National Tide 1980

April 12, 1986, finally came the day of Qu Xiao’s mother’s surgery.

On this day, Ning Weimin rushed to the hospital to accompany Qu Xiao.

Thanks to Ning Weimin's presence.

Because the moment Qu Xiao finished signing and watched her mother being pushed into the operating room, her feet became weak.

The whole person could hardly stand.

If Ning Weimin hadn't noticed something was wrong and helped her in time, she might have fainted on the spot because of her excitement.

And because Japanese doctors performed laparoscopic surgery on Qu Xiao’s mother, which is currently difficult to complete in China, it took a long time.

During almost five hours of waiting, Qu Xiao had been in a state of anxiety and fear.

Fortunately, Ning Weimin was always by Qu Xiao's side like a brother, and this girl finally got through the darkest moment in her life.

Fortunately, the surgery was relatively smooth and successful.

When Qu Xiao's mother was pushed out of the operating room, the Japanese doctor gave Qu Xiao the good news she was most looking forward to.

The Japanese doctor told her that as long as she took good care of her health and stayed in the hospital for observation for a period of time, her mother should be able to be discharged from the hospital with peace of mind.

Although I will need to change my eating habits in the future and will need to eat at least five times a day, my life should be safe.

At this point, Qu Xiao finally cried with joy, hugging Ning Weimin and crying happily.

Months of worries, fears, and indescribable pain and grievances were all vented at this moment.

Although Ning Weimin is not sure, does Qu's laughter and tears still contain the regret that it is difficult to place love?

I wonder if it also contains the sentimentality that the two of them are destined to be inseparable?

But these are no longer important, maybe only the result like this is the best.

Maybe he shouldn't say this, but the fact is that Qu Xiao's mother's condition made Qu Xiao passively divert most of his attention from the loss of love.

Let this girl's emotions and mind grow and mature from the pain and pressure of losing her mother.

The success of Qu Xiao's mother's surgery, in turn, freed Ning Weimin, who had helped the family, from his emotional guilt, allowing him to forgive himself and find relaxation and peace.

For a moment, I felt relieved.

In the days that followed, Ning Weimin had nothing to worry about.

He threw himself into his work without any distractions.

A few more days passed like this, and the day for the opening ceremony of Danmiya Restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, finally arrived.

April 20, 1986, Sunday, can be called the most important moment for Ning Weimin in his catering career.

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Danmiya Restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo may not be called the best Chinese restaurant in Japan.

But it is definitely the first restaurant in Japan to serve authentic Chinese palace cuisine.

Ning Weimin put a lot of thought into building the most luxurious Chinese restaurant in Japan in order to get more money from Japanese people's wallets.

Whether it is Japanese food preferences, menu settings, raw material selection, service standards, etc., Ning Weimin has made full consideration and preliminary preparations.

Even in the decoration design and tableware selection, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money.

To put it bluntly, Ning Weimin did everything he could, and implemented his advanced business philosophy and unique cultural taste into every inch of the restaurant, before he decided to open the door to welcome guests on this day. , to accept the test of the market.

As the saying goes, hard work pays off.

Don't worry about anything else. Anyway, during the opening ceremony, the most intuitive visual effect of this restaurant was at least in line with Ning Weimin's wishes and was presented to the guests in the idealized appearance he pursued.

It is completely different from the Tan Palace Main Store in Beijing. Whether it is the restaurant that receives individual customers or the banquet hall of Beishen Chef, they are all decorated in traditional Chinese style.

Ning Weimin adopted a fashionable, modern and simple design style for his branch in Ginza, Tokyo.

For example, the main colors are peacock blue gauze curtains and bead curtains, paired with wood-colored and white-cream-colored furniture.

The image of the restaurant he pursues is one that is friendly enough, clean, and has a fresh and translucent aesthetic.

At the same time, the store also uses a large number of light strip designs, and the main lighting fixtures are crystal chandeliers with the best light transmittance.

As for the tables and chairs, there is no traditional Chinese Eight Immortals table in the store.

They are round tables covered with white tablecloths and equipped with white leather seats or white soft-covered sofa seats.

Even the floor is made of blue and white diagonal grids to maintain the overall light, luxurious and lively atmosphere of the restaurant.

Overall, the decoration of Danmiya Restaurant in Ginza does not look like a Chinese restaurant at all.

It looks more like an exquisite jewelry store or beauty salon.

Look stylish and elegant.

Although this approach appears to be deviant, it may not be accepted by some conservative-minded people.

But the benefits are also obvious, there are two main ones.

First, we can maximize our strengths and avoid weaknesses to avoid high economic costs due to the lack of high-end Chinese-style decoration materials in Japan.

Second, it can break the rigid impression that Chinese restaurants have always formed in people's minds and give people a refreshing look and feel.

You don’t necessarily have to use scarlet carpets, hanging palace lanterns, traditional wooden tables and chairs, well-proportioned gray bricks and antique wooden partitions to reflect the cultural atmosphere of Chinese cuisine, right?

