Chapter 471 Chinese food is popular in the United States (today is 8000 again, hey)
May 10th.
United States, Illinois, Chicago.
After working for a day, Augustus returned home with his tired body. After returning home, he saw his wife preparing a delicious dinner for him, and Augustus felt that his fatigue was gone. His wife's three meals a day were always good at cooking.
Yes, the appetizers, soups, meals, and desserts are all delicious.
“Honey, what’s for dinner tonight???”
"The appetizer is apple juice, the dinner is chicken, vegetables, and potatoes, and the meal is pear."
"Wow!! It's so rich!!" August couldn't help but praise.
The two talked sweetly, and Augustus went to wash up and change into fresh family pajamas. By the time he finished this, his wife had already put all the dinner on the table, waiting for Augustus to eat together.
Juice, burgers with vegetables, chicken, potatoes, and fruits, very rich!!
"My dear, you are so kind!!" August flattered her again, making her feel sweet and dizzy.
August turned on the TV and selected the Chicago TV station.
Watching TV and having dinner at the same time is a habit that the couple has formed over the past year, and it is also a continuation of happiness. The couple can always find the warmth between them in TV programs.
"Huh? What is this?" When Augustus jumped to the Chicago TV station, he found that tonight's program was a little different from previous programs. It was not an English program, but Chinese.
In the program, a large kitchen was being played, with more than a dozen chefs in uniforms shaking pots. Bottles of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were placed in the kitchen, and the air was filled with steam.
Then the scene changed. In a rural area, a man was rubbing a whole slaughtered pig with a kind of powder, then steaming and cutting it, and then adding kudzu...
Soon, in the camera, a huge grand wedding banquet scene with fifty or sixty tables appeared, with lanterns hung high and full of joy.
And every table was filled with chicken, pork, bracken, green vegetables, tofu... more than a dozen plates of dishes that Augustus had never seen before...
Gulu...
August looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but swallowed...
He originally wanted to change the channel, but he resisted and continued watching the TV. At this time, his wife was also watching the TV with wide eyes.
Although there are some characters in Chinese on TV that I don’t quite recognize, there is basically no language barrier and I can understand them.
Then they saw mushroom soup dumplings, steamed egg dumplings, West Lake vinegar fish, salted duck eggs, golden shrimp balls, minced pepper fish heads, fried stinky tofu, braised lion heads, hot shredded sweet and sour pineapple spareribs, and steam pot chicken
, steamed pork with kudzu, steamed pig in Jun'an...all kinds of delicacies. Although they don't know what they are, they still make the couple's minds sway and their mouths water...
After the TV program ended, the two people came to their senses. Only then did they learn the name of the program from the TV, which was called "A Bite of China."
The quality of food! What is high quality?
"..." Mr. and Mrs. Augustus looked at the dinner on the table that they thought was sumptuous. Now... it's just crude pig food!!!
August and his wife are full of love!!!
The two of them rummaged through the refrigerator. They found that it was full of bread, sauces, butter, etc., and there was no rice at all, let alone Chinese food.
This night, for the first time, they felt that their sumptuous dinner was so unpalatable that they decided to go to a Chinese restaurant to find something to eat the next day.
Then the couple searched for the program "A Bite of China" on the Internet. They found that this program had already been broadcast in Chicago for 5 episodes. At the same time, it had gained unparalleled popularity both online and on TV.
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With this program, Chicago TV Station achieved higher ratings than the TV series. It also became the weekly ratings champion of American TV stations!!
Then the couple discovered something else. The director of this show was named Wang Shang, which was exactly the same name as the director of "Avatar".
With countless surprises, the couple spent one night watching episodes 1-4 of "A Bite of China", and they didn't finish it until two o'clock in the morning. Each item of delicacies in it made the couple drool continuously, and then they continued to watch it.
With a sad face, he gnawed on bread to fill his empty stomach.
It is simply a kind of hell!!!
