1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Tian Youliang saw a small stage to the east of the cafeteria, so he asked, "Director Zhou, do you usually have performances in your cafeteria? Why is there a stage here?"

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand: "The cafeteria in the studio now is the old cafeteria of the electronics factory. This stage has been there before. Sometimes, the electronics factory would hold some activities in the cafeteria, so they built a simple stage and equipped it with a set of sound equipment. After we moved here, we didn't move it."

Tian Youliang joked, "You know what? The small stage in your cafeteria is even better than the small theater in our school."

"No, not really."

"Is this audio equipment still usable?" Tian Youliang asked again.

Zhou Yan shook his head. "I don't know. Anyway, we haven't used it since the electronics factory moved away."

There aren't many people in their studio, and there aren't usually any activities held in the cafeteria, so the speakers here have never been used.

"Director Zhou, today is a rare opportunity. You should go on stage and say a few words to the students later," Tian Youliang suggested.

Before Zhou Yan responded, Liang Bolong followed up, "Yes, Director Zhou, please say a few words to the students. We still have some time to eat."

After hearing what they said, Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "How about this, don't let me speak alone. I'll have someone check if the loudspeaker is still usable. If it is, we can all go up and say a few words."

There are so many students coming to the studio today, and Zhou Yan has not yet formally welcomed them, so I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone.

"No problem." Tian Youliang and others agreed.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Then you guys take a seat first, I'll have someone check the speaker."

Then he took Tian Youliang and the others to their seats.

Originally, Zhou Yan arranged for the teachers to sit in the private room, but Gao Jinwen strongly requested that they not be treated specially and should sit in the lobby with the students.

Gao Jinwen insisted on having the meeting in the lobby, of course not for the purpose of avoiding special treatment. His deeper purpose was to give students the opportunity to have more contact with Zhou Yan.

If they went to the box, it would be difficult for students to communicate with them.

Not long after they sat down, the staff adjusted the speakers and brought over two microphones.

Tian Youliang took the initiative, took the microphone, and walked directly onto the small stage.

After entering the stage, Tian Youliang patted the microphone and coughed lightly a few times.

The noise attracted everyone's attention. The students all quieted down and turned to look at the stage.

Seeing everyone looking over, Tian Youliang smiled and said, "I'll take up a little of your time and say a few words. Today is a special day, and the reason why it's special is not only because today is the first day of 1997 and we start to welcome a brand new year. It's also because we are very honored to be invited by Mr. Zhou to visit his studio. Let's applaud and thank Mr. Zhou for his kind invitation."

The students cooperated very well and applause broke out immediately.

When the applause was about to die down, Tian Youliang spoke again, "I believe that everyone has benefited a lot from this half day, just like me. Teacher Zhou's studio, whether it is music, movies or TV series, is very..."

Later, Tian Youliang praised Zhou Yan's studio to the sky and gave Zhou Yan enough face.

After praising the studio, he finally said with a smile, "Do you want Teacher Zhou to say a few words to us?"

"miss you!"

Li Naiwen and Wang Qianyuan were very close to the stage, so they were shouting the loudest at the moment, and they also clapped the most vigorously at their table just now.

After all, Li Naiwen has worked with Zhou Yan before and is more familiar with this place. Moreover, they are senior students and much more mature, so they should be more relaxed.

In contrast, the students from Class 96 who were sitting at the back were all very honest. They even clapped in a gentle manner and were too embarrassed to shout loudly.

Of course, in addition to these two reasons, it is also related to the teacher’s personality.

Chang Li and Tian Youliang, the head teachers of the two grades, have completely different personalities. Chang Li is usually very strict and impartial in front of students, so students are afraid of her.

But Tian Youliang is completely different. He gets along well with the students, always laughing and joking, without any respect for elders. As a result, the students he teaches are also unruly.

"Teacher Zhou, since everyone is so enthusiastic, please come up and say a few words to everyone."

Zhou Yan stood up with a smile and walked onto the stage.

After taking the microphone from Tian Youliang, Zhou Yan first looked around at the students in the audience. Seeing so many familiar yet young faces, a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"First of all, welcome everyone to the studio. I am very happy to see you here. Unfortunately, the time is too short and we are unable to give you a deeper understanding of the film production process. But it doesn't matter. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. You can come to our studio anytime you want."

