My Entertainment Circle

After coming out of KBS, Zhang Pingan was not so anxious to go to CJ Entertainment. Because he had made an appointment to meet with someone before that, Bai Zhongyuan, Teacher Bai! He brought the CEO from the office to the variety show live broadcast circle, and then left him alone for more than a quarter. At this time, it was time for him to talk to Teacher Bai about his inner plan.

Zhang Pingan drove directly to Teacher Bai's cooking laboratory. When he went out this morning, he made an appointment to meet in his laboratory at noon. Teacher Bai's cooking laboratory will appear many times in the program in the future, but now... only Zhang Ping'an is a regular visitor there, and even his wife rarely goes to his laboratory.

In Teacher Bai's cooking laboratory, Zhang Ping'an looked at the condiments all over the wall and said with envy: "Wow... Teacher Bai, every time I come to your laboratory, I wish I could take something with me when I leave." Zhang Ping'an casually picked up a bottle of truffle oil. He smiled and said, "Truffle oil? Is it sold in Korea?"

Teacher Bai smiled brightly, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were quite obvious. Especially when he met someone like Zhang Ping'an who loved food and knew how to eat, he naturally felt happy when he came to his laboratory.

He responded with a smile: "Truffle oil, yes, why not? The high-end supermarket in Cheongdam-dong has a lot of imported condiments. Sit down and I'll pour you coffee. Is it iced or room temperature?"

"It's iced, thank you, Teacher Bai. By the way, I have a super appetizer, do you want to try it?"

Bai Zhongyuan, who was pouring coffee, listened to Zhang Ping'an talking about some super appetizer, and he asked curiously: "What appetizer?"

"Wait a minute, I'll go out and buy some ingredients." After saying that, Zhang Pingan went out. About five minutes after leaving, Zhang Pingan came back with a few packs of onion rings bought at the convenience store at the door.

Bai Zhongyuan pointed to the onion rings in Zhang Ping'an's hand. He smiled bitterly and said, "Is this your snack?"

"Wait." Zhang Ping'an said, picked up Bai Zhongyuan's truffle oil and poured it out into a small dish, then opened the onion ring, dipped the onion ring in the truffle oil and ate it: "This is my go-to dish for drinking, it's absolutely delicious. !”

What is this mess? Bai Zhongyuan, who had a look of disgust on his face, still followed Zhang Ping'an's example and dipped an onion ring in truffle oil. As soon as he put it into his mouth, Bai Zhongyuan's eyes widened instantly.

Then he laughed ridiculously: "Hahaha~~ I didn't expect it at all. Truffle oil can be used in this way? How did you find out?"

Of course Zhang Ping'an couldn't say 'I came to watch the show a long time ago', so he could only smile and said: "By chance, when I was at home in Tokyo, I originally thought of pouring the potato chips into the container, but it didn't work. Carefully, one piece fell into the truffle oil. I grabbed it and ate it, and was surprised to find that the potato chips were very delicious with truffle oil, so I tried other snacks, and the onion rings were the best!"

Bai Zhongyuan once again took an onion ring and dipped it in truffle oil and ate a piece. He nodded and said, "It's good to drink beer! What are you doing here today?"

Zhang Pingan said: "Teacher Bai, I watched your live broadcast. You haven't participated in "Little TV" since March, right?"

"I won the championship every time I participated. I felt it was a bit unfair to other artists, so I stopped participating. Isn't that what you came here to talk about today?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a smile: "I told Director Luo Yingshi about you when I was in China, so I asked Director Luo if he could help me arrange a period of time. I plan to produce a program with you. Luo Yingshi said to help me ask. Yesterday After he came back, he asked me. tvN said it’s no problem! It’s up to you now.”

Bai Zhongyuan looked at Zhang Pingan with a smile and said, "What do you want me to do?"

Zhang Pingan immediately expressed his thoughts: "Just like what you did in the live broadcast, a program that teaches people how to cook, this time we plan to invite you in the form of a main program. I have already thought of the name of the program "Teacher Bai" "Home-cooked dishes" just teach you how to make some home-cooked dishes.

There is no secret recipe involved. "

Baek Jong-won responded: "There are still many programs on the market that teach people how to cook. The cooking program 'BIG.MAMA' and 'Please Help the Refrigerator' all teach people how to cook."

Zhang Ping'an said: "The programs currently on the market that teach people how to cook are all aimed at those who have certain basic knowledge of cooking, right? What I want is for you to teach some people who don't have basic knowledge of cooking how to make some Simple home cooking, for example, we invite four apprentices who have no cooking knowledge to cook with you. Each dish can be taught in detail, and the main purpose is to teach those who don't know how to cook. "

Bai Zhongyuan said: "I understand what you mean, then how do you determine the themes of each issue?"

