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Chapter 313 New Year, "A Bite of China" aired

88, April 1.

The new year has arrived as promised, and the eighties are drawing to a close.

As early as last year, Xiaoxu and her friends complained about the "abnormal" prices.

This is very abnormal in the face of previously stable wages and prices - there has been little change in more than a decade.

However, on this day, Xia Tian and his friends did not pay attention to the prices, but took collective action, calling Dachun and his wife, Xiaodong, Yan Jing and others to visit the Min'an Gate Tower together!

Today, the city gate tower is officially open to tourists!
Of course, Xia Tian and Da Chun had already visited the Forbidden City in the past, including many places that have not been repaired yet and are so dilapidated that they can only be locked with large iron locks.

The city gate tower is no exception.

But now we can travel openly, that’s also a wonderful thing!

When the lake was open to the public in the early years, I went in to visit it in the summer, but this is no longer possible now.

The ticket price for the City Gate Tower is 10 yuan per person, and it is said that it received more than two thousand tourists that day!
And on this day, there was another incident that concerned Xia Tian and Zhang Li's work.

That is, today, CCTV finally went live on satellite!

The so-called satellite broadcasting of television stations refers to the transmission of television programs to other regions through satellite technology, so that more viewers can watch these programs through cable TV or other means.

Now CCTV has become a national channel, and basically everyone with a TV can receive CCTV!

Before, each level of TV station "rebroadcast" CCTV.

And this afternoon, the documentary "A Bite of China" will be broadcast on CCTV!

And today is New Year's Day, so it's a holiday.

……

CCTV, "A Bite of China".

After a burst of soothing music, there was a crowd of people rushing around, and the green train on the train platform started hurriedly and drove away into the distance.

Sitting on a hard seat on the train, it looked like a youthful summer, and I was adjusting my Zhongshan suit a little uneasily.

He observed how his fellow passengers "made do" during lunch time on the train, while looking at the scenery outside the window as the train pulled him out of Shanhaiguan...

In the car, facing the enthusiastic people from Northeast China, he shyly declined their invitation to share food.

When he leaves Shanhaiguan by train, he will enthusiastically share his food and stories with others...

At the seaside of Liaoning Province, freshly caught seafood is sent to restaurants, then enjoys its own blessings in the pot in the kitchen, and finally is served on the table.

At the dining table, Xia Tian was chatting with his friends.

It turned out that he was on a business trip to the Northeast, and his friends here treated him to seafood...

The models and techniques demonstrated in the documentary produced in collaboration with Japan during the summer have now become more mature.

Fresh seafood just out of the water, close-ups of steaming delicacies, micro-expressions while chewing in the summer, the sound of food being crushed between teeth, and the "inner narration" of the summer...

The content of the work is mostly mentioned briefly. Xia Tian often scratches his head with a confused look on his face, or puts away the documents with a smile and ends the chat, which represents the ups and downs in work.

But the focus is on food... and people!
In a foreign land, on unfamiliar streets and alleys, find that "established" store, then go in and enjoy the local food.

Summer's inner narration and happy eating expression make people feel hungry!

The content of each 60-minute episode is more about the side stories unfolding through other characters...

Xia Tian is a spectator and a passerby, and eventually they will meet at a dining place.

Local eating habits, local living habits, local ideas, local accents and enthusiasm...

Accompanied by simple yet affectionate, delicate and philosophical narration, a picture beyond Shanhaiguan slowly unfolds.

Xiaoxu, Zhang Li and Milan were waiting in front of the TV early. At this time, the song "Northeast Folk Song" at the end of the film sounded, and the song of summer appeared. The camera began to slowly pull up, from the restaurant, from the street, from a corner of the city, to the vast black land.

I finished watching this one-hour documentary without even realizing it?!
Apart from feeling greedy and hungry while watching, several people did not move at all! They were more focused than watching a TV series!

It can be said that there is no boring moment in the whole process!
"No, I have to go to the bathroom!" Xiao Xu stood up and was about to leave.

However, Milan was faster than her: "Let me go first~"

And this scene happened in front of many TV sets.

