Chapter 161 The Pattern Opens
There were two bowls of seafood noodles, and each audience member was given a small bite.
The person who got there first has already started drinking the soup. The fresh and sweet taste goes straight to the top of her head after that sip of soup. She can't wait to pick up a piece of noodles with chopsticks. The rich and sweet soup wrapped around the smooth noodles slid into her mouth.
After one bite, there was only a piece of squid and a small sip of soup left in the bowl.
The squid and the soup were placed in her mouth. She tried to chew it slowly, but it was just a mouthful. Gone? Just like that?
Satisfaction turned into emptiness, and her mouth was watering as she watched others slurping noodles.
The others were not much better than her. After eating, they all said it was not enough.
Yue Ning knew that her cooking was delicious, but today she was in the studio, on an ordinary family stove, and in order to make it accessible to ordinary people, she tried to choose the most common ingredients. It shouldn't be to the extent that they would be so exaggerated, right?
An audience member bowed to Yue Ning and said a few words.
"Thank you for teaching us this delicious dish." Masako Nakajima translated for her.
With her reminder, others also expressed their gratitude. Yue Ning bowed and thanked: "I am very happy that you like it."
They discussed tips with Yue Ning, and Yue Ning told them: "If you have time, this noodle can be made better. Don't boil the shrimp heads with the small fish. Boiling the small fish can ensure the soup is milky white, and boil the shrimp heads with lard to produce red shrimp oil. In this way, the red shrimp oil floats on the white soup, which is more beautiful. And there's more! This bowl of noodles is missing a little bit of vegetables and half a soft-boiled egg. If everyone is not in a hurry like I was today, it will definitely be better."
"I really want to go to Hong Kong City and try the dishes made by Miss Yue?"
"Yeah yeah!"
"Welcome!" Yue Ning said with a smile, "It's my honor to cook for you all."
This program is recorded in the morning and broadcast at two o'clock in the afternoon. Usually this program is very popular among housewives. Today, with the popular Yue Ning, more people watched it.
The ingredients are super simple? It seems that there is no great demand for cooking skills. The housewives decided to make seafood ramen soup for their families.
Some people choose to follow Yue Ning's every step, while others listen to Yue Ning's follow-up suggestions and fry the shrimp heads in shrimp oil.
In short, tonight, many children and men from Japanese families went home and found that their mothers and wives had improved their cooking skills by leaps and bounds and could even make delicious ramen that is only available in the store.
The TV program was flooded with calls, and the audience asked the host to ask Yue Ning to teach a few more dishes. This was difficult for the host, because Yue Ning was a top chef in Hong Kong, and she only stayed in Japan for a short time, so it was great to have her teach once.
The program team still tried to ask the TV station’s top management, and the TV station asked Ishikawa to communicate with Yue Ning.
In the afternoon, Ishikawa took Yue Ning to experience the Japanese tea ceremony. He originally wanted to treat her to another meal in the evening, but Yue Ning said that she really couldn't eat anymore, so she went back to the hotel to rest as there was no filming task.
Now he called Yue Ning's room, but couldn't get through. Maybe her companion came back and went to dinner with her?
Yue Ning really couldn't eat anymore. She had always wanted to bring the delicious food from the streets to everyone. There is a general rule in diet: manual laborers generally prefer heavy taste.
Japanese popular food is no exception. The thick soup of ramen has a lot of fat, and it also adds boiled lard particles, which they call back fat. Tempura is even more oily. It tastes good, but it also made her gain three pounds.
She said she wanted to go to the gym, and Qiao Junxian also said he wanted to go.
Cui Huiyi, who was dissatisfied with her physical strength, also said she wanted to go. After Cui Huiyi went, Qiao Junshen followed.
Cui Huiyi was the first to give up. Qiao Junshen didn't want to compete with the two little fools in physical strength anymore. He sat side by side with Cui Huiyi, wiping the sweat off his face and drinking water, watching Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian lifting barbells.
Qiao Junxian's legs were already trembling slightly, and sweat was dripping down his forehead.
"One, two..." He counted softly, his muscles tensed, and with heavy breathing, he lifted the barbell.
Ningning is a little fool. Even though she is very strong, there is no need for her to use it on this. Why should she compete with her boyfriend in physical strength?
Cui Huiyi was watching the two little fools fighting, and Qiao Junshen said, "Watch TV."
The news was being broadcast on the TV hanging in the gym. The TV station captured a clip of a TS reporter visiting a hypermarket and circled the key points in the image, which should be a comparison of the sales of Qing Zai Noodles and Yuan Zai Noodles in Gangcheng.
Before deciding to ask TS to cooperate in filming this visit, in fact, the so-called introduction of the popularity of Baohualou's stores in Hong Kong City was secondary. Yue Ning's goal was to stir up things.
Yue Ning also noticed the news and put down the barbell.
"Ningning, you're really quick. Just now you said to wait until the news is broadcast to see the effect. But there's already such news."
"No." Yue Ning shook his head. "I haven't taken the next step yet! What are they talking about?"
The news has passed, and the next news is that the picture shows a group of white people smashing cars.
"Go upstairs and see if Liang Ze is back. Ask him to check the news again and translate it for us." Yue Ning said.
Yue Ning and Cui Huiyi went to the women's bathroom to take a shower together, then went upstairs with their bags. Liang Ze was in the room, so Yue Ning called him up, but when they turned to the TV station with the logo, the news on that station had already ended and was broadcasting a TV series.
