Chapter 2211 The Current Situation of the Oriental Performing Arts World
In fact, in the impression of many Chinese people, Japanese people kneel in front of the table when eating.
Of course, if you invite guests to their home, many people still eat in this way. After all, it is a cultural tradition and a custom there.
If you have friends over there in Japan, when you arrive in Japan, they will treat you to guests, and when they invite you to dinner at home, they usually kneel in front of the table.
Of course, this situation also occurs in some Eastern hotels, restaurants, and high-end places. There is no doubt about this.
However, this does not mean that all taverns and hotels in Japan are like this. After all, Japan also has to keep pace with the times and cannot always stick to its old traditions.
It cannot be said that all your hotels in the East need to abide by this custom.
When foreigners come, they all kneel in front of the table to eat. Not necessarily people from every country are familiar with this cultural tradition.
Therefore, in fact, under such a situation, most hotels will not have rooms with such customs. However, many high-end hotels have become very detailed, which means that everyone can sit in front of the table and
It's time to eat.
Just like eating in China, there are rows of chairs around the table. When guests arrive, they can sit down directly.
Of course, like some Western fast food restaurants, they naturally use chairs to entertain guests.
So now, if I go to Japan, well, most of the time it’s when someone’s treating me. When I go out, I always go to a place with tables and stools. No, maybe there are chairs. It depends on the hotel you go to.
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Some hotels are more retro and equipped with small stools, while some hotels have more formal chairs, both Chinese and Western. It depends on the grade of the hotel.
If the quality of the hotel is lowered, small chairs made of aluminum, iron, or even plastic stools are not impossible.
However, if it is a slightly higher-end place like the sashimi eating place arranged by Kitano Takeshi this time, it would be a relatively private club.
The chairs are all made of mahogany, arranged in rows and are very simple, with the style of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Japan is a country that highly values Tang culture, and relics of the Tang and Song civilizations can be seen in almost every corner of their culture.
It's actually the same thing in a hotel.
This can be regarded as a manifestation of the upper class society in the East, and it is a symbol of elegant culture.
It is even said that there is a grade examination for Japanese calligraphy, but this tradition is no longer available in China. This has to be said to be a pity.
Of course, this time, asking Ye Ming to sit with someone who can sit with Ye Ming really doesn’t count.
The issue of seniority in the Japanese entertainment industry is very serious. If you are not qualified to that level, it will be difficult to sit and have dinner with your seniors, unless you are promoted by a super celebrity.
There is no problem if a senior with seniority pulls you over, but unless you are making a toast, you cannot hang around the senior's table casually.
This is an unspoken rule.
Takeshi Kitano invited the guests, and he took the main seat. Ken Watanabe, as the main companion, sat opposite Takeshi Kitano.
The remaining two people are Kato Koyuki and Kuriyama Chiaki. There are only 5 people on the entire table.
In fact, there are only 5 people if you include Ye Ming.
After sitting down, Kitano Takeshi started to liven up and happily talked about some of his experiences in China: "Actually, when I went to China before, I ate with my colleagues in China, and they treated me to a very, very big place.
Inside the box.
The table is also very, very large. The large turntable in the middle is moderately large. I roughly counted, and if it can seat thirty people, there will be no problem.
That time, I calculated that there should be 26 people there. 26 people were eating in one room and at a big table. I have never encountered such a situation in Japan.
At that time, I was very shocked. There were more than 20 people eating at one table. Later, I realized that this kind of situation seems to be relatively rare and common in China."
In fact, when it comes to eating, the two countries still have some things in common. For example, the tradition of seating separate guests and hosts is also found in Japan.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "Actually, it is quite common for more than 20 people to get it, especially in the entertainment industry, where everyone is in the same circle and can be considered friends.
You said that if we all eat together, it won’t look good if you let anyone sit at the next table. It won’t save your face. You should at least take your friend’s face into consideration, right?
Therefore, why would twenty or thirty people gather together for a late-night snack? This is normal. Some even say that three or five small tables are shared together. When combined together, it becomes a large table, which is very comfortable for more than 20 people.
normal.
In fact, some of the Chinese dinner parties I have attended have large tables for more than 50 people. When the host speaks, he always uses a microphone to speak.
Moreover, there is a miniature microphone next to each guest's table. If you want to talk, you can open the microphone and speak freely.
Otherwise, if you think about a table with more than 50 or 60 people, even if you want to speak to the person opposite, he may not be able to hear it.
Therefore, it would be more convenient if you have a microphone."
Kitano Takeshi and others were actually even more surprised by the fact that there were more than 50 people at one table.
After all, Kitano Takeshi and others think that more than 20 people and 30 people are already a very large number.
I didn't expect that the kind of fifty or sixty people that Ye Ming mentioned didn't exist in China, and it looked like Ye Ming had attended it more than once. This kind of banquet for fifty or sixty people at a time seemed a bit commonplace.
Kuriyama Chiaki is a relatively young beautiful girl. At least she has the appearance of a beautiful girl. When she talks and smiles, she is also very cute.
At this moment, Chiaki Kuriyama said in surprise: "Mr. Ye, can more than 50 people eat together and be full?
I think in our place, having four people eating together is considered a gathering of a lot of friends. But in our place, eating together with more than 10 people does not count.
, especially in the entertainment industry, it is relatively common for four or five friends to gather together for dinner. If there are more, it will be less.
It is rare for too many people to eat together at the same table, at least in the entertainment industry this is the case.
Like you said, in my opinion, if there are fifty or sixty people, at least I think I have some trypophobia."
