Jiang Hudong originally planned to invite Su Yan to have dinner with him, but he had already made an appointment with Baek Jong-won that night, so he had to decline. This made Hudong very regretful and said that if anything happened, he could always come to him.
Su Yan also refused Liu Dashen's offer to continue sending him to meet Uncle Bai.
I have been bothering him all afternoon. If I say that I just spent some time for my friend, it is reasonable. This evening's agreement is purely Su Yan's personal matter, so it is not good to waste his time any more.
After a few words of persuasion, Yoo Jae Suk stopped insisting because after hearing this, Ho Dong asked his agent to give him a ride.
On the way, I called Mr. Wang and told him about selling the copyright. I paid attention to the contacts from TVC in the past few days, which made Lao Wang sigh a few times. He made another business now.
Then we chatted for a while. Yesterday, Qinghe once again became the biggest winner after the Bailan Award. Huang Lei finally won the grand prize as he wished. Su Yan had already sent a congratulatory message last night.
Now there are countless reporters and media who want to interview him, but Su Yan doesn't plan to go back so soon and wants to avoid the limelight first.
"Director Su Yan, we're here!" Hu Dong's manager reminded him in fairly standard Chinese.
"OK, thanks."
When I looked up, I was worthy of being a gourmet. The place I was looking for was different. It was an inconspicuous little shop in an alley in the downtown area.
When I opened the door, I heard the welcome voice of the shop owner.
Uncle Bai was sitting there by himself, and when he heard the sound, he saw Su Yan smiling.
"Here we go, sit here!"
"Teacher Bai, has it been a long time since you arrived?" Su Yan shook hands with him.
"I just arrived a while ago, haven't you eaten yet?" Bai Zhongyuan called the shop owner over.
"I must. I'm looking forward to the opportunity to have dinner with you."
"Okay, then I'll make the decision." Then he ordered the dishes.
Su Yan took this opportunity to look at the small shop. It was not big, with only six tables. Apart from the two of them, there was only one old man among the diners.
There are traces of fireworks on the wall and the menu is about to fade. It seems that it has been open for a long time.
"This is my favorite gourmet restaurant!" Bai Zhongyuan sighed: "I have been a regular customer a few years ago, and the fried rice cakes and soup noodles are simply excellent, especially after drinking wine, I come here to eat a hot bowl.
The noodles are so delicious.”
"Since the taste is so good, how is the business..." Su Yan was a little surprised.
"Hey, did you see that?" Uncle Bai gestured to the kitchen: "The couple is old and can't work anymore. We originally wanted our son to take over, but we didn't expect that he was not interested at all.
There is no other way but to keep it open day and night. Only regular customers will call in advance to ask.
Besides, as you can see, there are almost no people in this alley, and business is getting harder and harder."
Hey! What a coincidence.
Su Yan was about to speak when the noodles were served.
The weather was cold, and looking at the big bowl with smoke rising in front of him and the aroma coming from the shop made him stop temporarily.
"Take a sip of the soup first!" Uncle Bai suggested to him: "This is the specialty of the store. It has been cooked with big bones for a whole day, and all the essence has come out."
When Su Yan carefully took a spoon and blew on it, a "snoring" sound came from the opposite side, and then he saw Teacher Bai had already lifted the sea bowl to his mouth and drank the soup.
Without thinking at all, I followed suit.
Rich!
This word came to mind instantly.
When the hot soup enters the mouth, every taste bud seems to be screaming with happiness, and the sense of satisfaction suddenly rises. Then, the cold limbs become warm, and people can't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Looking at Su Yan's expression, Bai Zhongyuan smiled.
"How's it going? It's not bad."
"Well, it's unexpectedly delicious!" Su Yan couldn't wait any longer, picked up the noodles and ate them.
Both of them fell into silence, only the sound of snoring and sucking noodles could be heard.
"Ah~"
Originally, as a typical southerner, Su Yan had an average interest in pasta, and it didn't matter if he didn't eat it for a year.
But today's empty bowl seems to have subverted my prejudice. It turns out that pasta can be so delicious.
After eating such a large bowl, there is still something left to be desired.
"Teacher Bai, I understand why you feel regretful. Even if you return to China, you will definitely think of this bowl of noodles."
"Yes, in fact, the reason why many gourmet restaurants cannot open is not because of the taste, but because there is no one or no inheritance.
The three kings program I am doing now actually has another purpose, which is to help small shops in these situations."
"Then why not just make it bigger and more thorough?" Su Yan asked.
"Huh?" Uncle Bai didn't quite understand.
"If you just introduce the food of a store through a program, the possible effect is to make the store prosperous."
Su Yan began to tell the real purpose of the meeting between the two.
"But after a period of time, if you have to queue up every day, will some people give up now, and then lose some people due to personal tastes? Maybe after three months, or six months, they will return to the original state.
, treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.”
Bai Zhongyuan listened very carefully.
"Since you have this idea, teacher, why not just make it bigger and turn one store into several stores or even an alley.
For example, where we are now, I looked around when I just came in. There are about five restaurants, but almost all of them only have sporadic customers inside.
It's already the peak eating period, and there's no one here, which means that none of the nearby guests have formed the habit of coming to this alley to dine, let alone people from other places."
Bai Zhongyuan's eyes lit up.
"Then what if Teacher Bai's program is not just about presenting the original delicacies in the store to everyone, but also discovering their shortcomings and using his many years of business and cooking experience to make up for them and change them.
Then, through TV broadcasts, fans from all over the country are attracted to taste it, thus revitalizing an entire alley or a business district.
Isn’t this more significant and more challenging than your original intention?”
Bai Zhongyuan quickly understood what Su Yan meant.
"Director Su, you are providing a program plan, I should call the director together.
To be honest, I have actually been working on "Three Heavenly Kings" for more than a year, and I have already encountered a bottleneck. There are only so many gourmet restaurants, and I have to find several of them every week, but I will always run out.
Your creativity directly gives the program a direction to revamp, and I will try my best to discuss how much it will cost."
Obviously, Teacher Bai is very interested.
"No! This idea is for you, no money is required."
Bai Zhongyuan was even more surprised now than before!
Is there such a good thing?
He also knew that SBC spent a lot of money to purchase the copyright of "Running Man".
Although this is just a plan and there is no data to prove what the final result will be, but with my many years of experience, it must not be much different, so why not give it away for free?
Seeing the other party's confused look, Su Yan nodded affirmatively.
It's just that he can't speak out what's in his heart. Bai Zhongyuan is actually one of the few artists that he can admire.
He has rich professional knowledge, unique hosting style, and sincere feelings for China.
Moreover, when doing a show, it is wonderful to spend money privately to help others purchase various items.
There was an issue that impressed him deeply. The old lady's restaurant was burned down, and she could only spend less than 20,000 yuan to renovate it.
After he found out about it, he helped to get it at an estimated cost of more than ten times the price without saying a word, which moved the 80-year-old grandmother deeply.
With his personal charm, Su Yan didn't intend to take any money from him.
"But I have a condition!"
Bai Zhongyuan nodded, as long as it was conditional, otherwise he always felt uneasy. Unlike Liu Jae Suk, at least he had the fate of cooperating on the show. This was the second time the two met. This gift made him feel guilty.
"It's like this. I will have a show in the future. The specific time has not been decided yet. When the time comes, I may need Teacher Bai to star in it."
Okay! Bai Zhongyuan doesn’t know what to say anymore.