Chapter 19: The Cuisine of Dongying and Xiying (1)

  After getting the nod from Yuki Saito, the production team for TBS's cooking show began to take shape, and at the same time, the house across from Yuki Saito's home was also fully renovated.

  Was it worth building a coffee shop across from Yamauchi's house just to get her out of retirement, and putting in the manpower and resources to accommodate her schedule? Jerry answered with a resounding yes, absolutely worth it.

  Although it has been eight years, the influence of Yamaguchi Baishi still exists. With her influence, the ratings of this program can be brought to another peak, and by making good relations with people in the entertainment circle, it will be greatly beneficial for Robonica Films and dreammusic!

  Which star would refuse such a food program under Yamaguchi Bai's call?!

  This is the effect of being a superstar!

  Besides, Jerry also wants to use this program to promote Chinese cuisine, the eight major cuisines, Manchu Han Imperial Feast, thinking of these, Jerry is about to drool!

  "Is it Cai Cai Zi?"

  "Hi?"

  "Which company operates Japan's telephone services now?"

  "Hmm? Should be NTT, right?"

  “ntt？”?

  "It's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, what is it that you want to do, Jerry?"

  "Hmm~ Let's contact this company, we need to open a dedicated phone line for our cooking show!"

  "Open a dedicated phone line?"

  "Yes, hotline! This hotline will be very busy in the near future!"

  Tanaka Nanako stared at Jerry's sparkling eyes and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness!

  ……?

  She was the top idol of the 1970s.

  The music of Manjusaka has started.

  "She is a dancer from Izu"

  Yes, yes, traveling companions are many in the world. The image of Yamaguchi Momoe's dancing girl in Izu flashed by, she turned around and said this one sentence!

  "She is forever Yamaguchi Momoe!"

  The screen fades from dark to gradually bright, and the starry mountain mouth Baoyi holds the microphone, like a fairy appearing on the stage!

  And now she's back!

  Yamaguchi Baishi wearing an apron and a chef's hat, holding a ladle with a big smile on her face.

  "Pick up the phone and dial 12345, you'll have a chance to spend 45 minutes with Ms. Yamaguchi Baishi, savoring the delicious food she's selected for you! What are you waiting for? Only five spots available! Pick up the phone now! If you answer our question correctly, what is the name of the character played by Ms. Yamaguchi Baishi in 'Blood Doubt'? a. Kaori b. Oshima Sachiko. If you answer correctly, you'll be invited to our live show! This isn't a fantasy or a lie, hurry up and pick up your phone now! Ringing... another viewer is calling in! Don't miss this opportunity!"

  Tanaka Nana is watching TV commercials, delighted and energetic. This little guy is really something! Who would have thought of such a method?! Spending 45 minutes with Ms. Yamaguchi Momoe, personally tasting the delicious food selected by Ms. Yamaguchi Momoe, what a temptation!

  The first day the ad aired, TBS TV station's phone lines were flooded with calls!

  Many residents living nearby actually ran to the TBS building and shouted that they wanted to go in to answer questions, and the gate of TBS TV station was almost demolished!

  OK, but because of this, the ratings of TBS TV soared, and the mysterious cooking show was a hit before it even aired. The whole Japanese archipelago was abuzz with discussion about Ms. Yamaguchi Baiko's comeback to the screen.

  Of course, there are also people who splash dirty water, such as Tokyo TV, Fuji TV, NHK and other competitors who unanimously protested against TBS for deceiving audiences to gain high ratings and using unfair competitive means! However, this dirty water was soon drowned out by the heat of Yumi Matsutoya's comeback in Japan!

  Frenzy, it's not just ordinary Japanese people, even some Japanese artists are getting restless!

  Jerry is now facing a photo of one step and is worried!

  Seven artist quotas, which ones should be chosen?

  Takuya Kimura, Rie Miyazawa, Naomi Suzuki, Hitomi Kuroki, Kumiko Goto, Shizuka Kudo, Yoshiko Nakano, Takeshi Takahashi... Ah, and I almost forgot, there's also Noriko Sakai. Jerry is now getting a headache, who should he choose?!

  "Alright, we haven't finished selecting characters from the entertainment industry yet! And then two manga gods, Osamu Tezuka and Rumiko Takahashi, jumped out!"

  Hmm, can't say, there are still a few big shots in the directing world, right?

  How annoying! It's really annoying?!

  What a waste of money and trouble!

  Having no other choice, Jerry could only resort to drawing lots!

  Okay, let's count them: Suzuki Bona is one, Miyazaki Rie is one, Takakura Ken is one, Toriyama Akira is one, Takahashi Rumiko is one, Kuroki Hitomi is one, and Itoi Shigesato is one!

  It's just like this!

  After selecting, Jerry arranged for the staff to call these seven "lucky ones" and he himself followed the production team to start the pre-production work of the show!

  Ryori no Tetsujin is a Japanese cooking competition produced by Nippon TV in 1997. Two teams of chefs, each led by a team captain, compete against each other to create the best dishes. Each week, two different themes are chosen and seven guest judges decide which dish wins. The winning team gets to eat their creations while the losing team can only watch. As for the losing chef, they have to eat their own creation after filming is complete, known as "The Defeated Chef's Dinner".

  In the program production process, staff will follow the footsteps of culinary masters to Japan and around the world to find the most beautiful ingredients. Through the tedious visiting process, the audience can appreciate the difficulty of obtaining these foods. In addition to finding special ingredients, the most exciting part of cooking is the confrontation between the two kitchens, where the chefs on both sides use their lifelong skills to carefully prepare dishes. Whether it's quick knife work, careful handling of ingredients, or cooking techniques, they will all tightly grasp the audience's attention!

  This is cooking, it's also culture!

  Japan is supreme? No way! Don't even think about it!

  Jerry suddenly remembered that famous cooking manga, "Chuka Ichiban", I wonder where that guy Ogawa Etsushi is now, it would be great if this show could catch his attention!

  When it's cold and freezing outside, hot pot became the theme of the first cooking showdown!

  As this was the first time for the program's production team to work together, Jerry unfortunately had to follow them throughout.