Chapter 181: Gray Goose

It's almost time to get off work, Ling Shizhe came to the door of Zhao Xiaoyun's office, and before he knocked on the door, he saw Zhao Xiaoyun coming out, and she came out with director Li Hanxiang, actors Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao.

Seeing Ling Shizhe, Li Hanxiang stretched out his hand and said, "Hello Ling Shao, come and pick up Mrs. from work, come and introduce you," pointing at Lin Fengjiao and said: "This is Miss Lin Fengjiao, she played Cixi in "The Girl Cixi". ”

Ling Shizhe shook hands with Li Hanxiang, stretched out his hand to Lin Fengjiao, and said, "Hello Miss Lin, you played Cixi very well. ”

This is the first time Ling Shizhe has seen a real person, he only saw her on TV in his previous life, but Lin Fengjiao at that time was already a 60-year-old old woman, her appearance when she was young was seen through photos, Lin Fengjiao at this time was only 22 years old, it was the age of youth and beauty, Ling Shizhe felt that she was younger than in the photos.

Lin Fengjiao shook hands with Ling Shizhe generously and said, "Hello boss, in your company in the future, the boss will take care of me more." ”

Ling Shizhe......

Li Hanxiang interjected: "Lin Fengjiao and Miss Lin Qingxia have become signed actors of DreamWorks from now on, and they will be Ling Shao's employees in the future." ”

"I don't dare to treat the two Miss Lin as ordinary employees, they are the pillars of DreamWorks, and it is too late to protect them, how can they be treated like ordinary employees."

Ling Shizhe's words made the two women happy, after the establishment of DreamWorks Film and Television Group, the first thing Zhao Xiaoyun did was to establish an Oriental Brokerage Company, Lin Fengjiao and Lin Qingxia were the first and only two actresses signed by Oriental Brokerage Company, and the male actors signed 7, including Jackie Chan, as for Lin Zhengying, he did not sign a contract with DreamWorks, but was funded by DreamWorks and cooperated with him to establish Zhengying Film Stunt Company, which specializes in providing various stunt support for DreamWorks movies.

The great director Li Hanxiang did not sign a contract with DreamWorks, he set up his own film production company (leather bag company) in Canada, and only cooperated with DreamWorks to make films.

After everyone's greetings, Ling Shizhe said: "Is it that everyone is here, just have a light meal together, Hong Kong's "Yu Kee" is a famous roast goose restaurant, two days ago opened a branch in Raccoon Town, how about we go there?" ”

Li Hanxiang said: "Yu Kee's roast goose is a small and medium-sized Qingyuan black and brown goose, the whole goose with wings, feet and internal organs is removed during production, blown, coated with five spices, sewn belly, boiling water to blanch the skin, supercold water, sugar water evenly skin, dried and then pickled, and finally hung in the oven or on an open flame to rotate and roast, the taste is crispy and tender, plump and not greasy. This time they opened a branch in Canada, so let's go and taste their roast goose to see if the taste is out of shape. ”

"I didn't expect Director Li to be not only an international director, but also a gourmet," Ling Shizhe said with a smile, "But this time you are wrong, the Hong Kong head office uses Qingyuan black and brown geese, but the branch in Raccoon Town uses the Canadian gray geese raised in Ling Shishi's ranch." ”

"Canadian grey goose? Why doesn't your third sister's ranch raise Qingyuan black and brown geese? ”

Zhao Xiaoyun explained: "Qingyuan black and brown goose is produced in Guangdong, belongs to the subtropical goose, Canada is a high-latitude country, more than four months of the year are ice and snow weather, too cold, Qingyuan black and brown goose can not adapt to the cold climate of Canada, can not live, so the pasture is raised Chinese white goose and Canadian gray goose." ”

The Canadian grey goose, also known as the Canadian black goose or the Canadian goose, is a medium-sized, typical cold-water marine bird, resistant to severe cold, and likes to inhabit bays, harbors and estuaries. Because the meat is tender and fat, and it is large, it is far more delicious than turkey. It has been hunted in large numbers, Canada is sparsely populated, the situation is a little better, especially in the United States, over the years, there have been few Canadian geese, I heard that in order to avoid people's hunting, Canadian geese have changed their migration routes.

The Canadian geese no longer wintered in the United States, changing their migration routes, preferring to take a long detour to the west coast of the Pacific and reach Central America to winter, or to stay in the warmer southern part of Newfoundland for the winter, rather than not to winter in the United States.

The vigorous Canadian goose protection movement in the United States has also affected Canada, so the Canadian government has also sent environmental protection organizations to investigate, and the results are very fortunate that Canada is sparsely populated, and Canadians are not as greedy as Americans, so the number of Canadian geese has not been affected in the slightest.

Sanjie's ranch also raises Canadian grey geese, with a population of 1 million per year, most of which are exported to the United States, except for the Canadian market.

The artificial breeding technology of Canadian geese is not complicated, and Americans can also raise them, but the Canadian geese bred in the United States can not be compared with the Canadian pasture breeding in terms of taste and texture, this is because the geographical environment and climate of the two countries are determined, and China's rice is a principle, the southern rice grows fast, the yield is large, and the taste is not very good, so it is not very affordable, and the northern rice, especially the rice in the northeast, although the growth is slow, only one harvest a year, but the filling is sufficient, the taste is good, It tastes very fragrant, and the price is naturally higher than that of southern rice.

