Since February, Wan Xiaohu has directed "Kung Fu Panda" while doing copywriting work on "China on the Bite of the Tongue". As China's first documentary with international standards, "Go to the Tongue" is undoubtedly a good window for promoting Chinese culture. It also shows the most beautiful side of China with the relationship between the working people.

Before Wan Xiaohu was reborn, "China on the Bite of the Tongue 2" had not been aired, and he had never seen it before, but it did not prevent him from producing the first one.

Of course, many memories of the original documentary content have been blurred and need to be completed again by Wan Xiaohu. However, Wan Xiaohu still remembers the style of a large-scale documentary abroad.

From this he began to call the group team.

"Hey, Liu Yang, have you prepared your first movie?"

"Boss, I'm not you. A movie has been OK in half a year from project establishment to filming and release. I haven't figured out what to shoot yet. I've found a lot of scripts, but I always feel like I'm going to miss it after filming. I still haven't seen a single word of the horoscope."

"Then let's change my taste. I plan to make a documentary recently. Are you interested in working together?"

"Documentary? Brother Hu, when did you become interested in documentaries? What documentary?"

"I'm interested in what the camera shoots." Wan Xiaohu then introduced the content, "The name of this documentary is "China on the Bite of the Tongue". It is an openly food documentary. In fact, it mainly introduces ingredients from all over China. Through the acquisition of ingredients, it shows the rituals, ethics and other cultures brought by Chinese life. I don't make food programs. What I want to do is the story of the workers."

"It sounds very interesting. Since Brother Hu has summoned me, how dare I refuse? I will count my share. How can I do what you want to do?"

"Well, I will be the director of the main character. I plan to do seven episodes in the first season, and you will be the director of the episode for one episode."

Liu Yang was invited, and Wan Xiaohu contacted Wuershan again.

"Lao Wu, have you figured out what to do in the future?"

"I want to be a director!" Urshan said firmly. "I have figured it out recently. Performance art is just a flash in the pan, and movie shots are eternal. Tiger, what's wrong with me?"

"You can't find it if you have nothing to do?"

"No, if you are fine, I'm going to trouble you, and introduce me to a script. It's best to be a movie like martial arts and fairies. I don't make movies like urban emotions."

"I'll talk about the movie later. I have a plan now..."

After a few words, Urshan nodded and agreed to serve as the director of the episode.

Finally, Wan Xiaohu thought about it and called Cheng Er again.

"Hey, Cheng Er, I am Wan Xiaohu."

"Well, old...博博取."

When I heard the sound that had become unfamiliar to the other end of the phone, Wan Xiaohu was quite moved. He drank and fucked together, but now he is getting further and further away.

"Cheng Er, if you have to be so irritated, I will regret making this call if I tell the truth."

I was silent for a while before I heard Cheng Er's choked words: "Tiger."

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore. When will we meet and drink and brag again? Now I have made a planner and made a food documentary... Let me ask you, if you have nothing to do now, come and help me and serve as the director of an episode, how about it?"

"As long, no problem."

"Okay, let's say that first, I'll contact others. Wait for my phone number and we'll get together."

Afterwards, Wan Xiaohu contacted another person, Lu Jianqing, who was not the director. This young man was the director assistant when Wan Xiaohu filmed "Infernal Affairs". He was very talented and willing to make progress. He then followed Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang and waited for the opportunity to be a director.

After receiving Wan Xiaohu's invitation, Lu Jianqing agreed without saying a word. In this way, including Liu Yang, Urshan, Cheng Er and Lu Jianqing, there were already four directors. Wan Xiaohu himself had no time to run the camera one by one, so he still needed three episode directors. When he was considering who to invite, the phone rang.

It was Ning Hao called.

"Tiger, I heard you were going to make a documentary and looked for directors everywhere, why didn't you call me?"

"Aren't you preparing for the Golden Robbery? Have free time?"

"The Golden Robbery has been in preparation for more than half a year. The script has been completed now, but I don't want to shoot it yet, and I feel like I haven't adjusted my state. I just recommend myself as soon as I heard that you want to make a documentary."

"Okay, I don't know who to look for, you count one."

In the end, the remaining two directors invited Ren Changzhen and Hu Yingying, directors who specialize in filming documentaries of CCTV. In this way, the chief director Wan Xiaohu, seven episode directors, and Hong Kong Food Column Consultant Cai Lan, and Shen Hongfei, a documentary crew first appeared.

Among the several episode directors, Ning Hao is the most famous and also serves as the executive director of "China on the Bite of the Tongue", responsible for preparing specific work.

Preparations began at the end of February, and all crew members were selected in early March.

