Chapter 684 684. Nie Wei's 'skills'
The reason why Nie Wei did not refuse directly but bought it was because he had a plan to buy a property in Baodao.
For him, this gift from Zhongtian was like a pillow for a sleepy man.
"Mr. Nie, this is not a reward, but a gift from Zhongtian to express my gratitude to you. If there had not been this cooperation, our Zhongtian TV would not have made such a breakthrough in idol drama production." Director Jiang said sincerely.
Unfortunately, in the face of Director Jiang's sincerity, Nie Wei still insisted on his own opinion.
Although the gift is very good, it is also a trouble in Nie Wei's view. He dared to guarantee that if he accepted the gift unconditionally today, the whole Baodao would know about it soon. If nothing unexpected happened, in the eyes of everyone, he would have completely stood on the side of Zhongtian.
For the leader of a company, this is simply a stupid choice.
Just like there has never been real benefit between countries, there are only interests, and the same is true between companies. Although Huayi represented by Nie Wei and Zhongtian TV are in a honeymoon period, how long can it last?
If there is a dispute in the future, the gift that Nie Wei received today will become an obstacle for him to make the right judgment, and at the very least it will affect his personal reputation. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhongtiantai gave you such a big gift, and you finally chose to part ways with the other party. Isn't this a manifestation of ingratitude?
Of course, it is not appropriate to refuse it completely. It happened that Nie Wei had the idea of buying a house in Baodao, so he took the opportunity to propose a purchase.
"I will buy the house and the car at the original price, but I will trouble your company with the procedure."
"Mr. Nie is really too polite. Okay, let's settle this matter first." Jiang Daosheng said with regret. His regret was from the bottom of his heart. If Nie Wei could really accept this heavy gift, then Nie Wei would definitely be tied to Zhongtian's chariot in the next few years. As long as Zhongtian proposed cooperation in the future, how could Nie Wei, who accepted this heavy gift, refuse it?
But what he didn't expect was that in the face of this valuable gift, Nie Wei was not moved at all, and did not directly reject him in a disrespectful manner. Instead, he proposed a purchase request, giving him a way out and avoiding the big pit he had dug for himself.
Especially the question of procedures at the end. In Jiang Daosheng's view, this trouble was actually a seemingly close gesture of goodwill from Nie Wei to him, at least indicating that the other party was more inclined to cooperate with Zhongtiantai.
"Young people nowadays are too powerful, they are really more cunning than foxes." Looking at the very young Nie Wei opposite, Jiang Daosheng suddenly felt that the waves behind the Yangtze River were pushing the waves ahead.
Zhongtiantai and the company behind it are still very powerful in Taiwan. It is naturally not simple for Nie Wei, a mainlander, to purchase property in Taiwan, but the other party only took a week to get it all done.
However, Zhongtiantai still used some tricks to decide the price of the property. The price sold to Nie Wei was the price when the villa was first acquired. But in fact, the value of the villa has already increased. Nie Wei did not insist on buying it at the current market price. After all, it would be too unkind to do so. In the end, Nie Wei spent 40 million to buy the villa, which was originally worth nearly 50 million Treasure Island coins. In addition, the Mercedes-Benz car was also included in the value of the property.
The villa was decorated, and the furniture inside had been replaced before it was given to Nie Wei. In addition, the other party also found out Nie Wei's preferences and found a well-known interior designer to design the villa in a simple style.
When the ninth episode of "Fated to Love You" was broadcast, it happened to be the time when all the documents for Nie Wei's villa were completed, so after Nie Wei got the key, he invited several main creators of the crew to come to his new home to watch the premiere.
For Nie Wei's new villa, everyone in the crew was definitely the most curious during this period, so Nie Wei only made an invitation, and no one refused, and all agreed.
After a day of filming, Nie Wei and his group bought ingredients for the evening gathering and took the crew's bus directly to the villa.
This was actually the first time Nie Wei entered his new home.
From the moment he opened the door of the villa, Nie Wei's ears kept exclaiming, because the location of this villa was really too good.
In fact, in terms of area, this villa can only be ranked last among the villas in Yangmingshan, but its actual price can be ranked in the upper-middle level among these villas, because of its excellent location.
This villa is built on the side facing Baodao City, surrounded by green mountains. At night, it can overlook the night view of most of Baodao City. Living here will make people feel like they are in a paradise in a busy city. After enjoying the leisurely and quiet environment, the Baodao City in front of you seems to make you feel that you are not out of society.