To most students, Zhou Yan's words sounded more like polite remarks, but they still applauded in support.

"If you are embarrassed, you can go find Li Naiwen. He is familiar with this place and can bring you here." Zhou Yan said to Li Naiwen in the audience, "Naiwen, I have a task for you. Bring more students to the studio to play in the future."

Li Naiwen immediately stood at attention and said, "Understood, Director Zhou, I will definitely bring them here often in the future."

Zhou Yan nodded with satisfaction. "Naiwen and I have worked together before. Most of you should know this. He played my childhood friend Zhong Xuwen in "Time Traveler". When I auditioned him, I thought, well, this guy is good, mature and steady. Later, he did not disappoint me and interpreted the role of Zhong Xuwen very well."

When Zhou Yan mentioned "mature and steady", there was a burst of laughter from the audience, all from Li Naiwen's classmates.

The reason why everyone laughed was because Li Naiwen was indeed very mature and steady, even so mature that he didn't look like a man of his age at all.

In "Time Traveler", Zhou Yan and Li Naiwen play childhood friends of the same age, so it can be said that there is no sense of incongruity at all.

But in fact, Zhou Yan is four years older than Li Naiwen, and Zhou Yan has graduated for four or five years while Li Naiwen is still a student.

Logically speaking, Zhou Yan should look much older than Li Naiwen.

But the fact is just the opposite. If it weren't for Zhou Yan's makeup making him look more ordinary, and the two of them standing together without makeup, most people would think that Li Naiwen was older.

If you say that Li Naiwen is 30 years old, most people probably won't doubt it.

"When I watch Naiwen act, I think of the first play I acted in."

"Raise the Red Lantern." A student couldn't wait to say the name of the movie.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, it was Raise the Red Lantern directed by Zhang Yimou. By chance, I participated in that movie..."

Afterwards Zhou Yan mentioned Gong Li and Gao Jinwen, and used them as the starting point to praise the Central Academy of Drama.

It took him about three or four minutes to say all this. Then, without wasting any more time, he pulled Chang Li and the others up to talk to them for a few more words.

After they finished talking, the dishes started to be served.

Zhou Yan finally said into the microphone, "Students, please don't be polite. Eat and drink well."

……

When Akina Nakamori and Naoko Iida arrived at the cafeteria, they pushed the door open and were stunned to see so many people in the cafeteria. Kong Chao was standing at the door, and when he saw them coming, he hurried over and said, "Ms. Nakamori, the boss asked us to leave food for you two in the small private room."

"Oh, okay." Akina Nakamori nodded, but couldn't help but ask curiously, "Who are these people?"

"These are teachers and students from the Central Academy of Drama. They came to visit the studio this afternoon."

"Chinese drama?"

"Well, the Central Academy of Drama. These will all be actors in the future," Kong Chao explained.

"Oh, I see. Let's go to the small box then."

When they went to the small box, some students noticed her, and some students thought she looked familiar, but couldn't remember who she was.

Compared to Shizuka Kudo, Akina Nakamori is not well-known enough in China now, and she rarely shows her face. Even if many people have heard of "Snow Flower", they have never seen her face, so it is normal that they cannot recognize her.

Not long after they arrived in the box, the food arrived.

Although there were only two of them, the cafeteria served them a lot of dishes.

Iida Naoko counted them and exclaimed, "There are actually twelve dishes."

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Although the portion of each dish was not large, there were so many dishes that the two of them could not finish them.

"The boss said that today is New Year's Day, so everyone should have a good meal. Would you two like to have some drinks?"

Iida Naoko looked at Nakamori Akina and said, "Akina, would you like some wine?"

Akina Nakamori had stopped drinking for a long time, but seeing Iida Naoko's hopeful face, she nodded and said, "Then drink something."

Seeing that Akina Nakamori agreed, Iida Naoko smiled and asked Kong Chao, "Chef Kong, what kind of wine do you have today?"

"White wine, beer and red wine."

"Do you still have red wine in your cafeteria?" Iida Naoko asked in surprise.

