my animation era

Hou Bin is very busy.

Because of the animation "Little Fugui, the Chef", he hasn't had a good night's sleep for half a month.

When Gu Miao saw him, he was talking with several specially hired culinary instructors about the imperial meal that Xiao Fugui made for Lafayette in the animation plot.

In fact, there is nothing to talk about.

With regard to the imperial cuisine in the palace, especially the royal diet, most of the existing chefs reasoned based on "ancient records", and no one had actually seen and eaten it.

This is different from "The Little Master of China". Most of the delicacies cooked by the little master are home-cooked dishes and common people's meals, which are more daily life.

However, the dishes that appear in "Little Fugui, the Divine Chef" are all imperial meals for the emperor, queen mother and others. They have a royal color and are very different in nature.

of course!

According to Gu Miao's thinking, they are all eaten anyway, so how much difference can there be?Isn't the process very complicated and magical when Xiao Daojia cooks?

In his understanding, Xiao Fugui's imperial meal is nothing more than better ingredients and more complicated processing procedures. What else is there to be different?
"No no no!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Gu Miao's words fell, the specially hired culinary instructor criticized: "Who said there is no difference? Can the braised fish you cook for the emperor be the same as the braised fish for ordinary people?"

"Why is it different?"

Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "What's wrong? The braised fish that the emperor eats doesn't have fishbone?"

He was joking.

But no one expected that the culinary instructor nodded and said: "It is possible, according to the standard of the imperial cuisine, this fish may really have no spines!"

Gu Miao: "..."

seriously?Everyone eats fish, so why does the fish the emperor eats have no spines, while the fish he eats have spines?
"I'm just giving an example!"

The culinary instructor shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily such an extreme example, but it also shows that imperial cuisine is actually very different from ordinary dishes."

"The intestines of wolves are removed, the kidneys of dogs are removed, the spines of raccoons are removed, the tails of rabbits are removed, the heads of foxes are removed, the brains of pigs are removed, the second parts of fish are removed, and the ugliness of turtles are removed... According to records, the imperial chef is very particular about the handling of ingredients. "

There are also stereotypes!

If it is said that the handling of ingredients demonstrates the skills of the imperial chef, then it is also a science to shape the prepared dishes.

It is also a fish, but the shape of Yuyuelongmen is difficult to be concave, which is also a difficult problem to test the skills of the imperial chef.

Gu Miao listened for a long time.

Through the conversation between Hou Bin and these culinary instructors, he understood that the imperial cuisine in ancient times was really extravagant and extravagant, completely beyond the imagination of modern people.

Of course, that is imperial food!
The food for the emperor must be the ultimate in all aspects, and the food for the common people is actually not that particular and extravagant.

"Long experience!"

After Hou Bin sent these culinary instructors away, Gu Miao sat down on the sofa and said with emotion: "I thought that with modern technology and material conditions, designated people could live more comfortably than the ancients!"

Unexpectedly, people in ancient times were no less than modern people in terms of enjoying and satisfying their appetites.

Even at that time, without the blessings of various modern technologies, he still drools when he heard the exquisite palace meals.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated..."

Hou Bin explained with a smile: "In the animation plot, the empress dowager fled to the west, which has entered the end of the dynasty and the stage where the people are in dire straits."

"At this time of fleeing west, what delicacies are there to choose from? It's not just some ordinary home-cooked dishes!"

"That's true."

Gu Miao nodded.

The plot background of the animation "Little Fugui, the Chef" was originally the end of the Qing Dynasty, and with the empress dowager fleeing westward, it is no longer the most prosperous period.

Xiao Fugui, the so-called "royal chef", is not a serious royal chef, but just a small private cook who recommended himself to save his grandfather.

Didn't see that in the plot, in order to find meat, Xiao Fugui and Xiao Lizi caught mice and made a pot of rat meat for the Queen Mother!

"anyway……"

When mentioning gourmet food and cooking skills, Gu Miao seemed to have thought of something, and asked Hou Bin, "Although this animation is called a gourmet show, you won't really make it into a gourmet show, right?"

"That's impossible!" Hou Bin shook his head and denied, "Although the food and cooking skills take up a lot of space in the plot, the overall focus is on telling stories and creating full-bodied characters."

Story-based, food-assisted!
This is the answer given by Hou Bin. In his words, the so-called food and cooking skills are just tools to promote the development of the plot and draw out conflicts and entanglements between different characters.

In other words, cooking is just an introduction, and the real main line has never been cooking, let alone becoming the chief chef or getting golden kitchen utensils...

Little Lizi, Bean Sprouts, Lafayette, Little Feidie, Eunuch Ma, Old Doctor, Master K, these flesh and blood characters, their love and hatred for each other is the biggest attraction of this animation.

It would be too superficial to simply watch Xiao Fugui cook, watch him compete with famous chefs in the East, and see how he was promoted from a private chef to chief imperial chef.

This point has already been made clear in the theme song.

In the theme song of the original "Shen Chef Xiao Fugui" animation, there is such a line of lyrics:
"Being a human being is like mixing shallots with tofu. Walking around innocently, the pots and pans are bright and the universe is big, and the ups and downs are long and the years are long..."

The lyrics have already said it all.

It seems that this animation is all about pots and pans, onions, ginger, garlic and peppers in the kitchen, but this is just the appearance, what really tells the stories of those people in that era.

Hou Bin told Gu Miao.

With the help of Master Cao, the animation production team has begun to create animation music such as theme songs, interludes, and ending songs.

Among them, the animation ending song "I'm a Cooking Madness" was the first to be completed.

Gu Miao tried to listen to a demo. Although the sound has not been polished and this is not the final recorded version, it still feels very good.

Except for songs.

The animation production team has recently completed the formation of the dubbing team, and this is the main reason why Gu Miao came to Hou Bin today.

"The Adventures of Uncle Dragon" needs a group of dubbing teachers who are proficient in "English", preferably with a pure accent.

So Gu Miao came to Hou Bin to try his luck, to see if there was any suitable candidate among the dubbing teachers for "Little Fugui, the Chef".

It is best to have words!
If there is really no one, or if there is no suitable candidate, Gu Miao can only find a way to find a European and American voice actor overseas.

Actually...

Wanbao itself has a team responsible for multilingual dubbing, and dubbing candidates are also ready-made.

But these people have a huge gap in Chinese!
Gu Miao's idea is very simple, that is, in the animation "The Adventures of Uncle Dragon", try to make the Chinese and English voices be the same person.

When I was writing, I suddenly thought of the court jade liquid wine made by Teacher Zhao Lirong, and I was stunned in Bengbu instantly...