After a restless night's sleep, the couple hurriedly got up early the next morning and rushed to the nearest Chinese restaurant.
"Oh, may~god!!!"
After arriving at the location, Augustus was shocked to see a long queue of customers in front of the Chinese restaurant!!
There are so many customers, white people, black people, men, women, old and young, everyone!
Bustling and very lively!
August soon noticed another point. The four wall-mounted TVs in the restaurant were playing the familiar "A Bite of China".
The entire restaurant was in a lively and lively atmosphere.
"I want mushroom soup dumplings!"
"I want sauerkraut dumplings!"
"I want the three-color blossom steamed buns, and the salt-and-pepper scallion rolls!"
A lot of foreigners shouted out the breakfast snacks they wanted to eat in half-cooked Chinese. It is worth mentioning that the names of these breakfast snacks were all learned from "A Bite of China".
"Hello customers, everyone said that we don't have any mushroom soup dumplings, pickled cabbage dumplings, or three-color flowering steamed buns..." The restaurant staff explained with sweating profusely, and then quickly completed the transaction with other customers.
The foreign customers were unhappy and shouted: "Aren't you Chinese? Why don't you have these snacks? You see these snacks on TV!!"
"..." The clerks were sweating profusely while explaining, looking extremely miserable.
Augustus also noticed that the restaurant also placed a recruitment notice written in Chinese in a conspicuous place at the door: "Hiring Chinese chefs with high salary, high salary..."
At noon, Augustus and his wife finally enjoyed a sumptuous Chinese meal in Chinatown, 50 kilometers away. It was so good that they almost swallowed their tongues. Just as they were praising the hotel chef's cooking skills
, the owner of the restaurant proudly said that in fact, the food in China is much more authentic than the food in his restaurant, and the taste is naturally several times better than what you eat here!!
After hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. August suddenly had the urge to go to China in search of delicious food.
Since the Chicago TV station aired the program "A Bite of China", Chinese cuisine has become popular all over the United States at a crazy speed. Many Chinese families woke up one night and found that their neighbors had seen more and more after seeing them.
They are so friendly and approachable that many neighbors even proposed to visit their homes and taste Chinese food.
There are even Chinese people online who laugh and complain: "My neighbor's family regards their unpalatable Chinese food as a delicacy. I finally have confidence in my cooking skills!!"
During this Chinese food craze, Chinese restaurants saw a surge in customers and a sharp increase in sales! Seeing how popular Chinese restaurants were, many Chinese opened restaurants one after another. Suddenly, there was a huge demand for Chinese chefs.
increase!!
After "A Bite of China" created a fierce trend of Chinese food in the United States, the news quickly spread back to China, arousing heated discussions among the masses. Countless people shouted that Wang Shang had earned face for the country.
Radio and television stations in other countries have also accelerated negotiations with Oriental Television to obtain the local premiere rights of "A Bite of China" as soon as possible.
"Survival in the Wild" and "Hundred Forums" have also been spotted by many countries, who want to purchase the first broadcast rights and online video copyrights.
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May 20th.
Sichuandu, Cangshan Prison.
Today this prison, which has been abandoned for ten years, welcomed more than a dozen people.
"Mr. Wang, this is our Cangshan Prison in Sichuan." A burly man with thick eyebrows pointed at a tall stone prison in front of him and introduced. His name is Jiang Zheng, a leader of Sichuan City, and he originally visited prisons like this.
It was completely impossible for him to come, but the person who came today was a little different, so he pushed forward many important tasks and came to lead the team.
In addition to Jiang Zheng, the leader, there were seven or eight people from the city, county, and town levels accompanying them. The leader of the party they accompanied was Wang Shang.
Yes, it's Wang Shang. Wang Shang came here to find the filming location of "The Shawshank Redemption".
After comprehensive consideration, Wang Shang chose the abandoned Cangshan Prison as the first inspection site.