how to eat.

Whether in the East or the West, foreigners do not even have the concept of the five flavors, and their taste buds are not well developed. Most of them can only distinguish sweet, sour and salty.

They don't know how to appreciate the numbness, bitterness, and spiciness, and they can't even taste the multiple complex flavors.

For such ignorant foreigners, if you give them real dishes, it's just like playing the lute to a cow and throwing flattering eyes to a blind man.

They don't know how to eat them, and what's the point.

They just feel troublesome, tedious, and confused.

If they have to find faults and remove bones, it will be even worse, and most of them will make foreigners feel embarrassed and embarrassed.

In this case, it's strange that they can have a good impression of Chinese food.

To put it bluntly, only popular, popular, and low-cultural threshold things are conducive to going international and exporting culture.

This is why Japanese cuisine is more easily recognized and accepted by European and American countries.

It's nothing more than simple, straightforward and pure.

The reason why American fast food can be popular all over the world is also like this, it's rough, straightforward, high in salt, oil, and sugar.

And French cuisine, which is recognized as high-end in the Western world, is still difficult to export to foreign countries and still fails.

French and Chinese food are in a similar situation. Although there are many, there are actually very few authentic French restaurants. Most of them are fakes pretending to be real.

But few people in China understand this truth, even someone as smart as Jiang Nianyun still can't see through it.

They always want to bring out the most profound and exquisite things in Chinese food, but the result is contrary to the good original intention, and instead makes foreigners stay away.

Fortunately, Ning Weimin and Kang Shude had a thorough discussion on this issue when they went to Tianjin.

He naturally would not make such a mistake, so he successfully opened the Japanese taste buds with these most popular and popular snacks, the most simple and purest taste.

Let them praise the authentic Chinese food and feel shocked for the first time.

These most basic snacks and desserts in Beijing are better than anything else for the Japanese! After eating, they are convinced! Deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

In fact, many Japanese people at the scene told reporters that they had never been to China and had never expected that the food in China was so different from that in Chinese restaurants in Japan. The local restaurants were far from the level of cooking of these chefs.

After tasting these delicacies, they simply couldn't help themselves.

Now they are not only interested in the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", but also want to learn about the tourism projects of Yamato Tourism. They really want to fly to China to feast on them.

During the interview, some Japanese people told the reporter that the variety of Chinese food is so rich that they want to eat everything they see. Even though they are a little full, they still want to buy more after digesting it for a while.