I don’t know if Kuriyama Chiaki herself has trypophobia, or if this is her own teasing.
Beautiful girls, they always have special rights.
Just like the question is not in the notebook, it may not cause everyone to laugh.
Ye Mingna, however, had no problem and laughed and said: "In China, it is definitely no problem to have enough food, right?
Moreover, on top of this big table is a big turntable, and its periphery is circular.
Next to the table is a rotating turntable track.
There are various dishes on the turntable. If you like any dish, you can try it when it is brought to you.
Moreover, the food here changes regularly. If 60 people eat together, about 20 waiters will stand behind to serve.
Basically, for every three guests, there is a waiter who is responsible for pouring wine and so on.
Don’t worry about this. In fact, we in China are quite concerned about the issue of food. Since you go there and want to eat, I will definitely let you eat.
As for the large dining table for fifty or sixty people, the dishes will be changed from time to time. This should be regarded as a custom-made private room. There is a certain fee for this private room.
But that basically means that there is no limit to the number of dishes, which will definitely satisfy the customers, so there is no problem of whether they are full or not.
As long as you are willing to eat until you are full, then even if you are the only customer left, there will be at least one waiter following you to serve you until you are full for so many years.
I have never heard that people attending such a dinner were not full, or that people did not go there just to eat.
But, I haven’t heard any of my friends complain about not having enough to eat at such a banquet.”
At this time, the family selection on the side actually felt that the green signature was a bit unreliable. Why did you ask such a superficial question?
Do you think you are uneducated and you are an artist in the entertainment industry? You are also uneducated.
Just when Kato Koyuki wanted to lose his temper and use his senior status to scold or warn Kuriyama Chiaki, he glanced at Kitano Takeshi and found that Kitano Takeshi did not stop him.
So under such a situation, Kato Koyuki was a little bit quiet. She didn't know what Kitano Takeshi was thinking.
Therefore, I will not take the initiative to teach Kuriyama Chiaki a lesson.
Although Kato Koyuki is considered Kuriyama Chiaki's senior, she actually knows very well at this time that she is just a junior in front of Kitano Takeshi.
You have to know that under such a situation, all your actions on the scene are being monitored by the business. It will depend on Director Takeshi Kitano's mood at that time.
If Takeshi Kitano felt that Chiaki Kuriyama needed to be stopped, Director Takeshi Kitano would definitely stop him without hesitation.
However, director Takeshi Kitano has not expressed his dissatisfaction now.
Therefore, at this time, Kato Koyuki began to wonder whether Kuriyama Chiaki was deliberately trying to liven up the atmosphere and deliberately asked such a somewhat idiotic question.
Kuriyama Chiaki, this charming little fox, takes advantage of her youth to be cute and flattering everywhere.
If Chiaki Kuriyama's words were planned at this time, it was Takeshi Kitano's intention.
If you think about it carefully, this is not impossible. After all, Director Takeshi Kitano still values him very much. Such a large-scale reception is very rare in the Japanese entertainment industry.
In fact, Kato Koyuki was right this time. Kuriyama Chiaki asked Ye Ming this question on the spot, which was really Kitano Takeshi's secret instruction.
Because the guests present only have Chinese results, which proves that a person is from China. If the atmosphere is not adjusted, it is very likely that the atmosphere will quickly become cold.
This is not what Takeshi Kitano wants to see, and the person at the scene who is suitable to liven up the atmosphere is basically Chiaki Kuriyama.
Because Chiaki Kuriyama is a very young beautiful girl, at least she looks very young.
In fact, Chiaki Kuriyama is not said to have a cute beauty, but a cold beauty.
Of course, Chiaki Kuriyama is actually very cute when he smiles, but most of the time Chiaki Kuriyama maintains that cold beauty.
There is a photo album of hers, and the characters in some of his movies all feature a rather cold beauty.
Therefore, fans have the impression that Kuriyama Chiaki is a cold beautiful girl, not the kind of girl who is too cute.
No matter what, director Takeshi Kitano actually used Kuriyama Chiaki to liven up the atmosphere, which also prevented the scene from getting cold so quickly.
At this time, Takeshi Kitano actually continued his topic and said: "Mr. Ye, in fact, we came to treat you to dinner today to discuss some stereotypes and bad habits in our Japanese entertainment industry.
As for me, let me tell you frankly and honestly in your Chinese terms, we in the Oriental public opinion circles have some bad stereotypes and bad habits.
Of course, these regulations actually played a considerable role in development in the early days. However, later, with the development of the superpower world and the development of film and television dramas, there were some unspoken rules.
Then they are relatively backward and need to be eliminated.
However, this is not an easy thing.
If you want to eliminate some merit-based admissions and change some bad habits, you need to pay a considerable price.
Just like what I said in the car just now, in today's entertainment industry in Japan, many of these young people really don't pay much attention.
If this is the case, it is not a good phenomenon for the development of the Japanese entertainment industry. I think this matter should be fundamentally changed.
If it cannot be changed, it will not be a good phenomenon for us in the Eastern entertainment industry. Watanabe-kun, what do you think of this problem?"
At this time Kitano Takeshi did not continue to talk about this issue himself.
After expressing his opinion on such a question, it was considered as a kind of opening statement. In the end, he was blamed by Ken Watanabe.
Anyway, this matter is not his alone, and Ken Watanabe can't just be a spectator on the sidelines.
Ken Watanabe is now considered an old-timer in Toyo Ijin, and he is also famous in the entertainment industry. Even among Hollywood stars, Watanabe is considered a relatively famous and influential Toyo artist.