Gourmet and actor

As long as he can eat the dishes cooked by Xiao Ke himself, it doesn't matter to Deng Yibo squatting by the stove, he nodded indifferently at the moment, and said, "It's up to you to arrange."

While talking, he suddenly remembered another matter, and asked quickly: "Xiao Ke, wine is indispensable for opening a restaurant. Do you make wine?"

Xiao Ke had thought about this problem a long time ago, and said: "As for wine, we are just getting started now. If there are too many types, it will be miscellaneous but not refined, which is not conducive to promotion. I am going to make two kinds, one is only available in spring and summer. , one is available in autumn and winter. It’s just spring and summer wines, and the materials needed are out of season, so they can’t be brewed this year. Autumn and winter wines will have to wait a few days before materials are available. At present, Uncle Han has ordered Moutai. Let’s make do with it first.”

Hearing that Xiao Keqin's new wine will be served for a while, Deng Yibo was looking forward to it, and quickly declared: "Then I will drink Moutai tomorrow, and when the new wine is ready, you must ask me to try the wine."

At this moment, Father Han came over after trying the dishes, and upon hearing the last sentence, he immediately continued, "Xiao Ke's cooking still needs to be tried? Needless to say, it must be the best. If you want to eat and drink, just say so."

Throwing Deng Yibo, who was in the way, to the side, Father Han said: "All the ingredients that will take time are already in the pot, and the heat will be almost ready by tomorrow morning. Lao Ding told me that I would have to arrive at five o'clock tomorrow to start the fire. You should hurry up." Go home and get some sleep to keep your spirits up."

Xiao Ke said: "I'll sit down for a while. Thinking that I'm going to make money from cooking soon, I'm more excited than the first time I appeared on camera, and I can't fall asleep even when I go back."

Father Han laughed, pointed at himself and said, "Xiao Ke, you shouldn't be nervous, you should be worried: soon there will be a steady stream of foodies like me sending you money, so be careful not to wear yourself out."

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At the same time, City TV.

Xiao Ma, a female reporter in the entertainment section, watched Xiao Ke's Weibo from work to get off work, for a whole day, but there was no news about the opening of the restaurant popping up.

Seeing this, she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

She has been unlucky recently, and hasn't gotten any valuable news. It's all trivial and forgettable news.Ben said that Xiao Ke is gaining momentum now, and when the restaurant opens, there will be a lot of publicity, and maybe a few big names will be invited to join him.

At that time, the interview will be accompanied by delicious food, enough to attract people's attention.Not to mention getting the local news as the opening or finale of the main event, but at least you can always have an extra 5 minutes of broadcast time to make your dismal results this month look better.

But what Xiao Ke did was completely beyond her expectation.This person is really weird. Not only did he not have any publicity in the early stage, but he just casually mentioned it on his homepage.Now that the opening is imminent, the advertisement pushes nothing to buy, it seems that it is going to do it so quietly.

Is this still a star?These days, even ordinary people with good families know how to find celebrities to host their weddings when they open a store.Fortunately for Xiao Ke, in the entertainment industry where everyone is competing for headlines, he is so low-key, and he has no business acumen to ignore the ready-made publicity opportunities.

When Xiao Ma was depressed, a colleague and competitor from the same department walked over. Seeing her gloomy face, he said intentionally: "Xiao Ma, I remember you are going to interview Xiao Ke tomorrow, right? It is said that the two recently negotiated books have been postponed, and I don’t know the reason. Ordinarily, the entertainment industry makes money quickly and relatively easily. He would rather keep the money and not earn it. There must be a reason. Maybe the postponement is just a nice way of saying , In a few days, the crew will announce the news of the re-casting. Once the star dies, who else wants to read his news? I see you, let's find another interview subject."

Xiao Ma has always disliked this guy's frivolity, and since they entered the stage, the two have been secretly competing.

Originally, she did have some hesitation in her heart, thinking whether to cancel the interview temporarily.Being squeezed by competitors like this, he felt stubborn instead. He raised his head and said, "In the month just after the Spring Festival, the news about Xiao Ke's movie received the highest praise. I believe his popularity with the audience. Besides, who do I want to interview? Please take care."

