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Chapter 1015 Li Xiuman (Part 2)

If you ask who Lee Soo Man's favorite child is in S.M, it is undoubtedly BoA. Because Boa grew up all the way, Lee Soo Man stayed with her like a father, watching her grow up step by step. When she first joined the company, Baoer was only fourteen years old. Now she is thirty-two. In a flash, she has been in the company for more than ten years.

BoA has gone through S.M's start-up stage, growth stage, and now the mature stage. Like An Qixuan who was still in the company at this time, she can be said to be a veteran of S.M Company. So this time, it’s not strange that Lee Soo-man brought Boa over for dinner. It’s also possible that Lee Soo-man had a desire to introduce him in his heart, and the matchmaking was in it, right? Although this is unlikely. But Lee Soo Man knows that feelings are the hardest thing to explain clearly.

After the three of them sat down, the waiter handed over the menu. Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "Is it okay for me to choose Chinese food in the restaurant? For me, these familiar flavors are the taste of my hometown."

Li Xiuman said with a smile: "Of course it's no problem. Chinese cuisine is the pinnacle of cooking skills for us older generations, and when we were young, Chinese food could only be eaten by rich people. Only those in Europe and America can eat it. I have always thought that Chinese cuisine is 'fast food', but I simply don't understand what Chinese cuisine is? Didn't your production of "The Showdown" refresh Korean people's impression of Chinese food?"

In Lee Soo Man's time, Chinese food was indeed a very high-end restaurant in Korea, and it was indeed a place where only wealthy families could enjoy delicious food. Because one table of banquet dishes in a Chinese restaurant can take up more than half a month's income for many ordinary families.

Later, South Korea's "Wednesday Food Network" introduced in detail the journey of Chinese food after it came to South Korea. Because of the needs of the show, the show's MCs all went to eat at Chinese restaurants, and they learned the Chinese way in a decent way. Ordered a table of dishes. The host's final comment was that the taste was really good but the price was too expensive.

When many people talk about Chinese restaurants, they think it feels like ‘fast food’? In fact, the price of Chinese high-end restaurants is definitely no worse than that of Western food. If you choose high-grade ingredients, the price will even exceed your imagination.

In the eyes of Korean people, how did Chinese food evolve from a high-end restaurant to a fast food feeling? Just because when Lee Soo Man was young, Chinese restaurants represented places that only wealthy families could enjoy, so many ordinary families yearned for Chinese restaurants.

However, Chinese restaurants not only have expensive banquet-standard dishes, but also cheap fried noodles!

Therefore, many ordinary families, after their parents get their salary, take their children to a Chinese restaurant and order a bowl of noodles. This is considered to have experienced a high-end restaurant. Just like that, Jajangmyeon became deeply ingrained in the memory of Koreans. Moreover, the preparation of fried noodles is not particularly complicated. People with a little knowledge of cooking can easily make it as long as they buy the 'sauce'.

Then, fried noodles and sweet and sour pork gradually became the food in Chinese restaurants opened by Koreans.

As fried noodles became popular, competition emerged, so someone came up with the standard of 'delivery' in an ingenious way. Just like that, the originally high-end Chinese cuisine gradually became fast food in the eyes of ordinary Koreans. But in the eyes of those who really understand "Chinese cuisine", Chinese cuisine has always been high-end cuisine.

When Li Xiuman talked about his own production of "Battle of the Rivers and Lakes", Zhang Ping'an laughed: "I used to study in Tokyo, and there were also very high-end restaurants for Chinese cuisine in Tokyo. Later when I went to South Korea, I gave Koreans around me My friends said, "Shall we go eat Chinese food?" They all looked at me very strangely. Later I learned that Chinese food in the eyes of Koreans belongs to the fast food series, including fried noodles, seafood noodles, and sweet and sour pork. At that time, I decided that when the opportunity comes, I must introduce what real Chinese cuisine is!”

Lee Soo Man smiled and said, "I also studied abroad when I was young, and I chose the United States. Why did you choose Japan?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a smile: "I used to not understand why my family sent me to Tokyo instead of Los Angeles or London. In recent years, I have curiously asked my family. The answer was unexpected and something I had never thought about. She said that I was too naughty when I was a child, so they would not be worried if I were sent to Europe and the United States, but if I were sent to Tokyo, they would be able to get from Shanghai to Tokyo in two hours. So naughty, come here and give me a slap in two hours! Because it takes about the same time as they go to Yanjing. In fact, Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world!"

