John and Morgan Sr. find a chef every few months to change their tastes, and this time Purple Star Manor has a Japanese chef.

John then asked Zozo Anya to invite the Japanese chef to the restaurant.

Kunio Tokuoka, a Japanese chef dressed in a white chef's suit, then appeared in the restaurant holding a small box.

"You're a chef from Japan?"

"Yes sir, my name is Kunio Tokuoka!"

"Is the rice in this bowl of white porridge your Japanese Koshihikari rice?"

The white porridge that John eats, the rice is Xiangshui from Huaxia, he has eaten it for many years, and the taste has long been familiar, and he can eat it immediately once he changes the rice.

"Yes sir! This is the Koshihikari rice I brought from Japan. Knowing that John usually likes to drink porridge in the morning, Kunio Tokuoka specially boiled the porridge with the Koshihikari rice he brought and let John taste it.

"This rice is good, thank you!" John smiled.

"It should be!" Tokuoka bowed.

John then said. "Tomorrow there will be a few guests at the manor, and they may have lunch here, and you will be asked to take care of the meal then. ”

"Okay!" Tokuoka nodded, then held up the lacquer box in his hand. "Mr. JK, this is a gift from my grandfather!"

"Your grandfather?" John was puzzled, he knew very few people in Japan. "Who was your grandfather?"

"Sadaichi Yuki. ”

"You're the grandson of Sadaichi Yuki!"

John was taken aback, and after asking Zozo Anya to take the lacquer box from Tokuoka's hand, he pointed to the chair next to him and asked Tokuoka to sit down.

Tang Muzhen came to Morgan Manor ten years ago to work as a chef, the old man is open-minded, not only superb cooking skills but also a tea addict, when he was in Morgan Manor, he and John often drank tea, and had a good relationship.

"Is your grandfather well?"

"Grandfather is in good health, thank you for worrying!"

"When I go back to the offspring, I will say hello to your grandfather!"

"Okay, mine will be brought!"

"The last time I went to Tokyo, I didn't allow time, I didn't go to see your grandfather, I regret that I didn't taste your grandfather's craftsmanship when I went to Tokyo, I didn't expect them to find you, just this time I can make up for this regret!"

John doesn't like Japanese food very much, but he won't refuse to be the only one who is the only one who is the only one who cooks well, and this old man has made a good cook, to the point of being superb. Many Michelin-starred chefs in Japan are his apprentices, including the later Japanese chef god Hirohisa Koyama, so he is known as the originator of Michelin in Japan, and the craftsman who can best understand the essence of cooking.

John then chatted with Tokuoka Kunio for more than half an hour, during which he also invited Tokuoka Kunio to open a branch in the United States, the shopping center in Staunton not only has first-class goods, but also needs first-class restaurants, and as a tourist city, it cannot only provide Western food, a variety of food can meet the needs of tourists from all over the world.

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At ten o'clock in the morning, Devon Morgan got up from bed, worked overtime overnight last night, and lay down at four o'clock in the morning, but she was exhausted, and every time a movie was released, she had a lot of work, not only to contact the theater chain to grasp the box office situation, but also to make appropriate promotion adjustments according to the audience's evaluation after watching it, and more importantly, to keep an eye on competitors in case of accidents.

"Auntie, you're awake!"

"Yes!"

Devon Morgan came to the living room, sat down next to John, drank a cup of tea, and waited until he was awake before looking at John. "The movie broke the record at midnight yesterday!$10.15 million!"

Since Weilan Stillman and John cooperated, the theater chain has taken good care of John's movies, and R-rated movies like "Saving Private Ryan" can only get 3,000 theaters, but the theater chain has given "Saving Private Ryan" 4,013 theaters, which is 1,000 more.

"What is the audience's word-of-mouth?" John is more concerned about the audience's word-of-mouth after watching it. This is an absolute factor that determines the box office trend of the film in the later period.

85% A+, 12% B+, only 3% C, some people can't stand the bloody opening of the movie. ”

The first 20 minutes of the movie are not unbearable for everyone, no movie can be liked by everyone, and the famous "The Godfather" is also disliked by some people, so it is normal to have a C, and the most important thing is that there are more positive reviews than bad reviews, and most people just like it.

"John, how much do you think the movie will do at the box office?"

"North America should be more than 400 million US dollars, foreign countries should be more than 200 million, and the world should be a little more than 600 million!"

There are no super blockbusters in the North American market this year, "Saving Private Ryan" has no opponents, plus the number of theaters is large, $400 million should be no problem, if it is next year, John will not have such a big confidence, the power of big ships and dinosaurs is not covered, "Saving Private Ryan", an R-rated movie, will die ugly if sandwiched between them.

"The quality of this movie is better than that of Independence Day, and this year is a small year, there are no blockbusters, and "Saving Private Ryan" has no competitors in the market, how can the box office not be as high as "Independence Day"?"

"'Saving Private Ryan,' while it's of good quality, is always an R-rated movie, and compared to a family movie, it's going to be a big loss in terms of the number of moviegoers. "R movies need to be accompanied by parents under the age of 17, and some families don't take their children to watch this kind of movie, so they lose a lot of viewers.

"What a pity!"

Devin Morgan shrugged his shoulders and felt that it was a pity that "Saving Private Ryan" did not outperform "Independence Day" at the box office.

"There's nothing to be sorry about, five or six billion dollars at the box office is already very good, and the production cost of this movie is only $75 million!"

"Yes!" Devon Morgan nodded, an investment of 75 million, a box office of five or six hundred million dollars, this rate of return is already very good, and there are few such movies in Hollywood all year round.

"Since it can't surpass "Independence Day" at the box office, let's do a good job in the awards and strive to win a few statuettes!" "Saving Private Ryan" won a great benefit to the later videotape sales.

"I should be able to win the best director, as for the best picture, it is a bit of a hanging! After all, "Chicago" is also very good!" According to John's estimate, the Oscars may be divided this year, and the best picture will be moved to "Chicago", Sophie Asia Pacific is young and directing for the first time, and at most he can only get the nomination for best director, and John may get the best director.

"Then do you want to tell them to give the best picture to "Saving Private Ryan"!"

"No, the award that should have been won has already been won, so I won't grab it from Sophia, let them judge it themselves!. ”

It's enough to have one of the little golden figures, so John won't interfere with the organizing committee, and besides, when he retires, isn't a lifetime achievement award awesome enough?

"You're so nice to Sophia, and you're so nice to me when you're going to be so good!" said Devin Morgan, sourly.

John smiled and picked up the lacquered box on the table and handed it to Devin Morgan. "This is the lacquer box that Yuki Sadachi gave me, and now I'm giving it to you. ”

"Sadaichi Yuki, the Japanese chef?"

"Yes. ”

Devin Morgan took the lacquer box and played with it in his hand, the whole lacquer box adopts the Maki-e technique, the square black background, there is a golden plum on the lid, the style is exquisite and gorgeous, the workmanship is exquisite, it is specially used to store some small valuables, there is one on John's desk, the size is about the same as this, usually used to put some documents.

"This box is good, you can use it to put some hand ornaments!" Europeans and Americans are particularly fond of lacquerware, and Devin Morgan decided to put her favorite hand ornaments.

"If you like it!" John said, getting up and leaving.

"Where are you going?" asked Devon Morgan, looking up.

"Pay off the debt!" said John.

As soon as Tang Muzhen sent the lacquer box, John naturally had to prepare something as a gift, and the ancients said: Come and don't be rude!