After choking, she didn't bother to look at this guy's face, grabbed her backpack and rushed home, planning to collect some movie materials overnight and prepare a few questions for the interview tomorrow. The movie "Baby Dazzling" is very popular, and since Xiao Ke doesn't have enough attractive new topics now, she'll do it again and find some interesting tidbits, and the audience should pay for it.

The next day, Xiao Ma, who didn't sleep until early in the morning, yawned, got into the car with the photographer, and rushed to the restaurant.

She scribbled and changed last night, thinking over and over again whether the question was topical.I am afraid that Xiao Ke is not attractive enough, so I added some questions about cute babies.It seems that it is enough to make an attractive news.

However, thinking of the handsome guy who made her girlish heart explode in the movie theater back then, Xiao Ma still couldn't help but sigh: "The smell of wine these days is also afraid of the alleys. Since you want to make money, why don't you make a good publicity while it's opening?"If you don't understand marketing, you should find someone to consult.

There was a bit of traffic along the way. When the car arrived at the business district, it was almost eleven o'clock, more than ten minutes later than the scheduled time.Xiao Ma was a little anxious, and ran upstairs vigorously with his head down. He didn't care to raise his head when he ran into someone. He said sorry, and rushed forward in a hurry.

It wasn't until he found the restaurant that Xiao Ma stopped on his knees, gasping for breath as he watched the waiters walking back and forth through the closed glass doors.

The time she mixed her breath, the photographer also arrived.But instead of complaining that you should be considerate of the uncle who is carrying the food guy as usual, she looked at her strangely: "Little Ma, do you know who you bumped into just now?"

"Didn't notice, but I apologized and just touched it lightly."

At this time, Xiao Ma found that Xiao Ke came to the front desk, was bowing his head to explain something to the waiter, and immediately interrupted the photographer who was still about to talk, "Hurry up, hurry up, make up for the late time. The time is up in a while, the interview It's just ruined."

As she spoke, she went over and knocked on the glass, and gave Xiao a ridiculous smile.

Xiao Ke heard the sound and noticed the press card around her neck, as well as the photographer behind her. He also smiled back and stepped forward to open the door for her: "Hello, is this reporter Ma? I'm asking the waiter Have you received any calls from you, you just happened to be here."

After interviewing so many celebrities, no matter how well-mannered and polite they are on the surface, they would never notice such details. This is the first time Xiao Ma has met such a handsome guy with a gentlemanly demeanor.The hearts of fans who had been forgotten due to busy work immediately became full, but at the same time, they felt more and more sorry for Xiao Ke's ignorance of reasonable hype.

"Sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road, we're late." She first apologized honestly, and then asked: "Mr. Xiao, is there a quieter room here? We want to ask you a few questions."

"Then go to the staff lounge first."

Just as Xiao Ke was about to lead the way, suddenly, someone outside the door waved to him again.He was stunned for a moment, and immediately walked quickly towards the person who came, "Brother Qin, long time no see!"

The middle-aged man in a casual coat took off his sunglasses, shook Xiao Ke's hand vigorously, pointed to the well-dressed woman beside him, and said in a familiar tone: "Your sister-in-law heard that I'm coming to see you , you have to come with me no matter what you say. I don’t think you said that you are not allowed to bring family members, so you brought her along with you.”

When Xiao Ke spoke cautiously to young girls, he was fine with older women.In addition, I met Mrs. Qin who visited the set a few times in the film crew, so I can be regarded as an acquaintance.He smiled and said, "Welcome sister-in-law. Last time you helped me pass the video, I haven't thanked you yet."

Mrs. Qin joked: "It's unnecessary to say thank you, let's have something real. How about serving two more dishes to our table later?"

The three of them talked and laughed happily. The photographer wanted to turn on the camera several times, but he restrained himself and said to Xiao Ma quietly: "The leading actors who participated in "Baby Dazzling" are now popular. Xiao Ke's foundation is still shallow, lacking works, so I can’t compare with them for the time being. But this Qin Shiquan is a well-known figure in the drama world, and occasionally participates in TV. After the movie became popular, his new life drama was broadcast immediately, and now it is popular among mothers Li is very popular. But he doesn't like interviews, and almost no one can ask him. If we can shoot one today, it will be a scoop."

Needless to say, Xiao Ma also thought of this, nodded repeatedly, and said, "I'll try and see if I can ask him a question or two."

"Lower your posture, you know, he was the one you bumped into just now."