"Wow, there's a swimming pool again. What a pity I didn't bring my swimsuit." Jing Tiantian's exclamation brought Nie Wei back to his senses. It turned out that several girls were gathered around the swimming pool in the yard of his villa, all with regretful expressions on their faces.
"Girls, come and help with the ingredients." Nie Wei smiled and called out. The girls gathered around the swimming pool and scattered like little sparrows, and then gathered around Nie Wei again.
The main force in cooking tonight was Teacher Wang Lin and Jiang Xin. Chen Qiaoen, Jing Tiantian and other girls were at most helping out on the side. Moreover, the two of them couldn't do this job perfectly. After a while, they were chased to the living room by Jiang Xin in disgust.
Nie Wei took the initiative to help when he saw this. He had studied cooking seriously for a while. Although he was not a chef, he was not so good that he could not even distinguish between salt and sugar. Moreover, when it comes to helping, Nie Wei is definitely a professional. His knife skills would probably make many chefs ashamed.
However, only Shu Chang knew about Nie Wei's ability to cut vegetables before, and Jiang Xin was not clear, so she asked Nie Wei about it when she gave him the task.
"You can cut potatoes into strips, right?" Jiang Xin handed three peeled and washed potatoes to Nie Wei and confirmed.
"Don't worry, no problem." Nie Wei took the potato, picked one at random, and then picked up the kitchen knife beside him. Under Jiang Xin's instructions, he cut the potato into slices with a few strokes.
Jiang Xin's knife skills made her eyes widen, and for a moment she even forgot that she had other things to do.
"Sure, Nie Wei, you've practiced before." Seeing Nie Wei slicing potatoes very rhythmically, Jiang Xin came back to her senses and looked at Nie Wei with surprise, praising him.
Nie Wei smiled proudly, and while slicing the potatoes, he explained: "Shu Chang likes me to cook for her, so I learned to cook for a while."
"Oh, so corny." Jiang Xin shuddered when she heard Nie Wei's words, but she envied Shu Chang in her heart.
In Jiang Xin's opinion, it was a great fortune to find a boyfriend like Nie Wei, and even more fortunately, this boyfriend was willing to spend time to pamper her.
After all, in her opinion, a big star like Nie Wei is also a big entrepreneur. He should be too busy with work on weekdays, but he is willing to spare time to learn to cook, just because his girlfriend likes to eat. This is really the rhythm of pampering Shu Chang to the sky.
However, Jiang Xin's surprise was not over yet. The previous slicing only showed Nie Wei's steady knife skills, and the next shredding was to show the combination of fast and steady.
Many people can't help but worry when they see someone cutting vegetables quickly, fearing that the person cutting vegetables will cut their fingers in the next second. However, Nie Wei's cutting speed is also very fast, but it gives people a very safe feeling.
Although he cuts vegetables very quickly, this speed is rhythmic. The sound of "da da da da da" makes Jiang Xin beside him nod his head involuntarily following the rhythm of Nie Wei's cutting.
When Nie Wei finished cutting a potato, Jiang Xin finally came back to his senses, and then couldn't stop praising.
"Nie Wei, your knife skills are amazing, really amazing." Jiang Xin raised his thumbs and praised Nie Wei. Wang Lin, who was beside him, also saw Nie Wei cutting potato shreds. She was also surprised by Nie Wei's knife skills and asked him how he could have such good knife skills. She was curious whether he had any relatives who opened a restaurant.
Jiang Xin covered her mouth and laughed until she bent over. Under Wang Lin's confused eyes, she simply repeated what Nie Wei had just explained to her.
"Oh, Nie Wei, you will definitely be a model husband in the future." Wang Lin said enviously. She had a failed marriage, but she was not afraid of love, but yearned for it even more. Seeing Nie Wei doting on Shu Chang so much, she was naturally envious, and even hoped that her future husband would dote on her like Nie Wei doted on Shu Chang.
There were two potatoes left, and when Nie Wei was about to cut them all in one go, Jiang Xin suddenly stopped, and then under Nie Wei's puzzled eyes, she took out her mobile phone, turned on the camera function and aimed it at Nie Wei.
"The big star personally cooked and cut potato shreds, and cut them so well, I must record it." Jiang Xin smiled and said, "I think uploading this video will definitely help me gain a wave of fans."