What's more, despite this, Ning Weimin has not given up on Tan Gong Restaurant's unique "museum restaurant" business model.

In fact, the full immersive experience begins from the moment guests are welcomed into the store.

Starting from the stone horse beams from the Han Dynasty and the Wei Tuo statue from the Song Dynasty placed at the entrance of the store, to the red sandalwood window lanterns from the Qing Dynasty hanging in the store, the withered flower hanging screen of figures from the Three Kingdoms in the Ming Dynasty, the boxwood hanging screen with the picture of Guo Ziyi's return home, and The golden-threaded Phoebe Orchid Pavilion collection preface plaque from the Qianlong period, the deep and shiny Xuande furnace, the bronze candlestick with a horse riding a flying swallow...

Each of these items is a real, genuine Chinese antique.

Ning Weimin, who is good at taking advantage of overseas environments, personally selected and bought lost cultural relics at Japanese flea markets.

Although the price is not expensive, it is of extraordinary value. Regardless of its age and rarity, it far exceeds the furnishings in domestic head offices.

After all, in overseas environments, large items are rare, but small exquisite items are abundant.

As a result, tradition and modernity, history and fashion, formed a wonderful collision and interesting contrast in the distinct environment of this restaurant.

It allows every guest who comes to the restaurant to appreciate the beauty of Chinese antiquities from a new perspective and from a unique perspective.

In addition, there are also handicrafts and replicas brought by Ning Weimin from China to add luster to the restaurant.

For example, replicas of the entire court uniforms and armors of Emperor Xianfeng and the two empresses in the movie "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" are displayed in the most conspicuous place in the store.

The exquisite embroidery work complements the relevant stills from the movie.

As a rare cultural work exported by China to the whole of Asia, "Burning the Old Summer Palace" has a box office of over one billion yen in Japan.

Its influence cannot be underestimated, and it will obviously have a certain improvement effect on the cultural style of the restaurant.

Replicas of the Qianlong Dynasty's Imperial Household's meal menus, plates, and recipes, as well as royal wine utensils, tableware, hand stoves, and wine and meal picks, are also placed in glass display cabinets illuminated by wall spotlights.

These things are even more difficult to tell whether they are genuine or not, which directly proves that the restaurant was inherited from the imperial kitchen and serves the theme of palace cuisine.

Under the replica of the Ming Dynasty's "Picture of the Capital Palace" is a 1.8-meter-long strip.

The things displayed here are the most interesting.

Because the glass cover of the eucalyptus is a woolly monkey made of cicada slough, which is placed in the miniature landscape of the imperial dining room of Yangxin Hall.

Each little monkey transformed into the royal chef in the Qing palace, busy up and down the stove. The scene was lifelike, wonderful and interesting.

The related settings are also very elegant, with meat and vegetable bureaus, vegetarian bureaus, soup bureaus, dinner bureaus, hanging stove bureaus, snack bureaus, and food stalls all available.

The original appearance of the old imperial dining room has been restored almost to the same proportion.

Ning Weimin brought this from the capital with great pains and great care, and then it took several people several days to put it together.

The Japanese are truly lucky to be able to see this.

In addition, there are also hanging inscriptions written by the last prince and the last princess from Japan in the restaurant.

As written by Fu Jie, "Food in the Tan Palace" is hung at the entrance of the store's main entrance.

And the book written by Sagahiro, "Six dishes are prepared above the divine tripod, and three nectars are brewed in the spring color of the jade pot", which is hung in a prominent position in the hall of the store.

These two pieces of calligraphy are equivalent to endorsing the credibility of Tan Palace's palace cuisine, indirectly explaining its cultural authority inherited from orthodoxy.

As for the complete set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" silk figures, as well as palace lanterns with Kowloon beads, flower and fruit bonsai, fruit and vegetable ornaments, bionic porcelain of birds and animals, mother-of-pearl lacquerware, gilt Ruyi, pastel gourds and enamel Charcoal hot pot...

These colorful things are needed to add cultural interest and decorate corners.

Not only that, because the store is large enough, Ning Weimin even set up a display area for wine lovers to learn about famous Chinese wines.

He ingeniously placed five or six glass wine cabinets with illuminated bottoms in the store, specifically for displaying wines from China.

In these display cabinets, there are not only China's top ten famous wines, but also products from major wineries in Beijing and products from Jimo Winery in Shandong.

Not only the aroma types of liquor include clear, strong, sauce, complex and rice, but also rice wine, fruit wine, dew wine and beer.

There are hundreds of species in total.

Even these drinks are not limited to simply being displayed for guests to watch.

If a customer is really curious about which kind of drink they want, they can ask the waiter for a small glass and experience it for themselves, free of charge.

In addition, Ning Weimin tries to deepen the cultural experience for customers.

At the beginning of the design plan, he asked the designer to hang TVs in different locations in the store.

After the final construction was completed, these TVs were connected to video recorders.

In this way, corporate promotional videos can be played to the guests in the store without any blind spots, and documentaries shot by NHK TV station in Beijing can also be played.

