When he returned home, Zheng Weijie took off his coat, which was stained with a little fireworks, and his wife poured him a cup of tea and brought it to him.

"Well, I didn't drink today."

Zheng Weijie took a sip of hot tea and put it down.

"Will you have barbecue tonight?"

My wife smelled the cumin smell on her clothes, and it was a little strange. Most of Zheng Weijie's previous social events were accompanied by investors and actors to go to high-end restaurants for a big meal, but I never saw that he had barbecue any time.

"Yes, I had a barbecue with Mr. Xu."

Zheng Weijie nodded.

"You new boss is really a bit strange."

His wife helped Zheng Weijie prepare the clothes for changing clothes and joked.

"yes."

After taking a hot bath, Zheng Weijie was lying on the sofa, and his wife was watching the recently popular idol drama. Their children had just entered kindergarten and were now asleep. When Zheng Weijie's film and television company was acquired, he thought he would return to his poor days, but the changes later were unexpected. At least for now, he seemed to have a new job to complete.

Zheng Weijie's mind was not ordinary. He recalled some of the ideas that Xu Rui told him at night.

"Almost everyone has eaten this thing. Whether it is rich or ordinary people, they have eaten it since childhood, and it is the most common food."

Time jumped forward for two hours, near Fantasy Electric Animation, in a barbecue restaurant in the back street of Ningjiang University, Xu Rui said to Zheng Weijie.

In front of them was a barbecue on stainless steel plates, from the most basic kebabs to grilled pork belly, roasted potato chips to grilled baby cabbage, and almost all the varieties in the store were available.

Since they had to drive at night, neither of them drank alcohol, but instead used the store's glass bottle of soy milk instead.

"I think the entry point is very important when shooting a food documentary. When the audience watches this film, there is a feeling that I have seen, and then go deeper from here and gradually discover the story behind it."

Xu Rui ate a skewer of lamb skewers and said to Zheng Weijie.

"I think the theme of barbecue is very good and very friendly, but there is a problem. Mr. Xu, I feel that the barbecue stalls across the country seem to be the same. Basically, they are just grilled lamb skewers. It's okay to shoot one episode. If you want to shoot a few more episodes, you feel that the material is not enough."

Zheng Weijie looked at the soy milk in the glass bottle and said his opinion.

"Even if the story behind this is different, the food is always repeated and the audience will feel bored when they watch it."

Zheng Weijie was surprised when talking about barbecue as the entry point. At first, he thought this idea was very good, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that there were not many shots available.

According to Xu Rui, this is a documentary with thirty to forty minutes per episode, totaling five to six episodes. It only relies on barbecue to support so much content. Zheng Weijie couldn't imagine how to make a shooting outline.

You can’t start with raising sheep and shoot lamb skewers all the way, or shoot lamb skewers of various flavors?

"Do you have any ideas?"

Xu Rui did not answer, but asked back, but judging from his expression, he seemed to have a clear idea in his mind. He just wanted to ask Zheng Weijie's ideas, which was more like an assessment rather than a simple question.

"Well, I'm not very familiar with documentaries, but according to the routine of other documentaries, it should be based on geography, that is, barbecue in various places, and food sources, such as seafood and ingredients on land, and finally stories of different styles, such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness..."

Zheng Weijie analyzed according to his own understanding and the documentary pattern he had watched before.

During this period, Xu Rui just listened quietly and ate two barbecue skewers.

From time to time, students came around, some sat down and ordered two bottles of beer, some stood in front of the stall and waited for baking and taking it away, and some were alone, eating it on their own without any feeling of loneliness.

"This idea is very academic, but I think it's a bit rigid."

Xu Rui waited until Zheng Weijie finished speaking before expressing his opinion.

"If this is a documentary broadcast on TV, then there should be no problem with this production idea and it is very orthodox, but our platform is the Internet and Hakka Video Network. When viewers watch it, there will be many barrages, so we have to consider barrage, and even when making it, we should add some small elements that can cause barrage."

Listening to Xu Rui's explanation, Zheng Weijie suddenly recalled that the main platform of Fantasy Media where he is now is the first barrage video website in China, with a unique interaction method like barrage. Thinking of this, the conventional documentary model with seriousness seems to be less interesting.

"For example, cat."

Seeing that Zheng Weijie was digesting what he said, Xu Rui continued to say.

"Everyone likes cats very much, and all kinds of cats are very cute. In China, raising cats is also normal, especially in the catering industry, raising cats to attract wealth. We can intersperse some cat shots during shooting, which can give the audience fresh visual stimulation in a group of barbecues."

Zheng Weijie thought about it and found that this was not an idea proposed from the perspective of shooting techniques, but from a psychological level, it relieves the fatigue caused by long-term viewing of similar scenes through interesting things without affecting the main line.

This Xu Rui has something.

"I think when we shoot barbecue, we can start with the order of ordering."

Xu Rui took a sip of soy milk and then explained.

"First of all, there are meat dishes, various lamb skewers, beef skewers, and pork belly skewers. This is the first episode, and then, the second episode, eat some special barbecue, such as internal organs, highlight novelty. In the third episode, it is time to order vegetarian dishes to relieve the tiredness. Take a rest, eat something with a taste and chewy one. This is the fourth episode, followed by bone gnawing, chicken wings and pig trotters, and the fifth episode is also available. The last one is the sixth episode to be the topic. Director Zheng, what do you think about this?"

His statement was casual and not formal at all, but Zheng Weijie could imagine some pictures according to Xu Rui's words.

It was the fat sheep sizzling oil on the smokey barbecue grill, the roasted leeks decorated with chili and cumin, the chewy beef tendon, and the cityscape you can see every night.

It is not to classify the ingredients from the source, processing methods, etc., but from the order of ordering. Each episode is like a dish, telling it in a leisurely manner, which is indeed quite novel.

Moreover, this is in line with what Xu Rui said about the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere on the Internet, and there is a beginning and an end, with a dispersed body but a spirit that does not disperse.

"This idea is very good."

Zheng Weijie said sincerely, not out of flattery, but from Xu Rui's mention, he seemed to have some ideas and wished he could start shooting immediately.

However, it is best to have a barbecue in summer. On the side of the road, with cold beer, a few friends eat, drink and chat. Including the preparations, they will not be able to start the official shooting in May and June.

As for the post-production editing, production, and the seasons, when the documentary is officially broadcast, it may have to wait for another summer.

Thinking of this, Zheng Weijie asked again.

"I wonder if you have any ideas for the name of this documentary?"

"Well..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Rui gently put the bamboo sticks that had eaten the meat in his hand on the side of the baking tray.
Chapter completed!