Chapter 85: Pilaf

After chatting with Ning Hao for a few hours, he even forgot to eat lunch, Zhang Bufan's mood finally returned to normal, and he made a new friend because of it, no, a brother.

As the holiday approaches, there are a lot fewer Jingying students who come to the restaurant, and Zhang Bufan doesn't care, he has more time to read the books he bought.

During this period, Wang Quanan's call finally came, and there was no accident to tell Zhang Bufan that "Reunion" could not be released in China.

At the same time, he also told Zhang Bufan that "Reunion" had been nominated for the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, and judging from the news he received, the film festival judges were very optimistic about "Reunion", and it was very likely that this award would be awarded to "Reunion", and asked Zhang Bufan if he wanted to go.

For going to the Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Bufan is still a little excited, not to win the award, "Reunion" is different from "Bullfighting", he is the first screenwriter in "Bullfighting", and it can be said that he is the only screenwriter, but, as far as "Reunion" is concerned, there are at least three names for the screenwriter, he, Wang Quanan and Jin Na, among them, Wang Quanan must be ranked in front of him, and whether his name can be ranked in front of Jin Na depends on the mood of the production and distribution company, so even if he wins the award, it will never be him who comes on stage to receive the award.

In fact, he just wants to see foreign film festivals, especially what the three major European film festivals are like, this is a change in mentality, he didn't even want to go to the Golden Horse Awards, but now he suddenly wants to go abroad.

But it's a pity that as soon as he heard Wang Quanan talk about the time of the Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Bufan dispelled this idea.

The Berlin Film Festival opened on February 11, local time, from the 11th to the 20th, it is a screening session of the nominated films for 10 consecutive days, which is not the same as the screening of the Golden Horse Awards, this is more professional, not only the screening of nominated films, but also the audience rating, and it is said that the audience's rating will have an impact on the final award of the film, of course, the last point has not been confirmed.

The awards ceremony will take place on the last two days, which means that this year's Berlinale will span the entire Spring Festival.

If he just went to the awards ceremony, Zhang Bufan could fly to Berlin after the Spring Festival, but coincidentally, "Reunion" was selected as the opening film of this film festival, that is, on February 11, "Reunion" will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival.

This is troublesome, as one of the main creators of the crew, if Zhang Bufan wants to go, it is impossible to really only participate in the award ceremony, right? But if he wants to participate in the screening of "Reunion", then he really can't spend the Spring Festival at home, he can't fly over and fly back and fly over again, it's a little tossed.

Some people may think, anyway, your family is gone, you are alone, what does it matter?

But in fact, on the contrary, it is precisely because he has become a loner that the Spring Festival has a heavier meaning to Zhang Bufan.

In desperation, Zhang Bufan could only politely refuse Wang Quanan's invitation to him, although Wang Quanan regretted it, but he did not force it.

In the end, when he was about to hang up the phone, Wang Quanan suddenly remembered something, and told Zhang Bufan a little apologetically, I'm sorry, Xiao Zhang, your scene was cut out in the end, it is indeed the same as you said at the beginning, adding that scene will be particularly abrupt and cause the whole story to be incoherent.

Wang Quan'an was a little apologetic, but he didn't know that Zhang Bufan breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really scared of the "glimpse" of the Golden Horse Awards, it's been so long, and some people still say this from time to time in his Weibo comments, although they are all good-natured ridicule, but they are also embarrassing.

He was very afraid, if Wang Quanan kept his footage, and then he would play a "glimpse" at the Berlin Film Festival, then he would really be embarrassed and thrown abroad.

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"Sting!"

This is the sound of mutton fat coming out of the pot, as a burst of aroma overflows, the mutton fat changes color and shrinks at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the amount of oil in the pan is increasing - this is boiling mutton fat.

Soon, the fat of the mutton turned into a golden scrap and was removed, along with some of the mutton fat.

There is still some bottom oil left in the pot, and the mutton pieces that are cut into easy mouths are put into the pot, and there is a sound of "stabbing and stinging", and the mutton is fried slightly discolored, and water is added to start simmering.

Carefully skim off the foam from the soup and, after about 20 minutes, set aside the soup and meat separately.

Add the remaining mutton fat to the pot and heat it, then add the yellow radish and carrot shreds and start stir-frying, stir-fry until it is broken, then add the mutton and stir-fry together, simply add salt to taste.

At the same time, put the washed rice into another pot, flatten it, pour the radish and mutton that have been stir-fried in that pot until they are almost 6 or 7 ripe into the rice pot, spread them flat on the top layer of the rice, and finally pour the mutton broth into it, cover it, and start steaming the rice.

Soon, a pot of fragrant frontier pilaf came out of the pot, and the outside began to shout without waiting, "Hurry up, starve this girl!"

That's right, Tong Liya is back, and as soon as she comes back, she will run to Zhang Bufan, which is already a habit, and this time she is not stupid and rushes over directly, and she has learned to order food in advance, and when she waits for the plane at Modu Airport, she will send Zhang Bufan OQ.

The content is like this, "I want to eat pilaf, I want to eat oily meat noodles, I want to eat large plates of chicken, I want to eat spicy chicken, I want to eat cold skin, I want to eat ......"

Then Zhang Bufan naturally filtered it, leaving only the first item in the message, so there was this pot of pilaf.

This time, Zhang Bufan didn't save fuel, it was clear oil and mutton fat, and even those pieces of mutton had a lot of fat on them - as long as they were done well, the taste of those fat meat melted in the mouth was simply amazing.

The reason is very simple, Zhang Bufan specifically asked Tong Liya's weight.

Weight is a matter of absolute secrecy for a girl, just like age, but the girl doesn't know whether to say a big nerve or something else, anyway, as soon as he asked, Tong Liya really answered, 88 pounds.

Zhang Bufan was not happy to hear it, a 165-centimeter-tall girl, but she didn't even weigh 90 pounds?

"Warning you, don't let me know that your weight has dropped below 90 in the future!" he said something heavy, but in his hand he was holding a plate of fragrant pilaf full of mutton and two small plates of cold dishes that had just been mixed, full of them, and he had to keep his balance, looking a little silly.

"Good. She nodded, not knowing whether to look at him or the pilaf in his hand, smiling brightly.