"I think using 'dishes' as a theme, such as bean sprouts, eggs, eggplant, or a certain fixed dish. Curry, kimchi soup."

Bai Zhongyuan said: "Your scope is a bit broad, from food to cooking."

"Yes, everything from food to cooking can be covered. Teacher Bai will set the theme of each issue, and I will let the program team prepare it. You also know that I am very interested in food programs recently!" Zhang Pingan answered with a smile. .

Bai Zhongyuan laughed: "Nowadays, all TV stations are very interested in food programs, not just you! However, I watched the "Battle of Jianghu" you produced, and it was really professional and technical! Okay, yours I suggest I give you a reply after thinking about it in two days!”

Zhang Ping'an knew that this program was basically confirmed, but he continued: "That...that...Teacher Bai, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

Bai Zhongyuan stared at Zhang Ping'an curiously and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

""The Showdown" is over..."

Bai Zhongyuan nodded and said, "I know it's over. I've watched the replays of every episode!"

"It's like this. I told SBS that after "The Showdown", I would produce another food show on the TV station. So... I want to cooperate with you."

"Again~~?" Baek Jong-won laughed instantly: "tvN, SBS, are you planning to produce two food programs at the same time? And you're both looking for me?"

Zhang Ping'an nodded and said, "Well, you are the only person I know, am familiar with, and respect."

Bai Zhongyuan laughed instantly when he heard Zhang Pingan's flattery: "Young master, you are so cunning. Did you also say the same thing when you lied to Chef Li Lianfu? My wife has already said it, you are the producer Yeah, I can’t believe it, especially you and Luo Yingshi, people in the circle say you two have a lot of clever ideas!”

Zhang Ping'an immediately retorted: "I never lie to people, it's Luo Yingshi who liars. As you know, the programs he produces are all about luring people overseas!"

Bai Zhongyuan immediately exposed the truth: "I saw it when you lied to Li Ruizhen. You said you built him a spacious kitchen in Gangwon Province!"

Zhang Ping'an smiled and said: "Uh...hahaha, wasn't it just for the effect of the show?"

Bai Zhongyuan said: "Li Ruizhen said in the interview that you are worse than Na Yingshi! You tricked him into going to the countryside. Even the phone calls can only be made at fixed times, and the call time is limited!"

Zhang Ping'an said: "That's all for the effect of the program, and isn't the program broadcasting very well? The second season has now begun to be broadcast."

I have to admit that the healing effect of the program "Three Meals a Day" is indeed insignificant. The first episode of the second season has just been aired, and the average ratings of the first episode were as high as 8.2%. You must know that tvN is a paid program. Channel!

Baek Jong-won smiled, took a sip of his coffee and said, "Tell me, what kind of program do you and SBS plan to produce?"

"That's right, because SBS was scolded a lot when it aired "The Showdown" some time ago."

"That's right, your program is completely promoting Chinese cuisine. It would be strange if the TV station doesn't get scolded!"

Zhang Ping'an nodded and said: "It's because the TV station and the program team have been scolded, so I plan to produce a program similar to "The Showdown". It's just similar. After all, it's impossible to invite so many chefs to compete again. Well, This is what I think. For example, for a specific dish called "Army Hotpot", the program team will collect the opinions of all fans and let the audience introduce the famous military hotpot restaurants across the country. Then, let the writers select three restaurants from across the country. You go and taste it. While you try it, you introduce the characteristics of the store to the audience, and then the program invites the store owner to come and make it for the audience to taste. "

Listening to Zhang Ping'an's plan, Bai Zhongyuan also said in surprise: "It might be a little difficult to do this, right? In the whole of Korea... Let's not talk about it. The investment of the program team mainly depends on the wishes of the store owner. They don’t want to come here. After all, how much income will they lose if they come here to cook?”

"Actually, these are all easy to communicate. The main thing is Teacher Bai. If the two programs start at the same time, will it be difficult for you? Of course, the preparation of the program on SBS will definitely take a while, but tvN only needs a kitchen. Just a shed.”

Bai Zhongyuan said: "Well... I will go back and think about this matter. I still need to communicate with my wife before talking about it. As you know, I have a child now."

As a father, he also needs to take some time to accompany his children to grow up, so if the program is... it's okay, after all, it only takes one day.

But if the two programs are launched at the same time, and it also involves going to places to shoot and so on, it may take more than two days. Because it is possible that he went to two stores in Seoul and around Seoul today, but there is another store in the local area, so he must take a day to go to the local store to shoot.

Therefore, if the two programs are launched at the same time, then Baek Jong-won will have to spend at least two to three days a week for filming, and his wife will have to spend three days to become a full-time housewife, and such a schedule is required every day. week! !