This is also the case with Canadian geese, which are bred in the United States and grow rapidly, and the Yankees like to be fed with a lot of feed and auxin, so it is natural that the taste is poor; But it is different in Canada, the climate of Canada is cold, and the gray goose will accumulate a lot of fat in the body in order to resist the cold climate, so its growth will become very slow, and it generally takes three years to grow to maturity, and the United States can mature as long as it takes one year, and the Canadians do not like to use feed, but like to use grain, especially the locally grown barley to raise, so that the taste is naturally delicious, and it is also sold at a starting price.

The third sister's ranch has to breed a large number of Canadian geese every year to supply the American market, and has reached an annual output of 100 million scale, according to statistics, only last year, that is, 73 years, Americans ate more than 40 million Canadian geese, and this number is still growing at an annual rate of 8%, in addition to the United States, Europe has also become popular in recent years to eat Canadian geese, last year Europeans ate nearly 10 million, so in Canada to breed gray geese, become Canadian ranchers, The main source of income.

So what does this have to do with Hong Kong Yu Kee, hasn't Hong Kong's roast goose always used Qingyuan black and brown goose, why did it use gray goose again?

Speaking of this is also related to Ling Shizhe's Ambrera, since Ambrera took root in Hong Kong, Hong Kong and the previous life have gone to two different development directions, the previous life of Hong Kong in the 6th, 70s development is some light industry, this life, Hong Kong's total GDP last year, with Ambrera led by high-tech industries accounted for as much as 60%, is Hong Kong's largest industrial pillar.

In the 70s, in addition to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were developed, the rest of Hong Kong, such as Tseung Kwan O, the New Territories and other places were still rural, and they were all large tracts of farmland.

However, with the arrival of Ambrera, the British government of Hong Kong has also vigorously supported the development of high-tech industries, and has set up a high-tech industrial park with a lot of undeveloped land, which will occupy a large amount of rural land, and the reduction of a large amount of rural land will naturally affect the supply of black and brown geese in Qingyuan, because it has become industrial land, and it is naturally impossible to breed black and brown geese.

Hong Kong's demand for Qingyuan black and brown geese has been increasing every year since the 70s, on one side the demand is increasing, on the other side the supply is decreasing, how to solve this contradiction?

Earlier, they set their sights on Taiwan/Bay, where they raised Qingyuan black and brown geese, but as a result, these Taiwanese/Bay Yankees were often shoddy, which greatly affected the reputation of Shenjing roast goose, so they turned their attention to the Canadian gray goose, because the Canadian gray goose is very popular in recent years, and the taste of the gray goose is very delicate and fat, and the taste is very close to the Qingyuan black and brown goose, and the price of the gray goose is cheaper than the black and brown goose, so some hawkers who do roast goose in Shenjing, Began to replace Qingyuan black and brown geese with Canadian gray geese, of which Yu Kee is one of the representatives.

The third sister's ranch also bred Qingyuan black and brown geese in the first two years, but unfortunately the climate in Canada is too cold for their growth, so they had to give up and go all out to breed gray geese.

At this time, Lin Fengjiao said: "Replacing the black and brown goose with a gray goose, isn't this a fraud?" ”

Li Hanxiang laughed when he heard this, and explained: "Feng Jiao, you are wrong, Yu Kee is not cheating, they clearly stated on the signboard, at this time, Canada's barbecue goose, not Qingyuan roast goose, a few years ago, Hong Kong was influenced by the international community, and also began to become popular with gray geese, Yu Kee also conformed to the trend of the times, and also launched the gray goose cuisine, I heard that the gray goose they launched is the best one in Hong Kong." ”

When I came to Yu Kee Restaurant, I found that it was full of people, and the whole hall was full of people, which was very lively, which was the difference between Chinese food and Western food. When eating Western food, the atmosphere must be quiet in order to taste the essence of food.

Before coming, Ling Shizhe had already booked a table, so they followed the waiter through the hall and went upstairs to the reserved box.

After taking the menu, Ling Shizhe handed it to Lin Qingxia and asked her to order, but after taking it, the other party said, "We haven't been here before, we don't know what to order, Ling Shao, just watch it." ”

Turning his head and looking at Li Hanxiang again, "Don't look at me, I haven't come to eat either." ”

At this time, the waiter interjected: "How about I recommend a few dishes to you?" ”

Ling Shizhe took the menu to the waiter again, and the waiter scratched a few dishes on it and said, "What do you think of these dishes?" These are our signature dishes. ”

Zhao Xiaoyun took it and looked at it, and said, "Yes, there is another barbecue gray goose." Then she ordered a few more side dishes and a few bottles of wine, and handed the menu to the waiter.

The waiter went to prepare the food, and he didn't come up until a while, and at this time everyone chatted, only to hear Ling Shizhe ask: "Two young ladies, you have signed a contract with the Oriental Brokerage Company, and you will be filming in Canada for a long time in the future, are you still used to living there now?" ”