Then by comparing it with these TV pictures, customers can feel the pure Chinese food atmosphere.

All in all, Ning Weimin's original intention to build such a restaurant is to let every customer who enters Tan Palace feel the rich taste of Chinese food culture through the decoration and furnishings of the store, and to become interested in and interested in traditional Chinese culture. curiosity.

To put it bluntly, what you eat here is not only the dishes and tastes, but also the exotic culture, historical origins and customs.

Then think about it, in a scene like this.

Can those guests who are new to Ginza Danmiya Restaurant and come to attend the opening ceremony today still stay in peace?

No! of course not!

In fact, there are almost no enough eyes for everyone, and everyone has become a curious baby!

Director Taniguchi, Mrs. Taniguchi, the Kagawa sisters, and Yujiro Sakai, as well as the two college students from Ebuntang Bookstore, and several key employees of Daito Trading Company, are undoubtedly the less knowledgeable Japanese among today's guests.

Being in such an environment, for them, they just feel dizzy and wealthy, which is extremely uncomfortable.

Originally, their elaborate dressing up was purely for the location of Ginza.

It’s not like Japanese people have never eaten Chinese food.

In their subconscious mind, they still somewhat despise Chinese restaurants.

They couldn't help but wonder why Ning Weimin chose the most expensive place in Tokyo to open a Chinese restaurant.

Isn't it good to open a Western restaurant in such a good location?

Or rent it out to others!

This is what most of them really think.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I found this place, I was shocked by the overwhelming opening flower baskets in front of the store before I even entered the door.

Even though the property Ning Weimin bought was upstairs, there was only one staircase leading to the street outside.

But there were so many flower baskets that they had been placed along the stairs, causing the stairs and the entrance to become a sea of ​​flowers.

This undoubtedly also shows that Ning Weimin has rich connections, which makes these little people in Japanese society stunned.

A large flower basket specially prepared by Sakai Yujiro as a gift. This way, it looks inconspicuous.

This made him feel confident and ready to show off.

When they each walked through Huacong to the store with a cautious sense of restraint, they experienced a spiritual baptism.

Because the guests that day were just as they had predicted downstairs.

Almost all of them were well-dressed celebrities, and they didn't look like ordinary people.

Moreover, the high-style decoration and furnishings in the store also have a dazzling magic power.

After just a few glances, they get lost in it, become at a loss and don't know how to deal with themselves.

Fortunately, Ning Weimin arranged for someone to be responsible for guiding them at the door. After asking them to sign in, he took them to the seats arranged for them according to the list.

Otherwise, some of these people may give up and may not even have the courage to walk into the restaurant again.

But even so, most of them dare not fully satisfy their curiosity.

I didn't have the courage to take the initiative to walk around the restaurant and take a look, so I just sat in my seat.

Especially for a social creature like Director Taniguchi and a socially inexperienced person like Mrs. Taniguchi, the scene here is simply terrifying.

They looked around at the guests who had already arrived, and were really afraid that if they acted rashly, they might be rude at any time, causing shame and embarrassment.

He couldn't help but whisper, "The restaurant is really beautiful. It's just like a place that sells French cuisine. These guests are either the president or big shots like the president. Inviting such guests, it seems that Ning Sang is really good at it." They are not ordinary people."

"Yes, despite his youth, Ning Sang deserves to be a minister-level manager. He really has extraordinary talents. If nothing else, a restaurant as big as this can accommodate at least a few hundred people. It must be very hard to manage. "

And for young people like the part-time college students at Huiwentang Bookstore and the Kagawa sisters.

Although they are just newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers, and they are not as shabby as the Taniguchi couple, and they feel that their status is not suitable for attending such an occasion, but they still feel restrained.

"Hey, is that a reporter? Why are there reporters here? Isn't this just a restaurant opening?"

"Idiot, look at what this place looks like. Is this an ordinary restaurant? Ning Sang must have spent a lot of money to advertise to reporters, right? Isn't this difficult to understand? Maybe there will be celebrities coming?"

"Ah, how is that possible? Really? Kagawa-san?"

"This kind of thing... I don't know the details. However, I do know that there is an entertainment performance scheduled for today. There should be singers. But I don't know if they are famous or not. I am actually very curious."

"Hey? Is it true? Kagawa-san, I'm sorry, I want to ask, if a celebrity really comes to the scene, can we ask for an autograph!"

"Idiot! Don't do such rude things! You two boys are the same, just wait quietly for the ceremony to start, and then applaud!"

"Sister, why are you talking like this? Normal people would be curious, right?"

"Rinzi, don't be too tolerant. As a store manager, you have to take responsibility. Don't think about it. Will Ning Sang be happy if these two guys disrupt the order here just because they want to sign?"

Only someone as smart as Yujiro Sakai dared to seize the opportunity.

He wandered around restlessly in the restaurant alone.

Not only is it a feast for the eyes, but it is also looking for opportunities to meet important people.