The importance that CCTV leaders attached to "A Bite of China" exceeded Xia Tian's expectations. They put the show on the first day of its satellite broadcast, which was during the New Year's Day holiday!
The performance of "A Bite of China" did not disappoint the leaders at all!

"A Bite of China" was broadcast in the afternoon, and before I got off work in the evening, CCTV had already received many calls - people wanted to watch it again!
The staff who answered the phone had to tell the callers again and again: This episode will be rebroadcast tomorrow morning, and the second episode will be broadcast at the same time tomorrow!

Later there was really nothing I could do. There were too many phones. As soon as I hung up the phone, they started ringing, one after another!
In the end, the only thing they could do was to play a row of small print below the next program.

The next day, the newspapers caused an even bigger sensation - in Yenching alone, eight or nine newspapers reported on "A Bite of China".

Whether it's evaluation, promotion, or explanation... in short, the writers write all night long!

The newspapers had reported before that he was filming a documentary in the summer, which lasted for several months, so the people of Yanjing hadn't seen him in person for a long time.

Now that the show is finally on, why not watch it?

Besides, there is nothing to do on holiday afternoons, wouldn’t it be more enjoyable to watch TV for a while?
This sight makes me hungry!
The newspaper also mentioned: After the first episode of "A Bite of China" was broadcast, countless families immediately prepared to have dinner early and were ready to eat something delicious!

It is said that many butchers suddenly welcomed a large wave of customers that afternoon, resulting in insufficient pork being prepared!

Even Dachun and his wife had a meal of pork stewed with vermicelli!

The next morning, the first episode of "A Bite of China" was rebroadcast, and the staff of CCTV worked overtime to calculate the ratings using a traditional method - the first episode in the Yanjing area reached 88%!

As for the whole country, it is impossible to conduct effective statistics since the satellite has just been launched.

But conservatively estimated, more than 10 million families across the country have watched "A Bite of China"!
At this time, the number of television sets in the country has reached 1.4 million!

Last year, my country's annual television production reached 1934 million units, even surpassing Japan to become the world's largest television producer.

And because TV stations were established in various cities, watching TV had become an important part of people's daily lives at that time.

However, on the day when CCTV was broadcast on satellite TV, basically more than 90% of TV viewers watched CCTV programs - this had been promoted for many days before.

In the afternoon, the audience was completely dominated by "A Bite of China" - after watching it, they were hungry and ready to eat~
In the next few days, "A Bite of China" will be broadcast one after another. The three episodes in Northeast China have been broadcast, and now "Xia Tian has gone on a business trip to Chang'an."

The summer hairstyles and outfits on TV have been adjusted to make the audience subconsciously think that this is a long time after the Northeast.

At this time, the influence of "A Bite of China" began to show...

Food is the most important thing for people. Using food as a way to express local sentiments to people is very heartwarming. Love it!
Watch the production of ingredients, watch the chef's operation, watch the cooking process, and watch the beautiful summer eating~
See the local scenery and people!

Listen to the various compliments and sentiments of summer in her "heart", and listen to the gentle narration of summer expressing her sentiments and emotions about the place on her behalf...

Now, almost all newspapers across the country have reported on this phenomenal documentary.

In the first three episodes, there was frequent good news from the Northeast region.

They said that the daily ratings exceed 90%!

Many people even made excuses to take leave to go back and watch "A Bite of China".

Some factories simply take an hour break at set times and bring out TVs so that everyone can enjoy the hometown delicacies.

For this reason, CCTV had to postpone the broadcast time of "A Bite of China" to 5:30 p.m., when people would have gotten off work. Don't let it delay their work!
Now the influence of “A Bite of China” is also growing in Chang’an, where people are singing Xia Tian’s interlude “Meeting in Chang’an” in the fourth episode of “A Bite of China”.

This song was played on TV on the first day and became the hottest song in the local area on the second day.

Almost all young people can hum a few lines for you.

Many people got together, recalling the song one sentence at a time, and sorted out the lyrics and melody of the entire song.

(End of this chapter)