"Ah? What can we do?" Xiao Ma was dumbfounded.

The photographer glared at her, "What else can I do, for the sake of the news, I apologize again!"

While the two were discussing in low voices, other guests arrived one after another.

I saw a neatly dressed and cute little boy took the lead, hugged Xiao Ke's waist as soon as he entered the room, buried his whole face on his body and rubbed against him, "Brother Xiao Xiao!"

"Congee porridge." Xiao Ke's smile became brighter, and he habitually wanted to hug him, but he managed to raise his temper twice.Originally, I wanted to pinch his face, but now I could only pull his calf, and said, "I've grown taller again, my brother can hardly hold him."

"Is there anything delicious today?"

"Yes, as long as you and your parents are full - Sister Ye, long time no see."

Ye Xuanru was still so forthright, "Xiao Ke, my son calls you elder brother, but you call me elder sister. This generation is too problematic. Today we have to have a few drinks and rearrange the seniority by the way."

"Sister Ye, please forgive me. I drink very poorly, and I can only down one glass."

Xiao Ma pricked up his ears to listen to them, while looking at the other new guests, and finally said excitedly to the photographer: "They are all participants in "My Little Brother", and Director Zhong is also here! Since the show changed After that, they haven’t gotten together so well. My God, this is big news in itself! You shoot quickly, and I’ll take this tape back to the stage even if I’m scolded to death by them.”

Thinking of the repercussions this news will cause after it is broadcast, and the shocked expression of his disgusting colleagues, Xiao Ma swept away the decadence when he came over, and at the same time forgot the tricky manuscript he had prepared overnight.Gearing up, waited for Xiao Ke to finish chatting with them and do a simple interview, then hurried back to write the manuscript.

These celebrity parents not only haven't seen Xiao Ke for a long time, but also haven't seen each other for a long time.When we meet again after a long absence, we are all smiling.

When they were chatting with each other, a man in formal clothes, about [-] or so, got off the elevator and came striding forward, followed by a group of staff carrying flower baskets.Looking in that direction, it was towards the restaurant.

After Deng Yibo's oolong incident last time, Xiao Ke became wary of flower baskets.Seeing this, he frowned slightly, waited for the man to stop in front of the door, greeted him personally, and asked: "Sir, who asked you to send flowers here?"

"You are Mr. Xiao Ke." The man bowed slightly to him and said, "I am Xiao Dai, the assistant of Teacher Fu Cheng, and I am also entrusted by several other teachers to send flowers and wish you a happy business. They There are shooting tasks, and I can't make it, please forgive me."

Fu Cheng.

Hearing this name, Director Zhong and the star parents and mothers who were chatting instantly fell silent.

Director Zhong suspected that he had heard it wrong, but he looked at the flower basket, under the red stripe congratulating Xinglong and Daji, the word Fu Cheng was indeed inscribed.Looking at the signatures of the other flower baskets, they are all old actors with a slightly lower reputation than Fu Cheng, but still worthy of the word "senior".

After confirming that it was correct, he involuntarily opened his mouth: God, how did Xiao Ke know these seniors?

Fu Cheng is the most popular actor in the mainland in the late 80s, bar none.Just turned fifty this year and is still active on screen.The TV dramas he has participated in over the years are frequent guests of CCTV's prime time, and he has played countless classic roles, and his name is well-known to every household.Regardless of character, acting skills or fame, it can be said that no one in the three generations of old, middle-aged and young people can match him.The word "star" is no longer enough to describe his achievements.

With Zhong Dao's qualifications, he had to respectfully call Mr. Fu when they met each other.A junior like Xiao Ke basically won't get the chance to cooperate with Senior Fu.But Fu Cheng specially sent him a flower basket. What's going on?

Not only Director Zhong and others were confused, but Xiao Ke himself was also confused.Looking at the names on the flower basket, they are all the seniors who came to "Battle of the Mystery City" as guest stars.But there is no Fu Cheng here, why would he give himself a special gift?

Xiao Ke asked suspiciously: "Did Teacher Fu say, why did you send me flowers?"

Xiao Dai replied: "Mr. Fu said that although he has never met Mr. Xiao, he has been friends with him for a long time. If he has the opportunity in the future, he must meet you for a while. He has confessed that if Mr. Xiao is strange, he can ask Mr. Wen. "

Wen old?What does this have to do with him?

