Age of Legends

Chapter 117 Annoyance
It was seven o'clock on Saturday night. The audience in front of the TV was bored and skipping channels. These days, there were too many commercials in a TV program, but the audience was still very patient and could watch the half-hour commercials and stay in front of the TV. Those who were a little impatient would temporarily switch to other channels to watch for a while.

In order to cope with this situation, some TVs now have a picture-in-picture function that can monitor the content of two channels at the same time.

It's also weird.

Later on, few people watched TV anymore, and product placement became popular, with live broadcasts becoming the way to sell goods.

There are still quite a few local people watching Rongcheng TV. There are only two episodes of popular TV series on the entire channel. After watching them, there is nothing else to watch. Some programs are not broadcast at 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock. You choose the program according to the program list. If it is not on time, just watch other channels and wait. Rongcheng TV broadcasts local crappy news, which can help you understand some big and small things happening in Rongcheng.

Other TV stations buy a lot of dramas and broadcast them in rotation, and I have seen many of them.

But today is a promotional program for the western development of Rongcheng. A food program? Just watch it. There's nothing to do. The trailer is also pretty good, with a movie feel.

Episode one.

"Meeting in the Bustling City".

This is like a TV drama, quite interesting.

The title was specially designed by a calligraphy master in the province. It was written with a brush, and it exudes a bold and passionate sense of experienced writing.

Following the guidance of the magnetic voice-over, a barbecue stall located in the downtown area comes into focus in the camera.

"Sigh!"

The meat skewers emit a burnt aroma of meat and juice in the rising flames of the fruit wood charcoal fire. Just this one shot is enough to catch people's attention.

The taste buds are activated instantly and saliva starts to water.

"Let me tell you, fruit wood charcoal, only things grilled with fruit wood charcoal have soul. The burnt aroma of charcoal grilling is said to be engraved in the hunting genes of human beings. When you smell it, you will feel the throbbing deep in your soul, the most instinctive desire and enjoyment for food! The place where I worked as an educated youth...the barbecue is delicious..."

In a quaintly decorated living room in Rongcheng, a family was watching TV in front of the TV. The old man, who was a university professor, swallowed his saliva at the screen, and then talked to the whole family.

The camera switched to show diners around the barbecue stall. Their faces were different, but they all smiled happily when they saw the skewers served on the table.

"Hey, haven't we been to this store before? It's inside the West Street Square Vegetable Market..."

"Yes, yes, Sister Song is grilling!"

“It’s tasteless!”

"It's delicious! Look how well it's photographed!"

"It's not to my taste anyway!" This was another family's picky argument, but the mother who said the food in this restaurant was not good also stared at the pictures on TV. She was simply attracted. The pictures of barbecue, fire, and dishes on the table with steam rising were very healing and relaxing, and made her feel a little relieved after a day of work.

The camera turns to the characters, describing their joy and loneliness.

It was originally shot at night, but it has a strange sense of cinema, making people feel the emotions instantly. Everyone has eaten skewers at such roadside stalls. Some people were full of vigor and vitality in college, some had a small gathering with friends, and some shared delicious food with the people they loved. When the camera shifted from people's joy to those middle-aged people drinking alone and the girl waiting for someone, it deeply evoked people's inner emotions.

I have gathered in front of such a stall. But I have also been alone in front of such a stall to relieve the depression I encountered at that time. There are many moments in life where I should do what.

The people who once shared delicious food together, in the blink of an eye, have not seen each other for several years.

I still remember that when I flew to his city, I ate at such a snack stall. Many years later, he married someone else, and the girl also got married. The taste of the snack stall at that time is still vivid in my mind. That taste is called reluctance and helplessness.

I remember my college friends, and our final parting was also at a barbecue stall like this. A bite of skewers covered in chili noodles, hot and spicy, bottles of wine clinking, songs coming out in unison from clear voices, that was called drunken laughter accompanying the public for 30,000 times, without telling the sorrow of parting. That taste is called youth.

The first episode was broadcast and received a warm response from the whole city of Rongcheng.

Zhang Zhonghua and Huang Huifen were both moved in front of the TV. Huang Huifen said, "Oh, how did your godfather make such a good show? What was his program like before? It's totally different now!"

Zhang Chen thought to himself, Mom, you accidentally told the truth.

Zhang Zhonghua was not very good at giving compliments, so he just said, "Well taken, your godfather took it well, it was really touching, not bad, not bad."

Huang Huifen smiled brightly because she thought of something deeper. "If your godfather becomes very successful, ask him to take good care of you. If you can't find a good job after you graduate, you can work with your godfather... He might become a famous producer in the future. Then you will make a fortune."

Zhang Chen could only smile helplessly at this.

The next day, everyone in NanGuang Company was discussing the documentary. The general consensus was, "It makes people drool!" "It's true, I want to go and eat it!"

"That family got lucky. They made a documentary about it. They don't know how good their business will be!"

"Sister Song does a lot of barbecue. I've eaten there before, but I didn't expect her family to be in such a bad state. With this documentary, many people will be able to support her business!"

"Oh, I'm too old to eat barbecue, but the filming is okay! It's really good. Rongcheng TV station has made a name for itself this time!"

"What? Rongcheng TV station organized this? This is the city government. It's the future digital culture festival. This is produced by the government. You think it must be well-made! It's to promote Rongcheng a lot. It's to be shown to people at home and abroad. If it's not well-filmed, how can tourists come?"

……

When Zhang Chen arrived at Yude High School, some people in the school were also discussing this film.

"This movie is really a late night poison. It makes me want to eat barbecue tonight!"

"Hey, don't say it, don't say it. My dad and I were watching this. I just said I wanted to eat some, and my dad went out. Not long after, he came back with a big bag of barbecue. We ate while watching. I think my dad is even greedier than me!"

After the evening self-study get out of class, I was walking home as usual. When I passed by West Street Square, I saw that the crowd was at least four or five times more than usual, and it was even difficult to squeeze in.

"That's the location of the Sister Song BBQ in the documentary. It's said to be very popular, and now people in Rongcheng are lining up to eat there!"

Zhang Chen suddenly felt a little annoyed. Although he had expected it, he had no idea before he saw it directly. If he had known that it would cause such a big impact, why didn't he just open a store temporarily? Just relying on this wave of traffic, Wang Po boasted that she could make a fortune!
(End of this chapter)