Then a crew meeting was held in Beijing.

Discuss the production methods and content of each episode and have a complete brainstorm.

"I think it's enough to extend the seven themes proposed by the director, and dig deeper."

"The story of each episode must be fragmented and implicated, and there must be no procrastination or excessive sensationalism."

"Yes, we must achieve a relatively neutral and objective perspective."

"Should we take more photos of all the materials? We are involved in spring, summer, autumn and winter. It takes more than a year to shoot intermittently. Many times, instead of being idle, it is better to take more materials for emergencies."

"This proposal is good, it should be expanded more. We can't just focus on this documentary. Once it is successful, we will still shoot the second and third seasons!"

"We should keep it confidential during shooting. We cannot publicize that we are producing "China on the Bite of the Tongue", which will keep a sense of mystery and make the people not wary of us. Anyone who wants to shoot a dish should taste the taste first. If you don't taste delicious, you cannot recommend it!"

“This should have.”

With the expansion of his career, Wan Xiaohu increasingly favored the creative method of "brain storm", allowing collective discussion to make up for his personal limited energy. Especially when he still has the memory of the future, with a little tip, everyone's passion was mobilized and countless ideas were released.

Soon, the theme of the seven episodes of the first season of "China on the Bite of the Tongue" was roughly released.

Episode 1 "The Gift of Nature", directed by Ning Hao, mainly tells the story of China having the most dramatic natural landscape in the world. On the land, rivers, and on the sea, there are more potential food raw materials than any country. In order to get this gift of nature, people travel through the four seasons, collect, pick up, dig, and fish.

Episode 2 "The Story of Staple Food", directed by Ren Changzhen, mainly introduces staple foods from various places.

Episode 3 "Inspiration for Transformation", directed by Liu Yang, mainly introduces the production of ingredients.

Episode 4 "The Taste of Time", directed by Cheng Er, mainly introduces the preservation of food.

Episode 5 "The Secret of the Kitchen", directed by Lu Jianqing, mainly introduces how to make Chinese dishes in the kitchen.

Episode 6 "The Mix of Five Flavors", directed by Urshan, mainly introduces the use of sweet, salty, sour, spicy and fresh in Chinese dishes.

Episode 7 "Our Fields", directed by Hu Yingying, mainly tells how the ingredients on the table were cultivated by humans in various ways.

After the theme is determined, it is the copywriting work of details. This requires the director to read a large number of books on the topic, investigate, and write scripts, and then investigate what foods to introduce in each episode. Finally, it is to determine a good plan and look for people and objects that can be photographed.

Many of the narrative structures of the original "China on the Bite of the Tongue" refer to a book "Slow Food Movement". Unfortunately, this book was published in 2010, so Wan Xiaohu needs to explain it step by step.

"We don't talk about individual food, nor do we talk about individual people. What we want to talk about is the relationship between people and the relationship between people and nature. For example, in the first episode of "The Gift of Nature", Ning Hao, you are going to Yunnan to shoot the ingredient of Matsutake. I hope you don't focus on what Matsutake is, but on who picks Matsutake. It's best to find a little girl, the little girl and mother to pick it together. This will elevate the theme from a single food to a level of inheritance of a culture and the continuation of civilization."

Wan Xiaohu talked freely on the new brainstorm.

"I made this movie "China on the Bite of the Tongue". It doesn't matter whether I make money or not. In the past, domestic documentaries rarely invested more than one million yuan, and five million is the top investment. I invested 10 million yuan, which is not enough to add it. I hope everyone will not regard this documentary as a play, but as a work to promote China's sincerity and shoot it with care."

"We must take the most rural elements of China into the most fashionable and dynamic flavor. We must not only let the Chinese people at the ends of the world miss their hometowns after seeing it, but also let foreigners see it and fall in love with China!"

"I wish you all the best shooting here."

It was not until the end of March that the crew officially entered the filming stage.

There are many tasks that should be done, such as soundtracks and commentary. Of course, these are very easy to solve. Wan Xiaohu doesn't need to ask about it himself, just hand it over to the crew. Therefore, while the directors were on the road in the episode, Wan Xiaohu returned to Hollywood again and got his cartoons.

All this is quiet and there is no external publicity. After all, it is necessary to make four seasons of delicacies. It will take a year to spread it again until next year.

At that time, "China on the Bite of the Tongue" will surely subvert the model of Chinese documentaries, spread Chinese food culture to all over the world, and influence a large number of foreigners' perception of China.

This is a beautiful country, not an authoritarian, poor, and backward country under the slander of Western media.

The Chinese people live hardworking, kind and cute, and their lives are getting happier and happier!
Chapter completed!