Chapter 419 Night Banquet and Sky Reward (Ch 419)

7:30 pm, Shanghai Changning District, Tan’s official cuisine,

It is said that Tan’s cuisine has a history of more than 100 years and is an authentic “royal private cuisine”.

Qi Jia didn’t know if it was authentic or not, but it looked like the decoration was indeed royal.

There is a bright yellow door with flying eaves and brackets, and below it are six wicker lanterns hanging on the left and right, with the word “Tan” written in regular script in the middle.

Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan just got out of the car.

The hotel manager, who had been waiting at the door, immediately stepped forward and personally led the two into the hotel.

As soon as you enter the gate, you can see five big characters written on the front wall:

“The most expensive in the world”

Qi Jia was happy, thinking that he was quite self-aware and knew that his vegetables were expensive.

The manager was two steps ahead of Qi Jia, and while walking, he introduced the history of Tan’s official cuisine to Qi Jia.

It was dinner time, the hall was packed with people, and waiters in black slim-fitting work clothes were coming and going with dishes.

Qi Jia looked towards the front of the hall and saw a gilded dragon chair on a platform. Tourists could sit on it and take photos if they liked.

“Eating here feels like attending court,” Qi Jia joked.

The manager smiled and said honestly, “We can’t help it. This is the era of marketing. Since we are the Royal Family’s private restaurant, we have to have something to do with the Royal Family.”

The three of them quickly walked through the hall and came to a private room on the second floor called “Pearl Pavilion”.

The decoration inside the private room is equally luxurious, and everything about it demonstrates the royal status.

After the two sat down, the manager took out a tablet and said respectfully,

“Mr. Qi, let me go over tonight’s dishes with you and see if there are any mistakes or omissions.”

Qi Jia nodded and curiously played with the tableware on the table.

Perhaps to reflect the “royal” status, the surface of the porcelain tableware here is mainly bright yellow.

Then add some blue as embellishment, and match it with the white color of the porcelain itself. The three-color combination looks noble and elegant.

“Okay, our dishes tonight include: bamboo shoots with fresh peppercorns, pork belly with cabbage in stone pot, sea cucumber with wild rice from Ice Lake, short ribs in casserole, and steamed yellow croaker with chicken oil and Huadiao wine…”

The manager named seven or eight dishes in one breath, then handed the tablet to Qi Jia and said with a smile,

“As for the wine, as you requested, I’ve prepared for you the 50-year-old Guyue Longshan rice wine, which has been aerated and warmed up in advance.”

Qi Jia looked at the tablet and found a problem. There were no vegetables. As a Cantonese, how could he not eat vegetables when eating? So he said,

“Add another plate of water spinach with garlic sauce. That’s it. When customers come, you can order more if it’s not enough.”

“Okay, Mr. Qi,” the manager respectfully noted, then waved to the door. A waitress came in pushing a cart.

The manager personally took two small plates and two small bowls from the cart, put them on the table, and said,

“Mr. Qi, Ms. Zhang, this is our restaurant’s specialty dish. I’ll give it to you two to try.

Especially this fish maw milk jelly, which is good for beauty and skin care, is a popular delicacy in the store. The dipping bowl next to it is filled with coconut milk, which makes the taste even richer. “

No girl can resist the temptation of beauty.

Zhang Ruonan took the small bowl with great interest, looked at the white milk jelly in the bowl that looked a bit like double skin milk, and said to the manager with a smile,

“That’s thoughtful, thank you!”

The manager smiled, bowed slightly, and said,

“You’re welcome. Enjoy your meal. I’ll leave now. The waiter is right outside the door. Please let me know if you need anything.”

After saying that, he took three steps back before turning around and walking out of the box.

…

After waiting for about ten or twenty minutes, the door of the private room was opened again, and under the guidance of the manager,

Director Yang Yang and Liu Yan walked in together.

Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan quickly stood up to greet them.

“Hello Director Yang, I’ve heard a lot about you. Thank you for your hard work during this shoot.”

Yang Yang extended his hand and shook hands with Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan respectively, and said with a smile: “People from our own side don’t say how hard it is. The script is so good, I can’t express how happy I am.”

At this time, Liu Yan, who was behind Yang Yang, stepped forward and stretched out her hand towards Qi Jia.

“Hello, Teacher Qi Jia, I’m Liu Yan, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to play the role of Sun Sanniang.”

Liu Yan’s words were sincere. She had been in the industry for so many years, and she had played mostly small roles.

The role of Sun Sanniang in Meng Hualu can be regarded as the second female lead. She has enough scenes and the character is portrayed very well. She is not the image of a vase.

“Teacher Liu Yan, you are too polite. We will achieve mutual success.” Qi Jia shook her hand briefly and said with a smile.

Liu Yan smiled and greeted Zhang Ruonan again.

Then, everyone sat down one by one.

Then, the manager led a group of waiters to bring up the ordered dishes and wine.

“I’m sorry for the expense,” Yang Yang said as he looked at the table full of carefully prepared dishes.

Qi Jia stood up, picked up the warmed wine flask, poured a glass of wine for Director Yang, and replied with a smile: “Director, what you said is true. You have worked hard for the crew, isn’t it reasonable for me to treat you to a meal?”

“Yes, Director, you just said that we are all family, why are you being so polite now?” Zhang Ruonan also echoed.

“You haven’t even got your marriage certificate yet, but you’re already following the lead of your husband and wife?” Director Yang joked with a smile.

Liu Yan burst out laughing.

The banquet started in this relaxed atmosphere. Everyone ate and chatted, and soon they talked about the filming location.

The filming locations of Dream of China mainly include:

Water Margin Film and Television City, Yuantouzhu, Jiuxi, Tangcheng Film and Television Base, Hengdian Film and Television City,

From south to north, it spans three provinces. In addition, there is a large amount of location shooting. The workload is very heavy and the overall shooting cycle takes more than four months.

“All the preparatory work has been done. The filming will start on June 10th. The leading actors need to join the crew 20 days in advance. Do you have any questions?”

After Yang Yang finished speaking, he looked at Qi Jia and asked,

Qi Jia took a sip of wine, thought about it carefully, and said a little embarrassedly,

“I’m really sorry, director. I have another movie to start shooting on May 20th.

I guess I can only participate in the reading session online, but I will definitely attend the opening ceremony.”

The filming location of Dreams of China was at Hengdian World Studios, about three or four hours’ drive from the filming location of the store, Xifan Village in Fenghua.

No matter how hard we try, there will be no problem in time.

“In that case, let’s do it this way.” Yang Yang didn’t say much.

She also knew that Qi Jia was very busy this year, and it was rare that he took the initiative to express his willingness to participate in the script reading session online.

There are many stars as popular as him who cannot even arrive on time for the crew, let alone attend script reading sessions. If they do arrive on the crew, they act slyly and are either suffering from back pain or headaches like a big shot.

After talking about the crew’s arrangements, Yang Yang suddenly seemed to remember something and said,

“I think Dream of the Red Chamber and Ruonan can give it a try for the Feitian Awards next year.”

Yang Yang is not only one of the few female directors who has won the Feitian Award for Best Director for two consecutive years, but she has also been appointed as a Feitian Award judge by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television twice.

She said I could give it a try, and there was a high chance of winning.