Chapter 1006 Lee Soo Man (Part 2)

If you ask Lee Soo Man who is his favorite child in S.M, it is undoubtedly BoA. Because of BoA's growth, Lee Soo Man is like a father who accompanies her and watches her grow up step by step. When she first entered the company, BoA was only fourteen years old. Now she is thirty-two years old. She has been in the company for more than ten years.

BoA has experienced the start-up period, growth period, and now mature period of S.M. Like Kangta who is still in the company, she can be said to be a veteran of S.M. So it is not strange that Lee Soo Man brought BoA to dinner this time. It is also possible that Lee Soo Man has a little intention to introduce and match them up in his heart, right? Although this possibility is not great. But Lee Soo Man knows that feelings are the most difficult thing to explain.

After the three of them sat down, the waiter handed over the menu. Zhang Pingan smiled and said, "Is it okay for me to choose Chinese food? For me, these familiar flavors are the taste of my hometown."

Lee Soo-man smiled and said, "Of course it's okay. Chinese cuisine is the pinnacle of cooking for our older generation, and when we were young, Chinese food was only for rich people. Only those people in Europe and the United States always think that Chinese cuisine is "fast food". This is simply not understanding what Chinese cuisine is? Didn't the "Jianghu Duel" you produced last year refresh the impression of Koreans on Chinese food?"

In Lee Soo-man's era, Chinese food was indeed a very high-end restaurant in Korea, and it was indeed a place where only rich families could enjoy delicious food. Because a table of banquet dishes in a Chinese restaurant is the income of many ordinary families for more than half a month.

Later, the Korean "Wednesday Food Collection" introduced in detail the journey of Chinese food after it came to Korea... Because the program required it, the program'MCs all went to eat in Chinese restaurants, and they ordered a table of dishes in a very realistic way, learning the Chinese way. In the end, the host's comment was that the taste was really good, but the price was too expensive.

Many people think that Chinese restaurants are a kind of "fast food"? In fact, the price of high-end restaurants in China is definitely not worse than that of Western food. If you choose high-grade ingredients, its price will even exceed your imagination.

In the eyes of Koreans, how did Chinese food evolve from a high-end restaurant to a fast food? Because when Lee Soo-man was young, Chinese restaurants represented a place that only wealthy families could enjoy, so many ordinary families yearned for Chinese restaurants.

However, Chinese restaurants not only have expensive banquet-standard dishes, but also cheap noodles with soybean paste!

So many ordinary families, after their parents get their salary, take their children to a Chinese restaurant to order a bowl of noodles with soybean paste, which can be regarded as experiencing a high-end restaurant. In this way, noodles with soybean paste have penetrated into the memory of Koreans. Moreover, the preparation of noodles with soybean paste is not particularly complicated. People with a little cooking foundation can easily make it as long as they buy the "sauce".

Then noodles with soybean paste and sweet and sour pork have gradually become food in Chinese restaurants opened by Koreans.

As jajangmyeon became popular, competition emerged, so someone came up with the standard of "delivery". Just like that, the high-end Chinese cuisine gradually became fast food in the eyes of ordinary Koreans. But in the eyes of those who really understand "Chinese cuisine", Chinese cuisine has always been high-end cuisine.

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When Li Xiuman talked about his own production of "The Showdown", Zhang Pingan laughed: "I used to study in Tokyo, and there are also high-end restaurants for Chinese cuisine in Tokyo. Later, I went to Korea, and I said to my Korean friends around me, let's go eat Chinese food? They all looked at me with very strange eyes, and then I knew that in the eyes of Koreans, Chinese food belongs to the fast food series, jajangmyeon, seafood noodles, sweet and sour pork. At that time, I decided that when the opportunity is ripe, I must introduce what real Chinese cuisine is!!"

Li Xiuman smiled and said: "I also went to study abroad when I was young, and I chose the United States at that time. Why did you choose Japan?"

Zhang Pingan smiled and said: "I used to not understand why my family sent me to Tokyo, instead of Los Angeles, London and other cities. In recent years, I have been I asked my family curiously, and the answer they gave me was very surprising, and I had never thought about it. She said that I was too naughty when I was a child, and they were worried about sending me to Europe and the United States, but if I was sent to Tokyo, they could get from Shanghai to Tokyo in two hours. If I was still so naughty after going abroad, they would come and beat me up in two hours! Because going to Tokyo takes about the same time as going to Yanjing. In fact, there is another point, Tokyo is one of the safest cities in the world! "

Boer, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Pingan's words: "Pu~~Hahaha~~"

Including Lee Soo-man, who was sitting next to him, laughed: "I don't know how naughty you were in your childhood? However, the public security in Tokyo is indeed much better than that in the United States, and racial discrimination there is very serious on campus and in society."