Bao'er, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Pingan's words: "Pfft~~Hahaha~~"

Including Li Xiuman, who was sitting next to him, also laughed: "I wonder how naughty you were when you were a child? However, the security in Tokyo is indeed much better than that in the United States, and racial discrimination there is very serious on campus and in society. of."

While the three of them were chatting, the dishes were ordered one after another, three meat dishes, two seafood dishes, and one soup. For wine, Baoer ordered a bottle of Latour because she was not used to Chinese Maotai-flavored wine.

Zhang Pingan opened the liquor and poured a small glass for Li Xiuman. Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "The wine table culture is also obviously different between South Korea and China. In Korea, the elders pour the first drink, but in China, it is the juniors. Pour the first glass of wine to the elders to show respect. Today is Chinese dinner, so let me, the youngest, pour the first glass of wine for everyone. "

Baoer was born in 1986, and Zhang Pingan was born in 1987. Therefore, Zhang Ping'an is right to say that he is a junior, even though in today's society whoever has the ability is the boss. But regardless of family background, Boa officially entered society and started her career when she was 15 years old, so basic etiquette still needs to be shown.

Li Xiuman held the wine glass, greeted Zhang Ping'an and Bao'er, and drank the first drink of the day together. After downing a glass of Huaxia liquor, Li Xiuman stopped and said, "I can't enjoy Huaxia liquor. It's too spicy, so I'll drink red wine with Boa."

"Okay." Zhang Ping'an nodded with a smile, poured himself another glass, and said at the same time: "Try the cold cuts here. I've had it several times and I think it's pretty good. It's the best in Seoul." Okay.”

The three of them started. Li Xiuman was tasting the first cold dish of the day, braised beef, and said, "Why did you think of inviting me to have dinner with you today? On weekdays, you are not so good at it."

Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "I don't dare to disturb your work on weekdays. Everyone knows that you are very busy."

Lee Soo Man smiled and asked, "What are you busy with recently? I asked Taeyeon this afternoon and she said you are preparing a new show?"

Zhang Pingan suddenly invited him to dinner, which Li Sooman thought was a bit weird, so he asked Taeyeon about Zhang Pingan's recent developments, and also sent his concerns and blessings for her new album.

Zhang Ping'an nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, I have been running new programs all day today. Because of the follow-up involvement of the program, it may require investment of more than 10 billion won, so the TV station will need a certain amount of time. to digest.”

The investment in a variety show is as high as 10 billion, which made Li Xiuman look at Zhang Ping'an in surprise: "Variety show, 10 billion? What are you planning to produce?"

Zhang Ping'an responded with a smile: "Didn't Luo Yingshi recently film a show called "Newlywed Diary"? So I also plan to make a couple observation type variety show, but the couple is Lee Hyori. Luo Yingshi likes to build a house for observation, and I I want to use Lee Hyori’s house to observe the private lives of some couples and the real Lee Hyori. President Lee Soo Man, do you have any plans to invest?”

Li Xiuman burst out laughing after listening to Zhang Pingan's words: "You want to observe Li Xiaoli and his wife? You are really...well, your ideas are more unique than Na Yingshi's. Is she willing to observe you?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a smile: "If the money is in place, everything will be easy to talk about, so I said that the investment this time may be very high. This afternoon, tvN clearly rejected this cooperation."

Li Xiuman smiled bitterly and said: "So, you are planning to ask me to invest? No. You are not short of this money, are you?"

"I personally am certainly not short of this amount of money, and it is okay for me to invest personally, but there are some problems with the broadcast on the TV station."

Li Xiuman said doubtfully: "What problems will occur during the playback? If you buy out the time... there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"I plan to shoot in mid-April, because there are still a lot of preparations to be made in the early stage, but recently some problems have begun to appear on the TV station. Have you received the report?"

When talking about the problem of the TV station, Li Xiuman immediately nodded and said: "Oh~~ You are talking about the internal problem of the public station, which is a bit troublesome. Then you can ask other paid channels."

Zhang Pingan said: "I have been busy with this issue recently. The pay channels are thinking about cooperation, but at the same time they feel that my asking price may be beyond their imagination. After all, I only plan to shoot summer and winter. So this The investment in the show is a bit too expensive for them.”

"More than 10 billion is a bit expensive. Lee Hyori is not worth such a high salary, and it is only for two seasons! According to the highest standards, one season will be paid at '1.2 billion', and two seasons will not be enough." It’s ‘2.4 billion’, which is still far from tens of billions, right?”

"Isn't this, I plan to let Lee Hyori use her home to open a B\u0026B and contact ordinary viewers? So after the show is broadcast, if it affects her future life, I will have to be responsible for buying her home. !”