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Chapter 199 - 179: Mom, You’re on TV (First Update)_1

Chapter 199: Chapter 179: Mom, You’re on TV (First Update)_1

Last time when Principal Ding was watching "A Bite of Xia Country", Wen Ruohan was asked to buy snacks.

So this time.

Wen Ruohan asked Principal Ding in advance if she needed to buy snacks immediately.

"What kind of snack to eat."

Ding Yue looked at the time, then got up from his office chair, and said to Wen Ruohan and Director Zhu Youzhao, "Bring the projector with me."

Then, Ding Yue took out his mobile phone.

He found his mother’s, Zhang Yuping’s, phone number in his contacts and dialed it.

"Hey, son."

"Mom, can you prepare me a private room at the hot pot restaurant, I’ll be there shortly."

Ding Yue said to his mother Zhang Yuping.

What’s the fun of eating snacks while watching a food documentary?

The food documentary showcases all kinds of tempting dishes, while you’re just eating dry snacks, it’s not really enjoyable.

So Ding Yue planned to eat hot pot while watching the remade version of the food documentary "A Bite of Xia Country" by the Film and Television Academy.

"Having hot pot for lunch?"

Mother Zhang Yuping asked.

"Hehe, yes, I’m going to review the food documentary remade by the Film and Television Academy. This way, as I’m eating hot pot, I won’t get tempted."

Ding Yue briefly explained to Zhang Yuping, his mother.

"Okay son, I’ll clear the room you usually use for you. Come over in about thirty minutes."

"Okay."

Ding Yue knew that the campus hot pot restaurant at the school was as crowded today as usual.

If it were full, even if Ding Yue wanted a private room right now, he would still have to wait a while.

If Ding Yue informed his mother half a day in advance, he could enjoy the privilege of not having to queue.

"Let’s go there in about half an hour." Ding Yue told secretary Wen Ruohan and Zhu Youzhao, the director of the Film and Television Academy.

Then Ding Yue called Huang and Bin.

Watching the food documentary "A Bite of Xia Country" while eating hot pot alone would be too boring.

Even with Secretary Wen Ruohan and Zhu Youzhao, it’s only three people.

The atmosphere wouldn’t be quite right.

So Ding Yue decided to invite his buddies, Huang Youjie and Xu Bin.

"Hey, Huang, are you busy?"

"Not busy, what’s up, Yue? Do you need something?" Huang Youjie asked.

"Then meet me on the third floor of the second canteen at lunch, or come to my office now, and call Bin as well."

"Alright."

About ten minutes later, Huang Youjie and Xu Bin both arrived in Ding Yue’s office.

Just then, his mother Zhang Yuping called Ding Yue, "Son, you can come now. The private room for you guys has been cleaned up and prepared."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Ding Yue called out to Wen Ruohan and Director Zhu Youzhao to bring the projector equipment with them.

"Where are we going, Yue?"

Huang Youjie was completely baffled, having no idea what Ding Yue was planning.

"I’m taking you to enjoy the pleasures of life."

Ding Yue laughed, made no further explanation, and walked out of the office.

Huang and Bin quickly followed.

"That’s Director Zhu from the Film and Television Academy. Let me guess, it’s the documentary you remade, isn’t it? You’re taking us to see it?"

Xu Bin analyzed the situation and made a guess.

There are five people here, and only Zhu Youzhao seems out of place—he’s the director of the Film and Television Academy.

"Huang, look at Bin!" Ding Yue gave Xu Bin a thumbs-up.

He’s really smart, he actually guessed it right.

"That’s right, the fresh out of the oven food documentary ’A Bite of Xia Country’, remade by the Film and Television Academy, needs to be reviewed, so I decided to take you guys to watch it."

Ding Yue explained to his two buddies.

"Then why are we going to the second canteen? Shouldn’t we be going to the teaching building of the Film and Television Academy?" Huang Youjie scratched his head, asking in confusion.

Ding Yue glanced at Huang Youjie, helplessly laughed and shook his head, "You’ll know in a bit. I guarantee you’ll understand clearly."

Soon, the five of them arrived at the campus themed hot pot restaurant on the third floor of the second canteen.

In the crowded campus-themed hot pot restaurant, the visitors who came to check-in were envious when they saw Ding Yue and his group walk in and enter a private room.

You know.

They had been waiting in line for a long time to eat at this popular campus-themed hot pot restaurant online.

And yet someone doesn’t even need to queue up?

"Why don’t those people have to wait in line?"

"Exactly, it’s so uncouth."

"You don’t know a thing, both this hot pot restaurant and the university are theirs."

"Damn, you didn’t say that earlier!"

In the private room, Ding Yue had Wen Ruohan assist Director Zhu Youzhao in setting up the projector.

The wall across from the hot pot table is just the right size for a projection screen. The projector can be placed behind the hot pot table, but it needs to be set up a bit higher.