While the three of them were chatting, the dishes were ordered one after another, three meat dishes, two seafood dishes, and a soup. For wine, Boer ordered a bottle of Latour because she was not used to the sauce-flavored wine of China.

Zhang Pingan opened the liquor and poured a small glass for Li Xiuman. Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "The wine table culture is also obviously different between South Korea and China. In Korea, the elders pour the first drink, but in China, it is the juniors. Pour the first glass of wine to the elders to show respect. Today is Chinese dinner, so let me, the youngest, pour the first glass of wine for everyone. "

Baoer was born in 1986, and Zhang Pingan was born in 1987. Therefore, Zhang Ping'an is right to say that he is a junior, even though in today's society whoever has the ability is the boss. But regardless of family background, Boa officially entered society and started her career when she was 15 years old, so basic etiquette still needs to be shown.

Li Xiuman held the wine glass, greeted Zhang Ping'an and Bao'er, and drank the first drink of the day together. After downing a glass of Huaxia liquor, Li Xiuman stopped and said, "I can't enjoy Huaxia liquor. It's too spicy, so I'll drink red wine with Boa."

"Okay." Zhang Ping'an nodded with a smile, poured himself another glass, and said at the same time: "Try the cold cuts here. I've had it several times and I think it's pretty good. It's the best in Seoul." Okay.”

The three of them started. Li Xiuman was tasting the first cold dish of the day, braised beef, and said, "Why did you think of inviting me to have dinner with you today? On weekdays, you are not so good at it."

Zhang Pingan said with a smile: "I don't dare to disturb your work on weekdays. Everyone knows that you are very busy."

Lee Soo Man smiled and asked, "What are you busy with recently? I asked Taeyeon this afternoon and she said you are preparing a new show?"

Zhang Pingan suddenly invited him to dinner, which Li Sooman thought was a bit weird, so he asked Taeyeon about Zhang Pingan's recent developments, and also sent his concerns and blessings for her new album.

Zhang Pingan nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, I have been running a new program all day today. Because of the follow-up involvement of the program, the funds required for investment may reach more than 10 billion won, so the TV station needs Give it some time to digest.”

The investment in a variety show is as high as 10 billion, which made Li Xiuman look at Zhang Ping'an in surprise: "Variety show, 10 billion? What are you planning to produce?"

Zhang Ping'an responded with a smile: "Didn't Luo Yingshi recently film a show called "Newlywed Diary"? So I also plan to make a couple observation type variety show, but the couple is Lee Hyori. Luo Yingshi likes to build a house for observation, and I I want to use Lee Hyori’s house to observe the private lives of some couples and the real Lee Hyori. President Lee Soo Man, do you have any plans to invest?”

Li Xiuman burst out laughing after listening to Zhang Pingan's words: "You want to observe Li Xiaoli and his wife? You are really...well, your ideas are more unique than Na Yingshi's. Is she willing to observe you?"

Zhang Ping'an said with a smile: "If the money is in place, everything will be easy to talk about. That's why I said that the investment this time may be very high. This afternoon, tvN clearly rejected this cooperation."

Li Xiuman smiled bitterly and said: "So, you are planning to ask me to invest? No... you are not short of this money, are you?"

"I personally am certainly not short of this amount of money, and it is okay for me to invest personally, but there are some problems with the broadcast on the TV station."

Li Xiuman said doubtfully: "What problems will occur during the playback? If you buy out the time... there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"I plan to shoot in mid-April, because there is still a lot to prepare in the early stage, but recently some problems have begun to appear on the TV station. Have you received the report?"

When talking about the problem of the TV station, Li Xiuman immediately nodded and said: "Oh, you are talking about the internal problem of the public station, which is a bit troublesome. Then you can ask other paid channels."

Zhang Pingan said: "I have been busy with this issue recently. The pay channels are thinking about cooperation, but at the same time they feel that my asking price may be beyond their imagination. After all, I only plan to shoot summer and winter. So this The investment in the show...is a bit too expensive for them.”

"More than 10 billion is a bit expensive. Lee Hyori is not worth such a high salary, and it is only for two seasons! According to the highest standards, one season will be paid at '1.2 billion', and two seasons will not be enough." It’s ‘2.4 billion’. This is still far from tens of billions, right?”

"Isn't this, I plan to let Lee Hyori use her home to open a B&B and contact ordinary viewers? So after the show is broadcast, if it affects her future life, I will have to be responsible for buying her home. !”