Chapter 80: A Bite of Shanghai Tang (Part 1)

So, staying in Australia during World War II was a good choice. Moreover, Australia is not as primitive as the Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States and South America, and pastures and islands are also the best resources for maintaining and appreciating value when there are more and more people on the earth in later generations.

Sassoon listened and muttered for a moment. The words that the rest of my life said from the perspective of the Prophet of the Traveler were extremely prescient and very reasonable. For Sassoon, it was also a great inspiration.

After a while, Sassoon said, "So, my friend, what are you going to do with me about this business?" I don't have an Australian ranch on hand. ”

"Mr. Sassoon, I think even if you don't have an Australian ranch on hand, with your British citizenship and knighthood, it shouldn't be difficult to be a middleman. I don't have any friends who are very close to Australia now, so I have to turn to Mr. Sassoon for help. Ask Mr. Sassoon to find a few cost-effective ranches, farms or islands on his behalf. Of course, I will be preferential for intermediary fees. ”

Sassoon smiled: "Although Mr. Yu did not do multi-million dollar business with me, Mr. Yu's ideas inspired me a lot. So, this matter, no problem, is wrapped up in me. Within three months, I will send Mr. Yu the information I find about the ranch, including the rancher's quotation, the location and output of the ranch, the amount of water rights, the amount of intermediary fees, and the corresponding tax items. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Sassoon, I will make a choice within a month after Mr. Sassoon gives me the information. Mr. Sassoon will not be left busy. It's just that there are still some things that Mr. Sassoon needs to help me buy from abroad. ”

"What's that?"

"Thirty transmitters!"

"Shipped to Shanghai?"

"No, shipped to Hong Kong."

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The second point of contact for the rest of his life was Albert. Although Albert was far away in the United States, although there were no transatlantic telephones in this era, although in this era they could only be contacted by telegraph, although there were too many words, the telegraph would be very expensive. However, with the strength of the rich man Yu now, one telegram a day is really not a problem!

In the telegram for the rest of his life, he asked Albert Warner to intercept part of the profits from "Havoc in Heaven" and help him buy a property near Hollywood, USA. It doesn't matter if it's price, as long as it's worth the money.

Albert Warner has seen the film talent of the rest of his life, and he has long had the idea of inviting the rest of his life to the United States. This request for the rest of his life will naturally not be refused. In the telegram he replied, Albert repeatedly asked Yu Sheng when he would arrive in the United States. And told Yu Sheng that as long as Yu Sheng was willing to make movies, the door of Warner Bros. would always be open for him. And told Yu Sheng that he hoped that Yu Sheng could open an authentic Chinese restaurant when he arrived in the United States. He couldn't wait.

After replying to Albert for the rest of his life, he couldn't help but think carefully about Albert's suggestion to open a Chinese restaurant. After all, when you go to the United States in the future, you will always have to run some other industries besides making movies. Eggs cannot be placed in the same basket.

But then I thought about it, since I want to introduce Chinese cuisine and Chinese food culture to foreigners. So, why not use the movie way? In other words, there is no documentary dedicated to Chinese food in this era! There is no "Bite of China"!

In this era, documentaries are still generally considered to be highly artistic works in the film industry. Robert Flahady's "Nanuk in the North", which depicts the life of the Eskimos, has been widely welcomed by people in the film and literary circles. The box office is actually good.

And the influence of "A Bite of China" in later generations does not stop at China. In the absence of a large amount of capital investment and prime-time airtime, "A Bite of China" relies on its exquisite photography and unique interpretation of traditional Chinese food culture - using food as a carrier of the Chinese spirit. stood out among CCTV's many documentaries, not only popular across the country, but also popular to the world.

At the 2013 French Spring Cannes Television Festival, "A Bite of China" led the "China Dinner" event, which was well received by media and institutions from all over the world. In addition, this film also achieved a historic breakthrough in the overseas sales market of Chinese-made documentaries. The sales price of a single episode overseas is also expected to exceed the record of $50,000 to $60,000 for a single episode held by "The Forbidden City".

It can be seen that Chinese cuisine has a strong lethality to many crooked nuts. And in this era when there are no food shows, if you want to make a food documentary for the rest of your life that is not inferior to "A Bite of China", it will be groundbreaking. Moreover, such a theme is close to life and has a strong sense of substitution, which is far more popular than Flahadi's "Nanuk of the North". I think the box office will not be bad.

It's just that this era is still different from later generations, and the first season of "A Bite of China" was filmed after thirteen months and visits to 70 different places in China. At this time, the Japanese occupied China, but where did they have the same free and favorable conditions as later generations.

The only thing that can make up for the gap is that today's Shanghai Tang gathers almost all different people and different dishes from all over China. Divide into categories, look for stories according to a given theme, and you will always find the corresponding images. Although, it may not be exactly the same as the later "A Bite of China" in details. However, the theme and essence derived from the story can be the same.

With this plan in mind, Yu Sheng hired more than a dozen photographers from Xinhua Company and asked them to shoot the kitchens of various restaurants in Shanghai, as well as everything related to food, and shoot all the distinctive dishes in China! From procurement to washing, from frying to cooking! No matter what the dish is, it's fine! And, according to the number and detail of the dishes photographed, as well as the quality of the shooting, the money is calculated!

If you can get all kinds of things about the cultivation of crops in various fields from the suburbs of Shanghai, you will buy them at a high price for the rest of your life!

The photographers of this year, although they are also high-end talents. However, photography is not directly and closely related to food, clothing, housing and transportation. Therefore, in this troubled era where it is difficult to find food and clothing, photographers are not popular. The photographer who can be selected by Zhang Shankun to Xinhua Company is already considered to be the top in China, and his monthly salary is only the level of ordinary white-collar workers.

For the rest of his life, he borrowed these people from Zhang Shankun, and the salary he offered was basically about ten times his monthly salary. Naturally, these people will dig out their minds and work hard to get rid of the kitchens and everything related to food in Shanghai's restaurants.

And all he has to do for the rest of his life is to wait for these photographers to shoot the film, and he will edit the dubbing according to the existing copy. After all, while images are concrete, abstract interpretations of text can make the same images cut into different themes.