"Well, there's red wine. If you want to drink, I'll help you sober up."

"Thank you very much."

Kong Chao nodded and went to sober them up.

After a while, Kong Chao pushed over a food cart with a decanter filled with red wine on it.

Kong Chao was about to serve them, but Iida Chengzi took the decanter and said with a smile, "Chef Kong, let's do it ourselves. Do you want to stay and eat something? We can't finish all these dishes anyway."

"No." Kong Chao smiled and shook his head, "I'm still busy."

"In that case, I won't keep you here. Go and get busy."

"Well, take your time. Just tell me if you need anything."

After Kong Chao left, Iida Naoko poured wine for herself and Akina Nakamori, and couldn't help sighing, "Teacher Zhou is so thoughtful. She even arranged so many dishes for us. It seems that it was very wise for us to turn down the TV station's dinner and run back to the studio cafeteria to eat. Look at the dishes in their cafeteria, they are not inferior to restaurants at all."

Normally, the meals in the studio cafeteria were mainly focused on taste and portion, with not much attention paid to presentation. However, for the table they were eating at today, the chef had clearly put a lot of effort into the presentation.

Each dish is small in portion, very delicate and beautifully presented.

After pouring the wine, Iida Chengzi first smelled it, then took a sip and immediately raised his eyebrows, "Well, this wine is very good."

Although Iida Naoko doesn't know much about red wine, she can still tell whether it is good or not.

Regardless of anything else, this wine is very easy to drink. For Iida Chengzi, as long as the red wine is easy to drink and not astringent, it is good.

Akina Nakamori also picked up the glass and took a sip, and then a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, because this was obviously not an ordinary red wine.

Although her level of knowledge was not enough to tell the brand and origin of the wine, she was sure that it was definitely not ordinary.

It’s a pity that Kong Chao only sent the wine but not the bottle, otherwise we could have seen what kind of wine it was.

After drinking three gulps, Akina Nakamori decided to find a side dish. After looking around, she was a little disappointed because she originally wanted to have dumplings as a side dish, but there were no dumplings on the table at all.

But she also understood that in China, dumplings are the staple food and are served last.

Later she tried them one by one and found that roast duck was best paired with red wine.

The roast duck in the cafeteria doesn’t seem to be the same as the Yanjing roast duck outside. It looks red and has a little soup. It tastes simpler than Yanjing roast duck. It is just chopped into pieces and eaten directly.

I heard from them that this is Jinling Roast Duck.

Compared to Yanjing Roast Duck, Akina Nakamori prefers Jinling Roast Duck, which goes well with rice.

Now she finds that Jinling Roast Duck not only goes well with rice, but also goes well with red wine.

Originally she was only going to drink a little, but as she drank she became a little tipsy, so after finishing the first glass, she let Iida Seiko pour her the second glass.

By the time they finished the second glass and poured the third, the wine in the decanter was gone.

The two were in high spirits, so Akina Nakamori asked Kong Chao to open another bottle.

"No problem." Hearing that they were going to open the wine, Kong Chao nodded and turned around to get it.

But just as he turned around, the sound of a bamboo flute suddenly came from outside.

Akina Nakamori quickly stopped him and asked, "Why is there music outside? Is it your boss?"

Kong Chao turned around and smiled, "No, it's just a few students from the Central Academy of Drama. They seem to be able to play some musical instruments and are going to perform on the spot."

"Aren't they studying drama?" Iida Seiko asked in surprise.

"All arts are interconnected. Maybe some of you have studied music before." Kong Chao listened attentively and then laughed, "It seems that what you learned before was not very good. This part of "Partridge Flying" is not very good."

Kong Chao's words stunned the two. They had always thought that Kong Chao was just an ordinary chef, but they didn't expect that he actually knew a lot about music.

Could it be that in Zhou Yan's studio, even the threshold to become a chef is so high?

In fact, Kong Chao didn't understand it at the beginning, but he liked to listen to orchestra performances when he had nothing to do, and over time he developed some appreciation ability.

The level is not very high, but you can tell that the music played outside is "Partridge Flying", and you can also tell that the level of the music is average. (End of this chapter)