Seeing that the assistant didn't want to say anything more, Xiao Ke nodded, and made a note of it for now, and invited Xiao Dai inside for tea and dinner.But the other party said that there was still something to do, so he said goodbye and left after a few polite words.

Looking at Xiao Dai's back, Xiao Ma, who was puzzled, quietly asked the photographer, "Which old actor in the industry is named Wen? By the way, I take back what I said before. This is not only big news, The fact that Fu Cheng supported Xiao Ke alone was enough to make the headlines of the day!"

The other party hadn't spoken yet, and three people who were still carrying travel bags came to the restaurant again.

Xiao Ma recognized the bearded man headed by Director Xu.There are two young people beside him, one is Chen Shangxing, an actor who has been very active in the past two years and is faintly on the rise, and the other is a young man of similar age with a delicate and pale face, but he can't recognize who he is.

Xiao Ma didn't know this person, but the photographer next to him was no stranger, and immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "God, it's actually a well-known genius in the photography circle, Yin Jueyi who has won numerous awards! Why is he here?"

Before the words finished, Yin Jueyi answered the photographer's question.

I just heard him say: "Xiao Ke, my friends have just arrived on the first floor. Are you ready here? Can you take a seat?"

Xiao Ke has long been accustomed to Yin Jueyi's speaking style. Looking back, he saw the waiter who heard the conversation make an OK gesture to himself, so he nodded, "I'm going to prepare the rest of the dishes, please Take your seat first."

Seeing this, Yin Jueyi walked to the fence and waved to the bottom.

After a while, the largest group of guests arrived, most of them were men, some long and some young, and they were all well-dressed.Xiao Ke didn't know them, and didn't shake hands one by one.And when these people heard Yin Jueyi say that Xiao Ke was going to cook in person, they all changed their words and said that they would introduce themselves after the toast.After saying hello to them, Xiao Ke went into the kitchen to work.

As everyone knows, his indifferent appearance fell into Xiaoma's eyes, but it seemed inscrutable.

His eyes swept over the faces of the group of people one by one, and every time he recognized a person, the pony had the urge to scream.

Subconsciously grasping her collar tightly, it took her a long while before she recovered from the shock and exclaimed: "These people usually don't even have enough money for the appearance, so I didn't expect to be here today. Xiao Ke It opened for the first time, and all the famous editor-in-chiefs of the mainstream media and the well-known directors in the director circle of City B were caught. Seeing that they didn't even say a word of greetings, they must be very familiar with each other. With these people around, how could Xiao Ke spend money on advertising? Huh? As long as these people post a picture on Weibo and WeChat, the advertising effect will not be bought by others with a lot of money!"

"That's right!" The photographer also nodded excitedly, "Little Ma, this time we've got a big exclusive news! Collect more material, and then let the editor-in-chief add a special feature for you."

"That's right, the editor-in-chief will definitely agree!"

As he said that, Xiao Ma thought for a while, and suggested: "Xiao Ke is cooking, and we won't be able to interview him for a while. Why don't we go out and eat something first, and then come here after we're gone."

Just about to leave, a waiter stopped them and said politely: "Reporter Ma, and this gentleman, Boss Xiao said, I was busy receiving guests just now, so I am sorry for the delay in the interview. Please stay for a light meal , Wait for him to be interviewed later.”

The journalists present at the scene were all well-known. Compared with them, Xiao Ma, an entertainment reporter, can only be regarded as a small shrimp at best.Unexpectedly, Xiao Ke still remembered them and made a special arrangement.For a moment, Xiao Ma was moved and decided to be Xiao Ke's fan for the rest of his life.

The waiter led him to sit at an unoccupied table. After thanking him, Xiao Ma saw an exquisite silk noodle recipe on the table, so he said to the photographer: "Take a picture of this menu first, and then there may be a special edition." can come in handy.”

While the photographer was adjusting the camera, she opened the menu and laid it out, taking a look at it.Unexpectedly, seeing this, he couldn't look away anymore.

Counting the names of the unheard-of dishes on it one by one, she couldn't help but muttered to herself: "Heavenly Ladder Duck Feet? Zhancui Piercing Cloud? Cuigai Shark's Fin? What kind of dishes are these?"