"Wait, I'll take a picture too." Although Wang Lin is one or even two generations older than everyone present, she has a very young mentality. She also likes to play with things that young people like to play. She also has her own blog on the Internet, which is well managed. There are hundreds of thousands of fans, and the active ratio is very high.
Hearing Jiang Xin's words, Wang Lin also thought that Nie Wei's cooking skills were very interesting, so she wanted to record it.
Nie Wei smiled and shook his head, and did not stop the other party from taking pictures. He started to cut potato shreds by himself, while Wang Lin and Jiang Xin on the side became photographers at this moment, concentrating on taking pictures of Nie Wei's hands, and clearly recorded his knife skills comparable to those of professional chefs.
Jiang Xin and Wang Lin put away their phones with satisfaction until Nie Wei finished cutting two potatoes.
After seeing Nie Wei's knife skills, the curiosity of the two people was completely aroused, and they wanted to see how Nie Wei's real cooking skills were. Nie Wei readily agreed to this request, and he was originally helping.
The two did not ask Nie Wei to make any big dishes, but just gave Nie Wei the task of stir-frying potato shreds with chili peppers.
This is a simple home-cooked dish, but it is not so easy to make it well. It requires the control of the heat. If the fire is small, the potato shreds will easily stick to the pan and become very floury, so it must be stir-fried quickly over high heat.
Nie Wei had learned how to make this dish, so he knew the key points and could stir-fry it easily. After a while, a plate of potato shreds was ready. The tender yellow potato shreds and the emerald green peppers were covered with a light layer of oil, which looked both pleasing to the eye and very appetizing.
Jiang Xin couldn't wait to take a pair of chopsticks to taste the potato shreds after Nie Wei took them out of the pot. After taking a bite, she exaggeratedly widened her eyes and once again gave Nie Wei two thumbs up.
"I'll try it too. Hmm, it's really not delicious." Seeing this, Wang Lin also took a bite curiously and immediately gave Nie Wei a thumbs up.
Of course, as a home-cooked dish, it certainly won’t have too many amazing flavors. Nie Wei is not a little chef who can shine even when stir-frying vegetables. In Nie Wei’s opinion, this dish of shredded potatoes is a qualified home-cooked dish. Even if it shines, it is still greasy.
However, because it was made by Nie Wei himself, this dish of shredded potatoes with hot peppers still gained the highest popularity during the dinner. There was not a single bit left in the big plate of shredded potatoes, and all of them went into everyone’s stomach. Everyone who had eaten the shredded potatoes didn’t know if they were influenced by Nie Wei’s star halo, and all gave a thumbs up to express their admiration, saying that this was the most delicious stir-fried shredded potatoes they had ever eaten in their lives.
After dinner, everyone gathered in the living room.
"Wow, this big TV is still fun to watch." Chen Qiaoen, who was slumped on the sofa, exclaimed. Compared with the 32-inch ordinary LCD TV in the hotel, the 65-inch high-definition LCD TV in front of him undoubtedly gave people a visual enjoyment. Although the size of the TV is larger, due to the different screen materials, this 65-inch TV looks much clearer than the 32-inch one, and the colors are more saturated.
"How much is this TV?" Chen Qiaoen watched the TV for a while, and the more he watched, the more he liked it, so he whispered to Nie Wei.
"I don't know, but it must be at least tens of thousands of yuan." Nie Wei answered casually. He didn't buy the TV, so he didn't know the specific value, but he thought that this level of TV would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan.
After hearing what Nie Wei said, Chen Qiaoen was stunned for a moment, and then asked stupidly: "Baodao currency?"
"Dream, of course it's Huaxia currency." Nie Wei rolled his eyes at Chen Qiaoen. What on earth was she thinking? How could she imagine that such a TV was only worth tens of thousands of Baodao currency.
Chen Qiaoen also stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, knowing that she had asked a stupid question, but the excitement in her heart still did not dissipate. After joining Huayi, her income can be said to have more than doubled. Things that she used to think were very luxurious are now not completely unaffordable to her.
Just when Chen Qiaoen was thinking about whether she should buy herself a big TV like Nie Wei, time had unknowingly come to the time for "Fated to Love You" to start. The familiar opening song awakened Chen Qiaoen who was distracted, and the ninth episode was officially launched with the opening song.
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