"I'll go back to my room and watch this channel. It should be replayed on the news later. I'll let you know when I see it." Liang Ze said.
That's all we can do.
"I think it's Qingzai who has been following our developments and responded immediately after seeing the news," said Cui Huiyi.
Cui Huiyi originally thought that the dealers here were not working hard enough, but after two days of negotiations, she realized that the other party was very wary of their entry into the Japanese market, and had been using their local advantages to chase and block them.
Last night Yue Ning told her that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, and that she should not confront the opponent head-on in supermarkets, but should focus on traditional channels, food stores and grocery stores.
"It's a good thing that they reacted quickly, because it can make this matter ferment quickly." Qiao Junshen said, "We agreed yesterday that first, you admit that Qingzai is your guide to the instant noodle industry. They are your predecessors and you respect them. Secondly, from a legal point of view, both Hong Kong and Japan have ruled that Lide Foods did not steal the other party's formula. They say that Lide is dirty, but it is completely untenable. Because according to this logic, Japan's automobile industry and home appliance industry are the dirtiest industries."
"We made this video to point out that the other side cannot compete with us in Hong Kong and is trying to put accusations on us in Japan," said Yue Ning, as an idea flashed through her mind.
The phone rang and Yue Ning went to answer it. It was the hotel front desk clerk telling her that Mr. Ishikawa was here to see her.
Yue Ning went downstairs and the others went back to their rooms.
Yue Ning went to the lobby and saw Ishikawa and Nakajima Masako coming. She listened to Nakajima Masako's translation. Ishikawa told her that the audience response to the ramen-making program was very good after it was broadcast today. Many people called and hoped that she could cook a few more dishes.
"My idea is, you shoot in Hong Kong and then broadcast it on TV? Once a week? Is that possible?" Ishikawa asked her, "This is also a way to keep the heat going, at least until our Chinese cooking program is finished."
Yue Ning smiled: "Such a good way of exchanging folk cooking skills, how can it only last for a few months? Why doesn't Mr. Ishikawa find Mr. Cai Zhiyuan from HTV? HTV also has such a program. I often give them recipes. The host, Ms. Xu Lemei, is my good friend. When the time comes, Ms. Xu Lemei and I will do the program together, one episode per week. You can also teach Hong Kong housewives to cook Japanese cuisine, also one episode per week. We can make it into a food culture exchange program, isn't it better?"
"That's great." After listening to Nakajima Masako's translation, Ishikawa felt more and more that Yue Ning could find common interests for both parties.
Ishikawa is from the television industry. Yue Ning asked: "Mr. Ishikawa, I just saw a piece of news, but due to language issues..."
Yue Ning told me the general content of the news. Nakajima Masako was present at the time. She said, "There have been rumors about Lide being bad these past two days, so I'm worried that it might be a bad opinion. Can you help me understand what the content is?"
"I'll go ask right away." Ishikawa made a phone call.
When he came back, he didn't look very good. He sat down and said a lot of gibberish.
Masako Nakajima said: "Mr. Ishikawa said that the news was indeed pointing at Lide Foods, saying that Lide Foods got its start by stealing, and that the mother of Ms. Cui Huiyi's current boyfriend is the owner of the largest supermarket and convenience store chain in Hong Kong. Lide Foods has been suppressing the sales of Qingzai Noodles in Hong Kong by virtue of this relationship, intending to squeeze Qingzai Noodles out of the Hong Kong market. It is very difficult for Japanese companies to develop overseas, and they face all kinds of rejection in various regions. Now Japanese cars are being smashed in the United States. So I hope that Japanese people can support local products."
Sure enough, it was not a good thing. Yue Ning nodded: "Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
Ishikawa was a very clear-headed person. After he achieved his goal, he left.
Yue Ning took the elevator upstairs and knocked on his brother and sister's door. Cui Huiyi opened the door and Qiao Junxian was there too.
She called Liang Ze first and told him to stop looking because she had already found out.
Yue Ning sat down and told them the news. Cui Huiyi shouted, "Isn't this just putting the blame on someone else?"
Qiao Junshen held her down and said, "Is it business competition? When American car manufacturers couldn't compete with Japanese car manufacturers, they used all means. Now the United States is facing a presidential election, and both candidates have proposed to protect the American auto industry. Lee Iacocca, president of Chrysler, published an article in the New York Times accusing Japan of manipulating the yen exchange rate and turning the United States into an economic colony of Japan. Many Americans went to smash Japanese cars. It's normal to encounter such things, and you should treat them with a normal mind."
Yue Ning said, "PN asked Junxian to endorse them to change the stereotype in the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets that Japanese home appliances are not as good as European home appliances. They don't want Junxian to give the Japanese people the image of rejecting Japan. In addition, isn't it very clear in the two pictures in the news? In the Hong'an hypermarket, Qingzai's products and Yuanzai's products are all together, and the location is so good. How can you say that it is intentional suppression? I suggest that the Japanese people go to Japanese supermarkets to see where Ning Xiaochu's instant noodles are? So who is suppressing whom. There is one more thing, Sister Huiyi, we have to open up the pattern."
"What pattern is being opened?" Cui Huiyi asked.
"Tell the senior management of Qingzai that you have established two joint ventures in Beijing and Shanghai. You see a huge market of one billion people. You sincerely invite your predecessors to seize the opportunity and explore the Chinese market together. The Chinese market is large enough to accommodate many instant noodle manufacturers. The competition between you and them has never been one of either you or me."
Cui Huiyi poked Yue Ning's cheek and said, "Little thing, you are amazing."
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