"Wow, Yue, it’s a pretty good idea to watch food documentaries while eating hot pot!" Huang Youjie understood what was going on as soon as he arrived at the hot pot restaurant.

Now it was Xu Bin’s turn to give a thumbs-up to Ding Yue.

"Here we go, hot pot’s ready."

At that moment, Zhang Yuping personally brought a pot of hot pot to the table.

As soon as the hot pot arrived, the atmosphere in the room intensified, and the room began to fill with the spicy fragrance of hot pot, it was absolutely delightful.

In no time, Wen Ruohan and Director Zhu Youzhao had the projector set up and a flash drive, brought by Zhu Youzhao, was connected to a laptop.

Just in time, the hot pot was ready and fresh ingredients were served.

"Let’s go, let’s watch ’A Bite of Xia Country’." Ding Yue nodded at Zhu Youzhao.

Upon hearing that, Zhu Youzhao immediately clicked to play the first episode of ’A Bite of Xia Country’, a food documentary that was filmed and produced by the Film and Television Academy.

Finally.

Ding Yue was quite pleased with the opening of this episode. The narrator’s tone and voice, which resembled those of NTS, made for an immersive experience.

"The narration is quite good."

Ding Yue praised.

The issues he pointed out last time had indeed been addressed by the Film and Television Academy.

More importantly, the use of the camera had clearly become much more refined and sophisticated, lacking the confusion and roughness of the previous time.

Many shots carried a strong sense of human life.

The name of the first episode of the remake of ’A Bite of Xia Country’ by the Film and Television Academy was "Local Flavor", narrating the classic cuisine of various regions across the vast Xia Country through spatial story-telling.

A close-up shot of the tender meat sizzling and releasing delicious fat after it enters the pot could increase anyone’s appetite and cause them to drool uncontrollably.

The application of such shots has to be praised.

"Wow~"

Seeing this, Huang Youjie couldn’t help but exclaim, then immediately stuffed a slice of spicy meat into his mouth.

"Director Zhu, you guys have made great improvements in the use of camera and filming techniques this time. This is what it means to truly dedicate one’s heart to making a film!"

Ding Yue once again praised Zhu Youzhao and his Film and Television Academy.

Since the start of ’A Bite of Xia Country’, Zhu Youzhao has received several compliments from Principal Ding without any negative comment.

After all.

This time, Zhu Youzhao had staked his career and future at Mist City Arts and Science University.

If Principal Ding was not satisfied, Zhu Youzhao would keep his word, resign immediately as he felt he didn’t deserve to be the Department Director of the Academy.

"Principal Ding, the quality of this episode is much better than the last one. Many shots are extremely attractive, the pace and editing are quite on point. The most important thing is that it makes you drool!"

This time, as an ordinary audience, Wen Ruohan also offered her analysis and evaluation from an audience’s perspective.

"Mmm, you’re right."

Ding Yue nodded, indicating that he fully agreed with Wen Ruohan.

’A Bite of Xia Country’, the remake, had indeed made significant progress. It was evident that compared to the previous time, they put their hearts into filming and production.

"In the southwest, there’s a magical online celebrity city, Mist City..."

In this episode of ’A Bite of Xia Country’, there was a section about Mist City, obviously the star of the show was Mist City’s hot pot.

There were two subplots for the hot pot in Mist City. One was about a decades-old hot pot hidden in the corners of the streets.

The other was about a hot pot shop that had become a hit on the internet after it left the corners of the streets.

Yes!

This shop in reference was the one on the third floor of the second canteen of Mist City Arts and Science University, and Zhang Yuping, Ding Yue’s mother, and Master Hu Jianren, the spicy hot pot ingredient master, both appeared in a few shots.

"Oh, the flattery isn’t too shabby!" Huang Youjie laughed when he saw the hot pot shop they were eating at in the documentary. He then looked at Zhu Youzhao and said.

"Go away, isn’t our school’s hot pot restaurant representative?"

Ding Yue said, picking up a piece of freshly boiled tripe. Watching the part of the documentary talking about this shop, he suddenly felt like he was in two places at once.

Besides, the filming technique used during this segment was rather innovative.

After watching the section on Mist City’s hot pot, Ding Yue couldn’t help but exclaim, "Well done, Director Zhu. The editing technique was excellent, and the portion on the Mist City hot pot was well filmed!"

Zhu Youzhao scratched his head in embarrassment when Principal Ding complimented him, then he picked up a glass of Mist City beer and drained it.

"Here is your second portion of tripe and Yellow Throat." At the entrance of the private room, Mom Zhang Yuping brought another portion of tripe and Yellow Throat.

"Mom, come and see, you’re on TV." Ding Yue called his mother over and then had Wen Ruohan rewind the video to the part where his mother appeared.

"Oh yes, it must have been the time Director Zhu and his crew came to film, wasn’t it?" Zhang Yuping slapped her son’s head in excitement.

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Mom, you can be excited, but was the smack on my head really necessary?