Chapter 564: One Meal for a Book (Ask for Subscription)
NOBU has branches in more than 20 cities on five continents, and if you haven't eaten it in North America, you're embarrassed to call yourself a foodie.
Tired of eating traditional Japanese food, this world-class new Japanese cuisine that combines South American style with Japanese cuisine is widely praised.
Of course, the price is definitely nothing to Zhang Chu now, even if he eats this every meal.
Parking the car at the Marriott Hotel, Zhang Chu and Gu Xinxue came to this restaurant, decorated with green bamboo outside, and looking simple and elegant inside, but a large lounge was added at the door.
The fiery colors have a Chinese festive atmosphere, and there are ashtrays on the table for those addicts who come to dine outside of the non-smoking restaurant!
However, as a Japanese restaurant, it actually enshrined the red-faced Guan Gong in the center of the wall, which made Zhang Chu feel a little nondescript.
Wooden tables and chairs, natural chopsticks, and an open kitchen make fresh ingredients visible to customers at a glance.
"My wallet is already shrinking and crying, these are all menus what the hell!" Gu Xinxue whispered, he couldn't read Japanese, but many of the words in it were somewhat similar to Chinese traditional, and he could occasionally guess one or two words, but the bright price blinded his eyes.
Any dish is a few hundred dollars, and this meal must cost thousands!
Zhang Chu actually won the primary Japanese proficiency in the savior system before, but it didn't have any use, and now it's good to use it to order food.
The menu is full of dishes and names that are dazzling, Zhang Chu likes the stone pot steak very much, fried in a stone pot until medium rare, and the customer decides the cooking time, the meat quality is controlled by himself, and the creativity is very good!
Although the waiter highly recommends the two of them to order a set meal, the trouble-free package may be on the assembly line at the top of the level.
So Zhang Chu was stunned and resisted the waiter's marketing, and ordered appetizers, sashimi, sushi, dessert and the steak for the two of them.
"Don't worry, you can't eat a meal, it is said that this side is very good, and it is famous in the imperial capital food circle. ”
Zhang Chu was not active in the organization of the Writers' Association, but he silently joined several local food groups in Yanjing.
For him, there is nothing wrong with enjoying food after making money, and this is also the key to hard work!
Gu Xinxue deliberately covered his chest, "My daughter-in-law and I have never eaten such expensive food, if she knows that I eat Japanese food with a man, I feel that it will explode." ”
"Then you tell your sister-in-law, is it worth exchanging a meal for a book?"
"Really, you have to get a good book for such an expensive Japanese meal. It looks like the new book has an idea, so let's hear it. ”
Zhang Chu took a sip of water and said frankly: "I have this idea, and I am currently preparing to test it." The new book is a suspenseful and puzzle-solving theme, and it will involve a lot of religious content, but this time the religious content should be more controversial. ”
"Which religion are you going to write about? You know, these beliefs are more closely monitored, and if the believers make a fuss, it will definitely be a big deal. Can't you just write a worry-free story?"
Gu Xinxue felt extremely tired, this kind of tricky work is sometimes easy to go to landmines, and it will be misinterpreted if he is not careful.
Religious lunatics are the unreasonable kind.
"I'm going to write about Catholicism, but it's really nothing in the country. Most of us are atheists and are non-believers. In foreign countries, writing about Catholicism is a popular way. ”
Zhang Chu said very bluntly, many foreigners believe in Catholicism, and Zhang Chu's new book is going to rub on the biggest hot spot in Western civilization, that is, the origin of Christianity!
This is actually the same as a news reporter going to make a big news about a hot spot, but Zhang Chu put it in it.
With Zhang Chu's current fame, if he doesn't rely on external factors, he still can't catch it if he wants to be popular all over the world, just like he has two books under his name, "Life of Pi" and "Detective Sherlock", which is not even well-known in Europe and the United States.
Gu Xinxue thought about it seriously, there are so many Catholics, if he really catches this hot spot, the attention is absolutely amazing!
Even if these people want to criticize Zhang Chu's new book and refute it, they must at least buy it and read it.
So he casually asked, "And what's the name of your new book?"
"The Da Vinci Code. ”
This made Gu Xinxue's second monk puzzled, "Aren't you Catholic, why did you have anything to do with Leonardo da Vinci?"
Leonardo di Piero da Vinci was a famous Italian scholar and artist, and the most familiar work for Chinese readers is probably the Mona Lisa, and the most familiar story is Leonardo da Vinci's painting of eggs.
This Renaissance genius is a unique all-rounder in the history of mankind, not only the most famous painter, but also a learned genius scientist, inventor, painter, biologist, architectural engineer, who knows sculpture, music, biology, astronomy, geography and so on.
Not only versatile, but also industrious, with more than 6,000 pages of manuscripts preserved, Einstein believed that if Leonardo da Vinci's scientific research had been published at that time, science and technology could have been advanced by 30 to 50 years!
Some people even say that he is the same as Wang Mang in Chinese history, a man who travels through gods!
"Do you know that in addition to Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", another famous painting?" Zhang Chu couldn't help but whet his appetite.
This is not rare knowledge, Gu Xinxue nodded and replied, "The Last Supper." ”
As soon as these words were uttered, the editor patted his head and said to himself, "Yes, the Last Supper, the last supper of the Bible with his twelve disciples, which is indeed related to Catholicism." ”
Most Chinese people don't know what happened to these twelve disciples and Jesus, religious culture is not popular in China, and the only thing they know is that foreigners can't talk about Jesus at every turn, and they also know who the crucified man is.
"It's this painting, in fact, it contains a shocking secret!" Zhang Chu lowered his voice, and at the same time looked left and right, like an underground working party.
Gu Xinxue was driven by this atmosphere, also put his hands on the table, and asked cautiously, "What secret?"
"Actually, Leonardo da Vinci was heterosexual!"
TF!
The appetizers were all prepared, and it turned out to be this secret, Gu Xinxue deeply felt that he was being tricked, what kind of shocking secret is this?
"Don't be funny, let's talk about it seriously. ”
Zhang Chu shook his head, "I really didn't lie to you, this is indeed a shocking secret, don't tell it to others." ”
"What kind of secret is this... I really believe in your wickedness!"